[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
                                                                  ______
      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
                                                                  ______
      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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal............................................   49,968 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal............................................    8,148 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Military Engineering Support to the Border Patrol:
    SW Border Barriers........................................    3,000 
        Santa Teresa, NM--fence...............................     [367]
    JTF-6 Projects............................................    3,000 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................    6,000 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Detention:
    New Construction:
        Port Isabel, TX--Service Processing Center............   11,000 
        Krome, FL--Service Processing Center..................    9,500 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal............................................   20,500 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal............................................    2,000 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Servicewide One-Time Construction.............................   19,250 
Servicewide Maintenance & Repair..............................   23,000 
Servicewide Fuel Storage Tank Upgrade/Repair..................    4,300 
Program Execution.............................................    5,798 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

    Subtotal..................................................   52,348 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
          Subtotal, direct appropriation................    452,100,000 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, violent crime reduction trust fund......   1,547,450,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      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)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      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]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Committee
                                                                 1999 enacted    Budget request   recommendation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
      ITA total appropriation.................................         286,264  ...............         311,344
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      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]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   1999      2000 budget     Committee
                              appropriation    request    recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   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
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Navigation            79,919        82,967         87,533
       Services.............
                             ===========================================
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........
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       64,392        80,220         78,860
                             ===========================================
    Coastal Ocean Science:         18,400        19,430         18,430
     Coastal Ocean Program..
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Ocean Resources       82,792        99,650         97,290
       Conserv. & Assess....
                             ===========================================
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...............
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       62,500       102,200         72,500
                             ===========================================
    Ocean Management: Marine       14,350        26,000         18,500
     Sanctuary Program......
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Ocean and             76,850       128,200         91,000
       Coastal Management...
                             ===========================================
Acquisition of Data.........       14,546        17,726         17,726
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, National Ocean       254,107       328,543        293,549
       Service..............
                             ===========================================
  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
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........      133,826       118,606        151,595
                             ===========================================
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.................
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       30,100        25,557         34,482
                             ===========================================
Information Analyses &             20,900        21,342         21,342
 Dissemination..............
    Computer hardware and           4,000         4,000          4,000
     software...............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       24,900        25,342         25,342
                             ===========================================
      Total, information,         188,826       169,505        211,419
       collection, and
       analyses.............
                             ===========================================
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.........
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       59,966        94,848         86,223
                             ===========================================
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
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       51,861        83,584         66,725
                             ===========================================
Habitat Conservation........        9,000        10,858         10,858
Enforcement & Surveillance..       17,775        19,121         19,121
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Conservation         138,602       208,411        182,927
       and Mgmt. Opns.......
                             ===========================================
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........
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       19,450         8,700         12,950
                             ===========================================
Fisheries Development
 Program:
    Product quality and             9,824         8,328          8,328
     safety.................
    Safe Seafood Program....  .............  ...........           300
    Hawaiian Fisheries                750    ...........           750
     Development............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       10,574         8,328          9,378
                             ===========================================
      Total, State &               30,024        17,028         22,328
       Industry Assist.
       Progs................
                             ===========================================
Acquisition of Data.........       25,098        25,488         25,488
                             ===========================================
      Total, National Marine      382,550       420,432        442,162
       Fisheries Service....
                             ===========================================
   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..............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       42,000        48,100         45,500
                             ===========================================
    GLOBE...................        2,500         5,000          2,500
    Climate and Global             63,000        69,700         77,200
     Change.................
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       65,500        74,700         79,700
                             ===========================================
      Total, climate and air      122,400       139,700        144,100
       quality research.....
                             ===========================================
Atmospheric Programs:
    Weather Research........       36,100        36,600         39,600
        STORM...............  .............  ...........         2,000
        Wind profiler.......        4,350         4,350          4,350
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       40,450        40,950         45,950
                             ===========================================
    Solar-Terrestrial               6,000         6,100          7,100
     Services and Research..
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, atmospheric           46,450        47,050         53,050
       program..............
                             ===========================================
Ocean and Great Lakes
 Programs:
    Marine Environmental           26,801        22,300         34,690
     Research...............
        GLERL...............        6,825    ...........  ..............
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       33,626        22,300         34,690
                             ===========================================
    Sea grant: Sea grant           57,500        51,500         60,500
     college program........
    Undersea research              14,550         9,000         14,550
     program................
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, ocean and Great      105,676        82,800        110,640
       Lakes programs.......
                             ===========================================
Acquisition of Data.........       12,884        13,020         13,020
                             ===========================================
      Total, oceanic and          287,410       282,570        319,910
       atmospheric research.
                             ===========================================
  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
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............      459,916       492,826        495,067
                             ===========================================
    Central forecast               35,574        37,081         37,081
     guidance...............
    Atmospheric and                 2,964         3,090          3,090
     hydrological research..
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, operations and       498,454       532,997        535,238
       research.............
                             ===========================================
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...........
                             -------------------------------------------
          Total, systems           62,251        84,900         84,900
           acquisition......
                             -------------------------------------------
          Total, National         560,705       617,897        620,138
           Weather Service..
                             ===========================================
   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...............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Satellite             57,300        59,236         61,736
       Observing Systems....
                             ===========================================
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
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, environmental         52,635        43,856         49,856
       data management
       systems..............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, National             109,935       103,092        111,592
       Environmental
       Satellite, Data, and
       Information Service..
                             ===========================================
       PROGRAM SUPPORT

Administration and services:
    Executive Direction and        19,200        19,573         19,573
     Administration.........
    Systems Acquisition               700           712            712
     Office (SAO)...........
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       19,900        20,285         20,285
                             ===========================================
Central Administrative             31,850        41,583         41,583
 Support....................
    [CAMS]..................  .............       9,000          9,000
    HBCU....................  .............       1,000   ..............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       31,850        42,583         41,583
                             ===========================================
Retired Pay Commissioned            7,000    ...........  ..............
 Officers...................
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, administration        58,750        62,868         61,868
       and services.........
                             ===========================================
Aircraft Services...........       10,500        11,019         11,019
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, program support       69,250        73,887         72,887
                             ===========================================
Fleet planning and                 11,600         9,243         13,243
 maintenance................
                             ===========================================
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
                             -------------------------------------------
      TOTAL FACILITIES......       13,265         9,829          9,829
                             ===========================================
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.............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, direct             1,688,822     1,820,737      1,893,210
       obligations..........
                             ===========================================
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).................
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............      237,000       233,367        203,367
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total obligations.....    1,925,822     2,054,104      2,096,577
                             ===========================================
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............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, budget             1,651,725     1,784,337      1,855,554
       authority............
                             ===========================================
    Less Mandatory Funding..  .............     (13,900)       (13,900)
                             ===========================================
Discretionary budget            1,651,725     1,770,437      1,841,654
 authority..................
                             ===========================================
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)....
                             -------------------------------------------
      Net appropriation,        1,579,844     1,701,511      1,776,728
       operations, research,
       and facilities.......
                             ===========================================
       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
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, systems       553,481       553,499        553,499
           acquisition......
                             ===========================================
    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
                             -------------------------------------------
          SUBTOTAL                 34,196        32,912         62,912
           CONSTRUCTION PAC.
                             ===========================================
Fleet Replacement:
    Fleet Replacement--Ocean  .............      51,567         51,567
     Conference.............
    Navy Surplus vessels for  .............  ...........        10,000
     coastal research.......
                             -------------------------------------------
      SUBTOTAL FLEET          .............      51,567         61,567
       REPLACEMENT PAC......
                             ===========================================
OTHER: Fisherman's Health           1,000    ...........  ..............
 Care.......................
                             ===========================================
      TOTAL OBLIGATIONS.....      588,677       637,978        677,978
                             ===========================================
Financing...................       (4,000)       (7,400)        (7,400)
                             -------------------------------------------
      TOTAL Discretionary         584,677       630,578        670,578
       Budget Authority.....
                             ===========================================
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
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, other accounts.      614,157       740,792        772,572
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, National           2,267,427     2,522,629      2,625,626
       Oceanic and
       Atmospheric
       Administration--All
       accounts.............
                             -------------------------------------------
          Less Mandatory          (62,426)      (76,326)       (76,326)
           Funds............
                             -------------------------------------------
      TOTAL Discretionary BA    2,205,001     2,446,303      2,550,486
       NOAA w/Fees &
       Rescission...........
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

              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
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          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
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal............................................   316,986
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                    ____________________________________________________
Probation/pretrial services:
    Investigations and supervision............................   481,506
    Drug dependent offenders..................................    28,946
    Mental health.............................................     3,420
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................   513,962
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                    ____________________________________________________
Services, supplies, and equipment.............................   480,721
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Rental payment to GSA.........................................   695,898
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Fiscal year 2000 initiatives: State Justice Institute.........     8,000
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Spending reductions: Section 304..............................     9,513
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      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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                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................    37,000
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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
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          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
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          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
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
          Subtotal, Academic Programs.........................   122,028
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Professional & Cultural Programs:
    International Visitors Program............................    43,500
    Citizen Exchange Program..................................    18,435
    Art Ambassador Program....................................       500
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................    62,435
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
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
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................    11,100
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Professional & Cultural.......................    73,535
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Exchanges Support:
    Employee Compensation & Benefits..........................    18,672
    Program Direction & Administration........................     2,241
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................    20,913
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      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 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Leasehold Program.............................................  109,692 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

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 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................  109,617 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................        664,209 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................        123,758 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................        113,772 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
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 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal........................................         37,029 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal, current year assessments..............        938,768 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    Arrears.............................................        107,000 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Spending reductions:
    Exchange rate savings/reprogramming.................        (30,000)
    U.N. buydown........................................        (11,500)
    Administrative overhead.............................        (60,960)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................       (102,460)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      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
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................         143,925
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Arrears.................................................         137,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      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)
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................  269,200 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Independent grantee organizations:
    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty...........................   71,363 
    Kosovo....................................................      345 
    Radio Free Asia...........................................   23,079 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................   94,787 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Spending reductions:
    Exchange rate savings.....................................   (1,500)
    Furniture: IBB-wide.......................................     (122)
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................   (1,622)
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      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

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



PART III--PRISONS AND PRISONERS

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



CHAPTER 301--GENERAL PROVISIONS

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



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

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



          SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO


                       Part I--General Provisions


Sec. 309. Application for license

(a) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


(j) Use of competitive bidding

    (1) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (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

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


[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.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


TITLE I--FOOD STAMP PROVISIONS

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


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

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



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)).

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


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
                                            [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Budget authority               Outlays
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                               Committee    Amount of    Committee    Amount of
                                                               allocation      bill      allocation      bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
 to its subcommittees of amounts in the First Concurrent
 Resolution for 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\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]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                      Senate Committee recommendation
                                                                                                   Committee              compared with (+ or -)
                        Item                          1999 appropriation    Budget estimate     recommendation   ---------------------------------------
                                                                                                                  1999 appropriation    Budget estimate
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

           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   ..................  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)  ..................  ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
           United States Parole Commission

Salaries and expenses...............................              7,400               8,527               7,176                -224              -1,351
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                  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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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   ..................  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
           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...............................................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Radiation Exposure Compensation........              2,000              23,714              22,300             +20,300              -1,414
                                                     ===================================================================================================
             Interagency Law Enforcement

Interagency crime and drug enforcement..............            304,014   ..................            304,014   ..................           +304,014
                                                     ===================================================================================================
           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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)  ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
           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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
       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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)........................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Prison System..................          3,299,850           3,777,218           3,753,175            +453,325             -24,043
                                                     ===================================================================================================
             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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          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....................  ..................  ..................  ..................  ..................  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Crime trust fund................          2,369,950           1,578,500           1,547,450            -822,500             -31,050
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Total, State and local law enforcement....          2,921,950           1,578,500           1,999,550            -922,400            +421,050
                                                     ===================================================================================================
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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Crime trust fund................          1,430,000           1,175,000   ..................         -1,430,000          -1,175,000
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Total, Community oriented policing                  1,430,000           1,275,000   ..................         -1,430,000          -1,275,000
           services.................................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Public safety officers benefits program             31,809              36,041              36,041              +4,232   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                 General Provisions

Year 2000 compliance (sec. 126).....................            -20,038   ..................  ..................            +20,038   ..................
General Pricing level adjustments (sec. xxx)........  ..................  ..................             -2,468              -2,468              -2,468
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      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)  ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
    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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Related agencies.......................             68,695              73,701              71,767              +3,072              -1,934
                                                     ===================================================================================================
               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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation..........................            284,664             305,431             308,344             +23,680              +2,913
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                Export Administration

Operations and administration.......................             50,454              58,578              54,054              +3,600              -4,524
    CWC enforcement.................................              1,877               1,877               1,877   ..................  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Export Administration..................             52,331              60,455              55,931              +3,600              -4,524
                                                     ===================================================================================================
         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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Economic Development Administration....            392,379             393,350             228,316            -164,063            -165,034
                                                     ===================================================================================================
        Minority Business Development Agency

Minority business development.......................             27,000              27,627              27,627                +627   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, Trade and Infrastructure Development...            825,069             860,564             691,985            -133,084            -168,579
                                                     ===================================================================================================
       ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE

          Economic and Statistical Analysis

Salaries and expenses...............................             48,490              55,123              51,158              +2,668              -3,965
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Bureau of the Census...................          1,323,049           3,071,698           3,071,698          +1,748,649   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
     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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Telecommunications and                     49,940             371,369              59,111              +9,171            -312,258
       Information Administration...................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
             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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal......................................           (683,526)           (901,750)           (901,750)          (+218,224)  ..................

Legislative proposal fees...........................            102,000              20,000   ..................           -102,000             -20,000
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, PTO offsetting fee collections.........           -745,026            -805,976            -785,976             -40,950             +20,000
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, Economic and Information Infrastructure          1,421,479           3,498,190           3,181,967          +1,760,488            -316,223
                                                     ===================================================================================================
               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
                                                     ===================================================================================================
   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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Institute of Standards and                647,150             736,956             741,964             +94,814              +5,008
       Technology...................................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
   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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)..........................................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, Science and Technology.................          2,822,646           8,556,162           3,300,422            +477,776          -5,255,740
                                                     ===================================================================================================
               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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, General administration.................             51,000              57,500              51,946                +946              -5,554
                                                     ===================================================================================================
   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Fisheries promotional fund (rescission).............  ..................             -1,187   ..................  ..................             +1,187
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
              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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Supreme Court of the United States.....             36,459              58,597              52,882             +16,423              -5,715
                                                     ===================================================================================================
   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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and expenses..................             16,101              17,636              16,911                +810                -725
                                                     ===================================================================================================
     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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and expenses..................             11,804              12,146              11,957                +153                -189
                                                     ===================================================================================================
    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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and          3,467,761           3,938,868           3,605,678            +137,917            -333,190
       Other Judicial Services......................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
  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
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
            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)  ..................  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)  ..................  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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....................................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
     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)..........................................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, International Organizations and                  1,628,000           1,644,308           1,224,233            -403,767            -420,075
       Conferences..................................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
              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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, International commissions..............             45,772              52,043              46,772              +1,000              -5,271
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                        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
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                  RELATED AGENCIES

         Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Arms control and disarmament activities.............             41,500   ..................  ..................            -41,500   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
          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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States Information Agency.......          1,101,576   ..................  ..................         -1,101,576   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
           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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Broadcasting Board of Governors........  ..................            452,590             399,274            +399,274             -53,316
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, related agencies.......................          1,143,076             452,590             399,274            -743,802             -53,316
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
              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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Maritime guaranteed loan program                     9,725               9,893              14,893              +5,168              +5,000
       account......................................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, Maritime Administration................            168,678             180,757             186,257             +17,579              +5,500
                                                     ===================================================================================================
               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
                                                     ===================================================================================================
          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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation..........................             19,477              45,133              47,051             +27,574              +1,918
                                                     ===================================================================================================
             Federal Maritime Commission

Salaries and expenses...............................             14,150              15,300              14,150   ..................             -1,150
                                                     ===================================================================================================
              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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
         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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation..........................            324,000             360,800             370,800             +46,800             +10,000
                                                     ===================================================================================================
            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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      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
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Total, Disaster loans program account.....            192,329             358,400             163,700             -28,629            -194,700

Surety bond guarantees revolving fund...............              3,300   ..................  ..................             -3,300   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, Small Business Administration..........            718,959             911,768             725,618              +6,659            -186,150
                                                     ===================================================================================================
               State Justice Institute

Salaries and expenses \1\...........................              6,850              15,000               6,850   ..................             -8,150
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      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)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
               TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS

                DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

               General Administration

Working capital fund (rescission)...................            -99,000   ..................            -22,577             +76,423             -22,577
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, General Administration.................            -99,000   ..................            -22,577             +76,423             -22,577
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                  Legal Activities

Assets forfeiture fund (rescission).................             -2,000   ..................             -5,500              -3,500              -5,500
                                                     ===================================================================================================
           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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Bureau of Investigation........            -12,700   ..................  ..................            +12,700   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
           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   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      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)  ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
          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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of Justice..................            206,276   ..................  ..................           -206,276   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES

Office of the United States Trade Representative                  1,300   ..................  ..................             -1,300   ..................
 Supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141)............
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of Commerce.................            111,000   ..................  ..................           -111,000   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                    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   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of State....................          1,559,118   ..................  ..................         -1,559,118   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                  RELATED AGENCIES

            Small Business Administration

Disaster Loans Program Account:
    Direct loans subsidy............................             71,000   ..................  ..................            -71,000   ..................
    Administrative expenses.........................             30,000   ..................  ..................            -30,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Disaster loans program account.........            101,000   ..................  ..................           -101,000   ..................

Small Business Administration (Y2K conversion)......              4,840   ..................  ..................             -4,840   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Small Business Administration..........            105,840   ..................  ..................           -105,840   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
            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   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, title VIII, emergency appropriations...          2,004,068   ..................  ..................         -2,004,068   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      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.

                                
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