*Public Law 104–208 104th Congress An Act

1 110 STAT. 3009 public LAW 104 208 SEPT. 30, 1996*Note: This is a typeset print of the original hand enrollment as signed by the President onSeptember 30, 1996. The text is printed without corrections. Missing text in the original isindicated by a footnote.* public Law 104 208104th CongressAn ActMaking omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September30, 1997, and for other it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United States of America in Congress assembled,DIVISION AThat the following sums are appropriated, out of any money inthe Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the several depart-ments, agencies, corporations and other organizational units of theGovernment for the fiscal year 1997, and for other purposes, namely:TITLE I OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONSSec. 101. (a) For programs, projects or activities in the Depart-ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and RelatedAgencies Appropriations Act, 1997, provided as follows, to be effec-tive as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriationsAct:AN ACTM aking appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, theJudiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, andfor other I DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEGENERALADMINISTRATIONSALARIES AND EXPENSESFor expenses necessary for the administration of the Depart-ment of Justice, $75,773,000 of which not to exceed $3,317,000is for the Facilities Program 2000, to remain available untilexpended.

2 Provided, That not to exceed 43 permanent positionsand 44 full-time equivalent workyears and $7,477,000 shall beexpended for the Department Leadership Program exclusive of aug-mentation that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 1996: Providedfurther, That not to exceed 41 permanent positions and 48 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,660,000 shall be expended forthe Offices of Legislative Affairs and public Affairs:Department ofJusticeAppropriationsAct, ofCommerce,Justice, andState, theJudiciary, andRelated AgenciesAppropriationsAct, , 30, 1996[ 3610]110 STAT. 3009 1 public LAW 104 208 SEPT. 30, 1996 Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shallnot be augmented by personnel details, temporary transfers ofpersonnel on either a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis orany other type of formal or informal transfer or reimbursementof personnel or funds on either a temporary or long-term an additional amount, for enhancements for the Officeof Intelligence Policy and Review and security measures, $3,600,000.

3 Of which $2,170,000 is for security enhancements: Provided, Thatthe entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergencyrequirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the BalancedBudget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as FUNDFor necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney General,$9,450,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse anyDepartment of Justice organization for (1) the costs incurred inreestablishing the operational capability of an office or facility whichhas been damaged or destroyed as a result of the bombing ofthe Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City or anydomestic or international terrorist incident, (2) the costs of providingsupport to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or inter-national terrorism, including payment of rewards in connectionwith these activities, and (3) the costs of conducting a terrorismthreat assessment of Federal agencies and their facilities.

4 Provided,That funds provided under this heading shall be available onlyafter the Attorney General notifies the Committees on Appropria-tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in accordancewith section 605 of this an additional amount for necessary expenses, as determinedby the Attorney General, $20,000,000, to remain available untilexpended, to reimburse any Department of Justice organizationfor (1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the operational capabilityof an office or facility which has been damaged or destroyed asa result of any domestic or international terrorist incident, or (2)the costs of providing support to counter, investigate or prosecutedomestic or international terrorism, including payment of rewardsin connection with these activities: Provided, That the entireamount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirementpursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget andEmergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as REVIEW AND APPEALSFor expenses necessary for the administration of pardon andclemency petitions and immigration related activities, $62,000, an additional amount for security measures for the Execu-tive Office of Immigration Review, $1,000,000: Provided, That theentire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency require-ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budgetand Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW ANDAPPEALSFor activities authorized by section 130005 of the Violent CrimeControl and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( public Law 103 322),110 STAT.

5 3009 2 public LAW 104 208 SEPT. 30, 1996as amended, $48,000,000, to remain available until expended, whichshall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust OF INSPECTOR GENERALFor necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General incarrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,as amended, $31,960,000; including not to exceed $10,000 to meetunforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expendedunder the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under thecertificate of, the Attorney General; and for the acquisition, lease,maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles, without regard tothe general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal AND EXPENSESFor necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commissionas authorized by law, $4,845, AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIESFor expenses, necessary for the legal activities of the Depart-ment of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed$20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended underthe direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificateof, the Attorney General; and rent of private or Government-ownedspace in the District of Columbia; 420,793,000.

6 Of which not toexceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remainavailable until expended: Provided, That of the funds availablein this appropriation, not to exceed $17,525,000 shall remain avail-able until expended for office automation systems for the legaldivisions covered by this appropriation, and for the United StatesAttorneys, the Antitrust Division, and offices funded through Sala-ries and Expenses , General Administration: Provided further, Thatof the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall beavailable to the United States National Central Bureau,INTERPOL, for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-vided further, That notwithstanding 31 1342, the AttorneyGeneral may accept on behalf of the United States, and creditto this appropriation, gifts of money, personal property and services,for the purposes of hosting the International Criminal PoliceOrganization s (INTERPOL) American Regional Conference in theUnited States during fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That notto exceed 8 permanent positions and 10 full-time equivalentworkyears and $987,000 shall be expended for the Office of Legisla-tive Affairs and public Affairs.

7 Provided further, That the lattertwo aforementioned offices shall not be augmented by personneldetails, temporary transfers of personnel on either a reimbursableor nonreimbursable basis or any other type of formal or informaltransfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on either a tem-porary or long-term addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Departmentof Justice associated with processing cases under the NationalChildhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 as amended, not to exceed110 STAT. 3009 3 public LAW 104 208 SEPT. 30, 1996$4,028,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensa-tion Trust an additional amount for expenses of the Criminal Divisionrelating to terrorism, $1,719,000: Provided, That the entire amountis designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuantto section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and EmergencyDeficit Control Act of 1985, as CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIESFor the expeditious deportation of denied asylum applicants,as authorized by section 130005 of the Violent Crime Control andLaw Enforcement Act of 1994 ( public Law 103 322), as amended,$7,750,000, to remain available until expended, which shall bederived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISIONFor expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust andkindred laws, $76,447,000.

8 Provided, That notwithstanding anyother provision of law, not to exceed $58,905,000 of offsetting collec-tions derived from fees collected for premerger notification filingsunder the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976(15 18(a)) shall be retained and used for necessary expensesin this appropriation, and shall remain available until expended:Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the Gen-eral Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are receivedduring fiscal year 1997, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1997appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not more than$17,542,000: Provided further, That any fees received in excessof $58,905,000 in fiscal year 1997, shall remain available untilexpended, but shall not be available for obligation until October1, AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYSFor necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Attor-neys, including intergovernmental agreements, $923,340,000.

9 Ofwhich not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available until September30, 1998, for the purposes of (1) providing training of personnelof the Department of Justice in debt collection, (2) providing servicesto the Department of Justice related to locating debtors and theirproperty, such as title searches, debtor skiptracing, asset searches,credit reports and other investigations, (3) paying the costs ofthe Department of Justice for the sale of property not coveredby the sale proceeds, such as auctioneers fees and expenses, mainte-nance and protection of property and businesses, advertising andtitle search and surveying costs, and (4) paying the costs of process-ing 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 representationexpenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of thosefunds available for automated litigation support contracts shallremain available until expended: Provided further, That $1,900,000for supervision of the International Brotherhood of Teamstersnational election, shall remain available until expended: Providedfurther, That in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalentworkyears available to the Office of the United States Attorneys,110 STAT.

10 3009 4 public LAW 104 208 SEPT. 30, 1996not to exceed 8,652 positions and 8,936 full-time equivalentworkyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated in thisAct for the United States an additional amount for expenses relating to terrorismand security needs, $10,900,000: Provided, That the entire amountis designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuantto section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and EmergencyDeficit Control Act of 1985, as CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYSFor activities authorized by sections 40114, 130005, 190001(b),190001(d) and 250005 of the Violent Crime Control and LawEnforcement Act of 1994 ( public Law 103 322), as amended, andsection 815 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Actof 1996 ( public Law 104 132), $43,876,000, to remain availableuntil expended, which shall be derived from the Violent CrimeReduction Trust Fund, of which $28,602,000 shall be availableto help meet the increased demands for litigation and related activi-ties, $4,641,000 for Southwest Border Control, $1,000,000 for Fed-eral victim counselors, and $9,633,000 for expeditious deportationof denied asylum STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUNDFor necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program,as authorized by 28 589a(a), $107,950,000, to remain avail-able until expended and to be derived from the United StatesTrustee System Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding any otherprovision of law, deposits to the Fund shall be available in suchamounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors.