Legal Activities

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 the Attorney General and accounted for solely on his certificate; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the District of Columbia; $395,500,000; and of which not to exceed $6,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain available until September 30, 1994: Provided, That of the funds available in this appropriation, not to exceed $35,213,000 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, gifts of money, personal property and services, for the purpose of hosting the International Criminal Police Organization’s (INTERPOL) American Regional Conference in the United States during fiscal year 1993. In addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, for fiscal year 1993 and thereafter, the Attorney General shall establish and collect fees to recover necessary expenses of the Registration Unit (to include salaries, supplies, equipment and training) pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and shall credit such fees to this appropriation, to remain available until expended. 106 STAT. 1832 In addition, for expenses of the Department of Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $2,000,000 to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. salaries and expenses, antitrust division For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws, $61,526,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $16,900,000 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 shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 1993, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1993 appropriation estimated at not more than $44,626,000: Provided further, That any fees received in excess of $16,900,000 in fiscal year 1993 shall remain available until expended, but shall not be available for obligation until fiscal year 1994. salaries and expenses, united states attorneys For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Attorneys; and for intergovernmental agreements including the relocation of the Legal Education program, as provided for in Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 786), where legal education training shall be provided to Federal and non-Federal personnel; $768,300,000, of which not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 1994 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 September 30, 1994: Provided further, That (1) not to exceed $22,400,000 of funds made available to this appropriation to carry out the relocation of the Legal Education program provided for in Public Law 102–140 shall remain available until expended, and (2) funds previously appropriated for this purpose shall be available under authorities provided by this Act: Provided further, That the Pilot Debt Collection Project authorized in Public Law 99–578 is hereby extended through September 30, 1993. united states trustee system fund For the necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, $57,221,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived from the Fund, for activities authorized by section 115 106 STAT. 1833of the Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–554): Provided, That deposits to the Fund are available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors. 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, $898,000. 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 police-type use without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; $333,300,000, of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. support of united states prisoners For support of 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; $234,125,000, to remain available until expended; of which not to exceed $7,417,000 shall be available under the Cooperative Agreement Program: Provided, That, unless a notification as required under section 606 of this Act is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate, none of the funds in this Act for the Cooperative Agreement Program shall be available for a cooperative agreement with a State or local government for the housing of Federal prisoners and detainees when the cost per bed space for such cooperative agreement exceeds $50,000, and in addition, any cooperative agreement with a cost per bed space that exceeds $25,000 must remain in effect for no less than 15 years. 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, $81,010,000, to remain available until expended; of which not to exceed $4,750,000 may be made available for planning, construction, renovation, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of buildings and the purchase of equipment incident thereto for protected witness safesites; and 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. 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, $26,106,000, of which not to exceed $18, 198,000 shall remain available until expended to make payments in advance for grants, contracts and 106 STAT. 1834reimbursable agreements and other expenses necessary under section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–422; 94 Stat. 1809) for the processing, care, maintenance, security, transportation and reception and placement in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Provided, That notwithstanding section 501(e)(2)(B) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–422; 94 Stat. 1810), funds may be expended for assistance with respect to Cuban and Haitian entrants as authorized under section 501(c) of such Act: Provided further, That to expedite the outplacement of eligible Mariel Cubans or other aliens from Bureau of Prisons or Immigration and Naturalization Service operated or contracted facilities into Community Relations Service contracted hospital and halfway house facilities, the Attorney General may direct reimbursements to the Cuban Haitian Entrant Program from “Federal Prison System, Salaries and Expenses” or “Immigration and Naturalization Service, Salaries and Expenses”: Provided further, That if such reimbursements described above exceed $500,000, they shall only be made after notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with section 606 of this Act. assets forfeiture fund For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1) (A)(ii), (B), (C), (F), and (G), as amended, $93,000,000 to be derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.