[Senate Report 106-76]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 153
106th Congress Report
SENATE
1st Session 106-76
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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 2000
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June 14, 1999.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Gregg, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 1217]
The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1217)
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice,
and State, the judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, reports
favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.
Amount in new budget (obligational) authority
Total bill as reported to Senate........................ $35,282,083,000
Amount of appropriations, 1999.......................... 36,200,272,000
Amount of budget estimates, 2000, as amended............ 46,873,551,000
The bill as reported to the Senate:
Below the appropriations for 1999................... 918,189,000
Below the estimates for 2000........................ 11,591,468,000
C O N T E N T S
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Summary of estimates and recommendations......................... 3
Title I--Department of Justice................................... 7
Title II--Department of Commerce and related agencies............ 70
Title III--The judiciary......................................... 105
Title IV--Department of State and related agencies............... 113
Title V--Related agencies:
Department of Transportation: Maritime Administration........ 136
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. 138
Commission on Civil Rights................................... 138
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe............. 138
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...................... 139
Federal Communications Commission............................ 139
Federal Maritime Commission.................................. 140
Federal Trade Commission..................................... 140
Legal Services Corporation................................... 141
Marine Mammal Commission..................................... 142
Commission on Ocean Policy................................... 142
Securites and Exchange Commission............................ 143
Small Business Administration................................ 144
State Justice Institute...................................... 147
Title VI--General provisions..................................... 148
Title VII--Rescissions........................................... 150
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 152
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
of the Senate.................................................. 153
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 154
Budgetary impact................................................. 159
Summary of Estimates and Recommendations
The budget estimates for the departments and agencies
included in the accompanying bill are contained in the budget
of the United States for fiscal year 2000 submitted on February
1, 1999.
The total amount of new budget authority recommended by the
Committee for fiscal year 2000 is $35,282,083,000. This amount
is a decrease of $918,189,000 below appropriations enacted for
fiscal year 1999 for these departments and agencies. The
Committee recommendation is $11,591,468,000 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
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.
internet initiative
Global communications and commerce have been revolutionized
by the Internet. Unfortunately, the Internet also offers
unparalleled opportunities for criminal and terrorist
enterprises. The Committee recommendation includes funding for
a host of initiatives designed to fight computer-based
wrongdoing, including: (1) cybercrime teams in the criminal
division, U.S. Attorneys, and Federal Bureau of Investigation,
(2) grants to State and local law enforcement, the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Boys and
Girls Clubs of America to prevent or investigate child sexual
exploitation, (3) grants to localities for distance learning,
and (4) consumer protection squads at the Federal Trade and
Securities Exchange Commissions tasked with combating fraud in
the electronic marketplace. These efforts include a focus on
protecting children and the elderly.
Highlights of the bill include:
Department of Justice
--$243,000,000 for the Safe Schools initiative of which
$180,000,000 is for school resource officers and
$63,000,000 for technology, community planning, and
prevention activities;
--$104,000,000 to enhance law enforcement activities in
Indian country;
--Increases to fight the proliferation of crime and drugs;
--Additional funding to address a comprehensive and
coordinated response for counterterrorism efforts,
including $204,500,000 to improve State and local
response capabilities;
--Additional funding for 1,000 Border Patrol agents and
associated equipment;
--$5,204,000 to enhance the FBI's capabilities to combat
child abductions and serial killings;
--$22,200,000 for the expansion of DEA regional drug
enforcement teams and $56,700,000 to enhance DEA mobile
enforcement teams;
--Additional funding to DEA for methamphetamine and heroin
investigations;
--$549,791,000 for new prison building and facilities;
--$19,952,000 for the Missing Children Program;
--$1,999,550,000 to support State and local law enforcement
including: $283,750,000 for the Violence Against Women
Program; $452,100,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial
State and $400,000,000 for the Local Law Enforcement
Grant Program; $350,000,000 for the Crime
Identification Technology Initiative; $40,000,000 for
drug courts; $25,000,000 for Bullet Proof Vest Grants;
$25,000,000 for the Methamphetamine Program; and
$100,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability Block
Grant;
--$284,597,000 for juvenile justice programs.
Department of Commerce
--The U.S. Trade Representative is funded at $26,067,000, and
the International Trade Commission is funded at
$45,700,000;
--The Committee recommends funding the International Trade
Administration at $308,344,000. The Bureau of Export
Administration is funded at $55,931,000;
--The Minority Business Development Agency is funded at
$27,627,000;
--The Bureau of the Census is given funding for the decennial
census;
--The National Telecommunications and Information
Administration is funded at $72,369,000. The public
broadcasting grant program is funded at $30,000,000.
The Information Infrastructure grants are funded at
$18,102,000;
--The bill funds the Advanced Technology Program [ATP]
program at $226,500,000 and the Manufacturing Extension
Partnership [MEP] program at $109,836,000; and
--An increase in funding for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather
Service.
The judiciary
--Maintains current operations;
--Continues renovation of the Supreme Court building;
--Provides increases to address the growing probation
population; and
--Provides a cost-of-living increase for justices and judges.
Department of State
--Maintains current operations;
--Provides increases for infrastructure investments in
security, computers, communications, and facilities;
--Maintains international commitments; and
--Funds U.N. arrears.
Related agencies
--The related agencies title funds the full budget of the
Security and Exchange Commission, which is offset by
offsetting receipts. This funding includes $10,000,000
to pursue Internet fraud investigations.
--The Federal Trade Commission funding provides additional
resources to protect consumers against fraud on the
Internet,
--The title provides adequate funding for the Small Business
Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, and
the Legal Services Corporation.
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 desires and expects 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 a minimum of 15 days prior
to:
--Reprogramming of funds, whether permanent or temporary, in
excess of $1,000,000 or 20 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 $1,000,000. 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 political appointees are added. The Committee should be
notified 30 days before either of these situations occurs.
Similar notification should be provided when the same number of
personnel positions are converted from political appointments
to civil service positions.
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.
Government Performance and Results Act [GPRA].--The
Committee recently sent a memorandum to all organizations
subject to GPRA funded within this Act. It requested
information about the agencies' experiences resulting from the
Act. The Committee reiterates that all responses be provided no
later than July 1, 1999.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
The Committee has made funding for law enforcement the
centerpiece of the fiscal year 2000 appropriations bill.
The Committee recommends $17,009,607,000 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 2000.
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 2000. The Committee is further directed
that the Congressional justification books include budget year
plus 4 years of funding data for each program line item
beginning with the fiscal year 2001 request.
General Administration
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $79,448,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 87,534,000
Committee recommendation................................ 82,485,000
This account funds the development of policy objectives and
the overall management of the Department of Justice.
The Committee recommends a total of $82,485,000 for fiscal
year 2000 for general administration. The recommendation is
$3,037,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$5,049,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request.
The Committee recommendation supports the augmentation of
the Office of Information and Privacy by six additional
reimbursable workyears to meet the increased volume of Freedom
of Information and Privacy Act administrative appeals and
initial requests. The Committee provides no additional funding
for added positions in the Office of Intelligence and Policy
Review.
No additional funding is provided for the Office of
Legislative Affairs [OLA] or the Public Affairs Office [PAO].
The Committee does endorse using non-reimbursable details of
career employees. The Committee believes that utilizing the
experience of career employees outside of the OLA and PAO
offices will provide added insight into the needs of the
component agencies and the concerns of the public.
joint automated booking system
Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ $6,000,000
This new account centrally funds development, acquisition,
and deployment of the joint automated booking system [JABS].
JABS will standardize booking data, procedures, and equipment
throughout Justice. Previously, JABS funding was distributed
among various Justice components.
The Committee recommendation includes $6,000,000 for fiscal
year 2000 for JABS. The recommendation reflects the latest
estimate from Justice and fully funds fiscal year 2000
requirements. JABS will save money by eliminating repetitive
booking of suspects and improve public safety by identifying
repeat offenders and persons with outstanding charges or
warrants.
The Committee is aware that the program office has just
completed a major restructuring of the JABS that will result in
life cycle cost savings of over 70 percent. The Committee
commends the program office for its efforts and directs that
all JABS funding be centralized under the program office as
part of the fiscal year 2001 request.
Narrowband Communications
Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000................................... $80,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 20,000,000
This account centrally funds the conversion of the
Department of Justice to narrowband radio communications as
mandated by 47 U.S.C. 903(d)(1).
The Committee recommendation includes $20,000,000 for
fiscal year 2000 for narrowband communications, $60,000,000
below the fiscal year 2000 request. The recommendation reflects
the latest estimate from the Department and fully funds fiscal
year 2000 requirements. Previously, narrowband communications
compliance funding was scattered among various Justice
components.
Last year, the Committee was deeply concerned by the
proposed narrowband conversion strategy, especially its then-
anticipated cost of $1,684,000,000. The Justice Department was
directed to present a master plan to Congress that emphasized
interoperability and department-wide purchases. In its
preliminary report to Congress, Justice demonstrated
significant progress in ensuring compliance that is both timely
and cost-effective. The Committee commends the authors of the
revised strategy for rescuing the narrowband conversion program
from certain disaster and looks forward to their final report.
Contrary to direction, Justice Department components are
still funding radio purchases and other communication systems
costs out of base accounts. That is what led the Committee to
reduce funding in this account. The Committee directs Justice
Management Division [JMD] to identify for the Committees on
Appropriations all funding for radios, by component, included
in the fiscal year 2000 request. JMD should provide the desired
information not later than August 1, 1999. The Committee
directs the Justice Department to centralize all radio funding
under the narrowband communications program office as part of
the fiscal year 2001 request.
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, 1999.................................... $145,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 27,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 27,000,000
The Committee recommends $27,000,000 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 equal to the request and is $118,000,000
below the 1999 appropriation. This reduction refects a transfer
of the first responder grant account to the Office of Justice
Programs. This fund is under the control and direction of the
Attorney General to: (1) cover the costs incurred in
reestablishing the operational capability of an office or
facility which has been damaged or destroyed as a result of any
domestic or international terrorist incident; (2) 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.
Counterterrorism fund.--The Committee is very concerned the
Attorney General's Counterterrorism Fund has been improperly
utilized and has become an extension of the Department's annual
budget. 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 is a deliberate effort to maintain
the integrity of this fund for its intended purpose. The 1996
political conventions, preparations for the Olympic Games, and
the Eric Rudolph manhunt, do not meet this standard. As a
result of this mismanagement, funding for the National
Infrastructure Protection Center, the National Domestic
Preparedness Office, and the Continuation of Operations [COOP]/
Continuity of Government [COG], has been moved to the
respective agency accounts.
National Guard.--The Committee understands the threat of
terrorists using considerable destructive power on individuals,
institutions, and facilities. The Committee is especially
concerned with the potential use of chemical and biological
weapons. The requirements placed upon officials from Federal,
State, city, and community agencies are complicated and in many
cases unfunded. Most Federal, State, city, and community
agencies do not have civil response assets needed to address
such a threat or event. These assets include the equipment and
training needed to address the demands of terrorism.
The Committee continues to recognize that domestic disaster
relief is part of each State's responsibility for public
safety. 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 State's rapid assessment and
initial detection [RAID] elements that are expected to arrive
within 6 to 8 hours after an event has occurred. They will
assist in confirming the nature of the attack. However, the use
of weapons of mass destruction [WMD] could create a situation
outside of the response capabilities of local law enforcement.
The role of the Department of Justice is to manage crises that
are caused by domestic terrorists. This includes the ability to
prevent or resolve an act of terrorism.
The Committee is aware of the important work the National
Guard is doing in preparing for terrorist attacks. The
Committee has already provided funding for 254 personnel for
RAID teams in fiscal year 2000. The Committee is also aware of
the need for the National Guard to have a presence at the
National Domestic Preparedness Office. The Committee directs
that $300,000 be transferred to the National Guard from the
funds provided to the FBI for the NDPO for this effort.
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 already recommended $45,000,000
for the Army National Guard's distance learning and information
management requirements. The Committee believes that even
greater benefits will accrue from further using these resources
in conjunction with the training programs and resources of the
Department of Justice. Therefore, we recommend that the
Department of Justice and the National Guard establish a
collaborative training program 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.
Five-year plan.--In fiscal year 1998, the Committee
directed the Attorney General to develop a 5-year
interdepartmental counter-terrorism and technology crime plan.
The plan is our baseline strategy for coordination of national
policy and operational capabilities to combat terrorism in the
United States and against American interests overseas. Although
primarily a Federal planning document, the plan addresses
strategies to strengthen state and local capabilities to
respond to terrorism. The plan also identifies critical
technologies for targeted research and development efforts,
many of which have a direct, practical effect on the ability of
State and local responders to combat terrorism. The Committee
recognizes the success of this plan is based on the ability of
the Attorney General to fully interface with all elements of
state and local governments. The initial input from first
responders was solicited through a written survey of which
fewer than half responded. The Committee directs that a heavy
emphasis is placed on the involvement of State, and local
governments in the annual updating of this plan. The Attorney
General should submit its annual updated report to the Congress
regarding the implementation of the plan by March 1, 2000. This
status report should include, but not be limited to, the
current involvement of State and local governments in the
further development of this comprehensive national strategy. It
should also include the status of the current domestic threat
and provide a risk assessment that is based on what has been
funded previously and what will be required in fiscal year
2001.
Executive level training program.--The Committee recognizes
the imperative to provide mayors, city managers, and their
executive emergency management leadership with the skills
necessary to plan for, respond to, and mitigate a terrorist
incident involving weapons of mass destruction. While numerous
initiatives are presently underway at the State and local
levels to train first responders, there continues to be a need
for intensive executive level crisis management training for
local leaders, including mayors, county managers, and senior
emergency management personnel. The Committee urges the
establishment and operation of an incident response and
consequence management training program specifically designated
for mayors, county managers, and other senior crisis management
personnel. The program should integrate and build upon existing
training and data systems to provide resource coordination,
contingency planning, crisis management, exercise generation,
and decision-aids focused on the needs of U.S. cities.
Continuation of Operations [COOP]/Continuity of Government
[COG].--In fiscal year 1999 the Committee funded an alternate
crisis management/relocation facility to carry on essential
Department of Justice functions in the event the Department, or
one of its components, is denied access to its current
facilities for various reasons, such as a terrorist act.
The Committee directs the Department of Justice to
coordinate its emergency plan with all other agencies at the
relocation facility through established COG channels. The
Committee believes there needs to be a process in place for
agencies to coordinate problems and issues relative to the
overall operations of the alternate crisis management facility,
and the Committee expects the Department will work with the
other agencies at the facility in the development of a
comprehensive emergency plan, which would clearly identify and
delineate command and control structures.
The Committee recognizes the relocation facility is not
under the direct control of the Justice Department, but also
understands that facility control could be shared or
relinquished depending upon the crisis situation to be managed.
With the numerous agencies present at this facility, the
Committee believes its successful utilization, in a crisis
situation, is dependent upon interagency cooperation and a
common emergency plan. The Committee directs the Department to
consult with the other agencies located at the facility and
report on efforts to identify interagency needs and
requirements and how the requirements and actions of other
agencies may effect the Department of Justice operations at the
facility, as soon as possible.
Research activities.--The Committee recommendation includes
$30,000,000 for the creation of two counterterrorism
laboratories which are being created to research new
technologies and threat reduction. These laboratories should
work in coordination with each other, the FBI, and the
Department of Defense. The purpose of these laboratories is to
provide the National Domestic Preparedness Office with needed
research on chemical and biological weapons as well as cyber-
warfare. The laboratories shall be located at the site of the
Oklahoma City bombing and at Dartmouth College.
Improving State and local response capabilities.--These
programs have been moved to the Office of Justice Programs'
Justice Assistance Account, where direct funding is provided.
Cyberterrorism.--The Committee understands that today our
U.S. economy and even our continuing national security is
heavily reliant on a vast array of interdependent and critical
infrastructures. The Report of the President's Commission on
Critical Infrastructure Protection in October 1997 and
Presidential Decision Directive No. 63, released in May 1998,
call for an unprecedented level of cooperation among U.S.
Federal law enforcement agencies, national security entities
and the private sector to reduce the threat of information age
crime, terrorism and cyber attack. The Committee strongly
encourages and expects all Federal agencies to cooperate to the
full extent of their authorities and expertise in the response
planning, prevention, detection, deterrence, and elimination of
vulnerabilities to these critical infrastructures. The
Committee further encourages all Federal entities to ensure
that resources required to protect critical infrastructures and
pursue information age criminals and terrorists are given a
high priority within respective programs and initiatives.
Finally, the Committee is aware that there are carryover
balances available in excess of $24,618,000. The Committee
directs the Department of Justice to continue to notify the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees prior to obligation
of all counterterrorism funds.
Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund
Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000................................... $15,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 15,000,000
The Committee recommendation includes $15,000,000 for the
telecommunications carrier compliance fund. The request
included $15,000,000 to reimburse equipment manufacturers and
telecommunications support services for implementation of the
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act [CALEA].
The Committee continues to recognize the need for law
enforcement to retain its ability to use court authorized
electronic intercepts in the rapidly growing digital
telecommunications environment. At the same time, the Committee
is concerned that the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the
telecommunications industry have been unable after nearly 5
years of discussions and negotiations to resolve differences
regarding compliance with CALEA. On March 27, 1998, the
Attorney General filed a petition with the Federal
Communications Commission [FCC] advising that the industry's
interim technical standard was deficient. The standard was
unacceptable because it did not properly address law
enforcement requirements that the Department of Justice and the
FBI maintain are essential for meeting evidentiary and
minimization requirements dictated by law. The Committee notes
that $102,580,270 is available in the fund to begin reimbursing
industry once an agreement is reached.
Administrative Review and Appeals
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $134,563,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 149,152,000
Committee recommendation................................ 89,978,000
The Committee recommends $89,978,000 for fiscal year 2000
for administrative review and appeals, of which $59,251,000 is
derived from the violent crime reduction trust fund. The
recommendation is $44,585,000 below the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $59,174,000 below the fiscal year 2000
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 Executive
Office for Immigration Review [EOIR] operations. Exam fees may
be used for expenses in providing immigration adjudication.
The EOIR includes the Board of Immigration Appeals,
immigration judges, and administrative law judges who decide
through administrative hearings whether to admit or exclude
aliens seeking to enter the country, and whether to deport or
adjust the status of aliens whose status has been challenged.
This account also funds the Office of the Pardon Attorney which
receives, investigates, and considers petitions for all forms
of executive clemency. The recommendation provides $138,119,000
for the EOIR and $1,600,000 for the Office of the Pardon
Attorney. The reduction in this account is made without
prejudice.
Office of Inspector General
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $35,610,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 45,021,000
Committee recommendation................................ 32,049,000
The Committee recommends $32,049,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the Office of Inspector General. This recommendation is
$3,561,000 below the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$12,972,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request.
U.S. Parole Commission
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $7,400,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 8,527,000
Committee recommendation................................ 7,176,000
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 $7,176,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the Parole Commission. The recommendation is $224,000 below
the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $1,351,000 below the
fiscal year 2000 request.
The Parole Commission is scheduled to be phased out in 2002
as a result of the creation of sentencing guidelines. Last
year, the Commission received a funding increase of almost 50
percent over the previous year to cover costs associated with
absorption of cases from the District of Columbia. Having
successfully completed that transition, the Committee
recommendation ensures timely close out of the Commission's
operations.
The Committee is aware that the caseload per Commissioner
had dropped to its lowest levels ever in the last few years.
This is true even with several slots unfilled. The addition of
prisoners from the District of Columbia will do no more than
restore Commissioner caseload to levels handled at the
beginning of the decade. Therefore, the Committee has included
a provision in the bill limiting the number of Commissioners to
the current three to focus limited resources on necessary
staff. The Committee commends the Commission on the smooth
absorption of District of Columbia caseload.
Legal Activities
general legal activities
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $475,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 576,871,000
Committee recommendation................................ 485,000,000
This appropriation funds the establishment of litigation
policy, conduct of litigation, and various other legal
responsibilities, through the Office of the Solicitor General,
the Tax Division, the Criminal Division, the Civil Division,
the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, the Civil
Rights Division, the Office of Legal Counsel, Interpol, and the
Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair
Employment Practices.
The Committee recommends $485,000,000 for fiscal year 2000
for general legal activities, of which $185,740,000 is derived
from the violent crime reduction trust fund. The total
recommendation is $10,000,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $91,871,000 below the fiscal year 2000
request. The reduction in this account is done without
prejudice. Within available resources, the Committee directs
the divisions to redouble efforts on hate crimes and domestic
terrorism. No funds are provided for tobacco litigation or the
Joint Center for Strategic Environmental Enforcement.
Winstar.--Winstar describes the over 130 breach of contract
suits against the Government that resulted from capital reserve
requirement and accounting changes mandated by the Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act [FIRREA].
Winstar cases have an estimated total liability of as much as
$32,000,000,000. Within available resources, the Committee
recommendation provides $7,627,000 for Winstar, the full amount
requested.
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. Within available
resources, the Committee recommendation provides $7,763,000 for
the OSI. The $2,000,000 increase over the fiscal year 1999
level will allow the OSI to maintain the pace of prosecutions
against Nazi war criminals. It also expands 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.
Superfund litigation.--Corporations that produced war goods
during World Wars I and II are attempting to shift the costs
for cleaning up contaminated wartime manufacturing sites from
themselves to the Government in suits filed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 [CERCLA]. The total liability of the
cases filed is estimated at $2,200,000,000. Additional cases
are a distinct possibility. That most wartime Federal agencies
are defunct, and most successor agencies disinterested,
complicates the Government's defense. Within available
resources, the Committee recommendation provides $3,088,000 for
CERCLA defensive litigation.
Vessel pollution.--The intentional discharge of oil and
other pollutants from vessels in U.S. coastal and inland
waterways is a widespread problem. Justice Department lawyers
and investigators, in cooperation with the Coast Guard, the
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of
Transportation, have undertaken an initiative to better enforce
current clean water laws. Within available resources, the
Committee recommendation provides $565,000 for vessel pollution
prosecutions, including up to $250,000 for automated litigation
support.
Chlorofluorocarbon smuggling.--The ban on the use of
chlorofluorocarbons [CFC's] in the United States has created a
thriving black market trade in freon and halon. Russia, China,
and India are exploiting the wide use of older, CFC-dependent
air-conditioners and fire suppression systems to supply illegal
importers. Justice Department lawyers, cooperating with U.S.
Customs and the Environmental Protection Agency, have targeted
smuggling rings in coastal and border States. Within available
resources, the Committee recommendation provides $262,000 for
CFC smuggling prosecutions, including up to $250,000 for
automated litigation support.
Interagency Law Enforcement.--The fiscal year 2000 budget
request dismantles the ``Interagency Law Enforcement'' account,
which funds nine Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task
Forces [OCDETF], and distributes OCDETF funds to various
Justice components, undermining Congressional efforts to have
Justice agencies cooperate on complex, long-term, high value
investigations. The Committee recommendation transfers $894,000
from General Legal Activities to the ``Interagency Law
Enforcement'' account to ensure the long-term effectiveness of
these multi-agency task forces.
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.
the national childhood vaccine injury act
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $4,028,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 4,028,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,028,000
The Committee recommends a reimbursement of $4,028,000 for
fiscal year 2000 from the vaccine injury compensation trust
fund to cover Justice Department expenses associated with
litigating cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury
Act of 1986. The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year
1999 appropriation and the fiscal year 2000 request.
Antitrust Division
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $98,275,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 114,373,000
Committee recommendation................................ 112,318,000
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
$112,318,000 in budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year
2000 for the Antitrust Division. The recommendation is
$14,043,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$2,055,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request.
The entire amount provided will be derived from anticipated
offsetting fee collections in fiscal year 2000.
U.S. Attorneys
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $1,090,378,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 1,274,788,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,089,478,000
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 a total of $1,089,478,000 in
fiscal year 2000 for U.S. attorneys, of which $500,000,000 is
derived from the violent crime reduction trust fund. The
recommendation is $900,000 below the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $185,310,000 below the fiscal year 2000
request. Much of the reduction from the request is attributable
to the restoration of the ``Interagency Law Enforcement''
account and delays associated with fiscal year 1999
initiatives, described below. 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.
Firearms prosecutions.--Multi-agency task forces in
Richmond and Boston designed to keep firearms out of the hands
of criminals by enforcing Federal gun laws are credited with
slashing violent crime rates in those cities. In response, the
fiscal year 1999 Conference Report included $2,300,000 to
expand the effort to include Philadelphia and Camden. Building
upon continuing success, the Committee recommendation more than
quadruples the Administration's request by providing
$25,000,000 out of available resources and manpower ceilings to
expand the existing ``Exile program'' in Philadelphia, PA and
Camden, NJ and to create new task forces in four crime
corridors: Las Cruces--Albuquerque, NM; Savannah, GA--
Charleston, SC; Denver, CO--Salt Lake City, UT; and Baltimore--
Prince George's County, MD.
Child support enforcement.--The Committee is aware that an
estimated $34,000,000,000 in child support payments will have
gone unpaid by fiscal year 2000. Within available resources and
manpower ceilings, the Committee recommendation provides a
total of $5,000,000 for child support enforcement as requested
by the Administration. U.S. attorneys should consider cross-
referencing their files with those of the national child
support clearinghouse and the U.S. trustees to help identify
deadbeat parents. The Committee expects to receive a spending
plan from the EOUSA prior to the release of these funds.
Civil defensive litigation.--Federal civil defensive
litigation is unique in that it is non-discretionary and non-
delegable. U.S. attorneys offices cannot employ declination
criteria to manage or reduce civil defensive caseload. All
cases filed against the Government, its agencies, and employees
in their official capacities must be defended. The Committee
agrees with the U.S. attorneys that this neglected priority can
no longer be ignored. Therefore, the Committee recommendation
includes a provision designating that not less than 2,107
positions and 2,171 full-time equivalents be dedicated to civil
and civil defensive litigation as requested by the
Administration. The Committee expects to receive an action plan
on the use of these resources not later than February 15, 2000.
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 Colorado, the northern
district of Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, South Carolina,
and Vermont. 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.
Legal education.--Within available resources and manpower
ceilings, the Committee recommendation provides $15,015,000 for
legal education at the National Advocacy Center [NAC] as
requested by the Administration. In addition, also within
available resources, the Committee recommendation provides
$2,300,000 to establish a distance learning facility at the
NAC. NAC State and local training funds are provided under the
Office of Justice Programs.
Cybercrime.--Last year, the Conference Report made
available $3,630,000 for cybercrime prosecutions. In large part
due to the cumbersome management structure of the U.S.
attorneys, cybercrime teams have yet to be formed. Lacking a
basis upon which to judge the success or failure of this
initiative, the Committee has deferred providing additional
cybercrime resources until funds provided last year are
expended.
Indian country.--As with cybercrime, the U.S. Attorneys are
still struggling to meet direction included in the fiscal year
1999 Conference Report. The Committee urges the U.S. Attorneys
to move as quickly as possible to redirect resources toward the
restoration of the rule of law on Indian reservations. The U.S.
Attorneys should coordinate their Indian country initiative
with that of the FBI.
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. These funds should be provided to
facilitate all aspects, phases, and stages of Internet child
exploitation prosecutions.
Redeployment of resources.--The current organizational
structure of the U.S. Attorneys has hampered their ability to
respond quickly and effectively both to changing crime patterns
and to Congressional direction. To improve flexibility and
responsiveness, the EOUSA has begun using temporary assignments
to saturate areas experiencing sudden changes in the quality or
quantity of crimes being committed. The Committee endorses the
EOUSA's approach and directs that all new hires be 2-year term
appointments.
Spending decreases.--The Committee is alarmed by spending
increases across object classes as high as 102 percent from
fiscal years 1995 through 1999. 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 unstaffed
offices. The EOUSA is directed to negotiate cost-free
reciprocal sharing arrangements with local law enforcement for
office space in cities where federal court may, on occasion,
convene.
Interagency Law Enforcement.--The fiscal year 2000 budget
request dismantles the ``Interagency Law Enforcement'' account,
which funds nine Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task
Forces [OCDETFs], and distributes OCDETF funds to participating
Justice Department components, undermining efforts to have
Justice Department agencies cooperate on complex, long-term,
high value investigations. The Committee recommendation
transfers $83,277,000 from the U.S. Attorneys to the
``Interagency Law Enforcement'' account to ensure the long-term
effectiveness of these multi-agency task forces.
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
detention for non-violent defendants, particularly in high cost
areas. As an incentive, the Committee recommendation includes a
transfer provision that makes available up to $20,000,000 to
cover federal prisoner detention costs.
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. In support of this, the Committee
directs the EOUSA, in full cooperation with the Mayor's Office,
to develop a plan for the transition of duties and
responsibilities from the D.C. U.S. Attorneys Office to
appropriate city agencies. The plan shall be delivered to the
Committees on Appropriations not later than May 1, 2000 and
implementation of the plan shall begin not later than August 1,
2000.
u.s. trustee system fund
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $114,248,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 129,329,000
Committee recommendation................................ 112,775,000
The U.S. trustee system provides administrative support to
expeditiously move bankruptcy cases through the bankruptcy
process and ensures accountability of private trustees
appointed to administer bankruptcy estates. This system was
authorized in Public Law 99-554, the Bankruptcy Judges, U.S.
Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986, which
established a U.S. trustee system fund in the U.S. Treasury and
provided for the collection of fees into the fund to finance
program operations.
The Committee recommends a total of $112,775,000 in budget
authority for fiscal year 2000 for the U.S. trustees. The
recommendation is $1,473,000 below the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $16,554,000 below the fiscal year 2000
request. The Committee has not adopted the proposed increase in
bankruptcy fees and has adjusted the ``annualization of 1999
pay raise'' to correct an erroneous assumption.
Without a fee increase, which the Committee hopes will be
addressed in pending bankruptcy legislation, the Trustees will
face another year of austerity. The Committee recommendation
includes $500,000 to establish a Bankruptcy Training Center at
the National Advocacy Center, an initiative proposed last year
that could not be acted upon due to a shortfall in fee
receipts. The Committee will consider automation upgrades as
part of the reprogramming process should funds become
available. All other proposed initiatives are denied. The
Committee expects the trustees to use available resources and
directs the trustees to submit a spending plan to the
Committees on Appropriations not later than December 31, 1999.
foreign claims settlement commission
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $1,227,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 1,175,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,175,000
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission settles claims of
American citizens arising from nationalization, expropriation,
or other takings of their properties and interests by foreign
governments.
The Committee recommends $1,175,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. The
recommendation is $52,000 below the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and is identical to the fiscal year 2000 request.
The Committee recommendation 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.
U.S. Marshals Service
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $502,609,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 569,590,000
Committee recommendation................................ 547,253,000
The U.S. Marshals Service is made up of 94 offices with the
responsibility for the protection of the Federal judiciary,
protection of witnesses, execution of warrants and court
orders, and the custody and transportation of unsentenced
prisoners.
The Committee recommends $547,253,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the U.S. Marshals Service, of which $138,000,000 is derived
from the violent crime reduction trust fund. The recommendation
is $44,644,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$22,337,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request.
The Committee recommendation provides most of the requested
base adjustments for this account. The recommendation also
includes a $512,000 increase for staff to implement and support
a variety of cost-reduction initiatives. This amount includes 6
senior systems administrators for the following locations:
Honolulu, HI; Boise, ID; Concord, NH; Scranton, PA; Hato Rey,
PR; and Charleston, WV.
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. Therefore, the Committee has included a provision in the
bill prohibiting the use of funds for service of process except
in the most extraordinary circumstances. The manpower freed up
by this prohibition 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.--The Committee
recommendation provides $13,750,000 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
Omaha, NE......................................................... 1,000
Hammond, IN....................................................... 866
Covington, KY..................................................... 161
Charleston, WV.................................................... 100
Montgomery, AL.................................................... 1,130
Tucson, AZ........................................................ 846
Phoenix, AZ....................................................... 861
Charleston, SC.................................................... 379
Albany, NY........................................................ 478
Los Angeles, CA................................................... 256
Sioux City, IA.................................................... 264
Pocatello, ID..................................................... 15
Agana, Guam....................................................... 781
Islip, NY......................................................... 1,783
St. Louis, MO..................................................... 1,754
Kansas City, MO................................................... 450
Las Vegas, NV..................................................... 900
Albuquerque, NM................................................... 200
Riverside, CA..................................................... 436
Corpus Christi, TX................................................ 1,090
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Total, USMS Security Equipment..............................13,750
The Committee has provided this funding even though it has
grave misgivings about the movement of funding between projects
in this subaccount. The Committee expects to be consulted prior
to any deviation from the above plan for fiscal year 2000.
Contract officers.--The Committee is concerned that
contract officers, originally a temporary expedient, are
becoming a permanent adjunct to the Marshals Service. Lacking
uniform, and, in some cases, even basic training, contract
officers are increasingly ill-prepared to deal with an ever
more violent and ruthless Federal prisoner population in
courtroom, prisoner handling, and lock-up settings. A lack of
training and experience is apt to result in contract officers
being reduced to bystanders or victims during outbreaks of
violence. Therefore, the Committee has included a provision
prohibiting the use of funds for contract officers, except for
prisoner ground transport, service of process, and evictions.
Base resources in the request designated for contract officers
shall instead be used to augment the number of deputy U.S.
Marshals or detention enforcement officers.
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. By providing support to all levels of law enforcement,
the Marshals' electronic surveillance unit [ESU] is a
significant force multiplier in the effort to apprehend
dangerous fugitives. The Committee recommendation provides an
increase of $5,200,000 over the fiscal year 2000 request for
the ESU, including funding for surveillance vans, telephone and
bucket trucks, body wire/recorder systems, dialed number
recorders, digital cellular tracking systems, and video
systems. In addition, the Committee recommendation includes
$1,900,000 to continue and expand the Marshals' subscription to
credit bureau and personal and commercial property on-line
services and $600,000 to continue the Carribbean task force.
Threat analysis.--The Marshals' Analytical Support Unit
[ASU] analyzes and assesses every threat made against federal
judicial officials. The Committee is aware of a proposal to
expand the reach of the ASU to include threats made against
State and local officials as part of the PROJUST feasibility
study. The Committee directs the Marshals to conduct a pilot
program similar to the plan submitted to the Committee on March
26, 1999.
Videoconferencing.--The Committee is aware that
videoconferencing generates savings and improves public safety.
The Committee recommendation provides $500,000 for the
acquisition and installation of videoconferencing equipment in
the following locations: Leavenworth, KS; Dawson County, NE;
Las Vegas, NV; Charlotte, NC; and high-volume jail locations to
be determined in New Mexico and elsewhere. The Committee
expects to be consulted prior to the final determination of the
installation sites.
Spending decreases.--The Committee recommendation does not
include ``base shortfall'' funding. The Committee does not
recognize the concept of ``base resources''. It does, however,
recognize that Congressional and Presidential approval of a
given appropriation bill represents the totality of funds
available to an agency in a given fiscal year, short a
reprogramming, rescission or supplemental. If the Marshals have
unfunded requirements, it is incumbent upon them to present
these to the Committee as new initiatives to be properly
scrutinized and prioritized.
Interagency Law Enforcement.--The fiscal year 2000 budget
request dismantles the ``Interagency Law Enforcement'' account,
which funds nine Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task
Forces [OCDETF], and distributes OCDETF funds to various
Justice components, undermining efforts to have Justice
Department agencies cooperate on complex, long-term, high value
investigations. The Committee recommendation transfers
$1,942,000 from the U.S. Marshals Service to the ``Interagency
Law Enforcement'' account to ensure the long-term effectiveness
of these multi-agency task forces.
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. In support of this, the Committee
directs 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. The plan shall be delivered to the Committees on
Appropriations not later than May 1, 2000 and implementation of
the plan shall begin not later than August 1, 2000.
Construction
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $4,600,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 8,832,000
Committee recommendation................................ 9,632,000
The Committee recommends $9,632,000 for fiscal year 2000
for construction projects. The recommendation is $5,032,000
above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $800,000 above the
fiscal year 2000 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
Fairbanks, AK..................................................... 300
Prescott, AZ...................................................... 125
Atlanta, GA....................................................... 600
Moscow, ID........................................................ 185
Chicago, IL....................................................... 800
Rockford, IL...................................................... 250
Louisville, KY.................................................... 350
Detroit, MI....................................................... 515
Las Cruces, NM.................................................... 275
Greensboro, NC.................................................... 725
Muskogee, OK...................................................... 650
Pittsburgh, PA.................................................... 550
Florence, SC...................................................... 625
Spartanburg, SC................................................... 800
Columbia, TN...................................................... 250
Beaumont, TX...................................................... 450
Sherman, TX....................................................... 850
Cheyenne, WY...................................................... 500
Security Specialists/Construction Engineers....................... 832
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Total, USMS Construction.................................... 9,632
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.
Justice prisoner and alien transportation system
Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ $9,000,000
This account capitalizes a limited revolving fund making
prisoner air transportation operations and maintenance self-
financing. Aircraft procurement, facilities, and prisoner
ground transportation will continue to require appropriated
funds. Customer costs will continue to be reflected in the
separate agency requests.
The Committee recommends $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the justice prisoner and alien transportation system
[JPATS]. The recommendation is $9,000,000 above both the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation and the fiscal year 2000 request.
The Committee is aware that the Marshals discovered a
shortfall in the JPATS account too late to have it properly
addressed in the fiscal year 2000 request. Aside from concerns
about the Marshals' management of their budget, the Committee
continues to be concerned by a revolving fund that only
partially funds operations, does not fund capital investments,
and requires yearly augmentation. By any other name, this would
be an annual appropriation. JMD is directed to report to the
Committees on Appropriations on the financial requirements to
establish a proper revolving fund that fully capitalizes
operations, aircraft, and facilities. The report should be
delivered not later than March 1, 2000. In addition, JMD is
directed to report to the Committees on Appropriations on the
availability of surplus Defense Department aircraft that could
fill JPATS requirements. That report should also be delivered
not later than March 1, 2000 and then quarterly thereafter.
Federal prisoner detention
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $425,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 550,232,000
Committee recommendation................................ 500,000,000
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 $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2000
for Federal prisoner detention. The recommendation is
$75,000,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$50,232,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request. The
recommendation reflects a refined estimate of requirements
based on an extrapolation of actual obligation rates and should
fully fund Federal prisoner detention. As an added safeguard,
the Committee recommendation includes provisions in the bill
that makes up to $35,000,000 available for transfer to this
account from ``U.S. Attorneys, Salaries and Expenses'' and
``Fees and Expenses of Witnesses''.
Last year, an exploding Federal detainee population created
a serious shortfall in this account. The Committee
recommendation attempts to balance available funds against the
claim for resources made by this account. As mentioned
elsewhere, the Committee is concerned that 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 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. The Committee
recommendation includes additional personnel under the Marshals
``Salaries and Expenses'' account to pursue cost reduction
initiatives. The Committee has also included a provision in the
bill that should reduce the cost of medical care for federal
detainees. The Marshals are directed to report quarterly to the
Committees on Appropriations on their progress in achieving
savings in this account.
The Committee has also been informed that the sentencing
phase of Federal cases averages 9 months. This is an
intolerably slow pace. The Committee directs the U.S. Marshals,
in cooperation with the EOUSA, JMD, and the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts, to report on the causes of
sentencing delays and to provide recommendations for expediting
the sentencing process. The report should be delivered no later
than March 15, 2000.
fees and expenses of witnesses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $95,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 110,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 110,000,000
This account provides for fees and expenses of witnesses
who appear on behalf of the Government in cases in which the
United States is a party, including fact and expert witnesses.
These funds are also used for mental competency examinations as
well as witness and informant protection.
The Committee recommends $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2000
for fees and expenses of witnesses. The recommendation is
$15,000,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
identical to the fiscal year 2000 request. No funds are
provided for expert witnesses called to provide testimony in
tobacco litigation.
To improve financial management, the Committee
recommendation includes a provision in the bill that makes up
to $15,000,000 available for transfer to the ``Federal Prisoner
Detention'' account.
community relations service
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $7,199,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 10,344,000
Committee recommendation................................ 7,199,000
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 $7,199,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the Community Relations Service. The recommendation is
identical to the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $3,145,000
below the fiscal year 2000 request.
The Committee questions the ability of such a small
operation to absorb the steep increases provided, or proposed,
for CRS over the last few years. The fiscal year 1999
appropriation for CRS was 35 percent higher than the previous
year. The fiscal year 2000 request calls for a 44 percent
increase. Such increases leave CRS vulnerable to instances of
waste, fraud, and abuse. The Committee notes that almost
$1,000,000 of the amount provided in fiscal year 1999 was for
non-recurring costs. Therefore, a freeze at last year's level
provides $1,000,000 available to annualize fiscal year 1999
staff increases. The Committee will consider additional
increases in fiscal year 2001, if merited.
The Committee is concerned about the possibility that
unauthorized solicitation of city officials nationwide may be
occurring, and is further concerned of what the implications of
this practice may mean. The Committee therefore directs the
Justice Management Division to submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations 90 days after enactment of this
Act, investigating whether such solicitation is in fact
occurring, the legality of such solicitations, to what extent
such solicitation is occurring, and Justice's plan with respect
to disciplinary actions and to ending said practice.
assets forfeiture fund
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $23,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 23,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 23,000,000
This account provides funds to supplement existing
resources to cover additional investigative expenses of the
FBI, DEA, INS, and U.S. marshals, such as awards for
information, purchase of evidence, equipping of conveyances,
and investigative expenses leading to seizure. Funds for these
activities are provided from receipts deposited in the assets
forfeiture fund resulting from the forfeiture of assets.
Expenses related to the management and disposal of assets are
also provided from the assets forfeiture fund by a permanent
indefinite appropriation.
The Committee recommends $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the assets forfeiture fund. The recommendation is identical
to the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and the fiscal year 2000
request.
Radiation Exposure Compensation
administrative expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $2,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 2,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,000,000
This program was established to permit the payment of
claims to individuals exposed to radiation as a result of
atmospheric nuclear tests and uranium mining in accordance with
the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990.
The Committee recommends $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 to
handle claims and litigation arising from the Radiation
Exposure Compensation Act. The recommendation is identical to
the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and the fiscal year 2000
request.
payment to the radiation exposure compensation trust fund
Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000................................... $21,714,000
Committee recommendation................................ 20,300,000
This account funds payments to approved claimants under the
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990.
The Committee recommends $20,300,000 for fiscal year 2000
for payments under the Radiation Compensation Act. The
recommendation is $20,300,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $1,414,000 below the fiscal year 2000
request.
The Administration's fiscal year 2000 request was
predicated on the passage of legislation that increased both
the amount of payments to qualifying individuals and the number
of categories of claimants. The proposed legislation has not
been acted on and future passage is uncertain. The Committee
understands that the $3,100,000 in carryover available to the
fund, when combined with the recommended amount, will be
adequate to cover payments in fiscal year 2000.
Interagency Law Enforcement
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $304,014,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 315,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 304,014,000
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 destroy major narcotics trafficking and money laundering
organizations.
The fiscal year 2000 request dismantles this account. The
Committee recommendation retains the account in its current
form and provides $304,014,000 for fiscal year 2000 for
interagency crime and drug enforcement. The recommendation is
identical to the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $10,986,000
below the fiscal year 2000 request. The Committee directs the
Executive Office of the Interagency Law Enforcement Agency to
use $1,700,000 in carryover funding for its fiscal year 2000
reimbursements to participating agencies. The Committee is also
concerned about the ability of the U.S. Marshals Service and
the Immigration and Naturalization Service to participate in
these investigations and, therefore, recommends no less than
$1,834,000 and $15,286,000, respectively, to be available to
them for fiscal year 2000 investigations.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $2,971,448,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 3,293,664,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,983,579,000
The Committee recommendation provides $2,983,579,000 in
budgetary resources for Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
operations for fiscal year 2000. This amount includes
$10,287,000 for construction, $260,000,000 in defense
discretionary funding for counterterrorism,
counterintelligence, and national security activities, and
$280,501,000 from the violent crime reduction trust fund. This
operating level is $12,131,000 above the appropriation for
fiscal year 1999 and $310,085,000 below the fiscal year 2000
request. Much of the reduction from the request is attributable
to the restoration of the ``Interagency Law Enforcement''
account and the delay of a fiscal year 1999 initiative,
described below.
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $2,970,161,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 3,283,377,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,973,292,000
The Committee recommendation provides $2,973,292,000 in
salaries and expenses for FBI operations for fiscal year 2000.
This level includes funding for the following requested
initiatives:
Chinese espionage at Federal laboratories.--The passing of
ultra-sensitive secrets to China by an employee of Los Alamos
National Laboratory is only the latest episode in a
longstanding campaign by Chinese intelligence services to
penetrate Department of Energy [DoE] laboratories. Lax security
at the laboratories has abetted the work of spies. The
Committee believes counterintelligence and security at DoE
laboratories would be handled best by the FBI. The Committee
directs that not less than 60 agents be reassigned as soon as
possible to field offices in Albuquerque, Knoxville, Chicago,
Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington
to augment the existing foreign counterintelligence
capabilities in these locations. The Committee expects the DoE
to fully reimburse the FBI for the incremental costs the agency
incurs undertaking this new responsibility.
Field Computer Crime/Intrusion Squads.--Traffic on the
Internet continues to rise, yet security controls remain
inadequate. As a result, the information superhighway has
become an avenue for embezzlement, fraud, theft, sabotage,
espionage, hate crimes, and pornography. The Committee views
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 Committee urges
the FBI to submit a reprogramming request should the funding
available to existing squads for equipment, supplies, and
technology upgrades prove inadequate.
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 95 part-time examiners into 62 full-
time examiners. The result would be a 20 percent increase in
CART workyears. 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 siting of CART
personnel should maximize regional coverage. Also, the
Committee expects central headquarters to allocate sufficient
travel funds to allow examiners to support field offices
lacking on-hand specialists. The Committee recommendation
includes an increase of $3,399,000 over the fiscal year 1999
level for training, equipment, supplies, and technology
upgrades. The Committee expects the FBI to deliver a spending
plan to the Committees on Appropriations prior to the release
of these funds.
Digital Storm.--The Committee commends the FBI's laboratory
for developing capabilities to keep pace with systems and
countermeasures deployed by targets of investigations. This is
being done while they maintain the capacity to exploit
information already collected in a timely manner. Digital
technology is providing new opportunities in data collection.
The Committee understands that an additional $500,000 of base
funding is requested for fiscal year 2000. An additional
$5,000,000 is provided for this effort.
National Infrastructure Protection Center.--The National
Infrastructure Protection Center [NIPC] serves as the central
clearinghouse for threats and warnings or actual cyber-attacks
on critical public and private infrastructures. The Committee
recommendation provides $25,392,000 for the NIPC, of which
$1,250,000 is for a national program for infrastructure
assurance developed in cooperation with the Thayer School of
Engineering. The entire amount for the NIPC is to be derived
out of available resources and manpower ceilings from this
account. Claims upon the Attorney General's ``counterterrorism
fund'' should be limited to reimbursements associated with
events of an extraordinary nature.
Counterterrorism.--The Committee expects the FBI to
continue its collaboration with the Southwest Surety Institute.
Indian country law enforcement.--The Committee is very
disturbed by recent Justice Department statistics that seem to
indicate that non-Indian sexual predators are targeting females
on Indian reservations. Within available resources and manpower
ceilings, the Committee directs the FBI to shift not less than
100 agents to existing Justice Department offices nearest the
10 most vulnerable reservations, including Pine Ridge, Cheyenne
River, and Rosebud, SD, and Menominee, WI.
Information Sharing Initiative [ISI].--The ISI is a two-
pronged effort to modernize the FBI's antiquated information
technology infrastructure and to develop advanced software
tools to improve the analysis and dissemination of case-related
material. Fiscal year 1999 funding for the ISI, the obligation
of which was delayed by a Congressionally-directed program
review, should sustain initial software development and systems
installations through the end of fiscal year 2000. Therefore,
the Committee recommendation provides $20,000,000 in base
resources for the ISI. The Committee reiterates its support for
a pilot that would promote the fastest possible fielding of the
capabilities included in modules 3 through 9 to the 10 field
offices with the largest caseload. In the meantime, the FBI
should study whether consolidation opportunities exist that
would speed the deployment of advanced capabilities to the
field. To the degree that ISI funding is found to be in excess
of needs in fiscal year 2000, the Committee recommends
directing available resources to investigative information
services, Computer Analysis and Response Teams, and the
activation of the FBI laboratory. The Committee expects the FBI
to submit a detailed spending plan for the ISI for fiscal year
2000 not later than September 1, 1999.
Intelligence.--The Committee is aware that the processing,
interpretation, and dissemination of intelligence has been
neglected. Within available resources and manpower ceilings,
the Committee directs the FBI to ensure that each field office
has at least one intelligence operations specialist serving as
a collections management officer.
Criminal Justice Services.--The Committee recommendation
includes $131,066,000 for Criminal Justice Services, excluding
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
$104,897,000, the full amount required for NICS, from within
available resources and manpower ceilings. The amount provided
includes the funds necessary to upgrade the integrated
automated fingerprint identification system [IAFIS] to allow
for the immediate destruction of the records of gun buyers
cleared for purchases and to develop point of sale devices that
would allow the largest wholesalers instant access to the NICS.
Federal Convicted Offender DNA Database Program.--DNA
evidence has revolutionized law enforcement, particularly in
the area of sex crimes. Recognizing the high recidivism rate
among sex offenders and other violent criminals, the Federal
Convicted Offender DNA Database [FCODD] program will establish
a central repository of DNA samples from the federal prison
population. The Committee recommendation provides $5,336,000
for this new start.
Mitochondrial DNA.--The Committee recommendation includes
five positions and $2,835,000 for the FBI Laboratory to conduct
research and development of the use of mitochondrial DNA to
assist law enforcement in the identification of missing and
abducted children and other purposes 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.
Federal liability.--The Committee has been informed that an
unintended consequence of Operation Silver Shovel may have been
the lead contamination of several city lots, particularly a
site at 76th and Kedzie Avenue, in Chicago, IL. The FBI is
directed to report back to the Committees on Appropriations on
the following: (1) the circumstances of Operation Silver
Shovel, (2) the level of lead contamination at the sites in
question that is directly attributable to the operation, (3)
the cost of clean-up, and (4) the relative liability of each of
the local, State, and Federal agencies involved in the
operation. The report should be delivered not later than
December 1, 1999.
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 Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime
[NCAVC].--The Committee recommendation includes 11 positions (4
agents) and $1,232,000 for a classified project being conducted
by the NCAVC involving threats to use weapons of mass
destruction.
Spending decreases.--The Committee is alarmed by spending
increases across object classes as high as 83 percent from
fiscal years 1995 through 1999. 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. In addition, no funding has been provided for
the following proposed initiatives: JUMPSTOP, outreach for the
National Infrastructure Protection Center [NIPC], cryptanalysis
and counter-encryption equipment, laboratory network
connectivity, and the civil rights analytical center. JUMPSTOP
is a stand alone system that largely replicates some of the
capabilities of the Information Sharing Initiative. The NIPC
may host federal working groups and regional, State, and local
conferences to the degree that it can identify funds out of
available resources. Cryptanalysis and counter-encryption
efforts duplicate National Security Agency capabilities. The
current laboratory network will suffice until higher priority
information technology systems are completed. The civil rights
analytical center duplicates capabilities resident in the Civil
Rights Division. Also, the Committee eliminates funding for
furniture and vehicle purchases and includes an undistributed
reduction. Finally, the Committee recommendation adopts the
staff reductions described in a letter to the Committee dated
April 5, 1999 for legal attache and resolution six offices.
None of the increases proposed in that letter are provided.
Interagency Law Enforcement.--The fiscal year 2000 budget
request dismantles the ``Interagency Law Enforcement'' account,
which funds nine Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task
Forces [OCDETFs], and distributes OCDETF funds to participating
Justice Department components, undermining efforts to have
Justice Department agencies cooperate on complex, long-term,
high value investigations. The Committee recommendation
transfers $113,039,000 from the FBI to the ``Interagency Law
Enforcement'' account to ensure the long-term effectiveness of
these multi-agency task forces.
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.
Olympic Security.--The Committee is aware of the need for
preparations to address security for the coming Olympics in
Sidney, Australia. The Committee commends the FBI for the work
it is doing with the New South Wales Government, the Sidney
Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, and the Department
of State. The Committee directs that the FBI provide a detailed
report on what preparations have been made to address the
security of U.S. athletes and spectators and what additional
funding may be required. This report should be provided to the
Committees on Appropriations no later than October 1, 1999. The
Committee directs that a reprogramming be submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations for additional funding that is
recommended to address these security needs.
Construction
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $1,287,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 10,287,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,287,000
The Committee recommends $10,287,000 for FBI construction.
This amount is $9,000,000 more than the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 2000 request.
Hazardous devices school.--State and local bomb
technicians, not federal officers, are responsible for
rendering safe explosive devices in most situations. The
Hazardous Devices School certifies bomb technicians and
provides a variety of advanced and refresher courses. The
Committee recommendation includes $9,000,000 to modernize the
school. The Committee directs that top priority be given to
ending the practice of conducting ``disruptions'' in otherwise
occupied buildings and to developing ranges and other
facilities capable of handling the explosive growth in student
attendance projected for the foreseeable future. The Committee
cautions the FBI to develop an upgrade plan predicated on the
assumption that $9,000,000 is all that will be available for
school modernization.
Drug Enforcement Administration
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $1,213,780,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 1,380,242,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,223,146,000
The Committee recommends total budget authority of
$1,223,146,000 for the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA]
for fiscal year 2000. The reduction in this account is largely
the result of the Committee's recommendation not to approve the
proposed transfer of $103,996,000 from the Interagency Crime
and Drug Enforcement Fund.
The Committee is concerned over the lack of management
oversight that has resulted in reporting inconsistencies in
DEA's budget, as well as DEA's failure to properly notify the
Committees on Appropriations of funding shifts, as required by
reprogramming procedures in section 605 of this and previous
Appropriations acts. The Committee notes that the DEA has spent
much of fiscal year 1999 working to properly realign its
resources. The June 1999 reprogramming letter notifying the
Committee of the realignment of DEA resources indicates that
DEA recognizes the seriousness of its financial management
practices, along with the need to accurately report on the use
of appropriated funds and to notify Congress promptly when
funds are shifted among decision units. The Committee believes
it has given DEA sufficient time to address its budgeting
deficiencies and expects that the agency will honor its
commitment to improve its financial management procedures.
Recognizing the importance of combating illegal drug
trafficking, the Committee has acted favorably on DEA's
requests for resources during years of severe fiscal
constraint. However, with that favorable consideration comes an
obligation to ensure that funds are used appropriately and in a
manner consistent with Congressional intent.
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $877,490,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 1,055,572,000
Committee recommendation................................ 878,517,000
The Committee recommends total budget authority of
$878,517,000 for Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] salaries
and expenses for fiscal year 2000, of which $80,330,000 is
derived from the diversion control fund, and, in addition,
$419,459,000 is derived from the violent crime reduction trust
fund.
The Committee recommendation attempts to give DEA the tools
it needs to properly wage the war on illegal drugs. In an
effort to provide additional DEA agents and personnel, no
funding is made available for new vehicle purchases. The
Committee recommendation provides funding for the following:
Regional drug enforcement teams [RET].--The Committee
recommendation includes $22,200,000 for DEA RET teams.
Enhancements to this account will enable the DEA to increase
personnel by 49 positions (30 agents). Added personnel and
resources should be dedicated to locations in the western and
central regions of the United States as determined by the DEA
and focus primarily on the methamphetamine problems in those
geographic regions. RET teams are currently stationed in
targeted 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
recommendation includes $56,700,000 and 39 positions (24
agents) for DEA MET team deployments. 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 programs
which target drug related crime and drug trafficking
organizations within the United States.
Methamphetamine initiative.--The recommendation includes
$27,459,000 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; and
clean-up the hazardous waste generated by seized clandestine
laboratories. Within the amounts provided, an additional
$3,000,000 is made available for the DEA's methamphetamine lab
cleanup efforts. The Committee notes that funds for this
purpose are also provided to the DEA through the Office of
Justice Programs and the DEA's asset forfeiture account.
Methamphetamine training initiative.--The Committee
recommends that $2,500,000 be provided to the DEA for equipment
to train State and local officials to respond to, dismantle,
and investigate clandestine methamphetamine laboratories. The
Committee encourages the DEA to utilize DEA regional drug
enforcement teams in methamphetamine related operations.
Heroin Enforcement Strategy.--The statistics for heroin use
by teenagers continues to rise. In fact, the use of heroin by
twelfth graders has doubled between 1990 and 1996. It appears
that many do not understand that sniffing this drug does not
change its addictiveness. New Mexico U.S. Attorneys have
reported to the Committee that most Black Tar heroin addicts
never permanently break the addiction. The Committee recommends
$14,926,000 to address this challenge including a $2,000,000
increase above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation. The
Committee also directs the Attorney General to report to the
Committees on Appropriations on how this funding will be used.
This report should be provided and approved before any funds
are expended.
International counter drug operations.--The Committee
recommendation includes $7,500,000 and 27 positions (12 agents)
to expand DEA enforcement efforts in Central America and Mexico
by enhancing current offices in Belize City, Belize; Managua,
Nicaragua; Panama City, Panama; San Jose, Costa Rica; San
Salvador, El Salvador; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; and in Mexico by
enhancing offices in Mexico City; Ciudad Juarez; Guadalajara;
Mazatlan, and Monterrey.
South America initiative.--The recommendation includes
$10,000,000 and 28 positions (17 agents) to expand DEA
enforcement efforts in South America by establishing resident
offices in Manaus, Brazil; Maracaibo, Venezuela; and Salta,
Argentina and enhancing current offices in Asuncion, Paraguay;
Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador; and Santiago, Chile.
Firebird/Merlin.--The Committee recommendation includes an
additional $13,000,000 to the base amount to accelerate the
implementation of the Firebird computer system. When fully
deployed, Firebird will provide all DEA domestic and
international offices with an integrated information sharing
and communications computer network.
Operation pipeline.--The Committee understands the value of
operation pipeline in the seizure of illicit drugs being
transported on our Nation's highways. To build upon this
effort, the Committee directs the DEA to collect information
from the States where pipeline programs operate. Information to
be collected should include the amount of drugs and monetary
seizures and the time spent by State and local law enforcement
on pipeline activities. Furthermore, the Committee instructs
the DEA to develop initiatives within the pipeline program
which will coordinate State interdiction efforts and ensure
that all pipeline activities conform to the overall DEA mission
of curtailing drug trafficking. The Committee further directs
the DEA to conduct a feasibility study of the agency becoming
an active participant with State law enforcement on highway
interdiction stops. This study should be provided to the
Appropriations Committees no later than February 1, 2000.
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
devote sufficient resources to this problem in cooperation with
other Federal law enforcement agencies.
Iowa Methamphetamine Initiative.--The Committee
recommendation provides the following amounts: (1) $222,000 for
the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement to support the
overtime, travel, and related expenses of 11 additional
narcotics enforcement personnel; and (2) $178,000 for an Iowa
methamphetamine education mobile learning center.
Special Operations Division [SOD].--The recommendation
provides $7,724,000 for additional DEA SOD initiatives. Funding
will allow the SOD division to expand and enhance Title III
support of priority drug investigations.
``Drug diversion control fee'' account.--The Committee has
provided $80,330,000 for DEA's Drug Diversion Control Program,
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 2000. As was the case
in fiscal year 1999, no funds are provided in the DEA
``Salaries and expenses'' appropriation for the ``Diversion
control fee account'' in fiscal year 2000.
The Committee believes that Federal agencies should provide
personnel required to maintain, submit, or disclose information
the option of doing so electronically when practicable as a
substitute for paper. The Committee, therefore, commends the
DEA for the significant progress made thus far toward
developing a system for ordering Schedule II controlled
substances and keeping many of the required records
electronically. The Committee was pleased to learn that the
agency expects that the pilot program for this system will be
completed before the end of the year 2000 and that
implementation of the system will have begun before that time.
The system will also provide for the electronic reporting of
these transactions to the DEA's ARCOS system and for the future
expansion of this reporting to include all controlled
substances. The Committee is also pleased to learn that the
Drug Enforcement Administration will actively involve
registrant groups and will use the expertise of the registrant
community throughout the development and implementation of an
electronic ordering system for controlled substances that is
secure, efficient, cost effective, and allow for real-time data
transmission. Involvement of registrants could include
meetings, written updates on development of the system, and
specific opportunities for registrant comment. To carry out
this effort, the Committee expects that the agency will utilize
funds in the ``Diversion control fee account,'' including
accrued funds when appropriate, to the extent that these funds
are available and appropriated for this purpose.
Interagency Law Enforcement.--The fiscal year 2000 budget
request dismantles the ``Interagency Law Enforcement'' account,
which funds nine Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task
Forces [OCDETF], and distributes OCDETF funds to various
Justice components, undermining Congressional efforts to have
Justice agencies cooperate on complex, long-term, high value
investigations. Therefore, the Committee recommendation
transfers $103,996,000 from the DEA to the ``Interagency Law
Enforcement'' account to ensure the long-term effectiveness of
these multi-agency task forces.
Construction
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $8,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 8,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,500,000
The Committee recommends continuing the ``Construction''
account for DEA to finance needed infrastructure improvements
and renovations.
The recommendation includes $5,500,000 to replace DEA's
deteriorating laboratories. The Committee understands that
$3,600,000 in carryover is available to fund the repair and
maintenance of DEA offices and other facilities.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INCLUDING OFFSETTING FEE COLLECTIONS)
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $2,554,327,000
(Offsetting fee collections)........................ 1,306,046,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 2,935,302,000
(Offsetting fee collections)........................ 1,313,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,709,128,000
(Offsetting fee collections)........................ 1,290,162,000
The Committee recommends total new budget (obligational)
authority of $3,999,290,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the
Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS]. The
recommendation is $138,917,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $249,012,000 below the fiscal year 2000
request. Of the total amount recommended, $873,000,000 is
derived from the violent crime reduction trust fund, and
$1,290,162,000 will be derived from offsetting fee collections.
In addition, $171,000,000 will be drawn from the Working
Capital Fund to augment INS resources.
The Committee's recommendations for specific accounts
within the INS are described in more detail below.
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $2,464,327,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 2,835,638,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,570,164,000
The Committee recommends $2,570,164,000 for salaries and
expenses for fiscal year 2000, including $2,520,164,000 from
the violent crime reduction trust fund. The recommendation is
$105,837,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$265,474,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request. Within the
amount made available for legal proceedings, funding shall be
provided to increase by not less than two the number of
attorneys assigned to the district office in Alaska. In
addition, $250,000 is for office space for the special agent on
Kodiak Island.
Border control.--In fiscal year 1999, the INS will miss
hiring targets by as much as 80 percent, the wash out rate for
academy entrants will approach 20 percent, and the attrition
rate for experienced agents will climb to nearly 10 percent.
The reasons for this crisis are many. A tight job market,
tough training and language requirements, and low pay and rank
have diminished the appeal of the Border Patrol. The loss of
experienced agents at a time when the number of new agents has
exploded is particularly worrisome. Forty-nine percent of
Border Patrol agents have 3 years or less of experience and 39
percent of agents have 2 years or less of experience. Law
enforcement experts indicate that it is very risky to allow an
agency's overall ratio of inexperienced to experienced agents
to exceed 30 percent. When it does, the agency will find it
difficult to maintain performance, professionalism and
integrity.
While the Committee recognizes that certain disincentives
to employment, such as a healthy economy or language skills,
are either beyond the control of the INS or desirable
requirements, other disincentives, such as low pay, can be
eliminated. The Committee directs the INS to undertake a top to
bottom review of its personnel system with the intent of
improving the quality and quantity of Border Patrol agents. Top
priority should be given to retaining seasoned agents.
The Committee recommendation includes an increase of
$83,308,000 over fiscal year 1999 for 1,000 new Border Patrol
agents and to reform and improve the recruitment, training, and
compensation of Border Patrol agents. This amount is in
addition to the $17,942,000 provided for training.
Border Patrol equipment.--The effectiveness of the Border
Patrol is threatened by crippling shortfalls of basic
equipment. More importantly, agent safety is at risk. The chart
below summarizes the current situation:
BORDER PATROL EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS
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Projected Percentage
Ratio per agent/sector Item total Present of Inventory
need inventory requirement required
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1 per Agent............................ Pocket scopes............ 9,000 328 4 8,672
2 per 3 Agents......................... Goggles.................. 6,000 1,345 22 4,655
2 per Sector........................... Fiber optic scopes....... 40 11 28 29
100 per Sector......................... Hand-held searchlights... 2,000 75 4 1,925
100 per Sector......................... IR scopes (LORIS)........ 2,000 232 12 1,768
1 per Agent............................ GPS...................... 9,000 178 2 8,822
1 per 10 Agents........................ Vehicle IR cameras....... 900 35 4 865
Based on Tactics....................... Sensors.................. 15,000 10,714 71 4,286
Based on Tactics....................... Remote video surveillance 750 20 3 730
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To preserve the benefits of several years of massive
investments to expand the Border Patrol, the Committee
recommendation provides an increase of $22,925,000 for high
priority equipment, including $9,500,000 for infrared scopes,
$6,375,000 for night vision goggles, and $4,050,000 for pocket
scopes. In addition, the Committee has provided $3,000,000 for
laser aiming modules and infrared target pointers/illuminators,
a new initiative intended to enhance the firepower of agents
facing increasingly heavily armed drug runners. The Committee
expects the INS to consult with the Committees on
Appropriations prior to the release of these funds.
The Committee recommendation also includes increases over
fiscal year 1999 for the following initiatives:
--$10,000,000 for the Integrated Surveillance Intelligence
System [ISIS], with no less than half the systems
deployed to the northern tier;
--$3,000,000 for the Law Enforcement Support Center [LESC].
The amount provided assumes the addition of Louisiana,
Mississippi, and South Carolina into the system; and
--$1,500,000 for the necessary equipment, modifications, and
manning for a Secure Electronic Network for Traveler's
Rapid Inspection [SENTRI] lane at San Luis, AZ, port of
entry.
Border Patrol aviation.--The Committee has been informed
that the delay in delivery of the required report on Border
Patrol aviation is attributable to crashes of unmanned aerial
vehicles during evaluation flights. The Committee looks forward
to the earliest possible presentation of flight test results to
Congress.
Border Patrol recruitment and retention office.--The
Committee is concerned by the Immigration and Naturalization
Service's failure to hire, train, and deploy 1,000 full-time,
active-duty Border Patrol agents in fiscal year 1999. INS is
likely to hire only 200 to 400 new Border Patrol agents in
fiscal year 1999. Congress allocated $97,000,000 to hire 1,000
new agents, and the Committee is troubled by ongoing INS
management and recruitment practices which resulted in this
failure.
The Committee directs the Commissioner of INS to establish
within the agency an Office of Border Patrol Recruitment and
Retention. This office shall: (1) develop outreach programs to
identify and recruit prospective Border Patrol agents; (2)
develop programs to retain Border Patrol agents; and (3) submit
recommendations to the Commissioner of INS relating to pay and
benefits of Border Patrol agents. The Commissioner is directed
to submit a report to the Appropriations Committee on the
establishment and activities of the Office of Border Patrol
Recruitment and Retention no later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act.
In addition, the Committee believes that recruitment,
testing, and hiring of Border Patrol agents would be made
easier by utilizing existing Border Patrol facilities in Texas
and other Southwestern states. The Committee encourages the
Border Patrol to expand testing capabilities and other hiring
steps at existing Border Patrol facilities in cities in the
border area, such as McAllen, Laredo, Del Rio, Marfa, El Paso,
and other cities in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Deployment of Border Patrol resources.--The Committee is
aware that the Border Patrol is using the costly method of
sending temporary assignments out of San Diego to augment
manning at El Centro. The Committee directs that not less than
22 agent positions, and associated support positions, be
permanently transferred from San Diego to El Centro. The Border
Patrol is further directed to allow attrition to affect this
change to the greatest degree possible to minimize the
disruption of employees' lives. 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. INS shall
continue its consultation with the Committees on Appropriations
before deployment of new Border Patrol agents.
Interior enforcement.--Congress launched a major interior
enforcement initiative last year, so-called Quick Response
Teams [QRTs], that have just begun deploying. QRTs will be
fielded from the foothills of the Rockies through the middle of
the country to the Atlantic seaboard to intercept illegal
aliens that have eluded the Border Patrol and are transiting
the interior. The mixed teams of investigators and detention
and deportation officers are designed to apprehend or take
custody of illegal and criminal aliens for incarceration,
processing, and removal. Though the Committee has high hopes
for QRTs, the concept remains unproven. For that reason, the
Committee has deferred funding for new personnel until the
teams are in place and their performance assessed.
Detention funding shortfall.--The failure of the INS to
adequately budget for the mandatory detention requirements of
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
of 1996 created severe funding shortfalls in the detention and
deportation account in both fiscal years 1999 and 2000. The
Committee recommendation includes an increase of $150,000,000
over the fiscal year 1999 level for the detention of criminal
and illegal aliens, $75,000,000 of which shall be derived from
the Working Capital Fund. Prior to the release of the
$150,000,000, the INS shall submit implementation plans to the
Committees on Appropriations for the four initiatives proposed
in the budget: (1) integrating INS criminal alien records with
the National Crime Information Center, (2) utilizing Justice
Prisoner and Alien Transportation System flights for
deportations, (3) hiring additional detention and deportation
personnel, and (4) expanding the number of juvenile detention
beds. Should additional funds be required, the Committee would
consider a reprogramming.
Local jails.--The Committee directs the INS to study and
report back to the Committees on Appropriations on the
feasibility of utilizing the Tallahatchie County prison
facility in Tutwiler, MS, for the detention of criminal and
illegal aliens. The report shall be delivered to the Committees
on Appropriations not later than March 1, 2000.
The Committee is aware that the Etowah County Detention
Center in Alabama is currently being used by the Atlanta
Regional Office of the INS to house overflow detainees. The
Committee recognizes that the Center, which meets or exceeds
all of the detention standards required by the INS, provides a
cost effective location for the INS to house detainees. The
Committee further recognizes that the Atlanta Region may
require additional detention space in the near future.
Therefore, the Committee directs the INS to give full
consideration to the Etowah County Detention Center should it
seek to expand available bed space in the region, as long as
the county facility remains cost competitive.
Naturalization.--The Committee recommendation includes
$96,000,000 from the Working Capital Fund to augment the
resources available to the INS for processing naturalization
and other benefit applications. INS shall consult with the
Committees on Appropriations prior to the release of these
funds. In addition, the INS is directed to provide a progress
report on records centralization to the Appropriations
Committees not later than November 1, 1999. Finally, of the
total amount provided for naturalization and other benefits,
$20,000 is for regularly scheduled visits by INS personnel to
Roanoke, VA, to improve services in that rural area.
U.S.-Canada border.--The Committee has been informed that
inadequate staffing at the Ambassador Bridge, Detroit-Windsor
Tunnel, the International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie, and the
Blue Water Bridge is impeding the flow of vehicle traffic
through these ports of entry [PoEs]. It is possible that the
INS workload model may include outdated traffic volumes for
these locations. The INS is directed to review the latest data
available for actual vehicle inspections at the aforementioned
PoEs, compare actuals to the model, and adjust the model, if
necessary, so that the fiscal year 2000 deployment plan is
based upon the best available information.
Spending decreases.--The Committee is alarmed by spending
increases across object classes as high as 135 percent from
fiscal years 1995 through 1999. These rates, far in excess of
inflation, cannot be sustained. The Committee recommendation
freezes spending at last year's level. The Committee
recommendation also eliminates funding for the Commissioner's
contingency fund and the Southwest border contingency fund.
Finally, the Committee eliminates funding for vehicle
purchases.
Interagency Law Enforcement.--The fiscal year 2000 budget
request dismantles the ``Interagency Law Enforcement'' account,
which funds nine Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task
Forces [OCDETF], and distributes account funds to various
Justice components, undermining efforts to have Justice
Department agencies cooperate on complex, long-term, high value
investigations. The Committee recommendation transfers
$11,240,000 from the Immigration and Naturalization Service to
the ``Interagency Law Enforcement'' account to ensure the long-
term effectiveness of these multi-agency task forces.
Transfer to immigration fees.--The Committee recommendation
transfers base funding for data processing, legal proceedings,
and information and records management, a total of $28,484,000,
from this account to the ``immigration examinations'' and ``H-
1B'' fee accounts. Exams and H-1B fees may be used for expenses
in providing adjudication, services, and support. This transfer
releases additional resources in this account for higher
priority border control, deportation, and detention
initiatives.
Transfer to breached bond/detention fund.--The
recommendation transfers base funding for detention and
deportation, a total of $2,871,000, to the ``breached bond/
detention fund''. The fund helps defray the cost of detaining
criminal and illegal aliens.
Reorganization.--The breakdown of the INS chain of command
during consideration of the fiscal year 1999 Supplemental led
to the issuance of incomplete and misleading information to
Congress. The Committee recommendation streamlines the
headquarters hierarchy which should strengthen lines of
authority and improve the quality and clarity of information
provided to Members and their staff.
Offsetting fee collections
The Committee recommends a total of $1,290,162,000 of
spending for fiscal year 2000 from fee-funded accounts, a
decrease of $15,884,000 below the fiscal year 1999 level, to
support activities related to the legal admission of persons
into the United States. These activities are supported entirely
by fees paid by persons who are either traveling
internationally or are applying for immigration benefits. The
Committee recommendations, by account, follow:
Immigration user fee
The Committee recommends $446,151,000 of spending for
fiscal year 2000 from the ``Immigration user fee'' account.
This is the full amount of receipts estimated to be available.
The amount provided is a decrease of $39,920,000 below the
fiscal year 1999 level. The Committee recommendation does not
include either of the fee increases proposed for fiscal year
2000.
The immigration user fee account faces a crisis. Inspection
costs are exceeding user fee receipts even after INS extended
fees to previously exempted passengers transiting through the
United States. Congress is confronted with four options for
restoring the financial health of the 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 most current services until
a clear consensus emerges as to the proper means of matching
revenues to requirements in this account.
Base adjustments.--The Committee recommendation does not
include $9,918,000 for ``re-evaluation of receipts''. The INS
has determined that proposed initiatives in fiscal year 1999
cost more than was provided. While regrettable, the Committee
expects the INS to live within the means provided by Congress.
The Committee recommendation also does not include $2,500,000
for a proposed departure management reprogramming. This program
is a low priority compared to assuring: (1) the swiftest
possible inspections for legal entrants; and, (2) the
detection, detention, and deportation of illegal entrants at
U.S. air and sea ports of entry. Finally, the Committee has
adjusted the ``annualization of 1999 pay raise'' to correct an
erroneous assumption.
Transfer to immigration user fee.--Last year, $29,536,000
in base funding for legal proceedings, information resource
management, administration, and facilities was transferred to
user fees. Recognizing the financial pressures on this account,
the Committee recommendation does not include a base transfer
this year.
Reprogrammings.--The Committee will not entertain
reprogrammings from this account for any purpose.
Immigration examinations fee
The Committee recommends $712,800,000 of spending for
fiscal year 2000 from offsetting collections from the
``Immigration examinations fee'' account, the full amount of
receipts estimated to be available. The amount provided is an
increase of $77,100,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level.
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.
Transfer to immigration examinations fee.--The
recommendation transfers base funding for data processing,
legal proceedings, and information and records management, a
total of $27,359,000, from ``salaries and expenses'' to this
account. Immigration examination fees may be used for expenses
in providing immigration adjudication and naturalization
services and support.
In the last few years, the Committee has provided hundreds
of millions of dollars in program increases to improve the
integrity of the naturalization process and reduce the
naturalization application backlog. Definite progress has been
made, especially in the area of integrity, but the backlog
remains. The Committee urges the INS to establish performance-
based pay incentives and penalties for managers and employees
to ensure the maximum return on the taxpayers' investment.
Reprogrammings.--The Committee will not entertain
reprogrammings from this account for any purpose.
land border inspection fee
The Committee recommends $1,012,000 of spending for fiscal
year 2000 from the land border inspection fund, a decrease of
$2,263,000 below fiscal year 1999, to support inspection
services at land border ports of entry. This is the full amount
of receipts estimated to be available to support inspection
services. Revenues from this account help underwrite the
operation of dedicated commuter lanes for preregistered U.S.
citizens.
Breached Bond/Detention Fund
The Committee recommends $127,771,000 of spending for
fiscal year 2000 from the breached bond/detention fund. This is
the full amount of receipts estimated to be available to
support detention of criminal and illegal aliens. This is a
decrease of $49,179,000 below the fiscal year 1999 level. The
decrease is attributable to the loss of 245i revenue.
Base transfer to breached bond/detention fund.--The
recommendation transfers base funding for detention and
deportation, a total of $2,871,000, from ``salaries and
expenses'' to the ``breached bond/detention fund.'' The fund
helps defray the cost of detaining criminal and illegal aliens.
Immigration Enforcement Fines
The Committee recommends $1,303,000 of spending for fiscal
year 2000 from the ``Immigration enforcement fines'' account, a
decrease of $2,747,000 below fiscal year 1999, to support
border enforcement activities. This is the full amount of
receipts estimated to be available to support enforcement
activities.
H-1B Fees
The Committee recommends $1,125,000 of spending for fiscal
year 2000 from the ``H-1B fees'' account. This new account
supports the processing of applications for temporary workers,
and the recommendation represents the full amount of revenues
estimated to be available. The Committee recommendation
transfers base funding for data processing, legal proceedings,
and information and records management, a total of $1,125,000,
from ``Salaries and expenses'' to this account. H-1B fees may
be used for expenses in providing visa adjudication, services,
and support.
Construction
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $90,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 99,664,000
Committee recommendation................................ 138,964,000
The Committee recommends $138,964,000 for fiscal year 2000
for construction projects. The recommendation is $48,964,000
above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $39,300,000 above
the fiscal year 2000 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 Border Patrol projects has reached unacceptable levels:
$150,000,000 in construction; $180,000,000 in one-time
specialized construction (cells, booking stations, etc.); and
$191,000,000 in maintenance and repair. 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:
Alcan, AK--POE Housing................................ 1,000
Skagway, AK--POE Housing.............................. 1,000
Chula Vista, CA--Border Patrol Station................ 6,500
El Centro, CA--Sector HQ.............................. 5,000
Santa Teresa, NM--Border Patrol Station............... 7,850
Alpine, TX--Border Patrol Station..................... 4,000
Brownsville, TX--Border Patrol Station................ 1,200
Del Rio, TX--Border Patrol Sector HQ.................. 4,300
Presidio, TX--Border Patrol Housing................... 5,118
Charleston, SC--Border Patrol Academy................. 14,000
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Subtotal............................................ 49,968
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Planning/Site Acquisition/Design:
Campo, CA--Border Patrol Station...................... 600
El Cajon, CA--Border Patrol Station................... 307
Temecula, CA--Border Patrol Station................... 447
Douglas, AZ--Border Patrol Station.................... 300
Tucson, AZ--Border Patrol Station..................... 1,330
Yuma, AZ--Border Patrol Station....................... 687
Del Rio, TX--Checkpoints.............................. 173
Eagle Pass, TX--Border Patrol Station................. 934
El Paso, TX--Border Patrol Station.................... 865
Laredo, TX--Checkpoints............................... 128
McAllen, TX--Sector HQ................................ 954
McAllen, TX--Border Patrol Station.................... 685
Port Isabel, TX--Border Patrol Station................ 500
Sanderson, TX--Border Patrol Station.................. 238
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Subtotal............................................ 8,148
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Military Engineering Support to the Border Patrol:
SW Border Barriers........................................ 3,000
Santa Teresa, NM--fence............................... [367]
JTF-6 Projects............................................ 3,000
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Subtotal................................................ 6,000
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Detention:
New Construction:
Port Isabel, TX--Service Processing Center............ 11,000
Krome, FL--Service Processing Center.................. 9,500
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Subtotal............................................ 20,500
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Planning/Site Acquisition/Design:
El Centro, CA--Service Processing Center.............. 1,000
Florence, AZ--Service Processing Center............... 800
El Paso, TX--Service Processing Center................ 200
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Subtotal............................................ 2,000
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Servicewide One-Time Construction............................. 19,250
Servicewide Maintenance & Repair.............................. 23,000
Servicewide Fuel Storage Tank Upgrade/Repair.................. 4,300
Program Execution............................................. 5,798
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Subtotal.................................................. 52,348
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Total, INS Construction................................... 138,964
Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the
table are described in more detail in the following paragraphs.
Housing.--The Committee recommendation includes $2,000,000
for housing at the remote Alcan and Skagway ports of entry. The
Committee expects to be consulted prior to the release of these
funds.
Servicewide one-time construction.--The Office of
Management and Budget misinterpreted Congressional direction
and eliminated fiscal year 2000 funding for this account during
their budget process. The INS is directed to make this account
a priority, and to reprogram available funds to it as
servicewide savings emerge through the course of the year.
Southwest border barriers.--Of the $3,000,000 provided for
southwest border barriers, $367,000 is for a fence in Santa
Teresa, NM.
Federal Prison System
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $3,299,850,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 3,777,218,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,753,285,000
The Committee recommends total budgetary resources of
$3,753,285,000 for the Federal prison system for fiscal year
2000, of which $46,599,000 is derived from the violent crime
reduction trust fund. The Committee recommendation also assumes
that in addition to amounts appropriated, $50,000,000 will be
available in end-of-year carryover for necessary operating
expenses.
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $2,888,853,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 3,218,427,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,203,494,000
The Committee recommends total budgetary resources of
$3,203,494,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Federal
prison system for fiscal year 2000. The Committee
recommendation also assumes that in addition to amounts
appropriated, $50,000,000 will be available in end-of-year
carryover for necessary operating expenses.
Activation of new prisons.--The Committee recommendation
includes funding for activation of five new facilities (4,320
beds): a minimum security facility in Forrest City, AR; medium
and minimum security facilities in Victorville, CA; and
detention centers in Houston, TX; Brooklyn, NY; and
Philadelphia, PA.
In addition, the recommendation includes funding for: 2,000
D.C. Sentenced Felons to be housed in contract facilities; an
additional 3,000 short-term criminal aliens to be housed in
contract facilities; and up to 1,000 INS long term detainees in
contract care. Further, funding is provided to expand the
number of residential drug treatment units in Bureau of
Prisons' facilities and community based transitional drug
treatment centers. Finally, the recommendation includes
$46,599,000 in resources from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund as authorized in the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) to treat Federal
prison inmates with substance abuse problems.
The Committee recommendation includes funding to begin and
or complete activation of the following facilities:
Butner, NC.............................................. $7,500,000
Fort Devens, MA......................................... 5,422,000
Loretto, PA--expansion.................................. 1,902,000
Forrest City, AR........................................ 4,585,000
Victorville, CA......................................... 25,230,000
Houston, TX............................................. 19,384,000
Brooklyn, NY............................................ 22,258,000
Philadelphia, PA........................................ 15,352,000
Based on a new activation estimate, the amount for the
Butner facility has been reduced by $17,175,000.
The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to
that included in previous appropriations acts, which allows:
(1) for the purchase of motor vehicles for police-type use and
the purchase of uniforms without regard to the general purchase
price limitation; (2) for the provision of technical advice to
foreign governments; (3) for transfer of funds to the Health
Resources and Services Administration; (4) for the Director to
enter into contracts to furnish health care; (5) up to $6,000
for reception and representation expenses; (6) up to
$50,000,000 as discussed above for necessary prison operations
to remain available until September 30, 2001; (7) up to
$20,000,000 for contract confinement expenses for the care and
security of Cuban and Haitian entrants; (8) for the Federal
prison system to enter into contracts and other agreements with
private entities for a multiyear period for the confinement of
Federal prisoners; and (9) up to $26,499,000 to remain
available until expended from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund.
Buildings And Facilities
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $410,997,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 558,791,000
Committee recommendation................................ 549,791,000
The Committee recommends a total of $549,791,000 for fiscal
year 2000 for the construction, modernization, maintenance, and
repair of prison and detention facilities housing Federal
prisoners. This amount is $138,794,000 more than the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation and $9,000,000 less than the fiscal
year 2000 budget request. A reduction of $96,000,000 is
provided from unobligated balances from the building and
facilities account, without reducing the number of beds to be
added.
Transfer of D.C. sentenced felons.--The Committee
understands that the BOP has started transferring D.C.
sentenced felons into Federal custody as capacity permits based
on the December 31, 2001 closure of the Lorton correctional
complex. Further, the Committee is providing $221,000,000 to:
complete construction of the Northern Mid-Atlantic penitentiary
and the South Carolina facility; further develop sites of
earlier projects; and add inmate work program areas at four
facilities. The Committee funds a total of seven facilities for
BOP to assist in housing the D.C. sentenced felons.
Federal prison capacity.--The level of overcrowding in
Federal high-security prisons continues to remain at 57
percent. The Committee believes that high levels of
overcrowding are unacceptable and increases the potential
danger to staff and the communities in which the correctional
facilities exist. The Committee provides funds to address what
it views as the greatest long-term need within the BOP--
adequate bed space for Federal inmates convicted of violent
crimes. For this reason, the Committee is providing
$137,000,000 for a western region penitentiary. The western
region continues to have the highest level of overcrowding, as
identified by the Department of Justice in a recent
Congressionally directed report. Further, the Committee is
providing $26,000,000 in site and planning funds for two
Federal Correctional Institutions (FCI) in the western region.
The Committee is also providing $94,000,000 to construct an FCI
at Yazoo City, Mississippi. This will add much needed medium
security capacity at an existing site in the Delta region. The
Bureau of Prisons is also directed to study the need for the
construction of a high security prison facility at the Bureau
of Prisons Southern Region site in Yazoo City and report to the
Subcommittee by May 1, 2000. In addition, the Committee
recognizes the need to transfer long term detainees from INS to
BOP custody. Therefore, the Committee is providing $20,000,000
for preliminary site and planning of three facilities to add
capacity for the INS long term detainees.
Federal prisons infrastructure.--To help BOP maintain its
facilities the Committee is providing an increase of
$27,000,000. This will adjust the Modernization and Repair base
amount available by nearly 2 percent of the replacement value
of BOP facilities. This increase reflects the Committee's
concern that BOP must continually maintain its 94 facilities
and operate them in a safe and secure manner and protect the
taxpayers' investment. The Committee is aware that these
facilities are being utilized on a 24-hour basis, and that the
Committee previously directed the BOP to develop a long-term
approach to its modernization and repair program. The Committee
commends the bureau for their innovation in improving this
program. The BOP reports that 19 of its correctional
institutions are over 50 years old and more than 40 facilities
are over 20 years old. The Committee understands that failure
to maintain these correctional structures, utility systems, and
physical plants causes security and safety problems, as well as
allows the facilities to further deteriorate to a point where
remediation is far more expensive.
The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to
that included in previous appropriations acts, which allows:
(1) for planning of facilities, acquisition of sites, and
construction of facilities; (2) for leasing a facility in
Oklahoma City, OK; (3) for acquisition, remodeling, and
equipping facilities by contract or force account; (4) for up
to $14,074,000 to construct inmate work areas; (5) for use of
prisoner labor; and (6) for up to 10 percent of this
appropriation to be transferred to the ``Salaries and
expenses'' account.
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
(Limitation On Administrative Expenses)
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $3,266,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 3,429,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,429,000
The Committee recommends a limitation on administrative
expenses of $3,429,000 for the Federal Prison Industries, Inc.,
for fiscal year 2000, which is equal to the amount requested
and $163,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation.
The Committee recognizes the importance of Federal Prison
Industries [UNICOR] 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 help
reduce recidivism. The Committee also recognizes the necessity
for UNICOR to grow and provide more jobs as the inmate
population increases.
Office of Justice Programs
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $4,849,007,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 3,550,286,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,951,280,000
The Committee recommends a total of $2,951,280,000 in new
budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 2000, including
$1,547,450,000 from the violent crime reduction trust fund for
the various law enforcement assistance, juvenile justice,
research, and statistics programs of the Office of Justice
Programs [OJP].
Included in these amounts are funds to continue providing
assistance to States and localities, such as the State and
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program, the 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, 1999.................................... $147,151,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 338,648,000
Committee recommendation................................ 373,092,000
The Committee recommends $373,092,000 in direct
appropriations for justice assistance for fiscal year 2000.
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 all grants provided through the Office of
Justice Programs. Programs improving State and local response
capabilities to terrorist incidents have been moved to the
Office of Justice Programs' Justice Assistance Account where
direct funding is provided.
Justice Assistance
Committee
recommendation
National Institute of Justice........................... $50,948,000
Defense/law enforcement technology transfer......... (10,277,000)
Bureau of Justice Statistics............................ 28,886,000
Missing children........................................ 19,952,000
Regional information sharing system..................... 20,000,000
National White Collar Crime Center...................... 5,350,000
Counterterrorism activities............................. 204,500,000
Local Law Enforcement Training Program.............. (7,000,000)
Expansion of the equipment acquisition program...... (79,000,000)
Administration/Nunn, Lugar, Domenici transfer....... (4,000,000)
Technical assistance/national needs assessment...... (3,000,000)
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........................................ (4,000,000)
National Emergency Response and Rescue Training
Center, Texas A&M University...................... (4,000,000)
National Exercise, Test and Training Center, Nevada
test
site.............................................. (4,000,000)
National Center for Bio-Med Research and Training,
Louisiana State University........................ (4,000,000)
State and local detection/bomb technician equipment..... (35,000,000)
Chemical/Biological Equipment Identification Program.... (3,000,000)
Counterterrorism laboratories........................... (30,000,000)
Counterterrorism technologies........................... (10,000,000)
State and local antiterrorism training.................. (2,000,000)
Management and administration........................... 43,456,000
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Total justice assistance........................ 373,092,000
National Institute of Justice.--The Committee
recommendation provides $50,948,000 for the National Institute
of Justice [NIJ] for fiscal year 2000, which is a $4,800,000
increase over the fiscal year 1999 appropriation. The increase
is provided to expand the Adam Program. In addition,
$20,000,000 will be provided to NIJ in fiscal year 2000, as was
provided in fiscal year 1999, 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 1999 be made available
for computerized identification systems and forensic DNA
analysis technologies.
From available funds NIJ is directed to provide $2,100,000
to the School Crime Prevention and Security Technology Center.
NIJ is also directed to carry out a broad-based demonstration
of computerized contactless live scan fingerprint capture
services and report to the Committee with the results; from
available funds NIJ is further directed to provide $1,025,000
to the Criminal Imaging Response Center, at the Institute of
Forensic Imaging, Indianapolis, Indiana, to conduct research;
$300,000 to the United States Mexico Coalition to determine
costs to border counties to process criminal illegal
immigrants; $250,000 to conduct a study of casework increases
in U.S. District Courts; $360,000 to the Center for Child and
Family studies to conduct research into intrafamily violence;
$1,500,000 to the University of Connecticut Health Center to
establish a prison health research center; and $2,500,000 for
the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement to establish a
school violence research center.
Safe schools initiative [SSI].--The Committee is concerned
about the continued level of violence in our children's
schools. To address this issue, the Committee recommendation
includes $25,000,000, of which $10,000,000 is part of NIJ's
base funding to develop technologies to improve school safety,
of which $15,000,000 is provided under the ``State and local
law enforcement assistance'' account for the Crime
Identification Technology Program.
Drug detection.--In recognition of the threat to students
and the presence of illicit drugs in the school environment,
the Committee directs that $300,000 shall be made available to
provide research for a non-toxic and non-carcinogenic reagent-
based detection and identification aerosol designed to detect
trace amounts of illegal drugs. Each aerosol canister should
allow the user at least ten tests for non-invasive monitoring
to be performed on any type of surface, with each test costing
less than $3. The Department is directed to provide a report on
this technology no later than February 1, 2000. The report
should include an analysis of whether such evidence may be used
in a court of law.
Defense/law enforcement technology transfer.--The Committee
recommendation includes resources of $10,277,000 to provide for
NIJ management and oversight of this program to support joint
efforts by the Justice Department and the Department of Defense
to adapt defense technologies to law enforcement use, to field
prototype systems for evaluation, to develop standards and test
products, and to develop technologies that will minimize the
risk of death or injury to law enforcers, corrections officers,
and citizens.
Bureau of Justice Statistics.--The Committee recommendation
provides $28,886,000 for the Bureau of Justice Statistics [BJS]
for fiscal year 2000, which is $3,857,000 more than the current
year appropriation. The BJS is responsible for the collection,
analysis, and publication of statistical information on crime,
criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operations of the
Nation's justice systems. This recommendation includes:
$700,000 for Police Use of Force Statistics; $1,157,000 to
support the National Victims of Crime Survey; $1,000,000 to
compile Hate Crime Statistics; and $1,000,000 to compile
victims of disabilities statistics.
Missing children.--The Committee recommendation provides
$19,952,000 for the Missing Children Program to combat crimes
against children, particularly kidnaping and sexual
exploitation. This is a $2,784,000 increase over the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation.
The Committee commends the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children for its significant progress and efforts in
addressing the ever increasing crimes against our children. The
Missing Children Division is at the heart of this effort. While
the Committee continues to support the Center's expansion it
also is concerned that finding children remains the top
priority.
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
to form new 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) $9,654,000 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. This will make it easier for people
around the world to come directly to the CyberTipline.
This increased promotion will provide more leads on
missing children. The Committee has included additional
funding for the expansion of the CyberTipline. The
Committee is aware of and commends America Online for
its efforts to develop a training tape to be used at
law enforcement training academies and at the thousands
of police departments across the United States. The
Committee recommendation includes $50,000 to duplicate
this tape and disseminate it to law enforcement
training academies and police departments within the
United States. The Committee recommendation also
includes additional funds for case management.
--(3) $1,500,000 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 an
increase for expansion of the center to train
additional law enforcement officers. The Committee's
goals include an increased focus on stopping child
pornography. This can only be done by improvements in
the handling of cases and more convictions. The
Committee directs the Center to create courses for
judges and prosecutors. These courses should be held at
the Jimmy Ryce Center. To accomplish this effort the
Committee directs the Center to expand its in-house
legal division so that they can provide increased legal
technical assistance.
Regional information sharing system.--The Committee
recommendation provides $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 for
the regional information sharing system [RISS], which is equal
to the amount provided in the fiscal year 1999 appropriation.
The RISS Program provides funds to maintain six regional-based
information sharing centers in the United States to assist
States in addressing major, multijurisdictional crimes. The
funding will facilitate the rapid exchange and sharing of
information pertaining to criminals and criminal activity. This
exchange and sharing of information will be provided to more
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies than are
currently able to participate under present funding.
National White Collar Crime Center.--The Committee
recommends a total of $5,350,000 for the National White Collar
Crime Center [NWCCC] for fiscal year 2000. This is $2,000,000
less than the amount requested. This program provides
assistance to State and local law enforcement and regulatory
agencies in addressing multijurisdictional white collar crimes.
Improving State and local response capabilities.--The
Committee recommendation includes $204,500,000 for the Office
of Justice Programs [OJP] to continue to administer the
counterterrorism equipment, training and technical assistance
programs. These funds have been moved from the Counterterrorism
Fund to Justice Assistance where direct funding is now provided
to the Office of Justice Programs.
The Office of Justice Programs anticipates accomplishing
the following activities by the close of fiscal year 1999: (1)
provide basic responder training to about 92,000 EMS and
firefighter personnel under the Metropolitan Firefighter
Emergency Medical Services Program; (2) award $85,500,000 in
first responder equipment grants; (3) expand training
activities at the Fort McClellan Center for Domestic
Preparedness; (4) enter into training agreements with New
Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, the Louisiana State
University, Texas A&M University, and the Nevada Test site to
develop and implement first responder preparedness training
curricula; (5) complete a national assessment that will compile
all known evaluations of national readiness, validate that
information and result in a general statement of equipment,
training and technical assistance needs; and (6) complete
planning of the topoff exercise, to be implemented before March
1, 2000.
The Committee notes the National Domestic Preparedness
Consortium was designed to address and sustain comprehensive
and coordinated efforts to respond to incidents of terrorism.
This will be done through certification programs, technical
assistance, test and evaluation and realistic confidence-
building exercises based on threat-driven scenarios. The goal
of the consortium is to provide a threat-responsive, long-term
national capability.
Consortium members include the National Energetic Materials
Research and Testing Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and
Technology, the National Center for Bio-Med Research and
Training, Louisiana State University, the Center for Domestic
Preparedness, Fort McClellan, Alabama, the National Emergency
Response and Rescue Training Center, Texas A&M University, and
the National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada test
site. The Committee recognizes these members as having
recognized, national expertise in their fields and directs OJP
to use the Consortium members whenever possible to deliver
domestic preparedness training.
West Desert Test Center, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.--The
Committee directs the National Domestic Preparedness Office
[NDPO] to provide a recommendation on whether the West Desert
Test Center should become a member of the National Domestic
Preparedness Consortium. The Committee directs NDPO to provide
this recommendation no later than September 1, 1999.
The Committee recommendation includes $30,000,000 for the
creation of two counter-terrorism laboratories which are being
created to research new technologies and threat reduction.
These laboratories shall work in coordination with each other,
the FBI, and the Department of Defense. The purpose of these
laboratories is to provide the National Domestic Preparedness
Office needed research on chemical and biological weapons as
well as cyber-warfare. The laboratories shall be located at the
site of the Oklahoma City bombing and at Dartmouth College.
These funds shall be administered by the National Institute of
Justice.
Counterterrorism technologies.--The Committee
recommendation provides $10,000,000 for counterterrorism
technology programs authorized under section 821 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.
State and local antiterrorism training.--The Committee
recommendation provides $2,000,000 for State and local law
enforcement training to address antiterrorism preparedness. The
recommendation is equal to the current year appropriation and
the fiscal year 2000 request. This effort includes the
effective management of multiagency responses to terrorist
acts.
Management and administration.--The Committee
recommendation provides $43,456,000 for the management and
administration [M&A] of the Office of Justice Programs. In
addition, reimbursable funding will be provided from the
violent crime reduction programs; and a transfer from the
``Juvenile justice'' account for the administration of grants
under these activities. Total funding for the administration of
grants is as follows:
Office of Justice Programs Management and Administration
Committee
Program recommendation
Direct appropriation.................................... $43,456,000
Transfer from juvenile justice programs................. 6,647,000
Transfer and manage COPS grants......................... (7,000,000)
Reimbursement from VCRTF programs....................... 64,388,000
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Total............................................. 114,491,000
The Committee has received the Department's report on the
restructuring of the Office of Justice Programs, as requested
in fiscal year 1999. Although the report is still being
reviewed, the Committee commends the Department's concept of a
more streamlined and customer-oriented OJP to administer the
significant appropriations provided to them.
State And Local Law Enforcement Assistance
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $2,921,950,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 1,578,500,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,199,550,000
The Committee recommends a total of $1,199,550,000 for
fiscal year 2000, of which $1,579,550,000 is provided from the
violent crime reduction trust fund. These funds provide
assistance to State and local governments in their drug control
and other law enforcement efforts as follows:
Office of Justice Programs--State and local law enforcement assistance
Committee
recommendation
Direct appropriation:
Byrne grants:
Discretionary................................... $52,100,000
Formula......................................... 400,000,000
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Subtotal, direct appropriation................ 452,100,000
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Violent crime reduction trust fund:
Local law enforcement block grant................... 400,000,000
Boys and Girls Clubs............................ (50,000,000)
Police Corps.................................... (30,000,000)
Juvenile accountability incentive block grant....... 100,000,000
Indian tribal courts program........................ 5,000,000
Drug courts......................................... 40,000,000
Violence Against Women Act programs................. 283,750,000
Crime Identification Technology.....................\1\ 350,000,000
Safe schools initiative......................... (15,000,000)
Upgrade criminal history records................ (40,000,000)
Global criminal justice......................... (12,000,000)
State prison grants................................. 75,000,000
Cooperative agreement program................... (41,000,000)
Indian country.................................. (34,000,000)
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program............. 100,000,000
Substance abuse treatment for State prisoners....... 63,000,000
Crime Laboratory Improvement Program/DNA backlog.... 30,000,000
Bullet Proof Vest Grants............................ 25,000,000
Indian Country Initiatives.......................... 45,000,000
Methamphetamine Program............................. 25,000,000
Other crime control programs:
Safe Return Program................................. 900,000
Law enforcement family support programs............. 1,500,000
Motor vehicle theft prevention...................... 1,300,000
Senior citizens against marketing scams............. 2,000,000
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Subtotal, violent crime reduction trust fund...... 1,547,450,000
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Total, State and local law enforcement assistance. 1,999,550,000
\1\ Includes national sex offender registry.
Edward Byrne grants to States.--The Committee
recommendation provides $452,100,000 for the Edward Byrne
Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program, of
which $52,100,000 is for discretionary grants and $400,000,000
for formula grants. Of the total grant funding recommended by
the Committee, no funding is provided under the violent crime
reduction trust fund as authorized under the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322.
Within the amount provided for formula grants, $5,000,000 is
for the National Institute of Justice to conduct a
comprehensive evaluation of Byrne Grant programs.
Within the amount provided for discretionary grants, the
Committee expects the Bureau of Justice Assistance [BJA] to
provide:
--$1,000,000 for the Tools for Tolerance Program;
--$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;
--$3,500,000 for a Consolidated Advanced Technologies for the
Law Enforcement Program at the University of New
Hampshire and the New Hampshire Department of Safety;
--$3,150,000 for the national motor vehicle title information
system, authorized by the Anti-Car Theft Improvement
Act;
--$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;
--$1,250,000 for the National Neighborhood Crime and Drug
Abuse Prevention Program;
--$1,500,000 for Project Return in New Orleans, LA;
--$1,500,000 to the New Hampshire Department of Safety to
Support Operation Streetsweeper;
--$973,900 to allow the Utah State Olympic Public Safety
Command to continue to develop and support a public
safety master plan for the 2002 Winter Olympics;
--$4,500,000 for the Community Demonstration on Alcohol and
Crime to develop and implement a national demonstration
initiative to assist communities in breaking the link
between alcohol abuse and crime;
--$600,000 for a Hate Crimes Initiative to provide training
and technical assistance to State and local police
departments;
--$4,500,000 for the National Crime Prevention Council to
continue and expand the National Citizens Crime
Prevention Campaign [McGruff];
--$3,500,000 to continue and expand the Drug Abuse Resistance
Education [DARE AMERICA] program. With available funds
an emphasis should be placed on expanding into middle
schools;
--$400,000 to the Western Missouri Public Safety Training
Institute for classroom and training equipment to
facilitate the training of public safety officers;
--$184,500 to the Outagamie County Job and Life Skills
Development Program;
--$1,000,000 for the Nevada National Judicial College;
--$2,000,000 for the Alaska Native Justice Center;
--$800,000 to the San Bernardino, California, Night Light
Program to provide five probation officers and five
police officers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week;
--$250,000 to Gallatin County, Montana, for the planning and
needs assessment for a new detention facility;
--$3,000,000 for the National Center for Innovation at the
University of Mississippi School of Law to sponsor
research and produce judicial education seminars and
training for court personnel in administering cases in
the civil sphere, particularly complex and
multidistrict litigation;
--$1,200,000 to the Haymarket Center's Alternatives to
Incarceration Program, Chicago, Illinois; and
--$330,000 to the city of Oakland, California, for Project
Exile;
Within the available resources the Committee urges BJA to
consider funding for the Oregon Partnership, if warranted.
violent crime reduction trust fund programs
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.--The Committee commends Boys and
Girls Clubs of America for its tireless effort to reach all
children who are in need of support and affirmation. The
Committee recommends $50,000,000 for this effort in fiscal year
2000. This is a $10,000,000 increase over fiscal year 1999.
Within this additional funding, a pilot program should be
provided for Internet education directed toward the states of
Alaska, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, South Carolina,
Wisconsin, and Arizona. The content and research of this
program shall be provided through the Center for Missing and
Exploited Children. The Center must certify to the Committee
that this effort does not exist before any funding is provided
by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. This pilot program
shall be used to develop a national Internet safety curriculum
to be disseminated to schools and youth-serving organizations
across the United States.
Police Corps.--The Committee recommendation includes
$30,000,000 to continue advanced police education and training
in the Police Corps Program. This amount is equal to the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation and the request.
Juvenile accountability incentive block grant.--The
Committee recommends $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 for a
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.
The Committee recommendation does not include funding for a
Drug Testing and Intervention Program, or Certainty of
Punishment Grants. Instead, the Committee recommends the
juvenile accountability incentive block grant program.
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. OJP should
consider the needs of the Wapka Sica Historical Society of
South Dakota and award a grant, if warranted.
Drug courts.--The Committee recommends $40,000,000 for drug
courts. This is equal to the 1999 appropriation. The Committee
recommendation includes $350,000 to establish the Sarpy County
Drug Treatment Court in Nebraska.
Violence Against Women Act programs.--The Committee
recommends $283,750,000 for grants to support the Violence
Against Women Act. This amount is $1,000,000 more than the
fiscal year 1999 appropriation. Grants provided under this
recommendation are for the following programs:
Violence Against Women Act programs
Committee
recommendation
General formula grants.................................. $206,750,000
Grants to encourage arrest policies..................... 34,000,000
Rural domestic violence................................. 25,000,000
Training programs....................................... 5,000,000
Victims of child abuse programs:
Court appointed special advocate [CASA]............. 10,000,000
Training for judicial personnel..................... 2,000,000
Grants for televised testimony...................... 1,000,000
Federal victim's counselors \1\......................... (9,375,600)
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Total, VAWA programs.............................. 283,750,000
\1\ Included under U.S. attorneys.
The fiscal year 2000 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.
In addition, the Committee recommendation includes funding
for training of criminal justice practitioners and communities
in dealing with convicted sex offenders that are released back
into the community. These funds are also available for
establishing demonstration projects highlighting proven
training models and techniques.
Violence on college campuses.--The Committee continues to
be concerned about violent crime against women on college
campuses. Within the general formula grants, the Committee
recommends $10,000,000 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 Family
Violence Intervention Program; $500,000 to the Family
Protection Unit, Oceanside, California; within the funding for
Rural Domestic Violence the Committee recommendation includes:
$290,000 to the Alaska Family Violence Project; $1,750,000 to
the Las Vegas victims of domestic violence program; within the
funding for General Formula Grants--Civil Legal Assistance, the
Committee recommendation includes $250,000 for the Legal Aid
Society of Hawaii Navigator Project.
Crime Identification Technology.--The Committee recommends
$350,000,000 to assist state and local justice systems update
and integrate their anti-crime technology systems. Within the
funding for this new program the Committee makes the following
recommendations:
Upgrade criminal records.--The Committee recommendation
includes $40,000,000 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.
Global Criminal Justice Information Network for the Office
of Justice Programs.--The Committee recommendation includes
$12,000,000 for the office of justice programs to improve State
and local criminal justice. This effort is through the
development of a nationwide network of criminal justice
information systems where State and local authorities, with
responsibilities for law enforcement, courts, prosecution,
public defense, corrections, probation and parole, will have
immediate access to information necessary to respond to and
resolve the consequences of criminal activity.
Safe Schools Initiative [SSI].--The Committee is concerned
about the continued level of violence in our children's school.
The Committee recommendation includes $15,000,000 for NIJ to
develop technologies to improve school safety. These funds are
to be used to develop new, more effective safety technologies
such as less obtrusive weapons detection and surveillance
equipment.
From all funds available under the Crime Identification
Technology Program, OJP is instructed to award the following
grants:
--$7,500,000 to 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;
--$2,500,000 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;
--$550,000 to the City of Santa Monica's automated Mobile
Field Reporting System to place new computers in patrol
cars;
--$1,200,000 to Yellowstone County, Montana, to place Mobile
Data Systems in patrol cars;
--$650,000 to Yellowstone County, Montana, for a driving
simulator to assist them with law enforcement driver
training needs;
--$1,333,200 to the city of Jackson, Mississippi, for public
safety and automated system technologies;
--$60,000 for Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi,
for public safety and automated system technologies to
improve campus law enforcement security;
--$10,000,000 for the South Dakota Bureau of Information and
Telecommunications to enhance their emergency
communication system;
--$2,000,000 to the Alameda County, California, Sheriff's
Department for a regionwide voice communications
system;
--$2,500,000 for the North Carolina Criminal Justice
Information Network to implement J-Net;
--$390,112 to Racine County, Wisconsin, for a countywide
integrated Computer Aided Dispatch management system
and mobile data computer system;
--$5,000,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children to create a program that would provide
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;
--$200,000 to the Vermont Department of Public Safety for a
mobile command center;
--$350,000 to the Birmingham, Alabama, Police Department for
a mobile emergency command unit;
--$1,000,000 to Fairbanks, Alaska, for police radios and
telecommunications equipment;
--$90,000 to Fairbanks, Alaska, for thermal imaging helmet
mounted rescue goggles;
--$800,000 for the National Center for Victims of Crime-
INFOLINK;
--$200,000 for Mobile Data Computer System in Logan, Utah;
--$3,000,000 for the SAFE-T project;
--$1,000,000 to the Law Enforcement On Line Program;
--Up to $10,000,000 is provided for the acquisition or lease
and installation of dashboard mounted cameras. 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;
--$106,980 for public safety and automated system
technologies, Ocean Springs, Mississippi;
--$3,000,000 to the Low Country Tri-County Police initiative;
--$350,000 to the Union County, SC, Sheriff's Office for
technology upgrades;
--$430,000 to the Greenwood County, SC, Sheriff's Office for
technology upgrades;
--$1,500,000 to the St. Johnsbury, Rutland, and Burlington,
VT, technology programs;
--$6,000,000 to the Vermont Public Safety Communications
Program;
--$400,000 to the Kauai County Police Department in Hawaii,
to enhance their emergency communications systems;
--$400,000 to the Maui County Police Department in Hawaii, to
enhance their emergency communications systems;
--$110,000 for the Scott's Bluff Emergency Response System;
--$2,000,000 for the Rock County Law Enforcement Consortium;
--$100,000 for Mineral County, Nevada, technology program;
--$28,000 for Nenana, Alaska's, mobile video and
communications equipment;
--$500,000 to the New Jersey State police for new firearms;
--$2,000,000 to the Seattle Police Technology Program;
--$2,000,000 to the South Dakota Training Center [LET] for
technology upgrades;
--$9,000,000 to the Southwest Border States Anti-Drug
Information System [SWBSADIS] for technology upgrades;
--$3,000,000 to the New Hampshire State Police VHF trunked
digital radio system; and
--$800,000 to the SECURE gunshot detection demonstration.
State prison grants.--The recommendation provides the
requested amount of $75,000,000 for the State Prison Grant
Program, of which $41,000,000 is for the Cooperative Agreement
Program, and $34,000,000 for Indian tribes. Within the funding
for Indian tribes the Committee recommendation includes
$1,700,000 for the Circle of Nations, North Dakota, Juvenile
Detention Center to serve high risk American Indian youth. The
Committee will entertain a reprogramming request from the
Department on this important issue.
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.--The
recommendation provides $100,000,000 for the State Criminal
Alien Assistance Program [SCAAP] for the reimbursement to
States for the costs of incarceration of criminal aliens. An
additional $150,000,000 increase for contract bedspace to
incarcerate criminal and illegal aliens is provided under INS
``salaries and expenses''. Also, the Committee will entertain a
reprogramming request from the Department on this important
issue.
Substance abuse treatment for State prisoners.--The
Committee recommends $63,000,000, for the Residential Substance
Abuse Treatment Program for State Prisoners [RSAT]. This amount
is equal to the amount provided in fiscal year 1999. 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. The Committee estimates that 22,000 inmates
could again be treated in 2000.
Crime Laboratory Improvement Program [CLIP]/DNA backlog.--
The 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. 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 States that are seeking to
match and exchange DNA identification records for law
enforcement purposes using the FBI's combined DNA index system
[CODIS]. Within available funds the Committee recommends that
the Office of Justice Programs provide a $2,000,000 grant to
Marshall University Forensic Science Program; $5,000,000 to the
West Virginia University Forensic Identification Program;
$500,000 for the Southeast Missouri Crime Laboratory; $660,760
to the Wisconsin State Laboratory to upgrade DNA technology and
training; $1,250,000 for Alaska's crime identification program;
$1,200,000 to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to
update their forensic laboratory.
Bulletproof Vest Grant Program.--The Committee
recommendation includes $25,000,000 to continue this program
within the Bureau of Justice Assistance [BJA] for formula
grants to States and local governments or Indian tribes to be
used for the purchase of armored vests for law enforcement
officers in the jurisdiction of the grantee. The Committee
recognizes that by the nature of their jobs, law enforcement
officers are at daily risk of disability or death. Body armor
has been proven invaluable in reducing this risk.
Indian country.--The Committee recommendation includes
$45,000,000 to improve law enforcement capabilities on Indian
lands. The report of the Interagency Executive Committee for
Law Enforcement Improvement documents a need for additional
resources for improving the criminal justice system in Indian
tribal jurisdicitons. The Committee allows these funds to be
used for the purchase of equipment and training so that fully
trained and equipped uniformed officers may be deployed in
Indian tribal jurisdictions.
Methamphetamine Program.--The Committee directs $25,000,000
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 Committee is aware that the production, trafficking,
and usage of methamphetamine, an extremely destructive and
addictive synthetic drug, is a growing national problem,
particularly in the Southwest and the Midwest.
Within the amount provided for this program, the Committee
expects OJP to award grants for the following programs:
--$6,000,000 to the Midwest (Missouri) Methamphetamine
Initiative to train local and state law enforcement
officers on the proper recognition, collection,
removal, and destruction of methamphetamine;
--$1,200,000 for the Iowa methamphetamine law enforcement
initiative;
--$1,000,000 to the Rocky Mountain, Colorado, Methamphetamine
Initiative;
--$1,000,000 to the Illinois State Police to combat
methamphetamine and to train officers in those type of
investigations;
--$1,000,000 to the Western Wisconsin Methamphetamine Law
Enforcement Initiative;
--$2,500,000 to the National Narcotic Officers Association
coalition for methamphetamine investigation management;
--$1,000,000 for the Northern Utah Methamphetamine
Initiative;
--$525,000 to the Nebraska Clandestine Laboratory Team;
--$1,000,000 to the Las Vegas Special Police Enforcement and
Eradication Program to be equally divided between the
Las Vegas Police Department and the North Las Vegas
Police Department;
--$50,000 for the Grass Valley Methamphetamine Initiative;
and
--$1,000,000 for the Arizona methamphetamine initiative.
The Committee directs OJP to review requests from
Washington State and award grants if warranted.
Safe Return Program.--The Committee recommendation includes
$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
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.
Motor vehicle theft prevention.--The recommendation
provides $1,300,000 for grants to combat motor vehicle theft
through cooperative partnerships between car owners and State
and local law enforcement. This amount is equal to the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation the and the fiscal year 2000 request.
Senior citizens against marketing scams.--The
recommendation provides $2,000,000 as requested for a 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.
Weed and Seed Program
The Committee recommendation provides $40,000,000 for the
Weed and Seed Program from direct appropriations. This amount
is $6,500,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation. Within
the amount provided, the Committee directs the Weed and Seed
Office to provide $600,000 to the Kids With a Promise Program,
Bushkill, PA and $300,000 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, 1999.................................... $1,430,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 1,275,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................
Community Oriented Policing [COPS].--The Committee has
transferred funding for this effort to programs within the
Office of Justice Programs. This includes $180,000,000 for the
hiring of law enforcement as part of the Safe Schools
Initiative. This is $55,000,000 above the President's request
for this Initiative. Also, $350,000,000 is provided for crime
technology. The COPS program is scheduled to finish at the end
of fiscal year 1999. The Committee directs that from within
available funds the COPS office close by the end of fiscal year
2000. A report should be provided to the Committees on
Appropriations on how this closure will transpire. The report
should be provided no later than September 1, 1999.
Juvenile Justice Programs
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $284,597,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 288,597,000
Committee recommendation................................ 502,597,000
The Committee recommendation provides a total of
$502,597,000 for juvenile justice programs for fiscal year
2000. This funding level is $216,000,000 above the 1999
appropriation and is $218,000,000 above the request. The
increase provides $218,000,000 for the Safe Schools Initiative.
Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.--The Committee
recommendation includes a total of $284,597,000 for fiscal year
2000 for administrative expenses and grants to States and
localities for projects in the areas of education, research,
prevention, and rehabilitation as follows:
--$6,847,000 for the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention [OJJDP] (part A);
--$89,000,000 for formula grants for assistance to State and
local programs (part B); and
--$49,750,000 for discretionary grants for national programs
and special emphasis programs (part C). Within the
amount provided for part C discretionary grants, the
Committee directs OJJDP to provide the following:
--$5,000,000 for the Youth ChalleNGe Program;
--$3,500,000 for Parents Anonymous, Inc., to continue
developing an immediate response system via a
national child abuse prevention telephone network
and to develop online data base systems and a
national media campaign;
--$3,500,000 to continue and expand the National Council of
Juvenile and Family Courts which provides
continuing legal education in family and juvenile
law;
--$3,500,000 for the Hamilton Fish National Institute on
School and Community Violence;
--$1,000,000 to the project E.S.C.A.P.E. Program;
--$2,000,000 to expand the Milwaukee Safe and Sound Program
to other Wisconsin cities such as Green Bay and Eau
Claire;
--$1,900,000 for continued support for law-related
education. The Committee recognizes the value of
law related education and the youth for justice
[YFJ] project, and recommends its continuance with
a particular emphasis on in-classroom, hands-on
assistance utilizing the legal community's
involvement by lawyers and law students as
coordinated by the YFJ consortium;
--$650,000 to the Juvenile Justice Tribal Collaboration and
Technical Assistance Program;
--$1,000,000 through the University of Montana to create a
juvenile after-school program based on the study of
Northwest Native Americans in relation to the Lewis
and Clark Expedition;
--$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;
--$1,250,000 for the Teens, Crime, and the Community
Program;
--$5,000,000 for the ``Innovative Partnerships for High
Risk Youth'' demonstration;
--$310,000 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;
--$750,000 to the Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, After
School Program;
--$200,000 for an evaluation of the Vermont SAFE-T and
Colchester Community Youth Project;
--$200,000 to the Vermont Association of Court Diversion
Programs to help prevent and treat teen alcohol
abuse; and
--$250,000 to the Low Country Children's Center.
The Committee directs OJJDP to examine each of the
following proposals, to provide grants if warranted, and to
report to the Committee on its intentions for each proposal:
the ``Free to Grow'' program at Columbia University; a grant to
the St. Louis City Regional Violence Prevention Initiative; the
Rapid Response Program for children living in Washington or
Hancock County, Maine; the New Mexico Cooperative Extension
Service 4-H Youth Development Program; the Marin County
Adolescent Residential and Treatment Program; the Oklahoma
State Transition and Reintegration Services (STARS); the Hawaii
Lawyers Care Na Keiki Law Center; the Juvenile Justice Research
Center at the University of Missouri, Kansas City; At Risk
Youth Program, Wausau, Wisconsin; The Learning for Life Program
conducted by the Boy Scouts of the National Capital Area; the
University of South Alabama's Youth Violence Project; The
Tuscaloosa Youth Violence Project; the Juvenile Assessment
Center, Gainesville and Miami-Dade County, Florida; the
Consortium on Children, Families, and the Law:
--$12,000,000 to expand the Youth Gangs (part D) Program
which provides grants to public and private nonprofit
organizations to prevent and reduce the participation
of at-risk youth in the activities of gangs that commit
crimes. Within the amount provided for part D Youth
Gang grants, the Committee directs OJJDP to provide
$50,000 to the Metro Denver Gang Coalition; $900,000 to
Operation Clean Break, Chicago.
--$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.
--$15,000,000 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. Within the amount provided, the Committee
directs OJJDP to provide increased funding above the
fiscal year 1999 amount for Big Brothers/Big Sisters
programs. The Committee also directs OJJDP to provide
$1,000,000 to Utah State University for a pilot
mentoring program that focuses on the entire family and
$1,000,000 to the Tom Osborne Mentoring Program;
--$95,000,000 for incentive grants for local delinquency
prevention programs (title V), to units of general
local government for delinquency prevention programs
and other activities for at-risk youth. Within this
amount, the Committee recommends $25,000,000 to assist
States in enforcing underage drinking laws; and
$1,000,000 to the Sam Houston State University and
Mothers Against Drunk Driving to establish a National
Institute for Victims Studies.
At Risk Children's Program.--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.
This program focuses on locally implemented programs that
target high-risk juveniles for aggressive early intervention.
The use of programs and strategies under the At Risk Children's
Program will help keep young people out of trouble and help get
them back on the right track if they have broken the law.
The escalating rates of juvenile crime and delinquency in
tribal jurisdictions are of serious concern to the Committee.
The Committee recommendation provides that $20,000,000 of the
At Risk Children's Program be available for programs to reduce,
control, and prevent crime both by and against tribal youth;
for interventions for court-involved tribal youth; for
improvement to tribal juvenile justice systems; and for
prevention programs focusing on alcohol and drugs.
The At Risk Children's Program will provide funding on a
formula basis to States, to be distributed by the States for
use by local units of government and locally based public and
private agencies and organizations. These funds will support
communities' involvement in the identification of local
problems and needs, and the development and implementation of
local solutions to serious and violent juvenile crime.
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.
Safe schools initiative [SSI].--In 1999 the Committee
provided $210,000,000 for technology development, prevention,
community planning and school safety officers to address the
problem of violence in our schools. In the past year, guns and
explosives have been used by children against children more
than ever before, leading many to believe this violence is
``out of control.'' The Committee supports an aggressive anti-
school violence program. Therefore, the Committee has provided
a total of $218,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 to expand the
fiscal year 1999 Safe Schools Initiative. Of this amount,
$180,000,000 is provided for school resource officers. This
initiative will provide funding for additional law enforcement
who will work in partnerships 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. These innovative community policing
partnerships should seek to identify the causes of school
violence and develop new approaches to address the problem. The
remaining $38,000,000 is provided within OJJDP for community
planning and prevention activities such as conflict resolution,
training for parents and teachers to identify and deal with
potentially violent children, establishment of community
collaborations to mobilize parents and residents to implement
approaches unique to their particular problems. 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.
Within the $38,000,000 for planning and prevention the
Committee recommendation includes: $165,000 to the Inglewood,
California, Graffiti Removal Project to combat and clean up
graffiti in the Inglewood schools; $500,000 to the San
Bernardino County, California, Home Run Program for five
probation officers to be placed in schools; $540,767 to the
Milwaukee Public Schools Summer Stars Program; $425,000 to the
Montana Juvenile Justice System Teleconferencing Equipment;
$225,000 for the Hall County School Resource Officer Program;
$500,000 to the University of Louisville School Safety Project;
$300,000 to the Links to Community Demonstration Project;
$250,000 to the Alaska Community in School Program; and
$5,000,000 is provided for training by the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children. The national goal is to wire
every classroom in the United States for the Internet by the
year 2000. It is the Committee's goal that every classroom has
a positive, effective child safety instructional program to
empower children to deal with the challenges of the Internet.
This training will be for law enforcement officers selected to
be part of the Safe Schools Initiative. The Center is currently
developing ``Officer Friendly for the Internet'' training for
law enforcement.
Victims of Child Abuse Act.--The Committee recommends
$7,000,000 for the various programs authorized under the
Victims of Child Abuse Act [VOCA]. Funds, provided to establish
regional and local children's advocacy centers, may not be used
to provide legal aid. In addition, funding of $13,000,000 is
provided for victims of child abuse programs included under the
Violence Against Women Program funded under State and local
assistance, violent crime reduction programs. The total amounts
recommended for the Victims of Child Abuse Act equal the
amounts provided in the current fiscal year and the full amount
requested in the budget. The following programs are included in
the recommendation:
--$7,000,000 to improve investigations and prosecutions
(subtitle A) as follows:
--$1,000,000 to establish regional children's advocacy
centers, as authorized by section 213 of VOCA;
--$4,000,000 to establish local children's advocacy
centers, as authorized by section 214 of VOCA;
--$1,500,000 for a continuation grant to the National
Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse for
specialized technical assistance and training
programs to improve the prosecution of child abuse
cases, as authorized by section 214a of VOCA; and
--$500,000 for a continuation grant to the National Network
of Child Advocacy Centers for technical assistance
and training, as authorized by section 214a of
VOCA.
Public Safety Officers Benefits
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $31,809,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 36,041,000
Committee recommendation................................ 36,041,000
The Committee recommends $36,041,000 in direct
appropriations and $2,300,000 in carryover for total budgetary
resources of $38,341,000 for fiscal year 2000. The
recommendation includes 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, the recommendation
includes $3,500,000 for disability benefits for lump-sum
payments to public safety officers who are permanently disabled
in the line of duty. End-of-year carryover balances are
sufficient to pay for higher education to dependants of
Federal, State, and local public safety officers who are killed
or permanently disabled in the line of duty.
General Provisions--Department of Justice
The Committee recommends the following general provisions
included in previous appropriations acts unless otherwise
noted:
Section 101 makes up to $45,000 of the funds appropriated
to the Department of Justice available for reception and
representation expenses.
Section 102, included in last year's Senate bill,
eliminates automated entry and exit control requirements.
Section 103 prohibits the use of funds to perform abortions
in the Federal Prison System.
Section 104 prohibits the use of the funds provided in this
bill to require any person to perform or facilitate the
performance of an abortion.
Section 105 states that nothing in the previous section
removes the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons
to provide escort services to female inmates who seek to obtain
abortions outside a Federal facility.
Section 106 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 10
percent between any appropriation, but limits to 20 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 authorizes the Attorney General to make
obligations from any funds appropriated for or reimbursed to
the counterterrorism programs, projects, or activities of the
Department of Justice on an emergency basis without regard to
applicable Federal acquisition rules and regulations where
there is an exigent need for equipment, related items, and
services in support of an ongoing counterterrorism, national
security, or computer crime investigation or prosecution and
usual Government procurement processes would delay the
obtaining of such equipment, related items, and services. In
testimony before the Committee, the Attorney General
articulated the need for accelerating normal procurement
procedures to quickly identify and deploy existing and new
technologies and equipment to thwart terrorist threats and
respond to terrorist acts. The Committee recognizes that the
Department of Justice must be able to rapidly secure existing
and new technology to effectively respond to sophisticated
cyber, terrorist, and national security threats and acts. It is
the intent of the Committee that this authority be exercised
only to address exigent case-related circumstances and not be
used to bypass for convenience purposes Federal procurement
processes. To ensure oversight of this new authority, section
110 requires the Attorney General to immediately notify the
Committees on Appropriation of each expenditure under this
authority and provide sufficient information to explain the
exigent circumstances necessitating the use of this emergency
authority.
Section 110 prohibits the disclosure of financial records
and identifying information of any corrections officer in an
action brought by a prisoner.
Section 111 appropriates such sums as may be necessary to
the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Resolution
Fund [FRF] for payments of judgments against the United States
and compromise settlements of claims in suits against the
United States arising from the Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery and Enforcement Act [FIRREA] and its implementation.
In addition, this section acknowledges the existing authority
for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to transfer funds
from the FRF to the Department of Justice to support litigation
expenses associated with FIRREA cases, and that funds provided
in this Act may not be used for such litigation expenses.
Section 112 is a new provision which rationalizes
membership on the Parole Commission.
Section 113 is a new provision which aligns the cost of
health care benefits for Federal detainees with those of the
elderly and poor.
Section 114 is a new provision which clarifies the Justice
Department's ethics rules.
Section 115 is a new provision which treats Justice
Department attorneys as professionals for the purpose of pay.
Section 116 is a new provision which reduces the total
amounts available for the Department of Justice by $2,468,000.
The amount represents a correction for a miscalculation of
inflation rates.
Section 117 clarifies the term ``tribal'' for the purpose
of making grant awards under programs funded in title I of this
act.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES
The Committee recommends a total of $7,226,320,000 for the
U.S. Trade Representative, the International Trade Commission,
and the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 2000. This
amount is $5,744,909,000 below the total request. The fiscal
year 2000 request contained advance appropriations for systems
acquisitions which the Committee does not recommend. Also, the
recommendation is $2,106,126,000 above the total amount
appropriated for these programs for fiscal year 1999.
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, 1999.................................... $24,200,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 26,501,000
Committee recommendation................................ 26,067,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $26,067,000
for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative [USTR] for
fiscal year 2000, which is $434,000 below the requested level.
This amount is $1,867,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation.
With the implementation of several major trade treaties,
including the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA] and
the Uruguay Round Agreement [URA], the enforcement
responsibilities of the USTR continue to expand dramatically.
The Committee has provided the needed resources to address
these requirements. The recommendation maintains travel,
postage, communications, miscellaneous charges, supplies and
materials, and equipment at fiscal year 1999 levels.
International Trade Commission
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $44,495,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 47,200,000
Committee recommendation................................ 45,700,000
The International Trade Commission [ITC] is an independent,
quasi-judicial agency responsible for conducting trade-related
investigations, providing Congress and the President with
independent technical advice relating to U.S. international
trade policy, and performing other statutory responsibilities
such as quasi-judicial determinations on trade matters filed
with the Commission.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $45,700,000
for the International Trade Commission for fiscal year 2000.
The Committee's recommendation is $1,500,000 less than the
fiscal year 2000 request and is $1,205,000 above the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation. The Committee is aware the Commission
expects to have $1,200,000 in carryover funding.
The ITC is required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to
conduct a review of all outstanding antidumping and
countervailing duty orders and to determine whether U.S.
industries would be injured if these orders were to be revoked.
In fiscal year 1998, the ITC started reviewing 324 existing
orders under this so-called sunset review and is required by
statute to complete its work early in calendar year 2001. These
sunset reviews will double the workload of the ITC through
2001.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Operations And Administration
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $286,264,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 308,431,000
Committee recommendation................................ 311,344,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $311,344,000
for the programs of the Commerce Department's International
Trade Administration [ITA]. The amount provided is $2,913,000
above the request.
The Committee recommends $3,000,000 of increased fees
during fiscal year 2000. The Committee expects ITA to continue
working on efforts to structure its programs to enable the
agency to increase fees for its services in subsequent years.
Within available funds, the Committee recommends $4,799,000
to address carryover shortfalls. Also, $10,493,000 is provided
to restore base funding for the FSN voluntary trust fund.
The Committee directs ITA to use its account established
for foreign currency exchange rates. The Committee expects ITA
to place in this account any savings in exchange rates for the
agency's use when rates are not as favorable. The Committee
expects the Department to report on the status of this account
in subsequent budget submissions.
The recommended funding levels are reflected in the
following table:
ITA FUNDING
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
1999 enacted Budget request recommendation
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Trade development............................................. 59,990 50,432 68,729
Market access and compliance.................................. 25,287 22,549 22,549
Import Administration......................................... 31,327 33,154 31,420
U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service........................... 181,690 183,198 169,398
Administration/executive direction............................ 13,328 16,098 14,449
Fees/pay reforms.............................................. .............. (3,000) (3,000)
Carryover restoration......................................... .............. ............... 4,799
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ITA total appropriation................................. 286,264 ............... 311,344
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The funding level recommended by the Committee permits the
continuation of current programs within all agencies of the
International Trade Administration. The International Trade
Administration has responsibility under the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act to review all existing orders to determine if
they can be eliminated without harm to U.S. corporations.
The recommendation includes the budget request of
$22,549,000 for the Market Access Compliance Unit [MAC] of ITA.
The Committee supports the MAC's objectives which are to obtain
market access for American firms and workers and to ensure that
bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements are
complied with.
Commodity-based international organizations.--The Committee
recommendation provides $1,949,000 for U.S. membership in nine
commodity-based international organizations: the International
Copper Study Group, the International Cotton Advisory
Committee, the International Lead and Zinc Study Group, the
International Natural Rubber Organization, the International
Office of the Vine and Wine, the International Rubber Study
Group, the International Seed Testing Association, the
International Tropical Timber Organization, and the
International Grains Council. Previously, membership dues were
paid out of the ``Contributions to international
organizations'' account in title IV. The amount provided
includes funding for travel and arrears.
The recommendation funds the National Textile Center at
$14,000,000. The recommendation also funds the Textile/Clothing
Technology Center at $3,500,000.
The Committee is aware that the Administration is
considering using Foreign Commercial Service appropriated funds
for international events which do not further the commercial
interests of the United States. The Committee expects FCS funds
to be used only for events that further our domestic commercial
interests, and prohibits the use of funds for any foreign fair,
exhibition or exposition which does not have the potential for
representing U.S. commerce, such as the Hamburg World Fair.
The Committee recommends an increase of $2,000,000 for the
Western Hemisphere Educational and Research Consortium which
consists of five universities within the U.S. Foreign and
Commercial Service [USF&CS]. The consortium, in conjunction
with the USF&CS, will organize and conduct programs that will
advance the strategic and political interests of the United
States in the Western Hemisphere. The recommendation includes
$190,000 for the National Association of State Fire Marshals to
ensure that U.S. fire prevention goals are represented in the
global harmonization of consumer-product and building-material
standards.
Export Administration
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $52,331,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 60,455,000
Committee recommendation................................ 55,931,000
The Committee recommends a fiscal year 2000 appropriation
of $55,931,000 for the Bureau of Export Administration [BXA],
which is a $3,600,000 increase over the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $4,524,000 below the fiscal year 2000
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.
Counterterrorism activities.--The Committee recommends
$23,129,000 to support BXA's enforcement responsibilities under
the Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty, which was ratified in
1997 by the Senate. The Committee is aware that an additional
$4,425,000 will be carried over into fiscal year 2000, and the
Committee assumes these funds will also be used to support
BXA's enforcement responsibilities.
The fiscal year 2000 recommendation for the Export
Enforcement Division is $23,034,000 that will permit the agency
to implement three important counterterrorism initiatives,
including additional resources for: encryption control
enforcement responsibilities, which were transferred from the
Department of State to BXA in 1997; fully staffing field
offices, including overseas enforcement support for control of
potential dual-use items; and enhanced preventative enforcement
to stop illegal shipments from reaching their final
destination.
Economic Development Administration
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $392,379,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 393,350,000
Committee recommendation................................ 228,316,000
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 $228,316,000 for the
programs and administrative expenses of the EDA for fiscal year
2000. This is $165,034,000 below the request and is
$164,063,000 below the fiscal year 1999 level. The Committee
expects EDA to use an estimated $500,000 in funds carried over
from fiscal year 1999 to support its programs in fiscal year
2000. Funding amounts for the two appropriations accounts under
this heading are displayed below.
Economic Development Assistance Programs
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $368,379,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 364,379,000
Committee recommendation................................ 203,379,000
The Committee recommendation provides total funding of
$203,379,000 for economic development assistance programs in
fiscal year 2000. This amount is $165,000,000 below the fiscal
year 1999 level and is $161,000,000 below the budget request.
The Committee recommendation includes funding of
$43,281,000 for defense economic adjustment. In addition, the
Committee recommendation provides $99,867,000 for public works
grants (title I), $20,000,000 for planning assistance,
$12,000,000 for trade adjustment assistance, and $28,231,000
for economic adjustment grants (title IX).
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) technology center on the Island of Kauai; (2) a
forest products business training and development center in
Vermont; (3) the Cordova Center; (4) Manchester, NH, Riverfront
Development; (5) a project for the Jicarilla Tribe in New
Mexico; (6) Delta State University for an entrepreneurial
institute; (7) a tourism information center for Cut Bank, MT;
(8) an infrastructure development project for Grays Harbor, WA;
(9) the Johnstown, PA, Renaissance Partnership; (10) the
business technology incubator project in Idaho; (11) City of
Vallejo to redevelop Mare Island; (12) the United Indians of
All Tribes request for The People's Lodge; (13) the St. Louis
Center for Emerging Technologies; and (14) the Iowa Textile and
Apparel Project.
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 expects EDA to continue and, if possible,
expand its university research program during fiscal year 2000.
The Committee requests EDA to submit a report with the agency's
fiscal year 2000 request reporting on the accomplishments of
the university research program.
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $24,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 28,971,000
Committee recommendation................................ 24,937,000
The Committee recommendation provides $24,937,000 for the
salaries and expenses of the EDA. This amount provides for the
requested base adjustments for this account. The Committee
directs EDA to continue to look for ways to streamline central
headquarters and regional offices in order to allow for
adequate field office staffing. Field representation plays an
essential role in EDA's mission and should be maintained
whenever possible.
There is an estimated $500,000 in salaries and expenses
carryover. The Committee expects EDA to use this carryover in
fiscal year 2000.
Minority Business Development Agency
Minority Business Development
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $27,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 27,627,000
Committee recommendation................................ 27,627,000
The Committee recommends $27,627,000 for the Minority
Business Development Agency [MBDA] in fiscal year 2000. This
amount is $627,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
identical to the Administration's request. The Committee notes
that since its inception in 1969, neither the MBDA 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, 1999.................................... $48,490,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 55,123,000
Committee recommendation................................ 51,158,000
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.
The Committee supports the Bureau of Economic Analysis'
[BEA] necessary initiative of updating and improving
statistical measurements of the U.S. economy and its
measurement of international transactions.
The Committee recommendation provides funding of
$51,158,000, which is $2,668,000 more than the level of funding
for fiscal year 1999 for economic and statistical analysis
programs and is $3,965,000 below the administration's request.
Economics And Statistics Administration Revolving Fund
The Economics and Statistics Administration operates a
revolving fund for the payment of expenses incurred in the
electronic dissemination of data, including the acquisition and
public sale of domestic, federally funded, foreign business,
trade, and economic information. The revolving fund was
initially established in fiscal year 1995 with a one-time
appropriation of $1,677,000 to capitalize the fund.
Bureau of the Census
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $1,323,049,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 3,071,698,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,071,698,000
The Committee recommendation provides $3,071,698,000 for
the Bureau of the Census for fiscal year 2000. This amount is
an increase of $1,748,649,000 above the amount provided for
fiscal year 1999 and is identical to the President's request.
The Committee's recommendations for the Census Bureau accounts
are described in more detail below.
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $136,147,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 156,944,000
Committee recommendation................................ 156,944,000
This account provides for the salaries and expenses
associated with the statistical programs of the Bureau of the
Census, including measurement of the Nation's economy and the
demographic characteristics of the population. These programs
are intended to provide a broad base of economic, demographic,
and social information used for decisionmaking by governments,
private organizations, and individuals. Once again, the
Committee emphasizes that the Bureau should make every effort
to recover reimbursement for work requested by any other
Federal agency or private organization. The Bureau should
report to the Appropriations Committees on this issue not later
than February 1, 2000.
The Committee recommendation provides $156,944,000 for the
salaries and expenses of the Bureau of the Census for fiscal
year 2000. This amount is $20,797,000 above the fiscal year
1999 appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 2000
request.
Periodic Censuses And Programs
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $1,186,902,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 2,914,754,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,914,754,000
This account provides for the constitutionally mandated
decennial census, quinquennial censuses, and other programs
which are cyclical in nature. Additionally, individual surveys
are conducted for other Federal agencies on a reimbursable
basis.
The Committee recommends $2,914,754,000 for periodic
censuses and related programs for fiscal year 2000. This amount
is $1,727,852,000 above the amount provided for fiscal year
1999 and is identical to the budget request.
The Committee recommends the requested level of
$2,789,545,000 for decennial census activities in fiscal year
2000. The Committee continues to have grave concerns about
plans for the decennial census. The Committee believes the 2000
census continues to be at risk of failure.
The Bureau is seeking $33,936,000 in fiscal year 2000, a
decrease of $207,659,000 below the fiscal year 1999
appropriation, for address list development.
The Committee understands that Americans living overseas
are not included in the plans for census 2000. The Committee
directs the Bureau to work with the Department of State to
include Americans living abroad in census 2000.
For other programs under this account, the Committee
recommends the requested levels of $46,000,000 for economic
censuses; $4,000,000 for census of governments; $5,000,000 for
intercensal demographic estimates; $5,000,000 for demographic
survey sample redesign; $8,000,000 for electronic information
collection; $34,000,000 for geographic support; and $23,000,000
for data processing systems.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $49,940,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 371,369,000
Committee recommendation................................ 59,111,000
The Committee recommends $59,111,000 in direct
appropriations for the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration in fiscal year 2000. This level is
$9,171,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$312,258,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request. The request
included an advance appropriation for the Public
Telecommunications Facilities Program [PTFP] which was not
included in the Committee recommendation.
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $10,940,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 17,212,000
Committee recommendation................................ 11,009,000
The Committee recommends $11,009,000 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 2000.
The Committee retains language from the fiscal year 1998
appropriations bill (Public Law 104-134) allowing the Secretary
of Commerce to charge Federal agencies for a portion of the
cost of coordination of spectrum management, analysis, and
operations.
Public Broadcasting Facilities, Planning, And Construction
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $21,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 35,055,000
Committee recommendation................................ 30,000,000
The Committee recommends $30,000,000 for planning and
construction grants for public television, radio, and
nonbroadcast facilities for fiscal year 2000. This amount is
$9,000,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$5,055,000 below the requested level. Public broadcasters face
a significant challenge in making the transition from analog to
digital broadcasting. The cost of this transition is more
significant for noncommercial broadcasters.
The Committee expects NTIA to continue to provide
assistance for public radio and television stations which are
not yet converting to digital broadcasting. Many stations,
particularly in rural areas, will need assistance from the fund
to continue nondigital broadcasts.
The Committee notes that the Pan-Pacific education and
communications experiments by satellite [PEACESAT] continues to
be eligible for funding under this program and urges NTIA to
consider making funds available for this purpose.
Information Infrastructure Grants
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $18,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 20,102,000
Committee recommendation................................ 18,102,000
The Committee recommends $18,102,000 for the Information
Infrastructure Grant [IIG] Program in fiscal year 2000, a
decrease of $2,000,000 from the fiscal year 2000 request and
$102,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation. The
Committee expects NTIA to limit eligibility for this program,
which 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 urges NTIA to consider the following
proposals within applicable procedures and guidelines and to
provide a grant, if warranted for: a proposal from the St.
Louis 2004 Neighborhood Information Exchange Initiative;
Marshall University, WV, for the development of an internet
distributed distance education network; and a proposal from
MSU-Billings, MT, for electronic information distribution and
education.
Patent and Trademark Office
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $785,526,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 921,750,000
Committee recommendation................................ 901,750,000
The Patent and Trademark Office [PTO] is charged with
administering the patent and trademark laws of the United
States. PTO examines patent applications, grants patent
protection for qualified inventions, and disseminates
technological information disclosed in patents. PTO also
examines trademark applications and provides Federal
registration to owners of qualified trademarks. Legislation is
pending in Congress to establish the Patent and Trademark
Office as an independent Government entity. The President's
fiscal year budget requests no direct appropriation from the
Treasury for PTO salaries and expenses.
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, 1999.................................... $9,495,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 8,972,000
Committee recommendation................................ 7,972,000
The Committee recommends $7,972,000 in funding for the
Office of the Under Secretary/Office of Technology Policy [TA]
for fiscal year 2000. This amount is $1,523,000 below the
fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $1,000,000 below the
Administration's request. This amount will adequately fund the
current operations of the Technology Administration. No funding
shall be used to expand current TA service levels.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $647,150,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 736,956,000
Committee recommendation................................ 741,964,000
The Committee recommends a total of $741,964,000 for the
three appropriations accounts under the National Institute of
Standards and Technology [NIST] for fiscal year 2000. This
amount is $94,814,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation
and $5,008,000 above the fiscal year 2000 request. A
description of each account and the Committee recommendation
follows:
Scientific And Technical Research And Services [strs]
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $280,136,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 289,622,000
Committee recommendation................................ 288,128,000
The Committee recommends $288,128,000 for the scientific
and technical research and services (core programs) of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST]. This
amount is $7,992,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation
and $1,494,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request.
The Committee recommendations are displayed in the
following table:
Electronics and Electrical Engineering.................. $39,115,000
Manufacturing Engineering............................... 19,751,000
Chemical Science and Technology......................... 32,493,000
Physics................................................. 28,961,000
Material Science and Engineering........................ 52,685,000
Building and Fire Research.............................. 15,764,000
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics................ 46,762,000
Technology Assistance................................... 18,314,000
National Quality Program................................ 5,046,000
Research Support Activities............................. 29,237,000
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Total, STRS....................................... 288,128,000
Within the amounts provided, the Committee approves the
following increases: (1) $2,000,000 in the Computer Sciences
and Applied Mathematics program to develop and disseminate
standards, measurements, and testing methodologies needed to
protect the information technology elements of critical
national infrastructures; (2) $1,000,000 in the Technology
Assistance program to develop international technical and
product standards that promote open trade by removing standards
related trade barriers; and (3) 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, 1999.................................... $310,300,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 338,536,000
Committee recommendation................................ 336,336,000
The Committee recommends $336,336,000 for the ``Industrial
technology services'' appropriation of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology [NIST]. This amount is $26,036,000
above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $2,200,000 below
the fiscal year 2000 request.
Advanced Technology Program.--The Committee recommends
$226,500,000 for the Advanced Technology Program [ATP] for
fiscal year 2000. This amount is $23,000,000 above the fiscal
year 1999 appropriated level and $25,000,000 below the fiscal
year 2000 request. The Committee has been advised that
approximately $25,000,000 in prior-year deobligations and
unobligated balances will carry over from fiscal year 1999. The
recommendation, when combined with the carry over amount, will
provide a total funding level of $251,500,000 for the program.
Within the total amounts available, $40,900,000 shall be
used for administrative costs, internal laboratory support, and
for the continuation of the Small Business Innovation Research
Program [SBIR]. This amount is $200,000 below the fiscal year
1999 appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 2000
request. The Committee does not approve the exclusion of ATP
from SBIR requirements.
The level provided by the Committee for the ATP Program
will fully fund the requested level of $137,600,000 for awards
created in fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 and will
make $73,000,000 available for new awards in fiscal year 2000.
The amount for new awards is identical to the fiscal year 2000
request.
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.--The Committee
recommends $109,836,000 for the Manufacturing Extension
Partnership Program [MEP] in fiscal year 2000. This amount is
$3,036,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level and
$10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2000 request. The level
provided by the Committee in fiscal year 2000 will fully fund
all MEP centers. The Committee supports the efforts of the
Northern Great Plains Initiative to expand the MEP e-commerce
project to rural areas to assist small manufacturers for
marketing and business development purposes.
National Technical Information Service Revolving Fund
Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000................................... $2,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................
The Committee provides no additional funding for the
National Technical Information Service [NTIS] Revolving Fund.
The NTIS has been self sustaining in previous years through the
sale of information products to the public and from providing
services to federal agencies on a reimbursable basis. The
Committee expects the NTIS to utilize fiscal year 2000 receipts
to cover agency expenses.
The Committee is concerned that the NTIS may be pursuing
opportunities where it competes against privately financed
businesses beyond the scope of its statutory mission. The
Committee requests that the General Accounting Office [GAO]
review NTIS operations to determine the extent the statutory
mandate is exceeded beyond offering unclassified technical,
scientific, or engineering information to the buying public
through its World News Connection [WNC] to the detriment of
private companies in the electronic news information publishing
business. As part of the investigation, GAO should review WNC's
pricing structure of news products to determine if a complete
accounting of costs are included. In addition, the Committee
would like to know the extent to which the NTIS does not pay
Federal, State, or local taxes on its news products; does not
have to pay employer's Social Security contributions for its
employees; may not pay for translation costs for information by
the Foreign Broadcast Information Service; and other relevant
cost factors to determine if the subscription prices for NTIS
products are fairly priced relative to similar products offered
by private sector companies in the electronic news information
publishing business.
Construction of Research Facilities
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $56,714,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 106,798,000
Committee recommendation................................ 117,500,000
The Committee recommends $117,500,000 for NIST's
``Construction of research facilities'' account. This amount is
$60,786,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$10,702,000 above the fiscal year 2000 request. The
recommendation will allow NIST to award a contract for the
planned construction of an advanced measurement laboratory and
to continue to address facility safety, capacity, maintenance,
and repair projects. In addition, the recommendation includes
$10,000,000 for a cooperative agreement with the Medical
University of South Carolina and $10,000,000 for a cooperative
agreement with Dartmouth College.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Operations, Research, And Facilities
(including transfers of funds)
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $2,166,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 2,333,231,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,776,728,000
The Committee recommends discretionary appropriations of
$1,776,728,000 for operations, research, and facilities for
fiscal year 2000. 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 $773,758,000. The total Committee recommendation for NOAA in
fiscal year 2000 is $2,550,486,000. 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 recommendations by program are displayed in
the following table:
[In thousands of dollars]
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1999 2000 budget Committee
appropriation request recommendation
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NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
Navigation Services:
Mapping and Charting.... 34,260 33,335 36,335
Address Survey 14,000 14,900 14,900
Backlog/Contracts..
Geodesy................. 19,659 19,849 21,415
Tide and Current Data... 12,000 14,883 14,883
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Total, Navigation 79,919 82,967 87,533
Services.............
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Ocean Resources Conservation
and Assessment:
Estuarine and Coastal
Assessment:
Oceanic and Coastal 7,410 7,970 9,470
Research...........
GLERL (see OAR)..... ............. 6,085 6,825
Ocean Assessment 42,611 46,281 52,681
Program (OAP)......
Transfer from Damage 5,597 ........... ..............
Assessment Fund....
Response and 8,774 19,884 9,884
Restoration........
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Subtotal.......... 64,392 80,220 78,860
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Coastal Ocean Science: 18,400 19,430 18,430
Coastal Ocean Program..
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Total, Ocean Resources 82,792 99,650 97,290
Conserv. & Assess....
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Ocean and Coastal
Management:
Coastal Management:
CZM Administration.. 4,500 5,500 4,500
CZM grants.......... 53,700 55,700 60,000
CZM Section 310 ............. 28,000 ..............
Grants.............
National Estuarine 4,300 7,000 7,000
Research Reserve...
Nonpoint Pollution 4,000 6,000 1,000
Control............
Funded in Coastal (4,000) ........... ..............
Zone Management
Fund...............
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Subtotal.......... 62,500 102,200 72,500
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Ocean Management: Marine 14,350 26,000 18,500
Sanctuary Program......
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Total, Ocean and 76,850 128,200 91,000
Coastal Management...
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Acquisition of Data......... 14,546 17,726 17,726
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Total, National Ocean 254,107 328,543 293,549
Service..............
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NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES
SERVICE
Information Collection &
Analyses:
Resource Information 106,675 96,918 113,326
(RI)...................
Antarctic research.. 1,200 1,200 1,800
Chesapeake Bay 1,890 1,500 1,890
Studies............
Right whale research 350 200 4,100
MARFIN.............. 3,000 3,000 3,000
SEAMAP.............. 1,200 1,200 1,200
Alaskan groundfish 900 661 900
surveys............
Bering Sea pollock 945 945 945
research...........
West Coast 800 780 900
groundfish.........
New England stock 1,000 1,000 1,000
depletion..........
Hawaii stock 500 ........... 500
management plan....
Yukon River chinook 700 700 1,500
salmon.............
Atlantic salmon 710 710 710
research...........
Gulf of Maine 567 567 567
groundfish survey..
Dolphin safe 250 250 250
technologies.......
Pacific salmon 7,444 5,587 12,457
treaty program.....
Hawaiian monk seals. 700 500 1,050
Steller sea lion 2,520 1,440 4,000
recovery plan......
Hawaiian sea turtles 275 248 300
Halibut/Sablefish... 1,200 1,200 1,200
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Subtotal.......... 133,826 118,606 151,595
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Fishery Industry
Information:
Fish statistics......... 13,000 14,257 14,257
Alaska groundfish 5,500 5,200 6,325
monitoring.............
PACFIN/catch effort data 4,700 3,000 3,000
AKFIN................... ............. ........... 3,000
Rec. fishery harvest 3,900 3,100 3,900
monitoring.............
GULF FIN Data Collection 3,000 ........... 4,000
Effort.................
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Subtotal.............. 30,100 25,557 34,482
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Information Analyses & 20,900 21,342 21,342
Dissemination..............
Computer hardware and 4,000 4,000 4,000
software...............
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Subtotal.............. 24,900 25,342 25,342
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Total, information, 188,826 169,505 211,419
collection, and
analyses.............
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Conservation and Management
Operations:
Fisheries Management 29,900 36,487 42,837
Programs...............
Columbia River 13,600 14,765 15,420
hatcheries.........
Columbia River end. 288 288 288
species studies....
Fisheries Habitat ............. 22,700 1,000
Restoration........
NE Fisheries ............. 5,180 8,000
Management.........
Regional councils... 13,000 13,300 13,300
International 400 400 400
fisheries
commissions........
Management of 478 478 478
George's Bank......
Pacific tuna 2,300 1,250 3,000
management.........
Chesapeake Bay ............. ........... 1,500
Management.........
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Subtotal.......... 59,966 94,848 86,223
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Protected Species Management 6,200 9,406 6,200
Driftnet Act 3,378 3,278 3,650
implementation.........
Marine Mammal Protection 7,583 7,225 8,025
Act....................
Endangered Species Act 28,000 55,450 39,750
recovery plan..........
Dolphin Encirclement.... 3,300 3,300 3,300
Native Marine Mammals... 750 700 1,150
Observers and Training.. 2,650 4,225 4,650
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Subtotal.............. 51,861 83,584 66,725
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Habitat Conservation........ 9,000 10,858 10,858
Enforcement & Surveillance.. 17,775 19,121 19,121
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Total, Conservation 138,602 208,411 182,927
and Mgmt. Opns.......
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State and Industry
Assistance Programs:
Grants to States:
Interjurisdictional 2,600 2,600 3,100
fisheries grants...
Disaster research 7,000 ........... ..............
and prevention
(Transfer from Ag)
Anadromous grants... 2,100 2,100 2,100
Interstate fish 7,750 4,000 7,750
commissions........
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Subtotal.......... 19,450 8,700 12,950
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Fisheries Development
Program:
Product quality and 9,824 8,328 8,328
safety.................
Safe Seafood Program.... ............. ........... 300
Hawaiian Fisheries 750 ........... 750
Development............
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Subtotal.............. 10,574 8,328 9,378
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Total, State & 30,024 17,028 22,328
Industry Assist.
Progs................
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Acquisition of Data......... 25,098 25,488 25,488
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Total, National Marine 382,550 420,432 442,162
Fisheries Service....
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OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
RESEARCH
Climate and Air Quality
Research:
Interannual and seasonal 14,900 16,900 18,900
climate research.......
Long-term climate and 30,000 34,600 32,000
air quality research...
High Performance 12,000 13,500 13,500
Computing..............
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Subtotal.............. 42,000 48,100 45,500
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GLOBE................... 2,500 5,000 2,500
Climate and Global 63,000 69,700 77,200
Change.................
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Subtotal.............. 65,500 74,700 79,700
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Total, climate and air 122,400 139,700 144,100
quality research.....
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Atmospheric Programs:
Weather Research........ 36,100 36,600 39,600
STORM............... ............. ........... 2,000
Wind profiler....... 4,350 4,350 4,350
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Subtotal.......... 40,450 40,950 45,950
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Solar-Terrestrial 6,000 6,100 7,100
Services and Research..
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Total, atmospheric 46,450 47,050 53,050
program..............
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Ocean and Great Lakes
Programs:
Marine Environmental 26,801 22,300 34,690
Research...............
GLERL............... 6,825 ........... ..............
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Subtotal.......... 33,626 22,300 34,690
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Sea grant: Sea grant 57,500 51,500 60,500
college program........
Undersea research 14,550 9,000 14,550
program................
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Total, ocean and Great 105,676 82,800 110,640
Lakes programs.......
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Acquisition of Data......... 12,884 13,020 13,020
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Total, oceanic and 287,410 282,570 319,910
atmospheric research.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Operations and research:
Local Warnings and 357,034 450,411 452,271
Forecasts..............
MARDI................... 64,036 ........... ..............
Radiosonde Replacement.. 2,000 ........... ..............
Advanced Hydrological ............. 2,200 2,200
Prediction Syst........
Susquehanna River Basin 1,250 619 1,000
Flood Sys..............
WFO Maintenance......... ............. 4,000 4,000
Aviation Forecasts...... 35,596 35,596 35,596
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Subtotal.............. 459,916 492,826 495,067
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Central forecast 35,574 37,081 37,081
guidance...............
Atmospheric and 2,964 3,090 3,090
hydrological research..
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Total, operations and 498,454 532,997 535,238
research.............
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Systems Acquisition:
Public Warning and
Forecast Systems:
NEXRAD.............. 38,346 39,325 39,325
ASOS................ 7,116 7,573 7,573
AWIPS/NOAAPort...... 12,189 38,002 38,002
Computer Facility 4,600 ........... ..............
Upgrades...........
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Total, systems 62,251 84,900 84,900
acquisition......
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Total, National 560,705 617,897 620,138
Weather Service..
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
SATELLITE, DATA, AND
INFORMATION SERVICE
Satellite observing systems:
Ocean Remote Sensing.... 4,000 4,000 4,000
Global Disaster ............. 2,000 2,000
Information Network....
Environmental Observing 53,300 53,236 55,736
Services...............
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Total, Satellite 57,300 59,236 61,736
Observing Systems....
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Environmental data
management systems:
Data and Information 33,550 31,521 34,521
Services...............
Environmental Data 16,335 12,335 12,335
Systems Modernization..
Regional Climate Centers 2,750 ........... 3,000
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Total, environmental 52,635 43,856 49,856
data management
systems..............
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Total, National 109,935 103,092 111,592
Environmental
Satellite, Data, and
Information Service..
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PROGRAM SUPPORT
Administration and services:
Executive Direction and 19,200 19,573 19,573
Administration.........
Systems Acquisition 700 712 712
Office (SAO)...........
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Subtotal.............. 19,900 20,285 20,285
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Central Administrative 31,850 41,583 41,583
Support....................
[CAMS].................. ............. 9,000 9,000
HBCU.................... ............. 1,000 ..............
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Subtotal.............. 31,850 42,583 41,583
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Retired Pay Commissioned 7,000 ........... ..............
Officers...................
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Total, administration 58,750 62,868 61,868
and services.........
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Aircraft Services........... 10,500 11,019 11,019
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Total, program support 69,250 73,887 72,887
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Fleet planning and 11,600 9,243 13,243
maintenance................
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Facilities:
NOAA Maintenance and 1,800 1,818 1,818
Repairs................
Sandy Hook Lease........ 2,000 ........... ..............
Environmental Compliance 2,000 3,899 3,899
NEXRAD WFO Maintenance.. 3,000 ........... ..............
Columbia River 4,465 ........... ..............
Facilities.............
Boulder Facilities ............. 3,850 3,850
Operations.............
NARA Records Mgmt....... ............. 262 262
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TOTAL FACILITIES...... 13,265 9,829 9,829
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Direct obligations.......... 1,688,822 1,845,493 1,883,310
Rent savings to finance ............. (4,656) ..............
Goddard................
Offset for fee ............. (34,000) (4,000)
collections............
Mandatory ONCO ............. 13,900 13,900
retirement.............
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Total, direct 1,688,822 1,820,737 1,893,210
obligations..........
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Reimbursable obligations.... 229,400 195,767 195,767
Navigation and Magnuson 4,000 34,000 4,000
fee collections........
New offsetting 3,600 3,600 3,600
collections (data
sales).................
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Subtotal.............. 237,000 233,367 203,367
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Total obligations..... 1,925,822 2,054,104 2,096,577
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Financing:
Rescission of ............. (3,400) ..............
unobligated balances...
Prior-year recoveries (33,000) (33,000) (33,000)
(direct)...............
Unobligated balance (4,097) ........... ..............
transferred, DARRF.....
Rent saving to finance ............. ........... (4,656)
Goddard................
New offsetting (3,600) (3,600) (3,600)
collections (data
sales).................
Federal funds........... (172,000) (172,000) (172,000)
Non-Federal funds....... (57,400) (23,767) (23,767)
Offset for fee (4,000) (34,000) (4,000)
collections............
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Total, budget 1,651,725 1,784,337 1,855,554
authority............
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Less Mandatory Funding.. ............. (13,900) (13,900)
===========================================
Discretionary budget 1,651,725 1,770,437 1,841,654
authority..................
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Financing from:
Promote and develop (63,381) (64,926) (66,426)
American fisheries.....
Damage assessment and (1,500) ........... ..............
restoration revolving
fund...................
Disaster Research and (7,000) ........... ..............
Prevention.............
Coastal Zone Management ............. (4,000) (4,000)
Fund (trans to ORF)....
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Net appropriation, 1,579,844 1,701,511 1,776,728
operations, research,
and facilities.......
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OTHER ACCOUNTS
Procurement, acquisition,
and construction (PAC):
Systems Acquisition:
NEXRAD.............. 7,000 9,560 9,560
ASOS................ 3,855 4,180 4,180
AWIPS/NOAAPort...... 67,667 22,575 22,575
Computer Facility 9,900 11,100 11,100
Upgrades...........
Radiosonde ............. 8,350 8,350
Replacement........
GFDL Supercomputer.. ............. 5,700 5,700
ACE Follow-on/ ............. 4,340 4,340
GEOSTORM...........
Polar orbiting
satellites:
NOAA K-N............ 149,917 140,979 140,979
Polar Convergence... 50,000 80,100 80,100
GOES:
GOES I-M............ 82,376 77,082 77,082
GOES N-Q............ 182,766 189,533 189,533
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Subtotal, systems 553,481 553,499 553,499
acquisition......
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Construction:
Boulder Laboratory 6,370 ........... ..............
Above Standard Cost
NORC Rehabilitation. ............. 3,545 3,545
NWS WFO Construction 9,526 13,367 13,367
National Centers for 850 ........... ..............
Environmental
Prediction.........
Santa Cruz Research 4,200 ........... ..............
Lab................
National Estuarine 7,300 12,000 19,500
Research Reserve
Const..............
Marine Sanctuaries.. ............. 3,000 3,000
Fort Johnson Lab.... 3,000 ........... ..............
Outer Banks 750 ........... ..............
Community
Foundation.........
Long Island Bay 1,000 ........... ..............
Shore Aquarium.....
Botanical Gardens... 500 ........... 1,000
Alaska Facilities... ............. 1,000 14,500
Pribilof Island 700 ........... ..............
Cleanup............
American Maritime ............. ........... 1,000
Education Center...
Suitland Facility... ............. ........... 7,000
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SUBTOTAL 34,196 32,912 62,912
CONSTRUCTION PAC.
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Fleet Replacement:
Fleet Replacement--Ocean ............. 51,567 51,567
Conference.............
Navy Surplus vessels for ............. ........... 10,000
coastal research.......
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SUBTOTAL FLEET ............. 51,567 61,567
REPLACEMENT PAC......
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OTHER: Fisherman's Health 1,000 ........... ..............
Care.......................
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TOTAL OBLIGATIONS..... 588,677 637,978 677,978
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Financing................... (4,000) (7,400) (7,400)
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TOTAL Discretionary 584,677 630,578 670,578
Budget Authority.....
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Fishermen's contingency fund 953 953 953
Foreign fishing observer 189 189 189
fund.......................
Fisheries Promotional Fund.. ............. (1,186) (1,186)
Fisheries financing program. 28,338 10,258 2,038
Pacific Coastal Salmon Funds ............. 100,000 100,000
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Total, other accounts. 614,157 740,792 772,572
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Total, National 2,267,427 2,522,629 2,625,626
Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration--All
accounts.............
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Less Mandatory (62,426) (76,326) (76,326)
Funds............
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TOTAL Discretionary BA 2,205,001 2,446,303 2,550,486
NOAA w/Fees &
Rescission...........
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Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the
table above are described in more detail in the following
paragraphs.
National Ocean Service
The Committee recommendation provides a total of
$293,549,000 for activities of the National Ocean Service [NOS]
for fiscal year 2000, a decrease of $34,994,000 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 2000.
For navigation services, the Committee recommends a total
of $87,533,000, an increase of $4,566,000 over the fiscal year
2000 request and $7,614,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation. Included in this amount is $500,000 to continue
the South Carolina geodetic survey and $3,000,000 for the joint
hydrographic center for the evaluation of innovative equipment
and techniques for the acquisition of survey data at the
University of New Hampshire. This funding level also supports
the $1,566,000 for a data survey of Narragansett Bay, to be
conducted in conjunction with the Rhode Island Coastal
Resources Management Council.
Under the ``Ocean resources conservation and assessment''
account, the Committee recommends a level of $78,860,000 to
fund pfiesteria and harmful algal blooms research and
monitoring, hypoxia research, ecosystem monitoring in south
Florida, and other fiscal year 2000 requests supporting clean
water initiatives. Within this account, the Committee
recommends $6,175,000 for pfiesteria and HAB rapid response, an
increase of $1,000,000 above the request level, $1,000,000 for
the South Carolina Task Group on Toxic Algae for research and
response activities, and $1,400,000 for the South Florida
Ecosystem, an increase of $500,000 above last years
appropriated level. The Committee also recommends $100,000
above the request level for the Coastal Vulnerability Reduction
Program to be used for operations and maintenance of the
Community Sustainability Center, located in Charleston, South
Carolina.
The Committee does not recommend funding the proposed
request for coastal dredging. Funds for this purpose should be
made available through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which
is responsible for dredging activities. 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 $18,000,000 for the Coastal
Services Center, of which $1,250,000 shall be made available
for a Pacific Coastal Services Center in Hawaii. In addition,
the Committee recommends $2,000,000 in funding for the Joint
Institute for Coastal Habitat at Louisiana State University.
Funding of $2,000,000 is included to support critical research
at the National Coral Reef Institute and to continue Hawaiian
coral reef monitoring and assessment by the University of
Hawaii. In addition, the Committee supports an increase of
$1,500,000 above the request level for the ``Oceanic and
coastal research'' line item for operational costs of the
Marine Environmental Health Research Laboratory. The
recommended level also funds the Great Lakes Environmental
Research Laboratory at the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level
of $6,825,000.
Under the ``Response and Restoration'' line of this
account, the Committee recommends $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. The Committee also directs
the Coastal Ocean 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 last year's level for ECOHAB pfiesteria,
hypoxia, and the South Florida ecosystem.
Under the ``Ocean and coastal management'' account, the
Committee recommends a funding level of $91,000,000. This
funding increases support for the coastal zone management
grants by $4,300,000 above the request and administrative
expenses are funded at $4,500,000. The Committee recommends a
funding level of $7,000,000 for the National Estuarine Research
Reserve System [NERRS] Program. The Committee recommends
funding of $18,500,000 for the Marine Sanctuary Program in
fiscal year 2000, of which $500,000 is to be made available to
the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative. The
Committee recommends funding the section 6217 nonpoint
pollution control program at $1,000,000. The Committee does not
recommend funding the new section 310 grants.
National Marine Fisheries Service
The Committee recommendation provides a total of
$442,162,000 for the programs of the National Marine Fisheries
Service [NMFS] for fiscal year 2000, instead of $420,432,000 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 2000. 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 2000. 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. This proposal was not discussed
with the industry and was presented to Congress with no details
about how the fee mechanism would work, or the impact it would
have on the commercial or recreational fishing industries. The
Committee does not recommend the imposition of this fee.
For NMFS resource information programs, the Committee makes
several recommendations. Many commercial and recreational
information and data collection networks have been funded for
several years. The Committee, in the past, has expressed its
concern about the accuracy and effectiveness of these data
collection efforts. The Committee has urged NMFS to coordinate
the techniques used by the agency to collect data on a national
basis while continuing to take into account the unique
characteristics of regional commercial and recreational
fisheries. Again in fiscal year 2000, the Committee is
recommending funding for these networks. The Committee directs
NMFS to submit a report on the state of U.S. fishery resources
with its fiscal year 2001 budget request. This report shall
outline the methodology used by NMFS to collect data on these
fisheries and detail the status and trends of the Nation's
fishery stocks. The Committee recommends $3,000,000 for PACFIN,
the Pacific fishery information network. This amount is equal
to the fiscal year 1999 level. The Committee directs NOAA to
ensure that Hawaii receives an appropriate share of PACFIN
resources. In addition, the Committee creates a new line item,
by funding AKFIN, Alaska fishery information network,
separately from PACFIN. The Committee recommends $3,000,000 for
AKFIN.
The Committee has provided $3,900,000 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 $500,000 will be used to continue the
effort to enhance the annual collection and analysis of
economic data on marine recreational fishing.
The Committee recommends an increase of $16,408,000 in the
information collection and analyses resource information base
programs. Within base funds, the Committee recommends
$2,400,000 for the continued operations of the Gordon Gunter.
Within the base funding for aquaculture, the Committee
recommends $250,000 for the harvest technology unit to provide
onsite technical assistance to the National Warmwater
Aquaculture Research Center at Stoneville until sufficient
harvest technology expertise can be transfered from NMFS to the
staff of the center. The Committee directs that some of these
funds be used to implement the Magnuson-Stevens Act off the
coast of Alaska, including the biennial survey of Gulf of
Alaska stocks, in-season fishery monitoring improvements, and
implementation of the license limitation program. Among the
increases recommended within the information collection and
analyses resource information programs are an additional
$3,500,000 above base funding for implementation of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act off the coast of Alaska; $2,500,000 for
the Gulf of Mexico stock enhancement consortium; $500,000 for
the Hawaii stock enhancement plan; $300,000 for Hawaiian sea
turtles; $200,000 to conduct sampling of the lobster population
in State waters in New England; $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;
$400,000 for research on Atlantic herring and mackerel;
$200,000 to study lobster diseases; $600,000 for bluefin tuna
tagging; $1,500,000 for the Chesapeake Bay multi-species
management strategy (including blue crab); $208,000 for a
Bycatch Workshop; $500,000 for a Western Pacific Marine Debris
Conference; and $1,050,000 for Hawaiian monk seals. The
Committee acknowledges work being done at the Xiphophorus
Genetic Stock Center at Southwest Texas State University to
improve the understanding of fish genetics and evolution. The
Committee recommends $1,000,000 in funding for NMFS to expand
its work with the center to benefit commercial fish farming and
hatcheries. The Committee recommends funding Chesapeake Oyster
disease research at a level of $1,000,000 and expects NMFS to
request funds in fiscal year 2001 to support continued research
of their recovery. The Committee recommends funding Chesapeake
Bay Oyster Recovery Partnership at a level of $500,000 to
continue recovery efforts. In general, the Committee thinks
NMFS should encourage Saltonstall-Kennedy research grants in
the area of oyster diseases, which are affecting many areas of
the coastal United States.
The Committee has provided $6,325,000 for Alaska groundfish
monitoring, of which $850,000 is for crab management, $950,000
is for rock fish research, $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 recommendation
includes $1,250,000 for the State of Alaska to develop
commercial fisheries near shore, including dive fisheries for
urchins, and groundfish fisheries for cod, rockfish, skates,
and dogfish.
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 in the Nation's most productive
fisheries are already being implemented. The Committee,
therefore, has provided a total of $4,000,000, including
$1,100,000 for the National Marine Fisheries Service,
$1,100,000 for the State of Alaska, $1,000,000 for the Alaska
SeaLife Center, and $800,000 for the North Pacific Marine
Mammal Consortium, to address this pressing concern.
The Committee intends for the $800,000 increase provided
above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation for Yukon River salmon
to be provided to the Yukon River Drainage Fisheries
Association for habitat restoration, monitoring projects, stock
assessments, and bycatch research. The Committee recommendation
provides an increase in funding for the Pacific Salmon Treaty
implementation. This effort provides funds to the State of
Alaska for its work in monitoring the effects of the decline of
Pacific Northwest-origin salmon on the harvest off Alaska of
Alaska-origin salmon. Within this line item, $10,600,000 is
provided for initiating the implementation of the recently
negotiated treaty, and continued funding at a level of
$1,857,000 for the Chinook Salmon Agreement. The Committee
recommends that NMFS make available a total of $3,200,000 to
the base budget of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center to
perform west coast groundfish research. The Committee further
recommends that west coast groundfish duties currently
performed by the Alaska and Southwest Fisheries Science Centers
not be shifted to the Northwest center without additional
funding in excess of the $3,200,000 base funding recommended by
the Committee. The Committee provides $200,000 in increased
funding for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center for the
Virginia Institute for Marine Science to begin participation in
the Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program.
The Committee expects NMFS to continue its right whale
research and to focus on much needed gear modification
research. The Committee is concerned that strikes by large
vessels have resulted in right whale fatalities. The Committee
directs NMFS to work with the Coast Guard and the Department of
the Navy to reduce strikes in whale habitat areas. The
Committee expects NMFS to fund: gear modification research at
$750,000; early warning surveys and acoustic studies at
$1,150,000; reproductive research at $450,000; habitat
monitoring and population studies at $600,000; and tagging
studies at $650,000. The Committee further directs NMFS to make
$250,000 available to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
for large whale studies consistent with title IX of Public Law
105-277. Not less than $850,000 is provided within resource
information to continue the Marine Resources Monitoring
Assessment and Prediction Program [MARMAP] carried out by the
South Carolina Division of Marine Resources. Also, the
Committee recommendation includes $3,000,000 for the Marine
Fisheries Initiative [MARFIN], of which $500,000 is for
continuing activities in the Northeast.
The Committee recommends $182,927,000 for NMFS conservation
and management operations. Within this account the Committee
includes within base funds for fisheries management programs
the request to consolidate into one account the funding for the
maintenance of several existing NMFS facilities. This account
includes $2,000,000 for the Sandy Hook lease, $300,000 for the
Santa Cruz lab, and $1,500,000 for the Kodiak facility. The
Committee does not include the requested increase for fisheries
habitat restoration. The Committee expects NMFS to focus on
completing implementation of fishery management plans. In
addition, the Committee recommends funding the native marine
mammal commissions line item at a level of $1,150,000. 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),
and the Bristol Bay Native Association ($100,000), and the
Aleut Marine Mammal Commission ($200,000). The Committee
recommendation funds the requested level for Atlantic salmon
recovery and the State of Maine recovery plan; $3,000,000 for
the Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, of which $500,000 is
for swordfish research at the NMFS Honolulu laboratory, and
$2,500,000 is for JIMAR; $350,000 for a Pacific coral reef
fishery management plan; $15,420,000 for Columbia River
Hatcheries, of which $655,000 is for mass marking; $1,000,000
for Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef restoration; and $1,500,000 for
Chespeake Bay management. The Committee recommendation also
provides $6,000,000 for the implementation of the American
Fisheries Act, the same as last year's level, of which not less
than $750,000 shall be available to the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council, and of which $750,000 shall be available to
the State of Alaska.
In addition, the Committee is concerned about the
deteriorating state of the Gulf of Maine groundfish fishery and
has provided $8,000,000 to NMFS for cooperative research,
management, and enforcement to address this issue. Included in
this amount is $2,820,000 for the Northeast Consortium to
conduct 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.
Under the ``Protected species management'' account, the
Committee recommends a total of $66,725,000 for fiscal year
2000. The recommendation includes funding for Driftnet Act
implementation and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The
Committee recommends $3,650,000 for implementation of the High
Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act, North Pacific
Anadromous Stocks Convention Act, Central Bering Sea Fisheries
Enforcement Act, and for the expenses of U.S. advisers relating
to these matters. Within this amount, $100,000 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
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 $8,025,000 for the
Marine Mammal Protection Act, of which $800,000 is provided to
the State of Alaska to continue harbor seal research. The
Committee recommends $6,200,000 in funding for California sea
lions, which includes $500,000 for the Pacific States
Commission's continued funding of research on sea lion
interactions. Within the amount provided for Endangered Species
Recovery Plans, the Committee has included the Administration's
request of $1,000,000 for the Alaska NMFS Region for Stellar
sea lion recovery, as well as $250,000 to the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council for work on the environmental impact
statements for the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska groundfish
fishery management plans, and continued funding of $250,000 for
the State of Alaska for technical support to analyze proposed
salmon recovery plans. The fishery observers/training line
includes: $3,875,000 for North Pacific marine resource
observers, an increase of $2,000,000 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.
For State and industry programs, the Committee recommends
$3,100,000 for the interjurisdictional fisheries grants and
$2,100,000 for anadromous fishery grants. Of the $7,750,000
provided for the interstate fisheries commissions, $7,000,000
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).
The Committee recommends $9,378,000 for the ``Fisheries
Development Program'' account. Within this amount, the
Committee restored funding for the Hawaiian Fisheries
Development Program to $750,000, which is the fiscal year 1999
appropriation. In addition, the Committee recommends $300,000
for a New England Safe Seafood Program, and $300,000 to the
Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation [AFDF] for its
operational costs relating to the goals and objectives of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and to the creation of a permanent
endowment to provide operational funds for the AFDF. As in
prior fiscal years, the Committee expects the Hawaii Stock
Enhancement and Hawaiian Fisheries Development Programs to be
administered by the Oceanic Institute.
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
The Committee recommendation includes a total of
$319,910,000 for oceanic and atmospheric research for fiscal
year 2000, instead of $282,570,000 as requested and
$287,410,000 as funded in fiscal year 1999. In implementing
programs within this account, the Committee directs NOAA to
maintain or enhance its level of collaboration with the
extramural research community. In addition, while all NOAA
external research is currently peer reviewed, the Committee
encourages NOAA to take steps to ensure that all NOAA research,
regardless of who performs it, is subject to periodic peer
review.
The Committee recommends a fiscal year 2000 level of
$144,100,000 for climate and air quality research. Within this
account, the Committee recommendation provides a funding level
of $18,900,000 for interannual and seasonal climate research.
The Committee recommends providing $2,000,000 to the Climate
Change Research Center at the Institute for the Study of Earth,
Oceans, and Space for climate and air quality monitoring and
research as well as meteorological and climatological modeling.
The Committee recommends funding for long-term climate and
air quality research at $32,000,000, which is $2,600,000 below
the President's request. Within this amount, the Committee
recommends $2,100,000 for experimental and computational
investigations of local multidimensional atmospheric
circulation and chemical interactions in arid regions, of which
$700,000 is provided to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to
support the project. The Committee recommends the increased
request for high-performance computing at a level of
$13,500,000 for fiscal year 2000.
The Committee recommends $77,200,000 in fiscal year 2000
for the Climate and Global Change Program, an increase of
$14,200,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level. The Committee
recommends an additional $3,000,000 to continue efforts to
accelerate the refinement of climate models, which could result
in giving forecasters the ability to predict severe weather
events like El Nino and La Nina that could reduce loss of life
as well as economic losses. The Committee recognizes that the
arctic oscillation phenomenon plays a significant role in major
climatic events. Within the funds provided for global climate
change, the Committee directs NOAA to support instrumentation
and data management for the final phase of the ACOUS Beaufort
Sea Array.
The Committee recommends $2,500,000 for the GLOBE Program
in fiscal year 2000, a reduction of $2,500,000 from the
request. For several years NOAA, along with the Environmental
Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation, have
provided funding for this program. The Committee directs NOAA
to submit a report not later than November 30, 1999, on how
much all agencies have spent on GLOBE to date and what steps
will be taken to make the program self-sustaining by fiscal
year 2001. While it is a worthwhile program in the short term,
the data collected cannot be incorporated into NOAA's
atmospheric research and thus are of limited scientific value
for the agency.
For the atmospheric programs, the Committee recommends a
level of $53,050,000, an increase of $6,000,000 above the
request and an increase of $6,600,000 above the fiscal year
1999 appropriation. The Committee recommends funding the fiscal
year 2000 request of $7,100,000 for solar-terrestrial services
and research. The Committee expects $1,500,000 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 $2,000,000 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.
Within the ``solar-terrestrial service and research'' line
item, the Committee supports $1,000,000 for the Radiophysics
Laboratory of Dartmouth College. This effort will provide for
study of radio propagation physics and technology development
associated with satellite-based telecommunications, navigation,
and remote sensing. The proposed activities include assessment
of technology limitations imposed by the space plasma
environment and transionospheric propagation of radio signals,
study of opportunities for improved or new technological
innovation to enhance satellite-based systems, analysis of the
influence of natural or man-made disturbed environments on
performance and reliability of critical space-based systems,
and archival of key historical geophysical databases facing
degraded long-term data integrity.
The Committee recommends a level of $34,690,000 for the
ocean and Great Lakes programs, this is an increase of
$12,390,000 above the request and $1,064,000 above the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation. The Committee has several
recommendations within this account: funding the ocean
observations, recently transferred from the National Ocean
Service, at a level of $2,450,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be
provided for southeast Atlantic marine monitoring and
prediction at the University of North Carolina; $6,600,000 for
the administration's new initiative, ocean floor observatories;
of which $2,000,000 is for the underseas technology institute,
and $1,500,000 is for a tsunami warning and environmental
observatory at Shumigan Islands; $400,000 for continued hypoxia
research; $2,100,000 for the VENTS Program; $1,000,000 for
National Invasive Species Act implementation; $1,200,000 for
ballast water research and small boat portage zebra mussel
dispersion problems in the Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes,
including Lake Champlain; $500,000 for the Gulf of Maine
Council; $2,300,000 for continued Tsunami mitigation planning
and research; $500,000 for the Pacific Tropical ornamental fish
program; $1,000,000 for ciquatera research; $250,000 for South
Carolina Division of Marine Resources Research on Coastal
Urbanization Impacts; $240,000 for the Muskegon Lake Center;
$200,000 for the New England airshed pollution study; $500,000
for the Gulf Coast Study on severe weather impacts; $300,000
for the Lake Champlain study; and $6,000,000 for mariculture
research. The Committee recommendation for mariculture assumes
continuation of the Open Ocean Aquaculture Program, begun in
fiscal year 1998, at a level of $2,400,000.
The Committee recommends $60,500,000 for the Sea Grant
Program in fiscal year 2000. The Committee expects funding for
aquatic nuisance species research to increase to a level of
$3,000,000, funding for oyster disease research to continue at
the fiscal year 1999 level, and the Gulf of Mexico oyster
initiative to be funded at last year's appropriation of
$1,000,000.
For the National Undersea Research Program [NURP], the
Committee recommends a level of $14,550,000, an increase of
$6,050,000 above the fiscal year 2000 request. The Committee
expects the funds to be equally divided of which $7,275,000 is
to be used for research conducted through east coast NURP
centers and of which $7,275,000 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.
National Weather Service
The Committee recommendation includes a total of
$620,138,000 for the National Weather Service [NWS] for
operations, acquisitions, and research, an increase of
$2,241,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommends a total of $495,067,000 in fiscal
year 2000 for NWS operations and research. Of this amount,
$452,271,000 will support local warnings and forecasts. The
Committee recommends $2,200,000 for the advanced hydrological
prediction system initiative in fiscal year 2000 and $1,000,000
for the Susquehanna River basin flood system. The Committee
recommendation also provides: $1,650,000 for coastal data
buoys; $9,689,000 for the cooperative observers network;
$35,596,000 for aviation forecasts; $37,081,000 for central
forecast guidance; and, $3,090,000 for atmospheric and
hydrological research. Of the funds provided for operations and
research in fiscal year 2000, the Committee directs the NWS to
provide $397,000 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 $513,000 for
the advanced weather prediction prototype at the University of
Oklahoma. The Committee further directs the NWS to provide the
following amounts for NOAA weather transmitters: $300,000 for
South Dakota; $55,000 for Mayfield, KY; $45,000 for EMWIN sites
in Kentucky; $25,000 for Paducah, KY; $250,000 for Sweetwater
and Uinta counties, WY; and $275,000 for the North Dakota
agricultural weather network.
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,
Caribou, ME, 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 help complete this effort, and commends the
administration for making this request. The Committee further
directs the NWS to continue current operations at these
locations until the Secretary's mitigation recommendations are
completed. 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.
The Committee recommends $4,000,000 within NWS for NEXRAD
WFO maintenance, reflecting a shift of $3,000,000 from
facilities [ORF] to NWS local warnings and forecasts. This
account is transferred to more accurately reflect the role of
WFO facilities maintenance in NWS base operations.
The Committee recommendation also includes the requested
level of $600,000 for aircraft observations [ACARS].
The Committee recommends a total of $84,900,000 for systems
acquisition in fiscal year 2000. Included in this amount are:
$39,325,000 for the NEXRAD radar system and $7,573,000 for the
advanced surface observing system [ASOS]. The Committee
recommends funds for the advanced weather interactive
processing system [AWIPS/NOAAPort] at a level of $38,002,000.
For the NWS' portion of the ``Procurement, acquisition, and
construction [PAC]'' account, the Committee recommends
$65,805,000. This amount includes: $9,560,000 for the NEXRAD
radar system; $4,180,000 for the ASOS system; $22,575,000 for
AWIPS/NOAAPort; $11,100,000 for computer facilities upgrades;
$8,350,000 for Radiosonde Replacement; $5,700,000 for the GFDL
Supercomputer; and $4,340,000 for the ACE follow-on/GEOSTORM.
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 $111,592,000 for fiscal year 2000.
Of the funds made available in this recommendation for
fiscal year 2000, $61,736,000 is for satellite observing
systems, an increase of $2,500,000 above the request and
$4,436,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation. Of this
amount, $4,000,000 is to continue ocean remote sensing;
$2,000,000 is for the global disaster information network;
$55,736,000 is for environmental observing systems; and
$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 pilot project will continue
testing ground-based wind profile systems in New Hampshire,
Mississippi, Hawaii, Alaska, and West Virginia. This pilot
project shall also include a research program on the use of
wind data in weather forecasting.
The Committee recommends fiscal year 2000 funding of
$49,856,000 for environmental data management systems. This
amount is $6,000,000 above the request. Within this account,
the Committee recommends $34,521,000 for data and information
services and $12,335,000 for environmental data systems
modernization. Within available funds for data and information
services, the Committee recommends $5,000,000 for the National
Coastal Ocean Data Development and Management Center in Bay St.
Louis, MS. The Committee directs that $3,000,000 from available
funds be used to fund regional climate centers. The Committee
recommendation also includes the requested level of $1,500,000
for the cooperative network modernization.
The Committee recommends a total of $487,694,000 for the
``Procurement, acquisition, and construction [PAC]'' account
for NESDIS, of which: $140,979,000 is recommended for the
``Polar K-N'' and $189,533,000 for the ``GOES N-Q'' accounts;
polar convergence [NPOESS] is funded at a level of $80,100,000;
and GOES I-M is funded at a level of $77,082,000.
Program Support
The Committee recommendation provides the requested level
of $72,887,000 for the NOAA program support functions. This
level is $3,637,000 more than current year funding and
$1,000,000 below the request. The Committee recommendation
provides $9,000,000 for the Commerce Administrative Management
System.
Coastal Zone Management Fund
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $4,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 4,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,000,000
This fund consists of loan repayments arising from the
former Coastal Energy Impact Program which are transferred to
the ``Operations, research, and facilities'' account for
program grants.
The Committee recommendation includes $4,000,000, as
requested, from the coastal zone management [CZM] fund for CZM
program management and other purposes authorized by section 308
of the Coastal Zone Management Act.
Fleet Maintenance and Planning
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $11,600,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 9,243,000
Committee recommendation................................ 13,243,000
The Committee recommendation provides an appropriation of
$13,243,000 for the ``Fleet maintenance and planning'' account.
This is a increase of $1,643,000 from the fiscal year 1999
appropriation.
The Committee recommendation includes $1,000,000 for
equipment upgrades of the NOAA vessel Rainier, and $3,000,000
for operational support of NOPP-related activities.
FACILITIES
The Committee recommends a total of $9,829,000 for NOAA
facilities during fiscal year 2000. This account includes:
facilities maintenance funding and space planning environmental
compliance; Boulder facilities operations; and National
Archives and Records Administration records management.
The Committee recommends $61,567,000 for the Fleet
Replacement account, $10,000,000 above the request level.
Within this amount, the Committee recommends $51,567,000 for
construction of the first of four Fisheries Research Vessels.
NOAA's current nine fisheries research vessels are reaching the
end of their useful lives and are becoming technologically
obsolete. With the increase responsibilities under Magnuson-
Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, and
continued responsibilities under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act, and the Endangered Species Act, the Committee is pleased
that the Administration has requested funding to begin vessel
replacement. The Committee anticipates significant improvement
in data quality with these state of the art dedicated fisheries
research vessels which could allow for higher fishing quotas in
many fisheries without jeopardizing the resources.
Within this amount, the Committee also includes $10,000,000
for conversion of two surplus Navy Yard Torpedo Test vessels.
One of these vessels would be a replacement in Charleston, SC
for the R/V FARREL which is used for coastal oceanography
studies and research, and one would be located with and used to
augment the work of CICEET and the Joint Hydrography Center.
Given the age of NOAA's current coastal monitoring vessels,
conversion of excess Navy vessels provides a cost effective
solution to continuing critical coastal monitoring and research
for another twenty years. The Committee directs the NOAA Corps
to provide a report no later that January 1, 2000 on additional
surplus Navy vessels that exist and could be used to replace
aging NOAA vessels.
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, for example, the National Weather
Service and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service. The Committee recommends a total of
$553,499,000 for the acquisition of systems for these line
offices.
For the ``Construction'' account, the Committee recommends
a total of $62,912,000, of which: $13,367,000 is for Weather
Forecast Office construction; $19,500,000 is for National
Estuarine Research Reserve Sanctuary construction (of which
$4,000,000 is for Great Bay and $3,500,000 is for facility and
laboratory at Kachemak Bay); $3,000,000 is available for Marine
Sanctuaries; $1,000,000 is for the Botanical Gardens;
$14,500,000 is for Alaska facilities (of which $1,000,000 is
for Juneau, $5,000,000 is for Ship Creek, and $8,500,000 is for
SeaLife Center); and $1,000,000 is for the American Maritime
Education Center.
The Committee notes the Fish and Wildlife Service is
planning a similar facility in Homer and urges NOAA to work
cooperatively with the Service to plan and construct a joint
facility that will enable both agencies to share common areas
and take advantage of economies of scale. The Committee
believes such an approach will reduce the overall cost to the
government.
Satellites operations facility.--The Committee is concerned
with the environmental contamination issues at NOAA's satellite
operations and processing facility in Suitland, MD. The
Committee believes that necessary actions must be taken to
continue secure operations for the Department of Defense and
NOAA satellites as well as provide a safe Working environment
for the NOAA employees. Therefore, the Committee provides
$10,000,000 for this effort.
In addition, the Committee continues to be concerned about
the condition and location of the facilities supporting the
National Centers for Environmental Prediction [NCEP], including
the National Weather Service Supercomputer facilities in
Suitland. These facilities are essential for carrying out
NOAA's national prediction and warning mission, and protecting
the life and property of the American public. The Committee
urges NOAA to initiate action to relocate NCEP research and
prediction activities into state-of-the-art facilities more
commensurate with their vital national mission.
Other
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery
Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000................................... $100,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 100,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides the requested level
of $100,000,000 for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery
Account.
The Committee notes that certain populations of salmon and
steelhead have been declared threatened or endangered under the
Endangered Species Act. This listing imposes significant and
costly burdens on the states affected. Of the funds provided,
$20,000,000 each shall be available to the States of
California, Oregon, Alaska, and Washington as a direct payment
to address urgent activities necessary to restore salmon and
steelhead populations, improve habitat, and enhance natural
fish runs.
The funds provided for salmon and steelhead recovery
efforts in Washington State shall be directly allocated to the
Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board for salmon
recovery projects and activities. The Salmon Recovery Funding
Board shall set clear goals and objectives in terms of recovery
for salmon and steelhead runs in Washington state. The Board
shall also establish measurable performance standards to be
applied to each recovery project funded by the Board with
monies allocated through this act. These funds shall not be
expended for the buyback of commercial fishing licenses.
Eligible entities to receive funds from the Board include local
governments, tribes, and nonprofit organizations. Up to one
percent of the funds available may be used for administrative
purposes. The Committee will monitor the performance of the
Salmon Recovery Board in terms of its ability to efficiently
and adequately provide funds for salmon recovery projects that
meet the above criteria. If the Committee is not satisfied with
the performance of the board, it may consider funding
alternatives.
Of the remaining funds, $5,000,000 shall be available to
the State of Alaska as a direct payment for habitat restoration
and enhancement projects north of the Dixon Entrance and
$15,000,000 shall be available as a direct payment to the State
of Washington for implementation of the Pacific Salmon Treaty
agreement.
Fishermen's Contingency Fund
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $953,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 953,000
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 1999.
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, 1999.................................... $189,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 189,000
Committee recommendation................................ 189,000
The Committee recommends $189,000 for the foreign fishing
observer fund for fiscal year 2000, 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, 1999.................................... $338,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 10,258,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,038,000
The Committee recommendation provides $2,038,000 for the
fisheries finance program account. This amount is $8,220,000
below the fiscal year 2000 request and $1,700,000 above the
fiscal year 1999 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.
General Administration
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $30,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 34,046,000
Committee recommendation................................ 34,046,000
This account provides for the Office of the Secretary and
for staff offices of the Department which assist in the
formulation of policy, management, and administration.
The Committee recommendation provides $34,046,000 for the
Commerce Department's ``Salaries and expenses'' appropriation
for fiscal year 2000. This amount is $4,046,000 above the
fiscal year 1999 appropriation and equal to the fiscal year
2000 request. The Committee is concerned by the Department's
implementation of their Senior Executive Service [SES]
``Commerce 2000'' initiative. The Committee expects to be
consulted prior to any decision by the Department to transfer
SES personnel in the future. The Department maintains its
previous transfer of SES personnel was undertaken to provide
enhanced career development. The Committee does not expect that
such transfers should result in increased staffing within the
administration of the Department in the Office of the
Secretary. The Committee expects the Office of the Secretary to
maintain current staffing levels, and does not provide funding
for additional senior staff within the office of
administration.
Office of the Inspector General
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $21,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 23,454,000
Committee recommendation................................ 17,900,000
The Committee recommends $17,900,000 for the Commerce
Department's Office of the Inspector General for fiscal year
2000. This amount is $3,100,000 below the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $5,554,000 below the fiscal year 2000
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 1999 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 requires that any costs related to personnel
actions incurred by a department or agency funded in title II
of the accompanying act be absorbed within the total budgetary
resources available to such department or agency.
Section 207 allows the Secretary to award contracts for
certain mapping and charting activities in accordance with the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act.
Section 208 allows the Department of Commerce franchise
fund to retain a percentage of earnings from services provided
for capital investments.
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 of $3,816,012,000 for
fiscal year 2000 for the judiciary. The recommendation is
$164,884,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$338,960,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request. The Committee
is aware that a total of $83,900,000 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, 1999.................................... $36,459,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 58,597,000
Committee recommendation................................ 52,882,000
The Committee recommends a total of $52,882,000 for the
Supreme Court of the United States for fiscal year 2000. The
total amount is provided in two separate appropriation accounts
as follows:
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $31,059,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 35,939,000
Committee recommendation................................ 34,759,000
The Committee recommends $34,759,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the salaries and expenses of the Justices, their supporting
personnel, and the costs of operating the Supreme Court,
excluding the care of the building and grounds. The
recommendation is $3,700,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $180,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request.
A cost-of-living adjustment for the Justices is addressed by
section 304.
Care of the building and grounds
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $5,400,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 22,658,000
Committee recommendation................................ 18,123,000
The Committee recommends $18,123,000 for fiscal year 2000
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 $12,723,000 above the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation and $4,535,000 below the fiscal year
2000 request.
Building renovations.--Included in the recommendation,
$8,471,000 is made available until expended, to be used for the
further design, demonstration, and mock up projects on which
future Supreme Court building improvements and systems upgrades
will be based.
Perimeter security.--In fiscal year 1999, $500,000 was
provided for detailed design development and preparation of
construction drawings for court perimeter security
enhancements. The Committee understands that final approval of
the design of the project and its related costs is pending.
Therefore, the funds recommended by the Committee for perimeter
security enhancements shall be subject to the Section 605
reprogramming process of this bill. The Committee provides
funding for all requested perimeter security enhancements,
excluding the replacement of aggregate sidewalks and the
restoration of brick walkways. The Committee expects the court
to provide the Appropriations Committees with a report
detailing the options for installing protective barriers.
Offsite facility.--No funding is provided for the court to
design, purchase, lease, or renovate additional offsite office
space. The Committee expects the court to provide the
Appropriations Committees with a space utilization study of the
court by February 1, 2000. The report should detail the number
of employees per square foot and the usage rate of the
ceremonial and intermittently used space.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $16,101,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 17,636,000
Committee recommendation................................ 16,911,000
The Committee recommends $16,911,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the salaries and expenses of the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit. The recommendation is $810,000 above the
fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $725,000 below the fiscal
year 2000 request. Certain mandatory increases for judicial
officers are provided. The recommendation includes additional
funding requested by the Court to hire three additional
technical assistants. No funding is provided for additional
staff in the Clerk's Office. The Committee directs the Court to
review its staffing needs and detail the time savings and other
tangible benefits of additional staffing in the Clerk's Office
and the Chamber's staff. This report should be provided to the
Appropriations Committees no later than February 1, 2000. A
cost-of-living adjustment for the judges is addressed by
section 304.
U.S. Court of International Trade
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $11,804,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 12,146,000
Committee recommendation................................ 11,957,000
The Committee recommends $11,957,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the salaries and expenses of the U.S. Court of
International Trade. The recommendation is $153,000 above the
fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $189,000 below the fiscal
year 2000 request. Certain mandatory increases for judicial
officers are provided. A cost-of-living adjustment for the
judges is addressed by section 304. The Committee is aware that
carryover funds are available to address critical automation
requirements.
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $2,862,864,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 3,219,926,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,992,265,000
This account provides for the salaries of judges,
magistrates, and all other officers and employees of the
Federal judiciary not otherwise provided for, and for all
necessary expenses, including charges for space and facilities.
The Committee recommends a total of $2,992,265,000 for
fiscal year 2000 for salaries and expenses of the Courts of
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, and of
which $100,000,000 is derived from the violent crime reduction
trust fund. The recommendation is $129,401,000 above the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation and $227,661,000 below the fiscal year
2000 request. The recommendation reflects a refinement of
anticipated funding requirements. In addition, as noted at the
beginning of the title, the Committee understands that up to
$83,900,000 in carryover, reimbursables, and fees will be
available to apply to this account, if necessary. Within
available funds, $2,700,000 is provided for data collection.
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............................................ 24,659
Senior............................................ 17,025
Court staff:
Article III judges' staff......................... 53,607
Circuit executives................................ 15,900
Clerks offices.................................... 32,105
Staff and prearguement attorneys.................. 31,924
Librarians........................................ 15,601
Bankruptcy appellate panels....................... 1,310
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Subtotal........................................ 192,131
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District courts:
Judicial officers:
Article III judges:
Active............................................ 93,012
Senior............................................ 56,928
Magistrate judges..................................... 61,753
Court of Federal Claims judges........................ 2,190
Court staff:
Article III judges' staff............................. 156,127
Magistrate judges' staff.............................. 59,021
Federal claims judges' staff.......................... 3,453
District executives................................... 703
Clerks offices........................................ 312,687
Court reporters....................................... 40,078
Court interpreters.................................... 5,428
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Subtotal............................................ 791,380
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Bankruptcy courts:
Judicial officers: Bankruptcy judges...................... 48,751
Court staff:
Bankruptcy judges' staff.............................. 40,756
Clerks................................................ 224,956
Bankruptcy administrators............................. 2,523
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Subtotal............................................ 316,986
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Probation/pretrial services:
Investigations and supervision............................ 481,506
Drug dependent offenders.................................. 28,946
Mental health............................................. 3,420
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Subtotal................................................ 513,962
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Services, supplies, and equipment............................. 480,721
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Rental payment to GSA......................................... 695,898
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Fiscal year 2000 initiatives: State Justice Institute......... 8,000
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Spending reductions: Section 304.............................. 9,513
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Total, courts........................................... 2,989,565
The Committee recommendations are discussed in more detail
in the following paragraphs. The reductions in this account are
made without prejudice.
GSA Rent.--The judiciary's request for space and facilities
represents 21 percent of the judiciary's fiscal year 2000
request. While the judiciary has made efforts to control GSA
space rental growth, GSA rental payments continue to consume a
greater portion of the total funds available to the courts. To
accommodate this growth, the Committee recommendation adjusts
downward the request for support staff.
Courtroom unitization study.--The Committee is aware that
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts has
contracted with an outside consulting firm to conduct a
courtroom utilization study as outlined in the fiscal year 1999
report. The Committee believes that this study will be
beneficial in determining future judiciary space requirements
and demonstrating existing areas that are currently
underutilized. For the purposes of conducting this study,
$3,000,000 was provided in fiscal year 1999, and the Committee
expects that those funds will be used for this study in fiscal
year 2000.
Magistrate judges.--It has come to the Committee's
attention that the increases in overall judicial caseloads are
largely the result of immigration proceedings. In fact, during
the years 1994 to 1998 criminal cases commenced in U.S.
District Courts involving immigration matters increased 259
percent. The Committee is also aware that these cases, while
numerous, can be resolved expediently as compared to other
criminal filings. The Committee requests that a study be
conducted by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts which
would examine whether the ratio of magistrate judges to Article
III judges should be changed to meet this pressing demand on
the courts.
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $2,515,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 2,581,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,581,000
The Committee recommends a reimbursement of $2,581,000 for
fiscal year 2000 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 $66,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 2000 request.
Defender Services
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $360,952,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 374,839,000
Committee recommendation................................ 353,888,000
This account funds the operations of the Federal public
defender and community defender organizations and the
compensation, reimbursement, and expenses of attorneys
appointed to represent persons under the Criminal Justice Act,
as amended.
The Committee recommends $353,888,000 for fiscal year 2000
for defender services. The recommendation is $7,064,000 below
the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $20,951,000 below the
fiscal year 2000 request. The recommendation reflects a
refinement of anticipated funding requirements. In addition, as
noted at the beginning of the title, the Committee understands
that up to $83,900,000 in carryover, reimbursables, and fees
will be available to apply to this account, if necessary.
Panel Attorneys.--The Committee recommendation provides for
an increase in panel attorney hourly rates of compensation of
up to $75 per hour in-court and $55 per hour out-of-court for
all judicial districts, beginning April 1, 2000.
Fees Of Jurors And Commissioners
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $66,861,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 69,510,000
Committee recommendation................................ 60,918,000
The Committee recommends $60,918,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the fees and allowances of grand and petit jurors and for
the compensation of land commissioners and jury commissioners.
The recommendation is $5,943,000 below the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $8,592,000 below the fiscal year 2000
request. The recommendation reflects a refined estimate of
requirements and fully funds fees of jurors.
Court Security
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $174,569,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 206,012,000
Committee recommendation................................ 196,026,000
This account provides for the necessary expenses of
security and protective services for the U.S. courts in
courtrooms and adjacent areas. Funds under this account may be
used directly or transferred to the U.S. Marshals Service,
which has been delegated authority for the contracting of guard
services and the acquisition of security equipment.
The Committee recommends $196,026,000 for fiscal year 2000
for court security. The recommendation is $21,457,000 above the
fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $9,986,000 below the fiscal
year 2000 request. The recommendation reflects a refined
estimate by the U.S. Marshals Service of court security
requirements and funds court security personnel, equipment, and
perimeter enhancements.
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $54,500,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 58,428,000
Committee recommendation................................ 56,054,000
This appropriation provides funds for the administration
and management of the U.S. courts, including the probation and
bankruptcy systems, but excluding the Supreme Court.
The Committee recommends $56,054,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the salaries and expenses of the Administrative Office of
the U.S. Courts [AO]. The recommendation is $1,554,000 above
the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $2,374,000 below the
fiscal year 2000 request. The recommendation provides most of
the requested base adjustments for this account and reflects a
refinement of anticipated funding requirements.
Federal Judicial Center
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $17,716,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 18,997,000
Committee recommendation................................ 18,476,000
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.
The Committee recommends $18,476,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the salaries and expenses of the Federal Judicial Center.
The recommendation is $760,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $521,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request.
The recommendation provides the requested base adjustments for
this account. Within the amounts provided, $563,000 is
available to support the enhanced use of satellite/video
broadcasting and new distance education technologies.
Judicial Retirement Funds
Payment To Judiciary Trust Funds
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $37,300,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 39,700,000
Committee recommendation................................ 39,700,000
These funds cover the estimated annuity payments to be made
to retired bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges, claims
court judges, and spouses and dependent children of deceased
judicial officers.
The Committee recommends $39,700,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the payment to the judicial officers' retirement fund, the
judicial survivors' annuities fund, and the claims court
judges' retirement fund. The recommendation is $2,400,000 above
the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and identical to the fiscal
year 2000 request.
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $9,487,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 10,600,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,743,000
The purpose of the Commission is to establish, review, and
revise sentencing guidelines, policies, and practices for the
Federal criminal justice system. The Commission is also
required to monitor the operation of the guidelines and to
identify and report necessary changes to the Congress.
The Committee recommendation is $4,744,000 below the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation and $5,857,000 below the fiscal year
2000 request. The seven member Commission has been vacant since
October 31, 1998, and no commissioners have been nominated or
designated by the President. The Committee observes that the
carriage of justice has continued unabated in the absence of
commissioners. At a time of declining budgets the Committee
recommends that the Judiciary reassess the Commission's
necessity. The Committee directs that a phase out plan for the
Commission be provided before November 31, 1999, if no
commissioners have been appointed by October 1, 1999.
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 2000 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 $12,000.
Section 304 authorizes a cost-of-living adjustment for
Justices and judges in fiscal year 2000.
Section 305 provides resources for data collection.
TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
The Committee recommends a total of $5,028,897,000 for
fiscal year 2000 for the Department of State. The
recommendation is $670,119,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $3,561,170,000 below the fiscal year 2000
request. The reduction from the request in this account is
largely attributable to the Committee's denial of the
$3,000,000,000 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.
Administration of Foreign Affairs
diplomatic and consular programs
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $1,644,300,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 2,838,934,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,671,429,000
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 $2,671,429,000 for fiscal year
2000 for diplomatic and consular programs. The recommendation
is $1,027,129,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$167,505,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request. Within the
amount provided, the Committee recommendation includes $275,000
to support the United States' Chairmanship of the Arctic
Council and $40,000 for the Bering Straits Commission. The
former includes funds for representation expenses and travel
for U.S. delegates.
Worldwide security upgrades.--The Committee is aware that a
chance accident revealed potential deficiencies in so-called
Inman facilities, considered state-of-the-art. In addition, the
Committee is aware that the maintenance costs associated with
certain security systems have proven far greater than
anticipated. Finally, the Committee has been informed 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. The Committee recommendation
includes $299,480,000 for worldwide security upgrades, an
increase of $45,480,000 above the request. The additional funds
should be targeted at the problems cited above. In particular,
the Committee looks forward to the results of a survey of Inman
facilities. Also, the Committee directs the Department to
report on its progress in implementing the procedures and
training recommended in the ``Report of the Accountability
Review Boards on the Embassy Bombings in Nairobi and Dar es
Salaam''.
Detection equipment.--The Committee recognizes that
effective embassy security requires the utilization and
coordination of a number of techniques, technologies and state-
of-the-art equipment. As such, the Committee urges the
Department to implement technologies and equipment which have
been proven, through field testing and other evaluations
(whether undertaken by the Department or other Federal
agencies), to be the most capable in protecting American lives
and property, taking into consideration cost effectiveness,
demonstrated reliability, speed of detection and intelligence
gathering capabilities.
The Committee notes that the Federal Aviation
Administration has already undertaken extensive laboratory and
field testing of equipment to improve airport security,
including comparisons of electronic explosive trace detection
equipment. Should the Department decide to include explosive
trace detection technology as a component of embassy security
for the purposes of monitoring motor vehicle and pedestrian
entrances, and scanning incoming mail, packages and containers,
the Department is urged, to save time in the procurement of
such equipment. This should be done by giving appropriate
weight to the results, data and conclusions of the FAA and of
other Federal agencies which have previously field tested and
implemented explosive trace detection technology. The Committee
also recognizes the need to deploy technology that provides
remote monitoring capabilities and that provides centralization
of data to ensure effective coordination of embassy security
enhancement.
Office of Defense Trade Controls.--The Committee continues
to be concerned that inadequate staffing has limited the
ability of the Office of Defense Trade Controls to carefully
scrutinize the appropriateness of license applications. The
Committee recommendation includes an increase of $2,000,000
over last year's level to hire additional staff to ensure
critical technology does not fall into the wrong hands.
Market development pilot program.--The Committee is aware
that the Department of State is planning to implement a Market
Development Pilot Program. The Committee believes this proposal
to be duplicative of existing U.S. Foreign Commercial Service
activities, because the Foreign Commercial Service does such an
excellent job and clearly has the expertise in this area. The
Committee does not provide any funding for this proposed
initiative.
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 is
aware that posts are eliminating continuing language education
programs as an austerity measure. Within available funds, the
Committee recommendation directs that $5,000,000 shall only be
available 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 Committee is
aware that the Department ignored identical language last year
and has taken appropriate measures to ensure that it is not
disregarded again.
Arms control treaty verification.--The Committee is
concerned that, given limited resources, arms control efforts
have been focused on treaty negotiation at the expense of
treaty verification. As a result, technological advances in
arms control verification made at the national laboratories are
not being fully applied or exploited. Accordingly, of the
amounts made available to the Bureaus of Political-Military
Affairs and Arms Control and the Bureau of Non-Proliferation,
the Committee recommendation provides a $10,000,000 increase
over fiscal year 1999 for verification technology. The
Department is directed to pursue systems development of
promising non-intrusive nuclear topographic techniques,
including the Fission Assay Tomography System and the Gamma
Neutron Assay Technique. Together, these technologies will
provide the ability to detect and characterize special nuclear
materials while at the same time ensuring that design
information is not revealed.
Border Control.--The Committee recommendation includes
$2,000,000 for the Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Office for
planning, developing, and implementing an information
technology solution, the Olympic Visa Issuance Database [OVID],
that addresses issues relating to the entry into the United
States of foreign nationals for the 2002 Winter Olympics Games.
The system should be developed in collaboration with the Salt
Lake City Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of
2002.
Details.--The Committee is unwilling to have an undermanned
State Department subsidize the staffing of other agencies.
Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes a provision
that would limit detailees to serving no longer than 2 years
out of any 5 outside the Department to ensure that assignments
are for the training of Foreign Service Officers and not a
means of augmenting the staff of other organizations.
Tour length.--Several studies, most recently by the
Inspector General [IG], have found that longer tours improve
competence levels and produce savings. Unfortunately, many in
the Department believe that short tours accelerate promotions.
These same employees have blocked efforts to lengthen tours.
The Committee directs the Department to implement the
recommendations contained in IG Memorandum Report 99-SP-013 not
later than January 1, 2000. In addition, the Department shall
provide the Committees on Appropriations with a report that:
(1) identifies new 3 and 4 year posts, (2) justifies remaining
1 and 2 year posts, (3) includes revised, finalized Foreign
Affairs Manual language tightening the criteria for approval of
curtailments, and (4) describes the curtailments/extensions
database that will be used to analyze trends and identify and
address causes for avoidable curtailments. The report is due
not later than January 15, 2000.
Pacific salmon treaty implementation.--Of the amount
provided for the Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs, $5,000,000 is only for
activities associated with the implementation of the just-
signed Pacific salmon treaty.
Special Coordinator for Northeastern Europe.--The Committee
supports the Department's work to promote regional cooperation
in Northeastern Europe. Integration of the Baltic States with
Europe, as well as cooperation among the Baltic States, the
Nordic States, and Russia, particularly its northwestern
regions, will help reduce tension, and promote stability and
peace in the region. Accordingly, the Committee directs the
Secretary to designate an existing senior-level State
Department official with responsibility for promoting regional
cooperation in and coordinating policy toward Northeastern
Europe. The Committee expects to be consulted prior to, and
notified of, the final choice for special coordinator.
Other spending increases.--The Committee recommendation
includes the following increases over fiscal year 1999 spending
levels: Hispanic and minority recruitment (+$1,000,000),
increased corporate telecommunications capacity requirements
(+$10,000,000), military postal service agency reimbursement
(+$5,400,000), defense security service investigations-
contractor workforce (+$1,000,000), and Treasury Law
Enforcement Training (+$400,000).
Spending decreases.--The Committee recommendation holds
current services spending to fiscal year 1999 levels, except
where additional reductions were necessary to compensate for
increases in security funding. For example, the Committee
recommendation eliminates duplicative funding for legislative
affairs outside of the legislative offices directly attached to
the regional and functional bureaus.
Misallocation of resources.--The fiscal year 2000 request
includes 397 positions for the Office of the Secretary and 294
positions for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations [UN]. With
embassies and consulates desperately short of staff, it is
unconscionable that this kind of excessive staffing is allowed
to develop. The Committee recommendation halves the staffing of
both the Office of the Secretary and the U.S. Mission to the
UN. The savings have been applied to funding worldwide security
requirements as described above.
China 2000.--The Committee is very disturbed by the recent
anti-democratic crackdown in China. Clearly, the current
Chinese leadership remains unfamiliar with even the most basic
precepts of liberal democracy. In order to better familiarize
Chinese government officials with the principles underlying a
government of, by, and for the people, the Committee
recommendation provides $244,000 to upgrade information
resource centers in Chengdu, Shenyang, and Shanghai. No other
China 2000 initiatives have been or will be funded until
demonstrable progress toward democratization has been made by
the Beijing regime. The Committee expects to be consulted prior
to the release of these funds. In addition, the delay of modest
quality of life upgrades to the current Beijing chancery, due
to an unrelated security dispute, and design of the new
chancery, due to bureau insistence upon the purchase of the
still unavailable Bulgarian compound, have contributed to the
deplorable working conditions in Beijing. To relieve
overcrowding, the Committee recommendation freezes U.S.
Government staffing in Beijing, excluding Foreign Service
Nationals, until repairs to the current chancery and
construction of the new annex are completed.
Germany.--As noted elsewhere, there is a severe housing
shortage in Berlin. The Committee is unwilling to contribute to
the current turmoil by reassigning families to a post that is
ill-prepared to accept them. Therefore, the Committee
recommendation freezes U.S. Government staffing in Berlin,
excluding Foreign Service Nationals, until the ``stadtvilla''
housing complex is complete.
Capital Investment Fund
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $80,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 90,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 80,000,000
This account provides resources for needed investments in
information and communications systems. The Department's
information systems are totally inadequate to meet critical
mission requirements. Overseas, many of the Department's
radios, computers, and telephones are obsolete.
The Committee recommends $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the capital investment fund. The recommendation is
identical to the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $10,000,000
below the fiscal year 2000 request.
The Committee recommendations are displayed in the
following table:
Capital investment fund
[In thousands of dollars]
Committee
recommendation
Technology infrastructure:
Computer modernization.................................... 23,000
Core management systems................................... 7,000
Messaging: cables/e-mail.................................. 7,000
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Diplomatic Telecommunications Service......................... 18,000
Applications and software development......................... 15,000
Training and project management............................... 10,000
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Total, capital investment fund.......................... 80,000
Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the
table above are described in more detail in the following
paragraphs.
Fees.--The Committee directs the Department to allocate a
total of $60,000,000 in expedited passport fees to the
Information Resources Management Central Fund.
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. 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, such a
devolvement shall not be limited to communications.
Office Of Inspector General
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $27,495,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 30,054,000
Committee recommendation................................ 26,495,000
The Committee recommends $26,495,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the Office of the Inspector General. The recommendation is
$1,000,000 below the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$3,559,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request. The downward
adjustment corrects for one-time fiscal year 1999 costs
associated with the bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.
Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $202,500,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 210,329,000
Committee recommendation................................ 216,476,000
The Committee recommends $216,476,000 for fiscal year 2000
for educational and cultural exchange programs. The
recommendation is $13,976,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and is $6,147,000 above the fiscal year 2000
request.
The Committee notes that fiscal year 2000 funding for
exchange programs in the New Independent States [NIS] of the
former Soviet Union is provided under the Foreign Operations
appropriations bill.
The Committee 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.......................... 102,298
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program................. 5,850
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Subtotal............................................ 108,148
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Other Academic Programs:
College & University Affiliations Program............. 1,321
Educational Advising & Student Services............... 3,100
English Language Programs............................. 2,656
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Subtotal............................................ 7,077
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Other Special Academic Programs:
Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship Program................... 4,053
American Overseas Research Centers.................... 2,000
South Pacific exchanges............................... 500
Disability Exchange Clearinghouse..................... 250
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Subtotal............................................ 6,803
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Subtotal, Academic Programs......................... 122,028
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Professional & Cultural Programs:
International Visitors Program............................ 43,500
Citizen Exchange Program.................................. 18,435
Art Ambassador Program.................................... 500
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Subtotal................................................ 62,435
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Other Professional & Cultural Programs:
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange......................... 2,400
North/South Center........................................ 2,500
Mike Mansfield Fellowships Programs....................... 2,200
Montana Tech. Foreign Exchange Program.................... 100
Institute for Representative Government................... 400
Irish Institute........................................... 1,500
Special Olympics.......................................... 1,000
Olympic/Paralympic Youth Camps............................ 1,000
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Subtotal................................................ 11,100
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Subtotal, Professional & Cultural....................... 73,535
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Exchanges Support:
Employee Compensation & Benefits.......................... 18,672
Program Direction & Administration........................ 2,241
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Subtotal................................................ 20,913
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Total, Cultural & Educational Exchanges................. 216,476
Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the
table above are described in more detail in the following
paragraphs.
Muskie Fellowship Program.--Of the amount provided for
Muskie fellowships, not less than 50 percent shall be used to
provide scholarships for nationals of any of the independent
states of the former Soviet Union to undertake doctoral
graduate study in the social sciences. As a condition of
participation, fellows shall perform 1 year of service in their
home countries for every year their study is supported by this
program. The Committee expects that not less than 20 percent of
each student's doctoral study be funded from non-Federal
sources.
U.S.-Mexico Conflict Resolution Center.--The Committee is
pleased with the progress of the U.S.-Mexico Conflict
Resolution Center in providing education, training, and
services in alternative dispute resolution to commercial
concerns operating along the Southwest border. The Committee
expects the State Department to continue to support this
project as it nears completion and transitions to a self-funded
organization.
Olympic/Paralympic Youth Camps.--The Committee
recommendation includes $1,000,000 for planning activities for
the Paralympics and Winter Olympic Games to be held in 2002.
These funds will support: (1) planning the Paralympic Youth
Camp, (2) planning the International Olympic Youth Camp, and
(3) cultural and education outreach for the Olympics and
Paralympics.
Reprioritization.--The Committee recommendation defers or
reduces funding for the following exchange programs: the Tibet
and East Timor exchanges; the Pepper scholarship; the Congress-
Bundestag youth exchange; the East European executive education
program; the Republic of Korea and People's Republic of China
interparliamentary exchanges; the students, scholars, and
teachers portion of the Fulbright Program; and the Humphrey
Fellowship Program. In addition, no funds are provided for
civic education under citizen exchanges or any other
subaccount.
As in the past, the Committee expects to be consulted prior
to the release of funds.
Representation Allowances
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $4,350,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 5,850,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,850,000
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 $5,850,000 for fiscal year 2000
for representation allowances. The recommendation is $1,500,000
above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and identical to the
fiscal year 2000 request. The increase in this account is
attributable to the transfer of representation funds previously
provided to the U.S. Information Agency.
Protection Of Foreign Missions And Officials
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $8,100,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 9,490,000
Committee recommendation................................ 8,100,000
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 $8,100,000 for fiscal year 2000
for protection of foreign missions and officials. The
recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $1,390,000 below the fiscal year 2000
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.
Security And Maintenance Of U.S. Missions
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $403,561,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 483,683,000
Committee recommendation................................ 583,496,000
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 $583,496,000 for fiscal year 2000
for security and maintenance of U.S. missions. The
recommendation is $179,935,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $99,813,000 above the fiscal year 2000
request. The Committee is aware that $263,000,000 in fiscal
year 1998 carryover is available in this account. In addition,
two fiscal year 1999 supplementals have added $677,500,000 to
this account for worldwide security improvements.
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: Beijing, China...................... 19,800
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Facilities:
Design:
Beijing, China--chancery.......................... 14,500
Taipei, Taiwan--American institute................ 5,000
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Subtotal, facilities............................ 19,500
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Leasehold Program............................................. 109,692
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Functional programs:
Buyout of uneconomic leases............................... 42,650
Physical security upgrade................................. 5,200
Safety and fire programs.................................. 8,505
Energy, conservation, and investment...................... 3,700
Power Support Program..................................... 5,291
Seismic Program........................................... 675
Post communications support............................... 6,000
Environmental services.................................... 2,670
Maintenance of buildings.................................. 77,342
Facility rehabilitation................................... 63,400
Improve Marine houses................................. [10,900]
Facility maintenance assistance........................... 39,374
Program execution......................................... 33,428
Construction security..................................... 17,491
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Subtotal................................................ 305,726
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Administration................................................ 19,161
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Worldwide security projects:
Capital programs.......................................... 36,000
Other security upgrades/support costs..................... 13,617
Post housing.............................................. 20,000
Marine housing............................................ 20,000
Overseas American schools................................. 20,000
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Subtotal................................................ 109,617
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Total, security and maintenance......................... 583,496
Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the
table above are described in more detail in the following
paragraphs.
China.--The design of the new embassy in Beijing has been
stalled by the East Asia Bureau's unsuccessful pursuit of
additional real estate in Beijing. Meanwhile, post personnel
languish in an unhealthy and inadequate chancery, improvements
to which have also been delayed by an unrelated dispute over
the security of an annex approved last July. The Committee
directs the Office of Foreign Building Operations [FBO] to
immediately begin design of a new chancery in Beijing on the
Liang Ma He site. The recommendation includes $14,500,000 for
this project.
In addition, the Committee is aware that the existing annex
in Beijing no longer meets the necessary standards. The
Committee directs that the annex be closed immediately. A new
annex has been approved and should be available for use in time
to avoid significant disruption of our diplomatic activities in
China. The Committee directs the Department to report in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations by September 30,
1999 that the annex has been evacuated, and, if necessary,
razed.
Finally, the Committee fully supports FBO negotiations to
purchase an additional 34 high quality apartments in a
skyscraper currently under construction. A similar effort last
year proved very successful. The Committee recommendation
includes $19,800,000 for these apartments.
Germany.--The Committee has been briefed by the Ambassador
on a proposal to build American-style apartments in Berlin,
referred to as ``stadtvillas''. The new development would be
funded entirely out of proceeds from sales of older housing in
Berlin. The post believes it can 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 by FBO. The
Committee urges the FBO to approve this plan. The Committee
understands that FBO will prohibit the use of funds available
to post from proceeds of sales outside Berlin or from other FBO
sources. The Committee further understands that additional
property in Berlin will be sold should the proceeds from the
original Pueckler and Spechtstrasse sales prove inadequate.
Finally, the Committee understands that the total number of
American personnel assigned to Berlin will be capped at the
level of available U.S. Government housing in the city and that
any short-term lease costs incurred will be paid out of
Pueckler and Spechtstrasse proceeds. The Committee looks
forward to regular updates on the status of the project.
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 Committee recommends the sale of the unusable
Pariser Platz lot in downtown Berlin, because it will never
meet security standards. 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.
France.--High operating costs in Paris have prompted a
review of the post with the intent of transferring personnel
and functions to lower cost cities. The Committee would welcome
proposals to disperse Paris-based Foreign Service Officers to
regional hubs. More immediately, the Committee directs that the
Financial Service Center [FSC] in Paris be merged with the FSC
in Charleston, SC, as a cost-saving measure. One-time
consolidation costs, including separation expenses for Foreign
Service Nationals, shall be paid out of proceeds realized from
the sale of an acre lot in downtown Paris that is being used as
a parking lot. Residual funds shall be used to augment the U.S.
presence in Lyon and elsewhere. The Committee directs the
Department to complete the consolidation not later than
September 30, 2000. A progress report on consolidation shall be
submitted to the Appropriations Committees not later than April
1, 2000.
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
operate 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
$40,000,000 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 $42,650,000 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. Any expansion of the presence of Marine security
guards overseas shall only be done on a 100 percent
reimbursable basis. In addition, recognizing that the high
profile of Marine contingents abroad make them ideal targets
for terrorists, the Committee recommendation provides
$20,000,000 to improve the security of Marine houses.
As in the past, the Department is directed to submit, and
receive approval for, a financial plan for the funding provided
under this account, whether from direct appropriations or
proceeds of sales, prior to the obligation or expenditure of
funds for capital and rehabilitation projects. The plan shall
include project-level detail, and shall be provided to the
Appropriations Committees not later than 30 days after the date
of enactment of this Act. Any deviation from the plan after
approval 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, 1999.................................... $5,500,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 17,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 7,000,000
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 terrorist and narcoterrorist activities; and (4)
representation expenses for senior administration officials.
The Committee recommends $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2000
for emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service. The
recommendation is $1,500,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $10,000,000 below the fiscal year 2000
request.
The Committee is aware that $12,000,000 in unobligated
funds is available in this account. In addition, Congress just
provided another $2,929,000 for emergencies as part of the most
recent supplemental. The Committee recommendation directs that
not more than $5,000,000 be made available from this account
for costs associated with hosting the World Trade Organization
conference in Seattle, WA.
The Committee has continued a provision permitting up to
$1,000,000 to be transferred from this account to the
``Repatriation loans program'' account to ensure an adequate
level of resources is available for loans to American citizens
in distress. The Committee also has continued a provision under
the ``Diplomatic and consular affairs'' account permitting up
to $4,000,000 to be transferred from that account to the
``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'' account
to ensure adequate funds are available for evacuations and
terrorism rewards.
Repatriation Loans Program Account
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $1,200,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 1,200,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,200,000
This account provides emergency loans to assist destitute
Americans abroad who have no other source of funds to return to
the United States.
The Committee recommends $1,200,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the ``Repatriation loans program'' account. The
recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and the fiscal year 2000 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.
The Committee has continued a provision under ``emergencies
in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'' permitting up to
$1,000,000 to be transferred from that account to this account
to ensure an adequate level of resources is available for
citizens in distress.
Payment To The American Institute In Taiwan
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $14,750,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 15,760,000
Committee recommendation................................ 16,000,000
The Taiwan Relations Act requires that programs concerning
Taiwan be carried out by the American Institute in Taiwan [AIT]
and authorizes funds to be appropriated to the Secretary of
State to carry out the provisions of the act. The Institute
administers programs in the areas of economic and commercial
services, cultural affairs, travel services, and logistics. The
Department of State contracts with the AIT to carry out these
activities.
The Committee recommends $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2000
for payment to the American Institute in Taiwan. The
recommendation is $240,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 2000 request.
The Committee recommendation includes funds necessary to
annualize the cost of additional security guards added after
the bombings in East Africa. The Committee is aware that
security deficiencies will force the rebuilding or relocation
of the Institute and has provided design money for that project
elsewhere in the bill.
Payment To The Foreign Service Retirement And Disability Fund
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $132,500,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 128,541,000
Committee recommendation................................ 128,541,000
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 $128,541,000 for fiscal year 2000
for payment to the Foreign Service retirement and disability
fund. The recommendation is $3,959,000 below the fiscal year
1999 appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 2000
request
International Organizations and Conferences
The Committee recommendations described below continue to
adhere strictly to the bipartisan agreement made 2 years ago on
United Nations reform and funding.
Contributions To International Organizations
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $922,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 963,308,000
Committee recommendation................................ 943,308,000
The Committee recommends $943,308,000 for fiscal year 2000
for payment of the obligations of U.S. membership in
international organizations, including arrearages, as
authorized by treaties or specific acts of Congress. The
recommendation is $21,308,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $20,000,000 below the fiscal year 2000
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................... 81,038
International Atomic Energy Agency.................. 53,997
International Civil Aviation Organization........... 12,164
International Labor Organization.................... 60,806
International Maritime Organization................. 1,422
United Nations--Regular............................. 303,696
United Nations--War Crimes Tribunal................. 29,000
Cambodia War Crimes Commission...................... [3,000]
Iraq War Crimes Commission.......................... [4,000]
Universal Postal Union.............................. 1,456
World Health Organization........................... 108,371
World Intellectual Property Organization............ 1,168
World Meteorological Organization................... 11,091
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Subtotal.......................................... 664,209
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Inter-American organizations:
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture....................................... 16,560
Organization of American States..................... 56,946
Pan American Health Organization.................... 49,928
Pan American Institute of Geography and History..... 324
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Subtotal.......................................... 123,758
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Regional organizations:
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation................... 765
Colombo Plan Council for Technical Cooperation...... 14
North Atlantic Assembly............................. 839
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.................. 48,977
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development....................................... 61,925
South Pacific Commission............................ 1,252
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Subtotal.......................................... 113,772
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Other international organizations:
Customs Cooperation Council......................... 3,535
International Agency for Research on Cancer......... 1,718
International Bureau/Publication of Customs Tariffs. 104
International Bureau of Weights and Measures........ 929
International Center/Study of Preservation and
Restoration of Cultural Property.................. 755
International Hydrographic Organization............. 91
International Office of Epizootics.................. 91
International Organization of Legal Metrology....... 119
International Union/Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources................................. 267
Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons. 15,927
World Trade Organization/General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade................................. 13,493
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Subtotal........................................ 37,029
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Subtotal, current year assessments.............. 938,768
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Arrears............................................. 107,000
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Spending reductions:
Exchange rate savings/reprogramming................. (30,000)
U.N. buydown........................................ (11,500)
Administrative overhead............................. (60,960)
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Subtotal.......................................... (102,460)
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Total, international organizations................ 943,308
Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the
table above are described in more detail in the following
paragraphs.
U.N. reform.--The Committee recommendation includes
$107,000,000 for arrears, subject to authorization and the
terms of the fiscal year 1998 budget resolution.
War crimes.--The Committee is aware that as much as
$28,000,000 was made available to war crimes tribunals in the
fiscal year 1999 supplemental. The Committee recommendation
includes $29,000,000 for war crimes tribunals, of which
$7,000,000 is available only to establish war crimes
commissions to review atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge
in Cambodia and military and security forces in Iraq.
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 $30,000,000 in fiscal year 1999
``Contribution to International Organizations'' [CIO] funds
that will reduce fiscal year 2000 CIO requirements by a like
amount. In addition, the Committee directs the Department to
provide $11,500,000 out of funds made available in fiscal year
1999 for peacekeeping to partially prepay U.N. regular budget
assessments for calendar year 1999. Finally, the Committee
recommendation transfers funding for the International
Telecommunications Union to the Federal Communications
Commission as part of a consolidation of spectrum management
and telecommunications policymaking.
Excessive administrative overhead.--Last year, based upon a
State Department report, the Committee sought to cap U.S.
contributions to international organizations [IOs] with
astonishingly high administrative costs. In response, the
Department attacked the accuracy of its own report on overhead
rates. The fiscal year 1999 Conference Report directed the
State Department to provide an updated report on IO
administrative overhead. That report, more than 2 months late,
has yet to arrive. The Committee has imposed reductions on
administrative costs based upon available data.
Commodity-based international organizations.--Previously,
funding was provided in this account for U.S. membership in the
following nine commodity-based international organizations: the
International Copper Study Group, the International Cotton
Advisory Committee, the International Lead and Zinc Study
Group, the International Natural Rubber Organization, the
International Office of the Vine and Wine, the International
Rubber Study Group, the International Seed Testing Association,
the International Tropical Timber Organization, and the
International Grains Council. This year, the Committee
recommendation provides funding for the above organizations
under the International Trade Administration in title II. The
amount provided includes funding for travel and arrears.
Law-based international organizations.--Last year, the
Committee proposed transfering funds for U.S. membership in
three law-based international organizations: the Hague
Conference on Private International Law, the International
Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and the
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law to
the Department of Justice. The lack of interest on the part of
Justice called into question the value of U.S. membership in
these organizations. This year, the Committee recommendation
does not include funding for the above organizations.
Contributions For International Peacekeeping Activities
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $231,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 235,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 280,925,000
The Committee recommends $280,925,000 for fiscal year 2000
for U.S. payments for contributions for international
peacekeeping activities, including arrearages. The
recommendation is $49,925,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $45,925,000 above the fiscal year 2000
request.
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................ 8,900
U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon--UNIFIL................... 34,000
U.N. Iraq/Kuwait Observer Mission--UNIKOM............... 4,500
U.N. Mission in Bosnia/Herzegovina--UNMIBH/U.N. Mission
of Observers Prevlaka--UNMOP........................ 50,000
U.N. Force in Cyprus--UNFICYP........................... 6,500
U.N. Observer Mission in Georgia--UNOMIG................ 5,500
U.N. Mission of Observers to Tajikistan--UNMOT.......... 7,000
War Crimes Tribunals--Yugoslavia and Rwanda............. 15,525
U.N. Observer Group in Sierra Leone..................... 8,500
U.N. Observer Mission in East Timor..................... 3,500
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Subtotal.......................................... 143,925
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Arrears................................................. 137,000
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Total, peacekeeping............................... 280,925
Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the
table above are described in more detail in the following
paragraphs.
U.N. reform.--The Committee recommendation includes
$137,000,000 for arrears, subject to authorization and the
terms of the fiscal year 1998 budget resolution.
War crimes.--The Committee notes the very high vacancy rate
reported for the Rwanda tribunal in a recent United Nations
report. The Committee suggests transferring available personnel
from the Yugoslavia to the Rwanda war crimes tribunal to fill
critical staffing gaps. Also, as noted above, the Committee is
aware that as much as $28,000,000 was made available to war
crimes tribunals in the fiscal year 1999 supplemental and that
an additional $29,000,000 is provided under ``Contributions to
International Organizations''. The Committee has adjusted the
amount provided in this account to reflect these other funds.
East Timor.--The election in Indonesia is expected to
create an opportunity for achieving lasting peace in East
Timor. The Administration has alerted the Committee that a
large UN peacekeeping mission in East Timor is likely. The
Committee recommendation includes $3,500,000 as a down payment
for such a mission with the understanding that a later
adjustment may be necessary.
Spending reductions.--The Committee recommendation includes
no funds for the peacekeeping mission in Angola, which was
terminated due to renewed violence, Macedonia, which was
terminated due to a veto cast by the People's Republic of China
in retaliation for Macedonia's recognition of the Republic of
China, Western Sahara and Haiti due to the imminent wrap-up of
these missions, and to the U.N. Protection Force in Yugoslavia,
a mission that was completed years ago.
International Commissions
International Boundary And Water Commission, United States And Mexico
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $25,490,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 28,848,000
Committee recommendation................................ 25,490,000
The Committee recommends $25,490,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the International Boundary and Water Commission, United
States and Mexico [IBWC]. The recommendation is identical to
the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $3,358,000 below the
fiscal year 2000 request. The total amount provided includes
$19,551,000 for salaries and expenses and $5,939,000 for
construction.
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $19,551,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 20,413,000
Committee recommendation................................ 19,551,000
The Committee recommends $19,551,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the ``Salaries and expenses'' account. The recommendation
is identical to the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $862,000
below the fiscal year 2000 request.
Construction
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $5,939,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 8,435,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,939,000
The Committee recommends $5,939,000 for fiscal year 2000
for construction. The recommendation is identical to the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation and $2,496,000 below the fiscal year
2000 request. The Committee recommendation provides $1,750,000
for the Rio Grande canalization project.
American Sections, International Commissions
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $5,733,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 6,493,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,733,000
The Committee recommends $5,733,000 for fiscal year 2000 to
fund 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
recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $760,000 below the fiscal year 2000 request.
International Fisheries Commissions
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $14,549,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 16,702,000
Committee recommendation................................ 15,549,000
The Committee recommends $15,549,000 for fiscal year 2000
to fund the U.S. share of the expenses of international
fisheries commissions; participation in the International
Council for the Exploration of the Sea; participation in the
North Pacific Marine Sciences Organization; travel expenses of
the U.S. commissioners and their advisors; and salaries of non-
Government employees of the Pacific Salmon Commission for days
actually worked as commissioners and panel members and
alternates. The recommendation is $1,000,000 above the fiscal
year 1999 appropriation and $1,153,000 below the fiscal year
2000 request. The recommendation provides $9,353,000 for the
Great Lakes Fishery Commission [GLFC], including $8,724,000 for
the sea lamprey operations and research program, of which not
less than $200,000 shall be used to treat Lake Champlain. 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, 1999.................................... $8,250,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 15,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................
The Committee does not recommend funding for fiscal year
2000 for the Asia Foundation. The recommendation is $8,250,000
less than the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $15,000,000
less than the fiscal year 2000 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.
As a means of balancing the Beijing Government's assertion
that it speaks for all Chinese, the Committee urges the State
Department to consider supporting the work of the National
Committee on United States-China Relations. The National
Committee's experience, depth of associations, and activities
make it a unique national resource. In particular, the National
Committee's ties to Taiwan and Hong Kong could bring an
increasingly ignored perspective to the forefront of United
States policy considerations in East Asia.
OTHER
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $525,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 525,000
Committee recommendation................................ 465,000
The Committee recommends $465,000 for an appropriation of
interest and earnings in the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship
Program Trust Fund, authorized by the Eisenhower Exchange
Fellowship Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-454). The recommendation
is $60,000 below the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and the
fiscal year 2000 request. This is a refined estimate of
interest and earnings available for fiscal year 2000, and
reflects a drop in interest rates on government investments.
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, 1999.................................... $350,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 350,000
Committee recommendation................................ 340,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of interest and
earnings for the Israeli-Arab Scholarship Endowment Fund
estimated to be $340,000 for fiscal year 2000. The
recommendation reflects a refined budget estimate and is
$10,000 less than the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and the
fiscal year 2000 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 under section 556(b) of the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1990, as amended. The income from the
endowment is to be used for a program of scholarships for
Israeli-Arabs to attend institutions of higher education in the
United States.
East-West Center
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $12,500,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 12,500,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,500,000
The Committee recommends $12,500,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the East-West Center. The recommendation is identical to
the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and the fiscal year 2000
request. The Committee is aware that another $13,500,000 is
available to the Center from the ``Diplomatic and consular
programs'' account. The Committee directs the State Department
to report to the Committees on Appropriations on the progress
of the Center's innovative immersion programs not later than
May 1, 2000.
RELATED AGENCIES
Broadcasting Board of Governors
International Broadcasting Operations
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $362,365,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 431,722,000
Committee recommendation................................ 362,365,000
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 $362,365,000 for fiscal year 2000
for U.S. international broadcasting operations. Since the
Committee rejects the proposal in the budget request to fund
broadcasting to Cuba within this account, the figures listed
above represent funding levels for non-Cuba broadcasting
operations. The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year
1999 appropriation and $69,357,000 below the fiscal year 2000
request. No funding is provided for Radio Democracy for Africa.
The Committee recommendations are displayed in the
following table:
[In thousands of dollars]
Committee
recommendation
Broadcasting Board of Governors............................... 1,400
International Broadcasting Bureau:
Voice of America.......................................... 105,378
Worldnet Television and Film Service...................... 22,330
Engineering and technical operations...................... 110,684
Vehicle purchases......................................... (197)
Program support........................................... 14,005
Administrative support.................................... 13,000
Independence transfer..................................... 3,000
ICASS correction.......................................... (400)
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Subtotal................................................ 269,200
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Independent grantee organizations:
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty........................... 71,363
Kosovo.................................................... 345
Radio Free Asia........................................... 23,079
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Subtotal................................................ 94,787
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Spending reductions:
Exchange rate savings..................................... (1,500)
Furniture: IBB-wide....................................... (122)
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Subtotal................................................ (1,622)
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Total, international broadcasting operations............ 362,365
Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the
table above are described in more detail in the following
paragraphs.
Security.--Radio Free Iraq and Radio Free Iran have
provoked threats from both Baghdad and Teheran. The Committee
directs the BBG to prepare a security master plan for all
overseas offices. The master plan should be delivered to the
Appropriations Committees no later than November 1, 1999.
Consolidation.--The Committee continues to be concerned by
the complete lack of discipline shown by the various
broadcasting entities in their approach to Congress. The
Committee is aware of an instance where the BBG and the heads
of VOA, RFE/RL, and RFA were assuring another committee that no
funds were required to support increased broadcasting in the
Balkans at the very same time that congressional liaisons and
other officials were pushing a $30,000,000 proposal for the
supplemental appropriations bill and finalizing a reprogramming
request. If the BBG cannot control the various entities for
which it is responsible, and ensure that accurate and timely
information is provided to Congress, then the Committee will
have to reconsider the independence of international
broadcasting.
Broadcasting To Cuba
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $22,095,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 22,743,000
Committee recommendation................................ 23,664,000
This account funds the operating and engineering costs of
Radio and Television Marti.
The Committee recommends $23,664,000 for fiscal year 2000
for broadcasting to Cuba. The recommendation is $1,569,000
above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $921,000 above the
fiscal year 2000 request.
The Committee recommendation includes $921,000 to replace
an aerostat at Cudjoe Key, Florida, that was decommissioned in
June 1998. A replacement aerostat was requested in fiscal year
1999, but budgetary constraints prompted a one year deferral.
The new aerostat will allow TV Marti to broadcast seven days a
week.
Radio Construction
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $13,245,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 20,868,000
Committee recommendation................................ 13,245,000
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 $13,245,000 for fiscal year 2000
for radio construction. The recommendation is identical to the
fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $7,623,000 below the fiscal
year 2000 request.
The International Broadcasting Bureau [IBB] has made the
Committee aware of a critical initiative that was presented too
late to be incorporated in the fiscal year 1999 emergency
supplemental. The Committee recommendation provides $10,000,000
for two rotatable transmitting antennas at the IBB transmitting
site in Greenville, NC. These antennas will allow broadcasts to
be sent around the world and will replace antennas that only
broadcast to Central and South America. The balance of funds
shall be applied to the highest priority maintenace,
improvement, replacement, and repair projects.
North/South Center
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $1,750,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 2,500,000
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, 1999.................................... $31,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 32,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................
The Committee does not recommend funding for fiscal year
2000 for the National Endowment for Democracy [NED]. The
recommendation is $31,000,000 below the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $32,000,000 below the fiscal year 2000
request.
The Committee is aware that the Department of State is
seeking a total of $900,000,000 for democracy and human rights
programs in fiscal year 2000. This funding is spread across 19
accounts in 3 different appropriations bills. The Committee
recommendation assumes that State will make available not less
than $32,000,000 to the National Endowment for Democracy from
the 3 largest accounts. State shall report to the Committees on
Appropriations on its final distribution of democracy and human
rights funds not later than November 15, 1999.
General Provisions--Department of State and Related Agencies
The Committee recommends the following general provisions
included in the previous appropriations act:
Section 401 permits funds appropriated in this act for the
Department of State to be available for allowances and
differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of 5 U.S.C.; for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and hire of passenger
transportation pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1343(b).
Section 402 permits up to 10 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 10 percent or
increased by more than 20 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 authorizes the Secretary of State to administer
summer travel and work programs without regard to pre-placement
requirements.
Section 404 prohibits the use of Department of State or
USIA funds to support the Palestinian Broadcasting Corp.
In addition, the Committee recommends the following 3
provisions that appeared in the Senate version of the previous
appropriations act:
Section 405 requires that a consulate or diplomatic
facility in Jerusalem be under the supervision of the U.S.
Ambassador to Israel.
Section 406 requires government publications to list
Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Section 407 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.
TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $168,678,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 180,757,000
Committee recommendation................................ 186,257,000
The Maritime Administration [MarAd] in the Department of
Transportation is responsible for administering several
programs for the maritime industry relating to U.S. foreign and
domestic commerce and for national defense purposes.
The Committee recommendation provides a total of
$186,257,000 for the Maritime Administration for fiscal year
2000. This amount is $17,579,000 above the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $5,500,000 above the fiscal year 2000
request. The Committee's recommendations for specific accounts
within the Maritime Administration are described below in more
detail.
Maritime Security Program
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $89,650,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 98,700,000
Committee recommendation................................ 98,700,000
The Committee recommends $98,700,000 for the Maritime
Security Program [MSP]. The recommendation is $9,050,000 above
the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and identical to the fiscal
year 2000 request.
MSP 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, 1999.................................... $69,303,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 72,164,000
Committee recommendation................................ 72,664,000
This account funds operations of the Maritime
Administration [MarAd], the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and
provides grants to State maritime academies.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $72,664,000 to
fund programs under this account for fiscal year 2000. This
amount is $3,361,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation
and $500,000 above the fiscal year 2000 request.
The Committee recommendation includes $41,234,000 for the
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and State maritime schools. Of
this amount, $34,073,000 is for the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy. The Committee funds the State maritime schools at the
requested fiscal year 2000 level of $7,161,000. Within the
amount for State maritime schools, $1,200,000 shall be for
student incentive payments, the same amount as provided in
fiscal year 1999. The Committee notes that MarAd anticipates
making $2,000,000 in Ready Reserve funds available in fiscal
year 2000 for State maritime school ship repair which, in
addition to the $4,500,000 included in the recommendation, will
make $6,500,000 available for this purpose.
The Committee is aware of a proposal for assistance from
the Great Lakes Maritime Academy and strongly urges MarAd to
consider the proposal within applicable procedures and
guidelines and provide a grant, if warranted, for the purchase
and installation of upgraded software and an additional monitor
for the Great Lakes Maritime Academy Shiphandling/Bridge Team
Management Simulator.
The accompanying bill includes no funds for the Ready
Reserve Force [RRF] for fiscal year 2000. In fiscal year 1996,
funding for this account was transferred to the Department of
Defense. Management of the program remains within MarAd, and
the agency is reimbursed by the Department of Defense for its
services. These reimbursements are reflected in MarAd's
``Vessel operations revolving fund'' account.
Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $9,725,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 9,893,000
Committee recommendation................................ 14,893,000
The Committee recommends $14,893,000 for the Maritime
Guaranteed Loan Program for fiscal year 2000. This amount is
$5,168,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and
$5,000,000 above the fiscal year 2000 request. The Committee
recommendation assumes administrative expenses of $3,893,000.
The recommended subsidy amount of $11,000,000, when
combined with carryover balances, may provide a total program
level of up to $1,000,000,000.
The Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program (title XI) provides
subsidies for guaranteed loans for purchasers of vessels built
in U.S. shipyards.
Census Monitoring Board
Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000................................... $4,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,000,000
The Committee recommends total budget authority of
$4,000,000 for the Census Monitoring Board. The recommendation
was funded within the Bureau of the Census in fiscal year 1999
and is equal to the fiscal year 2000 request.
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $265,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 265,000
Committee recommendation................................ 490,000
The Committee recommends $490,000 for the expenses of the
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.
This amount is $225,000 more than the budget request and the
fiscal year 1999 funding level. The increase in funding is to
assure that surveys in progress are completed within this
fiscal year. 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, 1999.................................... $8,900,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 11,000,000
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 for more than 75 billable days, with
the exception of the Chairman, who is permitted 125 billable
days; (3) a limitation of four full-time positions under
schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special
assistant for each Commissioner; and (4) a prohibition on
hiring any additional Senior Executive Service personnel.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $1,170,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 1,250,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,250,000
The Committee recommends $1,250,000 for the Commission on
Security and Cooperation in Europe [Helsinki Commission]. The
fiscal year 2000 amount is $80,000 above the fiscal year 1999
funding level and equals the fiscal year 2000 request. The
Committee understands that the Commission will realize $179,600
in carryover funds.
The Helsinki Commission was established in 1976 to
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, 1999.................................... $279,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 312,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 279,000,000
The Committee recommends $279,000,000 for the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC] in fiscal year 2000.
This amount is $33,000,000 less than the request and equal to
the fiscal year 1999 appropriation.
The Committee expects the EEOC to expand its use of
alternative dispute resolution techniques. The Committee also
includes the requested amount of $29,000,000 to fund fair
employment practices agencies. This should permit funding a
total of 53,600 charge resolutions at a rate of $575. The State
and local agencies have experienced an increase in the number
of cases and funding for these agencies continues to be a
priority. The Committee expects the agency to use its
anticipated fiscal year 1999 carryover funds and the remainder
not used for the above purposes to modernize its computer
systems.
Federal Communications Commission
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $192,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 230,887,000
Committee recommendation................................ 232,805,000
The Committee recommends a total program level of
$232,805,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Federal
Communications Commission [FCC], of which $185,754,000 is to be
derived from collection of existing section 9 fees. The
remaining $47,051,000 is provided from direct appropriations.
The FCC is an independent agency charged with regulating
interstate and foreign communications, including radio,
television, wire, wireless, cable, and satellite.
International Telecommunications Union.--The Committee
recommendation provides $7,118,000 for U.S. membership in the
International Telecommunications Union [ITU]. Previously,
membership dues were paid out of the ``Contributions to
International Organizations'' account in title IV.
E-rate study.--The FCC's recent decision to increase
funding by increasing taxes on citizens' telephone bills for
the e-rate program, whose administration by the Schools and
Libraries Corporation [SLC] has not been adequately examined
and assessed, is of concern to the Committee. Therefore, the
Committee directs the Government Accounting Office [GAO] to
review, among other things, (1) the Schools and Libraries
Corporation's administration of the program, including, but not
limited to: the extent to which eligible recipients have been
provided with items such as computers, cameras, printers or
other equipment ineligible for funding under the statute; and
the extent to which the SLC's competitive bidding procedures to
award grants are consistent with procedures generally used
throughout the federal government; (2) the percentage of
administrative costs of the program compared to other federal
grant programs; (3) a determination of how many times the
lowest bidder for services has failed to be awarded a contract
and the circumstances of such instances; (4) the demand for
telecommunication services, Internet access and inside wiring,
listed by state, and a listing, by state, of contracts awarded
for such services by the SLC; and (5) an assessment of the
FCC's authority to increase e-rate fees pursuant to Public Law
104-104.
The Committee is concerned about the implementation of the
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act [CALEA], as
has been expressed elsewhere in this report. The Committee
anticipates that the FCC will issue an order by September 1,
1999 which will resolve some of the technical issues which have
delayed CALEA's implementation.
Federal Maritime Commission
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $14,150,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 15,300,000
Committee recommendation................................ 14,150,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $14,150,000
for the salaries and expenses of the Federal Maritime
Commission. This is identical to the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $1,150,000 below the fiscal year 2000
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, 1999.................................... $116,679,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 133,368,000
Committee recommendation................................ 133,368,000
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 Committee recommends a total operating level of
$133,368,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Federal Trade
Commission for fiscal year 2000. The recommended amount equals
the fiscal year 2000 request and is $16,689,000 above current
year funding. Of this amount, $19,309,000 is to be derived from
prior-year unobligated fee collections and $114,059,000 is to
be derived from current year offsetting fee collections from
premerger filing fees under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
Electronic commerce.--The Committee is increasingly
concerned about the protection of consumers engaged in
electronic commerce. Experts expect consumer spending online to
grow from $9,000,000,000 in 1998 to $30,000,000,000 in the year
2000. This exponential growth of commerce in an evolving
electronic marketplace creates a fertile ground for high-tech
fraud and other abuses. For honest competition to thrive in
these new arenas, consumer protection and competition
authorities must evaluate the significance of business conduct
in the context of these novel, high technology settings. The
Committee is concerned about protecting personal information
obtained from consumers over the Internet so that it remains
private.
The Committee proposes to help safeguard consumers and
nurture the development of the electronic marketplace by
providing the FTC with an increase of 57 staff years. Between
1994 and May 1999, the FTC brought 82 enforcement actions
against Internet-related fraud and deception and has also
brought other cases to ensure fair and open competition in the
electronic marketplace. Through this activity, the FTC has
established itself as an active law enforcement agency in this
area. To date, the FTC has funded these actions by diverting
resources from other FTC programs. The Committee believes the
FTC requires additional resources to maintain their vigilence
in conducting their duties. The Committee directs additional
resources toward consumer protection and maintaining
competition in the electronic marketplace. The remainder of the
staff year increase will be used by the Commission to support
mandates in the Identity Theft and Assumption Act of 1998 and
ongoing priorities, such as the timely review and processing of
a growing number of large and complex premerger notifications
the FTC receives under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
Entertainment industry practices.--The Committee supports
the Commission on its efforts to study the marketing practices
of the entertainment industry. The intent of the study is to
determine whether and to what extent the industry markets
violent material rated for adults to children.
Legal Services Corporation
payment to the legal services corporation
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $300,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 340,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 300,000,000
The Committee recommends a total of $300,000,000 for fiscal
year 2000 for the provision of civil legal services. The
recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 1999
appropriation and $40,000,000 below the fiscal year 2000
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 concerned by the noncompliance of some
grantees with LSC regulations and is providing the OIG with the
full requested amount to address the problem. Grantees are
expected to comply with regulations or forfeit their funding.
The IG is expected to notify the Committees on Appropriations
no later than 30 days after it discovers noncompliance. Such
funding should be reallocated to a suitable replacement
organization.
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.
In addition, the Committee recommendation continues
administrative provisions restricting the use of Legal Service
Corporation funds. As in the past, grantees must agree not to
engage in litigation and related activities with respect to a
variety of matters including (1) redistricting; (2) class
action suits; (3) representation of illegal aliens; (4)
political activities; (5) collection of attorneys fees; (6)
abortion; (7) prisoner litigation; (8) welfare reform; (9)
representation of charged drug dealers during eviction
proceedings; and (10) solicitation of clients. The Committee
recommendation also continues the exception to the restrictions
in a case where there is imminent threat of physical harm to
the client or prospective client.
The Committee recommendation also clarifies that the
transition for cases involving attorneys fees remains in
effect. It extends the language providing for the manner in
which LSC grantees are audited, and the manner in which they
contract with certified public accountants for financial and
compliance audits.
Finally, the Committee recommendation continues last year's
provisions on recompetition and debarment.
Marine Mammal Commission
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $1,240,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 1,300,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,300,000
The recommendation provides $1,300,000 for the Marine
Mammal Commission in fiscal year 2000. This is $60,000 above
the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and is identical to the
fiscal year 2000 request.
Commission on Ocean Policy
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $3,500,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................................
Committee recommendation................................................
The Committee does not recommend any additional funds in
fiscal year 2000 for the Commission on Ocean Policy. The
Commission was established to examine ocean and coastal
activities and to report to Congress with its recommendations.
In developing its recommendations for such a policy, the
Commission should, relative to ocean and coastal activities:
(1) review existing U.S. regulations, and practices; (2) assess
investment in existing and planned facilities and equipment;
(3) review existing and planned activities of Federal agencies
and departments and suggest reforms, if appropriate; (4)
suggest mechanisms to address interrelationships among such
activities; and (7) identify new technological or market
opportunities which could contribute to the objectives of the
act.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $324,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 360,800,000
Committee recommendation................................ 370,800,000
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 $370,800,000 for the Securities and
Exchange Commission for fiscal year 2000. The recommended
amount of budget authority is $10,000,000 above the fiscal year
2000 total request and is $46,800,000 above the fiscal year
1999 funding level.
The recommendation reduces the section 6(b) registration
fees to a pro rata rate of $264 per $1,000,000 (roughly one
thirty-eighth of 1 percent) for fiscal year 2000. In fiscal
year 1999, the fee rate was one thirty-sixth of 1 percent. The
recommendation assumes that $130,800,000 in fees collected in
fiscal year 1998 and $240,000,000 in fees collected in fiscal
year 2000 will be available as offsetting collections.
For fiscal year 2000 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.
Sales on the Internet.--The Committee is concerned about
fraud related to stock transactions via the Internet. Our
markets are being transformed by far-reaching and fast-paced
innovation. Much of the remarkable expansion and momentum of
the markets is a reflection of the current ongoing technology
revolution. More Americans than ever before invest in the
securities markets, and today many are investing through the
Internet. In fact, there have been dramatic developments in
Internet trading usage in the past few months. For example,
approximately 5 million people trade on-line during a typical
day, accounting for approximately 25 to 30 percent of all
retail stock trades.
The Internet presents tremendous advantages and legitimate
opportunities for individual investors by permitting them to
place buy-and-sell orders from the convenience of their homes,
lowering trading commissions, giving them greater access to
stock-market research, and allowing them immediate access to
price quotations. The Internet has given individual investors
the ability to trade stocks unheard of only a few years ago,
encouraging many new and inexperienced investors to enter the
markets.
Unfortunately, the Internet also has created opportunities
to defraud investors. The Internet presents advantages to
fraudulent operators, such as lowering their cost of
communicating with mass numbers of potential victims and the
ability to perpetrate new types of fraud. The number of
complaints from investors about on-line brokerage services
received by the SEC increased 330 percent in the past year
alone. In addition, approximately 200 to 300 electronic-mail
messages per day are sent to the Commission about potential
frauds conducted through the Internet.
The Committee is pleased with the efforts being made by the
SEC in investigating such illegal activities and practices. The
Committee recommends $10,000,000 for staff and technology above
the requested level of $360,800,000 to help the SEC better
investigate and prosecute Internet fraud. Specifically, the
funds help the Commission increase Internet surveillance,
expand its Enforcement Complaint Center, augment training for
law enforcement on how to recognize and prosecute Internet
securities fraud, and continue its efforts to educate investors
about the risks and rewards of investing over the Internet.
Small Business Administration
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $718,959,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 911,768,000
Committee recommendation................................ 725,618,000
The Small Business Administration [SBA] is an independent
agency created in 1953 to administer a group of Federal
programs and policies focused on the Nation's small businesses.
The Committee recommends total funding of $725,618,000 for
the Small Business Administration. This amount is $6,659,000
above the fiscal year 1999 enacted amount and a decrease of
$186,150,000 from the budget request. The Committee did not
recommend approval of the contingent emergency appropriations
request of $233,000,000. The total funding is distributed among
the five SBA appropriation accounts as described below. Of
amounts provided for ``salaries and expenses,'' the amount for
Microloan Technical Assistance shall be $21,000,000.
Salaries And Expenses
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $288,300,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 263,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 251,300,000
The Committee recommendation provides a direct
appropriation of $251,300,000 for the salaries and expenses of
the Small Business Administration. 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 2000 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 $215,000,000, to cover the salaries and
expenses associated with those programs.
The Committee does not recommend funding any of the new
initiatives requested by the SBA in fiscal year 2000. While not
addressing the specific merits or shortcomings of these
initiatives, the Committee thinks the agency's existing
programs should be able to deliver the services envisioned by
the implementation of these new initiatives. The SBA's proposed
initiatives have the potential to further fragment the agency's
financial programs and could have the unfortunate and
unintended consequence of limiting program availability by
creating more Federal administrative and overhead expense. The
Committee, therefore, does not recommend approval of the SBA's
requested increase in personnel for these initiatives, or the
increases requested for travel, equipment, printing, and
materials.
For SBA's noncredit programs funded under this account, the
Committee recommends $87,000,000 for small business development
centers [SBDCs], an increase of $25,000,000 above the
Administration's request. The Committee is concerned by the
Administration's decreased request for this program. The SBDCs,
in general, receive one-third of their funding from the SBA;
one-third from the States in which they are located; and, one-
third from the businesses and communities they serve. The SBDCs
have every reason to expect reduced matching State and
community funding if Federal support is cut. The SBA expects
the SBDCs to make up the shortfall in Federal support by
charging increased fees. The Committee does not believe any fee
scheme will be able to compensate for the loss of matching
funds from State, community, and business partners who have
contributed to the success of the SBDC program nationally.
The Committee recommends the following amounts for SBA's
other non-credit programs:
SCORE.........................................................$5,000,000
BICs.......................................................... 700,000
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.................................... 2,500,000
Microloans....................................................16,000,000
Veteran's Outreach............................................ 615,000
Electronic Commerce........................................... 1,000,000
Pro-Net....................................................... 500,000
Regulatory Fairness Board..................................... 500,000
SBIR Technical Assistance..................................... 1,000,000
Small Disadvantaged Businesses................................12,000,000
Improved Portfolio Management................................. 8,000,000
HubZone Progam................................................ 4,000,000
Native American Outreach...................................... 1,000,000
The Committee is advised that there will be fiscal year
1999 unexpended Microloan technical assistance funds available
at the end of the year, and the Committee directs SBA to use
these funds for this program in fiscal year 2000.
Office Of Inspector General
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $10,800,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 11,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 13,250,000
The Committee recommends $13,250,000 for the Office of
Inspector General of the Small Business Administration. This
amount is an increase of $2,450,000 over current funding and
$2,250,000 above the request. With this increased funding, the
Committee directs the Inspector General's office to: conduct a
review of the integrity of SBA's internal financial management
systems, including an examination of the agency's difficulties
in completing the annual financial statements and account
balances as required by the Government Management Reform Act of
1994; perform an audit of SBA's planned Loan Monitoring/Risk
Management System to ensure successful completion of all
planning before the purchase of hardware and the full scale
implementation of the new system; examine annually SBA-licensed
Small Business Lending Companies; and, assess the adequacy of
SBA's oversight on lenders and defaulted loans.
Business Loans Program Account
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $224,230,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 279,368,000
Committee recommendation................................ 297,368,000
The Committee recommends $297,368,000 for the business
loans program account including $129,000,000 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 funds the requested level of $10,500,000,000
for the 7(a) program, and provides an additional $20,000,000
for Year 2000 [Y2K] guaranteed loans to permit small businesses
to address Y2K compliance issues which are of concern to the
community. The recommendation also funds the requested
$60,000,000 level for the microloan direct loan program. The
recommendation also funds the requested program level of
$27,000,000 for the Small Business Investment Company [SBIC]
Program. The Committee does not recommend funding for the New
Market Venture Capital Program.
Disaster Loans Program Account
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $192,329,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 358,400,000
Committee recommendation................................ 163,700,000
The Committee recommends a disaster loan program funding
level of $163,700,000 for fiscal year 2000. Of this amount,
$77,700,000 is for direct loan subsidies, for a program level
of $350,000,000. The remaining $86,000,000 is made available
for administrative expenses for the program, and can be merged
with the agency's salaries and expenses account.
The Administration requested a contingent appropriation
which would make additional funds available in the event of a
funding shortfall. In the last fiscal year, the Administration
did not submit a request for any disaster loan funds, and
instead proposed raising the interest rate on these loans.
While the Committee appreciates this year's attempt by the
Administration to address the needs of Americans during times
of disaster, such a contingent appropriation cannot be
recommended.
Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund
Appropriations, 1999.................................... $3,300,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................................
Committee recommendation................................................
Under the Surety Bond Guarantees Program, the Small
Business Administration guarantees a portion of the losses
sustained by a surety company as a result of the issuance of a
bid, payment, or performance bond to a small business concern.
No funds were requested for the surety bond guarantees
revolving fund for fiscal year 2000 and thus none are being
recommended by the Committee.
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. 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, 1999.................................... $6,850,000
Budget estimate, 2000................................... 15,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,850,000
The Committee recommends $6,850,000 for fiscal year 2000
for the State Justice Institute. The recommendation is
identical to the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $8,150,000
below the fiscal year 2000 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.
TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Committee recommends the following general provisions
for the departments and agencies funded in the accompanying
bill. Sections 601 through 609 and 611 through 615 have been
included in previous Department of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations acts.
Section 601 prohibits any appropriation act from being used
for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by law.
Section 602 prohibits any appropriation contained in the
act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current
year unless expressly so provided.
Section 603 provides that the expenditure for any
appropriation contained in the act for any consulting service
through procurement contracts shall be limited to those
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record
and available for public inspection except where otherwise
provided under existing law or under existing Executive order
issued pursuant to existing law.
Section 604 provides that if any provision of the act or
the application of such provision to any person or
circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the act
and the application of such provisions to persons or
circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid
shall not be affected thereby.
Section 605 stipulates Committee policy concerning the
reprogramming of funds. Section 605(a) prohibits the
reprogramming of funds which: (1) create new programs; (2)
eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds
or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates offices or
employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities;
(6) contracts out or privatizes any function or activity
presently performed by Federal employees--unless the
Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate are notified
15 days in advance.
Section 605(b) prohibits a reprogramming of funds in excess
of $1,000,000 or 20 percent, whichever is more, that (1)
augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2)
reduces by 20 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 20 percent as
approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings
due to a reduction in personnel which would result in a change
in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by
Congress unless the Appropriations Committees of the House and
Senate are notified 15 days in advance.
Section 606 prohibits construction, repair, overhaul,
conversion, or modernization of NOAA ships outside of the
United States.
Section 607 addresses the purchase of American-made
products.
Section 608 prohibits funds in the bill from being used to
implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission covering harassment based on
religion similar to proposed guidelines published by the EEOC
in October 1993.
Section 609 limits the use of funds for diplomatic
facilities in Vietnam unless certain conditions are met.
Section 610 limits obligation rates in the last two months
of the fiscal year.
Section 611 prohibits the use of funds to provide certain
amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system.
Section 612 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 613 limits the availability of pornography to
Federal prisoners.
Section 614 limits funding under the local law enforcement
block grant to 90 percent to an entity that does not provide
public safety officers injured in the line of duty, and as a
result separated or retired from their jobs, with health
insurance benefits equal to the insurance they received while
on duty.
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 prohibits the use of funds to house students
attending Federal law enforcement training centers in non-
government housing.
Section 618 addresses FCC interests in cases including
insolvencies or receiverships.
Section 619 directs that funds within the Act are used for
appropriate purposes.
TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Provisions
(rescission)
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Working Capitol Fund
(rescission)
The Committee recommends a rescission of $22,577,000 from
the unobligated balances available in the ``Working Capitol
Fund''.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
Asset Forfeiture Fund
(rescission)
The Committee recommends a rescission of $5,500,000 from
the unobligated balances available in the ``Asset Forfeiture
Fund''.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
Drug Diversion Control Fee Account
(rescission)
The Committee recommends a rescission of $35,000,000 from
the amounts otherwise available for obligation in fiscal year
2000 for the ``Drug Diversion Control Fee Account''.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
operations, research, and facilities
(rescission)
The Committee recommends a rescission of $3,400,000 from
the unobligated balances available in the ``Operations,
Research, and Facilities'' account.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Security and Maintenance of United States Missions
(rescission)
The Committee recommends a rescission of $58,436,000 from
the unobligated balances available in the ``Security and
Maintenance of U.S. Missions'' account. The funds are derived
from projects denied by Congress, stalled due to a variety of
circumstances, or determined to be excess of current
requirements.
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
International Broadcasting Operations
(rescission)
The Committee recommends a rescission of $18,780,000 from
the unobligated balances available in the ``International
Broadcasting Operations'' account. The amount represents the
balance of funds remaining from the move of Radio Free Europe/
Radio Liberty from Munich to Prague.
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 IV--Department of State and related agencies:
Diplomatic and consular services, Maui Pacific Center, salaries
and expenses; capital investment fund; Office of Inspector
General; representation allowances; protection of foreign
missions and officials; security and maintenance of United
States missions; emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular
Service; payment to the American Institute in Taiwan;
contributions to international organizations; contributions to
international peacekeeping activities; international
conferences and contingencies; International Boundary and Water
Commission, United States and Mexico; American sections,
international commissions (except the Border Environment
Cooperation Commission); international fisheries commissions;
Asia Foundation; Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; U.S.
Information Agency, salaries and expenses; technology fund;
educational and cultural exchange programs; international
broadcasting operations; broadcasting to Cuba; radio
construction; and East-West Center.
Title V--Related agencies: Department of Transportation;
Maritime Administration, operations and training; Commission on
Civil Rights; Federal Communications Commission (except
offsetting fee collections); 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, S. 1205, an original fiscal year 2000
Military Construction Appropriations bill, and S. 1206, an
original fiscal year 2000 Legislative Branch Appropriations
bill, and S. 1217, an original fiscal year 2000 Commerce,
Justice, State, and the Judiciary Appropriations bill, all
subject to amendment and subject to the section 302 budget
allocations, by a recorded vote of 28-0, a quorum being
present.
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 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
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PART III--PRISONS AND PRISONERS
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CHAPTER 301--GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Sec. 4006. Subsistence for prisoners
[The Attorney General] (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 shall not exceed the lesser of the
amount that would be paid for the provision of similar
health care items and services under--
(A) the medicare program under title XVIII
of the Social Security Act; or
(B) the medicaid program under title XIX of
such Act of the State in which the services
were provided.
(2) Full and final payment.-- Any payment for a
health care item or service made pursuant to this
subsection, shall be deemed to be full and final
payment.
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TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
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CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
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SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO
Part I--General Provisions
Sec. 309. Application for license
(a) * * *
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(j) Use of competitive bidding
(1) * * *
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(8) Treatment of revenues
(A) * * *
* * * * * * *
(C) Deposit and use of auction escrow accounts
Any deposits the Commission may require for
the qualification of any person to bid in a
system of competitive bidding pursuant to this
subsection shall be deposited in an interest
bearing account at a financial institution
designated for purposes of this subsection by
the Commission (after consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury). Within 45 days
following the conclusion of the competitive
bidding--
(i) the deposits of successful
bidders shall be paid to the Treasury;
(ii) the deposits of unsuccessful
bidders shall be returned to such
bidders; and
(iii) the interest accrued to the
account shall be transferred to the
Telecommunications Development Fund
established pursuant to section 614 of
this title.
(D) Protection of interests.--
(i) Title 11, United States Code,
or any otherwise applicable Federal or
state law regarding insolvencies or
receiverships, or any succeeding
Federal law not expressly in derogation
of this subsection, shall not apply to
or be construed to apply to the
Commission or limit the rights, powers,
or duties of the Commission with
respect to (a) a license or permit
issued by the Commission under this
subsection or a payment made to or a
debt or other obligation owed to the
Commission relating to or rising from
such a license or permit, (b) an
interest of the Commission in property
securing such a debt or other
obligation, or (c) an act by the
Commission to issue, deny, cancel, or
transfer control of such a license or
permit.
(ii) Notwithstanding otherwise
applicable law, the Commission shall be
deemed to have a perfected, first
priority security interest in a license
or construction permit issued by the
Commission under this subsection and
the proceeds of such a license or
permit for which a debt or other
obligation is owed to the Commission
under this subsection.
(iii) This paragraph shall apply
retroactively, including to pending
cases and proceedings whether on appeal
or otherwise.
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Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law 104-208
DIVISION C--ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM AND IMMIGRANT RESPONSIBILITY ACT
OF 1996
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[SEC. 110. AUTOMATED ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL SYSTEM.
[(a) System.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall develop an
automated entry and exit control system that will--
[(1) collect a record of departure for every alien
departing the United States and match the records of
departure with the record of the alien's arrival in the
United States; and
[(2) enable the Attorney General to identify, through
on-line searching procedures, lawfully admitted
nonimmigrants who remain in the United States beyond
the period authorized by the Attorney General.
[(b) Report.--
[(1) Deadline.--Not later than December 31 of each
year following the development of the system under
subsection (a), the Attorney General shall submit an
annual report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives and of the Senate on such
system.
[(2) Information.--The report shall include the
following information:
[(A) The number of departure records
collected, with an accounting by country of
nationality of the departing alien.
[(B) The number of departure records that
were successfully matched to records of the
alien's prior arrival in the United States,
with an accounting by the alien's country of
nationality and by the alien's classification
as an immigrant or nonimmigrant.
[(C) The number of aliens who arrived as
nonimmigrants, or as a visitor under the visa
waiver program under section 217 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, for whom no
matching departure record has been obtained
through the system or through other means as of
the end of the alien's authorized period of
stay, with an accounting by the alien's country
of nationality and date of arrival in the
United States.
[(c) Use of Information on Overstays.--Information regarding
aliens who have remained in the United Staty beyond their
authorized period of stay identified through the system shall
be integrated into appropriate data bases of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service and the Department of State,
including those used at ports of entry and at consular
offices.]
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Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105-33
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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TITLE I--FOOD STAMP PROVISIONS
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TITLE XI--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REVITALIZATION
* * * * * * *
Subtitle A--District of Columbia Retirement Funds
* * * * * * *
Subtitle C--Criminal Justice
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 3--OFFENDER SUPERVISION AND PAROLE
SEC. 11231. PAROLE.
(a) Paroling Jurisdiction.--
* * * * * * *
(d) Increase in the Authorized Number of United States
Parole Commissioners.--Section 2(c) of the Parole Commission
Phaseout Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-232 is amended to read as
follows:
``(c) The United States Parole Commission shall have no more
than [five] three members.''.
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Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999, Public Law 105-277
DIVISION A--OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS
* * * * * * *
AN ACT Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice,
and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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General Provisions--Department of Justice
* * * * * * *
Sec. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law[,] for
fiscal year 2000 and hereafter, with respect to any grant
program for which amounts are made available under this title,
the terms `tribe', `Indian tribe' or `tribal' mean of or
relating to an Indian tribe as that term is defined in section
4(e) of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance
Act (Public Law 93-638, as amended; 25 U.S.C. 450b(e) (1998)).
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TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS
* * * * * * *
Sec. 616. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this Act shall be used to issue visas to any
person who--
(1) has been credibly alleged to have ordered,
carried out, or materially assisted in the
extrajudicial and political killings of Antoine Izmery,
Guy Malary, Father Jean-Marie Vincent, Pastor Antoine
Leroy, Jacques Fleurival, Mireille Durocher Bertin,
Eugene Baillergeau, Michelange Hermann, Max Mayard,
Romulus Dumarsais, Claude Yves Marie, Mario Beaubrun,
Leslie Grimar, Joseph Chilove, Michel Gonzalez, [and]
Jean-Hubert Feuille, Jean-Yvon Toussaint, and Jimmy
Lalanne;
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
AMENDED
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to its subcommittees of amounts in the First Concurrent
Resolution for 2000: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies:
General purpose discretionary........................... 29,216 29,457 28,240 \1\ 28,212
Violent crime reduction fund............................ 4,212 4,150 5,271 5,271
Mandatory............................................... 523 523 529 529
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:
2000.................................................... ........... ........... ........... \2\ 23,113
2001.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 5,957
2002.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 3,248
2003.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 1,021
2004 and future years................................... ........... ........... ........... 144
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 2000 NA 3,046 NA 633
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
NA: Not applicable.
Note.--Consistent with the funding recommended in the bill for the United Nations arrearages and in accordance
with section 314(b)(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee anticipates that the Budget
Committee will file a revised section 302(a) allocation for the Committee on Appropriations reflecting an
upward adjustment of $244,000,000 in budget authority.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2000
[In thousands of dollars]
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Senate Committee recommendation
Committee compared with (+ or -)
Item 1999 appropriation Budget estimate recommendation ---------------------------------------
1999 appropriation Budget estimate
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Administration
Salaries and expenses............................... 79,448 87,534 82,485 +3,037 -5,049
Joint automated booking system...................... .................. .................. 6,000 +6,000 +6,000
Narrowband communications........................... .................. 80,000 20,000 +20,000 -60,000
Counterterrorism fund............................... 10,000 27,000 27,000 +17,000 ..................
1st Responder grants............................ 135,000 .................. .................. -135,000 ..................
Telecommunications carrier compliance fund.......... .................. 7,000 7,000 +7,000 ..................
Defense function................................ .................. 8,000 8,000 +8,000 ..................
Administrative review and appeals:
Direct appropriation............................ 75,312 89,901 30,727 -44,585 -59,174
Crime trust fund................................ 59,251 59,251 59,251 .................. ..................
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Total, Administrative review and appeals...... 134,563 149,152 89,978 -44,585 -59,174
Office of Inspector General......................... 35,610 45,021 32,049 -3,561 -12,972
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Total, General administration................. 394,621 403,707 272,512 -122,109 -131,195
Appropriations............................ (335,370) (344,456) (213,261) (-122,109) (-131,195)
Crime trust fund.......................... (59,251) (59,251) (59,251) .................. ..................
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United States Parole Commission
Salaries and expenses............................... 7,400 8,527 7,176 -224 -1,351
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Legal Activities
General legal activities:
Direct appropriation............................ 466,840 568,316 299,260 -167,580 -269,056
(Transfer out).................................. (-1,000) .................. .................. (+1,000) ..................
Crime trust fund................................ 8,160 8,555 185,740 +177,580 +177,185
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Total, General legal activities............... 475,000 576,871 485,000 +10,000 -91,871
Vaccine injury compensation trust fund (permanent).. 4,028 4,028 4,028 .................. ..................
Antitrust Division.................................. 98,275 114,373 112,318 +14,043 -2,055
Offsetting fee collections--carryover........... -30,000 -47,799 .................. +30,000 +47,799
Offsetting fee collections--current year........ -68,275 -66,574 -112,318 -44,043 -45,744
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Direct appropriation.......................... .................. .................. .................. .................. ..................
United States Attorneys:
Direct appropriation............................ 1,009,680 1,217,788 589,478 -420,202 -628,310
Crime trust fund................................ 80,698 57,000 500,000 +419,302 +443,000
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Total, United States Attorneys................ 1,090,378 1,274,788 1,089,478 -900 -185,310
United States trustee system fund................... 114,248 129,329 112,775 -1,473 -16,554
Offsetting fee collections...................... -114,248 -129,329 -112,775 +1,473 +16,554
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Direct appropriation.......................... .................. .................. .................. .................. ..................
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission................ 1,227 1,175 1,175 -52 ..................
United States Marshals Service:
Direct appropriation............................ 477,056 543,380 409,253 -67,803 -134,127
Crime trust fund................................ 25,553 26,210 138,000 +112,447 +111,790
Construction.................................... 4,600 8,832 9,632 +5,032 +800
Justice prisoner and alien transportation system.... .................. .................. 9,000 K9,000 +9,000
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Total, United States Marshals Service......... 507,209 578,422 565,885 +58,676 -12,537
Federal Prisoner Detention.......................... 425,000 550,232 500,000 +75,000 -50,232
Fees and expenses of witnesses...................... 95,000 110,000 110,000 +15,000 ..................
Community Relations Service......................... 7,199 10,344 7,199 .................. -3,145
Assets forfeiture fund.............................. 23,000 23,000 23,000 .................. ..................
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Total, Legal activities....................... 2,628,041 3,128,860 2,785,765 +157,724 -343,095
Appropriations............................ (2,513,630) (3,037,095) (1,962,025) (-551,605) (-1,075,070)
Crime trust fund.......................... (114,411) (91,765) (823,740) (+709,329) (+731,975)
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Radiation Exposure Compensation
Administrative expenses............................. 2,000 2,000 2,000 .................. ..................
Payment to radiation exposure compensation trust .................. 21,714 20,300 +20,300 -1,414
fund...............................................
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Total, Radiation Exposure Compensation........ 2,000 23,714 22,300 +20,300 -1,414
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Interagency Law Enforcement
Interagency crime and drug enforcement.............. 304,014 .................. 304,014 .................. +304,014
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Salaries and expenses............................... 2,406,532 2,742,876 2,432,791 +26,259 -310,085
Counterintelligence and national security........... 292,473 260,000 260,000 -32,473 ..................
FBI Fingerprint identification...................... 47,800 .................. .................. -47,800 ..................
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Subtotal...................................... 2,746,805 3,002,876 2,692,791 -54,014 -310,085
Crime trust fund.................................... 223,356 280,501 280,501 +57,145 ..................
Construction........................................ 1,287 10,287 10,287 +9,000 ..................
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Total, Federal Bureau of Investigation........ 2,971,448 3,293,664 2,983,579 +12,131 -310,085
Appropriations............................ (2,748,092) (3,013,163) (2,703,078) (-45,014) (-310,085)
Crime trust fund.......................... (223,356) (280,501) (280,501) (+57,145) ..................
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Drug Enforcement Administration
Salaries and expenses............................... 877,490 1,055,572 878,517 +1,027 -177,055
Diversion control fund.......................... -76,710 -80,330 -80,330 -3,620 ..................
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Direct appropriation.......................... 800,780 975,242 798,187 -2,593 -177,055
Crime trust fund.................................... 405,000 405,000 419,459 +14,459 +14,459
Construction........................................ 8,000 8,000 5,500 -2,500 -2,500
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Total, Drug Enforcement Administration........ 1,213,780 1,388,242 1,223,146 +9,366 -165,096
Appropriations............................ (808,780) (983,242) (803,687) (-5,093) (-179,555)
Crime trust fund.......................... (405,000) (405,000) (419,459) (+14,459) (+14,459)
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Immigration and Naturalization Service
Salaries and expenses............................... 1,621,837 2,335,638 1,697,164 +75,327 -638,474
Enforcement and border affairs.................. (1,069,754) (1,800,627) .................. (-1,069,754) (-1,800,627)
Citizenship and benefits, immigration support (552,083) (535,011) .................. (-552,083) (-535,011)
and program direction..........................
Crime trust fund.................................... 842,490 500,000 873,000 +30,510 +373,000
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Subtotal, Direct and crime trust fund......... 2,464,327 2,835,638 2,570,164 +105,837 -265,474
Fee accounts:
Immigration user fee........................ (486,071) (563,000) (446,151) (-39,920) (-116,849)
Land border inspection fund................. (3,275) (6,000) (1,012) (-2,263) (-4,988)
Immigration examinations fund............... (635,700) (640,000) (712,800) (+77,100) (+72,800)
Breached bond fund.......................... (176,950) (100,000) (127,771) (-49,179) (+27,771)
Immigration enforcement fines............... (4,050) (4,000) (1,303) (-2,747) (-2,697)
H-1B Fees................................... .................. .................. (1,125) (+1,125) (+1,125)
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Subtotal, Fee accounts.................... (1,306,046) (1,313,000) (1,290,162) (-15,884) (-22,838)
Construction........................................ 90,000 99,664 138,964 +48,964 +39,300
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Total, Immigration and Naturalization Service. (3,860,373) (4,248,302) (3,999,290) (+138,917) (-249,012)
Appropriations............................ (1,711,837) (2,435,302) (1,836,128) (+124,291) (-599,174)
Crime trust fund.......................... (842,490) (500,000) (873,000) (+30,510) (+373,000)
(Fee accounts)............................ (1,306,046) (1,313,000) (1,290,162) (-15,884) (-22,838)
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Federal Prison System
Salaries and expenses............................... 2,952,354 3,241,928 3,206,785 +254,431 -35,143
Prior year carryover............................ -90,000 -50,000 -50,000 +40,000 ..................
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Direct appropriation.......................... 2,862,354 3,191,928 3,156,785 +294,431 -35,143
Crime trust fund.................................... 26,499 26,499 46,599 +20,100 +20,100
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Subtotal, Salaries and expenses............... 2,888,853 3,218,427 3,203,384 +314,531 -15,043
Buildings and facilities............................ 410,997 558,791 549,791 +138,794 -9,000
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (limitation (3,266) (3,429) (3,429) (+163) ..................
on administrative expenses)........................
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Total, Federal Prison System.................. 3,299,850 3,777,218 3,753,175 +453,325 -24,043
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Office of Justice Programs
Justice assistance.................................. 147,151 338,648 373,092 +225,941 +34,444
(By transfer)................................... .................. (7,000) .................. .................. (-7,000)
State and local law enforcement assistance:
Direct appropriations:
Byrne grants (discretionary)................ 47,000 .................. 52,100 +5,100 +52,100
Byrne grants (formula)...................... 505,000 .................. 400,000 -105,000 +400,000
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Subtotal, Direct appropriations........... 552,000 .................. 452,100 -99,900 +452,100
Crime trust fund:
Byrne grants (formula)...................... .................. 400,000 .................. .................. -400,000
Byrne grants (discretionary)................ .................. 59,950 .................. .................. -59,950
Local law enforcement block grant........... 523,000 .................. 400,000 -123,000 +400,000
Boys and Girls clubs.................... (40,000) .................. (50,000) (+10,000) (+50,000)
Police corps............................ .................. .................. (30,000) (+30,000) (+30,000)
Juvenile crime block grant.................. 250,000 .................. 100,000 -150,000 +100,000
Drug testing and intervention program....... .................. 100,000 .................. .................. -100,000
Indian tribal courts program................ 5,000 5,000 5,000 .................. ..................
Drug courts................................. 40,000 50,000 40,000 .................. -10,000
Crime identification technology............. 45,000 .................. 350,000 +305,000 +350,000
Safe schools initiative................. .................. .................. (15,000) (+15,000) (+15,000)
Upgrade Criminal History records........ .................. .................. (40,000) (+40,000) (+40,000)
Global Criminal Justice information .................. .................. (12,000) (+12,000) (+12,000)
network................................
State prison grants......................... 720,500 75,000 75,000 -645,500 ..................
State criminal alien assistance program..... 420,000 500,000 100,000 -320,000 -400,000
Violence Against Women grants............... 282,750 282,750 283,750 +1,000 +1,000
Residential substance abuse treatment 63,000 65,100 63,000 .................. -2,100
program....................................
Crime laboratory improvement program/DNA 15,000 .................. 30,000 +15,000 +30,000
backlog....................................
Certainty of punishment grants.............. .................. 35,000 .................. .................. -35,000
Bullet proof vest grants.................... .................. .................. 25,000 +25,000 +25,000
Indian country initiatives.................. .................. .................. 45,000 +45,000 +45,000
Methamphetamine program..................... .................. .................. 25,000 +25,000 +25,000
Other crime control programs................ 5,700 5,700 5,700 .................. ..................
Crime trust fund outlays.................... .................. .................. .................. .................. ..................
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Subtotal, Crime trust fund................ 2,369,950 1,578,500 1,547,450 -822,500 -31,050
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Total, State and local law enforcement.... 2,921,950 1,578,500 1,999,550 -922,400 +421,050
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Weed and seed program fund.......................... 33,500 .................. 40,000 +6,500 +40,000
Crime trust fund................................ .................. 33,500 .................. .................. -33,500
Community oriented policing services:
Direct appropriations:
Crime analysis technology................... .................. 100,000 .................. .................. -100,000
Crime trust fund:
Hiring program.............................. 1,400,000 600,000 .................. -1,400,000 -600,000
Police corps................................ 30,000 .................. .................. -30,000 ..................
Technology.................................. .................. 250,000 .................. .................. -250,000
Community prosecutors....................... .................. 200,000 .................. .................. -200,000
Safe schools initiative..................... .................. 125,000 .................. .................. -125,000
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Subtotal, Crime trust fund................ 1,430,000 1,175,000 .................. -1,430,000 -1,175,000
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Total, Community oriented policing 1,430,000 1,275,000 .................. -1,430,000 -1,275,000
services.................................
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Juvenile justice programs........................... 284,597 288,597 502,597 +218,000 +214,000
Safe school initiative.......................... .................. .................. (218,000) (+218,000) (+218,000)
(Transfer out).................................. .................. (-7,000) .................. .................. (+7,000)
Public safety officers benefits program:
Death benefits.................................. 31,809 32,541 32,541 +732 ..................
Disability benefits............................. .................. 3,500 3,500 +3,500 ..................
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Total, Public safety officers benefits program 31,809 36,041 36,041 +4,232 ..................
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Total, Office of Justice Programs............. 4,849,007 3,550,286 2,951,280 -1,897,727 -599,006
Appropriations............................ (1,049,057) (763,286) (1,403,830) (+354,773) (+640,544)
Crime trust fund.......................... (3,799,950) (2,787,000) (1,547,450) (-2,252,500) (-1,239,550)
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General Provisions
Year 2000 compliance (sec. 126)..................... -20,038 .................. .................. +20,038 ..................
General Pricing level adjustments (sec. xxx)........ .................. .................. -2,468 -2,468 -2,468
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Total, title I, Department of Justice......... 18,204,450 18,509,520 17,009,607 -1,194,843 -1,499,913
Appropriations............................ (12,733,493) (14,359,504) (12,959,607) (+226,114) (-1,399,897)
Crime trust fund.......................... (5,470,957) (4,150,016) (4,050,000) (-1,420,957) (-100,016)
(Transfer out)............................ (-1,000) (-7,000) .................. (+1,000) (+7,000)
(Limitation on administrative expenses)... (3,266) (3,429) (3,429) (+163) ..................
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TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED
AGENCIES
TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Salaries and expenses............................... 24,200 26,501 26,067 +1,867 -434
International Trade Commission
Salaries and expenses............................... 44,495 47,200 45,700 +1,205 -1,500
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Total, Related agencies....................... 68,695 73,701 71,767 +3,072 -1,934
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Operations and administration....................... 286,264 308,431 311,344 +25,080 +2,913
Offsetting fee collections...................... -1,600 -3,000 -3,000 -1,400 ..................
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Direct appropriation.......................... 284,664 305,431 308,344 +23,680 +2,913
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Export Administration
Operations and administration....................... 50,454 58,578 54,054 +3,600 -4,524
CWC enforcement................................. 1,877 1,877 1,877 .................. ..................
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Total, Export Administration.................. 52,331 60,455 55,931 +3,600 -4,524
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Economic Development Administration
Economic development assistance programs............ 368,379 364,379 203,379 -165,000 -161,000
Salaries and expenses............................... 24,000 28,971 24,937 +937 -4,034
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Total, Economic Development Administration.... 392,379 393,350 228,316 -164,063 -165,034
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Minority Business Development Agency
Minority business development....................... 27,000 27,627 27,627 +627 ..................
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Total, Trade and Infrastructure Development... 825,069 860,564 691,985 -133,084 -168,579
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ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Economic and Statistical Analysis
Salaries and expenses............................... 48,490 55,123 51,158 +2,668 -3,965
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Bureau of the Census
Salaries and expenses............................... 136,147 156,944 156,944 +20,797 ..................
Periodic censuses and programs...................... 1,186,902 2,914,754 2,914,754 +1,727,852 ..................
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Total, Bureau of the Census................... 1,323,049 3,071,698 3,071,698 +1,748,649 ..................
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National Telecommunications and Information
Administration
Salaries and expenses............................... 10,940 17,212 11,009 +69 -6,203
Public telecommunications facilities, planning and 21,000 35,055 30,000 +9,000 -5,055
construction.......................................
Advance appropriations, fiscal year 2001-2003... .................. 299,000 .................. .................. -299,000
Information infrastructure grants................... 18,000 20,102 18,102 +102 -2,000
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Total, National Telecommunications and 49,940 371,369 59,111 +9,171 -312,258
Information Administration...................
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Patent and Trademark Office
Current year fee funding............................ 643,026 785,976 785,976 +142,950 ..................
Prior year fee funding.............................. 71,000 .................. .................. -71,000 ..................
(Prior year carryover).............................. (40,500) (115,774) (115,774) (+75,274) ..................
Rescission.......................................... -71,000 .................. .................. +71,000 ..................
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Subtotal...................................... (683,526) (901,750) (901,750) (+218,224) ..................
Legislative proposal fees........................... 102,000 20,000 .................. -102,000 -20,000
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Total, Patent and Trademark Office............ (785,526) (921,750) (901,750) (+116,224) (-20,000)
Offsetting fee collections.................... -643,026 -785,976 -785,976 -142,950 ..................
Offsetting fee collections--legis. proposal... -102,000 -20,000 .................. +102,000 +20,000
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Total, PTO offsetting fee collections......... -745,026 -805,976 -785,976 -40,950 +20,000
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Total, Economic and Information Infrastructure 1,421,479 3,498,190 3,181,967 +1,760,488 -316,223
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Technology Administration
Under Secretary for Technology/Office of Technology
Policy
Salaries and expenses............................... 9,495 8,972 7,972 -1,523 -1,000
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
Scientific and technical research and services...... 280,136 289,622 288,128 +7,992 -1,494
Industrial technology services...................... 310,300 338,536 336,336 +26,036 -2,200
Construction of research facilities................. 56,714 106,798 117,500 +60,786 +10,702
NTIS revolving fund................................. .................. 2,000 .................. .................. -2,000
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Total, National Institute of Standards and 647,150 736,956 741,964 +94,814 +5,008
Technology...................................
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Operations, research, and facilities................ 1,579,844 1,738,911 1,776,728 +196,884 +37,817
Offsetting collections (fisheries) (proposed)... .................. -20,000 .................. .................. +20,000
Offsetting collections (navigations) (proposed). .................. -14,000 .................. .................. +14,000
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Direct appropriation.......................... 1,579,844 1,704,911 1,776,728 +196,884 +71,817
(By transfer from Promote and Develop Fund)..... (63,381) (64,926) (66,426) (+3,045) (+1,500)
(By transfer from Damage assessment and 5,000 .................. .................. -5,000 ..................
restoration revolving fund, permanent).........
(Damage assessment and restoration revolving -5,000 .................. .................. +5,000 ..................
fund)..........................................
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Total, Operations, research and facilities.... 1,579,844 1,704,911 1,776,728 +196,884 +71,817
Procurement, acquisition and construction........... 584,677 630,578 670,578 +85,901 +40,000
Advance appropriations, fiscal year 2001-2018... .................. 5,363,345 .................. .................. -5,363,345
Pacific coastal salmon recovery..................... .................. 100,000 100,000 +100,000 ..................
Coastal zone management fund........................ 4,000 4,000 4,000 .................. ..................
Mandatory offset................................ -4,000 -4,000 -4,000 .................. ..................
Fishermen's contingency fund........................ 953 953 953 .................. ..................
Foreign fishing observer fund....................... 189 189 189 .................. ..................
Fisheries finance program account................... 338 10,258 2,038 +1,700 -8,220
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Total, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 2,166,001 7,810,234 2,550,486 +384,485 -5,259,748
Administration...............................
Appropriations............................ (2,166,001) (2,446,889) (2,550,486) (+384,485) (+103,597)
Advance appropriations.................... .................. (5,363,345) .................. .................. (-5,363,345)
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Total, Science and Technology................. 2,822,646 8,556,162 3,300,422 +477,776 -5,255,740
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General Administration
Salaries and expenses............................... 30,000 34,046 34,046 +4,046 ..................
Office of Inspector General......................... 21,000 23,454 17,900 -3,100 -5,554
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Total, General administration................. 51,000 57,500 51,946 +946 -5,554
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fisheries promotional fund (rescission)............. .................. -1,187 .................. .................. +1,187
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Total, Department of Commerce................. 5,051,499 12,897,528 7,154,553 +2,103,054 -5,742,975
Appropriations............................ (5,122,499) (7,236,370) (7,154,553) (+2,032,054) (-81,817)
Rescissions............................... (-71,000) (-1,187) .................. (+71,000) (+1,187)
Advance appropriations.................... .................. (5,662,345) .................. .................. (-5,662,345)
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Total, title II, Department of Commerce and 5,120,194 12,971,229 7,226,320 +2,106,126 -5,744,909
related agencies.............................
Appropriations............................ (5,191,194) (7,310,071) (7,226,320) (+2,035,126) (-83,751)
Rescissions............................... (-71,000) (-1,187) .................. (+71,000) (+1,187)
Advance appropriations.................... .................. (5,662,345) .................. .................. (-5,662,345)
(By transfer)............................. (63,381) (64,926) (66,426) (+3,045) (+1,500)
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TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY
Supreme Court of the United States
Salaries and expenses:
Salaries of justices............................ 1,690 1,698 1,698 +8 ..................
Other salaries and expenses..................... 29,369 34,241 33,061 +3,692 -1,180
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Total, Salaries and expenses.................. 31,059 35,939 34,759 +3,700 -1,180
Care of the building and grounds.................... 5,400 22,658 18,123 +12,723 -4,535
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Total, Supreme Court of the United States..... 36,459 58,597 52,882 +16,423 -5,715
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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit
Salaries and expenses:
Salaries of judges.............................. 1,943 1,945 1,945 +2 ..................
Other salaries and expenses..................... 14,158 15,691 14,966 +808 -725
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Total, Salaries and expenses.................. 16,101 17,636 16,911 +810 -725
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United States Court of International Trade
Salaries and expenses:
Salaries of judges.............................. 1,506 1,525 1,525 +19 ..................
Other salaries and expenses..................... 10,298 10,621 10,432 +134 -189
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Total, Salaries and expenses.................. 11,804 12,146 11,957 +153 -189
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Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other
Judicial Services
Salaries and expenses:
Salaries of judges and bankruptcy judges........ 238,329 240,375 240,375 +2,046 ..................
Other salaries and expenses..................... 2,583,492 2,979,551 2,651,890 +68,398 -327,661
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Direct appropriation.......................... 2,821,821 3,219,926 2,892,265 +70,444 -327,661
Crime trust fund................................ 41,043 29,395 100,000 +58,957 +70,605
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Total, Salaries and expenses.................. 2,862,864 3,249,321 2,992,265 +129,401 -257,056
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.............. 2,515 2,581 2,581 +66 ..................
Defender services................................... 360,952 374,839 353,888 -7,064 -20,951
Crime trust fund................................ .................. 36,605 .................. .................. -36,605
Fees of jurors and commissioners.................... 66,861 69,510 60,918 -5,943 -8,592
Court security...................................... 174,569 206,012 196,026 +21,457 -9,986
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Total, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and 3,467,761 3,938,868 3,605,678 +137,917 -333,190
Other Judicial Services......................
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Administrative Office of the United States Courts
Salaries and expenses............................... 54,500 58,428 56,054 +1,554 -2,374
Federal Judicial Center
Salaries and expenses............................... 17,716 18,997 18,476 +760 -521
Judicial Retirement Funds
Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds.................... 37,300 39,700 39,700 +2,400 ..................
United States Sentencing Commission
Salaries and expenses............................... 9,487 10,600 4,743 -4,744 -5,857
General Provisions
Judges pay raise (sec. 304)......................... .................. .................. 9,611 +9,611 +9,611
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Total, title III, the Judiciary............... 3,651,128 4,154,972 3,816,012 +164,884 -338,960
Appropriations............................ (3,610,085) (4,088,972) (3,716,012) (+105,927) (-372,960)
Crime trust fund.......................... (41,043) (66,000) (100,000) (+58,957) (+34,000)
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TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Administration of Foreign Affairs
Diplomatic and consular programs.................... 1,644,300 2,838,934 2,671,429 +1,027,129 -167,505
(Transfer out).................................. .................. (-1,162) .................. .................. (+1,162)
(Transfer out).................................. (-4,000) (-4,000) (-4,000) .................. ..................
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Total, Diplomatic and consular programs....... 1,644,300 2,838,934 2,671,429 +1,027,129 -167,505
Salaries and expenses............................... 355,000 .................. .................. -355,000 ..................
(Transfer out).................................. (-1,000) .................. .................. (+1,000) ..................
Capital investment fund............................. 80,000 90,000 80,000 .................. -10,000
Office of Inspector General......................... 27,495 30,054 26,495 -1,000 -3,559
Educational and cultural exchange programs.......... .................. 210,329 216,476 +216,476 +6,147
Representation allowances........................... 4,350 5,850 5,850 +1,500 ..................
Protection of foreign missions and officials........ 8,100 9,490 8,100 .................. -1,390
Security and maintenance of United States missions.. 403,561 483,683 583,496 +179,935 +99,813
Advance appropriations, fiscal year 2001-2005... .................. 3,000,000 .................. .................. -3,000,000
Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service.. 5,500 17,000 7,000 +1,500 -10,000
(By transfer)................................... (4,000) (4,000) (4,000) .................. ..................
(Transfer out).................................. (-1,000) (-1,000) (-1,000) .................. ..................
Commission on Holocaust Assets in U.S. (by transfer) (2,000) (1,162) .................. (-2,000) (-1,162)
Repatriation Loans Program Account:
Direct loans subsidy............................ 593 593 593 .................. ..................
Administrative expenses......................... 607 607 607 .................. ..................
(By transfer)................................... (1,000) (1,000) (1,000) .................. ..................
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Total, Repatriation loans program account..... 1,200 1,200 1,200 .................. ..................
Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan......... 14,750 15,760 16,000 +1,250 +240
Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 132,500 128,541 128,541 -3,959 ..................
Disability Fund....................................
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Total, Administration of Foreign Affairs...... 2,676,756 6,830,841 3,744,587 +1,067,831 -3,086,254
Appropriations............................ (2,676,756) (3,830,841) (3,744,587) (+1,067,831) (-86,254)
Advance appropriations.................... .................. (3,000,000) .................. .................. (-3,000,000)
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International Organizations and Conferences
Contributions to international organizations, 922,000 963,308 943,308 +21,308 -20,000
current year assessment............................
(Transfer out).................................. (-16,223) .................. .................. (+16,223) ..................
Contributions for international peacekeeping 231,000 235,000 280,925 +49,925 +45,925
activities, current year...........................
Arrearage payments.................................. 475,000 446,000 .................. -475,000 -446,000
International conferences and contingencies (by (16,223) .................. .................. (-16,223) ..................
transfer)..........................................
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Total, International Organizations and 1,628,000 1,644,308 1,224,233 -403,767 -420,075
Conferences..................................
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International Commissions
International Boundary and Water Commission, United
States and Mexico:
Salaries and expenses........................... 19,551 20,413 19,551 .................. -862
Construction.................................... 5,939 8,435 5,939 .................. -2,496
American sections, international commissions........ 5,733 6,493 5,733 .................. -760
International fisheries commissions................. 14,549 16,702 15,549 +1,000 -1,153
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Total, International commissions.............. 45,772 52,043 46,772 +1,000 -5,271
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Other
Payment to the Asia Foundation...................... 8,250 15,000 .................. -8,250 -15,000
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program, trust fund.. .................. 525 465 +465 -60
Israeli Arab scholarship program.................... .................. 350 340 +340 -10
East-West Center.................................... .................. 12,500 12,500 +12,500 ..................
North/South Center.................................. .................. 2,500 .................. .................. -2,500
National Endowment for Democracy.................... .................. 32,000 .................. .................. -32,000
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Total, Department of State.................... 4,358,778 8,590,067 5,028,897 +670,119 -3,561,170
Appropriations............................ (4,358,778) (5,590,067) (5,028,897) (+670,119) (-561,170)
Advance appropriations.................... .................. (3,000,000) .................. .................. (-3,000,000)
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RELATED AGENCIES
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Arms control and disarmament activities............. 41,500 .................. .................. -41,500 ..................
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United States Information Agency
International information programs.................. 455,246 .................. .................. -455,246 ..................
Technology fund (by transfer)....................... (2,000) .................. .................. (-2,000)
Educational and cultural exchange programs.......... 202,500 .................. .................. -202,500 ..................
(Transfer out).................................. (-2,000) .................. .................. (+2,000) ..................
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program, trust fund.. 525 .................. .................. -525 ..................
Israeli Arab scholarship program.................... 350 .................. .................. -350 ..................
International Broadcasting Operations............... 362,365 .................. .................. -362,365 ..................
Broadcasting to Cuba (direct)....................... 22,095 .................. .................. -22,095 ..................
Radio construction.................................. 13,245 .................. .................. -13,245 ..................
East-West Center.................................... 12,500 .................. .................. -12,500 ..................
North/South Center.................................. 1,750 .................. .................. -1,750 ..................
National Endowment for Democracy.................... 31,000 .................. .................. -31,000 ..................
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Total, United States Information Agency....... 1,101,576 .................. .................. -1,101,576 ..................
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Broadcasting Board of Governors
International Broadcasting Operations............... .................. 431,722 362,365 +362,365 -69,357
Broadcasting to Cuba................................ .................. .................. 23,664 +23,664 +23,664
Broadcasting capital improvements................... .................. 20,868 13,245 +13,245 -7,623
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Total, Broadcasting Board of Governors........ .................. 452,590 399,274 +399,274 -53,316
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Total, related agencies....................... 1,143,076 452,590 399,274 -743,802 -53,316
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Total, title IV, Department of State.......... 5,501,854 9,042,657 5,428,171 -73,683 -3,614,486
Appropriations............................ (5,501,854) (6,042,657) (5,428,171) (-73,683) (-614,486)
Advance appropriations.................... .................. (3,000,000) .................. .................. (-3,000,000)
(Transfer out)............................ (-24,223) (-6,162) (-5,000) (+19,223) (+1,162)
(By transfer)............................. (25,223) (6,162) (5,000) (-20,223) (-1,162)
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TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Maritime Security Program........................... 89,650 98,700 98,700 +9,050 ..................
Operations and training............................. 69,303 72,164 72,664 +3,361 +500
Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title XI) Program Account:
Guaranteed loans subsidy........................ 6,000 6,000 11,000 +5,000 +5,000
Administrative expenses......................... 3,725 3,893 3,893 +168 ..................
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Total, Maritime guaranteed loan program 9,725 9,893 14,893 +5,168 +5,000
account......................................
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Total, Maritime Administration................ 168,678 180,757 186,257 +17,579 +5,500
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Census Monitoring Board
Salaries and expenses............................... .................. 4,000 4,000 +4,000 ..................
Commission for the Preservation of America's
Heritage Abroad
Salaries and expenses............................... 265 265 490 +225 +225
Commission on Civil Rights
Salaries and expenses............................... 8,900 11,000 8,900 .................. -2,100
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Salaries and expenses............................... 1,170 1,250 1,250 +80 ..................
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Salaries and expenses............................... 279,000 312,000 279,000 .................. -33,000
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Federal Communications Commission
Salaries and expenses............................... 192,000 230,887 232,805 +40,805 +1,918
Offsetting fee collections--current year........ -172,523 -185,754 -185,754 -13,231 ..................
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Direct appropriation.......................... 19,477 45,133 47,051 +27,574 +1,918
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Federal Maritime Commission
Salaries and expenses............................... 14,150 15,300 14,150 .................. -1,150
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Federal Trade Commission
Salaries and expenses............................... 116,679 133,368 133,368 +16,689 ..................
Offsetting fee collections--carryover........... -30,000 -39,472 -19,309 +10,691 +20,163
Offsetting fee collections--current year........ -76,500 -93,896 -114,059 -37,559 -20,163
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Direct appropriation.......................... 10,179 .................. .................. -10,179 ..................
Legal Services Corporation
Payment to the Legal Services Corporation........... 300,000 340,000 300,000 .................. -40,000
Marine Mammal Commission
Salaries and expenses............................... 1,240 1,300 1,300 +60 ..................
Ocean Policy Commission
Salaries and expenses............................... 3,500 .................. .................. -3,500 ..................
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Salaries and expenses............................... 23,000 .................. .................. -23,000 ..................
Current year fees............................... 214,000 230,000 240,000 +26,000 +10,000
1998 fees....................................... 87,000 130,800 130,800 +43,800 ..................
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Direct appropriation.......................... 324,000 360,800 370,800 +46,800 +10,000
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Small Business Administration
Salaries and expenses............................... 288,300 263,000 251,300 -37,000 -11,700
Office of Inspector General......................... 10,800 11,000 13,250 +2,450 +2,250
Business Loans Program Account:
Direct loans subsidy............................ 2,200 4,000 4,000 +1,800 ..................
Guaranteed loans subsidy........................ 128,030 144,368 164,368 +36,338 +20,000
Administrative expenses......................... 94,000 131,000 129,000 +35,000 -2,000
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Total, Business loans program account......... 224,230 279,368 297,368 +73,138 +18,000
Disaster Loans Program Account:
Direct loans subsidy............................ 76,329 39,400 77,700 +1,371 +38,300
Contingent emergency appropriations......... .................. 158,000 .................. .................. -158,000
Administrative expenses......................... 116,000 86,000 86,000 -30,000 ..................
Contingent emergency appropriations......... .................. 75,000 .................. .................. -75,000
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Total, Disaster loans program account..... 192,329 358,400 163,700 -28,629 -194,700
Surety bond guarantees revolving fund............... 3,300 .................. .................. -3,300 ..................
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Total, Small Business Administration.......... 718,959 911,768 725,618 +6,659 -186,150
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State Justice Institute
Salaries and expenses \1\........................... 6,850 15,000 6,850 .................. -8,150
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Total, title V, Related agencies.............. 1,856,368 2,198,573 1,945,666 +89,298 -252,907
Appropriations............................ (1,856,368) (1,965,573) (1,945,666) (+89,298) (-19,907)
Contingent emergency appropriations....... .................. (233,000) .................. .................. (-233,000)
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TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Administration
Working capital fund (rescission)................... -99,000 .................. -22,577 +76,423 -22,577
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Total, General Administration................. -99,000 .................. -22,577 +76,423 -22,577
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Legal Activities
Assets forfeiture fund (rescission)................. -2,000 .................. -5,500 -3,500 -5,500
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fiscal year 1998 FBI construction (rescission)...... -4,000 .................. .................. +4,000 ..................
No Year FBI salaries and expenses (rescission)...... -6,400 .................. .................. +6,400 ..................
Fiscal year 1996 VCRP (rescission).................. -2,000 .................. .................. +2,000 ..................
Fiscal year 1997 VCRP (rescission).................. -300 .................. .................. +300 ..................
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Total, Federal Bureau of Investigation........ -12,700 .................. .................. +12,700 ..................
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Drug Enforcement Administration
Drug diversion control fee account.................. .................. .................. -35,000 -35,000 -35,000
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Immigration emergency fund (rescission)............. -5,000 .................. .................. +5,000 ..................
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Fiscal year 1998 Commerce (rescission).............. -2,090 .................. .................. +2,090 ..................
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Operations, research and facilities (rescission of .................. -3,400 -3,400 -3,400 ..................
emergency appropriations)..........................
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Security and maintenance of United States Missions .................. .................. -58,436 -58,436 -58,436
(rescission).......................................
Broadcasting Board of Governors
International Broadcasting operations (rescission).. .................. .................. -18,780 -18,780 -18,780
RELATED AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Ship construction fund (rescission)................. -17,000 .................. .................. +17,000 ..................
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Total, title VII, Rescissions................. -137,790 -3,400 -143,693 -5,903 -140,293
Rescissions............................... (-137,790) .................. (-140,293) (-2,503) (-140,293)
Rescission of emergency appropriations.... .................. (-3,400) (-3,400) (-3,400) ..................
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TITLE VIII--OTHER APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Salaries and expenses............................... 21,680 .................. .................. -21,680 ..................
Drug Enforcement Administration
Salaries and expenses............................... 10,200 .................. .................. -10,200 ..................
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Salaries and expenses............................... 10,000 .................. .................. -10,000 ..................
Border affairs (H.R. 1141)...................... 80,000 .................. .................. -80,000 ..................
Department of Justice (Y2K conversion).............. 84,396 .................. .................. -84,396 ..................
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Total, Department of Justice.................. 206,276 .................. .................. -206,276 ..................
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES
Office of the United States Trade Representative 1,300 .................. .................. -1,300 ..................
Supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141)............
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Bureau of the Census
Periodic censuses and programs Supplemental 44,900 .................. .................. -44,900 ..................
appropriations (H.R. 1141).........................
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Operations, research, and facilities................ 5,000 .................. .................. -5,000 ..................
Supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141)......... 1,880 .................. .................. -1,880 ..................
Department of Commerce (Y2K conversion)............. 57,920 .................. .................. -57,920 ..................
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Total, Department of Commerce................. 111,000 .................. .................. -111,000 ..................
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THE JUDICIARY
Supreme Court of the United States
Salaries and expenses: Supplemental appropriations 921 .................. .................. -921 ..................
(H.R. 1141)........................................
Judicial information technology fund (Y2K 13,044 .................. .................. -13,044 ..................
conversion)........................................
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Administration of Foreign Affairs
Diplomatic and consular programs.................... 773,700 .................. .................. -773,700 ..................
Supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141)......... 17,071 .................. .................. -17,071 ..................
Salaries and expenses............................... 12,000 .................. .................. -12,000 ..................
Office of Inspector General......................... 1,000 .................. .................. -1,000 ..................
Security and maintenance of United States missions.. 627,000 .................. .................. -627,000 ..................
Supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141)......... 50,500 .................. .................. -50,500 ..................
Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service.. 10,000 .................. .................. -10,000 ..................
Supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141)......... 2,929 .................. .................. -2,929 ..................
Department of State (Y2K conversion)................ 64,918 .................. .................. -64,918 ..................
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Total, Department of State.................... 1,559,118 .................. .................. -1,559,118 ..................
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RELATED AGENCIES
Small Business Administration
Disaster Loans Program Account:
Direct loans subsidy............................ 71,000 .................. .................. -71,000 ..................
Administrative expenses......................... 30,000 .................. .................. -30,000 ..................
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Total, Disaster loans program account......... 101,000 .................. .................. -101,000 ..................
Small Business Administration (Y2K conversion)...... 4,840 .................. .................. -4,840 ..................
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Total, Small Business Administration.......... 105,840 .................. .................. -105,840 ..................
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration (Y2K conversion)............ 530 .................. .................. -530 ..................
Federal Communications Commission (Y2K conversion).. 8,516 .................. .................. -8,516 ..................
Federal Trade Commission (Y2K conversion)........... 550 .................. .................. -550 ..................
Marine Mammal Commission (Y2K conversion)........... 38 .................. .................. -38 ..................
Office of the US Trade Representative (Y2K 498 .................. .................. -498 ..................
conversion)........................................
Securities and Exchange Commission (Y2K conversion). 8,175 .................. .................. -8,175 ..................
United States Information Agency (Y2K conversion)... 9,562 .................. .................. -9,562 ..................
United States Information Agency
Buying power maintenance (rescission)(H.R. 1141).... -20,000 .................. .................. +20,000 ..................
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Total, title VIII, emergency appropriations... 2,004,068 .................. .................. -2,004,068 ..................
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Grand total:
New budget (obligational) authority....... 36,200,272 46,873,551 35,282,083 -918,189 -11,591,468
Appropriations........................ (29,012,495) (33,766,777) (31,275,776) (+2,263,281) (-2,491,001)
Emergency appropriations.............. (1,904,567) .................. .................. (-1,904,567) ..................
Contingent emergency appropriations... .................. (233,000) .................. .................. (-233,000)
Advance appropriations................ .................. (8,662,345) .................. .................. (-8,662,345)
Rescissions........................... (-228,790) (-1,187) (-140,293) (+88,497) (-139,106)
Rescission of emergency appropriations .................. (-3,400) (-3,400) (-3,400) ..................
Crime trust fund...................... (5,512,000) (4,216,016) (4,150,000) (-1,362,000) (-66,016)
(By transfer)............................. (88,604) (78,088) (71,426) (-17,178) (-6,662)
(By transfer) (emergency appropriations).. .................. .................. .................. .................. ..................
(Transfer out)............................ (-25,223) (-13,162) (-5,000) (+20,223) (+8,162)
(Limitation on administrative expenses)... (3,266) (3,429) (3,429) (+163) ..................
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\1\ President's budget proposed $5 million for State Justice Institute.