UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the United States Customs Service, including purchase of up to one thousand motor vehicles for replacement only, including nine hundred and ninety for police-type use and commercial operations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $110,000 for official reception and representation expenses, including $100,000 to be available only for the Customs Cooperation Council meeting; and awards of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the United States Customs Service; $1,025,411,000; of which such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space in connection with preclearance operations, and not to exceed $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, for research: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this Act shall be available for administrative expenses to pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in excess of $25,000: Provided further , That the Commissioner or his designee may waive this limitation in 102 STAT. 1724individual cases in order to prevent excessive costs or to meet emergency requirements of the Service: Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this Act may be used for administrative expenses in connection with the proposed redirection of the Equal Employment Opportunity Program: Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this Act shall be available for administrative expenses to reduce the number of Customs Service regions below seven during fiscal year 1989: Provided further, That the United States Customs Service shall hire and maintain an average of not less than 16,739 full-time equivalent positions in fiscal year 1989: Provided further, That all of the additional full-time equivalent positions made available by this Act for the United States Customs Service over the full-time equivalent positions level of 16,099 contained in the President’s budget for fiscal year 1989 shall be allocated only for commercial operations of the Customs Service in fiscal year 1989: Provided further, That none of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to fund more than nine hundred positions in the Headquarters staff of the United States Customs Service in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989: Provided further, That no funds appropriated by this Act may be used to reduce to single eight hour shifts at airports and that all current services as provided by the Customs Service shall continue through September 30, 1989: Provided further, That not less than $300,000 shall be expended for additional part-time and temporary positions in the Honolulu Customs District. Operation and Maintenance, Air Interdiction Program For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the hire, lease, acquisition (transfer or acquisition from any other agency), operation and maintenance of aircraft, and other related equipment of the Air Program; $142,262,000, to remain available until ex-pended: Provided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, shall be transferred to any other Federal agency, Department, or office outside of the Department of the Treasury during fiscal year 1989. Customs Forfeiture Fund (limitation on availability of deposits) For necessary expenses of the Customs Forfeiture Fund, not to exceed $10,000,000, as authorized by Public Law 98–573, to be derived from deposits in the Fund. Customs Services at Small Airports (to be derived from fees collected) Such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed $1,588,000, for expenses for the provision of Customs services at certain small airports designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, including expenditures for the salaries and expenses of individuals employed to provide such services, to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98–573 for each of these airports, and to remain available until expended.