DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maritime Administration operating-differential subsidies (liquidation of contract authority) For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential subsidies as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, $261,200,000, to remain available until expended. operations and training For necessary expenses of operations and training activities authorized by law, $69,000,000, to remain available until expended, and in addition $1,100,000 shall be derived from unobligated balances of “Ship Construction”: Provided, That reimbursements may be made to this appropriation from receipts to the “Federal Ship Financing Fund” for administrative expenses in support of that program in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated: Provided further, That the unexpended balances of the appropriation “Research and Development” shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation. ready reserve force For necessary expenses to acquire and maintain a surge shipping capability in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in an advanced state of readiness and related programs, $225,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That reimbursement may be made to the Operations and Training appropriation for expenses related to this program. 104 STAT. 2134 administrative provisions—maritime administration Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control of the Maritime Administration, and payments received therefor shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appropriation Act, and all receipts which otherwise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Advisory Commission on Conferences in Ocean Shipping salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Advisory Commission on Conferences in Ocean Shipping, including services as authorized by section 18(d) of Public Law 98–237, $500,000, to remain available until expended. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency arms control and disarmament activities For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for arms control and disarmament activities, including not to exceed $75,000 for official reception and representation expenses, authorized by the Act of September 26, 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2551 et seq.), $37,040,000. Board for International Broadcasting grants and expenses For expenses of the Board for International Broadcasting, including grants to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Incorporated as authorized by the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2871–2883), $197,750,000 of which not to exceed $52,000 may be made available for official reception and representation expenses as authorized by section 304(a)(8) of the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973, as amended. Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission grants and expenses For the necessary expenses of the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission as authorized by Public Law 98–375, $214,000, to remain available until December 31, 1993 as au-104 STAT. 2135thorized by section 11(b) of said Act, as amended by section 8 of Public Law 100–94. Commission on Agricultural Workers grants and expenses For necessary expenses of the Commission on Agricultural Workers as authorized by section 304 of Public Law 99–603 (100 Stat. 3431–3434), $1,457,000, to remain available until expended. Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution as authorized by Public Law 98–101 (97 Stat. 719–723), $14,973,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That in carrying out the purposes of this Act, the Commission is authorized to enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as directed by the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (92 Stat. 3; 31 U.S.C. 6301): Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, $4,699,000 is for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 99–194, including $3,299,000 for implementation of the National Bicentennial Competition on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and $1,400,000 for educational programs about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights below the university level as authorized by such Act. Commission on Civil Rights salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $7,075,000, of which $2,000,000 is for regional offices and $700,000 is for civil rights monitoring activities authorized by section 5 of Public Law 98–183: Provided, That not to exceed $20,000 may be used to employ consultants: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the exception of the Chairman who is permitted 125 billable days. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad salaries and expenses For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $200,000 as authorized by Public Law 99–83, section 1303. 104 STAT. 2136 Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94–304, $991,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7. Competitiveness Policy Council salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Competitiveness Policy Council as authorized by Sec. 5209 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, $750,000, to remain available until expended. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d) and 621–634), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); not to exceed $25,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for services to the Commission pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as amended, and sections 6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; $198,300,000. Federal Communications Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allowances there-for, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–02); not to exceed $300,000 for land and structures; not to exceed $300,000 for improvement and care of grounds and repair to buildings; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase (not to exceed fourteen) and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $115,794,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 of the forgoing amount shall remain available until September 30, 1992, for research and policy studies: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to repeal, to retroactively apply changes in, or to continue a reexamination of, the policies of the Federal Communications Commission with respect to comparative licensing, distress sales and tax certificates granted under 26 U.S.C. 1071, to expand minority and women ownership of broadcasting licenses, including those established in the Statement of Policy on Minority Ownership of Broadcasting Facilities, 68 F.C.C. 2d 979 and 69 F.C.C. 2d 1591, as amended 52 R.R. 2d 1313 (1982) and Mid-Florida Television Corp., 69 F.C.C. 2d 607 (Rev. Bd. 1978), which were effective prior to September 12, 1986, other than to close MM Docket No. 86–484 with a reinstatement of prior policy and a lifting of suspension of any sales, licenses, applications, or proceedings, which were suspended pending the conclusion 104 STAT. 2137of the inquiry: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to the Federal Communications Commission by this Act may be used to diminish the number of VHF channel assignments reserved for noncommercial educational television stations in the Television Table of Assignments (section 73.606 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations): Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to repeal, to retroactively apply changes in, or to begin or continue a reexamination of the rules and the policies established to administer such rules of the Federal Communications Commission as set forth at section 73.3555(c) of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Federal Maritime Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–02; $15,894,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. Federal Trade Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses; $74,095,000 of which an estimated $20,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a)) so as to result in a final fiscal year 1991 appropriation of $54,095,000: Provided, That $74,095,000 shall be apportioned and shall be construed as being available for obligation without regard to 31 U.S.C. 1341: Provided further, That fees made available to the Federal Trade Commission shall remain available until expended but that any fees received in excess of $20,000,000 shall not be available for obligation in fiscal year 1991: Provided further, That the funds appropriated in this paragraph are subject to the limitations and provisions of sections 10(a) and 10(c) (notwithstanding sections 10(e), 11(b), 18, and 20 of the Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–252; 94 Stat. 374)). International Trade Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $40,299,000. 104 STAT. 2138 Japan-United States Friendship Commission japan-united states friendship trust fund For expenses of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission as authorized by Public Law 94–118, as amended, from the interest earned on the Japan-United States Friendship Trust Fund, $1,250,000; and an amount of Japanese currency not to exceed the equivalent of $1,544,000 based on exchange rates at the time of payment of such amounts as authorized by Public Law 94–118. Legal Services Corporation payment to the legal services corporation For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, as amended, $327,186,000 of which $280,314,000 is for basic field programs, $7,445,000 is for the Native American programs, $10,282,000 is for migrant programs, $1,166,000 is for the law school clinics, $1,060,000 is for supplemental field programs, $662,000 is for regional training centers, $7,663,000 is for national support, $8,315,000 is for State support, $917,000 is for the Clearinghouse, $541,000 is for computer assisted legal research regional centers, and $8,821,000 is for Corporation management and administration. Marine Mammal Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, as amended, $1,153,000. Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, as authorized by Public Law 98–399, as amended, $300,000. Office of the United States Trade Representative salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $20,000,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $89,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. Securities and Exchange Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange Commission including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 104 STAT. 2139exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $157,485,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used toward funding a permanent secretariat for the International Organization of Securities Commissions and, for 1991 only, not to exceed $100,000 shall be available to host a conference of the International Organizations of Securities Commissions, such sum to cover related translation, printing, facility and other necessary logistic and administrative expenses: Provided, That immediately upon enactment of this Act, the rate of fees under section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)) shall increase from one-fiftieth of 1 per centum to one-fortieth of 1 per centum and such increase shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to this appropriation to recover costs of services of the securities registration process: Provided further, That such fees shall remain available until expended. Small Business Administration salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 100–590, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $274,753,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be made available for a grant to St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, for a regional center for rural economic development, of which $100,000 shall be made available for a grant to the School of Forestry of the University of Montana for a planning study for locating a Value-Added Wood Products Development, Marketing and Small Business Assistance Research Laboratory at the University of Montana, of which $200,000 shall be made available for a grant to Central Arkansas University to establish a national communications and data center for the Small Business Institute program, of which $1,500,000 shall be made available for a grant to the University of Kentucky’s Somerset Community College for a regional center for rural economic development with a special emphasis on small business, of which $1,500,000 shall be made available for a grant to the West Philadelphia Economic Development Corporation for a national demonstration project for community economic development and small business assistance, of which $500,000 shall be made available for a Center for Manufacturing Productivity at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, of which $1,200,000 is for the Small Business Development Center Technical Assistance Program, of which $15,000,000 shall be made available to implement section 24 of the Small Business Act, as amended, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available to implement section 25 of the Small Business Act, as amended, and of which $55,750,000 is for grants for performance in fiscal year 1991 or fiscal year 1992 for Small Business Development Centers as authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act, as amended: Provided, That not more than $350,000 of this amount shall be available to pay the expenses of the National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board and to reimburse centers for participating in evaluations as provided in section 20(a) of such Act, and to maintain a clearinghouse as provided in section 21(g)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or made available by 104 STAT. 2140this Act to the Small Business Administration shall be used to adopt, implement, or enforce any rule or regulation with respect to the Small Business Development Center program authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 648), nor may any of such funds be used to impose any restrictions, conditions or limitations on such program whether by standard operating procedure, audit guidelines or otherwise, unless such restrictions, conditions or limitations were in effect on October 1, 1987: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated for the Small Business Administration under this Act may be used to impose any new or increased loan guaranty fee or debenture guaranty fee: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated for the Small Business Administration under this Act may be used to impose any new or increased user fee or management assistance fee. In addition, nothing herein shall preclude the Small Business Administration from preparing or formulating, but not publishing in the Federal Register, proposed rules, nor shall anything herein apply to uniform common rules applicable to multiple Federal departments and agencies, including the Small Business Administration; nor may any of the funds provided in this paragraph restrict in any way the right of association of participants in such program.