Reference Citation

[104th Congress Public Law 208]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]

[DOCID: f:publ208.104]

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*Public Law 104-208
104th Congress
An Act

Making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. <>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America <> in Congress assembled,
DIVISION A
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the several departments,
agencies, corporations and other organizational units of the Government
for the fiscal year 1997, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. (a) For programs, projects or activities in the
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, provided as follows, to be effective
as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act:
AN <> ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT <> OF JUSTICE
General Administration
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of
Justice, $75,773,000 of which not to exceed $3,317,000 is for the
Facilities Program 2000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That not to exceed 43 permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent
workyears and $7,477,000 shall be expended for the Department Leadership

Program exclusive of augmentation that occurred in these offices in
fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That not to exceed 41 permanent
positions and 48 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,660,000 shall be
expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs:
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Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shall not
be augmented by personnel details, temporary transfers of personnel on
either a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis or any other type of
formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on
either a temporary or long-term basis.
For an additional amount, for enhancements for the Office of
Intelligence Policy and Review and security measures, $3,600,000; of
which $2,170,000 is for security enhancements: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
counterterrorism fund
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney General,
$9,450,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse any
Department of Justice organization for (1) the costs incurred in
reestablishing the operational capability of an office or facility which
has been damaged or destroyed as a result of the bombing of the Alfred
P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City or any domestic or
international terrorist incident, (2) the costs of providing support to
counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or international terrorism,
including payment of rewards in connection with these activities, and
(3) the costs of conducting a terrorism threat assessment of Federal
agencies and their facilities: Provided, That funds provided under this
heading shall be available only after the Attorney General notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
For an additional amount for necessary expenses, as determined by
the Attorney General, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended,
to reimburse any Department of Justice organization for (1) 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, or (2) the costs of providing
support to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or international
terrorism, including payment of rewards in connection with these
activities: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
administrative review and appeals
For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and

clemency petitions and immigration related activities, $62,000,000.
For an additional amount for security measures for the Executive
Office of Immigration Review, $1,000,000: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
violent crime reduction programs, administrative review and appeals
For activities authorized by section 130005 of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322),
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as amended, $48,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall
be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $31,960,000; including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the
direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of,
the Attorney General; and for the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and
operation of motor vehicles, without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year.
United States Parole Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as
authorized by law, $4,845,000.
Legal Activities
salaries and expenses, general legal activities
For expenses, necessary for the legal activities of the Department
of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $20,000
for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under the direction
of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the
Attorney General; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the
District of Columbia; 420,793,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000
for litigation support contracts shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the funds available in this appropriation, not to
exceed $17,525,000 shall remain available until expended for office
automation systems for the legal divisions covered by this
appropriation, and for the United States Attorneys, the Antitrust
Division, and offices funded through ``Salaries and Expenses'', General
Administration: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
not to exceed $1,000 shall be available to the United States National
Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and representation
expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1342, the
Attorney General may accept on behalf of the United States, and credit
to this appropriation, gifts of money, personal property and services,

for the purposes of hosting the International Criminal Police
Organization's (INTERPOL) American Regional Conference in the United
States during fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That not to exceed 8
permanent positions and 10 full-time equivalent workyears and $987,000
shall be expended for the Office of Legislative Affairs and Public
Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned offices
shall not be augmented by personnel details, temporary transfers of
personnel on either a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis or any other
type of formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or
funds on either a temporary or long-term basis.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of
Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 as amended, not to exceed
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$4,028,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Trust Fund.
For an additional amount for expenses of the Criminal Division
relating to terrorism, $1,719,000: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended.
violent crime reduction programs, general legal activities
For the expeditious deportation of denied asylum applicants, as
authorized by section 130005 of the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended, $7,750,000, to
remain available until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
salaries and expenses, antitrust division
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and
kindred laws, $76,447,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not to exceed $58,905,000 of offsetting collections
derived from fees collected for premerger notification filings under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a))
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation,
and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced as such
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 1997, so as to
result in a final fiscal year 1997 appropriation from the General Fund
estimated at not more than $17,542,000: Provided further, That any fees
received in excess of $58,905,000 in fiscal year 1997, shall remain
available until expended, but shall not be available for obligation
until October 1, 1997.
salaries and expenses, united states attorneys
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States
Attorneys, including intergovernmental agreements, $923,340,000; of
which not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available until September 30,
1998, for the purposes of (1) providing training of personnel of the
Department of Justice in debt collection, (2) providing services to the
Department of Justice related to locating debtors and their property,

such as title searches, debtor skiptracing, asset searches, credit
reports and other investigations, (3) paying the costs of the Department
of Justice for the sale of property not covered by the sale proceeds,
such as auctioneers' fees and expenses, maintenance and protection of
property and businesses, advertising and title search and surveying
costs, and (4) paying the costs of processing and tracking debts owed to
the United States Government: Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to
exceed $10,000,000 of those funds available for automated litigation
support contracts shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That $1,900,000 for supervision of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters national election, shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That in addition to reimbursable full-time
equivalent workyears available to the Office of the United States
Attorneys,
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not to exceed 8,652 positions and 8,936 full-time equivalent workyears
shall be supported from the funds appropriated in this Act for the
United States Attorneys.
For an additional amount for expenses relating to terrorism and
security needs, $10,900,000: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended.
violent crime reduction programs, united states attorneys
For activities authorized by sections 40114, 130005, 190001(b),
190001(d) and 250005 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended, and section 815 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104132), $43,876,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be
derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which
$28,602,000 shall be available to help meet the increased demands for
litigation and related activities, $4,641,000 for Southwest Border
Control, $1,000,000 for Federal victim counselors, and $9,633,000 for
expeditious deportation of denied asylum applicants.
united states trustee system fund
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 589a(a), $107,950,000, to remain available until
expended and to be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits to
the Fund shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay
refunds due depositors: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $107,950,000 of offsetting collections derived from
fees collected pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and used
for necessary expenses in this appropriation and remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the
Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during
fiscal year 1997, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1997
appropriation from the Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That any
such fees collected in excess of $107,950,000 in fiscal year 1997 shall

remain available until expended but shall not be available for
obligation until October 1, 1997.
salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, $953,000.
salaries and expenses, united states marshals service
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service;
including the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of vehicles
and aircraft, and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for policetype use, without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the current fiscal year, $457,495,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
561(i); of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses; and of which
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not to exceed $4,000,000 for development, implementation, maintenance
and support, and training for an automated prisoner information system,
and $2,200,000 to support the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation
System, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That, with
respect to the amounts appropriated above, the service of maintaining
and transporting State, local, or territorial prisoners shall be
considered a specialized or technical service for purposes of 31 U.S.C.
6505, and any prisoners so transported shall be considered persons
(transported for other than commercial purposes) whose presence is
associated with the performance of a governmental function for purposes
of 49 U.S.C. 40102: Provided further, That not to exceed 12 permanent
positions and 12 full-time equivalent workyears and $700,000 shall be
expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs:
Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shall not
be augmented by personnel details, temporary transfers of personnel on
either a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis or any other type of
formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on
either a temporary or long-term basis.
violent crime reduction programs, united states marshals service
For activities authorized by section 190001(b) of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as
amended, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be
derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
federal prisoner detention
For expenses, related to United States prisoners in the custody of
the United States Marshals Service as authorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but
not including expenses otherwise provided for in appropriations
available to the Attorney General, $405,262,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i), to remain available until expended: Provided, That this
appropriation hereafter shall not be available for expenses authorized
under 18 U.S.C. 4013(a)(4).

fees and expenses of witnesses
For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems of witnesses,
for expenses of contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert
witnesses, for private counsel expenses, and for per diems in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by law, including advances, $100,702,000, to
remain available until expended; of which not to exceed $4,750,000 may
be made available for planning, construction, renovations, maintenance,
remodeling, and repair of buildings, and the purchase of equipment
incident thereto, for protected witness safesites; of which not to
exceed $1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and maintenance
of armored vehicles for transportation of protected witnesses; and of
which not to exceed $4,000,000 may be made available for the purchase,
installation and maintenance of a secure, automated information network
to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected
witnesses.
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salaries and expenses, community relations service
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service,
established by title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,319,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a
determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances
require additional funding for conflict prevention and resolution
activities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may
transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Service, from available
appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of
Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided
further, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated
as a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in that section.
assets forfeiture fund
For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(A)(ii), (B), (C),
(F), and (G), as amended, $23,000,000, to be derived from the Department
of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
Radiation Exposure Compensation
administrative expenses
For necessary administrative expenses in accordance with the
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, $2,000,000.
payment to radiation exposure compensation trust fund
For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund,
$13,736,000, not to be available for obligation until September 30,
1997.
Interagency Law Enforcement
interagency crime and drug enforcement

For necessary expenses for the detection, investigation, and
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking
not otherwise provided for, to include intergovernmental agreements with
State and local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation
and prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, $359,430,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations
under this heading may be used under authorities available to the
organizations reimbursed from this appropriation: Provided further, That
any unobligated balances remaining available at the end of the fiscal
year shall revert to the Attorney General for reallocation among
participating organizations in succeeding fiscal years, subject to the
reprogramming procedures described in section 605 of this Act.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United
States; including purchase for police-type use of not to exceed 2,706
passenger motor vehicles, of which 1,945 will be for replacement only,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; and not to exceed $70,000 to
meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended
under the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the
certificate of, the Attorney General; $2,451,361,000, of which not to
exceed $50,000,000 for automated data processing and telecommunications
and technical investigative equipment and $1,000,000 for undercover
operations shall remain available until September 30, 1998; of which not
less than $147,081,000 shall be for counterterrorism investigations,
foreign counterintelligence, and other activities related to our
national security; of which not to exceed $98,400,000 shall remain
available until expended; and of which not to exceed $10,000,000 is
authorized to be made available for making payments or advances for
expenses arising out of contractual or reimbursable agreements with
State and local law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative
activities related to violent crime, terrorism, organized crime, and
drug investigations; and of which $1,500,000 shall be available to
maintain an independent program office dedicated solely to the
relocation of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division and the
automation of fingerprint identification services: Provided, That not to
exceed $45,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 81
permanent positions and 85 full-time equivalent workyears and $5,959,000
shall be expended for the Office of Legislative Affairs and Public
Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned offices
shall not be augmented by personnel details, temporary transfers of
personnel on either a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis or any other
type of formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or
funds on either a temporary or long-term basis.
For an additional amount for necessary expenses of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation to prevent and investigate terrorism activities

and incidents; provide for additional agents and support staff; protect
key physical assets; establish a capability for chemical, biological and
nuclear research; improve domestic intelligence; and improve security at
Federal Bureau of Investigation offices, $115,610,000, as authorized by
the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (P.L. 104132): Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
violent crime reduction programs
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) as amended (``the 1994
Act''), and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty
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Act of 1996 (``the Antiterrorism Act''), $169,000,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund; of which $76,356,000 shall be for activities
authorized by section 190001(c) of the 1994 Act and section 811 of the
Antiterrorism Act; $53,404,000 shall be for activities authorized by
section 190001(b) of the 1994 Act, of which $20,240,000 shall be for
activities authorized by section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence
Prevention Act (Public Law 103-159), as amended; $4,000,000 shall be for
training and investigative assistance authorized by section 210501 of
the 1994 Act; $9,500,000 shall be for grants to States, as authorized by
section 811(b) of the Antiterrorism Act; and $5,500,000 shall be for
establishing DNA quality-assurance and proficiency-testing standards,
establishing an index to facilitate law enforcement exchange of DNA
identification information, and related activities authorized by section
210501 of the 1994 Act.
telecommunications carrier compliance fund
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney General,
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be deposited in the
Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund for making payments to
telecommunications carriers, equipment manufacturers, and providers of
telecommunications support services pursuant to section 110 of this Act:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount not previously designated by
the President as an emergency requirement shall be available only to the
extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar amount that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement, as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted to Congress.
construction
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire buildings and sites
by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law (including equipment for
such buildings); conversion and extension of federally-owned buildings;
and preliminary planning and design of projects; $41,639,000, to remain
available until expended.

Drug Enforcement Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration,
including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a
confidential character, to be expended under the direction of, and to be
accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General;
expenses for conducting drug education and training programs, including
travel and related expenses for participants in such programs and the
distribution of items of token value that promote the goals of such
programs; purchase of not to exceed 1,158 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 1,032 will be for replacement only, for police-type use without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal
year; and acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft;
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$745,388,000, of which not to exceed $1,800,000 for research and
$15,000,000 for transfer to the Drug Diversion Control Fee Account for
operating expenses shall remain available until expended, and of which
not to exceed $4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for
information, not to exceed $4,000,000 for contracting for automated data
processing and telecommunications equipment, and not to exceed
$2,000,000 for laboratory equipment, $4,000,000 for technical equipment,
and $2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit and parts, shall remain
available until September 30, 1998; and of which not to exceed $50,000
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses:
Provided, That not to exceed 25 permanent positions and 25 full-time
equivalent workyears and $1,828,000 shall be expended for the Office of
Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided further, That the
latter two aforementioned offices shall not be augmented by personnel
details, temporary transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable or
nonreimbursable basis or any other type of formal or informal transfer
or reimbursement of personnel or funds on either a temporary or longterm basis.
For an additional amount for security measures for domestic and
foreign Drug Enforcement Administration offices, $5,000,000: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
violent crime reduction programs
For activities authorized by sections 180104 and 190001(b) of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103322), as amended, and section 814 of the Antiterrorism and Effective
Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-132), and for the purchase of
passenger motor vehicles for police-type use, as otherwise authorized in
this title, $220,000,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
construction
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire buildings and sites
by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law (including equipment for

such buildings); conversion and extension of federally-owned buildings;
and preliminary planning and design of projects; $30,806,000, to remain
available until expended.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
administration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration,
naturalization, and alien registration, including not to exceed $50,000
to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be
expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under
the certificate of, the Attorney General; purchase for police type use
(not to exceed 2,691, of which 1,711 are for replacement only), without
regard to the general purchase price limitation
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for the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
acquisition, lease, maintenance and operation of aircraft; and research
related to immigration enforcement; $1,590,159,000 of which not to
exceed $400,000 for research shall remain available until expended; and
of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available for costs
associated with the training program for basic officer training, and
$5,000,000 is for payments or advances arising out of contractual or
reimbursable agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies
while engaged in cooperative activities related to immigration:
Provided, That none of the funds available to the Immigration and
Naturalization Service shall be available to pay any employee overtime
pay in an amount in excess of $30,000 during the calendar year beginning
January 1, 1997: Provided further, That uniforms may be purchased
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall
be used for the continued operation of the San Clemente and Temecula
checkpoints unless the checkpoints are open and traffic is being checked
on a continuous 24-hour basis: Provided further, That the Land
Border <> Fee Pilot Project scheduled to end
September 30, 1996, is extended to September 30, 1999, for projects on
both the northern and southern borders of the United States, except that
no pilot program may implement a universal land border crossing toll:
Provided further, That obligated and unobligated balances available to
``Salaries and Expenses, Community Relations Service'' under section
501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 are transferred
to this account and shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That not to exceed 48 permanent positions and 48 full-time
equivalent workyears and $4,628,000 shall be expended for the Office of
Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided further, That the
latter two aforementioned offices shall not be augmented by personnel
details, temporary transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable or
nonreimbursable basis or any other type of formal or informal transfer
or reimbursement of personnel or funds on either a temporary or longterm basis.

For an additional amount to support the detention and removal of
aliens with ties to terrorist organizations and expand the detention and
removal of illegal aliens and enhance the intelligence of the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, $15,000,000, of which
$10,000,000 shall be for detention and removal of aliens: Provided, That
the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
violent crime reduction programs
For activities authorized by sections 130002, 130005, 130006,
130007, and 190001(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended, and section 813 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104132), $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, which will be
derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which
$66,217,000 shall be for expeditious deportation of denied asylum
applicants, $317,256,000 shall be for improving border controls, and
$116,527,000 shall be for detention
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and deportation proceedings: Provided, That amounts not required for
asylum processing provided under the expeditious deportation of denied
asylum applicants shall also be available for other deportation program
activities.
construction
For planning, construction, renovation, equipping, and maintenance
of buildings and facilities necessary for the administration and
enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and
alien registration, not otherwise provided for, $9,841,000, to remain
available until expended.
Federal Prison System
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, and
maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, including
purchase (not to exceed 836, of which 572 are for replacement only) and
hire of law enforcement and passenger motor vehicles, and for the
provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections related
issues to foreign governments; $2,768,316,000: Provided, That the
Attorney <> General may transfer to the Health
Resources and Services Administration such amounts as may be necessary
for direct expenditures by that Administration for medical relief for
inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: Provided
further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System (FPS), where
necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent/fiscal
intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable to
persons who, on behalf of the FPS, furnish health services to
individuals committed to the custody of the FPS: Provided further, That
uniforms may be purchased without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That not to

exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed
$90,000,000 for the activation of new facilities shall remain available
until September 30, 1998: Provided further, That of the amounts provided
for Contract Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain
available until expended to make payments in advance for grants,
contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses authorized by
section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, as
amended, for the care and security in the United States of Cuban and
Haitian entrants: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 4(d) of
the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 353(d)), FPS may enter into
contracts and other agreements with private entities for periods of not
to exceed 3 years and 7 additional option years for the confinement of
Federal prisoners: Provided further, That the National <> Institute of Corrections hereafter shall be included in
the FPS Salaries and Expenses budget, in the Contract Confinement
program and shall continue to perform its current functions under 18
U.S.C. 4351, et seq., with the exception of its grant program and shall
collect reimbursement for services whenever possible: Provided further,
That any unexpended balances available to the ``National Institute of
Corrections'' account shall be credited to and merged with this
appropriation, to remain available until expended.
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violent crime reduction programs
For substance abuse treatment in Federal prisons as authorized by
section 32001(e) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of
1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended, $25,224,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund.
buildings and facilities
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new
facilities; leasing the Oklahoma City Airport Trust Facility; purchase
and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and equipping of such
facilities for penal and correctional use, including all necessary
expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; and
constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and
facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account;
$395,700,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed
$14,074,000 shall be available to construct areas for inmate work
programs: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used
for work performed under this appropriation: Provided further, That not
to exceed 10 percent of the funds appropriated to ``Buildings and
Facilities'' in this Act or any other Act may be transferred to
``Salaries and Expenses'', Federal Prison System, upon notification by
the Attorney General to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate in compliance with provisions set forth
in section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $36,570,000 shall be available for the
renovation and construction of United States Marshals Service prisonerholding facilities.

federal prison industries, incorporated
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing
authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make such
contracts and commitments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be
necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the
current fiscal year for such corporation, including purchase of (not to
exceed five for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.
limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries,
incorporated
Not to exceed $3,042,000 of the funds of the corporation shall be
available for its administrative expenses, and for services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be computed on an accrual basis to be
determined in accordance with the corporation's current prescribed
accounting system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation,
payment of claims, and expenditures which the said accounting system
requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or
produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in
connection with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance,
improvement, protection, or
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disposition of facilities and other property belonging to the
corporation or in which it has an interest.
Office of Justice Programs
justice assistance
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, as amended, and the Missing Children's Assistance
Act, as amended, including salaries and expenses in connection
therewith, and with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended,
$101,429,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by
section 1001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act, as amended by Public Law 102-534 (106 Stat. 3524).
For an additional amount, $17,000,000, to remain available until
expended; of which $5,000,000 shall be for Local Firefighter and
Emergency Services Training Grants as authorized by section 819 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (``the
Antiterrorism Act''); of which $10,000,000 shall be for development of
counterterrorism technologies to help State and local law enforcement
combat terrorism, as authorized by section 821 of the Antiterrorism Act;
of which $2,000,000 shall be for specialized multi-agency response
training: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount not previously designated by
the President as an emergency requirement shall be available only to the
extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar amount that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency

requirement, as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted to Congress.
state and local law enforcement assistance
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance authorized by part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, for State and Local Narcotics
Control and Justice Assistance Improvements, notwithstanding the
provisions of section 511 of said Act, $361,000,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of title I of said Act, as
amended by Public Law 102-534 (106 Stat. 3524), of which $60,000,000
shall be available to carry out the provisions of chapter A of subpart 2
of part E of title I of said Act, for discretionary grants under the
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
Programs.
violent crime reduction programs, state and local law enforcement
assistance
For assistance (including amounts for administrative costs for
management and administration, which amounts shall be transferred to and
merged with the ``Justice Assistance'' account) authorized by the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103322), as amended (``the 1994 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, as amended (``the 1968 Act''); and the Victims of
Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended
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(``the 1990 Act''); $2,036,150,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund; of
which $523,000,000 shall be for Local Law Enforcement Block Grants,
pursuant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House of Representatives on
February 14, 1995, except that for purposes of this Act, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be considered a ``unit of local
government'' as well as a ``State'', for the purposes set forth in
paragraphs (A), (B), (D), (F), and (I) of section 101(a)(2) of H.R. 728
and for establishing crime prevention programs involving cooperation
between community residents and law enforcement personnel in order to
control, detect, or investigate crime or the prosecution of criminals:
Provided, That no funds provided under this heading may be used as
matching funds for any other Federal grant program: Provided further,
That $20,000,000 of this amount shall be for Boys and Girls Clubs in
public housing facilities and other areas in cooperation with State and
local law enforcement: Provided further, That funds may also be used to
defray the costs of indemnification insurance for law enforcement
officers; of which $50,000,000 shall be for grants to upgrade criminal
records, as authorized by section 106(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence
Prevention Act of 1993, as amended, and section 4(b) of the National
Child Protection Act of 1993; of which $199,000,000 shall be available
as authorized by section 1001 of title I of the 1968 Act, to carry out
the provisions of subpart 1, part E of title I of the 1968 Act,
notwithstanding section 511 of said Act, for the Edward Byrne Memorial
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs; of which
$330,000,000 shall be for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program,
as authorized by section 242(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,

as amended; of which $670,000,000 shall be for Violent Offender
Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants pursuant to
subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act, of which $170,000,000 shall be
available for payments to States for incarceration of criminal aliens,
and of which $12,500,000 shall be available for the Cooperative
Agreement Program: Provided further, That funds made available for
Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants
to the State of California may, at the discretion of the recipient, be
used for payments for the incarceration of criminal aliens: Provided
further, That <> beginning in fiscal year
1999, and thereafter, no funds shall be available to make grants to a
State pursuant to section 20103 or section 20104 of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 unless no later than September
1, 1998, such State has implemented a program of controlled substance
testing and intervention for appropriate categories of convicted
offenders during periods of incarceration and criminal justice
supervision, with sanctions including denial or revocation of release
for positive controlled substance tests, consistent with guidelines
issued by the Attorney General; of which $6,000,000 shall be for the
Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, as authorized by section 218
of the 1990 Act; of which $1,000,000 shall be for Child Abuse Training
Programs for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners, as authorized by
section 224 of the 1990 Act; of which $145,000,000 shall be for Grants
to Combat Violence Against Women, to States, units of local government,
and Indian tribal governments, as authorized by section 1001(a)(18) of
the 1968 Act; of which $33,000,000 shall be for Grants to Encourage
Arrest Policies to States, units of local