General Provisions—Department of Justice

General Provisions—Department of Justice Sec. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a total of not to exceed $45,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney General for official reception and representation expenses in accordance with distributions, procedures, and regulations established by the Attorney General. Sec. 102. Subject to subsection (b) of section 102 of the Department of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993, authorities contained in Public Law 96–132, “The Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980”, shall remain in effect until the termination date of this Act or until the effective date of a Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, whichever is earlier. Sec. 103. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. Sec. 104. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section 108 STAT. 1735 in any way diminishes the effect of section 103 intended to address the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons. Sec. 105. Pursuant to the provisions of law set forth in 18 U.S.C. 3071–3077, not to exceed $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall be available for rewards to individuals who furnish information regarding acts of terrorism against a United States person or property. Sec. 106. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That this section shall not apply to any appropriation made available in title I of this Act under the heading, ”Office of Justice Programs, Justice Assistance”: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 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. Sec. 107. In fiscal year 1995, amounts in the Federal Prison System’s Commissary Fund, Federal Prisons, which are not currently needed for operations, shall be kept on deposit or invested in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States and all earnings on such investments shall be deposited in the Commissary Fund. Sec. 108. (a) Of the budgetary resources available to the Department of Justice during fiscal year 1995, $23,830,000 are permanently canceled. (b) The Attorney General shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources canceled among the Department’s accounts available for procurement and procurement-related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procurement-related expenses in each such account shall be reduced by the amount allocated to such account. (c) For the purposes of this section, the definition of “procurement” includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or services, beginning with the process of determining a need for a product or services and ending with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2). Sec. 109. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 or any other law, in litigation involving unusually high costs, the Department of Justice may receive and retain reimbursement for salaries and expenses, for fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, from any other governmental component being represented in the litigation. Sec. 110. Paragraph 524(c)(9) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding subparagraph (E), as follows: “(E) Subject to the notification procedures contained in section 605 of Public Law 103–121, and after satisfying the transfer requirement in subparagraph (B) above, any excess unobligated balance remaining in the Fund on September 30, 1994 shall be available to the Attorney General, without fiscal year limitation, for any Federal law enforcement, litigative/prosecutive, and correctional activities, or any other authorized purpose of the Department of Justice. Any amounts provided pursuant to this section may be used under authorities available to the organization receiving the funds.”. 108 STAT. 1736 Sec. 111. Public Law 103–121 (107 Stat. 1161) is amended by inserting the words “and California” after the phrase “for projects on the northern border of the United States”. Sec. 112. Section 1404(a)(5)(B) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603(a)(5)(B)) is amended by striking “1994” and inserting “1995”. Sec. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (a) No transfers may be made from Department of Justice accounts other than those authorized in this Act, or in previous or subsequent appropriations Acts for the Department of Justice, or in part II of title 28 of the United States Code, or in section 10601 of title 42 of the United States Code. (b) No appropriation account within the Department of Justice shall have its allocation of funds controlled by other than an apportionment issued by the Office of Management and Budget or an allotment advice issued by the Department of Justice. Sec. 114. Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress that the President of the United States and the President-elect of Mexico should meet as soon as possible following the August elections in Mexico to discuss bilateral issues of mutual concern with the objective of deepening and strengthening the ties between the two neighbors, with emphasis on cooperation to establish equitable and effective regulation of the flow of citizens across the border between Mexico and the United States. Sec. 115. (a) In General.— Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual described in subsection (b) may be appointed noncompetitively, under a career or career-conditional appointment, to a position in the competitive service if— (1) the individual meets the qualification requirements prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management for the position to which appointed; (2) the last previous Federal emplo3rment of the individual was as an employee of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and (3) the individual is appointed to such position within two years after separating from the Criminal Justice Information Services Division. (b) Individual Described.— An individual described in this subsection is an individual who— (1) on the date of the enactment of this Act— (A) is an employee of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and (B) is serving in an appointed position (i) to be relocated from Washington, District of Columbia, to Clarksburg, West Virginia, and (ii) that is excepted by law or regulation from the competitive service; and (2) has not relocated with his or her position in the Criminal Justice Information Services Division to Clarksburg, West Virginia. (c) Application.— This section does not apply to an individual serving on the date of the enactment of this Act in an appointed position on a temporary or term basis. (d) This section may be cited as the “Criminal Justice Information Services Placement Assistance Act”.