[Senate Report 110-124]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 259
110th Congress Report
SENATE
1st Session 110-124
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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2008
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June 29, 2007.--Ordered to be printed
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Ms. Mikulski, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1745]
The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1745)
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and
Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, reports
favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.
Total obligational authority, fiscal year 2008
Total of bill as reported to the Senate................. $56,029,430,000
Amount of 2007 appropriations........................... 52,482,417,000
Amount of 2008 budget estimate.......................... 52,849,952,000
Bill as recommended to Senate compared to--
2007 appropriations................................. +3,547,013,000
2008 budget estimate................................ +3,179,478,000
CONTENTS
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Background:
Purpose of the Bill.......................................... 3
Summary of the Bill.......................................... 3
Transparency in Congressional Directives..................... 6
Budgetary Impact of the Bill................................. 10
Title I: Department of Commerce.................................. 11
Title II: Department of Justice.................................. 54
Title III: Science............................................... 100
Title IV:
Related Agencies:
Commission on Civil Rights............................... 123
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.................. 123
International Trade Commission........................... 124
Legal Services Corporation............................... 124
Marine Mammal Commission................................. 125
Office of the United States Trade Representative......... 125
State Justice Institute.................................. 126
Title V: General Provisions...................................... 127
Title VI: Rescissions............................................ 130
Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of
the Sen-
ate............................................................ 132
Compliance With Paragraph 7(c) Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 133
Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 134
Purpose of the Bill
The bill provides funding for: (1) the Department of
Commerce and its bureaus, and administrations: the
International Trade Administration [ITA], the Bureau of
Industry and Security [BIS], the Economic Development
Administration [EDA], the Bureau of the Census, the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration [NTIA], the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [PTO], the National Institute
of Standards and Technology [NIST], and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]; (2) the Department of
Justice; (3) several independent science agencies: Office of
Science and Technology Policy [OSTP], the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration [NASA], the National Science
Foundation [NSF]; and (4) several related commissions and
agencies: the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission [EEOC], the International Trade
Commission [ITC], the Legal Services Corporation [LSC], the
Marine Mammal Commission, the U.S. Trade Representative [USTR],
and the State Justice Institute [SJI].
Summary of the Bill
The Committee recommends total appropriations of
$54,646,000,000 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
science, and related agencies for fiscal year 2008. Of this
amount, $54,418,000,000 is for discretionary programs, which is
$3,179,478,000 above the President's budget request.
Security.--First and foremost, this bill protects our
Nation and our communities from terrorism and violent crime.
Counterterrorism.--The bill funds the Federal Bureau of
Investigation [FBI], our country's domestic counterterrorism
agency. The Committee recommendation fully supports the FBI's
lead role in securing domestic national security by
safeguarding the United States against weapons of mass
destruction, terrorist attacks, and internal espionage.
Accordingly, the recommendation supports initiatives totaling
$132,000,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level to improve
intelligence, including the addition of agents devoted to
counterterrorism efforts. Through the Committee's full support,
agents will be provided with the tools to improve intelligence
driven investigations and enhance human presence in
intelligence gathering.
A key FBI security mission is to prevent the use of weapons
of mass destruction on U.S. soil. The Committee supports this
effort with an increase of $19,000,000 above the fiscal year
2007 level to enhance the Weapons of Mass Destruction
Directorate, providing the FBI with significant resources to
detect, identify, and track individuals that post threats to
the United States. Further, the Committee fully supports the
FBI in its efforts to save potentially millions of lives by
improving its ability to dismantle dirty bombs through its
Render Safe program.
Fighting Violent Crime.--Violent crime is on the rise in
the United States. The FBI's recent Uniform Crime Report
detailed a 1.3 percent increase in violent crime in 2006,
following a 2.3 percent increase in 2005. Nearly every region
of the country, including large, medium-sized, and small
communities, has been affected.
The Committee has been deeply troubled by the President's
budget proposals to reduce Federal resources to fight, and to
help State and local communities fight, violent crime. In the
budget request, the President once again proposed dramatic cuts
to funding for State and local law enforcement. The Committee
rejects this reduction, and instead, recommends a total of
$2,655,100,000 for State and local enforcement, which is
$1,550,000,000 above the President's request. The Committee's
recommendation includes $550,000,000 for Community Oriented
Policing Services [COPS] and $1,400,000,000 for Edward Byrne
grants.
The President's budget also proposed to reduce by 100 the
number of FBI agents who work to combat violent crime. The bill
restores this cut. The Committee also recommends $51,000,000
above the President's budget request to lift the current hiring
freeze on Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] agents and to
bolster DEA's partnerships with State and local law
enforcement. Both of these initiatives are critical to
combating the scourge of illegal drugs in our communities.
Finally, the Committee recommends funds for targeted
investments to help communities fight and prevent crime, combat
gangs and illegal drug activity that destroys communities.
Fighting Crimes Against Children.--The Committee has
provided substantial resources to protect our children from
predators. The recommendation includes $313,000,000 for
Department of Justice efforts to prevent, investigate, and
prosecute crimes against children. This recommendation fully
supports the critical Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety
Act, and includes $8,000,000 above the President's budget
request for new FBI agents dedicated to fighting Internet
crimes against children.
Competitiveness.--This bill makes critical investments in
scientific research and technology to improve America's
competitiveness. The Committee has followed the recommendations
of the National Academy of Sciences ``Rising Above the
Gathering Storm,'' making significant investments in our
science agencies that will pay dividends for our future.
Research.--The Committee recommends funding for research
that will create new products and processes that support job
creation. Specifically, the Committee recommends investing over
$500,000,000 in the National Institute of Standards and
Technology [NIST] for highly leveraged basic research that will
contribute to the development of new innovative products and
processes. The Committee also provides over $5,100,000,000 for
basic research through the National Science Foundation [NSF].
Education.--The ``Rising Above the Gathering Storm'' report
emphasized that the future of U.S. competitiveness rests on our
Nation's ability to train the next generation of scientists and
engineers. For this reason, the Committee has invested over
$850,000,000 in National Science Foundation [NSF] education and
training programs, a $100,000,000 increase above the
President's request. This is a critical investment to ensure
that our Nation leads the world in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics from kindergarten to post graduate
levels.
Investing in an Innovation Friendly Government.--The bill
provides important funding to ensure that we have a Government
that protects our inventions. The Committee recommends the full
budget request of $1,915,500,000 for the Patent and Trademark
Office [PTO] to protect the intellectual property of our
inventors. The Committee has been troubled by the backlog of
patent applications and the time it takes to process them. This
year, the backlog could reach 800,000, and it now takes over 2
years before the PTO will take first action on an application.
The PTO's operations are not keeping pace with innovation.
Processing times are getting worse, labor-management relations
are complicated and difficult, and recruitment and retention
are problematic. The Committee's recommendations include
management reforms to reduce this backlog, including additional
training for patent examiners and adoption of management
reforms.
In addition, the bill provides $13,000,000 above the
President's request for the FBI to enforce intellectual
property laws, $5,000,000 above the President's request for the
International Trade Administration [ITA] to improve enforcement
of our trade agreements, and $3,500,000 above the President's
request for the United States Trade Representative [USTR] to
ensure greater intellectual property protections in negotiating
our trade agreements.
Investing in a Healthy Planet Earth.--The Committee's
recommendations include approximately $3,000,000,000 to provide
the research and technology development that is critical to our
understanding and prediction of changes in the Earth's climate
and oceans. This information also provides a foundation upon
which policy makers can base their decisions on pressing issues
such as global climate change and energy policy.
Climate Change.--The Committee is extremely concerned that
the President's budget request does not address the looming
loss of earth observations from satellites. Several satellites
that provide critical climate and weather information are on
borrowed time, but the budget request does not include plans
for continuity of this important data. Furthermore, the recent
National Research Council decadal survey ``Earth Science and
Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to
Serve the Nation'' detailed 17 critical missions necessary to
study climate, weather, and other aspects of our planet to
provide warning and predictions. The Committee has recommended
significant funds above the President's budget request to
address these critical needs, for example: $25,000,000 for
studies to initiate the decadal survey missions; and
$35,000,000 above the President's request to restore critical
climate and Earth observation sensors on satellites in
development.
Oceans.--Oceans contribute an estimated $120,000,000,000 to
our economy each year and support over 2 million jobs.
Investments to protect and understand our oceans provide
enormous value to our taxpayers. Accordingly, the Committee
recommends nearly $800,000,000 to implement the recommendations
for the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative's recent report
``From Sea to Shining Sea,'' which recommended robust funding
for ocean research, education, observation, and exploration.
Finally, the Committee recommends the creation an Associate
Director for Earth Science and Applications within the Office
of Science and Technology Policy to coordinate all Federal
efforts to better understand and predict changes in the Earth's
climate and oceans.
Accountability and Oversight.--The Committee is extremely
concerned about the persistent pattern of cost overruns and
schedule slippages on major projects and missions carried out
by the agencies within this bill. In addition, recent reports
have exposed a culture within many agencies that exhibits a
lack of accountability and oversight of grant funding.
Therefore, the Committee has recommended two bill-wide
provisions to ensure greater oversight and fiscal
responsibility of taxpayer dollars. First, the bill requires
each agency to notify the Committee immediately upon
identification of program cost overruns greater than 10
percent. Second, a provision requires the Inspectors General of
the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the NASA, and NSF to
conduct reviews of grant and contract funds to ensure funds are
being spent appropriately.
Finally, the Committee intends to work with the Government
Accountability Office [GAO] to begin annual reviews of selected
large scale acquisition and construction projects.
Specifically, the Committee requests that GAO develop a plan
for ongoing reviews of such projects, with reports to the
Committee on a biannual basis. Agencies shall provide access to
all necessary data, as determined by GAO, in order for the
reviews to be completed and provided in a timely manner to the
Committee. The Committee believes that these project status
reports will be very valuable in identifying cost overrun and
schedule slippage problems early, so they can be addressed
immediately.
Transparency in Congressional Directives
On January 18, 2007, the Senate passed S. 1, The
Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, by a
vote of 96-2. While the Committee awaits final action on this
legislation, the chairman and ranking member of the Committee
issued interim requirements to ensure that the goals of S. 1
are in place for the appropriations bills for fiscal year 2008.
The Constitution vests in the Congress the power of the
purse. The Committee believes strongly that Congress should
make the decisions on how to allocate the people's money. In
order to improve transparency and accountability in the process
of approving earmarks (as defined in S. 1) in appropriations
measures, each Committee report includes, for each earmark:
--(1) the name of the Member(s) making the request, and where
appropriate, the President;
--(2) the name and location of the intended recipient or, if
there is no specifically intended recipient, the
intended location of the activity; and
--(3) the purpose of such earmark.
The term ``congressional earmark'' means a provision or
report language included primarily at the request of a Senator,
providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of
discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other
spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant,
loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or
targeted to a specific State, locality or congressional
district, other than through a statutory or administrative,
formula-driven, or competitive award process.
For each earmark, a Member is required to provide a
certification that neither the Member (nor his or her spouse)
has a pecuniary interest in such earmark, consistent with
Senate Rule XXXVII(4). Such certifications are available to the
public at http://appropriations.senate.gov/senators.cfm or go
to appropriations.senate.gov and click on ``Members''.
Reprogrammings, Reorganizations, and Relocations
Section 505 contained in the ``General Provisions'' of
title V provides procedures for the reprogramming of funds. To
reprogram is to change the use of funds from the specific
purposes provided for in the act and the accompanying report
or, in the absence of direction from the Committee on
Appropriations, from the specific purposes provided for in the
administration's budget request. Each title of the bill has
also traditionally included separate provisions that define
permissible transfers of resources between appropriation
accounts. These transfer authority provisions are also pursuant
to section 505, and were initiated in the early 1990's to
provide additional flexibility to the agencies under the
subcommittee's jurisdiction.
The Committee expects each department and agency to closely
follow the reprogramming procedures listed in section 505,
which are similar to provisions that applied in statute during
fiscal year 2006. These procedures apply to funds provided
under this act, or provided under previous appropriations acts
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal
year 2008, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury
available to the agencies funded by this act. Section 505
requires that the Committee on Appropriations be notified by
letter, at least 15 days prior to: Reprogramming of funds,
whether permanent or temporary, in excess of $500,000 or 10
percent, whichever is less, between programs, projects or
activities. This provision is also applicable in cases where
several activities are involved with each receiving less than
$500,000. In addition, the Committee is to be notified of
reprogramming actions which are less than these amounts if such
actions would have the effect of committing the agency to
significant funding requirements in future years; increasing
funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for
which funds have been previously denied or restricted by
Congress; creating new programs, offices, agencies or
commissions or substantially augmenting existing programs,
offices, agencies or commissions; relocating offices or
employees; reorganizing offices, programs, or activities.
The Committee also expects that any items that are subject
to interpretation will be reported. The Committee is concerned
that, in some instances, the departments or agencies funded
within this appropriations act are not adhering to the
Committee's reprogramming guidelines that are clearly set forth
in this report and in section 505 of the accompanying bill. The
Committee expects that each department and agency funded in the
bill will follow these notification policies precisely and will
not reallocate resources or reorganize activities prior to
submitting the required notifications to the Committee.
The reprogramming process is based on comity between the
Appropriations Committee and the executive branch. The
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations
bill provides specific program guidance throughout this report
and tables accompanying the bill. The process is intended to
provide flexibility to meet changing circumstances and
emergency requirements of agencies, if there is agreement
between the executive branch and the Congress that such a
change is warranted. Reprogramming procedures provide a means
to agree on adjustments, if necessary, during a fiscal year,
and to ensure that the Committee is kept apprised of instances
where nonappropriated resources are used to meet program
requirements, such as fee collections and unobligated balances
that were not considered in the development of the
appropriations legislation.
In the absence of comity and respect for the prerogatives
of the Appropriations Committees and Congress in general, the
Committee will have no choice but to include specific program
limitations and details legislatively. Under these
circumstances, programs, projects, and activities become
absolutes and the executive branch shall lose the ability to
propose changes in the use of appropriated funds through the
reprogramming process between programs, projects, and
activities without seeking some form of legislative action.
The Committee expects the executive branch departments to
manage their programs, projects and activities within the
levels appropriated. Reprogramming or transfer requests shall
be submitted only in the case of an unforeseen emergency or
situation that could not have been anticipated when formulating
the budget request for the current fiscal year. Further, the
Committee notes that when a department or agency submits a
reprogramming or transfer request to the Committees on
Appropriations, and does not receive identical responses from
the House and Senate, it is the responsibility of the
department or agency seeking the reprogramming to reconcile the
differences between the two bodies before proceeding. If
reconciliation is not possible, the items in disagreement in
the reprogramming or transfer request shall be considered
unapproved.
Congressional Budget Justifications
The Committee directs that all departments and agencies
funded within this bill shall submit all of their fiscal year
2008 budget justifications concurrently with the official
submission of the administration's budget to Congress. Further,
all departments and agencies with classified programs are
directed to submit their classified budget justification
documents to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, through,
appropriate means at the same time the unclassified budget
justifications are transmitted.
These justifications shall include a sufficient level of
detailed data, exhibits and explanatory statements to support
the appropriations requests, including tables that outline each
agency programs, projects, and activities for fiscal years 2007
and 2008. The Committee directs the chief financial officer of
each department or agency under the subcommittees jurisdiction
to ensure that adequate justification is given to each
increase, decrease, staffing and function change proposed in
the fiscal year 2009 budget, particularly within the
departmental operations and management accounts.
The Committee is concerned that many of the budget
submissions are inadequate and necessitate multiple requests
for additional information. This process is inefficient and
unnecessarily delays access to information that is fundamental
to the work of the Committee. The Committee expects that the
fiscal year 2009 submission will include sufficient detail to
justify all programs, projects and activities contained in each
department, agency or commission budget request. Budget
justifications are prepared not for the use of the agencies,
but are the primary tool of the Committee to evaluate the
resource requirements and proposals requested by the
administration. The Committee expects all departments and
agencies covered under this act to consult with the Committee
on this issue prior to the submission of the fiscal year 2009
budget request and justification materials.
Electronic Government (E-Gov) Initiatives
The administration is seeking funds for various E-Gov
initiatives in the fiscal year 2008 budget requests for the
departments, agencies, and commissions receiving appropriations
in this act. In many cases, the development of information
technology [IT] systems for various E-Gov initiatives,
including the so-called ``lines of business'', is not being
funded in the budget of the managing agency of the initiative.
Instead, these cross-agency E-Gov initiatives are being funded
through ``fee-for-service'' assessments to agencies.
The Committee recommendation provides no funding for E-Gov
activities for fiscal year 2008. If the departments or agencies
determine that funds are necessary for these efforts, the
Committee will consider a reprogramming of existing resources
consistent with sections 505 and 515 of this act.
Noncareer PersonneL Reductions-in-Force
The Committee directs departments or agencies funded in the
accompanying bill that are planning to conduct a reduction-in-
force [RIF] to notify the Committee in writing 30 days in
advance of the date of the proposed personnel action.
Appropriations Liaisons
The Committee prefers to channel the majority of its
inquiries and requests for information and assistance through
the budget offices or comptroller offices of the departments
and agencies which it oversees, but reserves the right to call
upon any individual or organization in any agency under its
jurisdiction.
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
AMENDED
[In millions of dollars]
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Budget authority Outlays
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Committee Amount of Committee Amount of
allocation bill allocation bill
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
to its subcommittees of amounts in the Budget Resolution
for 2008: Subcommittee on Commerce and Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies:
Mandatory............................................... 234 234 225 \1\225
Discretionary........................................... 54,418 54,418 55,246 \1\54,608
Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
2008.................................................... ........... ........... ........... \2\34,399
2009.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 14,323
2010.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 4,171
2011.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 2,017
2012 and future years................................... ........... ........... ........... 1,024
Financial assistance to State and local governments for NA 1,784 NA 192
2008.......................................................
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\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
NA: Not applicable.
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The Committee recommends a total of $7,350,056,000 for the
Department of Commerce [DOC]. The recommendation is
$895,711,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level,
excluding supplemental appropriations, and $754,249,000 above
the budget request.
The Committee recognizes that the Department has highly
diverse and specialized offices, research laboratories, and
applied technology programs, all staffed by extremely dedicated
people. Some of the Nation's top business analysts, technical
engineers and environmental researchers are employed by the
Department.
The Nation relies on DOC to maintain America's
competitiveness within today's foreign markets, and to promote
and expand our international trade agreements. Programs within
the Department continue to protect our businesses' intellectual
property and maintain a high level of technical standards. The
National Institute of Standards and Technology, in particular,
has consistently demonstrated over time the value of advancing
technical innovation while enhancing our economic security.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]
comprises about two-thirds of DOC's budget. It is the steward
of many of our marine resources, forecaster of our weather, and
surveyor of our coasts, among other responsibilities. The
Committee's budget recommendation of $4,214,888,000 supports
many of the Joint Ocean Commission's suggestions on improving
our Nation's ocean community; $405,304,000 above the
Department's budgetary request.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $395,604,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 412,431,000
Committee recommendation................................ 417,431,000
The Committee recommendation provides $417,431,000. The
recommendation is $21,827,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $5,000,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommendations, by function, are displayed
in the following table:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION FUNDING
[In thousands of dollars]
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Amount
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Manufacturing and Services............................. 49,564
Market Access and Compliance........................... 44,960
Import Administration.................................. 66,601
Trade Promotion and U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service 229,702
Executive Direction and Administration................. 26,604
Offsetting Fee Collections............................. (8,000)
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Total............................................ 417,431
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Offsetting Fee Collections.--The Committee recommendation
does not include the proposed increase of $5,000,000 for
offsetting fee collections. The Committee is concerned that
small businesses can be adversely affected by the offsetting
fees that have been collected in the past and encourages ITA to
find ways that ensure all sizes of business can take advantage
of the services provided by ITA.
The Committee recognizes the importance of Import
Administration's [IA] vigorous enforcement of the U.S.
antidumping [AD] and countervailing duty [CVD] laws in
safeguarding U.S. industries and jobs against injurious unfair
foreign trade practices. IA is facing a substantially expanding
workload and recently decided to apply, for the first time, the
CVD law to China, a non-market economy. The Committee includes
bill and report language to require an additional $3,000,000 in
funding be provided to IA to fill vacant AD/CVD case analyst
positions that are currently unfunded. Staffing of these
unfunded positions in the AD/CVD Operations Enforcement Offices
is critical to the Department's ability to conduct AD/CVD
investigations, administrative reviews, sunset reviews, changed
circumstance reviews, and other AD/CVD cases and unfair subsidy
practices in CVD cases as an essential element of the effective
administration of the AD/CVD laws. The Committee recommends
that funding provided herein also be utilized to expand the
size of AD/CVD verification teams and ensure that new analysts
receive on-site training in verification practices and
techniques.
The Committee notes that IA's absorption of $2,000,000 in
fees in recent years has eroded scarce resources that otherwise
would have been expended in conducting investigations and
reviews of AD/CVD cases. The Committee opposes the charging of
fees to U.S. industries filing AD/CVD petitions, and therefore,
believes that IA should not be charged for fees.
The Committee's recommendation includes full funding for
the proposed increase within Market Access and Compliance. This
increase will provide the resources for a robust monitoring
regime and help address market access barriers ensuring that
American companies are treated fairly and equitably in the
global market.
The Committee is aware of the Business Information Service
of the Newly Independent States [BISNIS] program's success in
producing a high level of export and investment results. The
BISNIS program is authorized and encouraged to develop
alternative sources of funding to leverage existing resources.
Funding for this program should be offset via fees, charges,
collections, recoveries and carryover as appropriate and as
consistent with the resources of U.S. small and medium-sized
businesses, acknowledging the difficulty involved in doing
business in Eurasian markets.
Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project.--The Committee continues
to recognize the importance of trade and investment
opportunities to the Appalachian Region, and it is encouraged
by the findings in reports that Appalachian firms could find
significant trade and investment opportunities, particularly in
the energy, hardwood, high technology, and transportation
sectors, in the Republic of Turkey and the surrounding region.
In this regard, the Committee supports the Appalachian-Turkish
Trade Project [ATTP], a project to promote opportunities to
expand trade, encourage business interests, stimulate foreign
studies, and build a lasting and mutually meaningful
relationship between Appalachian States and the Republic of
Turkey, as well as neighboring regions, such as in Greece. The
Committee commends the ARC for its leadership role in helping
to implement the mission of the ATTP. The Committee expects the
ARC to continue to be a prominent ATTP sponsor.
World Trade Organization.--The Committee is aware of the
World Trade Organization [WTO] Appellate Body's January 16,
2003, ruling regarding the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset
Act. The Committee directs the Department of Commerce, in
consultation with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative,
to continue to negotiate within the WTO to seek express
recognition of the existing right of WTO Members to distribute
monies collected from antidumping and countervailing duties.
The agency shall consult with and provide regular reports,
every 60 days, to the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
In addition, the Committee directs that negotiations be
conducted within the WTO consistent with the negotiating
objectives contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107-
210, to maintain strong U.S. trade remedies laws, prevent
overreaching by WTO Panels and the WTO Appellate Body, and
prevent the creation of obligations never negotiated or agreed
to by the United States.
The Committee is aware that ITA reduced fees for export
promotion services and trade missions for 2005 hurricane-
affected companies. In light of the ongoing need to encourage
exporting and assist local businesses with their economic
recovery efforts, the Committee encourages ITA to find ways to
extend these fee reductions through fiscal year 2008 for
companies affected by hurricanes in the gulf region.
In light of the ongoing need to assist small and medium
sized exporters, the Committee directs ITA to hire one
additional full-time International trade Specialist to assist
small and medium sized companies in Louisiana.
Additionally, the Committee directs the Office of Travel
and Tourism Industries, not later than 45 days after enactment
to submit to the House and Senate Committee on Appropriations,
a report detailing how gulf coast tourism recovery in States
impacted by the 2005 hurricanes is progressing and whether
additional appropriations are needed for a gulf coast
international advertising and promotional campaign. The
Committee expects the report to outline international marketing
opportunities for cultural destinations in the gulf region.
Within the funding provided for ITA the following
congressional projects are supported, and the Committee directs
ITA to distribute these funds within 3 months of the enactment
of this bill:
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Purpose Amount Requested by
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National Textile Center (NTC): $13,000,000 Burr, Chambliss,
Funding to continue and Clinton, Dole, Graham,
enhance research currently Kennedy, Kerry, Shelby
conducted at a multi- and Specter
university consortium that
links the textile and fiber-
based materials industry
sector to leading research and
education programs; Clemson,
Auburn, UMass-Dartmouth, GA
Tech, Cornell, NC State, UC
Davis, Philadelphia U.
Novel Polymerics Research: 1,500,000 Shelby
Within the funds provided for
NTC, these funds will examine
this new generation of
advanced polymeric materials
and their best applications to
benefit our commercial
competitiveness in the global
market; Auburn University, AL.
Arkansas World Trade Center: 500,000 Lincoln and Pryor
Funding to support efforts to
develop international trade
initiatives in Northwest
Arkansas; University of
Arkansas.
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Bureau of Industry and Security
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $75,394,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 78,776,000
Committee recommendation................................ 78,776,000
The Committee recommendation provides $78,776,000. The
recommendation is $3,382,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
The Bureau of Industry and Security [BIS] is the principal
agency involved in the development, implementation, and
enforcement of export controls for dual-use technologies. The
Export Enforcement Division detects, prevents, investigates,
and assists in the sanctioning of illegal dual-use exports.
Within the amount provided under this heading, $38,996,000
is for export administration, $34,099,000 is for export
enforcement, and $5,681,000 is for management and policy
coordination. These funds are provided to ensure BIS has the
necessary resources to reduce security threats, ensure
America's technological preeminence, and improve the recruiting
and retention of qualified personnel.
Economic Development Administration
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $280,623,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 202,800,000
Committee recommendation................................ 282,800,000
The Committee recommendation provides $282,800,000. The
recommendation is $2,177,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $80,000,000 above the budget request.
The Economic Development Administration [EDA] provides
grants to local governments and nonprofit agencies for public
works, planning, and other projects designed to facilitate
economic development. Funding amounts for the two
appropriations accounts under this heading are displayed below.
The Committee is concerned about persistent poverty rates
in the gulf coast States impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita of 2005. In light of the need to provide effective Federal
investment in the region which complements existing State
economic development efforts, the Committee expects that the
Department of Commerce, not later than March 31, 2008 shall
report to the Senate Committee on Appropriations detailing
major industry clusters in the hardest hit gulf States before
the storms of 2005, the impact of the storms on these industry
clusters, and recommendations for Federal/State policies to
retain and expand these clusters.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $250,741,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 170,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 250,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $250,000,000. The
recommendation is $741,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and
$80,000,000 above the budget request. The Committee expects EDA
to use all available carryover and prior year recoveries to the
maximum extent possible.
The purpose of Economic Development Assistance Programs
[EDAP] is to stimulate employment and increase incomes in areas
that are characterized by underutilized resources which, if put
to productive use, can contribute to greater national
productivity and balanced national economic growth. The
structural economic problems of various geographic areas,
though having distinct characteristics, are interrelated. Thus,
an effective Federal economic development program must
transcend the conventional conceptions of urban and rural
development by addressing all geographic areas within a
framework of national priorities and resources.
The Committee is befuddled by the administration's request
for the Economic Development Assistance Programs [EDAP]
especially given the ringing endorsement the administration
showed with its fiscal year 2007 proposal. The EDAP is a highly
leveraged program with a successful track record. The program's
2006 performance measures show that the EDAP investments had
attracted over $4,800,000,000 in private sector investment into
distressed communities and over 100,000 jobs had been created
or retained as a result of these investments. Given these facts
the Committee does not agree to the requested reduction and
restores funding for EDAP to the fiscal year 2007 level.
The Committee remains concerned about the negative impacts
of the proposal in the fiscal year 2008 budget request to
eliminate funding by separate accounts for public works,
technical assistance, research and evaluation, and economic
adjustment. By consolidating funding into one new regional
development account, the Committee is concerned that this will
leave gaps in providing much needed assistance to our rural
communities relying on these grants. The Committee once again
rejects this consolidation, and continues funding for economic
development assistance programs as provided in the fiscal year
2006 enacted bill. The Committee recommendation includes
$154,000,000 for public works grants (title I); $27,000,000 for
planning assistance; $8,500,000 for technical assistance;
$500,000 for research and evaluation; $15,000,000 for trade
adjustment assistance; and $45,000,000 for economic adjustment
grants (title IX).
The Committee remains concerned by the manner in which
funds appropriated for EDAP have been distributed to its six
regional offices. The Committee directs that 30 days after the
enactment of this act, all EDAP funds shall be distributed to
the regional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas;
Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; and Seattle, Washington in accordance with the
funding levels for each account listed above and utilizing the
EDA formula. EDA shall notify the Senate Committee on
Appropriations in writing when all grant funds have been
distributed to the regional offices.
The Committee is aware of the exceptionally large
geographic area served by the Hawaii Economic Development
Administration office and increasing demands for services in
the area and recommends continued operation of this field
office to support promising applications for economic
development assistance in Hawaii and the American Pacific.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $29,882,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 32,800,000
Committee recommendation................................ 32,800,000
The Committee recommendation provides $32,800,000. The
recommendation is $2,918,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
The Committee continues to support EDA's regional offices
and reiterates its commitment to continuing the current
operational structure with the six regional offices in Atlanta,
Austin, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, and Seattle. The
Committee's recommendation fully funds the request for the
Salaries and Expenses appropriation which provides adequate
funding to begin filling vacancies within the regional offices.
The Committee directs that vacancies within the regional
offices be filled prior to any vacancies within headquarters.
Minority Business Development Agency
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $29,725,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 28,701,000
Committee recommendation................................ 30,200,000
The Committee recommendation provides $30,200,000. The
recommendation is $475,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $1,499,000 above the budget request. The increase
provides for inflationary adjustments and ensures that funds
will be available for the existing Native American Business
Development Centers.
ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Economic and Statistical Analysis
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $79,751,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 85,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 85,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $85,000,000. The
recommendation is $5,249,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
Economic and Statistical Analysis [ESA] encompasses the
collection, tabulation, and publication of a wide variety of
economic, demographic, and social statistics and provides
support to the Secretary of Commerce and other Government
officials in interpreting the state of the economy and
developing economic policy. The Committee's recommendation
fully funds the Bureau of Economic Analysis [BEA] as this
bureau provides the most timely, relevant, and accurate
economic accounts data to promote a better understanding of the
U.S. economy.
Bureau of the Census
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $893,012,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,230,244,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,248,144,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,248,144,000. The
recommendation is $355,132 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $17,900,000 above the budget request.
The Committee notes that the fiscal year 2008 budget is a
critical year for the Census Bureau as it provides the
foundations upon which a successful decennial census is built.
Accordingly, the amounts provided by the Committee to the
Census Bureau are sufficient for the activities that are
critical to the agency, including its primary function, the
decennial census.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $196,647,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 202,838,000
Committee recommendation................................ 226,238,000
The Committee recommendation provides $226,238,000. The
recommendation is $29,591,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $23,400,000 above the budget request. This
account provides for the salaries and expenses associated with
the statistical programs of the Bureau of the Census, including
measurement of the Nation's economy and the demographic
characteristics of the population. These programs are intended
to provide a broad base of economic, demographic, and social
information used for decision-making by governments, private
organizations, and individuals.
The Committee has provided full funding for the associated
activities in fiscal year 2008 for the 2007 Economic Census and
the Census of Governments. In addition, the Committee's
recommendation provides $5,500,000 towards improved service
sector measurements. Finally, the Committee had been concerned
with the shift away from the proven Survey of Income and
Program Participation [SIPP] towards the unproven and as yet
undeveloped Dynamics of Economic Well-Being [DEWS] and the
associated lack of continuity of poverty measures. The
Committee is aware that the Census Bureau has decided not to
initiate DEWS, but to return to the SIPP. The Committee's
recommendation provides an additional $26,000,000 that when
combined with $15,900,000 in funds from DEWS, provides a level
of funding that will ensure a sample size of 45,000 in 25
States.
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $696,365,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,027,406,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,020,406,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,020,406,000. The
recommendation is $324,041,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $7,000,000 below the budget request.
This account provides for the constitutionally mandated
decennial census and other programs which are cyclical in
nature. Additionally, individual surveys are conducted for
other Federal agencies on a reimbursable basis.
The Committee is fully supportive of the efforts being made
to make the 2010 census both accurate and cost effective. To
the extent possible, funds have been provided to ensure that
current activities related to the 2010 census are able to
continue.
The Committee's recommendation does not include funding for
the American Community Survey [ACS] Methods Panel. The ACS
Methods Panel provides the Bureau with a mechanism for testing
new questionnaire content and methodologies for the ACS. The
Committee is aware that a recent review conducted by the
Government Accountability Office revealed that Census officials
were not able to provide detailed action plans or costs
associated with aspects of this program. The Committee
therefore redirects this funding to higher priority programs
within the Census Bureau.
2010 Decennial Census.--The Committee supports the use of
automation as an essential component of reengineering the
process of counting the Nation's population and believes
employing technology is critical to achieving the goals of
controlling the operational costs and improving accuracy and
completeness. However in an era of rampant identity theft, the
disclosure of Census data could have negative consequences on
decennial participation.
Through the Field Data Collection Automation [FDCA]
program, the Census Bureau will use an automated system to
directly capture information collected during personal
interviews and other field operations, thereby eliminating the
need for paper maps and address lists for the major field data
collection operations. The Committee commends the Census Bureau
for the recent deployment of 1,400 wireless GPS-enabled
handheld computers for enumerators and other field personnel
and establishment of the infrastructure to support operational
activities at the local census offices through out the country.
The Committee is troubled that the Census Bureau recently
reported hundreds of laptop computer and other electronic
devices as being lost, stolen, or missing. While the missing
laptops are unrelated to the FDCA program, the Committee is
concerned that the Census Bureau has not given sufficient
attention to managing the deployment and inventory of thousands
of handheld computers and laptop computers, most of which will
be assigned to temporary employees. Clearly, the Bureau must
implement fundamental inventory controls and adopt other
measures to prevent the loss of computing equipment developed
for the decennial census laptops, including increased employee
accountability and disciplinary action. The Committee directs
the Bureau to submit a report to the Committee no later than 45
days after enactment that details steps taken to ensure that
adequate property controls are in effect for both electronic
devises specifically acquired for the decennial census and for
equipment generally purchased by the Bureau.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $39,790,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 18,581,000
Committee recommendation................................ 48,581,000
The Committee recommendation provides $48,581,000. The
recommendation is $8,791,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $30,000,000 above the budget request.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $18,062,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 18,581,000
Committee recommendation................................ 18,581,000
The Committee recommendation provides $18,581,000. The
recommendation is $519,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
The Committee retains language from previous years allowing
the Secretary of Commerce to collect reimbursements from other
Federal agencies for a portion of the cost of coordination of
spectrum management, analysis, and operations. The NTIA shall
submit a report to the Senate Committee on Appropriations no
later than June 1, 2008, detailing the collection of
reimbursements from other agencies related to spectrum
management, analyses, and research. Should additional funding
be necessary for these critical efforts, the Committee will
consider a reprogramming of existing resources pursuant to
section 505 of this act.
The Committee commends the work of the Institute for
Telecommunication Sciences [ITS] which is the research and
engineering laboratory of NTIA. ITS supports the promotion of
advanced telecommunications and information infrastructure
development in the United States and its Public Safety Division
is an integral part of efforts by NIST's Office of Law
Enforcement Standards to develop interoperability
communications standards for first responders.
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING, AND CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $21,728,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 20,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $20,000,000. The
recommendation is $1,728,000 below the fiscal year 2007 funding
level and $20,000,000 above the budget request. The Public
Telecommunications Facilities Planning and Construction [PTFPC]
program awards competitive grants that help public broadcasting
stations, State and local governments, Indian tribes, and
nonprofit organizations construct facilities to bring
educational and cultural programming to the American public
using broadcasting and nonbroadcasting telecommunications
technologies. The primary focus of the PTFPC program has been
assisting public broadcasters in making the transition from
analog to digital broadcasting.
TECHNOLOGIES OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
Appropriations, 2007....................................................
Budget estimate, 2008...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ $10,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $10,000,000. The
Committee expects NTIA to limit eligibility for this program
while giving preference to State, local and tribal governments
for rural projects promoting broadband deployment in support of
educational, cultural, healthcare, or other social services.
The regional information sharing system [RISS] under the
Department of Justice provides funding for law enforcement
entities which have obtained funding from the TOP Program in
the past. The Committee recommendation excludes law enforcement
entities eligible for the RISS Program from applying for TOP
funds.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,771,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,915,500,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,915,500,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,915,500,000. The
recommendation is $144,500,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and the same as the budget request, to be derived
from offsetting fee collections.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] is
the central hub of an innovation friendly government. Like an
octopus with outstretched tentacles, the USPTO touches every
sector of the economy by administering the patent and trademark
laws of the United States. USPTO examines patent applications,
grants patent protection for qualified inventions, and
disseminates technological information disclosed in patents.
USPTO also examines trademark applications and provides Federal
registration to owners of qualified trademarks. The USPTO is
subject to the policy direction of the Secretary of Commerce,
but the agency has independent control of its budget,
expenditures, personnel, procurement and other administrative
and management functions. Patent laws administered by the USPTO
encourage invention, innovation, and investment. The USPTO
plays a critical role in promoting the continued development of
intellectual property of the Nation. For established companies,
new patents improve competitiveness, increase productivity,
help bring new products and services to market, and create
jobs.
The Committee agrees with the recommendation to extend the
fee increase for USPTO through the end of fiscal year 2008.
Intellectual Property.--In addition to the examining and
issuing of patents and trademarks, USPTO works to promote the
protection of American intellectual property domestically and
internationally. Under the American Inventors Protection Act of
1999 [AIPA] (Public Law 106-113), the USPTO is directed to
advise the President and all Federal agencies on national and
international intellectual property policy issues. The USPTO is
authorized by AIPA to provide guidance, conduct programs and
studies, and otherwise interact with foreign intellectual
property offices and international intergovernmental
organizations on matters involving the protection of
intellectual property.
Patent Pendency and Backlog.--The Committee remains
concerned about the level of patent pendency and the overall
backlog of patents in the system and notes that there is no one
solution to these issues. At the first 2008 budget hearing of
the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Subcommittee,
the USPTO was directed to submit a plan within 45 days
addressing steps PTO will take to improve hiring, retention,
and patent backlog. The Committee appreciates the willingness
of the USPTO and the Secretary of Commerce to produce this plan
and to keep the Committee informed throughout its difficult
clearance process. As a result of this good faith effort, the
Committee will work with the USPTO to the greatest extent
possible to assist it in implementing many of the proposals
contained in the plan. As such the Committee agrees to include
the budget amendment language which allows the USPTO to have
fuller access to fees, including $100,000,000 in fees collected
above original estimates.
USPTO Operations.--As a fee for service agency the USPTO
operates in a business like model. With multiple facets to its
operations, USPTO tries to gain efficiencies wherever it can in
order to keep up with customer demands. The Committee has
provided full access to fees again this year in order to ensure
that the USPTO has the needed resources to make improvements in
its operations. In an effort to identify areas for improvement,
the Committee encourages the USPTO to adopt the principles of
the Baldrige National Quality Program. The Baldrige Program
represents the pinnacle of performance excellence for American
business. By adopting these principles, the USPTO will begin a
self reflective process upon which it examines key aspects of
its organization including: leadership; strategic planning;
customer focus; measurement, analysis, and knowledge
management; human resources; process management; and business
results. The Committee directs the USPTO to work with the
Baldrige Program to begin the process of incorporating these
principles.
A critical element of the Baldrige philosophy is human
resources. Several of the initiatives proposed in the 45 Day
Plan could a have positive impact in this area. The Committee
firmly believes that providing continuous education training
for examiners is a critical element of USPTO's human capital
strategy and has included language in the bill providing a
floor amount for training activities in fiscal year 2008.
Patent Examiners.--The Committee has been concerned with
the poor relations between management and patent examiners and
believes that these relations must be improved if the USPTO is
going to be successful at attracting and retaining examiners.
The Committee encourages the USPTO leadership to have
continuous dialogue with its employees and their
representatives in order to resolve outstanding issues between
the two groups.
The Committee again agrees to provide the Director the
flexibility to reduce patent filing fees in 2008 for documents
filed electronically in accordance with Federal regulation.
Having granted this flexibility, the Committee directs USPTO to
provide a report to the Senate Committee on Appropriations
detailing the cost savings associated with this reduction in
patent filing fees.
Any deviations from the funding distribution provided for
in this act and in its accompanying statement, including
carryover balances, are subject to the standard reprogramming
procedures set forth in section 505 of this act. In addition,
60 days after the date of enactment of this act, the USPTO
shall submit to the Senate Committee on Appropriations a
spending plan for fiscal year 2008. This spending plan shall
incorporate all carryover balances from previous fiscal years,
and describe any changes to the patent or trademark fee
structure.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Technology Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $2,020,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,557,000
Committee recommendation................................................
The Committee recommendation provides no funding for the
Technology Administration. The recommendation is $2,020,000
below the fiscal year 2007 funding level and $1,557,000 below
the budget request.
The Technology Administration has long been an irrelevant
box in the Department of Commerce. The Committee agrees that
this function should be eliminated but denies the budget
request and notes that $1,100,000 of the request was a transfer
to the DOC WCF for other purposes. The Department of Commerce
is directed to place the few remaining employees elsewhere
within the Department.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $676,876,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 640,714,000
Committee recommendation................................ 863,017,000
The Committee recommendation provides $863,017,000. The
recommendation is $186,141,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $222,303,000 above the budget request.
The recommendation provides that up to $12,500,000 may be
transferred from the Scientific and Technical Research and
Services account to the Working Capital Fund, which the
National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST] uses to
purchase equipment for its laboratories.
NIST is one of the oldest Federal labs and has a long
history of assisting with the Nation's industrial development.
Beginning in the early 1900s with electricity standards, to
assisting in the development of navigation systems for O.C.
Bombers, to modern day to mammograms and semiconductors,
innumerable products and services rely in some way on
technology, measurement, and standards provided by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST's mission is to
promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by
advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in
ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of
life. It carries out its mission in four complementary
programs.
A description of each NIST account and the corresponding
Committee recommendation follows in the subsequent three
headings.
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $434,371,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 500,517,000
Committee recommendation................................ 502,117,000
The Committee recommendation provides $502,117,000. The
recommendation is $67,746,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $1,600,00 above the budget request.
The Committee's recommendations are displayed in the
following table with specific increases described:
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES, DIRECT OBLIGATIONS
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Electronics and Electrical Engineering.................. 52,155
Manufacturing Engineering............................... 24,994
Chemical Science and Technology......................... 55,364
Physics................................................. 72,243
Materials Science and Engineering....................... 39,758
Building and Fire Research.............................. 32,222
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics................ 68,891
Standards and Technology Services....................... 18,926
National Quality Program................................ 8,458
Research Support Activities............................. 50,680
National Research Facilities............................ 78,426
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Total Direct Obligations, STRS.................... 502,117
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Within funds provided for Scientific and Technical Research
and Services [STRS], $21,000,000 is provided for Innovations in
Measurement Science, $11,351,000 is provided for the
postdoctoral fellowship program.
Innovation Investments.--The Committee's recommendation
provides full funding of all fiscal year 2008 initiatives and
redirects funding from lower priority research initiative that
were built into this budget from fiscal year 2007. Within the
funding provided the Committee provides the following
increases: $10,000,000 for the development of climate change
measurements and standards; $4,000,000 is for an initiative to
develop measurements and standards related to the
environmental, safety and health affects of nanotechnology;
$4,000,000 for quantum information science; and $850,000 is for
a Summer Teachers Institute at NIST targeting 5th through 8th
grade math and science teachers.
Within the funds provided for the Center for Nanoscale
Science and Technology the following congressionally directed
project is supported:
Budgeting.--The Committee notes that the budget structure
for this appropriation does not reflect adequately the
organizational structure of NIST nor the fact that modern
science is multidiscipline. Several of NIST's laboratory
programs are conducting research related to climate change yet
the funding provided in the table above was too only one line.
In addition, roughly one quarter of the Computer Science and
Applied Mathematics program line goes to the Manufacturing
Engineering laboratory. This rigidity does not provide the
needed budgetary flexibility that modern science requires.
Therefore, the Committee directs NIST to develop a new budget
structure for submission with the fiscal year 2009 budget.
Finally, additional funds of $12,500,000 are available for
transfer to the Working Capital Fund for equipment and other
purposes related to the STRS account.
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Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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New York Center for National $1,000,000 Schumer, Clinton
Competitiveness in Nanoscale
Characterization (NC)3, for a
partnership between the
National Institute for Science
and Technology (NIST) and the
College of Nanoscale Science
and Engineering (CNSE),
University at Albany-SUNY
(UAlbany), Albany, NY.
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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $183,819,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 46,332,000
Committee recommendation................................ 210,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $210,000,000. The
recommendation is $26,181,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $163,668,000 above the budget request.
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Programs [MEP].--The
Committee recommendation provides $110,000,000 to fund MEP
centers and to fund a technology deployment pilot. MEP supports
a network of locally run centers that provide technical advice
and consultative services to small manufacturing companies in
all 50 States and Puerto Rico. Many of these firms lack the in-
house technical knowledge and experience to implement cutting
edge technologies and cost saving processes, which places them
at risk from foreign competition. Since its inception, MEP has
consistently been the program that small manufacturers could
look to for assistance.
Based on a sampling of clients surveyed in fiscal year
2006, MEP clients reported that the assistance they received
resulted in increased sales of $2,842,000,000; retained sales
of $3,408,000,000; cost savings of $1,304,000,000 and the
creation and retention of 53,219 jobs. These economic impacts
justify the full funding of the MEP.
The Committee is concerned with moving smaller companies
toward the next phase of innovation and recommends $4,000,000
for a pilot focused on technology deployment. The MEP
Technology Deployment Pilot will move government and university
research out of the laboratories and make it readily
understandable and adoptable by small and medium-sized
manufacturers.
The pilot will include: development of techniques and tools
for translating innovative technologies into business
opportunities and commercialized products, assessment of the
market opportunities of new technologies, including the
forecast of sales potential for product concepts, and matching
manufacturer's needs with technology solutions.
Advanced Technology Program [ATP].--The Committee provides
$100,000,000 for the Advanced Technology Program. The Committee
has provided a provision preventing large companies from
applying for single applicant awards. The Committee is aware
that a major rewrite of the NIST statute is being negotiated as
part of the conference for the House and Senate competitiveness
and innovation bills. The Committee will follow the direction
of conferees once negotiations are completed.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $58,686,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 93,865,000
Committee recommendation................................ 150,900,000
The Committee recommendation provides $150,900,000. The
recommendation is $92,214,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $57,035 above the budget request.
The recommendation funds the highest priority safety,
capacity, maintenance, and repair projects at NIST. Of the
amounts provided:
NIST CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendations
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Boulder Building 1 Extension Project................. 28,000
NIST Child Care Center (Building 916)................ 4,000
NCNR Expansion....................................... 19,000
Safety, Capacity, Maintenance, and Major Repairs..... 46,900
Congressionally Directed Projects.................... 53,000
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Total Direct Obligations, CRF.................. 150,900
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The Committee directs NIST to provide quarterly reports on
the status of all construction projects, and to provide an
accounting of projects.
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Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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University of Mississippi, $8,000,000 Cochran
Jackson, MS, for Construction
of the Biotechnology Research
Park in close proximity to an
academic medical center
offering opportunities for
scientific and commercial
synergies and serving as a
catalyst for economic
development in Mississippi's
capital city.
Mississippi State University, 8,000,000 Cochran
Starkville, MS, for expansion
of the Research, Technology
and Economic Development Park
to generate high technology
jobs and enhance the overall
economic development of the
region, including additional
service, construction, and
retail jobs.
University of Southern 2,000,000 Cochran
Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS,
for Innovation and
Commercialization Park
Infrastructure and Building
Construction and Equipage.
This funding will complete the
construction projects at the
Park located at the University
of Southern Mississippi and
furnish necessary equipment,
which will generate high
technology jobs and enhance
the overall economic
development of the region.
Alabama State University, 5,000,000 Shelby
Montgomery, AL, for a Life
Sciences Building. This
facility will house the new
microbiology doctoral program
along with many other
biological science graduate
and undergraduate activities.
University of South Alabama, 30,000,000 Shelby
Mobile, AL, for the
Engineering and Science
Center. This facility will
provide state-of-the-art
laboratory and research space
for future engineers,
scientists, and researchers,
and provide laboratory and
research space to facilitate
the University's support of
local and regional industry.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $3,907,888,000
Supplemental appropriations, 2007....................... 170,400,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 3,809,584,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,214,888,000
The Committee recommendation provides $4,214,888,000 for
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]. Of
this amount, transfers total $80,000,000. The recommendation is
$136,000,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level,
excluding supplemental appropriations, and $405,000,000 above
the budget request.
The Committee does not agree to provide annual
appropriations for the Hollings Scholarship and the Nancy
Foster Scholarship as requested. The Committee believes the
funding mechanism set in place by Congress with the
establishment of these scholarships is best for their continued
long-term success. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned by
the Department's attempt to change the authorization for these
scholarships and directs the Department to address these issues
through the appropriate authorizing committee.
The Committee has reviewed the U.S. Ocean Policy Report
Card for 2006 issued by the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative,
comprised of the Pew Ocean Commission and the U.S. Commission
on Ocean Policy. This report comments that progress on Ocean
Policy reform is uneven, with the overall grade rising modestly
to a ``C-'', up from a ``D+'' average in 2005.
At the beginning of 2007, the administration unveiled it's
most robust NOAA budget ever, touting new ``Ocean Policy''
initiatives and a 3.4 percent increase over the fiscal year
2007 request. Unfortunately, analysis reveals that many of the
increases came at the expense of other NOAA programs. Overall,
NOAA's budget request was $268,704,000 below the fiscal year
2007 enacted level and $111,856,000 below the fiscal year 2006
enacted level. This redirection and reallocation of existing
resources is not the kind of bold leadership envisioned by the
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative. If not for a year-to-year
anomaly in NOAA's satellite budget, this year's request may
have been like prior requests, one for the fishes.
Given the growing fiscal demands on the Department of
Commerce's budget, namely the 2010 census, and ever increasing
satellite costs at NOAA, the Committee is doubtful this
administration will ever show the leadership and bold thinking
required to address the true needs of our planet's oceans and
atmosphere. In developing its recommendation, the Committee has
taken the Commission's recommendations seriously, and the
following funding recommendations for NOAA attempt to restore
the agency's operational capacity for atmospheric research and
build upon the Commission's request to advance our Nation's
literacy, exploration, management and research of our world's
oceans.
JOINT OCEAN COMMISSION INITIATIVE
The Committee continues to vigilantly monitor the health of
the ocean community. The 2006 Report Card issued by the Joint
Ocean Commission on January 30, 2007 highlighted the perpetual
stagnation existing within our Nation's ocean and coastal
research and management programs. Only two positive changes
worth noting were included: regional and State governance
continue to shamefully overshadow Federal initiatives on ocean
issues; and substantial progress was made by Congress on
fisheries management reform, namely with the successful
reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation
and Management Act. The remainder of the Report Card was full
of grim reminders in the lack of progress, despite the
Committee's efforts last fiscal year to improve ocean funding.
One ongoing recommendation made by of the Joint Ocean
Commission describes needed increases in base funding for
critical ocean and coastal science, and funding for new
national initiatives. The Joint Ocean Commission recommends
$715,000,000 for these programs above the fiscal year 2006
enacted level. Of this amount, the Committee estimates
$511,000,000 directly apply to NOAA, which includes: coastal
zone management program; regional coordination; coastal and
estuarine land protection; National Marine Sanctuaries; Ocean
Exploration; National Centers for Ocean Coastal Science; ocean
and human health; National Undersea Research Program;
integrated ocean observing system; National monitoring network;
sediment research; Federal mapping integration; NOAA/Navy
Communication Partnership; regional approaches to atmospheric
deposition; ballast water research; aquatic invasive species;
marine debris monitoring; social science and economics
research; data management software; ocean education
initiatives; and NOAA Sea Grant.
For fiscal year 2008, the Committee again showed bi-
partisan leadership to elevate funding for ocean-related
research, science and education, building upon its efforts from
the fiscal year 2007 Senate report. The Committee was
encouraged to receive a fiscal year 2008 budget request from
the administration that increased some funds for ocean-related
activities, referencing its own Ocean Action Plan. Although the
funding increase was relatively modest, and in some cases
mischaracterized, it did acknowledge a genuine awareness of the
void in funding for ocean policy and programs.
The Committee built upon this effort by again meeting or
exceeding the administration's request for programs identified
by the Joint Ocean Commission. Worth noting is the Committee's
support for more peer-reviewed, transparent granting
opportunities by increasing, and even establishing, more
competitive research accounts. In particular, the Committee
provided an additional $31,600,000 of grant funding under
NOAA's Ocean and Atmospheric Research by increasing the
competitive accounts within ``Climate research'', ``Marine
Aquaculture Research'' and ``Aquatic Invasive Species
Research'', and creating two new competitive accounts within
``Weather and Air Quality Research'' and ``Ocean, Coastal and
Great Lakes Research''. Throughout the entire NOAA accounts,
the Committee can point to more than $425,000,000 worth of
open, competitive funding. These funds are not at the expense
of basic science operations and research requested by the
administration, and are in addition to further increases the
Committee made to several ocean-related programs such as the
National Sea Grant Program, Ocean Exploration, National Marine
Sanctuary Program, Response and Restoration, Navigation
Services, Integrated Ocean Observing Systems and the Coral Reef
Program.
Despite these efforts for one agency, the Committee
continues to recognize how dramatically underfunded our ocean
community is, given the impact the marine and coastal
environment has on our daily lives and on the world's climate.
The Committee encourages further feedback from the Joint Ocean
Commission, and requests another report card critiquing 2007.
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $2,738,169,000
Supplemental appropriations, 2007....................... 170,400,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 2,763,866,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,036,888,000
The Committee recommendation provides $3,036,888,000. The
recommendation is $298,719,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level, excluding supplemental appropriations, and
$273,022,000 above the budget request.
NOAA NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $532,148,000
for the National Ocean Service [NOS]. NOS programs provide
scientific, technical, and management expertise to promote safe
navigation; assess the health of coastal and marine resources;
respond to natural and human-induced threats; and preserve the
coastal ocean and global environments.
Under NOS, the National Marine Sanctuary Program, Center
for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, and the
Coastal Services Center shall all be elevated to program office
status. This new designation for these programs will enhance
service delivery and organizational efficiency for NOS
personnel and users without creating additional costs.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Navigation Services:
Mapping & Charting................................. 94,000
Geodesy............................................ 22,261
National Height Modernization...................... 10,000
Tide and Current Data.............................. 31,863
Congressionally Directed Projects.................. 1,700
----------------
Total, Navigation Services....................... 159,824
================
Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment:
Ocean Assessment Program (OAP):
Coastal Services Centers....................... 27,000
Coop Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Enviro 6,662
Tech (CICEET).................................
Ocean Health Initiative........................ 5,400
Coral Reef Programs............................ 30,000
Gulf Of Mexico Regional Collaboration.......... 5,000
Ocean Research Priorities Plan Implementation.. 10,000
Regional Geospatial Modeling Grants............ 12,000
----------------
Subtotal, Ocean Assessment Program (OAP)..... 96,062
================
Integrated Ocean Observing System.................. 37,000
================
Response and Restoration:
Response and Restoration Base.................. 17,951
Marine Debris.................................. 6,000
Pribilof Islands Cleanup and Economic 5,427
Development...................................
----------------
Subtotal, Response and Restoration........... 29,378
================
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS):
NCCOS Head Quarters............................ 5,000
Competitve Research............................ 17,500
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and 10,000
Biomedical Research...........................
Oxford Cooperative Lab......................... 4,500
Center for Sponsored Coastal Research.......... 3,700
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment... 5,700
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat 6,100
Research......................................
Marine Env. Health Researh Lab--MEHRL.......... 4,500
----------------
Subtotal, National Centers for Coastal Ocean 57,000
Science.....................................
================
Congressionally Directed Projects.................. 1,700
================
Total, Ocean Resources Conservation and 221,140
Assessment......................................
================
Ocean and Coastal Management:
CZM Grants......................................... 74,000
CZM Non-Point Imnplementation Grants............... 4,000
National Estuarine Research Reserve System......... 16,806
Marine Protected Areas............................. 2,128
Marine Sanctuary Program Base...................... 50,000
Congressionally Directed Projects.................. 4,250
----------------
Total, Ocean and Coastal Management.............. 151,184
================
GRAND TOTAL NOS.................................. 532,148
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CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED PROJECTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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Geospatial Data Analysis 500 Shelby
Center, to provide weather
stations for the purpose of
providing near-real time data
on soil moisture and
temperature, Alabama A&M
University, Normal, AL.
Alabama GIS Mapping, to plan 800 Shelby
and produce a high resolution
large scale geospatial
database of Alabama, Alabama
Department of Revenue,
Montgomery, AL.
Coastal and ocean navigation 400 Graham
and hazards assistance, to
provide a new capacity for
access to assets for
navigation and hazards
assistance, University of
South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
OCEAN RESOURCES CONSERVATION
AND ASSESSMENT
Coastal Restoration and 1,700 Landrieu
Enhancement through Science
and Technology--CREST,
advances in science and
technology in restoration
programs, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA.
OCEAN AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Maritime Museum, a 500 Shelby
collaborative effort with NOAA
for the development of
educational activities and
exhibits, City of Mobile, AL.
Point Loma Enhanced Monitoring 1,000 Feinstein
Program, to monitor the local
coastal ocean environment,
City of San Diego, San Diego,
CA.
Northwest Straits Citizens 1,750 Murray, Cantwell
Advisory Commission, citizen-
driven environmental
protection, Washington St.
Department of Ecology,
Olympia, WA.
Urban Coast Institute, program 1,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
support that establishes
critical links necessary for
integration of policy
management decisions related
to regional and coastal
watershed, Monmouth
University, West Long Branch,
NJ.
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Integrated Ocean Observing System.--The Committee
recommendation provides $37,000,000 for the establishment of an
Integrated Ocean Observing System, of which $8,000,000 is
provided for program development, data management, system
communication, and grant program administration. $29,000,000 is
provided entirely for competitive, regional ocean observing
systems. The Committee directs this program to develop a
comprehensive 5-year plan for the entire agency to fully
implement a viable ocean observing paradigm for the Nation
starting with NOAA's own resources and incorporating an inter-
government operating plan and a regional data integration plan.
Although NOS has the program lead, this plan must provide
specific future funding recommendations for every line office
in NOAA. In particular, a sufficient funding recommendation for
the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information
Service should account for a long-term plan for data compliance
between State, regional, Federal, and if possible,
international systems. Future funding recommendations for
program partners is also expected so as to provide the
committee with a realistic breakdown of IOOS impacts on a
Federal level rather than the Joint Ocean Commission's vague
description of operating costs. Given the amount of IOOS
planning already underway within the administration and the
National Ocean Partnership Program, this Committee directs NOAA
to deliver a strategic plan for IOOS no later than April 1,
2008.
Mapping and Charting.--The Committee recognizes NOAA's
Office of Coast Survey [OCS] as a critical component of our
Nation's marine transportation infrastructure, and fully funds
the fiscal year 2008 request for this office. OCS provides
hydrographic survey data and updated nautical charts for the
primary purpose of safe maritime navigation. Since 90 percent
of U.S. commerce travels through our ports, accurate navigation
is paramount to the stability of our economy, health of our
marine environment, and safety of our men and women working on
the water. More importantly, maritime shipping is growing at a
larger rate each year with an increase in vessel size and an
expansion of port facilities. The U.S. military and the U.S.
Coast Guard depend on NOAA charts for navigation impacting
their Homeland Security and Maritime Domain Awareness efforts.
Without support to conduct nautical charting duties ensuring
our waters are obstruction-free, our Nation runs the risk of an
increase of maritime accidents with a direct impact to life,
property and the marine environment.
Tides and Currents Data.--Of the funds provided, not less
than $1,500,000 shall be used for tide and current activities
in the North Pacific off Alaska. The Committee provides an
additional $3,000,000 above the President's request as an
adjustment to NOAA's base to fully support the entire design,
installation, maintenance, and operations of the Physical
Oceanographic Real-Time System [PORTS] as authorized by Public
Law 107-372. The Committee feels these operations, which exist
as a partnership between NOAA and local port authorities, has
been an extremely valuable tool for providing information for
safe vessel navigation and data for weather and coastal
monitoring used by other national programs.
Coral Reef Programs.--The funds include $737,000 for Coral
Reef Monitoring as requested by the administration under the
NESDIS section. The Committee directs NOAA to consolidate
agency-wide Coral Reef activities under this one, NOS line item
for future budget requests and begin a deep sea coral program.
The Committee shares the scientific community's concern that
not enough research and mapping activities are being conducted
on deep sea coral communities. The Magnuson-Stevens
Reauthorization Act (Public Law 109-479) authorizes Department
of Commerce to develop a Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology
Program, which includes locating, monitoring, and researching
deep sea corals. As per the act, the Committee requests a copy
of the biennial reports detailing steps taken by the Secretary
to identify, monitor and protect deep sea corals to date.
In addition, the Committee requests an associated research
plan and budget request detailing deep coral activities for
fiscal year 2009.
Response and Restoration.--These funds include the
administration's request for the Estuary Restoration Program.
Marine Debris.--In fiscal year 2007, Congress passed the
Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act (Public
Law 109-449), legally authorizing the NOAA Marine Debris
Program. For years, the Committee has been forced to carry the
water for marine debris activities and is dismayed that the
administration has again slighted this valuable program by not
requesting funding, despite signing last year's bill into law.
The Committee encourages the administration to add this program
to the Office of Response and Restoration base in future fiscal
year requests. Of the funds provided for this national program,
no less than $1,500,000 shall be used for Alaska.
National Height Modernization.--The Committee recognizes
the need for a comprehensive, prioritized approach to funding
height modernization projects throughout the nation and
therefore provides $10,000,000. The Committee directs NOAA to
submit a list of priorities of those states to undergo further
geodic height modernization no later than 30 days after
enactment of this act, and a prioritized list for fiscal year
2009 no later than April 1, 2008.
Regional Geospatial Modeling Grants.--The Committee
provides $12,000,000 and directs the Coastal Service Center,
working with the National Coastal Data Development Center and
coastal state programs, to establish a competitive program for
researchers and resource managers to create useful and
comprehensive models or geographic information systems using
existing geodetic, costal remote sensing data, terrestrial
gravity measurements or other physical datasets. Ideally, these
products will assist with regional storm surge and flood
modeling, disaster response preparedness, drought assessment or
digital, web based Elevation Project for the Northern Gulf
States to use as a model for other regional activities.
Coastal Services Center.--The Committee encourages NOAA to
invest in a Resilient Coastal Communities effort by tying smart
land use and building practices to the actuarial rating
systems, so that owners and small businesses are incentivized
to build smarter and stronger with assurances that if they do
they will realize lower insurance rates. The Committee also
encourages the Coastal Services Center to work closely with the
National Institute of Standards and Technology on its
``Disaster Resilient Communities'' initiative that the
Committee has recommended funding.
CZM Grants.--The Committee provides $74,000,000 for the CZM
grants program, of which not less than 10 percent shall be
available for the costs of administering this grant program.
NOAA NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
The Committee recommendation provides $763,136,000 for the
National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS]. NMFS programs provide
for the management and conservation of the Nation's living
marine resources and their environment, including fish stocks,
marine mammals, and endangered species. Using science-based
conservation, management, and restoration activities, these
resources can benefit the Nation on a sustained basis. NMFS
seeks to build sustainable fisheries, recover protected
species, and sustain healthy coastal ecosystems and the
communities that depend on them. Within the funds provided for
NOAA, $250,000 within NMFS shall be available until expended
subject to procedures set forth in section 209 of Public Law
108-44.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
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Protected Resources Research and Management Programs... 34,253
----------------
Subtotal, Protected Resources Research & 34,253
Management Programs.............................
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Protected Species:
Marine Mammal Protection (MMP)/NMFS Activities..... 41,821
Other Protected Species............................ 8,170
Marine Turtles..................................... 14,325
----------------
Subtotal, Protected Species...................... 64,316
================
Atlantic Salmon........................................ 5,926
Pacific Salmon......................................... 67,735
Congressionally Directed Projects...................... 5,690
----------------
Total, Marine Mammals, Marine Turtles, and Marine 177,920
Protected Species...............................
================
Fisheries Research and Management:
Core Fisheries Programs:
Fisheries Research and Management Programs..... 151,014
Expand Annual Stock Assessments--Improve Data 32,405
Collection........................................
Economics and Social Sciences Research......... 10,586
Fisheries Statistics........................... 13,183
Fisheries Oceanography......................... 992
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants........... 2,567
Salmon Management Activities................... 24,280
National Standard 8............................ 1,016
Reduce Fishing Impacts on Essential Fish 509
Habitat (EFH).................................
Reducing Bycatch............................... 2,808
Product Quality and Safety..................... 6,977
American Fisheries Act......................... 5,224
Congressionally Directed Projects.............. 22,500
----------------
Subtotal, Core Fisheries Programs............ 274,061
================
Regional Councils and Fisheries Commissions........ 26,330
Fish Information Networks.......................... 22,206
Survey and Monitoring Projects..................... 25,244
Congressionally Directed Projects.................. 11,250
----------------
Total, Fisheries Research and Management......... 359,091
================
Enforcement and Observers:
Enforcement and Surveillance....................... 54,678
Observers/Training................................. 32,295
----------------
Total, Enforcement and Observers/Training........ 86,973
================
Habitat Conservation and Restoration:
Sustainable Habitat Management..................... 19,143
Fisheries Habitat Restoration...................... 29,772
Congressionally Directed Projects.................. 5,500
----------------
Total, Habitat Conservation and Restoration...... 54,415
================
Other Activities Supporting Fisheries:
Cooperative Research............................... 10,315
Antarctic Research................................. 2,106
Aquaculture........................................ 4,052
Chesapeake Bay Studies............................. 1,967
Climate Regimes and Ecosystem Productivity......... 2,022
Computer Hardware and Software..................... 3,380
Information Analyses and Dissemination............. 18,934
Magnuson-Stevens Act Implementation off Alaska..... 8,400
Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and 842
Prediction Program (MarMap).......................
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)........... 8,075
NMFS Facilities Maintenance........................ 6,046
Other Projects..................................... 5,000
Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program 5,098
(SEAMAP)..........................................
La Jolla Temporary Relocation...................... 1,000
Congressionally Directed Projects.................. 7,500
----------------
Total, Other Activities Supporting Fisheries..... 84,737
================
GRAND TOTAL NMFS................................. 763,136
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CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED PROJECTS
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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MARINE MAMMALS, MARINE TURTLES,
AND MARINE PROTECTED SPECIES
Aleut Pacific Marine Resources 125 Stevens
Observers, to continue the
real time monitoring of
subsistence harvest, haul-out
and shoreline observations of
marine mammals in the Aleutian
Islands and Alaska Peninsula
Region, AL.
Alaska Sea Life Center, for 5,200 Stevens
management measures to protect
harbor seals and steller sea
lions and multi-year
interdisciplinary research and
standing rehabilitation
program in partnership with
NMFS, Seward, AK.
Alaska Sea Otter and Steller 215 Stevens
Sea Lion Commission, to
establish a research program
with local communities for sea
lion conservation and
management, Anchorage, AK.
Alaska Native Harbor Seal 150 Stevens
Commission, to work together
with NOAA on co-management
issues of harbor seals and
subsistence harvests,
Anchorage, AK.
CORE FISHERIES PROGRAMS
Papahanaumokuakea Marine 7,500 Inouye
National Monument Fishery
Disaster, to compensate NWHI
fishermen for future lost
revenue due to closure of
fishing grounds, National
Marine Fisheries, Hawaiian
Islands, HI.
Massacussetts Groundfish 15,000 Kennedy, Kerry
Disaster, to provide relief
due to economic loses due to
new fishing limitations on
fishermen, Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries,
Suffolk County, MA.
FISHERIES RESEARCH AND
MANAGEMENT
Monkfish and Migratory Finfish 1,500 Lautenberg, Menendez
Trawl Surveys, collection of
data to accurately and
efficiently manage fish
resources, Garden State
Seafood Assoc., Cape May, NJ.
Southern New England 1,500 Reed
Cooperative Research
Initiative, cooperative
research and monitoring
projects in southern New
England, Commercial Fisheries
Research Foundation,
Narragansett, RI.
Hawaii Seafood Safety and 750 Inouye
Inspections, assistance for
the Hawaii fishing and seafood
industries to comply with new
Food and Drug Administration
seafood regulations, Pacific
Marine Resources Inc.,
Honolulu, HI.
Trawl Survey--Chesapeake Bay, 500 Warner, Webb
to establish population
assessments of juvenile marine
and estuarine fish and
invertebrates in the
Chesapeake Bay, VA.
Horseshoe Crab Research, for 500 Warner,Webb
continued research projects
deemed essential for
effective, science-based
management of this critically
important species, Virginia
Tech, VA.
Oregon Salmon Weak Stock 500 Wyden
Solutions Research, research
reducing by-catch of weak
salmon stocks and avoiding
long term closures of the
salmon fishery, Hatfield
Marine Science Center,
Newport, OR.
Fisheries Infrastructure, 500 Shelby
Investigation, Assessment and
Improvement Project, to
develop the intelligent
command and control
infrastructure systems
stewardship architecture
needed to support a
sustainable fishing industry
and fisheries ecosystem in
this region, University of
Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Scallop Fishery Assessment 2,000 Kennedy, Kerry
(MFI), to determine
conservation and
sustainability measures to
ensure a strong future for the
New England Scallop fishery,
Massachusetts Marine Fisheries
Institute, Bristol County, MA.
Center for Ecosystem-based 3,000 Shelby
Fisheries Management,
operations to conduct
fisheries based research in
the Northern Gulf of Mexico
from in-shore shallow waters
out across the continental
shelf, Dauphin Island Sea Lab,
AL.
Pelagic Tagging, for a west 500 Feinstein
coast blue-fin tuna research
program, Monterey Bay
Aquarium, Monterey Bay, CA.
HABITAT CONSERVATION AND
RESTORATION
NAIB Conservation and Education 1,000 Mikulski
Programs, for conservation and
education programs of the
marine environment, National
Aquarium of Baltimore,
Baltimore, MD.
Port Aransas Nature Preserve, 500 Hutchison
to preserve endangered
wetlands and help stop severe
erosion in Port Aransas and
along the Corpus Christi ship
channel, TX.
Chesapeake Bay Oyster 2,000 Mikulski, Cardin
Restoration--MD, funding for
on the water/in the field
oyster restoration efforts,
Oyster Recovery Partnership,
Annapolis.
Oyster Bed Reseeding and 1,000 Shelby
Fishery Habitat Enhancement,
to conduct research on factors
which adversely or
beneficially affect oyster
habitats in Alabama's
estuaries, as well as actively
enhance fishery habitat in
both Alabama's estuaries and
offshore waters, Univ. of
South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Rehabilitation of Alaska Crab, 300 Stevens
funds will be used to allow
the monitoring and restoration
of depressed Alaskan crab in
the following areas: Kodiak
Island; the Pribilof Islands;
and Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, AK.
Lower Elwha River Habitat 500 Murray
Restoration, dam removal--
restoration and mitigation,
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe,
Port Angeles, WA.
Merrimack River Fish Habitat, 200 Gregg
to continue the program to
proactively conserve
undeveloped river frontage and
upland watershed, NH.
OTHER ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING
FISHERIES
Aquatic Genomics and 1,000 Shelby
Biosecurity Research, to serve
as a system for early
detection and warnings for
pathogens and other
contaminants in our aquatic
environments, Auburn
University, Auburn, AL.
Groundline Exchange Program, to 500 Collins, Snowe
coordinate a Maine groundline
exchange program providing
financial assistance to
lobstermen by enabling them to
purchase ``whale-safe'' rope
in exchange for their existing
groundline, Gulf of Maine
Lobster Foundation, ME.
Bering Sea Fishermen's 200 Stevens
Association, funds will be
used to allow the monitoring
and restoration of depressed
salmon stocks under the
management of one organization
that serves and represents all
affected fishermen, AK.
Yukon River Drainage 400 Stevens
Association, funds will be
used by the Association to
promote healthy wild salmon
fisheries by monitoring
efforts, conducting research,
and education efforts aimed at
improving subsistence and
commercial fisheries
management, Yukon River, AK.
Gulf of Alaska Coastal 200 Stevens
Communities Coalition, funds
will be used to assist the
smaller fisheries-dependent
coastal communities of the
Gulf of Alaska with the
regulatory process by
participating on research
boards, and developing
management plans, AK.
Louisiana Fisheries Recovery 550 Landrieu
Resource Center, funding for
planning and initial costs to
launch center, Xavier
University, in coordination
with Seedco Financial
Services, Plaquemines Parish,
LA.
New England Multi-Species 3,000 Kennedy, Kerry
Survey, for multi-species
groundfish surveys, School of
Marine Science and Technology,
Bristol County, MA.
Western Pacific pelagic 1,250 Inouye
fisheries research, research
to aid efforts to develop and
implement strategies for the
conservation and management of
pelagic fish species,
University of Hawaii--Joint
Institute of Marine and
Atmospheric Research,
Honolulu, HI.
Fishing Mortality Education 100 Shelby
Program, to develop a local
educational program for K-12
students and other user groups
in order to minimize discard
or release mortality of reef
fishes, City of Orange Beach,
AL.
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Protected Species.--Of the funds provided under Marine
Mammal Protection, $7,900,000 is provided for Right Whale
activities including Cooperative State Plans, and $2,600,000 is
for the continuation of Hawaiian Monk Seal activities. Of the
funds provided under Marine Turtles, $7,800,000 is for Hawaiian
turtles.
Commercial Fishing Assistance.--The Committee
recommendation provides $7,500,000 for assistance related to
fishery impacts associated with the creation of the
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the State of
Hawaii and $15,000,000 is provided to the Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries, Boston, MA to alleviate economic
impacts associated with Framework 42 on the Massachusetts
groundfish fishery.
The Committee supports continuation of the surf clam and
ocean quahog survey and NOAA's efforts to design and fund
shallow draft Fisheries Survey Vessels to meet NOAA's unique
survey requirements.
Fisheries Habitat Restoration.--The Committee provides no
more than $4,500,000 for the Open Rivers initiative, though the
Committee supports the President's Request for the Penobscot
River Habitat Restoration by providing $10,000,000. The
Committee recognizes this project as a timely opportunity to
leverage current regional resources to revitalize this large-
scale marine and estuarine habitat. However, the Committee has
strong concerns about NOAA taking the full, long-term financial
lead in such a large, cross-agency project, especially since a
majority of the requested funds will be spent purchasing
privately-owned dams. Though the Committee recognizes NOAA's
expertise in smaller dam-removal and fish passageway projects,
this project is an order of magnitude larger than any previous
project undertaken by the agency, and pushes the limits of the
agency's authority to use funds from NMFS's operations account
to purchase multi-million dollar facilities. This Committee
admonishes the administration for carelessly exposing NMFS's
base funding to future large scale, re-development projects
that would jeopardize the agency's financial support for
standard national fisheries activities and responsibilities.
Given that this is a multi-year project, the Committee directs
NOAA to coordinate with the Departments of the Interior and
Energy, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to determine an
appropriate role for the agency solely as a habitat restoration
advisor to its Federal and State partners, and eliminate the
agency's questionable role as a broker for future large-scale,
riverine construction projects. In future years, the Committee
will support NOAA's participation in habitat restoration
projects, which is an on-going, environmental assessment
process, but it will no longer appropriate funds from the ORF
account to purchase costly, private dams.
Facilities.--The Committee understands the National Marine
Fisheries Service's desire to redevelop its Mukilteo research
station. This research station has been recognized as a vital
component of NMFS research for over 30 years, particularly for
scientific issues relating to salmon, groundfish, marine
toxicology and harmful algal bloom. The Committee directs NOAA
to prepare, by September 30, 2008, a preliminary conceptual
report on the redevelopment of this site, complete with a plan
to include funding for this project in future budget requests.
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration.--The Committee provides
$2,000,000 for oyster restoration, in the Chesapeake Bay. Funds
provided for oyster restoration in the Maryland waters of the
Chesapeake Bay shall be for on-the-ground and in-the water
restoration efforts. Funds shall not be used for administrative
costs, including banquets or salaries.
NOAA OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
The Committee recommendation provides $428,193,000 for
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research [OAR]. OAR programs provide
the environmental research and technology needed to improve
NOAA weather, air quality warnings, forecasts, climate
predictions, and marine services. To accomplish these goals,
OAR supports a network of scientists in its Federal research
laboratories, universities, and joint institutes and
partnership programs.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH OPERATIONS, RESEARCH AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Climate Research:
Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.......... 53,500
Climate Observations and Services................ 9,152
Competitive Research Program..................... 140,000
High Performance Computing Initiatives........... 12,969
Congressionally Directed Projects................ 1,100
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Total, Climate Research........................ 216,721
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Weather and Air Quality Research Programs:
Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.......... 46,000
NOAA/NASA Severe Storm Research and Development.. 2,500
Tornado Severe Storm Research/Phased Array Radar. 2,972
Competitive Research Program..................... 10,000
Congressionally Directed Projects................ 8,800
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Total, Weather and Air Quality Research........ 70,272
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Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research:
Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.......... 23,000
National Sea Grant College Program............... 60,000
National Undersea Research Program (NURP)........ 15,000
Ocean Exploration................................ 20,000
Aquatic Invasive Species Research................ 1,500
Marine Aquaculture Research...................... 6,000
Competitive Ocean Research Program............... 10,000
Congressionally Directed Projects................ 5,700
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Total, Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research. 141,200
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GRAND TOTAL OAR................................ 428,193
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CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED PROJECTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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CLIMATE RESEARCH
Drought Research Study, to 800 Shelby
continue to study potential
options to minimize the impact
of droughts on Alabama and the
Southeast, Univ. of Alabama at
Huntsville, Huntsville, AL.
Understanding Abrupt Global 500 Snowe, Collins
Climate Change, for
researchers to address
relevant issues related to the
range, magnitude, forcing, and
predictability of abrupt
climate change events, Univ.
of Maine, Orono.
WEATHER AND AIR QUALITY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Wind Hazards Reduction Program, 750 Harkin, Grassley
for research into reducing
wind related damage from
storms and tornados, Iowa St.
University, Ames, IA.
Urbanet III, for continuation 6,000 Mikulski, Cardin
of the NOAA Air Resource
Laboratory's Urbanet
Partnership to expand the
number of metropolitan areas
covered by the Urbanet system
to improve weather
forecasting, AWS Convergence
Technologies, Germantown, MD.
Project STORM Air Quality 750 Harkin, Grassley
Initiative, air quality
research, University of
Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.
San Joaquin Valley Ozone Study, 150 Feinstein, Boxer
for data and analysis to
support the upcoming 8-hour
ozone attainment plans,
Central California Air Quality
Control Study Policy Committee.
Advanced Radar Technologies, a 100 Enzi
feasibility study to determine
the applicability of advanced
radar technologies to cover
the radar hole in northeastern
Wyoming with low level radar
coverage.
Coastal and Inland Hurricane 750 Shelby
Monitoring and Protection
Program, to acquire the
ability to predict the
intensity and potential damage
of hurricanes affecting the
Gulf Coast, Univ. of South
Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Tornado and Hurricane 1,000 Shelby
Operations and Research, to
improve detection, tracking,
and forecasting of tornadic
thunderstorms and land-falling
hurricanes in the Southeast
United States, University of
Alabama at Huntsville,
Huntsville, AL.
Coastal Weather for 300 Shelby
Catastrophic Events, to
provide coastal Alabama
appropriate weather monitoring
equipment to measure wind
gusts, water surge and rain
fall levels during a
catastrophic event such as
hurricane, Univ. of South
Alabama, Mobile, AL.
OCEAN, COASTAL AND GREAT LAKES
RESEARCH
Lake Champlain Emerging 500 Leahy
Threats, research targeting
understanding and mitigating
invasive species, University
of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Advanced Undersea Vehicle, for 450 Dodd, Lieberman
an advanced undersea mapping
sonar, Mystic Aquarium--
Institute for Exploration,
Mystic, CT.
International Arctic Research 2,950 Stevens
Center, to support further
integrating and synthizing
arctic research efforts in
terms of climate change, Univ.
of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK.
Coastal vulnerability to 1,000 Stevens
climate change study, to look
at impacts, response
strategies and predictions for
rural Alaska coastal
communities.
New Hampshire Lake Host 200 Gregg
Program, for education program
to prevent the spread of
milfoil and other invasive
species in lakes and ponds, NH.
New Hampshire Volunteer Lake 200 Gregg
Assessment Program, for
evaluation of quality of lakes
and ponds in NH through
trained volunteer program, NH.
Collaborative R&D Initiative 800 Shelby
for the Gulf of Mexico, will
allow for collaboration
between federal agencies in
Alabama and research
universities to more
effectively complete NOAA
missions, Von Braun Center for
Science and Innovation,
Huntsville, AL.
Lake Champlain Research 250 Leahy
Consortium, research to
identify sources of harmful
bacteria, University of
Vermont, Burlington, VT.
West Alabama Marine Shrimp and 250 Shelby
Fish Aquaculture, to develop
new methods and find
efficiency in the development
of marine shrimp and fish
aquaculture using ponds and
the salinic water of West
Alabama, AL.
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Climate Observations and Services.--Within the funds
provided, the Committee supports the administration's request
for ``Climate Data and Information'' and ``Climate
Operations''. The Committee is concerned that the U.S. Drought
Monitor, a joint mission of various Department of Commerce
agencies and the Department of Agriculture, may not properly
reflect conditions on the ground in drought impacted areas. The
Committee encourages the Department to work with other Federal
agencies, such as NASA, to ensure that the most advanced
technology available is used in the development of the Drought
Monitor each week.
Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.--Of the funds
provided for Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes throughout
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, the Committee provides
additional funding for NOAA to further its commitment to the
NOAA Cooperative Institute for the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Weather and Air Quality Research Programs, Laboratories and
Cooperative Institutes.--The Committee applauds the
administration's request to use unmanned aerial systems [UAS]
both in Arctic climate analysis and in weather research. The
Committee builds upon that request to provide a total of
$6,000,000 for UAS implementation, and encourages OAR to not
only work with industry, but also with NOS and NWS to explore
how these applied research projects can transition into
practical operations for other NOAA programs.
National Sea Grant College Program.--The Committee directs
NOAA to increase the program's state-wide partnerships and the
program's competitive, national grant programs.
National Undersea Research Program.--Although the Committee
approved the overall OAR reprogramming which included the
merger of Ocean Exploration and the National Undersea Research
Program [NURP] in 2006, the Committee awaits a formalized plan
detailing the breakout and vision of the new arrangement. Given
the diverse portfolio and direction of each program, the
Committee is concerned about how financially combining these
two unique programs will impact the exploration and advanced
technology communities. Therefore, the Committee separates
NURP's funding from the administration's request for Ocean
Exploration. Of the funds provided, $6,000,000 is required for
the National Institute of Undersea Science and Technology.
Given that the Administration has decided to combine NURP and
Ocean Exploration in future years, the Committee directs NOAA
to provide a strategic and financial plan for such a merger
prior to, or in addition to, the administration's fiscal year
2009 budget request. The Committee recognizes the program's
direction to develop advanced technology and encourages such
advancements rather than applying funds to maintain basic,
applied research facilities.
Of the funds provided for NURP, the Committee directs NOAA
to provide sufficient funding to each of the existing six NURP
centers.
Ocean Exploration.--The administration's disjointed request
for Ocean Exploration, which includes funding for NURP, a
transfer to NMAO, and a new initiative for Extended Continental
Shelf [ECS] mapping (all without alleged cuts to base) does not
add. To alleviate this problem, the Committee supports the
adjustment to base for NOAA's Marine Operations for basic
operation of the Okeanos research vessel, but does not approve
the administration's request to transfer funds from OAR. The
Committee also does not support the fiscal merger between Ocean
Exploration and NURP. The Committee does support the
administration's request for ECS mapping, but is concerned that
this effort will eclipse the program's underlying effort to
explore the world's oceans through peer-reviewed, competitive
research proposals. The Committee is apprehensive that the
proposed ECS mapping effort, which includes among other
activities, benthic habitat mapping activities and high-
resolution imagery, will siphon more money from the program
than is necessary for traditional ESC submissions, which are
based on marine seismic and sonar data. While the Committee
supports multidisciplinary operations to maximize vessel time,
strictly traditional bathymetric mapping operations may achieve
the goals of ESC submissions more economically. Therefore, in
addition to increasing Ocean Exploration's base for standard
operations, the Committee provides $3,400,000 for ECS mapping,
which reflects the administration's true request for this new
initiative, rather than the $8,000,000 it touted during the
budget rollout as ``new funds'' to support the administration's
U.S. Ocean Action Plan. The Committee also directs the
administration to leverage the Office of Coast Survey's
expertise and existing mapping contracts to help distribute the
operation funding.
Aquatic Invasive Species Program.--The Committee supports
the administration's request for NOAA's Aquatic Invasive
Species Program, and provides additional funding to increase
the amount of national grants administered by NOAA to further
detect, monitor and reduce the impact of aquatic invasive
species.
Marine Aquaculture Research.--The Committee is encouraged
by the administration's request to increase the Nation's
research and knowledge within the field aquaculture. The
Committee directs NOAA to distribute the funds equally among
three regions: Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.
Climate Research, Competitive Research Program.--The
Committee provides these funds to allow NOAA to design,
conduct, and administer a competitive, peer-reviewed grant
process targeted on innovative climate research, including
observation platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles. The
Committee directs NOAA to focus these funds on the topics of
drought research.
Weather and Air Quality Research Programs, Competitive
Research Program.--The Committee provides these funds to allow
NOAA to design, conduct, and administer a competitive, peer-
reviewed grant process for the purposes of weather research.
The Committee directs NOAA to focus this year's funds to
cooperatively work with universities from coastal States on the
topics of coastal weather, severe weather, and hurricanes.
Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research, Competitive Ocean
Research Program.--To further encourage competitive, peer-
reviewed research with the ocean science community, the
Committee provides funding for NOAA to work with the coastal
and Great Lakes universities to implement and administer grants
focusing on the ocean's role in climate change as encouraged by
the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative. The Committee also
encourages NOAA to further research on autonomous undersea
vehicles.
Advanced Radar Technologies.--The Committee recognizes the
need for additional low level radar coverage in Wyoming and
provides $100,000 for NOAA and the National Weather Service to
work with the University of Massachusetts and the National
Science Foundation, under the umbrella of the Collaborative
Adapting Sensing of the Atmosphere [CASA] program, to conduct a
feasibility study to determine the applicability to
northeastern Wyoming of advanced radar technologies under
investigation by CASA.
NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The Committee recommendation provides $819,117,000 for the
NOAA National Weather Service [NWS]. NWS programs provide
timely and accurate meteorologic, hydrologic, and oceanographic
warnings and forecasts to ensure the safety of the population,
mitigate property losses, and improve the economic productivity
of the Nation. NWS is also responsible for issuing operational
climate forecasts for the United States.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
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Observations, Forecasts, and Communications:
Local Warnings and Forecasts:
Local Warnings and Forecasts Base............ 591,465
Strengthen U.S. Tsunami Warning Network...... 23,196
Air Quality Forecasting...................... 5,445
Sustain Cooperative Observer Network......... 1,871
NOAA Profiler Network........................ 4,736
Pacific Island Compact....................... 3,515
USWRP--U.S. Weather Research Program--THORPEX 6,000
Alaska Data Buoys............................ 1,683
Congressionally Directed Projects............ 6,060
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Subtotal, Local Warnings and Forecasts..... 643,971
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Operations and Research:
Advanced Hydrological Prediction Services........ 6,037
Aviation Weather................................. 4,653
WFO Maintenance.................................. 7,316
Central Forecast Guidance........................ 46,748
NOAA's Hurricane Center.......................... 7,000
Congressionally Directed Projects................ 4,750
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Subtotal, Operations and Research.............. 76,504
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Total, Observations, Forecasts, and 720,475
Communications................................
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Systems Operation & Maintenance:
NEXRAD........................................... 44,176
ASOS............................................. 8,891
Weather Radio Transmitters and Communications.... 2,297
AWIPS............................................ 37,766
NWSTG Backup--CIP................................ 5,512
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Total, Systems Operation & Maintenance......... 98,642
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GRAND TOTAL NWS................................ 819,117
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CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED PROJECTS
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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LOCAL WARNINGS AND FORECASTS
Susquehanna River Basin Flood 2,000 Specter, Mikulski
System, funding for flood
inundation maps and capitol
improvements to flood warning
system, Susquehanna River
Basin Commission, Harrisburg,
PA.
New England Weather Technology 200 Gregg
initiative, for continued
weather technology and
observation at Plymouth State
University, NH.
Vermont Weather & Wind Data 250 Leahy
Integration, integration of
National Weather Service and
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
to conduct monitoring of bird
migration patterns, Vermont
Department of Fish and
Wildlife, Waterbury, VT.
Hawaii Rain Gages to purchase, 360 Akaka
install and maintain rain
gages, NOAA National Weather
Service Pacific Region
Headquarters, County of
Honolulu, HI.
Hurricane Mitigation Alliance, 500 Bill Nelson
research to develop cost
effective techniques for
reduction of hurricane hazards
to life and property, Florida
International University,
Miami-Dade County, FL.
Hawaii Weather Buoy, for the 1,400 Akaka
installation of bouy northeast
of main Hawaiian Islands,
National Weather Service
Pacific Region Headquarters,
County of Honolulu, HI.
Perdido Pass Navigation 300 Shelby
Assistance, for a weather buoy
for the near-shore waters of
Perdido Pass along the Gulf
Coast of AL, AL.
Eye-On-The-Sky, continue and 300 Leahy
expand meteorology reporting,
education and outreach
efforts, Fairbanks Museum and
Planetarium St. Johnsbury, VT.
Western Kentucky Environmental 750 McConnell
Monitoring Network, to
complete the development of a
monitoring system that will
collect real-time observations
through a statewide grid of
stations in Kentucky
administered, Western Kentucky
University Research
Foundation, Bowling Green, KY.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
Improved hydrologic modeling of 250 Craig
water resources for snow-
dominated regions, funds will
be used to develop an
operational hydrology model
for mountain-front hydrologic
systems based on new research
that advances knowledge on
physical mechanisms by which
water moves from mountains to
valleys, Boise State
University, Boise, ID.
Remote Infrasonic Monitoring of 2,500 Cochran
Natural Hazards, to support
research in long-ranging
atmospheric sound below the
perception of human hearing to
provide better warnings to
those in danger of the effects
of hurricanes and volcanic
eruptions, Joint Project with
University of MS, University
of HI, University of AK, and
University of California at
San Diego.
Regional Ensembling System for 2,000 Cochran
Atmospheric Dispersion
Forecasting, to construct a
dispersion forecasting
capability tailored for
application in the Gulf Coast
Region with activity focused
on the development of ensemble
methods and data assimilation
techniques, Jackson State
University, Jasckson MS.
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Williston Radar.--The Committee is concerned about radar
coverage in the State of North Dakota and directs NOAA to
maintain staffing and operations at the Williston Radar site
through fiscal year 2008.
NOAA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA, AND INFORMATION SERVICE
The Committee recommendation provides $172,254,000 for
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
[NESDIS]. NESDIS programs operate environmental polar-orbiting
and geostationary satellites and collect and archive global
environmental data and information for distribution to users in
commerce, industry, agriculture, science and engineering, the
general public, and Federal, State, and local agencies.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
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Environmental Satellite Observing Systems:
Satellite Command and Control Base................. 36,968
NSOF Operations.................................... 7,531
Product Processing and Distribution................ 30,408
Product Development, Readiness and Application..... 20,015
Product Development, Readiness and Application 3,861
(Ocean Remote Sensing)............................
Joint Center/Accelerate Use of Satellites.......... 3,258
Commercial Remote Sensing Licensing and Enforcement 1,262
Office of Space Commercialization.................. 612
Group on Earth Observations (GEO).................. 500
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Total, Environmental Satellite Observing Systems. 104,415
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Data Centers and Information Services:
Archive, Access and Assessment..................... 34,677
Maryland........................................... 5,600
Kentucky........................................... 993
North Carolina..................................... 275
West Virginia...................................... 1,434
Coastal Data Development........................... 4,506
Environmental Data Systems Mondernization.......... 9,404
Congressionally Directed Projects.................. 10,950
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Total, NOAA's Data Centers and Information 67,839
Serivces........................................
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GRAND TOTAL NESDIS............................... 172,254
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CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED PROJECTS
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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DATA CENTERS AND INFORMATION
SERVICES
Cooperative Institute for 1,200 Shelby
Remote Sensing Applications,
for the purpose of advancing
knowledge and understanding of
the environment using
information technologies and
remote sensing systems,
University of Alabama at
Huntsville, Huntsville, AL.
International Pacific Research 2,000 Inouye
Center, to conduct systematic
and reliable climatographic
research of the Pacific
region, University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, HI.
Regional Climate Centers, 5,000 Schumer, Clinton, Ben
cooperative agreement with the Nelson, Bill Nelson,
National Climatic Data Center, Obama
Univ. of NE, Lincoln, NE;
Illinois State Water-Survey,
Champaign, Illinois; Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York;
S.C. Dept. of Natural
Resources, Columbia, SC;
Louisiana State Univ., Baton
Rouge, Louisiana; Desert
Research Institute, Reno,
Nevada.
Integrated Data and 2,750 Inouye
Environmental Applications
Center, funding support for
critical regional needs for
ocean, climate, and ecosystem
information (IDEA), NOAA IDEA
Center, Honolulu, HI.
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Data and Climate Centers.--The Committee encourages NOAA to
continue to coordinate its climate data management and archival
activities for the Western Pacific Region with the ongoing
efforts of the University of Hawaii's Asia-Pacific Data-
Research Center. The Committee is also encouraged by NOAA's
responsiveness in establishing the NOAA Integrated Data and
Environmental Applications Center to address environmental data
and information requirements in the Pacific.
NOAA-WIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT
The Committee recommendation provides $207,379,000 for
NOAA-wide program support. These programs provide for overall
NOAA management, including staffing of the Under Secretary's
office and services to NOAA and DOC field offices through the
regional Administrative Support Centers. These programs also
support NOAA's Education Office consistent with the
recommendations of the Ocean Commission. The Facilities
subactivity provides for repair and maintenance to existing
facilities; facilities planning and design; and environmental
compliance. The Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
provides aircraft and marine data acquisition, repair, and
maintenance of the existing fleet, planning of future
modernization, and technical and management support for NOAA-
wide activities through the NOAA Commissioned Corps.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
PROGRAM SUPPORT OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
recommendation
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Corporate Services:
Under Secretary and Associate Offices Base......... 30,000
Facilities......................................... 18,954
NOAA Wide Corporate Services and Agency Management. 124,000
DOC Working Capital Fund........................... 34,425
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Total, Corporate Services........................ 207,379
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NOAA Education Program:
NOAA Education Program/Education Initiative........ 12,000
BWET Regional Programs............................. 12,000
JASON Education and Outreach....................... 1,000
Educational Partnership Program/Minority Serving 15,418
Institutions (EPPMSI).............................
Congressionally Directed Projects.................. 1,950
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Total, NOAA Education Program.................... 42,368
================
Marine Operations and Maintenance:
Aviation Services.................................. 25,793
Marine Services.................................... 131,500
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Total, Marine Operations and Maintenance......... 157,293
================
GRAND TOTAL PS................................... 407,040
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CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED PROJECTS
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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NOAA EDUCATION PROGRAM
Narragansett Bay Marine 1,000 Reed, Whitehouse
Education, curriculum
development and operation of
youth and adult education
programs, Save the Bay,
Providence, RI.
Center for the Great Lakes, 300 Durbin
conservation education, Shedd
Aquarium, Chicago, IL.
John Smith Water Trail, 500 Warner, Mikulski,
installation of interactive Cardin, Webb
bouys marking the John Smith
National Water Trail on the
Chesapeake Bay, The
Conservation Fund, Arlington,
VA.
Anacostia Watershed Education, 150 Mikulski
support for classroom
education and teacher training
on conservation, Anacostia
Watershed Society,
Bladensburg, MD.
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NOAA Leadership and Culture.--The Committee is concerned
that after three decades in existence and in spite of recent
leadership guidance, many of the NOAA line offices operate as
autonomous entities acting alone without considering the
greater good of the agency. NOAA has a long track record of
success but it is the Committee's firm belief that one line
office would undercut another line office in an instant if it
could receive additional funding. This culture is detrimental
to the entire agency's mission. Because of these concerns the
Committee directs NOAA to contract with the National Academy of
Public Administration to examine these issues and improve
NOAA's culture.
Marine Services.--This account consolidates all the items
within the administration's request for ``Marine Operations and
Maintenance'', including the administration's request of
$5,600,000 for operations and maintenance of the Okeanos
research vessel. These funds are appropriated as a direct
adjustment to the base of the Marine Operations account without
supporting the requested $4,600,000 transfer of funds from the
Oceans and Atmospheric Research account. Far too often NOAA's
Marine and Aviation Operations rely on transfers of funds from
NOAA line offices for non-science vessel operations, which
distort the true costs of basic operations for these valuable,
national assets. In future fiscal years, NOAA is required to
provide a budget request for basic vessel operations that does
not include funding transfers from other line offices for basic
vessel operations.
The Committee also provides $500,000 for NOAA to administer
a feasibility study, performed by an outside organization, to
evaluate the design and operations of future research vessels
in the form of a NOAA Survey Vessel designed for multi-mission
operations, to maximize on-site activities and modularize for
versatile platform availability. The results of said study
shall be delivered to the Committee within 18 months of the
enactment of this act.
The number of officers authorized to serve within the ranks
of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps shall increase from 299
to 321. The Committee provides sufficient funding under the
Marine Services account for this adjustment in personnel.
NOAA Education Program.--The Committee provides $42,368,000
for education programs, $23,007,000 above the budget request.
The Joint Ocean Commission continues to highlight the need for
ocean literacy and broaden young people's awareness of ocean
issues that affect their daily lives. NOAA has established a
successful track record of engaging all levels of the education
community to send a clear, consistent message on ocean science
using different media and methods tailored to individual
community needs.
BWET Regional Program.--The Committee firmly believes in
the existing BWET programs in California, the Chesapeake Bay
region, and in Hawaii and has provided additional resources for
the expansion of the program to include other regions of the
country.
Working Capital Fund.--The Committee has continued to
recommend appropriations for NOAA and Commerce Department
corporate costs under ``NOAA-wide Program Support''. The
Committee disapproves of the practice of allocating, or
``tithing'', corporate costs across programs, projects, and
activities.
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,110,119,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 979,893,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,089,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,089,000,000. The
recommendation is $21,119,000 below the fiscal year 2007
enacted level, excluding supplemental appropriations, and
$109,107,000 above the budget request.
Committee recommendations are displayed in the following
table:
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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National Ocean Service:
Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Program.... 49,000
National Estuarine Research Reserve Construction 7,178
and Land Acquisition............................
Marine Sanctuaries Construction/Acquisition...... 5,842
National IOOS Data Management and Communications 10,000
Center..........................................
Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center.......... 6,000
Congressionally Directed Projects................ 25,750
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Total, National Ocean Service--PAC............. 103,770
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National Marine Fisheries Service: Congressionally 2,000
Directed Projects...................................
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Total, National Marine Fisheries Service--PAC.. 2,000
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Oceanic and Atmospheric Research: Research 10,379
Supercomputing/CCRI.................................
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Total, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research--PAC... 10,379
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National Weather Service:
Systems Acquisition:
ASOS......................................... 1,635
AWIPS........................................ 12,764
NEXRAD....................................... 8,376
NWSTG Legacy Replacement..................... 1,195
Radiosonde Network Replacement............... 4,014
Weather and Climate Supercomputing........... 26,169
Cooperative Observer Network Modernization 4,234
(NERON).....................................
NOAA Profiler Network........................ 5,100
Complete and Sustain NOAA Weather Radio...... 5,594
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Subtotal, NWS Systems Acquisition.......... 69,081
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Construction:
WFO Construction............................. 12,504
Center for Weather and Climate Prediction 26,410
(NCEP)......................................
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Subtotal, NWS Construction................. 38,914
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Total, National Weather Service--PAC....... 107,995
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NESDIS:
Systems Acquisition and Construction:
Geostationary Systems (GOES-N)............... 80,379
Geostationary Systems (GOES-R)............... 261,000
Polar Orbiting Systems (POES)................ 114,906
Polar Orbiting Systems (NPOESS).............. 331,300
EOS and Advanced Polar Data Processing, 990
Distribution and Archiving Systems..........
CIP--single point of failure................. 2,772
NOAA/NASA Space Weather Continuity of 5,000
Operations..................................
Comprehensive Large Array Data Stewardship 6,476
System (CLASS)..............................
NPOESS Climate Sensors....................... 24,700
NPOESS Preparatory Data Exploration.......... 2,455
Satellite CDA Facility....................... 2,228
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Total, NESDIS--PAC......................... 835,206
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Program Support:
Construction:
Pacific Regional Facility.................... 20,250
Construction (Sec. 212)...................... 3,000
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Subtotal, Construction..................... 20,250
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OMAO Fleet Replacement:
Fisheries Survey Vessel (design phase for #5 5,000
and #6).....................................
Hydro Survey Launch Construction............. 2,400
Vessel Equip. and Tech Refresh............... 1,000
Temporary Berthing for HENRY B. BIGELOW...... 1,000
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Subtotal, OMAO Fleet Replacement........... 9,400
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Total, Program Support--PAC................ 29,650
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GRAND TOTAL PAC............................ 1,089,000
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CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED PROJECTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
Center for Marine Aquaculture, 11,000 Cochran
to construct a centerto
provide scientists, engineers,
and economists the capability
to apply recent advances in
aquaculture, biotechnology,
pathology, nutrition,
genetics, engineering,
microbiology, and economics to
remove the technical and
profitability constraints to
growth of a marine aquaculture
industry. Univ. of Southern
Mississippi, Stennis, MS.
Science Center Building, 1,000 Cochran
feasibility study funding for
NOAA to implement and
administer a open-source
feasiability study for a
comprehensive science center
at the campus of Stennis Space
Center, MS.
National Marine Sanctuary 2,000 Inouye
Learning Center, for
construction of learning
center, Hawaiian Islands
Humpback Whale National Marine
Sanctuary, Hawaiian Islands,
HI.
Gulf of Farralones NMS Exhibit, 750 Feinstein
to enhance the public
awareness of the Sanctuary and
human dependence upon a
healthy ocean ecosystem,
Fitzgerld Marine Reserve, San
Mateo County, CA.
Thunder Bay NMS Exhibit, for 2,000 Levin, Stabenow
the completion of permanent
displays for the facility's
new visitor center, Thunder
Bay NMS, Alpena, MI.
Mill Creek Conservation, 1,500 Reed
conservation of coastal
environment, Mill Creek
Conservation, North Kingston,
RI.
Great Bay Partnership, for 5,000 Gregg
continued conservation of
critical habitats in Great
Bay, NH.
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES
SERVICE
Center for Aquatic Resource 2,000 Shelby
Management, to work together
with state and federal
partners to develop and
implement strategies for
sustainable practices that
will protect and restore
aquatic resources, Auburn
Univ., Auburn, AL.
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Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection [CELP].--The Coastal
and Estuarine Land Protection Program [CELP] provides grants to
eligible State agencies and local governments to acquire
property or conservation easements from willing sellers within
a State's coastal zone or coastal watershed boundary.
The Committee recommends $49,000,000 for the CELP program,
a $34,000,000 increase over the budget request and a
$12,000,000 increase over the enacted level.
In the fiscal year 2006 appropriation, Congress began
directing NOAA to review and prioritize eligible projects
submitted under approved State CELP plans or by the State's
coastal program. The Committee recommendation makes the program
100 percent competitive and merit based. The Committee is aware
of several projects that were anticipating funding through
congressional directive. In light of this change, the Committee
directs NOAA to re-open the 2008 competition, no later than 45
days after enactment, to allow additional projects to be
considered for funding.
National IOOS Data Management and Communications Center.--
To encourage further commitment towards realizing a
comprehensive IOOS program, the Committee recommendation
provides $10,000,000 for NOAA to establish an Integrated Ocean
Observation System data management and communications center at
Stennis Space Center. The center should benefit from the
resident expertise of the Naval Oceanographic Office as the
demonstrated hub of naval oceanographic data collection,
archiving, fusion, modeling and distribution of oceanographic
products. Existing NOAA facilities at Stennis Space Center, the
National Data Buoy Center and the National Coastal Data
Development Center currently provide NOAA quality data
collection and assimilation. NOAA shall provide a report to the
Committee no later than April 1, 2008 detailing full plans to
implement this center, including detailed out year
requirements, for full operation of the center as the primary
data management and communication center for the national IOOS
program.
Satellites.--The Committee remains extremely concerned with
regard to NOAA's satellite programs. The Committee believes
that continuous oversight by Congress is necessary given NOAA's
track record and has provided a general provision to the bill
that is similar to the Defense Department's Nunn-McCurdy
certification procedures. In addition, the Committee is
extremely concerned about staffing within the agency and
whether the necessary expertise is on board. The Committee
directs NOAA to provide quarterly updates to the Committee
regarding its satellite program, including staffing plans,
budget, and technical risks.
Hurricane Tracking and Forecasting Data Preservation and
Continuity.--The Committee is concerned with reports about the
degradation in the QuickSCAT Satellite which NOAA provides with
data on sea surface winds. This data goes into the models of
the NOAA Hurricane Center and aids in hurricane forecasts.
Accurate hurricane forecasting is of the utmost importance to
protecting life and property, and the Nation must ensure that
our means of collecting data are reliable and up to date. It is
imperative that the National Weather Service has alternatives
to the single Hurricane Hunter Jet Aircraft and the QuickSCAT
satellite, because each contributes significant data to
hurricane tracking and forecasting models. The Committee
directs NOAA to provide the Committee on Appropriations with a
report, including cost projections, on plans for replacement of
these assets so that continuity of operations is not lost.
NPOESS.--The Committee has long been concerned with the
NPOESS program. The old adage of ``not having all your eggs in
one basket'' has certainly come true with this program.
Following significant cost overruns, and Nunn-McCurdy
certification, NOAA and the Department of Defense de-manifested
several critically important climate sensors for budgetary
purposes. The National Research Counsel's Decadal Survey warned
of a growing crisis in our Nation's ability to observe the
Earth's climate. The Decadal Survey recommended that ``NOAA
should restore several key climate, environmental, and weather
observation capabilities to its planned NPOESS and GOES-R
missions.''
The Committee is aware that a confidential report produced
by NOAA and NASA for the White House states, ``the recent loss
of climate sensors due to the NPOESS Nunn-McCurdy certification
places the overall climate program in serious jeopardy.'' It
now appears that the administration is beginning to realize the
short sightedness of these decisions and is planning to restore
some of these sensors to the program.
In the report NASA and NOAA have recommended to the White
House restoring several climate sensors to the program. Their
recommendations include, among others: (1) building three Total
Solar Irradiance Sensors [TSIS]; (2) installing the existing
CERES instrument on the NPP mission; and (3) building two Earth
Radiation Budget Sensors [ERBS] included onto the NPOESS C1 and
C3 missions.
The Committee remains skeptical on whether the
administration will actually increase NOAA and NASA budgets to
pay for these internal, ``Pre-decisional'' recommendations. The
Committee suspects that instead of paying for this vital
investment through increased funding, the administration will
instead try to do things on the cheap or worse, redirect funds
away from NOAA's other programs.
Given the looming crisis in our Nation's ability to observe
our planet and measure its climate variable, the Committee
recommendation includes $30,000,000 for the restoration of
climate sensors to the NPOESS program.
GOES-R.--The Committee is concerned that over 26 percent of
the budget structure for the program is for ``Government
Program Office Operations''. The Committee feels that these
reserves provide a false sense of security for the program
managers leading to future problems. Accordingly, the Committee
has reduced these overhead costs and redirected funding to the
restoration of climate sensors.
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.--The funds included in
the Committee recommendation for the Mill Creek Conservation,
North Kingstown, Rhode Island will be used expressly to acquire
lands or interest in lands that include significant
conservation, recreation, ecological, historical or aesthetic
values.
Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center.--The Committee
recommendation provides $6,000,000 for the establishment of a
NOAA Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center (``Center'') in
order for the National Ocean Service [NOS] to better respond to
severe weather events. The Center shall house and consolidate
groups from the NOS National Response Teams, NOS Response and
Restoration, and NOS Damage Assessment.
Pacific Marine Operations Center.--The Committee is aware
of a recent fire in Seattle, Washington, that damaged or
destroyed several NOAA facilities located on Lake Union,
including buildings, docks and NOAA ships that service the
Pacific region. The Committee directs NOAA to submit to the
Senate Committee on Appropriations a full assessment of the
damage, loss of capability, and estimated replacement costs for
NOAA's damaged assets as soon as it can be determined.
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY FUND
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $66,638,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 66,825,000
Committee recommendation................................ 90,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $90,000,000 for the
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. The recommendation is
$23,362,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and
$23,175,000 above the budget request.
The Committee is disappointed NOAA rejected the State of
Alaska's fiscal year 2007 proposals for Salmon Enhancement
projects. These funds are used to continue viable salmon
fisheries and a sustainable salmon fishing industry. In
addition, these projects are consistent with the memorandum of
Understanding between the State of Alaska and the National
Marine Fisheries Service. Without these projects, the salmon
population in Alaska runs the risk of depletion. NOAA should
support and encourage the State's efforts to educate, enhance
salmon stock, and develop infrastructure to support an
environment to allow the Alaska salmon populations to continue
to thrive.
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $3,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 3,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,000,000
The recommendation includes requested language allowing not
to exceed $3,000,000 collected pursuant to the Coastal Zone
Management Act to be transferred to the ``Operations, Research
and Facilities'' account to offset the costs of implementing
that act.
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $7,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,000,000
Language is included as proposed only for loans to finance
the purchase of Individual Fishing Quotas, which have a
negative subsidy rate and do not require appropriations to
cover the costs of the loan.
OTHER
Departmental Management
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $47,121,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 58,693,000
Committee recommendation................................ 53,193,000
The Committee recommendation provides $53,193,000 for
Departmental Management Salaries and Expenses, of which
$2,000,000 is for the National Medal of Technology. The
recommendation is $6,072,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $5,500,000 below the budget request.
Within Departmental Management, the Salaries and Expenses
account provides funding for the Secretary, Deputy Secretary,
and support staff. Responsibilities involve policy development
and implementation affecting United States and international
activities, as well as, establishing internal goals and
operations of the Department.
The Committee directs the Secretary to submit a report to
the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Commerce regarding
the use of fiscal year 2004, fiscal year 2005, and fiscal year
2006 funding provided to the Travel and Tourism Promotion
Advisory Board. The report shall detail what actions have been
taken to stimulate tourism in the United States. The report
shall be submitted to the Committees no later than February 1,
2008.
HCHB RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION
Appropriations, 2007....................................................
Budget estimate, 2008................................... $4,300,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,100,000
The Committee recommendation provides $5,100,000 for the
HCHB Renovation. Within the funds provided the following
congressionally directed project is funded: $800,000 is for the
National Aquarium, Washington, DC, for HCHB rental payments and
cost of planning and design of new space within HCHB
(Mikulski).
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $22,592,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 23,426,000
Committee recommendation................................ 23,426,000
The Committee recommendation provides $23,426,000. The
recommendation is $834,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION COUNCIL
Appropriations, 2007....................................................
Budget estimate, 2008................................... $1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,000,000. The
recommendation is $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
General Provisions--Department of Commerce
Section 101 makes Commerce Department funds available for
advanced payments only upon certification of officials
designated by the Secretary that such payments are considered
to be in the public interest.
Section 102 makes appropriations for salaries and expenses
available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for
services, uniforms, and allowances as authorized by law.
Section 103 provides the authority to transfer funds
between Department of Commerce accounts and within NOAA
appropriations. The provision makes transfers subject to the
Committee's standard reprogramming procedures.
Section 104 provides that any cost resulting from personnel
actions shall be absorbed by the affected Department or Agency.
Section 105 extends guarantee authority and makes
appropriations for salaries and administrative expenses to
administer the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program available
until expended.
Section 106 prohibits the use of any appropriated funds to
trademark the phrase ``Last Best Place''.
Section 107 would establish authority for ITA to use
appropriated funds for sequestered North American Free Trade
Act panelists.
Section 108 extends the Department of Commerce's personnel
demonstration project.
Section 109 provides technical corrections related to the
elimination of the Technology Administration.
Section 110 authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
prescribe and enforce standards or regulations affecting safety
and health in the context of scientific and occupational diving
within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Section 111 provides authority to begin construction on the
NOAA Pacific Regional Center.
Section 112 provides authority for a voluntary fishing
capacity reduction program.
Section 113 provides authority to begin construction on the
NIST Building 1 Extension.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
The Committee recommends a total of $24,311,959,000 for the
Department of Justice [DOJ]. The recommendation is
$1,457,527,000 above the fiscal year 2007 funding level,
excluding emergency supplemental appropriations, and
$2,059,636,000 above the budget request.
The Committee has made funding for combating and
prosecuting terrorism; enhancing intelligence capabilities;
arresting and prosecuting child predators; and developing
critical information technology and infrastructure investments-
centerpieces of the fiscal year 2008 Department of Justice
appropriations bill.
The Committee views the continual proposed elimination of
critical State and local law programs as misguided and
irresponsible. State and local law enforcement must have the
resources necessary to fight crime and assist the Federal
Government in the Global War on Terror. Repeated elimination of
these important funds calls into question the Department's
commitment to remain the Nation's premier law enforcement
agency.
Language is not included to rescind balances from the Crime
Victims Fund, as requested by the administration.
Tribal Government Funding.--The Committee rejects the
administration's proposal to discontinue specific set-asides
for tribal COPS, correctional facility construction, tribal
courts, and juvenile justice programs. The Department of
Justice programs that have operated in past years are an
essential part of the public safety and justice regimes in
Indian Country. The Committee is concerned that the changes
proposed to these programs by the administration if implemented
would significantly affect the administration of justice in
Indian communities.
For the past several years, tribal leaders from across the
country have made public safety and justice in Indian Country a
top priority, and have urged that adequate funding be provided
for law enforcement officers, strong judicial systems, and
detention facilities construction and staffing. The Committee
is not aware that the Department of Justice consulted with
tribal governments on this proposal which would essentially
require tribal law enforcement agencies to compete for funding
with State and local law enforcement agencies.
Budget Restructuring Proposals.--The Committee remains
concerned with the Department's repeated proposal to
consolidate existing decision-units. All accounts within the
DOJ, therefore, shall continue to use the fiscal year 2007
decision-units and account structures, unless otherwise
specified in prior years or in the following recommendation.
General Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $97,832,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 104,777,000
Committee recommendation................................ 104,777,000
The Committee recommendation provides $104,777,000. The
recommendation is $6,945,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and equal to the budget request.
The ``General Administration'' account provides funding for
senior policy officials responsible for Departmental management
and policy development. The specific offices funded by this
account include: the immediate Office of the Attorney General;
the immediate Office of the Deputy Attorney General; the
immediate Office of the Associate Attorney General; Office of
Legal Policy; Office of Public Affairs; Office of Legislative
Affairs; Office of Professional Responsibility; Office of
Intergovernmental and Public Liaison; and the Justice
Management Division.
The following table compares the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level to the fiscal year 2008 budget estimate and the
Committee's recommendation for each office:
[In thousands of dollars]
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Fiscal year
Fiscal year 2008 Committee
2007 enacted recommendation
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Department Leadership:
Attorney General.................. 5,260 5,458
Deputy Attorney General........... 4,814 4,990
Office of Privacy and Civil 380 400
Liberties....................
Associate Attorney General........ 1,767 1,836
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Subtotal........................ 12,221 12,684
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Intergov Relations/External Affairs:
Public Affairs.................... 2,858 2,968
Legislative Affairs............... 3,598 3,734
Intergovernmental and Public 927 962
Liaison..........................
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Subtotal........................ 7,383 7,664
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Exec Support/Prof Resp:
Legal Policy...................... 5,601 5,812
Professional Responsibility....... 5,801 6,020
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Subtotal........................ 11,402 11,832
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Justice Management Division........... 66,826 72,597
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TOTAL General Administration.... 97,832 104,777
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National Drug Intelligence Center [NDIC].--The Committee
does not agree to provide $16,000,000 to the Department of
Justice for the NDIC; this Center is outside of the
subcommittee's jurisdiction.
Departmental Offices.--The Committee has established
specific limitations for each individual program and policy
within the Departmental Offices. The accompanying bill includes
a provision authorizing a cumulative total of transfers of up
to 5 percent between each activity (Departmental Leadership;
Intergovernmental/External Affairs; Executive Support/
Professional Responsibility; and Justice Management Division)
and after 5 percent, the Department shall seek prior approval
from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $123,559,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 100,500,000
Committee recommendation................................ 95,795,000
The Committee recommendation provides $95,795,000. The
recommendation is $27,764,000 below the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $4,705,000 below the budget request.
The Justice Information Sharing Technology [JIST] account
provides increased control to the Department Chief Information
Officer [DCIO] to ensure that investments in information
technology [IT] are well planned and aligned with the
Department's overall IT strategy and enterprise architecture.
JIST helps ensure that all DOJ components build systems that
are interoperable with shared components and not stove-piped
systems that become obsolete once operational. The Committee is
supportive of IT enhancements and the creation of systems that
work across agencies and Departments.
TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $89,198,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 81,353,000
Committee recommendation................................ 76,353,000
The Committee recommendation provides $76,353,000. The
recommendation is $12,845,000 below the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $5,000,000 below the budget request.
This account centrally funds development, acquisition,
deployment, operation and maintenance of the Justice
Department's narrowband wireless communications network. Should
additional funding be necessary for this effort, the Committee
will consider a reprogramming of existing resources, consistent
with section 505 of this act.
These funds provide for the conversion to narrowband
communications, including the cost for operation and
maintenance of land mobile radio legacy systems. Federal
Government agencies are required to convert to narrowband
operations which provide a more technologically advanced and
efficient use of radio spectrum. The Committee is concerned
about the lagging progress as well as the recurring costs of
the conversion. The Committee also understands aging
infrastructure has been an impediment in the implementation of
narrowband.
This account also funds the Integrated Wireless Network
[IWN]. The IWN will address communications shortcomings in key
strategic locations, such as along the northern and southern
land borders, and in cities that are potential targets for
terrorism. Resources will support Justice components' existing
land mobile radio systems; support IWN operations and
maintenance requirements; invest in new narrowband
infrastructure and subscriber equipment; promote communications
interoperability by Federal law enforcement and homeland
security personnel; and support management and operating
requirements.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $229,142,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 247,499,000
Committee recommendation................................ 247,499,000
The Committee recommendation provides $247,499,000. The
recommendation is $18,357,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and equal to the budget request.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review includes the
Board of Immigration Appeals, immigration judges, and
administrative law judges who decide through administrative
hearings whether to admit or exclude aliens seeking to enter
the country, and whether to deport or adjust the status of
aliens whose status has been challenged. This account also
funds the Office of the Pardon Attorney which receives,
investigates, and considers petitions for all forms of
executive clemency.
DETENTION TRUSTEE
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,225,816,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,294,226,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,265,872,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,265,872,000. The
recommendation is $40,056,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $28,354,000 below the budget request.
The Office of the Federal Detention Trustee account
provides oversight of detention management, and improvement and
coordination of detention activities to ensure that Federal
agencies involved in detention provide for the safe, secure,
and humane confinement of persons in the custody of the United
States.
The Committee is concerned about the Department's ability
to anticipate the true funding needs for this account and
directs the Detention Trustee to continue efforts to improve
its current formulas. The Committee will consider the use of
existing resources should additional funding be required,
subject to section 505 of this act.
The Committee directs the Detention Trustee to report to
the Committee on a quarterly basis the number of individuals in
the detention trustee system, the projected number of
individuals, and the annualized costs that are associated with
them.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $70,603,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 73,208,000
Committee recommendation................................ 73,700,000
The Committee recommendation provides $73,700,000. The
recommendation is $3,097,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $492,000 above the budget request. The Committee has
provided an increase to this account to enable the Inspector
General to continue to review the FBI National Security Letter
Issue.
This account finances the activities of the Office of
Inspector General [OIG] including audits, inspections,
investigations and other reviews of programs and operations of
the Department of Justice to promote economy, efficiency, and
effectiveness and to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and
abuse, as well as violations of ethical standards arising from
the conduct of Department employees in their numerous and
diverse activities.
United States Parole Commission
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $11,509,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 12,194,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,194,000
The Committee recommendation provides $12,194,000. The
recommendation is $685,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and equal to the budget request.
The Commission is an independent body within the Department
of Justice which makes decisions regarding requests for parole
and supervision of Federal prisoners.
Legal Activities
GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $677,154,000
Supplemental appropriations, 2007....................... 1,648,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 750,584,000
Committee recommendation................................ 753,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $753,000,000. The
recommendation is $75,846,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $2,416,000 above the budget request.
This appropriation funds the establishment of litigation
policy, conduct of litigation, and various other legal
responsibilities, through the Office of the Solicitor General,
the Tax Division, the Criminal Division, the Civil Division,
the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, the Civil
Rights Division, the Office of Legal Counsel, and Interpol.
The Committee remains concerned DOJ is not requesting
enough resources to keep litigation costs on pace with DHS
enforcement activities.
The Committee recommendations, by Division, are displayed
in the following table:
LEGAL DIVISIONS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Amount
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Office of the Solicitor General......................... 10,085
Tax Division............................................ 95,000
Criminal Division....................................... 152,050
Civil Division.......................................... 245,050
Environment and Natural Resources Division.............. 103,400
Office of Legal Counsel................................. 6,325
Civil Rights Division................................... 116,800
Interpol USNCB.......................................... 23,730
Office of Dispute Resolution............................ 560
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Total............................................. 753,000
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THE NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $6,252,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 6,833,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,833,000
The Committee recommendation provides a reimbursement of
$6,833,000 for legal costs. The recommendation is $581,000
above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and equal to the
budget request.
This account covers Justice Department expenses associated
with litigating cases under the National Childhood Vaccine
Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-660).
ANTITRUST DIVISION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $147,819,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 155,097,000
Committee recommendation................................ 155,097,000
The Committee recommendation provides $155,097,000. The
recommendation is $7,278,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and equal to the budget request.
The Antitrust Division investigates potential violations of
Federal antitrust laws, represents the interests of the United
States in cases brought under these laws, acts on antitrust
cases before the Supreme Court, and reviews decisions of
regulatory commissions relating to antitrust law.
UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,654,886,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,747,822,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,747,822,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,747,822,000. The
recommendation is $92,936,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and equal to the budget request.
This account supports the Executive Office for U.S.
Attorneys and the 94 U.S. Attorneys headquarters offices
throughout the United States and its territories. The U.S.
Attorneys [USAs] serve as the principal litigators for the U.S.
Government for criminal and civil matters. As in past years,
the Committee directs the U.S. Attorneys to focus their efforts
on those crimes where the unique resources, expertise, or
jurisdiction of the Federal Government can be most effective.
The Committee expects that the resources provided be directed
to the highest priorities of the USAs.
Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Enforcement.--The
Committee remains concerned that 25 percent of the software
produced in the United States has been copied illegally in
violation of U.S. copyright laws. The Committee directs the
U.S. Attorneys to report to the Committees on Appropriations by
February 1, 2008, on the number, type, and location of
copyright prosecutions undertaken in the preceding year,
including those under Public Law 105-147.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $223,152,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 231,899,000
Committee recommendation................................ 231,899,000
The Committee recommendation provides $231,899,000. The
recommendation is $8,747,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and equal to the budget request.
The United States Trustee Program, authorized by 28 U.S.C.
581 et seq., is the component of the Justice Department with
responsibility for protecting the integrity of the bankruptcy
system by overseeing case administration and litigation to
enforce the bankruptcy laws. In fiscal year 2007, the U.S.
Trustee Program will participate in an estimated 1.5 million
business and consumer bankruptcy case filings. To carry out its
duties in these cases under the Bankruptcy Code (title 11) and
title 28 of the United States Code, the U.S. Trustee Program is
organized into three levels: the Executive Office for United
States Trustees in Washington, DC; United States Trustees in 21
regions whose geographic jurisdiction is established by
statute; and 95 field offices, which cover 150 court sites and
280 other administrative hearing locations.
The Committee continues to support the use of data-enabled
forms, or ``smart forms'' for filing bankruptcy petitions and
schedules. The data-enabled technology was developed jointly by
the United States Trustee Program and the Administrative Office
of the Courts [AOUSC]. The Committee supports the mandatory use
of smart forms to further improve efficiencies in the
bankruptcy system.
FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,561,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,709,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,709,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,709,000. The
recommendation is $148,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and equal to the budget request. The recommendation fully
provides for the adjudication of claims against: Germany
relating to World War II; Cuba relating to the Castro regime;
and Iraq relating to the U.S.S. Stark incident and Desert
Shield/Storm.
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission settles claims of
American citizens arising from nationalization, expropriation,
or other takings of their properties and interests by foreign
governments.
United States Marshals Service
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $812,070,000
Supplemental appropriations, 2007....................... 6,450,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 899,875,000
Committee recommendation................................ 896,860,000
The Committee recommendation provides $896,860,000. The
recommendation is $84,790,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level, and $3,015,000 below the budget request. The
budget request included funding for U.S. Marshals Construction
within the Salaries and Expenses account. The Committee
recommends funding for construction in a separate account at a
level of $8,015,000. The Committee provides a total of
$904,875,000 for the U.S. Marshals, including construction.
This level is $5,000,000 above the budget request.
The core missions of the USMS include the apprehension of
fugitives, protection of the Federal judiciary, protection of
witnesses, execution of warrants and court orders, and the
custody and transportation of accused and unsentenced
prisoners.
Judicial and Courthouse Security.--The Committee recommends
an appropriation of $376,912,000 for judicial and courthouse
security. The recommendation is $24,528,000 above the fiscal
year 2007 funding level and identical to the budget request.
This funding level includes program changes of $12,167,000 to
provide additional deputy marshals for judicial security.
Within the amount recommended are the requested enhancements to
increase district threat investigators and staffing in the most
critically vulnerable districts, provide for a secure and fully
encrypted communications network, intercept threats to the
Federal judiciary, and secure high-threat trials.
The recommendation supports the Marshal's proposal to
realign its decision unit structure into five mission areas.
Southwest Border.--The Committee's recommendation provides
$7,462,000 to begin addressing the increasing workload along
the Southwest border. Additional Border Patrol agents have lead
to an inevitable increase in illegal immigrant arrests which in
turn has increased the number of prisoners produced for Federal
court proceedings. Deputy U.S. Marshals are under tremendous
strain to protect Federal judges and prosecutors, transport
prisoners, and secure cellblock operations.
Information Technology.--The Committee's recommendation
provides $5,518,000 to strengthen information technology
infrastructure including network communications, information
security, and the Justice Detainee Information System.
Information Technology Expansion.--The Committee supports
collaborative efforts between public and private entities to
enhance fugitive investigations, apprehensions, judicial threat
awareness and preparedness. These collaborative efforts should
focus on the collection and analysis of photographic databases
including oral and written threats against judicial officials.
The Committee applauds the USMS for its ongoing efforts to
improve the agency's information technology infrastructure to
increase data sharing among USMS offices and with other law
enforcement agencies.
Audited Financial Statements.--The Committee recommendation
provides $1,834,000 to improve financial oversight. This
enhancement will assist with delivery of accurate and reliable
financial statements.
Regional Fugitive Task Forces.--The Committee
recommendation provides $28,101,000 for existing regional
fugitive task forces to include $13,554,000 for payroll
expenses and, $14,547,000 for the day-to-day operating expenses
for the six regional task forces.
The Committee recommends an additional $5,000,000 above the
budget request to establish new, or expand existing, regional
fugitive task forces for a total of $33,101,000. Distribution
of these resources should be based on the fugitive workload,
giving emphasis to the workload created by the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act. Funding covers the cost of new
Deputy U.S. Marshals, computer specialists, intelligence
analysts, and administrative support positions, as well as the
costs for facilities, information technology, communications,
tactical gear, vehicles, and other start up costs.
Technical Operations Group.--The Committee recommendation
provides $19,352,000 for the technical operations group to
include $9,937,000 for payroll expenses and $9,415,000 for the
day-to-day operating expenses.
Sexual Offender Apprehension.--The Committee recommendation
provides $7,845,000 for the USMS to place additional personnel
in States with the highest levels of unregistered sex
offenders, and fugitives wanted for other violent offenses. The
Committee directs the USMS to work closely with the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children [NCMEC] and State and
local agencies to focus on the ``worst of the worst'' sex
offenders especially those involved with crimes against
children. The Committee applauds the USMS for its leadership
during Operation FALCON I, II and III. These three fugitive
sweeps led to over 30,000 fugitive arrests including 3,314 sex
offenders and 681 gang members.
Courthouse Security Equipment.--The Committee
recommendation provides $12,397,000 for courthouse security
equipment, which includes security equipment, telephone
systems, and cabling.
CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $6,846,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 8,015,000
The Committee recommendation provides $8,015,000 for
construction. The budget request included funding for
construction activities within the salaries and expenses
account.
The recommendation provides funding for construction in
space controlled, occupied, or utilized by the USMS in United
States courthouses and Federal buildings, including but not
limited to the creation, renovation, and expansion of prisoner
movement areas, elevators, and other law enforcement and court
security support space. As in prior years, the Committee's
intent is to provide for all construction activity to support
the mission of the USMS in protection of the Federal judiciary
and other law enforcement activities.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $171,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 168,300,000
Committee recommendation................................ 168,300,000
The Committee recommendation provides $168,300,000. The
recommendation is $2,700 below the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and equal to the budget request.
This account provides for fees and expenses of witnesses
who appear on behalf of the Government in cases in which the
United States is a party, including fact and expert witnesses.
These funds are also used for mental competency examinations as
well as witness and informant protection.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $10,221,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 9,794,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,230,000
The Committee recommendation provides $10,230,000. The
recommendation is $9,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $436,000 above the budget request.
The Community Relations Service provides assistance to
communities and persons in the prevention and resolution of
disagreements relating to perceived discriminatory practices.
The Attorney General may submit a reprogramming to the
Committee for additional funding for conflict resolution and
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations
Service in accordance with reprogramming guidelines contained
within this act.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $21,211,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 20,990,000
Committee recommendation................................ 20,990,000
The Committee recommendation provides $20,990,000. The
recommendation is $221,000 below the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and equal to the budget request.
This account provides funds to supplement existing
resources to cover additional investigative expenses of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement
Administration, and U.S. Marshals Service, such as awards for
information, purchase of evidence, equipping of conveyances,
and investigative expenses leading to seizure. Funds for these
activities are provided from receipts deposited in the Assets
Forfeiture Fund resulting from the seizure and liquidation of
assets. Expenses related to the management and disposal of
assets are also provided from the Assets Forfeiture Fund by a
permanent indefinite appropriation.
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $66,970,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 78,056,000
Committee recommendation................................ 78,056,000
The Committee recommendation provides $78,056,000. The
recommendation is $11,086,000 above the enacted level and equal
to the budget request.
The National Security Division [NSD] coordinates the
Department's national security and terrorism missions through
law enforcement investigations and prosecutions.
Interagency Law Enforcement
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $497,935,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 509,154,000
Committee recommendation................................ 509,154,000
The Committee recommendation provides $509,154,000. The
recommendation is $11,219,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
The recommendation provides $509,154,000 for the
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement Account, which funds the
Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces [OCDETF]. This
funding level is $11,219,000 above the enacted level and the
same as the budget request. This program was created in 1982 to
ensure a coordinated, multi-agency approach to identifying,
disrupting and dismantling those drug trafficking and money
laundering organizations primarily responsible for the Nation's
illicit drug supply. Through its nine regional task forces,
this program utilizes the seven Federal law enforcement
agencies to target major drug trafficking organizations and
their financial infrastructure. This account also funds the
OCDETF Fusion Center [OFC], an operational intelligence center
combining the analytical resources and intelligence information
of the OCDETF member agencies and others.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $5,989,573,000
Supplemental appropriations, 2007....................... 258,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 6,349,950,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,372,250,000
The Committee recommendation provides $6,372,250,000. The
recommendation is $383,070,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level, excluding supplemental appropriations, and
$22,300,000 above the budget request.
The budget request had included $30,500,000 for sensitive
compartmented information facilities [SCIFs] in the salaries
and expenses account. The Committee recommends the
consolidation of SCIF funding in the Construction account and
has provided a total of $63,700,000 for SCIF funding in that
account.
Intelligence Requirements.--To support the FBI's
intelligence requirements, the Committee recommendation
provides $47,199,000 in funding and 159 positions to address
the FBI's intelligence program requirements. This includes
$11,969,000 for the National Security Branch Analytical
Capabilities, $7,809,000 for Communication Exploitation,
$12,729,000 for Human Source Validation and Delta Enhancement,
$9,525,000 in Human Intelligence Management, $1,342,000 for the
Terrorist Screening Center, $375,000 for Open Source Program
Staffing, and $3,450,000 for the National Virtual Translation
Center. These enhancements will position the FBI to meet
current and emerging national security and criminal threats by
focusing core investigative work proactively against threats to
U.S. interests, develop enterprise-wide intelligence policies
and capabilities, and provide useful and timely information and
analysis to the national security, homeland security, and law
enforcement communities.
Multi-Year Budgeting.--Since the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, the FBI has undertaken significant
initiatives to transform itself to becoming a threat-based,
intelligence driven organization whose focus is on preventing
terrorism and protecting national security. Field investigative
efforts in counterterrorism have more than doubled, from
approximately 1,150 pre-9/11 to nearly 2,400. Meanwhile, field
investigative resources used for criminal investigative matters
have decreased 29 percent, from nearly 6,200 to 4,400 over the
same period. Previously, the Committee urged the FBI to develop
a long-range budget strategy for its transformation to aid the
Committee in understanding the end-state capabilities and
multi-year resources requirements of the FBI. The committee is
aware that such a multi-year plan has been prepared and directs
the FBI to provide to the Committee, not later than July 31,
2007, a briefing on the end-state capabilities identified.
Criminal Justice Information Services Division.--The
Committee recommendation provides $626,398,000 including fee
collections for the Criminal Justice Information Services
Division [CJIS], including $355,398,000 in appropriated funds
and $271,000,000 in user fees. As in previous years, under no
circumstances is the FBI to divert funding collected through
the CJIS user fee for any purpose other than CJIS, its
refreshment plan, or a subsequent modernization plan for the
current facility. This amount includes $40,000,000 in excess
CJIS user fee collections to fully fund enhancements for
Interoperability, Next Generation Identification, and Regional
Data Exchange enhancements in fiscal year 2008. This funding
will greatly improve the quality and timeliness of information
provided to our Federal, State, and local law enforcement and
authorized non-criminal justice agencies to reduce terrorist
and criminal activities.
Criminal Investigations.--FBI Uniform Crime Report data for
2006 indicates violent crime increased for the second
consecutive year in many communities across the Nation.
Murders, robberies, aggravated assaults, and forcible rapes
increased 1.3 percent in 2006 and 2.3 percent in 2005. Among
the reasons cited for the resurgence of violent crime are the
spread of gangs and gang violence. Gang violence presents a
critical challenge to communities that cannot be ignored:
30,000 youth gangs with 800,000 members impacting 2,500
communities across the United States. After enjoying more than
a decade of steadily decreasing crime, the current upswing
merits the attention and concern of all law enforcement. This
upswing in crime comes at a time when local and State law
enforcement agencies are challenged by increased homeland
security demands.
In recent years there has been a marked decrease in the
resources devoted by the FBI to criminal investigations.
Between 2001 and 2007, the FBI's traditional resources for
conducting criminal investigations decreased approximately 30
percent. While most violent crime is a local crime problem,
State and local authorities depend upon the FBI for
investigative, forensic, and technical assistance and
leadership. The FBI's task force approach to combating street
crime and gang violence one of the successful strategies that
contributed to the previous decrease in violent crimes.
Accordingly, the Committee recommendation includes $26,130,000
for 167 positions including 100 new agents to combat violent
crime. Also, the Committee recommendation provides $5,000,000
to the FBI to use to establish additional joint task forces to
target violent crimes and gang violence. The Committee further
notes that terrorists and terrorist sympathizers have engaged
in low-level criminal activities to support activities and
raise funds for overseas groups. Strengthening the FBI's
presence in local communities to combat violent crime will
increase ``street-level'' knowledge and intelligence that
supports the Bureau's counterterrorism mission.
Innocent Images National Initiative [IINI].--The Committee
recommendation provides $9,299,000 for the Innocent Images
National Initiative [IINI]. This is an increase of $8,132,000
over the budget request to substantially expand the number of
agents investigating Internet-related crimes against children
by 31 agents and 31 support positions. The Committee has
provided this increase to address the critical requirements for
Federal law enforcement in attacking the problem of child
sexual exploitation and child victimization.
Intellectual Property Crime Enforcement.--The Committee
recommendation provides an additional $13,111,000 for the
detection, investigation, and prosecution of domestic and
international intellectual property crimes against the United
States; including the creation of an operational unit at FBI
headquarters of no less than five full-time, permanent agents,
dedicated solely to working with the Department of Justice's
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section on complex,
multi-district and international criminal intellectual property
cases. This funding includes an increase of 2 agents assigned
to each of the Department of Justice's 25 Computer Hacking and
Intellectual Property [CHIP] Units, each of whom, shall be
dedicated solely to criminal intellectual property cases. The
agents appropriated for this section shall investigate and
support the criminal prosecution of the Federal intellectual
property laws, including title 17, United States Code, sections
506, and 1204; title 18 United States Code, section 1831, 1832,
2318, 2319, 2319A, 2319B, and 2320. The FBI shall make similar
agent increases as additional CHIP Units are created.
The Committee directs the FBI to clearly articulate how its
role complements and is coordinated with the missions of other
Federal agencies rather than to compete with them in its fiscal
year 2009 budget justification.
CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $51,392,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 81,352,000
Committee recommendation................................ 206,400,000
The Committee recommendation provides $206,400,000 for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] construction. The
recommendation is $155,008,000 above the fiscal year 2007
funding level and $125,048,000 above the budget request. Of
this amount, $63,700,000 shall be for sensitive compartmental
information facilities [SCIFs] and $52,700,000 shall be for the
Terrorist Explosives Device Analytical Center.
Drug Enforcement Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,956,967,000
Supplemental appropriations, 2007....................... 16,166,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 2,041,818,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,093,396,000
The Committee recommendation provides $2,093,396,000. The
recommendation is $136,429,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level, excluding supplemental appropriations and
$51,578,000 above the fiscal year 2008 budget request. The
recommendation provides $239,249,000 for Drug Enforcement
Administration's [DEA] Drug Diversion Control Fee Account.
For the second year in a row, the FBI's Uniform Crime
Reports show an increase in violent crime in America. Many in
law enforcement attribute a significant portion of this
increase to the widespread use of methamphetamine. As other law
enforcement agencies increasingly focus their attention on the
dangers of domestic and international terrorist threats, DEA
stands as the only Federal agency dedicated solely to drug law
enforcement. Accordingly, an additional $31,000,000 is provided
to the DEA above the President's request to enable DEA to lift
the hiring freeze on agent and support personnel that has been
in place since August 2006. This funding will allow DEA to fill
200 Special Agents positions as well as related support
positions that would otherwise remain vacant.
Furthermore, the Committee believes the Administration's
proposal to eliminate the Mobile Enforcement Teams [MET]
program and reduce further the number of DEA agents and support
staff to be ill advised, and has therefore restored the
$20,578,000 the administration proposed for elimination. This
will enable DEA to retain an additional 80 Special Agents that
otherwise would be eliminated, allowing DEA to continue
assisting State and local law enforcement in their fight
against methamphetamine and other dangerous drugs.
The Committee instructs the DEA to consult and work with
Alaskan State and local law enforcement agencies to find ways
to tackle the State's methamphetamine problem. The Alaska
problem is unique because of the State's size and remote areas
that are optimal for methamphetamine production laboratories.
DEA is directed to report back to the Committee by March 21,
2008 on the results of these consultations.
Drugs on Public Lands.--The Committee is very concerned
that foreign drug-trafficking organizations are rapidly
increasing the amount of marijuana grown on our Nation's public
lands, creating unacceptable hazards to public safety and
significant natural resource damage. The Committee urges the
Drug Enforcement Administration to prioritize efforts to work
with Federal land management agencies, including the U.S.
Forest Service and National Park Service, and other State and
local law enforcement partners to aggressively and permanently
eradicate marijuana and other drug operations on public lands.
The Committee strongly encourages DEA to increase the
resources provided to investigate, apprehend and prosecute drug
trafficking on public lands and to target those resources to
areas with the highest concentration of trafficking activity.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $984,097,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,013,980,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,013,980,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,013,980,000. The
recommendation is $29,883,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and equal to the fiscal year 2007 budget request.
The mission of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives [ATF] is to reduce violent crime, prevent
terrorism, and protect the public. ATF reduces the criminal use
of firearms and illegal firearms trafficking, and assists other
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in reducing
crime and violence. ATF investigates bombing and arson
incidents and provides for public safety by reducing the
criminal misuse of explosives, trafficking in explosives,
combating acts of arson and arson-for-profit schemes, and
removing safety hazards caused by improper and unsafe storage
of explosive materials. ATF enforces the Contraband Cigarette
Trafficking Act which addresses the diversion of cigarette
taxes often involving multi-million dollar trafficking plots,
some of which have been traced to international terrorists.
Conversion of Records.--The Committee recognizes the need
for ATF to complete the conversion of tens of thousands of
existing Federal firearms dealer out-of-business records from
film to digital images at the ATF National Tracing Center
[NTC]. Once the out-of-business records are fully converted,
search time for these records will be reduced significantly.
The Committee urges the ATF to continue the conversion and
integration of these records.
CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2007....................................................
Budget estimate, 2008...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ $35,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $35,000,000 for
construction of the National Center for Explosives Training and
Research [NCETR].
Federal Prison System
The Committee recommendation provides a total of
$5,647,917,000 for the Federal Prison System, or Bureau of
Prisons [BOP]. The recommendation is $217,737,000 above the
fiscal year 2007 enacted level excluding supplemental
appropriations, and $284,997,000 above the budget request.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $4,995,433,000
Supplemental appropriations, 2007....................... 17,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 5,151,440,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,151,440,000
The Committee recommendation provides $5,151,440,000. The
recommendation is $156,007,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level excluding supplemental appropriations and equal
to the budget request.
The Committee commends the BOP on its work to address and
prevent sexual misconduct. With funds provided in earlier
appropriations acts, the National Institute of Corrections has
made useful progress in providing training and technical
support to correctional systems throughout the country to
eliminate staff sexual misconduct with inmates, training in
investigating cases, and training the ``trainers'' in order
that employees at every level will be more aware of, and better
prepared to deal with, these cases. The Committee directs the
BOP to continue these efforts and to report to the Committee by
March 31, 2008, on progress made in this area.
The recommendation shall be expended in the following
manner:
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Inmate Care and Programs............................... 1,810,881
Institution Security and Administration................ 2,329,758
Contract Confinement................................... 825,442
Management and Administration.......................... 185,359
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Total............................................ 5,151,440
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Inmate Care and Programs.--This activity covers the costs
of all food, medical supplies, clothing, welfare services,
release clothing, transportation, gratuities, staff salaries
(including salaries of Health Resources and Services
Administration commissioned officers), and operational costs of
functions directly related to providing inmate care. This
decision unit also finances the costs of education and
vocational training, drug treatment, religious programs,
psychological services, and other inmate programs such as Life
Connections. This activity also covers costs associated with
regional and central office executive direction and management
support functions related to providing inmate care such as
medical and drug treatment program.
Institution Security and Administration.--This activity
covers costs associated with the maintenance of facilities and
institution security. This activity finances institution
maintenance, motor pool operations, powerhouse operations,
institution security and other administrative functions.
Finally, this activity covers costs associated with regional
and central office executive direction and management support
functions such as research and evaluation, systems support,
financial management, budget functions, safety, and legal
counsel.
Contract Confinement.--This activity provides for the
confinement of sentenced Federal offenders in Government-owned,
contractor-operated facilities and contract, State and local
facilities, and for the care of Federal prisoners in contract
community residential centers and assistance by the National
Institute of Corrections to State and local corrections. This
activity also covers costs associated with management and
oversight of contract confinement functions.
Activations and Expansions.--The Committee expects BOP to
adhere to the activation schedule included in BOP's budget
submission. BOP shall notify the Senate Committee on
Appropriations of any deviations to this schedule.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Coordination.--The Committee directs BOP to examine the public
information that it maintains regarding inmates that currently
reside within the Federal correctional system and make it
available, when appropriate, to the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children [NCMEC]. The Committee directs BOP, with
the National Institute of Corrections, to educate State prison
institutions of its efforts to assist NCMEC through its
membership in the Association of State Correctional
Administrators and provide an opportunity for NCMEC to meet
with the association for potential outreach to the State
prisons for inmate sharing purposes.
The Committee recognizes the importance of ensuring that
the Administrative Maximum United States Penitentiary [ADX],
also known as ``Supermax,'' has adequate funding to retain
staff levels necessary to provide strict oversight of prisoner
activities and communications; and to ensure the safety of
prison staff. Further, the facility has a pressing need to
upgrade its security infrastructure. The Committee urges the
Federal Bureau of Prisons to allocate funding necessary to
address these safety requirements.
The Committee is concerned that the Bureau of Prisons may
be limited in its ability to provide programs that assist
prisoners who are primary caretakers of young children,
particularly programs that would heighten levels of personal
responsibility and other skills to prepare them for re-entry as
primary caretakers. The Committee requests that the Bureau
provide a report no later than October 1, 2007, that addresses
this issue, including any necessary legislative remedies.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $432,425,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 210,003,000
Committee recommendation................................ 495,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $495,000,000 for the
construction, modernization, maintenance, and repair of prison
and detention facilities housing Federal prisoners. The
recommendation is $62,575,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level, excluding emergency supplemental appropriations,
and $284,997,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommendation provides for $69,000,000 the
full budget request for modernization and repairs.
The Committee recommendation includes $400,000,000 for new
construction to enable the Bureau of Prisons to reduce the
backlog of new construction projects. This funding will help
decrease crowding throughout the Federal prison system. Also,
the Committee supports the provision of additional bedspace
capacity for female inmates at new facilities. This capacity
will significantly reduce crowding in this population, thereby
enhancing safety and security.
Bill language is included clarifying that BOP may not
transfer ``Building and Facilities'' appropriations to cover
``Salaries and Expenses'' costs.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
(LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $3,322,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 2,477,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,477,000
The Committee recommendation provides a limitation on the
administrative expenses of $2,477,000 for the Federal Prison
Industries, Inc. The recommendation is $845,000 below the 2007
fiscal year funding level and equal to the budget request.
Office on Violence Against Women
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $382,571,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 370,005,000
Committee recommendation................................ 390,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $390,000,000. The
recommendation is $19,995,000 above the budget request.
The Committee rejects the administration's proposal to
create a consolidated, competitive grant program for the
programs authorized in the Violence Against Women Act [VAWA],
because, if approved, these proven and successful programs
would cease to operate in the way that Congress intended. For
over 10 years, VAWA programs have supported community efforts
around the Nation to effectively respond to domestic violence,
sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence. In the 109th
session, Congress unanimously passed a VAWA reauthorization
that continues successful programs and creates targeted new
programs to address gaps in prevention services, housing,
healthcare, criminal justice, and employment issues, and meet
the needs of youth, native women, communities of color, and
victims of sexual violence. These programs are designed to meet
specific needs and create collaborations between distinct
groups that can leverage their expertise and resources to
address different aspects of domestic and sexual violence. The
proposed competitive grant ignores the congressional intent
behind these programs and would lead to less effective and
potentially dangerous programming and disadvantage certain
applicants, such as those from rural areas. Congress is firmly
committed to ensuring that grantees have the necessary
knowledge and history of providing effective services to
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
and stalking in order to ensure that VAWA funding is used
wisely and well. Because of this, VAWA programs have many
specific requirements and protections to ensure that work with
law enforcement, child protective services, healthcare, and
other systems is being done effectively and the confidentiality
and safety of victims is maintained. The Committee believes
that it is important to fund individual VAWA programs as
authorized in order to meet distinct needs in the field and
strengthen the continuum of intervention and prevention
responses to victims, families, and communities.
The Office on Violence Against Women [OVW] is a component
of the U.S. Department of Justice. Created in 1995, OVW
implements the Violence Against Women Act [VAWA] and subsequent
legislation, and provides national leadership against domestic
violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Since its inception,
the office has launched a multifaceted approach to responding
to these crimes. By forging State, local, and tribal
partnerships among police, prosecutors, the judiciary, victim
advocates, health care providers, faith leaders, and others.
OVW grants help provide victims with the protection and
services they need to pursue safe and healthy lives and enable
communities to hold offenders accountable. In 2005, OVW was
established as an administrative office separate from the
Office of Justice Programs.
The table below displays the Committee recommendations for
the programs under this office.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
Program recommendation
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STOP Grants (Grants to Combat Violence Against Women).. 186,500
(National Institute of Justice--R&D)............... [2,000]
(Transitional Housing Assistance).................. [17,000]
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies.................... 55,000
Rural Domestic Violence Assistance Grants.............. 39,500
Violence on College Campuses........................... 10,000
Civil Legal Assistance Program......................... 46,000
Elder Abuse Grant Program.............................. 4,500
Safe Haven Project..................................... 14,500
Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims..... 7,100
Closed Circuit Television Grants....................... 1,500
Training Programs to Assist Probation and Parole 5,500
Officers..............................................
Stalker Databases...................................... 3,900
Sexual Assault Services................................ 10,000
Services for Youth Victims [STARY]..................... 2,000
Services for Children Exposed to Violence.............. 2,000
Research on Violence Against Indian Women.............. 1,000
Tracking of Violence Against Indian Women.............. 1,000
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Total............................................ 390,000
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Native American/Native Alaskan Liaison Office.--The
Committee understands that Native American and Native Alaskan
women experience a higher rate of violence compared to any
other group in the United States. Alaska's forcible rape rate
is 2.5 times larger than the national average. Alaska holds the
highest rate in the United States of men murdering women. In
fiscal year 2005, over 6,000 incidents of domestic violence
were recorded. In fiscal year 2005, a liaison office was
created to address abuse and violence towards women in Alaska.
The Committee includes $4,000,000 for the Native American/
Native Alaskan Liaison Office for their work in Alaska. The
Committee has provided $4,000,000 to the State of Alaska for
the purposes of combating sexual assault and domestic violence.
These funds may also be distributed to non-profit entities that
provide services such as: a crisis hotline, services to victims
of sexual assault or domestic violence in rural areas, and
medical assistance to victims.
Within the funds appropriated, $186,500,000 is for general
formula grants to the States. The fiscal year 2008
recommendation will allow jurisdictions to implement mandatory
pro-arrest and prosecution policies to prevent, identify, and
respond to violent crimes against women, support coordination
of State victim services, assist Native victims in Indian
country, and provide secure settings and specialized procedures
for visitation and exchange of children in families
experiencing domestic violence. The recommendation supports
increasing access to comprehensive legal services for victims,
providing short term housing assistance and support services
for domestic violence victims and education and training to end
violence against and abuse of women with disabilities.
Sexual Assault Services Act [SASA].--The Committee
recommendation provides $10,000,000 to begin a Federal program
that directly funds the needs of sexual assault victims. As
part of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005, Congress
created a new program, the Sexual Assault Services Program
[SASP] to address gaps in services to sexual assault victims
and their families. While Congress has worked to ensure that
crime controls are in place to address sexual offenders,
Congress now wants to ensure that there is a dedicated stream
of funding to provide a broad range of services to male, female
and child sexual assault victims and their families through the
well-established and well-regarded system of community-based
rape crisis centers throughout the United States. These
agencies' ability to serve the needs of victims has been
hampered by a significant lack of resources. The Sexual Assault
Services Program addresses this lack of resources and meets the
distinct need to strengthen the continuum of intervention
responses to sexual assault victims, their families and the
community.
The Committee notes that the Attorney General has delegated
authority to implement the Sexual Assault Services Program to
the Office of Justice Programs. The Committee supports this and
looks forward to working with the Assistant Attorney General at
the Office of Justice Programs to serve the needs of victims of
sexual assault and the full implementation of this program.
Congress is firmly committed to ensuring that these rape
crisis centers have access to technical assistance, training
and support. SASP will provide such assistance through sexual
assault coalitions located in every state, territory and within
a number of tribes.
In addition, in recognition of the needs of victims in
communities of color, Congress established through the Sexual
Assault Services Program, specific funds so that Communities of
Color-led agencies with the necessary sexual assault expertise
can provide these services directly. Congress also ensured a
set-aside for Indian tribes to enhance their response to
victims of sexual assault and increase accountability to
perpetrators within tribal communities.
Home Visitation Programs.--The Committee encourages the
Department of Justice to work with established home visitation
programs serving families with young children in developing and
executing home visitation programs to reduce family violence.
The incidence of child abuse and maltreatment is significantly
reduced when families receive critical parent education, family
support and intervention services through proven home
visitation programs. Furthermore, the Committee encourages the
Department of Justice to fund programs providing research-
based, high-quality services to families, regardless of the age
of the parent, the number of children in the family being
served or the mother's number of pregnancies.
Addressing Violence Against Native Women.--Recent research
has called attention to the dire needs of Indian tribes to
address violence against Native women. The lack of a tribal
order or protection and sex offender registry prevents Indian
tribes from accessing and sharing this life-saving information.
While American Indian women are victimized at more than double
the rate of any other population of women in the United States,
not a single comprehensive study of rates of violence has been
conducted. The Committee recognizes this and includes funding
for two programs to conduct research to help document the
extent and nature of violence against Native women and to
establish a tribal registry to enhance enforcement of tribal
protection orders and monitoring of sex offenders.
Services for Children and Youth.--As many as 10 million
children a year witness violence in the home, and according to
the Department of Justice girls and young women ages 16 to 24
experience the highest rates of intimate partner violence.
Recognizing the need to intervene early in this cycle of abuse
and prevent future violence, the Committee is funding two new
programs that support services for young people exposed to
violence in the home and teens experiencing violence in their
own relationships.
Office of Justice Programs
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $2,478,538,000
Supplemental appropriations, 2007....................... 50,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,104,677,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,655,100,000
The Committee recommendation provides $2,655,100,000 for
the Office of Justice Programs [OJP]. The recommendation is
$126,562,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level,
excluding emergency supplemental appropriations, and
$1,550,423,000 above the budget request. As in fiscal year
2007, the Office on Violence Against Women is funded under a
separate heading under this title.
The Committee continues to be extremely concerned with the
proposed merger of the Byrne Grant program and Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant program resulting in a significantly
reduced funding level. The Committee recommendation does not
adopt this consolidation and retains the account structure used
in previous fiscal years.
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $238,340,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 167,269,000
Committee recommendation................................ 240,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $240,000,000. The
recommendation is $1,660,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $72,731,000 above the budget request.
The Justice Assistance program provides support to State
and local law enforcement. Funding in this account provides for
assistance in the form of research, evaluation, statistics,
regional information sharing, programs to assist the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and victim
notification assistance. In addition, funding is included for
the management and administration of all grants provided
through OJP. The Committee again rejects the Department's
proposed merger of all OJP programs under this heading and
instead has maintained the account structure contained in last
year's enacted legislation.
The Committee recommendations are displayed in the
following table:
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
Program recommendation
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National Institute of Justice........................ 60,000
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Tech [25,000]
Centers [LETC's]................................
Social Science Research & Evaluation............. [5,000]
Office of Science and Technology [OST]........... [25,000]
Counterterrorism Research and Development........ [5,000]
Bureau of Justice Statistics......................... 10,000
State Automated Victim Notification System........... 25,000
Support Services for Victims......................... 10,000
Regional Information Sharing System [RISS]........... 60,000
Pegasus Nationwide............................... [12,000]
Missing and Exploited Children....................... 65,000
DNA/Forensics........................................ 10,000
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Total.......................................... 240,000
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National Institute of Justice [NIJ].--The Committee
recommendation provides $60,000,000 for the NIJ. NIJ's mission
is to advance scientific research, development, and evaluation
to advance the administration of justice and public safety. The
Committee directs that prior to the obligation of any funds,
NIJ submit a spend plan on how resources will be allocated.
DNA and Forensics Initiative.--The Committee recommends
$10,000,000 to assist with forensics and DNA. Within the
amounts provided, OJP shall transfer $5,000,000 to support the
continuation of the development of standards and standard
reference materials at the National Institute of Standards and
Technology [NIST[ Office of Law Enforcement Standards [OLES],
to maintain quality and proficiency within Federal, State, and
local crime laboratory facilities.
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology
Centers.--The National Law Enforcement and Corrections
Technology Centers [NLECTC] have served a vital role for State
and local law enforcement and corrections communities by
responding to the needs of the justice community through
transferring, introducing, and implementing technologies;
assisting in the development and dissemination of guidelines
and technological standards; and providing technology
assistance, information, and support for law enforcement,
corrections, and criminal justice purposes. The Committee
continues to strongly support the NLECTC system run by the NIJ
and therefore recommends $21,000,000 to continue its efforts.
Of the amount provided, the Committee directs that funds be
distributed equally to the centers.
Office of Science and Technology [OS&T].--The Committee
continues to support the efforts of the leadership of the NIJ's
OS&T and the continuing partnership that OS&T has developed
with the National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST].
To implement the mission of OS&T, the Committee recommends
$25,000,000 for OS&T.
Victim Notification.--The Committee recommendation provides
$25,000,000 for the Bureau of Justice Assistance [BJA] to
continue the State Automated Victim Notification grant program
to allow States to join the National Victim Notification
Network. No funding may be utilized from within the Victims
Assistance Program for this initiative and funds provided under
this heading shall require a 50 percent match from State,
local, and private sources.
Suppport Services for Victims.--The Committee
recommendation provides $10,000,000 of which, $2,000,000 is for
support costs for Office of Victims of Crime management and
administration expenses.
Regional Information Sharing System.--The Committee
recommendation provides $60,000,000 for the Regional
Information Sharing System [RISS]. The Committee supports RISS
and its role in implementing the National Criminal Intelligence
Sharing Plan. The RISS program maintains six regionally based
information networks that provide for the automated exchange of
crime and terrorism information between Federal, State, and
local agencies. Of the funds provided, $12,000,000 is to
support Pegasus with first emphasis on rural and non-urban law
enforcement to enhance information technology capacity of
critical hometown support and security forces.
Missing Children Program.--The issue of child abduction and
exploitation today, is part of the national conscience due to
the numerous child pornography and missing children cases. OJP
works with law enforcement agencies to target, dismantle, and
prosecute predatory child molesters and those who traffic in
child pornography. The Committee continues to strongly support
the Missing and Exploited Children Program run by the BJA. The
Committee recommends $65,000,000 to continue to expand efforts
to protect the Nation's children, focusing on the areas of
locating missing children, and addressing the growing wave of
child sexual exploitation facilitated by the internet.
The funding recommendations for the Missing and Exploited
Children Program are displayed in the following table:
NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
Program recommendation
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children...... 30,000
Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Trng Center.................. 5,000
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force............. 15,000
Missing and Exploited Children Office................... 3,000
AMBER Alert............................................. 9,000
Management and Administration........................... 3,000
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Totals............................................ 65,000
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Management and Administration.--The Committee
recommendation provides that up to $35,000,000 of balances made
available as a result of prior year de-obligations may be
obligated for program management and administration, any
balances made available as a result of prior year de-
obligations in excess of $35,000,000 shall only be obligated in
accordance with section 505 of this act. In addition,
consistent with prior practice, reimbursable funding for
management and administration costs will be made available from
programs administered by OJP from the ``Community Oriented
Policing Services'' account. Remaining management and
administration funding will be made available from the
``Juvenile Justice Programs'' and the ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance'' accounts, and that these funds will be
transferred to and merged with the ``Justice Assistance''
account. The Committee directs that any action taken by OJP
relating to Circular A-76 shall be subject to the requirements
of section 505 of this act.
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,236,804,000
Supplemental appropriations, 2007....................... 50,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 550,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,400,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $1,400,000,000. The
recommendation is $163,196,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level, excluding supplemental appropriations, and
$850,000,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommendations are displayed in the
following table:
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Program recommendation
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Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants............. 660,000
Boys and Girls Club.................................. [60,000]
State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training.............. [5,000]
SCAAP................................................ 400,000
Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative........... [30,000]
Byrne Discretionary Grants........................... 190,000
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs................ 5,000
Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert............ 1,000
Victims of Trafficking............................... 15,000
State Prison Drug Treatment.......................... 10,000
Drug Courts.......................................... 25,000
Court Appointed Special Advocates [CASA]............. 15,000
Child Abuse Training for Judicial Personnel.......... 4,000
Prison Rape Prevention............................... 5,000
National Crime Victim Law Institute.................. 5,000
Indian Tribe Assistance.............................. 28,000
National Sex Offender Registry....................... 2,000
Mentally Ill Offender Act Programs................... 10,000
Capital Litigation................................... 25,000
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Total.......................................... 1,400,000
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Boys and Girls Club of America.--Atlanta, Georgia, to
provide funding to start up individual boys and girls clubs
around the country. Sponsors: Cardin, Cantwell, Bayh, Hagel,
Kerry, Leahy, Tester, Hatch, Kohl, Durbin, Domenici Sessions,
Obama, Smith, Johnson, Bingaman.
National Crime Victims Law Institute.--Portland, Oregon,
for law clinics around the country to assist victims of crime.
Sponsor: Mikulski, Kyl and Cardin.
Presidential Candidate Nominating Conventions for 2008.--Of
the funds provided, $25,000,000 is made available for
reimbursement to State and local law enforcement entities for
security and related costs, including overtime, associated with
the 2008 Presidential Candidate Nominating Conventions, to
remain available until September 30, 2009, of which Office of
Justice Programs shall make grants in the amount of $12,500,000
to the city of St. Paul, Minnesota; and $12,500,000 to the city
of Denver, Colorado.
Capital Litigation.--The Committee recommendation provides
$25,000,000 for Capital Litigation Improvement Grants, as
authorized in the Justice For All Act. The Committee directs
that any grants provided for the Capital Litigation
Improvements, shall be provided pursuant to section 426 of the
Justice For All Act, Public Law 108-405.
National Crime Victims Law Institute.--The Committee
recommends $5,000,000 to the National Crime Victim Law
Institute for its administration and operation and for its
clinic organizations that provide legal counsel and support
services for victims in criminal cases for the enforcement of
crime victims' rights and other services.
SEARCH National Technical Assistance and Training
Program.--The Committee recommendation provides $500,000 for
the SEARCH program. SEARCH is one program available to assist
states, such as West Virginia in the development and use of
information through criminal justice information systems to
accelerate the automation of their fingerprints identification
processes. These funds will assist states to accelerate the
automation of their fingerprint identification processes so
that State and local law enforcement agencies will be able to
take full advantage of the FBI's Integrated Automated
Fingerprint Identification System.
Forensic Science Research and Policy.--The Committee has
recently become aware of the American Judicature Societies
[AJS] work on a forensics committee and its desire to form a
commission. The Committee believes that this can be
complementary to the Committee the Congress funded, which is
underway, at the National Academies of Science [NAS] and that
the membership of the AJS has an immense amount of experience
and knowledge that can contribute greatly to this issue but is
concerned about duplicity of subjects. Therefore, the Committee
directs the AJS and NAS to provide to the Committee no later
than September 30, 2008 a proposed statement of work for the
AJS to complement the NAS with a focus on the legal issues in
forensics such as education of judges and lawyers, not just on
the capabilities and methodologies of forensic techniques, but
on the scientific method, the scope of expertise, and the
meaning (probative value) of conclusions and opinions; equal
access to experts by indigent defendants; impact of laboratory
backlogs on speedy trial issues; Criminal Science Investigation
[CSI] affect and its relationship to voir dire, the
presentation of evidence, openings and closings, and jury
instructions; ethical guidelines for the use of forensic
evidence and experts by prosecutors and defense; additional
factors to be considered by courts for the gatekeeper
evaluation of expert testimony in disciplines that do not lend
themselves to the common Daubert factors annunciated by the
Court; and proactive measures by which prosecutors, police and
labs can look at cases for incidences of actual innocence.
Edward Byrne Discretionary Grants.--The Committee
recommendation provides $190,000,000 for discretionary grants
to help to improve the functioning of the criminal justice
system with an emphasis on drugs, violent crime, and serious
offenders. Within the amounts appropriated for discretionary
grants OJP shall fund the following projects:
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Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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A Child is Missing--A Child $100,000 Craig
Project Idaho, Fort
Lauderdale, FL, to assist law
enforcement in finding missing
children.
A CHILD is Missing GA, Fort 100,000 Chambliss, Isakson
Lauderdale, FL, to assist law
enforcement in finding missing
children.
A Child is Missing, Fort 100,000 Johnson, Thune
Lauderdale, Florida, for A
Child Is Missing--South Dakota
Initiative.
A Child Is Missing, Montgomery, 200,000 Shelby
AL, for maintaining and
upgrading technol- ogy.
A Child is Missing, UT, Fort 175,000 Hatch, Bennett
Lauderdale, FL, to assist law
enforcement in finding missing
children for program in Utah.
Administrative Office of the 200,000 Chambliss
Courts, Atlanta, GA, to assist
drug court efforts.
Alabama Center for Law and 200,000 Shelby
Civic Education, Birmingham,
AL, for law-related education.
Alabama Criminal Justice 1,250,000 Shelby
Information Center (ACJIC),
Montgomery, AL, for a criminal
data system.
Alabama Department of 1,250,000 Shelby
Corrections, Montgomery, AL,
for computer based corrections
training.
Alabama District Attorneys 4,000,000 Shelby
Association, Montgomery, AL,
for the state's drug problem
and gang activity.
Alabama District Attorneys 1,000,000 Shelby
Association, Montgomery, AL,
for computer forensics labs.
Alaska Native Justice Center, 1,300,000 Stevens
Anchorage, AK, for programs to
support Native involved in
legal issues.
Alcorn State University, 2,000,000 Cochran
Lorman, MS, to fund a judicial
threat analysis center at
Alcorn State University.
American Judicature Society 100,000 Cardin, Leahy, Specter
(AJS), Des Moines, IA, For a
study to work with the current
National Academy of Sciences
study to progress forensic
sciences.
Area Resources for Community 100,000 Bond
and Human Services, St. Louis,
MO, for gang prevention and
intervention.
Bergen Community College, 200,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
Paramas, NJ, to strengthen the
policy, research, and training
institute.
Carson and Rural Elderly 50,000 Reid
(CARE), Carson City, NV, for
legal assistance to rural
seniors.
Central Wyoming College, 500,000 Thomas
Riverton, WY, for equipping a
criminal justice training
center.
Cheyenne River Indian 200,000 Johnson
Reservation, Eagle Butte, SD,
for technology upgrades to 9-1-
1 system.
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 500,000 Johnson
Criminal Justice System, South
Dakota, for law enforcement,
court, and detention equipment
and operations.
Chippew Cree Tribe of the Rocky 500,000 Baucus, Tester
Boy's Reservation, Hill
County, MT, for upgrades to
infrastructure, equipment and
rehabilitation of detention
center.
City of Los Angeles, Los 250,000 Boxer
Angeles, CA, for an after-
school program for at-risk
youth.
City of Baltimore, Baltimore 500,000 Cardin
MD, to sustain and
institutionalize the Felony
Drug Initiative pilot project.
City of Baton Rouge/Parish of 150,000 Landrieu, Vitter
Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA,
for a communication technology
pilot program.
City of Bessemer, Bessemer, AL, 350,000 Shelby
for emergency operations and
communica- tions.
City of Dallas, Dallas, TX, for 500,000 Cornyn
re-entry programs.
City of Denver, Denver, CO, for 300,000 Allard, Salazar
a gang task force.
City of Detroit, Detroit, MI, 250,000 Levin, Stabenow
for a program for parolees,
technical parole violators,
and ex-offenders.
City of Fort Wayne, City of 150,000 Bayh
Fort Wayne, IN, for a public
safety training.
City of Indianapolis, City of 250,000 Bayh
Indianapolis, IN, for a female
prisoner reentry program.
City of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, 200,000 Levin, Stabenow
MI, for a training program for
law enforcement personnel.
City of Madison, Madison, AL, 250,000 Shelby
to fund a domestic assault
unit to handle domestic
violence.
City of Missoula, Missoula 650,000 Baucus, Tester
County, MT, for equipment and
upgrades for Internet Crimes
Against Children.
City of Montgomery, Montgomery, 750,000 Shelby
AL, for courthouses and
detention facility
communications.
City of Newark Police 50,000 Biden, Carper
Department, Newark, DE, for
drug prevention units.
City of Newark, Newark, NJ, for 500,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
a returning offender
initiative.
City of San Diego, San Diego, 250,000 Boxer
CA, for a gun violence
interdiction initiative.
City of St. Paul, St. Paul, MN, 250,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
to replace the warning sirens
and the associated
communications and control
system.
Creighton University, Omaha, 200,000 Ben Nelson
NE, for personnel training,
equipment, and technological
upgrades for the Milton R.
Abrahams Legal Clinic.
Criminal Justice Institute, 750,000 Lincoln, Pryor
Little Rock, AR, for a law
enforcement education and
training program.
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Criminal 500,000 Johnson
Justice System, Crow Creek
Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, for
law enforcement, court, and
detention equipment and
operations.
Davidson County Mental Health 250,000 Alexander
Court, Nashville, TN, to
provide safe and affordable
transitional housing for
individuals who suffer from
mental illness.
Delaware Office of Highway 250,000 Biden, Carper
Safety, Dover, DE, to purchase
equipment and implement
sobriety check points.
Donnelly College, Kansas City, 300,000 Brownback
KS, for inmate education.
East Stroudsburg University, 250,000 Casey
East Stroudsburg, PA, for law
enforcement training in cyber
crime technologies and
forensics.
Essex County , Essex, NJ, for a 400,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
juvenile re-entry program.
Ford County Sheriff's Office, 350,000 Roberts
Ford County, KS, for
addressing and preventing
terror risks in rural areas.
Gallatin County Sheriff's 300,000 Baucus, Tester
Office, Gallatin County, MT,
to purchase of a mobile
communication equipment, and
upgrade command vehicle.
Generations, Inc., Camden, NJ, 150,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
for a domestic violence
program.
Girls, Incorporated, New York, 500,000 Bayh, Clinton, Lincoln,
NY, After school program for Pryor, Bill Nelson,
girls ages 6-16 to provide a Schumer, Hutchison
safe space, and a professional
staff to girls and focus on
problems specific to at-risk
girls.
Goodwill Industries of the 250,000 Mikulski
Chesapeake, Baltimore, MD, to
provide ex-offenders with
services, including drug
treatment, housing, and job
placement.
Grambling State University, 100,000 Landrieu
Grambling, LA, for forensics
lab equipment.
Grant Sawyer Center Justice 200,000 Reid
Education Program, Reno, NV,
for operating support and
scholarships for judges in the
Judicial Studies degree
program.
H.O.P.E. Center of Shade Tree 400,000 Reid
Domestic Abuse Center, Las
Vegas, NV, for services
including life skills training
for victims of domestic abuse.
Hennepin County, Minneapolis, 200,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
to create an electronic
charging process to allow for
electronic signature of court
charging documents.
Henry Lee Institute for 250,000 Lieberman
Forensic Science, West Haven,
CT, for equipment and other
costs for the National
Forensic Crisis Management and
Investigation Center.
INFOLINK--National Center for 500,000 Shelby, Boxer
Victims of Crime, Washington,
DC, to assist victims of crime
through a help line and public
awareness campaign to educate
people on how to avoid being a
victim of crime.
Iowa Department of Public 600,000 Harkin
Health, Polk County, IA, for
an in-jail treatment program.
Iowa Legal Aid, Des Moines, IA, 150,000 Harkin
to provide legal assistance at
community health centers.
i-Safe, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, 500,000 Baucus, Coleman,
Education to teach youths to Conrad, Crapo, Leahy,
use the internet safely and Murkowski, Whitehouse
responsibly.
John Jay College, New York, NY, 200,000 Shumer, Clinton
for the Regenhard Center for
Emergency Response Studies.
Johns Hopkins University, 200,000 Mikulski
Baltimore, MD, for the Johns
Hopkins Prisoner Career Re-
Entry Program to provide job
training and placement.
Lafayette Parish Bar 100,000 Landrieu
Foundation, Lafayette Parish,
LA, to increase the level of
services through the Lafayette
Parish Bar Foundation.
Laguna Pueblo Integrated 300,000 Bingaman
Justice Center, Mescalero, NM,
for law enforcement, courts,
detention equipment and
operations.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, 500,000 Reid
Las Vegas, NV, to upgrade
command vehicale to coordinate
law enforcement activities.
Latin American Youth Center, 750,000 Mikulski
Langley Park, MD, for juvenile
delinquency prevention
programs through intervention,
prevention and prosecution.
Living Classrooms, Baltimore, 225,000 Mikulski
MD, for a prisoner re-entry
program.
Local Initiative Support 1,000,000 Cochran
Corporation, Jackson, MS,
provide community law
enforcement training.
Luna County Sheriff's 250,000 Bingaman
Department, Deming, NM, to
purchase equipment and to
train law enforcement agencies
along the New Mexico-Mexico
border.
Luzerne County Community 400,000 Specter
College, Nanticoke, PA, for
training and equipment
acquisition.
Macon County, Macon County, IL, 150,000 Durbin
for gun violence prevention.
Maryland U.S. Attorney's 3,000,000 Mikulski
Office, Baltimore, MD, for a
program to stop gang violence.
McLean County, McLean County, 450,000 Durbin, Obama
IL, for a drug court.
Metropolitan Crime Commission, 600,000 Vitter
New Orleans, LA, to eliminate
public corruption and to
reduce white-collar crime.
Metropolitan Organization to 250,000 Bond
Counter Sexual Assault,
Jackson County, MO, for
intervention and advocacy
services for victims of sexual
violence.
Milton Eisenhower Foundation, 3,000,000 Mikulski, Shelby, Kohl,
Washington, DC, Implement Lautenberg, Menendez
crime/drug prevention, ex-
offender reintegration, and
job training for high school
dropouts.
Milwaukee County District 450,000 Kohl
Attorney's Office, Milwaukee,
WI, to maintain staff and
services in domestic violence
unit.
Milwaukee Public Schools, 250,000 Kohl
Milwaukee, MN, to continue
safe summer sites.
Mississippi State University, 2,000,000 Cochran
Starkville, MS, provide
technical assistance to law
enforcement regarding
electronic and computer crime.
Mississippi State University, 1,250,000 Cochran
Starkville, MS, for knowledge
based data integration.
Mobile County Commission, 750,000 Shelby
Mobile, AL, for interoperable
communications systems.
Monroe County Department of 500,000 Schumer, Clinton
Public Safety, Monroe County,
NY, for the Fingerprint and
Trace module.
Montana State University at 300,000 Tester
Billings, Yellowstone County,
MT, for an academic
development program targeted
at inmates at the Montana
Women's Prison in Billings.
Montana Supreme Court, Lewis 350,000 Baucus, Tester
and Clark County, MT, to
enhance and sustain Montana's
adult, family and juvenile
drug courts.
National Association of Police 500,000 Durbin, Reid, Reed,
Athletics/Activities Leagues, Wyden, Ensign,
Inc. (PAL), Jupiter, FL, for Clinton, Hatch,
law enforcement officials to Durbin, Lautenberg,
participate in after school Smith
programs to prevent juvenile
crime and violence using
recreational activities and
mentoring.
National Center for Missing and 100,000 Landrieu
Exploited Children,
Alexandria, VA, to provide
equipment and training to
reunite displaced children and
adults.
National Center for Victims of 500,000 Shelby
Crime, Washington, DC,
National hotline that provides
information and services to
crime victims.
National Council of Juvenile 1,000,000 Reid, Hatch, Bennett,
and Family Court Judges, Reno, Leahy, Biden, Clinton
NV, National organization that
trains judges on how to
adjudicate juvenile court
cases.
National Institute of 100,000 Reid
Corrections, Washington, DC,
for law enforcement, court and
detention equipment and
operations in Nevada.
National Judicial College, 1,000,000 Reid, Ensign
Reno, NV, to provide training
to judges.
National Law Related Education, 500,000 Leahy, Durbin, Menendez
Washington, DC, Teach citizens
about their legal rights.
Nation's Missing Children 100,000 Enzi
Organization and National
Center for Missing Adults,
Wyoming, for technology to
locate missing persons.
New Jersey Institute of 300,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
Technology, Newark, NJ, to
develop grip recognition on
guns.
New Mexico Administrative 300,000 Domenici, Bingaman
Office of the Courts, Santa
Fe, NM, to continue drug court
programs.
Northern Kentucky University 500,000 McConnell
Research Foundation, Highland
Heights, KY, for increasing
the security of the Internet
and electronic systems.
Office of the District 150,000 Bingaman
Attorney, 3nd Judicial
District, Rural Domestic
Violence I Initiative, Las
Cruces, NM, for outreach to
rural, underserved areas.
Oglala Sioux Tribe Criminal 1,000,000 Johnson, Thune
Justice System, South Dakota,
for law enforcement, court,
and detention equipment and
operations.
Parents Anonymous Inc., 500,000 Lautenberg, Clinton,
Claremont, CA, Child abuse and Biden, Lincoln, Pryor,
prevention prog- rams. Salazar, Carper,
Durbin, Stabenow,
Levin, Grassley,
Menendez, Boxer,
Wyden, Landrieu,
Baucus, Smith
Parents for Megan's Law, Stony 375,000 Schumer
Brook, NY, for the National
Megan's Law Helpline, Crime
Victims Center, Advocacy, &
Counseling program.
Pennsylvania Coalition Against 350,000 Casey
Domestice Violence, Dauphin
County, PA, for a training,
education, and prevention
institute on domestic violence
and homicide prevention.
Rape, Abuse & Incest National 500,000 Bayh, Biden, Bond,
Network (RAINN), Washington, Cantwell, Cardin,
DC, For national anti-sexual Clinton, Coleman,
assault programs. Collins, Cornyn,
Crapo, Domenici,
Durbin, Hatch, Hagel,
Klobuchar, Kyl,
Lautenberg, Levin,
Shelby, Stabenow,
Leahy, Lieberman,
Menedez, McCaskill,
Obama, Pryor, Sanders
Rhode Island Family Court 250,000 Reed, Whitehouse
Mental Health Services,
Providence, RI, to provide
rapid psychological
evaluations and treatment
recommendations to youth and
the courts.
Rosebud Sioux Tribe Criminal 500,000 Johnson, Thune
Justice System, South Dakota,
for law enforcement, court,
and detention equipment and
operations.
Safe and Sound, Milwaukee, MN, 600,000 Kohl
to provide continued
operational support.
SEARCH Group, Incorporated, 1,000,000 Byrd, Domenici, Leahy,
Sacramento, CA, Support small Specter
to medium sized law
enforcement agencies help
integrate information criminal
justice records with national
database and provide technical
support.
Shreveport-Bossier Community 100,000 Landrieu
Renewal, Shreveport, LA, for a
crime prevention initiative.
Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los 2,000,000 Shelby
Angeles, CA, To provide
sensitivity training to law
enforcement when investigating
hate crimes and civil rights
abuses.
South Dakota Children's Home 400,000 Johnson
Society, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, for family support
services, forensic
interviewing centers, and
emergency shelter operations.
South Florida Anti-Gang Task 400,000 Bill Nelson
Force, Broward County, FL, to
fight gang vio- lence.
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 500,000 Johnson
Criminal Justice System, South
Dakota, for law enforcement,
court, and detention equipment
and operations.
State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, 1,000,000 Stevens
for rural law enforcement.
State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, to 800,000 Stevens
continue alcohol interdiction,
investigation and prosecution
of bootlegging crimes.
State of New Mexico First 200,000 Domenici
Judicial District Court Mental
Health Court Program, Santa
Fe, NM, to expand services.
Summa Health Systems, Akron, 450,000 Brown
OH, for care to domestic
violence victims and
assistance to law enforcement
personnel.
The National Crime Prevention 4,300,000 Mikulski, Kohl,
Council, Washington, DC, Grassley, Leahy,
Campaign to prevent crime Crapo, Biden, Durbin
through education and citizen
watch groups.
The Self Reliance Foundation, 375,000 Bingaman, Feinstein,
Washington, DC, Hispanic Cantwell, Craig,
education program targeted for Crapo, Dodd, Hatch,
at-risk youth to prevent gang Lautenberg, Lincoln,
involvement. Menedez, Pryor, Bill
Nelson, Schumer
Town of Eureka, Lincoln County, 250,000 Baucus, Tester
MT, for upgrades law
enforcement training facility.
Troy University, Troy, AL, for 750,000 Shelby
cyber crime prevention and
training.
Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa, 100,000 Inhofe
OK, for public schools campus
police force.
Turtle Mountain Community 250,000 Dorgan, Conrad
College, Belcourt, ND, for the
continued development of an
innovative tribal justice
program.
UAB, Birmingham, AL, for an 850,000 Shelby
anti-cyber-crime computational
operation.
Unified Government of Wyandotte 400,000 Brownback
County, Kansas City, KS, for
crime victim services.
University of Alabama, 500,000 Shelby
Tuscaloosa, AL, for mediation
and dispute resolution
services in family courts.
University of Illinois at 450,000 Durbin
Chicago, Chicago, IL, for
community-based gun violence
prevention and intervention.
University of Kentucky Research 500,000 McConnell
Foundation, Lexington, KY, to
encourage and prepare students
from economically-
disadvantaged backgrounds to
pursue careers in law.
University of Louisville 500,000 McConnell
Research Foundation,
Louisville, KY, to develop
methods for detecting child
abuse.
University of Memphis, Memphis, 2,000,000 Alexander
TN, for combined law
enforcement efforts.
University of Mississippi, 3,500,000 Cochran
Oxford, MS, provide legal
analysis and training to
judges and prosecutors
regarding electronic and
computer crime.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 300,000 Reid
(UNLV) Immigrant Resource
Project, Las Vegas, NV, for a
legal education program.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 650,000 Reid
(UNLV), Las Vegas, NV, for the
ITFFRO Center.
University of North Dakota, 200,000 Dorgan, Conrad
School of Law, Grand Forks,
ND, for the recruitment and
retention of American Indian
law students.
University of South Carolina 600,000 Graham
School of Law, Columbia, SC,
law clinic support.
Vermont Department of Public 1,000,000 Leahy
Safety, Waterbury, VT, to
combat increased heroin,
methamphetamine and other drug
activity.
Vermont Judiciary, Court 250,000 Sanders
Administrator's Office,
Montpelier, VT, to provide
victims of domestic violence
with access to the
courts.
Vermont Law School, South 250,000 Leahy
Royalton, VT, to allow the
Legal Clinic Services
Expansion program at the
Vermont Law School to expand
its work on immigration
matters and increase services
available to Vermonters in
western part of the state.
Vermont Police Academy, 200,000 Sanders
Pittsford, VT, to train new
recruits to deal with violent
and drug related crimes.
Vermont Protection and 100,000 Sanders
Advocacy, Montpelier, VT, for
communication support for the
disabled in court proceedings.
Virginia Tech University, 60,000 Warner, Webb
Blacksburg, VA, for Virginia
Tech expenses related to
shooting on campus.
Volunteers of America Delaware 500,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
Valley, Collingswood, NJ, for
a re-entry pro- gram.
Washoe County Sheriff's Office, 100,000 Reid
Reno, NV, for a pilot program
to house mentally ill
offenders.
Washoe County Sheriff's Office, 1,000,000 Reid
Reno, NV, to secure
improvements at the justice
center.
Whatcom County Executive's 750,000 Murray
Office, Wellingham, WA, for
northern border-related
prosecution.
Women's Council on African 100,000 Lincoln, Pryor
American Affairs, Little Rock,
AR, for support for the Center
for Healing Hearts and Spirits
Prevention of Black on Black
Crime Initiative.
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WEED AND SEED PROGRAM
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $49,361,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 50,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $50,000,000. The
recommendation is $64,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $50,000,000 above the budget request.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $541,838,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 32,308,000
Committee recommendation................................ 550,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $550,000,000. The
recommendation is $1,639,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $517,692,000 above the budget request.
Local law enforcement is not only essential to ensure the
safety of the public, but also plays a critical role in
preventing and responding to terrorist threats. Since its
creation, the Community Oriented Policing Services [COPS]
office has assisted State and local law enforcement agencies by
providing grants, training, and technical assistance that not
only ensure public safety from traditional crime, but also
better enables law enforcement officers to address the growing
threat from terrorist organizations.
The Committee recommendations are displayed in the
following table:
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Program recommendation
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Training and Technical Assistance...................... 6,000
BulletProof Vests...................................... 25,000
Tribal Law Enforcement................................. 35,000
Meth Hot Spots......................................... 80,000
DEA/State and Local Meth Removal and Disposal...... [20,000]
Law Enforcement Technology............................. 110,000
Criminal Records Upgrades.............................. 5,000
DNA Backlog/Crime Lab Improvement...................... 169,000
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science........................ 40,000
National Prosecutors................................... 5,000
Offender Re-entry...................................... 10,000
Child Sexual Predator Elimination...................... 55,000
Management and Administration.......................... 11,000
----------------
Total............................................ 550,000
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Any deviations from the above plan are subject to the
reprogramming requirements of section 505.
National District Attorneys Association.--Columbia, South
Carolina, to train State and local prosecutors nationwide.
Sponsor: Graham.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS
Training and Technical Assistance.--The Committee
recommendation provides for $6,000,000 for COPS to provide
Training and Technical Assistance to assist agencies with
developing innovative community policing strategies through
applied research and evaluation initiatives.
Bullet-Proof Vests.--The Committee recommendation provides
$25,000,000 for COPS testing of bullet-proof vests. Of the
amount provided $3,000,000 is for the National Institute of
Standards and Technology's [NIST] Office of Law Enforcement
Standards [OLES] to continue supporting the ballistic and stab-
resistant material compliance testing programs, as well as for
other technical support related to public safety weapons and
protective systems.
Tribal Law Enforcement.--The Committee recommendation
provides $35,000,000 for tribal law enforcement efforts, which
is the same as the budget request. The recommendation combines
funds in this heading with funds previously appropriated under
State and Local Law Assistance. These funds may be used for
training, hiring equipment, court improvement projects, and
alcohol and substance abuse reduction programs.
The Committee notes the condition of certain Navajo Nation
detention and court facilities and urges the Department of
Justice to take action to address Navajo Nation detention and
court facilities in need of repair. The Navajo Nation, with a
population of 300,000, is the largest American Indian tribe,
and with a reservation larger than 25,000 square miles, Navajo
Nation public services are struggling to contain crime, which
has risen to levels many times higher than national averages.
Navajo Nation judicial services are also struggling to provide
adequate court facilities to accommodate the approximate 80,000
cases that are handled by the Navajo Nation Supreme Court,
eight judicial districts and peacemaker courts. Adequate
detention and court facilities are needed to address these
levels. The Department of Justice shall review the state of
existing detention and court facilities and the need for new
detention and court facilities on Navajo Nation land and not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this act
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations on
its findings regarding Navajo Nation detention and court
facilities and a description of actions that have been or will
be taken by the Department relating to such facilities.
COPS Technology.--Within the amounts provided, the COPS
program office shall fund the following projects:
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Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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Albuquerque Police Department, $250,000 Domenici, Bingaman
Albuquerque, NM, for an
information system to enhance
communication and facilitate
sharing among law enforcement
jurisdictions.
Alvernia College, Reading, PA, 250,000 Casey
for equipment to train police
officers.
Arkansas State Police, Little 450,000 Lincoln, Pryor
Rock, AR, for a Forensic
Recovery of Evidence Data
Center.
Arkansas State Police, Little 250,000 Lincoln, Pryor
Rock, AR, to provide wireless
technology to investigators in
the field.
Baldwin County Commission, 350,000 Shelby
Baldwin County, AL, for
interoperable communications
equipment.
Baltimore City Police 500,000 Mikulski
Department, Baltimore, MD, to
upgrade forensics laboratory
equipment.
Baltimore County Police 500,000 Mikulski
Department, Baltimore County,
MD, to upgrade forensics
laboratory equipment.
Barren County Fiscal Court, 275,000 McConnell
Barren County, KY, for mobile
data terminals and other
communication equipment.
Beaver County, Pennsylvania 300,000 Specter
Emergency Services Center,
Beaver County, PA, for public
safety radio systems
acquisition and upgrades.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Police 400,000 Specter
Department, Bethlehem, PA, for
interoperable in-car digital
video camera systems.
Camden County, Camden, NJ, for 500,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
emergency communication
hardware and software upgrades.
Capital Wireless Information 1,000,000 Mikulski
Network (CapWIN), Greenbelt,
MD, for wireless database
access and for public safety
personnel in the National
Capital region.
Center for Technology 350,000 Kennedy, Kerry
Commercialization (CTC)--
Public Safety Technology
Center, Worchester County, MA,
to enhance the capability of
state and local law
enforcement officials.
Central Piedmont Community 250,000 Burr
College, Charlotte, NC, for
high-tech crime scene
investigation training.
Chester County, Pennsylvania 300,000 Specter
District Attorney's Office,
Chester County, PA, for
incident response management
technology.
Citly of Glendale, Glendale, 100,000 Feinstein
CA, for the Interagency
Communications
Interoperability System (ICIS).
City of Athens, Athens, AL, for 250,000 Shelby
mobile data units in police
cars.
City of Auburn, Auburn, AL, for 400,000 Shelby
a mobile data system.
City of Bellvue, City of 400,000 Murray, Cantwell
Bellvue, WA , for provide
equipment upgrades.
City of Billings, Yellowstone 200,000 Baucus, Tester
County, MT, for a new crime
scene investigation equipment
upgrades.
City of Bridgeport, City of 250,000 Dodd
Bridgeport, CT, for the
purchase and installation of
six wireless surveillance
cameras.
City of Brockton Police 250,000 Kennedy, Kerry
Department, Plymouth County,
MA, for a modernized dispatch
and wireless network to meet
public safety and emergency
response needs.
City of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 600,000 Schumer, Clinton
for a camera system within the
City of Buffalo.
City of Calera Police 200,000 Shelby
Department, Calera, AL, for
technology upgrades.
City of Cincinnati Police 240,000 Brown
Department, Cincinnati, OH,
for retention and protection
of digital audio and video
files.
City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 150,000 Voinovich
OH, for technology upgrades.
City of Daphne, Daphne, AL, for 225,000 Shelby
wireless technology upgrades.
City of Dothan, Alabama, 1,000,000 Shelby
Dothan, AL, For an
interoperable communications
system.
City of East Point, East Point, 300,000 Chambliss
GA, for law enforcement
technology upgrades.
City of Elizabeth, Elizabeth, 400,000 Lautenberg
NJ, for installation of
wireless cameras.
City of Evansville, City of 300,000 Lugar, Bayh
Evansville, IN, for
communications equipment.
City of Flager Beach, Flager 200,000 Bill Nelson
County, FL, for emergency and
law enforcement equipment.
City of Flint Police 750,000 Levin, Stabenow
Department, Flint, MI, for in-
car computers for patrol
vehicles.
City of Fresno, Fresno, CA, for 300,000 Feinstein
in-vehicle video camera units
and mobile data terminals.
City of Gadsden, Gadsden, AL, 350,000 Shelby
for cameras and laptops for
police vehicles.
City of Great Falls, Cascade 500,000 Baucus, Tester
County, MT, for law
enforcement equipment.
City of Green Bay Police 100,000 Kohl
Department, Green Bay, WI, to
install in-car cameras.
City of Greenville, Greenville, 250,000 Shelby
AL, for mobile data terminals.
City of Gulf Shores, Gulf 200,000 Shelby
Shores, AL, for law
enforcement technology
upgrades.
City of Headland, Headland, AL, 100,000 Shelby
for mobile data terminals.
City of Henderson, Henderson, 460,000 Reid, Ensign
NV, for equipment for forensic
lab.
City of Huntsville, Huntsville, 1,000,000 Shelby
AL, To provide
interoperability to local law
enforcement.
City of Jackson, Jackson, MS, 500,000 Cochran
for law enforcement technology
upgrades.
City of Lake County, Lake 400,000 Obama
County, IL, for communications
equipment pur- chases.
City of Livermore, Livermore, 300,000 Boxer
CA, for interoperable
communications between
different agencies and
disciplines.
City of Luverne, Luverne, AL, 150,000 Shelby
for police technology upgrades.
City of Madison Police 500,000 Kohl
Department, Madison, WI, for
equipment upgrades.
City of Melbourne, Brevard 150,000 Bill Nelson
County, FL, for radio system
upgrades.
City of Modesto, Modesto, CA, 150,000 Feinstein
for an interoperable dispatch
system.
City of Montrose, Montrose, CO, 200,000 Allard, Salazar
to improve public safety
communication technology.
City of Muncie, City of Muncie, 300,000 Lugar, Bayh
IN, to acquire and integrate a
radio system with a public
communications system.
City of Muncie, City of Muncie, 150,000 Lugar, Bayh
IN, to acquire replacement
software and provide improved
functionality of the emergency
response system.
City of Murray, Murray, KY, for 150,000 McConnell
a computer aided dispatch
system.
City of Newport, Newport, RI, 400,000 Reid, Whitehouse
for 800 MHz public safety
radio spectrum
interoperability.
City of Norwalk, Norwalk, CT, 250,000 Lieberman
for interoperability equipment.
City of Petersburg, Petersburg, 250,000 Warner, Webb
VA, for planning and
installation of a fixed mobile
WiMax Data System.
City of Phenix City, Phenix 500,000 Shelby
City, AL, for public safety
communications up- grades.
City of Phoenix (Phoenix Police 100,000 Kyl
Department), Phoenix, AZ, for
an interoperable
communications network.
City of Puyallup, Puyallup, WA, 500,000 Murray
for Tacoma/Puyallup law
enforcement interoperability.
City of Reading, Pennsylvania 750,000 Specter
Police Department, Reading,
PA, for security enhancements
and camera acquisition.
City of Reno, Reno, NV, for an 250,000 Reid
interoperable network.
City of South Bend, City of 200,000 Lugar, Bayh
South Bend, IN, to obtain an
automatic fingerprint
identification system for
latent palm prints.
City of Temple Terrace, 350,000 Bill Nelson
Hillsborough County, FL, for
an interoperable
communications system.
City of Terra Haute, City of 300,000 Lugar, Bayh
Terra Haute, IN, for
communications equipment.
City of Troy, Troy, AL, for 225,000 Shelby
mobile data terminals.
City of Whitefish, Flathead 200,000 Baucus, Tester
County, MT, to upgrade
investigative equipment and
work stations.
City of Yakima, Yakima, WA, for 400,000 Murray, Cantwell
new technology and equipment.
City of York, Pennsylvania, 350,000 Specter
York, PA, for records
management system acquisi-
tion.
City of Yuma, Yuma, AZ, for a 100,000 Kyl
regional communications
network.
CLEMIS Consortium, Pontiac, MI, 250,000 Levin, Stabenow
for equipment purchases.
Colorado Department of Motor 500,000 Allard
Vehicles, Lakewood, CO, for
identity theft prevention.
Commonwealth of Virginia, 35,000 Warner, Webb
Richmond, VA, to purchase
equipment.
Cities of Concord, Kannapolis, 150,000 Dole, Burr
NC, for Regional Radio
Upgrades.
County of Fairfax, Fairfax 300,000 Warner, Webb
County, VA, for law
enforcement technology up-
grades.
County of Wasco, Wasco, OR, 250,000 Smith, Wyden
Replace outdated and
unreliable Emergency Responder
Communication equipment.
County of Westchester, 100,000 Schumer, Clinton
Westchester County, NY, for
surveillance and video
equipment.
Dakota County, Hastings, MN, 250,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
for upgrades to Dakota County
Criminal Justice Information.
Delaware State Police, Dover, 1,000,000 Biden, Carper
DE, for the state-wide
Automated Fingerprint
Identification System (AFIS).
Delaware State University, 1,000,000 Biden
Dover, to test and evaluate a
mobile crime scene and
evidence tracking solution for
U.S. law enforcement.
Department of Public Safety, 200,000 Harkin
Polk County, IA, for
investigation and prosecution
of unsolved crimes using DNA
evidence.
Downriver Community Conference, 500,000 Levin, Stabenow
Southgate, MI, for equipment
upgrades for The Downriver
Mutual Aid.
East Central University, Ada, 250,000 Inhofe
OK, for forensics equipment.
Edmonds Community College, 350,000 Cantwell
Edmonds, WA, for the DNA
Stranger Rape Pilot program.
Erie County, Pennsylvania 700,000 Specter
Department of Public Safety,
Erie County, PA, for a mobile
communication system.
Fayetteville Police Department, 500,000 Lincoln, Pryor
Fayetteville, AK, for a
simulcast communications
system that will meet the
needs of local public safety
agencies.
Flathead County, Flathead 250,000 Baucus, Tester
County, MT, to enhance
emergency communications.
Foley Police Department, Foley, 350,000 Shelby
AL, for communications
upgrades.
FoxComm, Green Bay, WI, to 500,000 Kohl
implement interoperable
communications.
Henderson County Fiscal Court, 750,000 McConnell
Henderson County, KY, for
equipment up- grades.
Hendry County, Hendry County, 200,000 Bill Nelson
FL, for law enforcement
communications equipment.
Honolulu Police Department, 1,000,000 Inouye
Honolulu, HI, for improvements
to the Honolulu Police
Department's crime lab.
Idaho Department of 100,000 Craig
Corrections, Boise, ID, for a
web-based offender information
system.
Idaho State Police, Pocatello, 1,000,000 Craig
ID, to support criminal
information sharing.
Iowa State University, Ames, 200,000 Harkin, Grassley
IA, for forensics equipment.
Iredell County Sheriff's 150,000 Burr, Dole
Department, Iredell County,
NC, for equipping a crime lab.
Jackson State University, 1,500,000 Cochran
Jackson, MS, for computer
software and mapping.
Jefferson County Sheriff's 750,000 Shelby
Office, Birmingham, AL, for
wireless communications
upgrades.
Kenosha County Sheriff's 200,000 Kohl
Department, Kenosha, WI, for
in car cameras.
Lake County Sheriff's 500,000 Bayh
Department, Lake County, IN,
to augment and replace
helicopters used for public
safety purposes.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, 100,000 Reid
Las Vegas, NV, for equipment
upgrades.
Macomb County Emergency 750,000 Levin, Stabenow
Management and Communications,
Mt. Clemens, MI, for equipment
purchases.
Marion County, Marion, FL, for 200,000 Bill Nelson
fingerprint identification
equipment.
Marshall University, Forensic 5,000,000 Byrd
Science DNA Laboratory,
Huntington, WV, for forensic
lab equipment.
Massachusetts Sheriff's 250,000 Kennedy, Kerry
Association, Norfolk County,
MA, for an information-sharing
network.
McHenry County Sherrif's 500,000 Obama
Department, McHenry County,
IL, for radio equipment
acquisition.
Michigan Public Safety 250,000 Levin, Stabenow
Communications, Lansing, MI,
for the International Border
Interoperability
Communications enhancement
project.
Michigan State Police, Lansing, 350,000 Levin, Stabenow
MI, for technology to compare
all of the DNA profiles from
the participating States.
Middlesex Community County 250,000 Kennedy, Kerry
County, Middlesex County, MA,
to expand the Regional
Technology Training Law
Enforcement Collaborative.
Milwaukee Police Department, 400,000 Kohl
Milwaukee, WI, to install in-
car cameras.
Mineral County Search and 250,000 Baucus, Tester
Rescue Training Facility,
Mineral County, MT, to upgrade
investigative equipment and
work stations.
Minnesota Department of Public 250,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
Safety, Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension, St. Paul, MN,
for a system to improve
accurate identification of
individuals.
Mississippi Department of 2,500,000 Cochran
Public Safety, Jackson, MS, to
provide technology and
equipment upgrades.
Missoula County, Missoula 100,000 Baucus, Tester
County, MT, to purchase
equipment for interoperable
communications.
Montana Sheriffs and Peace 500,000 Baucus
Officers, Lewis and Clark
County, MT, for an electronic
monitoring for violent
offenders and sexual predators.
New Jersey Network, Trenton, 200,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
NJ, for an inter-operable
first responders
communications network.
New Orleans Police Foundation, 250,000 Landrieu
Orleans Parish, LA, to design
and implement an integrated
information system.
North Hudson Regional Fire & 300,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
Rescue, West New York, NJ, for
a mobile radio interconnect
system.
North Las Vegas Police 250,000 Reid
Department, North Las Vegas,
NV, for a new records
management system.
North Louisiana Criminalistics 100,000 Vitter
Laboratory Commission,
Shreveport, LA, for forensics
equipment.
Nye County Sheriff's Office, 200,000 Reid
Pahrump, NV, for a law
enforcement licence plate
scanner.
Oak Ridge Police Department, 200,000 Alexander
Oak Ridge, TN, for law
enforcement communications.
Ohio County Fiscal Court, Ohio 250,000 McConnell
County, KY, for mobile data
terminals and other equipment.
Onodaga County, Onodaga County, 500,000 Schumer, Clinton
NY, for a County-City
Interoperable Communications
System.
Orem City Police Department, 300,000 Hatch, Bennett
Orem, UT, for in-car video
equipment.
Passaic County Prosecutor's 300,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
Office, Passaic County, NJ,
for a fiber optic network and
interoperable communications
equipment.
Pine Bluff Police Department, 600,000 Lincoln, Pryor
Pine Bluff, AK, for an
interoperable communications
system.
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 200,000 Johnson
South Dakota, for technology
upgrades to the 9-1-1 system.
Prince George's County, MD, 1,000,000 Mikulski
Prince George's County, MD, to
upgrade first responder
equipment.
Riverton Police Department, 100,000 Enzi
City of Riverton, Wyoming, for
communications equipment.
Sam Houston State University, 1,000,000 Hutchison
Huntsville, TX, for crime lab
technologies.
Scott County, IA, Scott County, 200,000 Grassley
IA, for equipment and software
for the consolidated dispatch
center.
Snyder County, Pennsylvania 200,000 Specter
Emergency Services, Snyder
County, PA, for interoperable
communications.
St. Clair County Commission, 175,000 Shelby
St. Clair County, AL, for law
enforcement technology
upgrades.
St. Clair County, Port Huron, 200,000 Levin, Stabenow
MI, for the purchase of mobile
radios for public safety
agencies.
St. Louis County Sherrif's 150,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
Office, Duluth, MN, for
equipment to support
interoperability, such as base
stations, microwave, towers,
and installation.
State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, 250,000 Stevens
for remote access to criminal
justice information from a
single point.
State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, 250,000 Stevens
for law enforcement
communication, village public
safety officer training.
State of Maryland, Annapolis, 750,000 Cardin
MD, for equipment to attain
interoperability among all
state law enforcement agencies
as well as local jurisdictions.
Talladega County Commission, 300,000 Shelby
Talladega, AL, for
technological upgrades to the
public safety infrastructure.
The City of Shelbyville, 300,000 Lugar, Bayh
Shelbyville, IN, for
interoperable wireless
communications.
The City of Terre Haute, Terre 200,000 Lugar, Bayh
Haute, IN, for interoperable
communica- tions.
Town of Johnston, Johnston, RI, 100,000 Reed, Whitehouse
to purchase communications
equipment.
Town of Manchester, Town of 500,000 Dodd
Manchester, CT, for equipment
for an emergency operations
center.
Town of Redding, CT, Town of 350,000 Dodd
Redding, CT, for equipment for
a new regional Centralized
Communications Center.
Town of Westerly, Westerly, RI, 150,000 Reed
for communications equipment
to improve community policing
capabilities.
Town of Widham, Town of Widham, 250,000 Dodd, Lieberman
CT, for equipment upgrades at
the Town of Windham's Public
Safety Complex.
University of Central Oklahoma, 250,000 Inhofe
Edmond, OK, for forensics
equipment.
University of Colorado/National 400,000 Allard, Salazar
Center for Audio and Video
Forensics, Denver, CO, to
establish a cutting edge
forensics center.
University of Louisville 850,000 McConnell
Research Foundation,
Louisville, KY, for forensics
equipment.
CAT Lab at UNH, University of 1,000,000 Gregg
Durham, NH, for law
enforcement technology.
University of North Alabama, 350,000 Shelby
Florence, AL, criminal justice
outreach initiatives.
University of Southern 1,500,000 Cochran
Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS,
for a state-wide and regional
information sharing system.
Upper Peninsula 15 County 500,000 Levin, Stabenow
Consortium, Marquette, MI, for
interoperable communications
equipment.
Vermont Department of Public 450,000 Leahy
Safety, Waterbury, VT, for the
Vermont Justice Information
Sharing System.
Vermont Department of Public 450,000 Leahy
Safety, Waterbury, VT, for the
Vermont State Police mobile/
remote computing project.
Virginia State Police , 100,000 Warner, Webb
Richmond, VA, to maintain
databases and technical
infrastructure.
Virginia State Police, 200,000 Warner, Webb
Richmond, VA, for the Northern
Virginia and District of
Columbia Internet Crimes
Against Children Task Force to
train law enforcement
officials.
Washington Association of 200,000 Murray
Sheriffs and Police Chiefs,
Lacey, WA, for DNA testing for
stranger rapes.
West Virginia University 4,000,000 Byrd
Forensic Science Initiative,
Morgantown, WV, for the
Forensic Science Initiative.
Western Kentucky University, 200,000 Bunning
Bowling Green, KY, for campus
public safety.
Whatcom County, Whatcom County, 250,000 Murray, Cantwell
WA, for an information sharing
and exchange system.
Will County, Will County, IL, 550,000 Durbin
for technology
interoperability improvements.
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Methamphetamine Hot Spots.--The Committee recommendation
provides $80,000,000 to State and local law enforcement
programs to combat methamphetamine production and distribution,
to target drug ``hot spots,'' and to remove and dispose of
hazardous materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs. The
Committee recommendation includes $20,000,000 to reimburse the
Drug Enforcement Administration for assistance to State and
local law enforcement for proper removal and disposal of
hazardous materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs and to
initiate container programs.
Within the amounts provided for methamphetamine hot spots,
the COPS program office shall fund the following proposals:
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Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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22nd Judicial District, $150,000 Salazar
Montezuma County, CO, for anti-
meth operations.
Alamosa Police Department, 25,000 Salazar
Alamosa, CO, for anti-meth
equipment.
Arkansas State Police, Little 600,000 Lincoln, Pryor
Rock, AR, to investigate,
seize, dismantle and direct
the clean-up of meth labs.
Boone, Kenton, Campbell 500,000 Bunning
Counties, KY, Boone County,
for logistical support for the
task force.
Broomfield Police Department, 400,000 Salazar
Broomfield, CO, for anti-meth
equipment.
California Department of 300,000 Feinstein
Justice, Bureau of Narcotics
Enforcement, Sacramento, CA,
for the California
Methamphetamine Strategy
(CALMS).
Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's 1,000,000 Bond
Department, Cape Girardeau,
MO, for combatting
methamphetamine.
City of Andalusia, Andalusia, 300,000 Shelby
AL, for anti-methamphetamine
programs.
City of Baker, Baker, OR, for 50,000 Wyden
drug detection canines.
City of Carson City, Carson 350,000 Ensign, Reid
City, NV, for combating meth
in Nevada.
City of Montrose, Montrose 100,000 Salazar
County, CO, for anti-meth
equipment and opera- tions.
City of Talladega, Talladega, 175,000 Shelby
AL, for anti-methamphetamine
programs.
Clackamas County, OR, Clackamas 250,000 Smith
County, OR, to implement a
strategy for fighting meth
problem.
County of Hawaii, County of 400,000 Inouye
Hawaii, HI, for the
Comprehensive Meth Response
program.
County of Solano, Solano 200,000 Boxer
County, CA, for enforcement
teams addressing meth and
gangs.
Criminal Justice Institute, 300,000 Lincoln, Pryor
Little Rock, AR, for meth-
focused training courses.
Department of Public Safety, 300,000 Harkin
Polk County, IA, to intercept
imported meth.
Eagle County Sheriff's Office, 100,000 Salazar
Eagle County, CO, for anti-
meth operations.
Gay Men's Health Crisis, New 350,000 Schumer, Clinton
York, NY, for an anti-meth
program.
Greater Routt and Moffat 100,000 Salazar
Narcotics Enforcement Team
(GRAMNET), Routt County, for
anti-meth operations.
Greeley Police Department, Weld 150,000 Salazar
County, CO, for anti-meth
equipment.
Heartland Family Service, 200,000 Nelson
Omaha, NE, to provide services
to women and children in
methamphetamine abuse cases.
Heartland Family Services, 150,000 Harkin
Council Bluffs, IA, to provide
family-based residential meth
treatment in western Iowa.
Heartland Family Services, 150,000 Hagel
Papillion, NE, for a
collaborative, clinically
managed treatment service for
substance abuse patients.
Illinois Sheriffs Association, 200,000 Durbin
Springfield, IL, for law
enforcement and clean-up of
meth production and abuse.
Iowa Office of Drug Control, 350,000 Harkin
Des Moines, IA, for
coordinated regional meth task
forces.
Jasper Police Department, 300,000 Shelby
Jasper, AL, for technology and
equipment to combat meth.
Jefferson County Sheriff's 125,000 Salazar
Office, Jefferson County, CO,
for anti-meth equip- ment.
Kids First, Marion County, OR, 400,000 Wyden, Smith
for programs and services to
focus children affected by
methamphetamine addiction.
Kids Hope-Hudelson Region, 100,000 Durbin
Springfield, IL, for family
preservation services for meth-
affected families.
Larimer County Drug Task Force, 150,000 Salazar
Larimer County, CO, for anti-
meth equipment.
Lincoln County, OR, Lincoln 300,000 Wyden, Smith
County, OR, for
methamphetamine initiatives.
Meth Project Foundation, 500,000 Baucus, Tester
Missoula County, MT, for a
methamphetamine prevention
program.
New Mexico Department of Public 100,000 Domenici, Bingaman
Safety, Santa Fe, NM, for
equipment to combat meth.
Minnehaha County Sheriff's 150,000 Thune
Department, Minnehaha County,
SD, for meth reduction
programs.
Minot State University, Minot, 750,000 Dorgan, Conrad
ND, for methamphetamine
research and public education.
Mississippi Department of 2,500,000 Cochran
Public Safety, Jackson, MS,
for meth enforcement, clean-up
equipment, and training.
National Jewish Medical and 100,000 Allard
Research Center, Denver, CO,
to research the long-term
consequences of the meth and
chemical exposures.
Nebraska State Patrol, Lincoln, 250,000 Hagel, Nelson
NE, to combat methamphetamine.
New Hampshire Attorney 1,000,000 Gregg
General's Office, Concord, NH,
to fund a statewide multi-
jurisdictional task force.
NH State Police, Concord, NH, 1,000,000 Gregg
to combat gang and drug-
related violence and crime.
Office of the District 100,000 Bingaman
Attorney, 2nd Judicial
District, Albuquerque, NM, to
provide additional staff for
the Meth Prosecution Unit.
Partnership for a Drug Free 500,000 Akaka, Biden, Reid,
America Meth360 Program, Lugar, Bayh, Hagel,
Washington, DC, for Anti-meth Lott, Cornyn, Kohl,
efforts uniting officers with Harkin, McCaskill,
treatment and prevention Murkowski, Ensign,
professionals. Hutchison, Cantwell,
Ben Nelson, Inouye,
Pierce County Alliance, Takoma, 450,000 Murray, Cantwell
WA, for Statewide meth
initiative.
Pierce County Alliance, Takoma, 800,000 Murray
WA, for the National Meth
Center training and assistance.
Prevention and Recovery 90,000 Brownback
Services, Inc., Topeka, KS,
for to fight methamphetamine
production and abuse.
San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tribal 100,000 Kyl
Police Department, San Carlos
Apache Tribe, San Carlos
Apache Reservation, AZ, for a
law enforcement initiative to
target meth.
State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, 2,000,000 Stevens
for statewide methamphetamine
enforcement.
Target Meth Oregon, Salem, OR, 350,000 Wyden
to combat meth.
Tennessee Statewide 350,000 Alexander
Methamphetamine Task Force,
Chattanooga, TN, for anti-
methamphetamine initiatives.
Uintah County, Uintah County, 700,000 Bennett
UT, for methamphetamine
enforcement and clean-up.
University of West Alabama, 250,000 Shelby
Livingston, AL, for research
that addresses meth in rural
areas.
White Earth Tribal Nation, 200,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
White Earth, MN, to educate,
clean-up and enforce the
growing problem of meth use on
reservation lands.
Wisconsin Department of 800,000 Kohl
Justice, Division of Criminal
Investigation, Madison, WI, to
continue the statewide meth
initiative.
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Law Enforcement Technology Program.--The Committee
recommendation provides $110,000,000 for the COPS Law
Enforcement Technology Program. Within the funds provided,
$5,000,000 shall be transferred to NIST to continue the efforts
of the Office of Law Enforcement Standards [OLES] in developing
a comprehensive suite of minimum standards for law enforcement
communications. In addition, these funds should be used to
support the development and implementation of a compliance
assessment program to ensure that communications equipment
purchased through this grant program is compliant, where
applicable with existing standards.
Interoperable Standards.--The Committee is pleased that
significant progress has been made in the issuance of standards
to specify the required functionality for the Project 25 Inter-
RF-Subsystem Interface [ISSI], Console Interface, and Fixed
Station Interface for land mobile radio systems. The Committee
directs that funds provided to OLES for standards development
under this section should be used to complete the remaining
aspects of these interfaces, including conformance and
interoperability test standards for each of the interfaces. In
addition, funds should be used to begin the development of
standards for emerging technologies such as VoIP applications
for public safety operations.
DNA Backlog/Crime Log Improvement.--The Committee
recommends $169,000,000 to strengthen and improve the current
Federal and State DNA collection and analysis systems that can
be used to accelerate the prosecution of the guilty while
simultaneously protecting the innocent from wrongful
prosecution.
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science.--The Committee
recommendation provides $40,000,000 for the Paul Coverdell
Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants. Coverdell grants are
intended to improve the quality and timeliness of forensic
science and medical examiner services, including services
provided by laboratories operated by states and those operated
by units of local government. Coverdell grants provide
flexibility to State and local crime labs by allowing them to
obtain funds to address their most critical needs.
Offender Re-entry.--The Committee recommendation provides
$10,000,000 for prisoner re-entry which is designed to reduce
recidivism and the societal costs of crime by helping released
offenders find stable employment and housing when they return
to their communities.
Child Sexual Predator Elimination.--The Committee
recommendation provides $55,000,000 for a new national
initiative to provide grants to State and local governments to
locate, arrest and prosecute sexual predators. The Committee
recommends the appointment of an Assistant U.S. Attorney in
each judicial district as a coordinator to prepare a
comprehensive, district-wide strategy in consultation with
social services providers and partners from Federal, State and
local law enforcement agencies. The Committee directs the COPS
office to coordinate with the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children in developing a program that includes
detection, apprehension, and prosecution of sex offenders who
victimize children. The Committee believes it is essential to
build specialized units in law enforcement agencies across the
country to attack this problem in a concerted, coordinated
manner. The grants should assist State and local law
enforcement entities to specifically focus on sexual predators
who fail to register, child sexual exploitation and sex
offenders who prey upon children. These predator units should
be created in a manner that is geographically balanced and
levels itself to testing the model in various settings; major
urban police departments, State law enforcement agencies,
smaller jurisdictions, and regional groupings of agencies. The
Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation
of Children Today Act of 2003, Public Law 108-21 authorized
grants for Sex Offender Apprehension Programs.
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $338,361,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 280,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 340,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $340,000,000. The
recommendation is $1,639,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $60,000,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommendations are displayed in the
following table:
JUVENILE JUSTICE
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Part A: Coordination of Federal Effort................. 500
Part B: State Formula Grants........................... 73,000
Small Non-Profit T/TA.............................. (5,500)
Part E: Demonstration Programs (2002 Reauth)........... 76,500
Part G: Juvenile Mentoring............................. 5,000
Title V: Incentive Grants.............................. 65,000
Big Brothers & Big Sisters......................... (5,000)
Incentive Grants................................... (25,000)
Tribal Youth Program............................... (10,000)
Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws................... (25,000)
Secure Our Schools Act................................. 10,000
VOCA--Improving Investigation and Prosecution of Child 20,000
Abuse Program.........................................
Gang Prevention........................................ 10,000
Juvenile Accountability Block Grant [JABG]............. 80,000
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Total............................................ 340,000
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The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any
deviation from the above plan.
Big Brothers, Big Sisters.--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for
youth mentoring programs for at risk kids. Sponsors: Baucus,
Bayh, Biden, Cardin Crapo, Clinton, Collins, Cornyn, Dole,
Dorgan, Ensign, Grassley, Kennedy, Kerry, Klobuchar, Kohl,
Lincoln, McCaskill, Menendez, Mikulski, Murkowski Sanders,
Specter, Pryor, Schumer, Stabenow, Hatch, Leahy.
Accountability Based Sanctions for Juveniles.--The purpose
of the accountability based sanctions is to ensure that
juvenile offenders face uniform and consistent consequences and
punishment that correspond to the seriousness of each
offender's current offense, history, and special treatment or
training needs. The Committee recommends $73,000,000 to be
available for expenses authorized by part B of title II of the
act, including training and technical assistance to help small,
nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants process. Within
this amount, $5,500,000 is for the purpose of providing
additional formula grants under part B to States that provide
assurances to the Administrator that the State has policies and
programs that ensure that juveniles are subject to
accountability-based sanctions for every act for which they are
adjudicated delinquent.
Discretionary Grants.--The Committee recommendation
provides $76,500,000 for part E programs. Within the amounts
provided, OJP shall fund the following proposals:
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Committee
Project recommendation Requested by
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Abyssinian Development $500,000 Schumer, Clinton
Corporation, New York, NY, to
support and expand youth and
young adult after-school and
summer programs.
Alabama Institute for the Deaf 225,000 Shelby
and Blind, Talladega, AL,
mentoring for disabled at-risk
youth.
American Ballet Theatre, New 200,000 Shumer, Clinton
York, NY, for for the Make a
Ballet On Tour program.
American Sailing Training 300,000 Reed, Whitehouse
Association, Newport, RI,
programs for at risk youth.
American Village Citizenship 500,000 Shelby
Trust, Montevallo, AL, for
character programs in at-risk
areas.
An Achievable Dream, Newport 500,000 Warner, Webb
News, VA, for at-risk youth
programs.
Asian American Leadership 300,000 Mikulski
Empowerment and Development,
Wheaton, MD, for programs for
low-income families whose
children are at risk of
dropping out of school.
Baltimore School for the Arts, 300,000 Mikulski
Baltimore, MD, for the TWIGS
(To Work in Gaining Skills)
program for arts programs for
at-risk youth.
Beltrami County, Bemidji, MN, 150,000 Colemen, Klobuchar
for a program for at risk
children ages and their
families.
Bethesda Home for Boys, 100,000 Chambliss, Isakson
Savannah, GA, for at-risk
youth this organization serves.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of 1,200,000 Stevens
Alaska, Eagle River, AK, for
at-risk youth mentoring
program.
Bolder Options, Minneapolis, 350,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
for programs to reduce truancy
and juvenile delinquency.
BYU-Public School Partnership, 350,000 Bennett
Provo, UT, for statewide
partnerships for delinquency
prevention.
Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, 1,500,000 Mikulski, Cardin,
Baltimore, MD, Partner with Shelby
local youth services to
provide training, sports
equipment and sub-grant money
to youth organizations.
Camp Fire USA, Kansas City, KS, 200,000 Brownback
for mentoring children of
prisoners.
CEDARS, Lincoln, NE, for an 150,000 Ben Nelson
emergency shelter program for
runaway and homeless youth.
Central New Mexico YMCA, 250,000 Domenici
Albuquerque, NM, to provide
life skills development
services for at-risk children.
Children and Families First, 400,000 Biden, Carper
Wilmington, DE, to continue
programs to reduce truancy in
New Castle and Kent County,
Delaware.
Children's Outing Association, 200,000 Kohl
Milwaukee, WI, for a city-wide
teen program.
City of Boston, Suffolk County, 350,000 Kennedy, Kerry
MA, for a program to reduce
recidivism.
City of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, 350,000 Lieberman
CT, for a summer and after-
school program for youth.
City of Charlotte, NC, 250,000 Dole
Charlotte, NC, for a gang
prevention program.
City of Hartford, Hartford, CT, 350,000 Lieberman
for a program to provide
summer employment
opportunities and job training
for teens.
City of Long Beach, Long Beach, 300,000 Boxer
CA, for an anti-gang
intervention and prevention
program.
City of Philadelphia, 1,000,000 Specter, Casey
Philadelphia, PA, for a
program to reduce youth
violence and homicide rates.
City of Providence, Providence, 300,000 Reed, Whitehouse
RI, for the Providence After
School Alliance (PASA).
City of San Bernardino, City of 350,000 Boxer
San Bernardino, CA, for a
school-based partnership to
provide gang resistance
education/training.
City of Springfield, 350,000 Brown
Springfield, OH, for programs
and resources for at-risk
youth.
City of Trenton, Trenton, NJ, 200,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
for a YouthStat Crime
Prevention Program.
Commonwealth of Virginia, 175,000 Warner, Webb
Richmond, VA, for gang
prevention education.
Courage to Speak Foundation, 500,000 Dodd, Lieberman
County of Fairfield, CT, for a
drug abuse prevention program.
D.A.R.E. America, Inglewood, 450,000 Biden, Grassley,
CA, Educational materials Stevens
targeted at children to avoid
drugs, gang involvement and
violence.
D.A.R.E. New Jersey, Cranbury, 100,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
NJ, for a youth prevention
program.
Des Plaines Teen Center, Des 300,000 Durbin
Plaines, IL, for prevention
programming for at-risk
adolescents.
East End Cooperative Ministry 400,000 Specter, Casey
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,
for at-risk youth programs.
East Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, 200,000 Boxer
CA, for an anti-gang
initiative.
Eastern Shores of Maryland 250,000 Mikulski, Cardin
Education Consortium,
Centerville, MD, to expand the
dropout prevention program to
utilize a web-based curriculum.
Essex County Sheriff's Office, 250,000 Kennedy, Kerry
Essex County, MA, for an
oxycontin prevention program.
Family and Children's 100,000 Shumer, Clinton
Association, Mineola, NY, for
the Hagedorn-Hempstead
Initiative.
Girl Scouts of the USA, New 200,000 Domenici
York, NY, for outreach and
volunteer training in New
Mexico.
Girls and Boys Town U.S.A., 500,000 Hagel, Ben Nelson,
Boys Town, NE, Treatment Reed, Whitehouse,
centers for at risk kids that Vitter
provides mentoring and
education.
Grand Rapids Public Schools, 200,000 Stabenow
Grand Rapids, MI, for an
academic prevention and
workforces skills program.
Granite School District, Salt 350,000 Hatch, Bennett
Lake City, UT, for school
district's gang violence
prevention program.
Human Resources Center of Edgar 200,000 Durbin
and Clark Counties, Paris, IL,
to combating substance abuse
among high-risk youth.
Improved Solutions for Urban 200,000 Brown
Systems, Dayton, OH, for an
employment program for court-
involved youth.
Karamu House, Cleveland, OH, 200,000 Brown
for after-school programs for
at-risk children in Cleveland,
Ohio.
Kickstart, Houston, TX, to 200,000 Hutchison
expand children's character
development.
Kids Averted from Placement 100,000 Hutchison
Services (KAPS), San Antonio,
TX, to prevent juvenile
delinquency.
Kids Peace, Columbia, MD, for 400,000 Mikulski
supportive services for foster
care families.
Kids Peace, Inc., New Haven, 250,000 Dodd
CT, for a children's mental
health crisis pro- gram.
Lafayette/Oxford/University 50,000 Cochran
Angel Ranch, Oxford, MS, for
domestic services for victims
of abuse.
Los Angeles Community Law 400,000 Feinstein
Enforcement [LA CLEAR] and
Recovery and Gang Reduction
Programs, Los Angeles, CA, for
anti-gang intervention and
prevention programs.
Marcus Institute, Atlanta, GA, 300,000 Chambliss, Isakson
for providing remediation for
the potential consequences of
childhood abuse and neglect.
Monterey County, Monterey 300,000 Boxer
County, CA, for a gang task
force in Monterey County.
Montgomery YMCA, Montgomery, 700,000 Shelby
AL, for after school
activities to at-risk youth.
Mother Cabrini High School, New 200,000 Clinton, Schumer
York, NY, for an after school
program for at-risk youth.
Nassau County District 350,000 Clinton, Schumer
Attorney's Office, Mineola,
NY, for the Redirection
Enforcement and Learning
program.
National Fatherhood Initiative, 1,000,000 Shelby
Gaithersburg, MD, for fathers
of the most at-risk children.
New Mexico Sheriff's and Police 500,000 Domenici, Bingaman
Athletic Leagues, Albuquerque,
NM, to continue to implement a
gang prevention program aimed
at at-risk youth.
New Song Urban Ministries, 450,000 Mikulski
Baltimore, MD, for
comprehensive services to at-
risk youth.
Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai, ID, to 150,000 Craig
combat child abuse.
Ocean Tides School, 300,000 Reed, Whitehouse
Narragansett, RI, to enhance
its science and computer labs
to encourage the study of
science and technology.
Olmstead County Community 150,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
Services, Rochester, MN, to
implement and sustain a
performance based child
protection system preventing
child abuse and neglect.
Oquirrh Recreation and Parks 100,000 Bennett
District, Kearns, UT, for
after-school activities.
Patterson Park Public Charter 200,000 Mikulski
School, Baltimore, MD, for
Rejecting Violence, Building
Resilience--a school violence
prevention program.
Phoenix House, Dallas, TX, for 200,000 Hutchison
residential substance abuse
treatment for adolescents.
Residential Care Consortium, 200,000 Ben Nelson
Omaha, NE, for a program for
underprivileged, at-risk, and
disadvantaged children, young
adults, and their families in
a residential care setting.
Ruth Ellis Center, Highland 200,000 Levin
Park, MI, for an outreach
program.
Safe and Sound, Baltimore, MD, 500,000 Mikulski
for juvenile deliquency
prevention through education.
Save the Children, Washington, 250,000 Lincoln, Pryor
DC, for juvenile delinquency
prevention programs.
Save the Children, Westport, 200,000 Domenici
CT, to operate after school
programs in New Mexico
communities.
Search Institute, Minneapolis, 175,000 Johnson
MN, for South Dakota Healthy
Communities-Healthy Youth
Initiative.
Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL, 450,000 Obama
for community outreach is
stewardship project.
SouthEastern North Dakota 400,000 Dorgan, Conrad
Community Action Agency,
Fargo, ND, to facilitate the
coordination of community
services in response to child
abuse.
Spectrum Youth and Family 200,000 Leahy, Sanders
Services, Burlington, VT, to
expand its services to at-risk
youth.
Springfield Public Schools, 200,000 Wyden, Smith
Springfield, OR, for upgrades
to school security equipment
and technology.
St. Joseph's Indian School, 250,000 Johnson, Thune
Chamberlain, SD, Expand
programs and services for
students.
State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, to 210,000 Stevens
support coordinate and train
law enforcement officers to
teach drug abuse resistance
education.
State of Hawaii, Office of the 680,000 Akaka
Attorney General, City of
Honolulu, HI, for continuing
improvements to the Juvenile
Justice Information System.
State of Vermont Judiciary, 350,000 Leahy
Office of Court Administrator,
Montpelier, VT, to develop a
statewide court system that
integrates treatment and other
services into the court
process.
Team Focus, Inc., Mobile, AL, 800,000 Shelby
for a youth mentoring program.
Team Focus, Inc., Morgan, TX, 150,000 Hutchison, Cornyn
to establish a youth mentoring
program.
TeenMates Mentoring Program, 300,000 Ben Nelson
Lincoln, NE, for mentoring
services to youth.
Township of Irvington, 500,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
Irvington, NJ, for the Youth
Safe Haven Police Mini-station
program.
Township of Maplewood, 100,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
Maplewood, NJ, for a
prevention program for at-risk
youth.
University of Colorado at 350,000 Salazar
Boulder, Boulder, CO, for the
CU-Boulder Colorado Schools
Safety Program.
University of Delaware, Newark, 65,000 Biden, Carper
DE, to conduct a statewide
survey of delinquent and high
risk youth behaviors.
University of Montana, Missoula 350,000 Baucus, Tester
County, MT, for at risk youth
with a focus on suicide
prevention, high-risk behavior
and violence.
University of South Alabama , 500,000 Shelby
Mobile, AL, for domestic
violence reduction programs.
Vermont Department of Children 800,000 Sanders
and Families, Waterbury, VT,
for programs to help at-risk
youth.
Vermont Department of Public 150,000 Sanders
Safety, Waterbury, VT, for an
outreach program for at-risk
youth.
Visiting Nurse Association, 250,000 Ben Nelson
Omaha, NE, for an intervention
program for vulnerable women,
infants and children.
Wayne County Department of 400,000 Levin, Stabenow
Public Services, Detroit, MI,
for a truancy intervention
program.
Winona State University, 250,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
Winona, MN, for combating
child abuse.
Winona State University, 350,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
Winona, MN, to teach
investigators and prosecutors
the science of interviewing
children victimized by abuse.
Women's Sports Foundation, 650,000 Durbin, Obama
Chicago, IL, for the GoGirlGo!
Chicago Initiative, a
mentoring, education and
development program.
Women's Treatment Center, 250,000 Durbin
Chicago, IL, for preservation
services for incarcerated
mothers and their children.
YMCA Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, to 400,000 Inouye
provide crime prevention and
outreach services to the rural
youth of Hawaii.
Zero to Three, for 5th Judicial 200,000 Harkin
District, Des Moines, IA, for
maltreated infants and
toddlers.
Zero to Three, Omaha, NE, for 100,000 Ben Nelson
maltreated infants and
toddlers.
Zero to Three, Orleans Parish, 100,000 Landrieu
LA, for maltreated infants and
toddlers.
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Gang Prevention.--The Committee recommendation provides
$10,000,000 for this anti-gang education initiative.
Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program.--Within the
funds provided in the At-Risk Children Program (title V), the
Committee provides $25,000,000 for grants to assist States in
enforcing underage drinking laws.
Secure Our Schools Act.--The Committee recommendation
provides $10,000,000 for expenses authorized by the Secure Our
Schools Act that support efforts to ensure school safety and
crime deterrence, coordinated with State and local law
enforcement agencies.
Victims of Child Abuse Act.--The Committee recommendation
provides $20,000,000 for the various programs authorized under
the Victims of Child Abuse Act [VOCA] (Public Law 101-647).
Within the funds provided, $4,000,000 shall be for Regional
Child Advocacy Centers Programs. The Regional Children's
Advocacy Centers [RCACs] were established through the Victims
of Child Abuse Act to provide information, consultation,
training, and technical assistance to communities, and to help
establish child-focused programs that facilitate and support
coordination among agencies responding to child abuse. The
RCACs and the National Children's Alliance [NCA] have
identified several joint initiatives which include: developing
centers in underserved areas; support and development of Tribal
CACs; constituent involvement; marketing; and public awareness.
In working on these initiatives, the RCACs have created
programs such as the National Training Academy, which trains
professionals and multi-disciplinary teams investigating child
abuse, and the telemedicine pilot project, which assists remote
areas in investigating child abuse.
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $65,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 66,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 66,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $66,000,000. The
recommendation is $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and equal to the budget request.
This mandatory program provides a lump-sum death benefit
payment to eligible survivors of Federal, State, and local
public safety officers whose death was the direct and proximate
result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty.
General Provisions--Department of Justice
The Committee recommends the following general provisions:
Section 201 prohibits the use of funds in this title to pay
for an abortion except where the life of the mother would be in
danger.
Section 202 prohibits the use of funds in this title to
require a person to perform or facilitate an abortion.
Section 203 requires female prisoners to be escorted when
off prison grounds.
Section 204 allows the Department of Justice, subject to
the Committee's reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 5
percent between appropriations, but limits to 10 percent the
amount that can be transferred into any one appropriation. The
provision also prohibits transfers of funds from the Bureau of
Prisons Buildings and Facilities account unless the President
certifies that such a transfer is necessary to the national
security interests of the United States and also subjects any
such transfers to section 505 of this act.
Section 205 provides authority for a personnel management
demonstration project.
Section 206 provides authority for the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to use confiscated funds
during undercover operations.
Section 207 limits the placement of maximum or high
security prisoners to appropriately secure facilities.
Section 208 restricts Federal prisoner access to certain
amenities.
Section 209 requires the availability of appropriations for
obligation beyond the current fiscal year to comply with
reprogramming procedures.
Section 210 requires additional position on the Justice
Commission to review Federal, State, local, and tribal
jurisdiction over civil and criminal matters in Alaska.
Section 211 provides authority for fines collected by the
U.S. Trustee Program to be used as offsetting collections.
Section 212 authorizes changes to quarterly fees imposed in
chapter 11 cases.
Section 213 authorizes reimbursements to the District of
Columbia for the holding and care of convicted felons.
Section 214 prohibits U.S. attorneys from simultaneously
holding multiple jobs outside of the scope of a U.S. attorney's
professional duties.
Section 215 requires the Government Accountability Office
to certify the FBI is using a performance management baseline
that complies with OMB standards.
Section 216 requires the Government Accountability Office
to certify that the FBI has met certain standards to control
costs related to computer acquisitions.
TITLE III
SCIENCE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $5,528,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 5,515,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,715,000
The Committee recommendation provides $5,715,000. The
recommendation is $187,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $200,000 above the budget request.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy [OSTP] was
created by the National Science and Technology Policy,
Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-282)
and coordinates science and technology policy for the White
House. OSTP provides scientific and technological information,
analysis, and advice for the President and for the executive
branch; participates in formulation, coordination, and
implementation of national and international policies and
programs that involve science and technology; maintains and
promotes the health and vitality of the U.S. science and
technology infrastructure; reviews and analyzes, with the
Office of Management and Budget, the research and development
budgets for all Federal agencies; and coordinates research and
development efforts of the Federal Government to maximize the
return on the public's investment in science and technology and
to ensure Federal resources are used efficiently and
appropriately.
Climate Change Program.--The Committee is extremely
concerned about the pending crisis involving the potential loss
in space based climate measures. These Earth observations from
satellites are critical for an ever-increasing number of
applications related to the health and well-being of society.
The recent National Research Council [NRC] Decadal Survey,
``Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and
Opportunities to Serve the Nations'' outline a number of steps
the nation can take to rectifying this looming crisis,
including working in concert with the private sector, academe,
the public, and international partners to restore our
leadership in Earth science and applications. Specifically, one
of these recommendations was the need for a plan to achieve and
sustain Earth observations. The Committee recommendation
provides an additional $200,000 for the creation of the
position of Associate Director for Earth Science and
Applications. This position will coordinate all Federal assets
directed at understanding the Earth's oceans and climate. The
Committee also directs the Office of Science and Technology
Policy to provide the Committee, 90 days after enactment, a 5
year strategic budget plan in response to the NRC Decadal
Survey.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $16,264,300,000
Supplemental appropriations, 2007....................... 20,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 17,309,400,000
Committee recommendation................................ 17,459,600,000
The Committee recommendation provides $17,459,600,000 for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]. The
recommendation is $1,175,300,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level, including emergency supplemental appropriations,
and $150,200,000 above the budget request.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was
established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
(Public Law 85-568) to conduct space and aeronautical research
and development and to conduct flight activities for peaceful
purposes. This statute was reauthorized by Public Law 109-155
on December 30, 2005. NASA's unique mission of exploration,
discovery, and innovation is intended to preserve the United
States' role as both a leader in world aviation and as the pre-
eminent space-faring nation. It is NASA's mission to: advance
human exploration, use, and development of space; advance and
communicate scientific knowledge and understanding of the
Earth, the solar system and the universe; and research,
develop, verify, and transfer advanced aeronautics and space
technologies.
NASA's vision for space exploration maps out an aggressive
role for the United States in manned space exploration.
However, the potential costs are substantial and will likely be
very difficult to maintain at the current estimated funding
levels. In addition, the Committee feels strongly that NASA
must show its commitment to those human spaceflight activities
already underway. The Shuttle program and the construction of
the International Space Station [ISS] continue to be the
primary focus of the Nation's manned space flight activities.
Nevertheless, the replacements for the Space Shuttle's manned
and heavy lift capabilities must also be considered as part of
any plan for continued human access to space but not to the
detriment of existing obligations.
The Committee is concerned that NASA will neglect areas
that only tangentially benefit, or do not fit within, the
exploration vision. The Committee believes that NASA must work
diligently to balance existing programs and priorities with its
plans for the future. Counterbalancing future priorities
against current programs places existing research and expertise
in jeopardy and risks squandering significant Federal
investments that may be essential to the exploration vision.
In addition, the Committee is concerned that the strong,
balanced science program that has served the Nation so
successfully for many years is being left behind rather than
being nurtured and sustained. That science program has been
based on a set of carefully crafted scientific strategies that
are founded on scientific and technical merit, relevance to
overall national needs, and broad consultation with the
scientific community.
The Committee has chosen to articulate the funding levels
of programs within the account structure for NASA in the form
of tables. Major mission and program funding is listed within
the tables and, if necessary, supplemented with explanatory
report language.
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS, AND EXPLORATION
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $10,086,482,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 10,483,100,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,633,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $10,633,000,000 for
the Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration account. The
recommendation is $546,518,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $149,900,000 above the budget request. Bill
language is included to provide: $5,655,110,000 for science;
$554,030,000 for aeronautics research; $3,972,490,000 for
exploration systems; and $521,380,000 for cross-agency support
programs including education; and a $70,000,000 general
reduction. Bill language also includes the following
limitations on funds: $1,150,800,000 for center management and
operations; $364,000,000 for corporate general and
administrative costs; and $195,500,000 for institutional
investments.
NASA's Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration [SAE] account
provides funding for the Science, Exploration Systems, and
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorates and Education
Programs. The SAE appropriation includes both the direct and
the indirect costs of supporting the Mission Directorates and
Education Program, and provides for: research; development;
operations; salaries and related expenses; design, repair,
rehabilitation, and modification of facilities and construction
of new facilities; maintenance and operation of facilities; and
other general and administrative activities supporting SAE
programs.
[In millions of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Science, Aeronautics and Exploration Total.............. 10,633.00
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Science Total....................................... 5,655.11
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Planetary Science................................... 1,366.35
===============
Discovery........................................... 184.85
ASPERA-3........................................ .89
Dawn............................................ 7.84
Discovery Future................................ 126.54
Discovery Management............................ 15.57
Discovery Research.............................. 11.83
Genesis......................................... 3.31
MESSENGER....................................... 15.77
Moon Mineralogy Mapper.......................... 3.12
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New Frontiers....................................... 147.27
New Horizons.................................... 14.53
New Frontiers Management........................ 12.50
Juno............................................ 120.24
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Technology.......................................... 67.55
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Planetary Science Research.......................... 370.51
Advanced Concepts............................... 1.82
Astromaterial Curation.......................... 6.25
Cassini......................................... 97.20
Directorate Management.......................... 27.35
Directorate Support--Space Science.............. 41.80
Education and Public Outreach................... 15.07
FIRST Robotics.................................. 3.99
Hayabusa (MUSES-C).............................. .73
Lunar Science Rsrch............................. 26.97
Planetary Data System........................... 11.65
Planetary Science Research and Analysis......... 133.69
Rosetta......................................... 4.01
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Mars Exploration.................................... 596.16
2009 Mars Science Lab........................... 345.04
JPL Building.................................... 15.16
Mars Exploration Rover 2003..................... 5.41
Mars Express.................................... 4.23
Mars Global Surveyor............................ 6.68
Mars Mission Operations......................... 1.94
Mars Next Decade................................ 17.98
Mars Odyssey 2001............................... 12.49
Mars Program Management......................... 15.00
Mars RandA...................................... 31.06
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 2005................ 43.51
Mars Scout...................................... 65.27
Mars Technology................................. 21.04
Phoenix (Scouts 07)............................. 11.36
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Heliophysics........................................ 1,088.52
===============
Heliophysics Research........................... 206.13
ACE......................................... 4.97
CCMC........................................ 1.93
CLUSTER-II.................................. 6.21
FAST........................................ 1.34
GEOTAIL..................................... .67
GSFC Building Support....................... 24.52
Heliophysics Research and Analysis.......... 36.84
POLAR....................................... 2.19
RHESSI...................................... 3.01
Science Data and Computing.................. 13.35
SEC Data and Modeling Services.............. 3.87
SEC Guest Investigator Program.............. 15.74
SOHO........................................ 11.05
SOLAR Data Center........................... 1.42
Sounding Rockets............................ 36.96
Space Physics Data Archive.................. 1.60
SSC MO Services............................. 17.46
TIMED....................................... 7.30
TRACE....................................... 3.28
Ulysses..................................... 4.25
Voyager..................................... 5.15
WIND........................................ 3.06
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New Millennium.................................. 62.05
Space Technology 7.......................... 1.89
Space Technology 8.......................... 52.14
NMP Program Management and Future Missions.. 8.01
===============
Near Earth Networks............................. 65.98
Ground Network.............................. 50.17
Research Range.............................. 15.81
===============
Deep Space Mission Systems (DSMS)............... 262.95
Advanced Multi-Mission Operation System..... 29.20
Deep Space Network (DSN).................... 233.76
===============
Living with a Star.............................. 273.01
LWS Program Management and Future Missions.. 8.92
LWS Science................................. 26.75
LWS Space Environment Testbeds.............. 5.77
Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP).......... 95.29
Solar Probe................................. 20.00
Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)............ 110.42
Solar Sentinals............................. 5.87
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Solar Terrestrial Probes........................ 142.26
Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)............. 100.00
STP Program Management and Future Missions.. 4.71
Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory 22.67
(STEREO)...................................
Hinode (Solar B)............................ 14.88
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Heliophysics Explorer Program................... 76.14
Explorer Program Management and Future 11.63
Missions...................................
Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX)....... 37.82
TWINS....................................... 2.51
CINDI....................................... 2.80
Aeronomy of Ice in Mesophere (SMEX-9)....... 3.41
Time History of Events and Macroscale In.... 7.60
Explorer Management......................... 10.38
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Astrophysics........................................ 1,564.93
===============
Navigator....................................... 27.75
Keck Operations............................. 3.41
Keck Interferometer......................... 8.65
Terrestrial Planet Finder................... 6.53
Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer.... 1.75
Keck Single Aperture........................ 2.23
Navigator Program Office.................... 3.21
Origins Theme Coordination.................. .75
Future Missions............................. 1.23
===============
James Webb Space Telescope...................... 545.43
===============
Hubble Space Telescope.......................... 307.75
===============
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 77.29
(SOFIA)........................................
===============
Gamma-ray Large Space Telescope (GLAST) Program. 42.15
===============
Discover Kepler................................. 93.01
===============
Astrophysics Explorer........................... 99.05
Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer......... 82.98
SWIFT....................................... 10.78
ASTRO-E II.................................. 5.29
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Astrophysics Research........................... 315.18
ADP/LONG-TERM SPACE ASTROPHYSICS............ 22.15
ADS/SIMBAD.................................. .37
ASTROPHYICS DATA SYSTEM..................... 1.26
Astrophysics RandA.......................... 57.42
Balloon Project............................. 26.95
Chandra..................................... 77.11
FUSE........................................ 5.12
GALEX....................................... 11.57
HEASARC..................................... 2.69
Integral.................................... 3.29
IRSA/IPAC/NED............................... 3.21
LAMBDA...................................... .82
MAST........................................ 1.47
National Virtual Observatory (NVO).......... 1.53
RXTE........................................ 4.42
SIRTF/Spitzer............................... 80.77
WMAP........................................ 5.07
XMM......................................... 9.96
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International Space Science Collaboration....... 20.00
Herschel.................................... 13.00
Planck...................................... 7.00
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Beyond Einstein................................. 37.32
LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna)... 5.93
Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM)............ 2.33
Constellation-X............................. 6.24
Future Missions............................. 17.83
NRC Study Implementation Downpayment........ 5.00
===============
Earth Science....................................... 1,635.31
===============
Earth Systematic Missions....................... 637.95
Earth Science Decadal Implementation 25.00
Downpayment................................
ACRIMSat.................................... 1.68
Aqua........................................ 40.92
Aura........................................ 38.88
Earth Observing-1........................... 1.87
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)...... 90.23
Glory Mission............................... 42.72
ICESat...................................... 12.29
Jason Mission............................... 4.55
Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)...... 165.20
Landsat science project office.............. 2.31
NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP)............ 91.04
Ocean Surface Topography Mission............ 33.36
Ocean Winds Science Team.................... 9.34
Precipitation Science Team.................. 21.80
SORCE....................................... 4.08
Terra....................................... 51.47
TOMS........................................ 1.19
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Earth System Science Pathfinder................. 133.11
ESSP Senior Review Competed Science......... 5.00
Earth Explorer Future Mission............... 1.64
Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)........... 40.93
Aquarius.................................... 60.63
GRACE....................................... 4.55
Cloudsat.................................... 6.58
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder 13.79
Satellite Observations (CALIPSO)...........
===============
Earth Science Multi-Mission Operations.......... 204.38
Multi-Mission Operations.................... 155.88
EOSDIS...................................... 48.50
===============
Earth Science Research.......................... 524.09
Carbon Cycle science team................... 2.76
Directorate Support--Earth Science.......... 53.92
EOS Science................................. 76.35
Global Modeling and Assimilation Office..... 13.28
High End Computing Capability............... 50.17
Mission Science Guest Investigator.......... 1.23
Ozone Trends Science........................ 2.81
RandA....................................... 165.82
Scientific Computing........................ 24.56
Space Laser Ranging......................... 5.92
Suborbital Science Program.................. 31.70
Applied Sciences............................ 55.30
Pathways.................................... 40.29
===============
Education and Outreach.......................... 23.45
Fellowships and New investigators........... 9.89
Earth Science Education and Outreach 13.57
Activities.................................
===============
Earth Science Technology........................ 57.04
Advanced Technology Initiatives............. 10.50
Instrument Incubator........................ 32.54
Advanced Info Systems technology............ 13.99
===============
Exploration Systems................................. 3,972.49
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Constellation Systems........................... 3,117.56
Mission Operations.......................... 47.40
Ground Operations........................... 356.82
Program Integration......................... 149.47
Advanced Projects........................... 21.52
Crew Exploration Vehicle.................... 950.80
Crew Launch Vehicle......................... 1,224.80
Exploration Communications and Navigation 22.02
Systems....................................
Cargo Launch Vehicle........................ 43.81
Commercial Cargo Crew Capability............ 235.95
Constellation Systems Program Support....... 64.97
===============
Advanced Capabilities........................... 854.93
===============
Human Research Program.......................... 183.31
ISS Medical Project......................... 23.58
Human Health Countermeasures................ 45.53
Exploration Medical Capabilities............ 10.00
Space Radiation............................. 44.38
Program/Science Management.................. 44.94
Space Human Factors and Habitability........ 11.93
Behavioral Health and Performance (BHP)..... 2.96
===============
Exploration Technology Development.............. 393.42
Advanced Fission Based Power Systems........ 13.83
Avionics and Software....................... 23.29
Crew Support and Accomodation............... 12.26
Energy Storage and Power Systems............ 7.00
Environmental Control and Life Support...... 43.33
ETDP ESMD Program Support................... 48.00
ETDP Special Projects....................... 18.69
In-Situ Resource Utilization................ 14.13
ISS Research................................ 33.50
Non-Toxic (Green) Propulsion Systems........ 42.43
Robotics, Operations, and Supportability.... 20.41
Structures, Materials, and Mechanisms....... 52.66
Thermal Control............................. 4.87
Thermal Protection Systems.................. 59.03
===============
Lunar Precursor Robotic Program................. 278.20
Lunar Precursor Robotic Program Mgmt........ 20.00
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter................ 209.50
Lunar Robotics Lander....................... 48.70
===============
Aeronautics Research............................ 554.03
Aeronautics Technology.......................... 554.03
===============
Aviation Safety................................. 74.10
Integrated Vehicle Health Management........ 22.36
Aging Aircraft.............................. 12.34
Integrated Resilient Aircraft Control....... 18.76
Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck 20.65
Technologies...............................
===============
Airspace Systems................................ 98.07
NGATS Air Traffic Management-Airspace....... 81.20
NGATS Air Traffic Management--Airportal..... 16.88
===============
Fundamental Aeronautics......................... 293.44
Subsonic-Rotary Wing........................ 32.07
Subsonic-Fixed Wing......................... 129.10
Supersonic.................................. 54.31
Hypersonic.................................. 77.96
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Aeronautics Test Program........................ 88.42
Aero Ground Test Facilities................. 57.61
Flight Ops and Test Infrastructure.......... 30.81
===============
Cross-Agency Support Programs....................... 521.38
===============
Congressionally Directed Projects............... 70.00
===============
Education....................................... 149.53
Aerospace Education Services Program........ 6.54
Classroom Of The Future..................... 2.56
Curriculum Improvement Partnership Award.... 2.00
Elementary and Secondary Program Support.... 8.00
EPSCoR...................................... 13.00
Explorer Institutes......................... 1.98
Faculty Awards For Research................. .50
Flight Projects............................. 1.32
Graduate Student Research Program........... 10.00
Interdisciplinary Nat. Sci. Prog Inc........ 1.00
Jenkins Fellowship.......................... 2.00
Learning Technologies Project............... 2.32
Motivating Undergraduate in Sci and Tech.... 2.33
NASA Administrators Fellowship Program...... 2.00
NASA Education Technology Services (Nets)... 1.74
NASA Educator Astronaut..................... 3.28
NASA Explorer Schools....................... 12.00
NASA Sci and Tech Institute for Minority.... 1.32
NASA Space Grant............................ 35.49
Science Engineering Math Aerospace Academy.. 4.00
Small Programs.............................. 1.88
Small Programs.............................. .78
Tribal, HIS, HBCU Collaborations............ 1.97
Undergraduate Student Research Program...... 3.50
University Research Centers (Urc)........... 18.02
Science Center, Museum, Planetarium Grants.. 10.00
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Advanced Business Systems....................... 74.34
===============
Innovative Partnerships Program................. 193.18
Small Business Innovative Research.......... 126.86
Small Technology Transfer Research.......... 15.29
Technology Transfer Partnerships............ 40.63
Innovative Partnerships Program Support..... 10.40
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Shared Capability Assets Program................ 34.34
Simulators.................................. 13.61
Thermal Vacuum Chambers..................... 9.70
Arc Jets.................................... 11.03
===============
Corporate General and Administrative Reduction.......... -70.00
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Earth Science.--Earth science has been a critical part of
the balanced space program long advocated by this Committee.
The Committee remains fully committed to a robust Earth science
program at NASA and the Committee expects NASA to remain fully
committed to earth science, with future missions that reflect a
serious commitment to Earth science as a vital part of the
Nation's space program.
NASA earth science missions are critical to our ability to
monitor and provide warnings about climate, weather, and other
hazards. To that end, the Committee recommends an additional
$25,000,000 to begin studies to implement the National Research
Council's report recent ``Earth Science and Applications from
Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond.''
This decadal report recommends 15 priority NASA earth science
missions.
The Committee continues to expect NASA's Earth science
portfolio to have a continuous mixture of small-, medium-, and
observatory-class earth science missions that guarantee regular
and recurring flight opportunities for the Earth science
community.
Earth Science Applications Program.--The recommendation
includes an increase of $15,000,000 above the budget request
for the NASA Earth Science Applications Program. This funding
increase shall only be used to support new competitively
selected applications projects to be selected during fiscal
year 2008. These projects will integrate the results of NASA's
Earth observing systems and earth system models (using
observations and predictions) into decision support tools to
serve applications of national priority including, but not
limited to: Homeland Security; Coastal Management; Agriculture
Efficiency; and Water Management and Disaster Management.
Earth Observing System Data and Information System.--In
Senate Report 109-88 accompanying the fiscal year 2006
appropriations for NASA, the Committee directed NASA to
guarantee that the EOSDIS core system remain the operational
foundation for all new Earth science missions. The Committee
strongly reiterates this view and directs NASA to follow this
direction in implementing future Earth science missions. The
Committee does not support development of new, separate data
systems for future Earth science missions and cautions the
agency against taking further action that does not follow the
guidance contained in Senate Report 109-88 or the report
accompanying this act.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV] in Support of Earth Science
Objectives.--The Committee initiated a program in fiscal year
2006 utilizing the unique location and assets of the Wallops
Flight Facility to begin a program where UAVs would be utilized
to achieve key objectives emerging out of the Earth Science
Decadal Survey. The Committee strongly encourages NASA to
continue this effort in fiscal year 2008.
James Webb Space Telescope.--The Committee has provided the
full budget request of $545,400,000 for the James Webb
Telescope and directs NASA to maintain the current launch
schedule.
Living With a Star.--The Committee has included an
additional $20,000,000 for the Living With A Star Program for
the Solar Probe mission.
Joint Dark Energy Mission.--The National Academy of
Sciences has recommended that NASA and the Department of Energy
work together to develop a Joint Dark Energy Mission [JDEM].
The Committee provides the budget request of $2,300,000 for
JDEM, and strongly supports development of the JDEM through
full and open competition with project management residing at
the appropriate NASA center.
Landsat Data Continuity Mission [LDCM].--The Committee is
concerned that the LDCM mission does not include a thermal
infrared sensor to provide important data for surface and
ground water information. NASA shall report to the Committee no
later than 60 days after the enactment of this act with a plan
to provide continuity of this data.
Independent Verification and Validation (IV and V)
Center.--Within the amounts provided for corporate general and
administrative costs, the Committee recommends the full budget
request of $27,700,000 for the NASA Independent Verification
and Validation (IV and V) Center.
Constellation Systems.--The Committee remains supportive of
the vision for exploration and provides $950,800,000 for the
Crew Exploration Vehicle [CEV] and $1,224,800,000 for the
[CLV].
National Space Biomedical Research Institute.--The
Committee reiterates its strong support for the mission and
work of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute
[NSBRI], which is leading the national effort to carry out
research required to assure safe human exploration in space.
The fundamental and applied biomedical research performed by
the NSBRI research partners will be particularly important for
ensuring a safe and healthy environment while learning how to
live and work on the moon in preparation for a successful
manned mission to Mars. The Committee encourages the agency to
extend its current Cooperative Agreement for an additional 5-
year term. The Committee further directs NASA to include
specific funding recommendations for this program in its annual
budget justifications.
Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.--The Committee provides
$278,200,000 for the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program [LPRP].
The Committee believes that the program, management offices,
and missions associated with LPRP are essential to the success
of the anticipated manned missions to the Moon. Within these
funds, $209,500,000 shall be for the Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter and $20,000,000 shall be for the LPRP management
office.
In 2005, NASA selected a team for the development of a
lunar lander spacecraft consistent with the goals set forth in
the Administration's Renewed Spirit of Discovery and the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act
of 2005 (Public Law 109-155) which called for a robust lunar
robotic program, including robotic lunar landers. The National
Research Council's report ``The Scientific Context for
Exploration of the Moon'' further supports robotic precursor
missions to the Moon's surface and the valuable scientific
resource such missions would provide for returning man to the
Moon. The Committee agrees that the NASA selected mission is of
critical importance for the exploration vision. For this
purpose, $48,700,000 is provided from within funds provided to
the LPRP program for the lunar lander mission.
The management office associated with LPRP shall be
directly involved in the planning and oversight of future lunar
robotic missions, integrating lunar data from NASA and other
international missions, oversee technology development, support
the Lunar Architecture Team, and lead NASA's public outreach
and education activities for understanding the lunar
environment.
Astronomy and Astrophysics.--The Committee directs NASA to
follow the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences
Decadal Survey in Astronomy and Astrophysics when setting
mission and budget priorities. Missions that are ranked higher
in the survey should be given priority for funding over
missions that are ranked lower. The Hubble Space Telescope,
James Webb Space Telescope, and SOFIA missions are clearly
higher priorities in the Decadal Survey than the Navigator
program for interferometry technology and exoplanet-finding
research. Due to the increased costs of these higher priority
missions and constraints to the science budget, NASA cannot
afford to carry out the objectives for the Navigator program as
originally proposed several years ago. The Committee strongly
urges NASA to reformulate the Navigator program toward a
smaller, medium-class satellite development program to search
for Earth-like planets around nearby stars while still
maintaining the majority of the Decadal Survey priorities for
exoplanet research.
Aeronautics.--The Committee is concerned with the steady
decline in the aeronautics research and technology request.
Even more alarming, NASA's budget projections indicate that
this trend will continue. The Committee is committed to the
research NASA conducts in aeronautics, and to the benefits,
both in terms of safety and economics, that will be made
available to the public through NASA-led research.
National Technology Transfer Center.--Within the funds
provided for Innovative Partnership Programs, the Committee
provides the full budget request of $2,500,000 for the
continued operations of the NASA National Technology Transfer
Center.
Education.--NASA has a long history of supporting science,
technology, engineering, and mathematical [STEM] education.
This support reaches all levels of education from K-12 to
graduate level. For NASA to embark on its vision for
exploration there must exist a general workforce that is
technically skilled as well as a wide range of scientists and
engineers for NASA to draw upon. This will require exciting
young minds in the areas of science, and then sustaining this
excitement through college and beyond. To help accomplish this
task, NASA has dedicated funds toward many education
activities. The Committee directs, to the extent possible, that
education funds within this account address the education needs
of women, minorities, and other historically underrepresented
groups.
Classroom of the Future.--The Committee has provided the
full budget request for the Classroom of the Future, which
focuses on educational research, curriculum design, teacher
development and educational outreach in the STEM disciplines.
Museums, Science Centers, and Planetariums.--The Committee
recommends $10,000,000 for a competitive grant program as
authorized by section 616 of Public Law 109-155.
Congressionally Directed Projects.--Within the amounts
made available under this heading, the Committee recommends
funding for the following directed programs and directs NASA to
refrain from charging any administrative expenses to these
projects:
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Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL, $300,000 Durbin
for science and education
programming for teachers and
students.
Alabama A&M University, Normal, 750,000 Shelby
AL, to provide a
comprehensive, diverse, and
flexible pool of talent at
lower labor rates in the civil
service environment to
facilitate research and
development, studies and
analyses of all areas of
higher temperature advanced
materials research and
development.
Alliance for NanoHealth, 1,000,000 Hutchison
Houston, TX, to facilitate the
translation of nanotechnology
from the laboratory to
clinical practice.
Arkansas Center for Space and 300,000 Lincoln, Pryor
Planetary Sciences in
Fayetteville, AR, for research
and technology.
Chesapeake Information Based 4,000,000 Mikulski, Cardin
Aeronautics Consortium,
Maryland, for a partnership of
Morgan State University,
University of Maryland Eastern
Shore and Bowie State
University, MD, for continued
aviation safety research and
development.
Colorado State University, Fort 300,000 Allard, Salazar
Collins, CO, to acquire a new
PET/CT scanner as a resource
for clinical examinations of
veterinary teaching hospital
patients and therapy planning
for radiation oncology
patients.
Connecticut State University, 150,000 Dodd, Lieberman
City of New Britian, CT, for
an initiative to bring greater
awareness of mechanical
engineering and aerospace
disciplines to disadvantaged
high school students.
Flight Research Training 2,000,000 Domenici
Center, Roswell, NM, for
program to detect, mitigate
and recover from loss of
control accidents in aircraft.
Grand Valley State University, 150,000 Levin, Stabenow
Allendale, MI, for the West
Michigan Science and
Technology Institute's
Biosciences Research and
Commercialization Project.
Gulf Coast Exploreum, Mobile, 250,000 Shelby
AL, to stimulate increased
enrollment in engineering,
mathematics, and science in
Alabama's universities by
instructing and inspiring K-12
students in the fundamentals
and application of these
fields.
Idaho State University, 500,000 Craig, Crapo
Pocatello, ID, to investigate
the effect of land management
decisions on rangeland health
and compare similar areas to
quantify the role of
management decisions.
Imiloa Astronomy Center, Hilo, 1,500,000 Inouye
HI, for operations.
Institute for NanoBio 2,000,000 Mikulski
Technology, John Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD, for
breakthrough research in nano-
bio technologies.
Jacksonville State University, 250,000 Shelby
Jacksonville, AL, for a tool
for educators to allow their
students to reach their full
potential through
participation in exciting
hands on projects. The
projects are dynamic in scope
and are structured to be less
time restrictive on the
classroom schedule and the
educator though self-directed
curriculum.
Manned Space Flight Education 500,000 Hutchison
Foundation, Houston, TX, to
bring extensive learning
opportunities to teachers,
students and youth
organizations throughout our
Nation utilizing educational
technology with Web casting,
two-way videoconferencing and
the Internet. The program
seeks to inspire the next
generation of explorers that
would otherwise never have the
opportunity to experience
space exploration.
Marshall Space Flight Center, 2,000,000 Shelby
Huntsville, AL, to produce a
common intelligent sensor
module through the near-term
development of the sensor
technologies and integration
algorithms necessary for on-
orbit assembly and other AR&D
missions.
Marshall Space Flight Center, 2,150,000 Shelby
Huntsville, AL, to develop a
cost effective nuclear power
system to support the long-
range objectives of NASA for
missions to the moon, to Mars
and to deep space.
Marshall Space Flight Center, 2,000,000 Shelby
Huntsville, AL, to help NASA/
MSFC accomplish its current
and future missions by
providing critical information
on composite materials as they
relate to the NASA space
exploration programs.
Marshall Space Flight Center, 1,200,000 Shelby
Huntsville, AL, to provide a
secure, retrievable storage
solution for Marshall's Data
Center that will meet all
Presidential Directives.
Marshall Space Flight Center, 1,500,000 Shelby
Huntsville, AL, to provide
critical, breakthrough
technology to NASA for
materials development,
testing, and safety
improvements to the Space
Shuttle and Ares launch
systems.
Marshall Space Flight Center, 500,000 Shelby
Huntsville, AL, to support the
ongoing technology maturation
program for liquid oxygen/
liquid methane propulsion
technology.
Marshall University, 2,500,000 Byrd
Huntington, WV, to support
NASA-related composites
training at the Composites
Technology and Training
Institute in Bridgeport, WV.
Maryland Department of Business 4,000,000 Mikulski, Cardin
and Economic Development,
Baltimore, MD, for continued
construction of a broadband
link between the Wallops
Island Flight Facility and the
Patuxent River Naval Air
Station.
McWane Science Center, 300,000 Shelby
Birmingham, AL, for a program
will focus on increasing
interest and aptitude in the
science fields in K-12
students through hands-on
activities that will serve as
an extension of the
classrooms. Teacher training
will also play a major role.
Mid-Atlantic Cooperative, 2,000,000 Warner, Webb
Danville, VA, for installation
of broadband on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia.
Mid-Atlantic Institute for 250,000 Mikulski
Space Technology, Pocomoke
City, MD, for UAV testing and
certification.
Mid-Atlantic Regional 250,000 Mikulski
Spaceport, Wallops Island, VA,
for infrastructure
improvements to launch
facilities.
NASA Johnson Space Center, 1,000,000 Hutchison
Houston, TX, for computer
operations and improvements.
National Center for Remote 3,000,000 Cochran
Sensing, Air, and Space Law,
University, MS, to provide
legal research and outreach on
critical space and aviation
law issues.
New Mexico State University, 200,000 Bingaman
Las Cruces, NM, for the
Southern New Mexico Science,
Engineering, Mathematics, and
Aerospace Academy for a space
education program to meet the
math and science learning
needs of under-represented K-
12 students.
Pittsburgh Engineering 300,000 Casey
Initiatives, Pittsburgh, PA,
to further development of
regenerative treatments for
astronauts.
Rochester Institute of 200,000 Schumer, Clinton
Technology , Rochester, NY,
for a Integrated Sensing
Systems Testbed (ISST) to
develop, demonstrate, and
validate advanced techniques
for situational awareness.
Southeast Missouri State 1,000,000 Bond
University, Cape Girardeau,
MO, Enhancement of K-12
teaching and learning of
sciences, math, and technology
among schools, teachers, and
students.
Southern Research Institute, 1,500,000 Shelby
Birmingham, AL, for the
development of laboratory-
based test methods and test
standards for coupon and
component level
characterization; development
of subcomponent testing
capabilities for material,
component and system
characterization; development
and qualification of modeling
and simulation techniques for
these applications; and
development of an integrated
modeling and testing approach
for evaluation and
optimization of new material
concepts.
St. Louis University, St. 1,000,000 Bond
Louis, MO, for immunology
research that will complement
NASA research on the immune
system in microgravity.
Stennis Space Center, MS, to 4,000,000 Cochran
continue a longstanding
technology/industry
partnership in assisting in
transitioning space
technologies into the
commercial sector.
Stennis Space Center, Stennis 3,000,000 Cochran
Space Center, MS, to support
infrastructure improvements
for Crew Exploration Vehicle
testing.
Tulane University, New Orleans, 500,000 Landrieu, Vitter
LA, for ongoing applied
polymer technology research
and development that links
NASA with Louisiana's polymer
industry and the State's
academic polymer research
programs.
U.S. Space and Rocket Center, 500,000 Shelby
Huntsville, AL, for completion
of a long overdue update for
the museum and exhibits will
provide a more stimulating and
effective presentation of the
history of our nation's space
exploration efforts and will
serve to stimulate increased
interest in science and
technology.
University of Alabama in 2,000,000 Shelby
Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, to
provide research that will
provide both fundamental
insight into the combustion
behavior of this fuel with
liquid oxygen which will
assist in realizing its full
performance potential and will
train the next generation of
propulsion scientists and
engineers who will work for or
support NASA in implementing
the chosen engine designs.
University of Alabama, 600,000 Shelby
Tuscaloosa, AL, to conduct the
fundamental and applied
research needed to develop
effective near-space
technologies for station-
keeping.
University of California Santa 500,000 Feinstein
Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, to
continue the establishment of
the Center at NASA Ames
Research Center in
collaboration with UC Santa
Cruz.
University of Louisville, 1,300,000 McConnell
Louisville, KY, for technology
that assists trauma victims
without immediate access to
emergency medical care,
including astronauts.
University of Maryland, 2,000,000 Mikulski
Baltimore County, MD, for
environmental remote sens-
ing.
University of Maryland, College 3,000,000 Mikulski
Park, MD, for the Maryland
Institute for Dextrous
Robotics for the creation of a
new generation robotic
technology for space
exploration.
University of Nebraska, 2,000,000 Ben Nelson
Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, to help
establish a degree program in
space and telecommunications
law.
University of Northern Iowa, 750,000 Harkin, Grassley
Cedar Falls, IA, to improve
the use of geospatial data by
State and local governments.
University of Vermont, 2,000,000 Leahy
Burlington, VT, for the UVM
Center for Advanced Computing.
Upper Midwest Aerospace 3,000,000 Dorgan, Conrad
Consortium at the University
of North Dakota, Grand Forks,
ND, to help make data received
from NASA satellite images
accessible to the public for
management decisions.
Utah State University Research 500,000 Bennett
Foundation, Logan, UT, To
develop a modern infrared
calibration capability for
current and future remote
sensing instruments.
Wheeling Jesuit University, 3,000,000 Byrd
Wheeling, WV, to expand the
reach of the HealtheWV
program, an electronic medical
records system.
Wichita State University, 350,000 Brownback
Wichita, KS, to improve
facilities and equipment at
the National Center for
Advanced Materials Performance
(NCAMP), which provides shared-
database methodology
addressing material,
structural, manufacturing, and
repair qualification processes
for use of affordable
polymeric composite materials
in commercial and military
applications.
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EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $6,145,594,000
Supplemental appropriations, 2007....................... 20,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 6,791,700,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,792,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $6,792,000,000 for
Exploration Capabilities. The recommendation is $646,406,000
above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and $300,000 above the
President's request.
Bill language is included to provide: $4,007,760,000 for
Space Shuttle operations; and $2,238,610,000 for Space Station
operations. Bill language also includes the following
limitation on funds: $862,200,000 for center management and
operations; $263,700,000 for corporate and general
administrative costs; and $263,700,000 for institutional
investments.
NASA's Exploration Capabilities [EC] account provides
funding for the Space Operations Mission Directorate. The Space
Operations Mission Directorate includes International Space
Station [ISS], Space Shuttle Program, and Space and Flight
Support.
The EC appropriation includes both the direct and the
indirect costs supporting the Space Operations Mission
Directorate, and provides for all of the research; development;
operations; salaries and related expenses; design, repair,
rehabilitation, and modification of facilities and construction
of new facilities; maintenance, and operation of facilities;
and other general and administrative activities supporting the
EC programs.
[In millions of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Exploration Capabilities Total.......................... 6,792.00
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Space Shuttle....................................... 4,007.76
Business Management............................. 81.43
External Tank................................... 383.55
Extravehicular Activity......................... .26
Flight Crew Operations.......................... 107.23
Flight Hardware Transition/Retirement........... 73.54
Flight Operations and Integration............... 63.86
Flight Software................................. 137.68
Landing Operations.............................. 3.76
Launch and Landing.............................. 957.60
Management and Integration...................... 38.13
Mission Directorate Support [SSP]............... 10.54
Mission Operations.............................. 289.65
Orbiter......................................... 625.52
Propulsion Systems Engineering and Integration.. 23.83
Reusable Solid Rocket Motor..................... 451.87
Safety and Mission Assurance.................... 37.43
Severance and Retention......................... 14.71
Solid Rocket Booster [SRB]...................... 188.69
Space Life Sciences............................. 15.43
Space Shuttle Main Engine [SSME]................ 293.82
Space Shuttle Propulsion Systems Integration.... 25.20
Space Shuttle Safety and Sustainability......... 4.10
SSME Test Support............................... 40.67
SSP Closed Accounts............................. 1.23
SSP Contract Administration..................... 31.87
Systems Engineering and Integration............. 106.16
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International Space Station......................... 2,238.61
ISS Cargo Crew Services......................... 122.57
Flight Hardware................................. 61.15
Node 3.......................................... .15
ISS Operations Program Integtration............. 292.66
Mission Directorate Support (ISS)............... 11.91
ISS Contract Administration..................... 7.23
ISS Spacecraft Operations....................... 1,087.86
ISS Launch and Mission Operations............... 518.39
Multi-User System Support (MUSS)................ 136.69
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Space and Flight Support (SFS)...................... 545.63
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Space Communications................................ 371.38
Space Communication Project..................... 187.77
Space Communications Contract Administration.... 1.10
TDRS Continuation............................... 182.51
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Launch Services..................................... 110.12
LSP Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Payload......... 2.00
Launch Services Project......................... 107.04
Launch Services Contract Administration......... 1.08
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Rocket Propulsion Testing........................... 51.32
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Crew Health and Safety.................................. 12.81
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Space Shuttle.--The Shuttle remains the cornerstone of our
Nation's heavy launch capability and is critical to the future
of the ISS and scientific research. The future of the ISS, and
other U.S. manned space flight missions for the rest of the
decade are contingent upon having a working Shuttle fleet that
is safe and reliable throughout the remaining years of the
shuttle program.
The Committee recommends $4,007,760,000 for the Shuttle.
Funds provided are to be dedicated solely to Shuttle funding
needs.
International Space Station.--The Committee has provided
the full requested amount of $2,238,610,000 for the
International Space Station [ISS]. The ISS is a research and
technology test bed in low Earth orbit in which United States
and International astronauts conduct scientific and
technological investigations in a space environment. The ISS
supports scientific research for human space exploration, as
well as other research that can only be conducted in space but
requires the presence of humans in space.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $32,224,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 34,600,000
Committee recommendation................................ 34,600,000
The Committee recommendation provides the full budget
request of $34,600,000 for the Office of Inspector General
[IG]. The recommendation is $2,376,000 above the fiscal year
2007 enacted level.
The IG was established by the Inspector General Act of
1978. The Office is responsible for providing agencywide audits
and investigative functions to identify and correct management
and administrative deficiencies which create conditions for
existing or potential instances of fraud, waste, and
mismanagement.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Budget Justifications.--The Committee continues to be
disappointed in the lack of detail provided in NASA's fiscal
year 2008 congressional budget justification document. Budget
justifications are critical to the Committee's ability to make
informed decisions concerning the administration's funding
requests and must be submitted in a format with the greatest
level of detail possible. Therefore, the Committee has included
bill language that stipulates the minimum acceptable details
for each fiscal year budget submission. NASA shall submit to
the Committee, no later than October 15, 2007, a template for
its fiscal year 2009 budget justification document that
complies with this direction.
For fiscal year 2009 and each year thereafter, the
Committee directs NASA to include the out-year budget impacts
in all reprogramming requests. Future operating plans,
reprogramming requests, and all budget resubmissions also shall
include a separate accounting of all program/mission reserves
and impacts on estimated carry over funds.
Reprogrammings.--In previous years, NASA has chosen to make
major programmatic decisions through comprehensive operating
plans. While such changes are allowed, it is the view of the
Committee that this should not be a regular occurrence.
Instead, after an initial operating plan has been submitted,
individual reprogramming letters should be utilized for minor
adjustments in programs as they arise and only in exceptional
circumstances should comprehensive measures be taken. Any
reprogramming or operating plan request submitted to the
Committee shall contain a detailed explanation of where each
adjustment of funds is proposed to be taken from and the exact
destination of those funds.
Contract Costs.--The Committee is concerned that NASA has
not utilized independent cost verification early in the process
of estimating costs for its programs and missions, or in
assessing the appropriate funding levels of sole-source
contracts. In allocating resources for current and future
needs, effective cost estimation is crucial. NASA is directed
to incorporate independent cost verification as part of the
process by which contracts are selected and monitored.
Utilization of independent cost verification shall be used as a
guide for assessing when costs have exceeded expectations and
to help identify projects for termination.
Once again the Committee directs NASA that it shall notify,
in writing, the Committee 30 days prior to allocating funds,
modifying, or extending existing contracts that are in excess
of 15 percent of the original contract value. Within this
notification NASA shall also justify the additional expenditure
of funds, and NASA shall identify the source of any necessary
additional funds. It is absolutely critical that NASA be able
to control the costs of its activities. The Committee notes
with interest that it has received no such notifications over
the past 2 years. Therefore, the Committee directs NASA to
provide the Committee a report, no later than 45 days after
enactment, providing the original baseline amount and schedule
for all current programs with a life cycle cost of $100,000,000
or more, as well as the current baseline amount, confidence
level, and schedule for the same programs.
The Committee reiterates the bill-wide direction of annual
reviews by GAO. NASA shall provide access to all necessary
data, as determined by GAO, in order for the reviews to be
completed and provided in a timely manner to the Committee. As
these reviews will be recurring, NASA shall provide appropriate
office space for GAO staff to conduct their reviews.
National Science Foundation
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $5,917,165,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 6,429,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,553,400,000
The Committee recommendation provides $6,553,400,000. The
recommendation is $636,235,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $124,400,000 above the budget request.
The National Science Foundation [NSF] was established as an
independent agency by the National Science Foundation Act of
1950 (Public Law 81-507) and is authorized to support research
and education programs that promote the progress of science and
engineering in the United States. The Foundation supports
research and education in all major scientific and engineering
disciplines through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts,
and other forms of assistance in all parts of the United
States. The Foundation also supports unique, large-scale
research facilities and international facilities.
NSF is the principal Federal agency charged with promoting
science and engineering education from pre-kindergarten through
career development. This helps ensure that the United States
has world-class scientists, mathematicians and engineers, and
well-prepared citizens for today and the future. In today's
global economy, continued progress in science and engineering
and the transfer of the knowledge developed is vital if the
United States is to maintain its competitiveness. NSF is at the
leading edge of the research and discoveries that will create
the jobs and technologies of the future.
The Committee is fully supportive of the American
Competitiveness Initiative [ACI]. The funding levels
anticipated for NSF will certainly provide the vital funding
that will broaden the Nation's understanding in fundamental
science disciplines. However, the Committee feels that the ACI
neglects the education work NSF does in support of research
across the country. Broadening participation to
underrepresented groups, such as women and minorities, in the
sciences will only further the goals of the ACI as proposed in
the budget request.
The Committee reiterates its long-standing requirement that
NSF request reprogrammings when initiating new programs or
activities or reorganizing components. The Committee expects to
be notified of reprogramming actions which involve less than
the above-mentioned amount if such actions would have the
effect of changing the agency's funding requirements in future
years, or if programs or projects specifically cited in the
Committee's reports are affected.
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $4,665,950,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 5,131,690,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,156,090,000
The Committee recommendation provides $5,156,090,000 The
recommendation is $490,140,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $24,400,000 above the budget request.
The Research and Related Activities appropriation addresses
the Foundation's three strategic goals: people--developing a
diverse, internationally competitive and globally engaged
workforce of scientists, engineers, and well-prepared citizens;
ideas--enabling discovery across the frontiers of science and
engineering, connected to learning, innovation, and service to
society; and tools--providing broadly accessible, state-of-the-
art science and engineering facilities and shared research and
education tools. Research activities will contribute to the
achievement of these outcomes through expansion of the
knowledge base; integration of research and education;
stimulation of knowledge transfer among academia and public and
private sectors; and international activities, and will bring
the perspectives of many disciplines to bear on complex
problems important to the Nation. The Foundation's discipline-
oriented Research and Related Activities account include:
Biological Sciences; Computer and Information Science and
Engineering; Engineering; Geosciences; Mathematical and
Physical Sciences; Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences;
U.S. Polar Research Programs; U.S. Antarctica Logistical
Support Activities; and Integrative Activities.
The Committee is aware of several new and ongoing NSF
initiatives that address priorities outlined in the National
Academies ``Rising Above the Gathering Storm'' report and to
promote research that will drive innovation, and
competitiveness. The Committee supports NSF's targeted programs
in cyberinfrastructure, engineering, mathematics, and the
computing and physical sciences.
Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation.--The Committee is
supportive of the new NSF initiative in Cyber-enabled Discovery
and Innovation [CDI]. This initiative aims to explore radically
new concepts, approaches, and tools at the intersection of
computational and physical or biological worlds to address such
challenges. The rapidly emerging world of petascale computers--
operating at 1 quadrillion calculations per second--massive
data flows, and enormous databases pose exceptional challenges
that require capabilities well beyond those available today.
The Committee funds this initiative at the requested amount of
$52,000,000.
Nanotechnology.--Nanotechnology is an emerging field of
immense promise, with ramifications for manufacturing,
medicine, and next-generation computing. NSF has been the lead
agency for the National Nanotechnology Initiative, and will
continue to contribute to this important emerging technology.
The Committee recommends the full funding level of $389,900,000
for nanotechnology.
The Committee is pleased about the Foundation's new
multidisciplinary focus on fundamental research on the
environmental, health, and safety impacts of nanomaterials. The
Committee has funded a similar effort focused on measurements
and reference materials at the National Institute of Standards
and Technology and directs the NSF to collaborate with NIST in
this emerging field.
Ocean Research.--Understanding the interactions between
society and the ocean is vital to ensuring a clean, healthy,
and stable ocean environment. The budget request identifies
significant research challenges needed to understand ocean
dynamics, forecast ocean events, and manage ocean resources.
The Committee provides $18,400,000 above the request to
research into the complex dynamics that control and regulate
marine ecosystem processes; the variability of the Atlantic
Meridional Overturning Circulation; the response of coastal
ecosystems to extreme and abrupt events; and the development of
new sensors to improve ocean observations. The Committee
expects the Foundation to work closely with NOAA's lead on this
effort to ensure a robust and effective Federal effort in this
area.
EPSCoR.--The Committee recommendation includes an
additional $10,470,000 for EPSCOR, which has the mission to
strengthen research and education throughout the United States
and to avoid undue concentration of such research and
education.
Integrated Activities.--No funding is provided for the
Science and Technology Policy Institute/Radius. This function
would be better addressed in the Office of Science and
Technology Polity's budget request.
The Committee recommends the requested amount of
$52,740,000 for the operations of the National Radio Astronomy
Observatories. The operations, maintenance, and development of
new instrumentation at the Very Large Array, the Very Long
Baseline Array, and the Green Bank Telescope allow these world-
class facilities to provide valuable research into the origins
of the universe.
The Office of International Science and Engineering [OISE]
has worked to ensure that U.S. researchers are involved with
leading research across the globe. As research becomes more
collaborative--with partnerships reaching across nations, the
work of this office--identifying research opportunities around
the globe--will grow. The Committee supports the fiscal year
2008 funding request for OISE in order to keep U.S. research at
the forefront of global science.
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $190,881,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 244,740,000
Committee recommendation................................ 244,740,000
The Committee recommendation provides $244,740,000. The
recommendation is $53,859,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
The major research equipment and facilities construction
appropriation supports the acquisition, procurement,
construction, and commissioning of unique national research
platforms and facilities as well as major research equipment.
Projects supported by this appropriation will push the
boundaries of technology and offer significant expansion of
opportunities, often in new directions, for the science and
engineering community. Preliminary design and development
activities, on-going operations, and maintenance costs of the
facilities are provided through the research and related
activities appropriation account.
The Committee recommendation includes funding at the
requested level for the following six ongoing projects; the
Atacama Large Millimeter Array [ALMA]; the IceCube Neutrino
Observatory; the National Ecological Observatory Network
[NEON]; the Ocean's Observatories Initiative [OOI]; for South
Pole Station Modernization; and the Alaska Regional Research
Vessel [ARRV], which shall be home-ported in the same location
as the vessel it is replacing, the Alpha Helix. The Committee
also provides $32,750,000 for the Advanced Laser Interferometer
Gravitational Wave Observatory [AdvLIGO], a gravitational wave
observatory that will improve by a factor of 10 the sensitivity
of current earth-based facilities.
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $796,693,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 750,600,000
Committee recommendation................................ 850,600,000
The Committee recommendation provides $850,600,000. The
recommendation is $53,907,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $100,000,000 above the budget request.
The education and human resources appropriation supports a
comprehensive set of programs across all levels of education in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics [STEM]. The
appropriation supports activities that unite school districts
with institutions of higher learning to improve precollege
education. Other precollege activities include the development
of the next generation of precollege STEM education leaders;
instructional materials; and the STEM instructional workforce.
Undergraduate activities support curriculum, laboratory, and
instructional improvement; expand the STEM talent pool; attract
STEM participants to teaching; augment advanced technological
education at 2-year colleges; and develop dissemination tools.
Graduate support is directed to research and teaching
fellowships and traineeships and instructional workforce
improvement by linking precollege systems with higher
education. Programs also seek to broaden the participation of
groups underrepresented in the STEM enterprise, build State and
regional capacity to compete successfully for research funding,
and promote informal science education. Ongoing evaluation
efforts and research on learning strengthen the base for these
programs.
The Committee strongly encourages NSF to continue support
for undergraduate science and engineering education. At a time
when enrollment in STEM fields of study continues to decline,
it is important that NSF use its position to support students
working towards degrees in these areas.
Creating a strong science and engineering workforce for the
future is vital to maintaining the Nation's competitive edge.
As the recent National Academies Report ``Above the Gathering
Storm,'' and before that, the Hart-Rudman report on ``Road Map
for National Security: Imperative for Change'' so
illustratively point out--the future of U.S. competitiveness
rests on our ability to train the next generation of scientists
and engineers.
Given the demands of our knowledge-based economy, the
United States needs to increase the number and diversity of our
scientific and technical workforce and facilitate an
understanding of basic scientific principles among non-
scientists. For this reason, the Committee has focused on a set
of NSF programs that relate to education and training at all
levels of math and science education.
The Committee recommendation provides $25,000,000 for the
The Robert Noyce Scholarship program, aimed at promoting the
development of a world-class math and science teaching corps.
Improving undergraduate education is a key to increasing the
American technological workforce, improving overall science
literacy, and strengthening K-12 math and science education.
The Noyce program provides scholarships to math and science
majors in return for a commitment to becoming a K-12
mathematics and sciences teachers.
The Committee recommendation provides $75,000,000 for the
Math and Science Partnership program, which is an important
asset in providing improved math and science education by
partnering local school districts with faculty of colleges and
universities. Traditional approaches to science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics education does not take full
advantage of communications technologies, new concepts and
tools, and convergence among disciplines. Yet, recent analysis
of NSF's Math and Science Partnership program showed that
participating elementary, middle-and high-school students
improved in mathematics and science proficiency over the 3-year
survey period. Projects in the current MSP portfolio are
expected to impact more than 141,000 science and mathematics
teachers and 4.2 million students in 550 local school
districts.
The Committee recommendation provides $15,000,000 for the
NSF Academies for Young Scientists program which funds programs
that will create, implement, evaluate, and disseminate
effective models to attract K-8 students to, prepare them for,
and retain them in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics [STEM] disciplines, leading to an increase in the
pool of students continuing in STEM coursework in high school
and considering careers in STEM fields.
To address the importance of broadening science and
technology participation is of concern to the Committee and the
recommendation provides funding amounts for the following
programs: $37,200,000 for Historically Black Colleges and
Universities--Undergraduate Program [HBCU-UP]; $50,000,000 for
the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program;
and $40,000,000 for the Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics Talent Expansion program.
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $248,245,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 285,590,000
Committee recommendation................................ 285,590,000
The Committee recommendation provides $285,590,000. The
recommendation is $37,345,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
The salaries and expenses appropriation provides funds for
staff salaries, benefits, travel, training, rent, advisory and
assistance services, communications and utilities expenses,
supplies, equipment, and other operating expenses necessary for
management of the National Science Foundation's [NSF] research
and education activities.
The Committee reiterates its long-standing interest in
improving the outreach functions of the National Science
Foundation, and the importance of conveying to the taxpayer the
importance, and relevance, of scientific research. In order for
science to be supported by the public, in must be communicated
to them clearly. The Committee would request that the
Foundation tap their Public Affairs office for an increased
role in communicating science broadly to the public by making
complex science issues relevant and easily understood.
Additionally, the Committee would like to see the office take
on a larger role in the important aspect of educating and
training NSF grant recipients on communicating effectively the
importance of their taxpayer supported work. The Committee
directs the Foundation to report back to the Committee within
90 days after the enactment of this act on how best their
Public Affairs office might take on this increasingly important
function, including any potential cost implications.
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $3,969,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 4,030,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,030,000
The Committee recommendation provides $4,030,000. The
recommendation is $61,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
The National Science Board is the governing body of the
National Science Foundation. The Board is composed of 24
members, appointed by the President and confirmed by the
Senate. The Board is also charged with serving as an
independent adviser to the President and Congress on policy
matters related to science and engineering research and
education.
The Committee is aware of some major management issues
within the Board's day-to-day operations. The Committee, for
nearly a decade, has taken a keen interest in the relationship
and interplay between the Board and the agency, and has
strengthened the independence of the NSB. However, it is clear
that the day-to-day management structure and leadership is not
serving the Board, or the interests of the Committee.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $11,427,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 12,350,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,350,000
The Committee recommendation provides $12,350,000. The
recommendation is $923,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and the same as the budget request.
The Office of Inspector General appropriation provides
audit and investigation functions to identify and correct
deficiencies that could create potential instances of fraud,
waste, or mismanagement.
The funds provided will allow the OIG to further its
efforts in several priority areas that pose the greatest risk
to the agency: financial management, acquisition, information
technology, human capital, award administration, awardee
financial accountability and compliance, and the management of
agency programs and projects.
TITLE IV
RELATED AGENCIES
Commission on Civil Rights
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $8,972,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 8,800,000
Committee recommendation................................ 9,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $9,000,000 for the
salaries and expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights. The
recommendation is $28,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $200,000 above the budget request.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $328,746,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 327,748,000
Committee recommendation................................ 378,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $378,000,000. The
recommendation is $49,254,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $50,272,000 above the budget request.
The Committee is concerned over the rising backlog of
charges of employment discrimination at the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission [EEOC]. The EEOC estimates that it will
have a backlog of over 50,000 complaints in fiscal year 2008,
and that it will take an average of 2 years to reach an initial
decision on a complaint. The Committee's recommended funding
levels will result in an increase in resources to the field,
where the vast majority of the agency's work gets done.
The Committee recommends that the National Contact Center
be discontinued after the pilot contract ends, in light of the
findings contained in the June 29, 2006 Inspector General
report on the subject. The Inspector General report concludes
that the NCC, as presently operated, is not effective. It found
that the NCC handled 269,693 calls, far lower than the 1.2
million calls projected by the EEOC and estimates that the NCC
saves the time equivalent of 6.71 full-time equivalent
employees. These conclusions make clear that the Contact Center
is not serving more people, or to the EEOC's overall cost
efficiencies. No funds provided in this act may be used to
support the National Contact Center.
The Committee directs the Inspector General to submit,
within 90 days of enactment of this act, an evaluation of the
impact the EEOC's repositioning plan has had on the delivery of
core services. The report should include an evaluation of cost
savings attributable to the repositioning, and the impact that
the repositioning has had on the EEOC's capacity to deter,
detect, and litigate violations of the Nation's civil rights
laws.
International Trade Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $61,950,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 67,100,000
Committee recommendation................................ 68,400,000
The Committee recommendation provides $68,400,000. The
recommendation is $6,450,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level
and the same as the budget request.
The ITC is an independent, quasi-judicial agency
responsible for conducting trade-related investigations,
providing Congress and the President with independent technical
advice relating to United States international trade policy.
The increased funding will allow the Commission to address
pressing hiring needs in the area of intellectual property
caseload.
Legal Services Corporation
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $348,578,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 310,860,000
Committee recommendation................................ 390,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $390,000,000. The
recommendation is $41,422,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $79,140,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommendation provides $372,000,000 for
basic field programs, to be used for competitively awarded
grants and contracts, $13,000,000 for management and
administration, $37,000,000 for client self-help and
information technology, $3,200,000 for the Office of the
Inspector General.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The Committee recommendation continues the administrative
provisions contained in the fiscal year 1998 appropriations act
(Public Law 105-119) regarding operation of this program to
provide basic legal services to disadvantaged individuals and
the restrictions on the use of Legal Services Corporation [LSC]
funds.
Grantees must agree not to engage in litigation and related
activities with respect to a variety of matters including: (1)
redistricting; (2) class action suits; (3) representation of
illegal aliens; (4) political activities; (5) collection of
attorney fees; (6) abortion; (7) prisoner litigation; (8)
welfare reform; (9) representation of charged drug dealers
during eviction proceedings; and (10) solicitation of clients.
The exception to the restrictions occurs in a case where there
is imminent threat of physical harm to the client or
prospective client remains in place.
The manner in which the LSC grantees are audited through
contracts with certified public accountants for financial and
compliance audits are continued, along with the provisions on
recompetition and debarment.
The Committee recognizes that the Legal Service Corporation
[LSC] current percentage locality pay represents reasonable
compensation for LSC officers and employees. The Committee
expects that any locality pay will continue to be paid at that
percentage.
Marine Mammal Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $2,896,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 2,299,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,000,000
The Committee recommendation provides $3,000,000. The
recommendation is $104,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and $701,000 above the budget request.
The Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals provide oversight and
recommend actions on domestic and international topics to
advance policies and provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection
Act. The Commission provides precise, up-to-date scientific
information to Congress on issues related to the safety of
marine mammals.
Over the past three decades the marine mammal conservation
issues have expanded to include climate change, direct and
indirect fishery interactions, exposure to hazardous material,
noise, disease, dangerous algal blooms, oil and gas production,
coastal development, and other issues posing a risk to marine
mammals and ecosystems. With these ever growing
responsibilities the Committee recommends $3,000,000, an
increase of $104,000 above the current year level to cover the
costs of inflation, and for necessary expenses including the
hiring of one full-time equivalent [FTE] to help ensure the
Commission meets its responsibilities. This increase will allow
the Commission to address a variety of challenges including
climate change and the continued study of endangered species.
In addition to continuing the primary issues described
above the Commission will also pursue a number of projects
including, but not limited to, completing a report on Federal
spending for marine mammal research over the past three
decades, reviewing cumulative effects of risk factors on marine
mammals, and the continuance of work with National Marine
Fisheries Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service to assess
issues related to marine mammal and fishery interactions. The
Committee supports the Commission's efforts to pursue this work
in addition to continuing those activities necessary to meet
its statutory responsibilities critical to the safety of marine
animals and marine ecosystems.
Office of the United States Trade Representative
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $44,207,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 44,407,000
Committee recommendation................................ 47,800,000
The Committee recommendation provides $47,800,000 for the
Office of the United States Trade Representative [USTR]. The
recommendation is $3,593,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level
and the same as the budget request.
The USTR is responsible for developing and leading
international negotiations for the United States on policies
regarding international trade, direct investment, and
commodities. Its areas of responsibility include all matters
relating to the World Trade Organization, trade, commodity, and
direct investment matters dealt with by certain international
institutions; industrial, agricultural and services trade
policy; and trade-related protection of intellectual property
and the environment.
The Committee believes strongly in fair global trade. Trade
agreements that have been agreed to should be rigorously
enforced to ensure that American industries are not cheated by
unscrupulous trading partners. The Committee recommendation
includes additional resources for the USTR and directs that
these resources be directed to fill vacancies within
enforcement functions and that priority areas within
enforcement include intellectual property rights and China.
World Trade Organization.--The Committee is aware of the
World Trade Organization [WTO] Appellate Body's January 16,
2003, ruling regarding the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset
Act (Public Law 106-387). The Committee directs USTR, in
consultation with the Department of Commerce, to continue to
negotiate within the WTO to seek express recognition of the
existing right of WTO members to distribute monies collected
from antidumping and countervailing duties. The agency shall
consult with and provide regular reports to the Senate
Committee on Appropriations on this matter every 60 days.
In addition, the Committee directs that negotiations be
conducted within the WTO consistent with the negotiating
objectives contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107-
210, to maintain strong U.S. trade remedies laws, prevent
overreaching by WTO Panels and the WTO Appellate Body, and
prevent the creation of obligations never negotiated or agreed
to by the United States.
State Justice Institute
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $3,455,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 3,500,000
The Committee recommendation provides $3,500,000. The
recommendation is $45,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level. The budget request did not include funding for this
account.
The Institute was created in 1984 to further the
development and adoption of improved judicial administration in
State courts.
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Committee recommends the following general provisions
for the departments, agencies and commissions funded in the
accompanying bill.
Section 501 requires agencies to provide quarterly reports
regarding unobligated balances.
Section 502 prohibits any appropriation contained in the
act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current
year unless expressly provided.
Section 503 provides that the expenditure of any
appropriation contained in the act for any consulting service
through procurement contracts shall be limited to those
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record
and available for public inspection except where otherwise
provided under existing law or under existing executive order
issued pursuant to existing law.
Section 504 provides for severability should a provision of
this act be found to be unconstitutional.
Section 505(a) stipulates Committee policy concerning the
reprogramming of funds. Section 505(a) prohibits the
reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2)
eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds
or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates offices or
employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs, or
activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any function or
activity presently performed by Federal employees unless the
Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate are notified
15 days in advance.
Section 505(b) prohibits a reprogramming of funds in excess
of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1)
augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2)
reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as
approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings,
including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would
result in a change in existing programs, activities, or
projects as approved by Congress unless the Appropriations
Committees of the House and Senate are notified 15 days in
advance.
Section 506 prohibits construction, repair, overhaul,
conversion, or modernization of National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration ships outside of the United States.
Section 507 provides for a penalty for persons found to
have falsely mislabeled products.
Section 508 requires agencies and departments funded in
this act to absorb any necessary costs related to downsizing or
consolidation within the amounts provided to the agency or
department.
Section 509 limits the availability of funds for tobacco
promotion.
Section 510 prohibits a user fee from being charged for
background checks conducted pursuant to the Brady Handgun
Control Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-159) and prohibits
implementation of a background check system that does not
require and result in the immediate destruction of certain
information.
Section 511 delays obligation of some receipts deposited
into the Crime Victims Fund.
Section 512 provides that none of the funds made available
to the Department of Justice in this act may be used to
discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral
beliefs of students who participate in programs for which
financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the
parents or legal guardians of such students.
Section 513 limits transfers of funds between agencies.
Section 514 directs the Secretary of Commerce, with the
consent of the President, to have lead responsibility for
negotiating treaties concerning fisheries, marine mammals, or
sea turtles.
Section 515 requires that any funds proposed to be used by
agencies funded under this act to implement certain initiatives
shall be subject to the provisions of this section and section
505 of this act.
Section 516 requires Inspectors General of the Departments
of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the National Science Foundation to conduct
reviews of activities funded in this act; prohibits the use of
funds for certain banquests and conferences; and requires
certifications regarding conflicts of interest.
Section 517 states none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available under this act may be used to issue
patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism.
Section 518 requires notification to the Committee in the
event of cost overruns.
Section 519 prohibits the use of funds to support or
justify the use of torture.
Section 520 limits reprogrammings and transfers after June
30 to extraordinary circumstance.
Section 521 includes authorizing funds appropriated for
intelligence activities for the Department of Justice during
fiscal year 2008 until the enactment of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.
Section 522 requires all Office of Inspector Generals
funded under this act to forward copies of all audit reports to
the Committee immediately after they are issued and to
immediately make the Committee aware of any review that
recommends cancellation of, or modification to, any major
acquisition project or grant, or that recommends significant
budgetary savings. The Office of Inspector Generals funded
under this act are directed to withhold from public
distribution for a period of 15 days any final audit or
investigation report, that was requested by the Senate
Committee on Appropriations.
Section 523 provides that none of the funds made available
in this act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce
any guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
covering harassment based on religion.
Section 524 requires notification of awards prior to public
announcement.
Section 525 prohibits any involuntary reduction in force
for any NASA center during fiscal year 2007.
Section 526 modifies NASA's enhanced use lease authority.
Section 527 limits EEOC litigation.
TITLE V
RESCISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
(RESCISSION)
The recommendation includes a rescission of $10,000,000 in
this account.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Administration
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
(RESCISSION)
The recommendation includes a rescission of $41,000,000 in
this account.
DETENTION TRUSTEE
(RESCISSION)
The recommendation includes a rescission of $135,000,000 in
this account.
Legal Activities
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
(RESCISSION)
The recommendation includes a rescission of $240,000,000
from unobligated balances in this account.
Office of Justice Programs
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANTS
(RESCISSION)
The recommendation includes a rescission of $87,500,000
from unobligated balances in this account.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
(RESCISSION)
The recommendation includes a rescission of $37,500,000
from unobligated balances in this account.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a
general appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify
items of appropriation not made to carry out the provisions of
an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution
previously passed by the Senate during that session.
The Committee recommends funding for the following programs
or activities that currently lack an authorization for fiscal
year 2008, either in whole or in part, and therefore fall under
this rule:
Department Of Commerce:
Economic Development Administration
International Trade Administration
Bureau of Industry and Security
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Operations, Research and Facilities
National Ocean Service
National Marine Fisheries Service
Procurement, Acquisition and Construction
National Ocean Service
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Scientific and Technical Research and Services
Industrial Technology Services
Construction of Research Facilities
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Salaries and Expenses
Department of Justice:
General Legal Activities
Vaccine Injury Compensation
Office of Justice Programs
Justice Assistance Programs:
Nat'l Institute of Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics
RISS
Crime Victims Fund Management and Administration
Juvenile Justice Programs
Juvenile Justice Programs
Part A--Coordination of Federal Efforts--Management
Part B--State Formula--Delinquency Prevention
Part E--Challenge Grants--Demonstration Projects
Juvenile Mentoring Program
Tribal Youth
Gang Prevention
Victims of Child Abuse Programs
Community Oriented Policing Services
COPS Hiring Program
Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction
Tribal Law Enforcement
COPS Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability
Criminal Records Upgrade
DNA Backlog Reduction/Crime Labs
Offender Reentry
Training and Technical Assistance
State and Local Law Enforcement
Violent Crime Reduction Partnership Initiative
Byrne Public Safety and Protection Program
Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program [JAG]
Boys and Girls Clubs
State and Local Antiterrorism Training [SLATT]
Discretionary Grants
Prescription Drug Monitoring
Indian Programs
Tribal Courts
Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Indian Prison Grants
Telemarketing Fraud
Drug Courts
Related Agencies:
National Science Foundation
Commission on Civil Rights
International Trade Commission
Payment to the Legal Services Corporation
Marine Mammal Commission
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on June 28, 2007,
the Committee ordered reported en bloc: an original bill (S.
1745) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and
Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2008, and authorized the chairman of the
committee or the chairman of the subcommittee to offer the text
of the Senate bill as a committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute to the House companion measure; an original bill
making appropriations for energy and water development and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008,
and for other purposes, and authorized the chairman of the
committee or the chairman of the subcommittee to offer the text
of the Senate bill as a committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute to the House companion measure; and H.R. 2764,
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute; with each bill subject to
amendment and subject to the budget allocations, by a recorded
vote of 28-1, a quorum being present. The vote was as follows:
Yeas Nays
Chairman Byrd Mr. Brownback
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin
Mr. Johnson
Ms. Landrieu
Mr. Reed
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Stevens
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Craig
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Allard
Mr. Alexander
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 12 of the rule XXVI requires that Committee
reports on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any
statute or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the
statute or part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and
(b) a comparative print of that part of the bill or joint
resolution making the amendment and of the statute or part
thereof proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through
type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate
typographical devices the omissions and insertions which would
be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form
recommended by the Committee.''
In compliance with this rule, the following changes in
existing law proposed to be made by this bill are shown as
follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black
brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in
which no change is proposed is shown in roman.
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
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CHAPTER 45--EMERGENCY LOAN GUARANTEES TO BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
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Sec. 1841. Emergency Loan Guarantee Board; establishment; membership;
voting
There is created an Emergency Loan Guarantee Board
(referred to in this chapter as the ``Board'') composed of the
Secretary of the Treasury, as Chairman, the Chairman of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Decisions
of the Board shall be made by majority vote.
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EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEES AND EMERGENCY OIL AND GAS GUARANTEED
LOANS
Pub. L. 106-51, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 252, as amended by
Pub. L. 106-102, title VII, Sec. 734, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat.
1478; Pub. L. 107-63, title III, Sec. 336(a), Nov. 5, 2001, 115
Stat. 472; Pub. L. 108-199, div. B, title II, Sec. 211(a), Jan.
23, 2004, 118 Stat. 75; Pub. L. 108-271, Sec. 8(b), July 7,
2004, 118 Stat. 814, provided that:
``CHAPTER 1
``Sec. 101. Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program. (a)
Short Title.--This chapter may be cited as the `Emergency Steel
Loan Guarantee Act of 1999'.
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``(b) Congressional Findings.--Congress finds that--
``(1) the United States steel industry has been
severely harmed by a record surge of more than
40,000,000 tons of steel imports into the United States
in [1998] since 1998, caused by the world financial
crisis;
1``(2) this surge in imports resulted in the loss
of more than 10,000 steel worker jobs in [1998] since
1998, and was the imminent cause of three bankruptcies
by medium-sized steel companies, Acme Steel, Laclede
Steel, and Geneva Steel;
* * * * * * *
(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
``(1) * * *
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``(3) Qualified steel company.--The term `qualified
steel company' means any company that--
``(A) * * *
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``(C) has experienced layoffs, production
losses, or financial losses since the beginning
of the steel import crisis, [in 1998] in 1998,
and thereafter, or that operates substantial
assets of a company that meets these
qualifications.
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``(k) Termination of Guarantee Authority.--The authority of
the Board to make commitments to guarantee any loan under this
section shall terminate on December 31, [2007] 2009.
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FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND TRAVEL EXPENSES
``(RESCISSIONS)
``Sec. 102. (a) Of the funds available in the nondefense
category to the agencies of the Federal Government,
$145,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That rescissions
pursuant to this subsection shall be taken only from
administrative and travel accounts: Provided further, That
rescissions shall be taken on a pro rata basis from funds
available to every Federal agency, department, and office in
the executive branch, including the Office of the President.
``'(b) Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management andBudget
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of theHouse of
Representatives and the Senate a listing of the amounts
byaccount of the reductions made pursuant to the provisions
ofsubsection (a) of this section.
SEC. 103. SALARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
(a) In addition to funds made available under section
101(j) of the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 (15
U.S.C. 1841 note), up to $1,000,000 in funds made available
under section 101(f) of such Act may be used for salaries and
administrative expenses to administer the Emergency Steel Loan
Guarantee Program.
(b) Funds made available for salaries and administrative
expenses to administer the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee
Program shall remain available until expended.
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CHAPTER 63--TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
Sec. 3703. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
the term--
[(1) ``Office'' means the Office of Technology
Policy established under section 3704 of this title.]
[(2)] (1) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
Commerce.
[(3) ``Under Secretary'' means the Under Secretary
of Commerce for Technology appointed under section
3704(b)(1) of this title.]
[(4)] (2) ``Centers'' means the Cooperative
Research Centers established under section 3705 or 3707
of this title.
[(5)] (3) ``Nonprofit institution'' means an
organization owned and operated exclusively for
scientific or educational purposes, no part of the net
earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private
shareholder or individual.
[(6)] (4) ``Federal laboratory'' means any
laboratory, any federally funded research and
development center, or any center established under
section 3705 or 3707 of this title that is owned,
leased, or otherwise used by a Federal agency and
funded by the Federal Government, whether operated by
the Government or by a contractor.
[(7)] (5) ``Supporting agency'' means either the
Department of Commerce or the National Science
Foundation, as appropriate.
[(8)] (6) ``Federal agency'' means any executive
agency as defined in section 105 of title 5 and the
military departments as defined in section 102 of such
title, as well as any agency of the legislative branch
of the Federal Government.
[(9)] (7) ``Invention'' means any invention or
discovery which is or may be patentable or otherwise
protected under title 35 or any novel variety of plant
which is or may be protectable under the Plant Variety
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.).
[(10)] (8) ``Made'' when used in conjunction with
any invention means the conception or first actual
reduction to practice of such invention.
[(11)] (9) ``Small business firm'' means a small
business concern as defined in section 632 of this
title and implementing regulations of the Administrator
of the Small Business Administration.
[(12)] (10) ``Training technology'' means computer
software and related materials which are developed by a
Federal agency to train employees of such agency,
including but not limited to software for computer-
based instructional systems and for interactive video
disc systems.
[(13)] (11) ``Clearinghouse'' means the
Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation established by
section 3704a of this title.
* * * * * * *
[Sec. 3704. Commerce and technological innovation
[(a) Establishment
[There is established in the Department of Commerce a
Technology Administration, which shall operate in accordance
with the provisions, findings, and purposes of this chapter.
The Technology Administration shall include--
[(1) the National Institute of Standards and
Technology;
[(2) the National Technical Information Service;
and
[(3) a policy analysis office, which shall be known
as the Office of Technology Policy.
[(b) Under Secretary and Assistant Secretary
[The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, to the extent provided for in
appropriations Acts--
[(1) an Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology,
who shall be compensated at the rate provided for level
III of the Executive Schedule in section 5314 of title
5; and
[(2) an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Technology Policy, who shall serve as policy analyst
for the Under Secretary.
[(c) Duties
[The Secretary, through the Under Secretary, as
appropriate, shall--
[(1) manage the Technology Administration and
supervise its agencies, programs, and activities;
[(2) conduct technology policy analyses to improve
United States industrial productivity, technology, and
innovation, and cooperate with United States industry
in the improvement of its productivity, technology, and
ability to compete successfully in world markets;
[(3) carry out any functions formerly assigned to
the Office of Productivity, Technology, and Innovation;
[(4) assist in the implementation of the Metric
Conversion Act of 1975;
[(5) determine the relationships of technological
developments and international technology transfers to
the output, employment, productivity, and world trade
performance of United States and foreign industrial
sectors;
[(6) determine the influence of economic, labor and
other conditions, industrial structure and management,
and government policies on technological developments
in particular industrial sectors worldwide;
[(7) identify technological needs, problems, and
opportunities within and across industrial sectors
that, if addressed, could make a significant
contribution to the economy of the United States;
[(8) assess whether the capital, technical and
other resources being allocated to domestic industrial
sectors which are likely to generate new technologies
are adequate to meet private and social demands for
goods and services and to promote productivity and
economic growth;
[(9) propose and support studies and policy
experiments, in cooperation with other Federal
agencies, to determine the effectiveness of measures
with the potential of advancing United States
technological innovation;
[(10) provide that cooperative efforts to stimulate
industrial innovation be undertaken between the Under
Secretary and other officials in the Department of
Commerce responsible for such areas as trade and
economic assistance;
[(11) encourage and assist the creation of centers
and other joint initiatives by State or local
governments, regional organizations, private
businesses, institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, or Federal laboratories to encourage
technology transfer, to stimulate innovation, and to
promote an appropriate climate for investment in
technology-related industries;
[(12) propose and encourage cooperative research
involving appropriate Federal entities, State or local
governments, regional organizations, colleges or
universities, nonprofit organizations, or private
industry to promote the common use of resources, to
improve training programs and curricula, to stimulate
interest in high technology careers, and to encourage
the effective dissemination of technology skills within
the wider community;
[(13) serve as a focal point for discussions among
United States companies on topics of interest to
industry and labor, including discussions regarding
manufacturing and discussions regarding emerging
technologies;
[(14) consider government measures with the
potential of advancing United States technological
innovation and exploiting innovations of foreign
origin; and
[(15) publish the results of studies and policy
experiments.
[(d) Japanese technical literature
[(1) In addition to the duties specified in subsection (c)
of this section, the Secretary and the Under Secretary shall
establish, and through the National Technical Information
Service and with the cooperation of such other offices within
the Department of Commerce as the Secretary considers
appropriate, maintain a program (including an office in Japan)
which shall, on a continuing basis--
[(A) monitor Japanese technical activities and
developments;
[(B) consult with businesses, professional
societies, and libraries in the United States regarding
their needs for information on Japanese developments in
technology and engineering;
[(C) acquire and translate selected Japanese
technical reports and documents that may be of value to
agencies and departments of the Federal Government, and
to businesses and researchers in the United States; and
[(D) coordinate with other agencies and departments
of the Federal Government to identify significant gaps
and avoid duplication in efforts by the Federal
Government to acquire, translate, index, and
disseminate Japanese technical information.
[Activities undertaken pursuant to subparagraph (C) of this
paragraph shall only be performed on a cost-reimbursable basis.
Translations referred to in such subparagraph shall be
performed only to the extent that they are not otherwise
available from sources within the private sector in the United
States.
[(2) Beginning in 1986, the Secretary shall prepare annual
reports regarding important Japanese scientific discoveries and
technical innovations in such areas as computers,
semiconductors, biotechnology, and robotics and manufacturing.
In preparing such reports, the Secretary shall consult with
professional societies and businesses in the United States. The
Secretary may, to the extent provided in advance by
appropriation Acts, contract with private organizations to
acquire and translate Japanese scientific and technical
information relevant to the preparation of such reports.
[(3) The Secretary also shall encourage professional
societies and private businesses in the United States to
increase their efforts to acquire, screen, translate, and
disseminate Japanese technical literature.
[(4) In addition, the Secretary shall compile, publish, and
disseminate an annual directory which lists--
[(A) all programs and services in the United States
that collect, abstract, translate, and distribute
Japanese scientific and technical information; and
[(B) all translations of Japanese technical
documents performed by agencies and departments of the
Federal Government in the preceding 12 months that are
available to the public.
[(5) The Secretary shall transmit to the Congress, within 1
year after August 14, 1986, a report on the activities of the
Federal Government to collect, abstract, translate, and
distribute declassified Japanese scientific and technical
information.
[(e) Omitted
[(f) Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology
[(1) In general
[The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary,
shall establish for fiscal year 1999 a program to be
known as the Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Technology (referred to in this subsection
as the ``program''). The purpose of the program shall
be to strengthen the technological competitiveness of
those States that have historically received less
Federal research and development funds than those
received by a majority of the States.
[(2) Arrangements
[In carrying out the program, the Secretary, acting
through the Under Secretary, shall--
[(A) enter into such arrangements as may be
necessary to provide for the coordination of
the program through the State committees
established under the Experimental Program to
Stimulate Competitive Research of the National
Science Foundation; and
[(B) cooperate with--
[(i) any State science and
technology council established under
the program under subparagraph (A); and
[(ii) representatives of small
business firms and other appropriate
technology-based businesses.
[(3) Grants and cooperative agreements
[In carrying out the program, the Secretary, acting
through the Under Secretary, may make grants or enter
into cooperative agreements to provide for--
[(A) technology research and development;
[(B) technology transfer from university
research;
[(C) technology deployment and diffusion;
and
[(D) the strengthening of technological
capabilities through consortia comprised of--
[(i) technology-based small
business firms;
[(ii) industries and emerging
companies;
[(iii) universities; and
[(iv) State and local development
agencies and entities.
[(4) Requirements for making awards
[(A) In general
[In making awards under this subsection,
the Secretary, acting through the Under
Secretary, shall ensure that the awards are
awarded on a competitive basis that includes a
review of the merits of the activities that are
the subject of the award.
[(B) Matching requirement
[The non-Federal share of the activities
(other than planning activities) carried out
under an award under this subsection shall be
not less than 25 percent of the cost of those
activities.
[(5) Criteria for States
[The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary,
shall establish criteria for achievement by each State
that participates in the program. Upon the achievement
of all such criteria, a State shall cease to be
eligible to participate in the program.
[(6) Coordination
[To the extent practicable, in carrying out this
subsection, the Secretary, acting through the Under
Secretary, shall coordinate the program with other
programs of the Department of Commerce.
[(7) Report
[(A) In general
[Not later than 90 days after October 30,
1998, the Under Secretary shall prepare and
submit a report that meets the requirements of
this paragraph to the Secretary. Upon receipt
of the report, the Secretary shall transmit a
copy of the report to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Science of the
House of Representatives.
[(B) Requirements for report
[The report prepared under this paragraph
shall contain with respect to the program--
[(i) a description of the structure
and procedures of the program;
[(ii) a management plan for the
program;
[(iii) a description of the merit-
based review process to be used in the
program;
[(iv) milestones for the evaluation
of activities to be assisted under the
program in fiscal year 1999;
[(v) an assessment of the
eligibility of each State that
participates in the Experimental
Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research of the National Science
Foundation to participate in the
program under this subsection; and
[(vi) the evaluation criteria with
respect to which the overall management
and effectiveness of the program will
be evaluated.]
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Sec. 3704b. National Technical Information Service
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(b) Director of the Service
The management of the Service shall be vested in a Director
who shall report to the [Under Secretary of Commerce for
Technology] Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology and the Secretary of Commerce.
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TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
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CHAPTER 21--NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
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SUBCHAPTER I--APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, NORTH
AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Sec. 3315. United States Section of NAFTA Secretariat
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(b) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal
year after fiscal year 1993 to the department or agency within
which the United States Section is established the lesser of--
(1) such sums as may be necessary; or
(2) $2,000,000;
for the establishment and operations of the United States
Section and for the payment of the United States share of the
expenses, including food when sequestered, of binational panels
and extraordinary challenge committees convened under chapter
19, and of the expenses incurred in dispute settlement
proceedings under chapter 20, of the Agreement.
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TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
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PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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CHAPTER 39--UNITED STATES TRUSTEES
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Sec. 589a. United States Trustee System Fund
(a) * * *
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(b) * * *
(1) * * *
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(8) excess fees collected under section 586(e)(2)
of this title; [and]
(9) interest earned on Fund investment[.]; and
(10) fines imposed under section 110(l)(4)(A) of
title 11, United States Code.
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PART V--PROCEDURE
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CHAPTER 123--FEES AND COSTS
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Sec. 1930. Bankruptcy fees
(a) * * *
(1) * * *
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(6) In addition to the filing fee paid to the clerk, a
quarterly fee shall be paid to the United States trustee, for
deposit in the Treasury, in each case under chapter 11 of title
11 for each quarter (including any fraction thereof) until the
case is converted or dismissed, whichever occurs first. [The
fee shall be $250 for each quarter in which disbursements total
less than $15,000; $500 for each quarter in which disbursements
total $15,000 or more but less than $75,000; $750 for each
quarter in which disbursements total $75,000 or more but less
than $150,000; $1,250 for each quarter in which disbursements
total $150,000 or more but less than $225,000; $1,500 for each
quarter in which disbursements total $225,000 or more but less
than $300,000; $3,750 for each quarter in which disbursements
total $300,000 or more but less than $1,000,000; $5,000 for
each quarter in which disbursements total $1,000,000 or more
but less than $2,000,000; $7,500 for each quarter in which
disbursements total $2,000,000 or more but less than
$3,000,000; $8,000 for each quarter in which disbursements
total $3,000,000 or more but less than $5,000,000; $10,000 for
each quarter in which disbursements total $5,000,000 or more.
The fee shall be payable on the last day of the calendar month
following the calendar quarter for which the fee is owed.] The
fee shall be $325 for each quarter in which disbursements total
less than $15,000; $650 for each quarter in which disbursements
total $15,000 or more but less than $75,000; $975 for each
quarter in which disbursements total $75,000 or more but less
than $150,000; $1,625 for each quarter in which disbursements
total $150,000 or more but less than $225,000; $1,950 for each
quarter in which disbursements total $225,000 or more but less
than $300,000; $4,875 for each quarter in which disbursements
total $300,000 or more but less than $1,000,000; $6,500 for
each quarter in which disbursements total $1,000,000 or more
but less than $2,000,000; $9,750 for each quarter in which
disbursements total $2,000,000 or more but less than
$3,000,000; $10,400 for each quarter in which disbursements
total $3,000,000 or more but less than $5,000,000; $13,000 for
each quarter in which disbursements total $5,000,000 or more
but less than $15,000,000; $20,000 for each quarter in which
disbursements total $15,000,000 or more but less than
$30,000,000; $30,000 for each quarter in which disbursements
total more than $30,000,000. The fee shall be payable on the
last day of the calendar month following the calendar quarter
for which the fee is owed.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1958
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TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SEC. 315. [ENHANCED-USE LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY DEMONSTRATION] LEASE OF
NON-EXCESS PROPERTY.
(a) In General.--[Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Administrator] The Administrator may enter into a
lease under this section with any person or entity (including
another department or agency of the Federal Government or an
entity of a State or local government) with regard to [any real
property] any non-excess real property and related personal
property under the jurisdiction of the Administrator [at no
more than two (2) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) centers].
(b) Consideration.--
(1) A person or entity entering into a lease under
this section shall provide [consideration for the lease
at fair market value as determined by the
Administrator, except that in the case of a lease to
another department or agency of the Federal Government,
that department or agency shall provide consideration
for the lease equal to the full costs to NASA in
connection with the lease.] cash consideration for the
lease at fair market value as determined by the
Administrator.
[(2) Consideration under this subsection may take
one or a combination of the following forms--
[(A) the payment of cash;
[(B) the maintenance, construction,
modification or improvement of facilities on
real property under the jurisdiction of the
Administrator;
[(C) the provision of services to NASA,
including launch services and payload
processing services; or
[(D) use by NASA of facilities on the
property.]
[(3)](2)(A) The Administrator may utilize amounts
of cash consideration received under this subsection
for a lease entered into under this section to cover
the full costs to NASA in connection with the lease.
These funds shall remain available until expended.
(B) Any amounts of cash consideration received
under this subsection that are not utilized in
accordance with subparagraph (A) shall be deposited in
a capital asset account to be established by the
Administrator, shall be available for [maintenance,
capital revitalization, and improvements of the real
property assets of the centers selected for this
demonstration program] capital revitalization and
construction projects and improvements of real property
assets and related personal property under the
jurisdiction of the Administrator, and shall remain
available until expended.
(C) Amounts utilized under subparagraph (B) may not
be utilized for daily operating costs.
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(e) [Lease Restrictions.--NASA] Lease Restrictions.--
(1) NASA is not authorized to lease back property
under this section during the term of the out-lease or
enter into other contracts with the lessee respecting
the property.
(2) NASA is not authorized to enter into an out-
lease under this section unless the Administrator
certifies that such out-lease will not have a negative
impact on NASA's mission.
[(f) Plan and Reporting Requirements.--At least 15 days
prior to the Administrator entering into the first lease under
this section, the Administrator shall submit a plan to the
Congress on NASA's proposed implementation of this
demonstration. The Administrator shall submit an annual report
by January 31st of each year regarding the status of the
demonstration.]
(f) Sunset.--The authority to enter into leases under this
section shall expire on the date that is ten years after the
date of the enactment of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2008. The expiration
under this subsection of authority to enter into leases under
this section shall not affect the validity or term of leases or
NASA's retention of proceeds from leases entered into under
this section before the date of the expiration of such
authority.
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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES, PUBLIC LAW 108-199
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DIVISION B--DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY,
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004
* * * * * * *
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
* * * * * * *
General Provisions--Department of Justice
* * * * * * *
Sec. 112. (a)(1) None of the funds provided in this Act or
hereafter may be used for courts or law enforcement officers
for a tribe or village--
* * * * * * *
(2)(A) There is established an Alaska Rural Justice and Law
Enforcement Commission (hereinafter ``Justice Commission'').
The United States Attorney General shall appoint the Justice
Commission which shall include a Federal Co-chairman, the
Attorney General for the State of Alaska or his designee who
shall act as the State Co-Chairman, the Commissioner of Public
Safety for the State of Alaska, a representative from the
Alaska Municipal League, a representative from an organized
borough, a representative of the Alaska Federation of Natives,
a tribal representative, a representative from a non-profit
Native corporation that operates Village Public Safety Officer
programs, the Commissioner of Health & Social Services for
Alaska, a representative of an Alaska Native healthcare
provider and a representative from the Alaska Native Justice
Center. The chief judge for the Federal District Court for the
District of Alaska may also appoint a non-voting representative
and a non-voting judge to provide technical support. The
Justice Commission may hire such staff as is necessary to
assist with its work. The Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme
Court may appoint a non-voting representative of the Alaska
Supreme Court to provide technical support.
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2008
[In thousands of dollars]
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Senate Committee recommendation
compared with (+ or ^)
Item 2007 Budget estimate Committee ---------------------------------
appropriation recommendation 2007
appropriation Budget estimate
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Operations and administration...................................... 403,604 425,431 425,431 +21,827 ...............
Offsetting fee collections......................................... -8,000 -13,000 -8,000 ............... +5,000
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Direct appropriation......................................... 395,604 412,431 417,431 +21,827 +5,000
Bureau of Industry and Security
Operations and administration...................................... 60,815 64,009 64,009 +3,194 ...............
CWC enforcement.................................................... 14,579 14,767 14,767 +188 ...............
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Total, Bureau of Industry and Security....................... 75,394 78,776 78,776 +3,382 ...............
Economic Development Administration
Economic development assistance programs........................... 250,741 170,000 250,000 -741 +80,000
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 29,882 32,800 32,800 +2,918 ...............
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Total, Economic Development Administration................... 280,623 202,800 282,800 +2,177 +80,000
Minority business development...................................... 29,725 28,701 30,200 +475 +1,499
Economic and Statistical Analysis.................................. 79,751 85,000 85,000 +5,249 ...............
Bureau of the Census
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 196,647 202,838 226,238 +29,591 +23,400
Periodic censuses and programs..................................... 696,365 1,027,406 1,020,406 +324,041 -7,000
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Total, Bureau of the Census.................................. 893,012 1,230,244 1,246,644 +353,632 +16,400
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 18,062 18,581 18,581 +519 ...............
Public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction.... 21,728 ............... 20,000 -1,728 +20,000
Technology opportunities program................................... ............... ............... 10,000 +10,000 +10,000
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Total, National Telecommunications and Information 39,790 18,581 48,581 +8,791 +30,000
Administration..............................................
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Current year fee funding........................................... 1,771,000 1,915,500 1,915,500 +144,500 ...............
Offsetting fee collections......................................... -1,771,000 -1,915,500 -1,915,500 -144,500 ...............
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Total, Patent and Trademark Office........................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Technology Administration.......................................... 2,020 1,557 ............... -2,020 -1,557
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Scientific and technical research and services..................... 434,371 500,517 502,117 +67,746 +1,600
(Transfer out)................................................. (-987) (-12,500) (-12,500) (-11,513) ...............
Industrial technology services..................................... 183,819 46,332 210,000 +26,181 +163,668
Manufacturing Extension Partnerships........................... (104,757) (46,332) (110,000) (+5,243) (+63,668)
Advanced Technology Program.................................... (79,062) ............... (100,000) (+20,938) (+100,000)
Construction of research facilities................................ 58,686 93,865 150,900 +92,214 +57,035
Working capital fund (by transfer)................................. (987) (12,500) (12,500) (+11,513) ...............
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Total, National Institute of Standards and Technology........ 676,876 640,714 863,017 +186,141 +222,303
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Operations, research, and facilities............................... 2,738,169 2,763,866 3,036,888 +298,719 +273,022
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110-28)................... 170,400 ............... ............... -170,400 ...............
Promote and Develop Fund (by transfer)......................... (79,000) (77,000) (77,000) (-2,000) ...............
Coastal zone management transfer............................... 2,962 3,000 3,000 +38 ...............
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Subtotal..................................................... 2,911,531 2,766,866 3,039,888 +128,357 +273,022
Procurement, acquisition and construction.......................... 1,110,119 979,893 1,089,000 -21,119 +109,107
Pacific coastal salmon recovery.................................... 66,638 66,825 90,000 +23,362 +23,175
Coastal zone management fund....................................... -3,000 -3,000 -3,000 ............... ...............
Fisheries finance program account.................................. -7,000 -1,000 -1,000 +6,000 ...............
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Total, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration....... 4,078,288 3,809,584 4,214,888 +136,600 +405,304
Departmental Management
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 47,121 58,693 53,193 +6,072 -5,500
Travel and tourism................................................. 3,949 ............... ............... -3,949 ...............
HCHB renovation and modernization.................................. ............... 4,300 5,100 +5,100 +800
Office of Inspector General........................................ 22,592 23,426 23,426 +834 ...............
National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council ............... 1,000 1,000 +1,000 ...............
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Total, Departmental Management............................... 73,662 87,419 82,719 +9,057 -4,700
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Total, title I, Department of Commerce....................... 6,624,745 6,595,807 7,350,056 +725,311 +754,249
Appropriations........................................... (6,454,345) (6,595,807) (7,350,056) (+895,711) (+754,249)
Emergency appropriations................................. (170,400) ............... ............... (-170,400) ...............
(By transfer)............................................ (79,987) (89,500) (89,500) (+9,513) ...............
(Transfer out)........................................... (-987) (-12,500) (-12,500) (-11,513) ...............
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TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Administration
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 97,832 104,777 104,777 +6,945 ...............
Justice information sharing technology............................. 123,559 100,500 95,795 -27,764 -4,705
Tactical law enforcement wireless communications................... 89,198 81,353 76,353 -12,845 -5,000
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Total, General Administration................................ 310,589 286,630 276,925 -33,664 -9,705
Administrative review and appeals.................................. 229,142 247,499 247,499 +18,357 ...............
Office for Immigration Review (by transfer).................... ............... (4,000) (4,000) (+4,000) ...............
Detention trustee.................................................. 1,225,816 1,294,226 1,265,872 +40,056 -28,354
Office of Inspector General........................................ 70,603 73,208 73,700 +3,097 +492
Transfer from FBI (Public Law 110-28) (emergency).............. (500) ............... ............... (-500) ...............
United States Parole Commission
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 11,509 12,194 12,194 +685 ...............
Legal Activities
General legal activities: direct appropriation..................... 677,154 750,584 753,000 +75,846 +2,416
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110-28)................... 1,648 ............... ............... -1,648 ...............
Vaccine injury compensation trust fund (permanent)................. 6,252 6,833 6,833 +581 ...............
Antitrust Division................................................. 147,819 155,097 155,097 +7,278 ...............
Offsetting fee collections--current year....................... -129,000 -139,000 -139,000 -10,000 ...............
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Direct appropriation......................................... 18,819 16,097 16,097 -2,722 ...............
United States Attorneys
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 1,654,886 1,747,822 1,747,822 +92,936 ...............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110-28)................... 5,000 ............... ............... -5,000 ...............
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Total, United States Attorneys............................... 1,659,886 1,747,822 1,747,822 +87,936 ...............
United States Trustee System Fund.................................. 223,152 231,899 231,899 +8,747 ...............
Offsetting fee collections..................................... -218,216 -184,000 -184,000 +34,216 ...............
Interest on U.S. securities.................................... -4,936 -5,000 -5,000 -64 ...............
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Direct appropriation......................................... ............... 42,899 42,899 +42,899 ...............
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission............................... 1,561 1,709 1,709 +148 ...............
United States Marshals Service
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 812,070 899,875 896,860 +84,790 -3,015
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110-28)................... 6,450 ............... ............... -6,450 ...............
Construction....................................................... 6,846 ............... 8,015 +1,169 +8,015
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Total, United States Marshals Service........................ 825,366 899,875 904,875 +79,509 +5,000
Fees and expenses of witnesses..................................... 171,000 168,300 168,300 -2,700 ...............
Community Relations Service........................................ 10,221 9,794 10,230 +9 +436
Assets forfeiture fund............................................. 21,211 20,990 20,990 -221 ...............
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Total, Legal activities...................................... 3,393,118 3,664,903 3,672,755 +279,637 +7,852
National Security Division
Salaries and expenses, National Security Division.................. 66,970 78,056 78,056 +11,086 ...............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110-28)................... 1,736 ............... ............... -1,736 ...............
Interagency Law Enforcement
Interagency crime and drug enforcement............................. 497,935 509,154 509,154 +11,219 ...............
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 3,729,518 4,041,370 4,063,670 +334,152 +22,300
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110-28)................... 258,000 ............... ............... -258,000 ...............
Transfer to OIG (Public Law 110-28) (emergency)................ (-500) ............... ............... (+500) ...............
Counterintelligence and national security.......................... 2,259,663 2,308,580 2,308,580 +48,917 ...............
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Direct appropriation......................................... 6,247,181 6,349,950 6,372,250 +125,069 +22,300
Construction....................................................... 51,392 81,352 206,400 +155,008 +125,048
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Total, Federal Bureau of Investigation....................... 6,298,573 6,431,302 6,578,650 +280,077 +147,348
Drug Enforcement Administration
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 1,956,967 2,041,818 2,093,406 +136,439 +51,588
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110-28)................... 16,166 ............... ............... -16,166 ...............
Diversion control fund......................................... -212,078 -239,249 -239,249 -27,171 ...............
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Total, Drug Enforcement Administration....................... 1,761,055 1,802,569 1,854,157 +93,102 +51,588
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 984,097 1,013,980 1,013,980 +29,883 ...............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110-28)................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Contruction........................................................ ............... ............... 35,000 +35,000 +35,000
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Total, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives... 984,097 1,013,980 1,048,980 +64,883 +35,000
Federal Prison System
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 4,995,433 5,151,440 5,151,440 +156,007 ...............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110-28)................... 17,000 ............... ............... -17,000 ...............
Buildings and facilities........................................... 432,425 210,003 495,000 +62,575 +284,997
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (limitation on 3,322 2,477 2,477 -845 ...............
administrative expenses)..........................................
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Total, Federal Prison System................................. 5,448,180 5,363,920 5,648,917 +200,737 +284,997
Violence against women office...................................... 382,571 370,005 390,000 +7,429 +19,995
Office of Justice Programs
Justice assistance................................................. 238,340 167,269 240,000 +1,660 +72,731
State and local law enforcement assistance......................... 1,236,804 550,000 1,400,000 +163,196 +850,000
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110-28)................... 50,000 ............... ............... -50,000 ...............
Weed and seed program fund......................................... 49,361 ............... 50,000 +639 +50,000
Community oriented policing services............................... 541,838 32,308 550,000 +8,162 +517,692
Juvenile justice programs.......................................... 338,361 280,000 340,000 +1,639 +60,000
Public safety officers benefits:
Death benefits................................................. 65,000 66,000 66,000 +1,000 ...............
Disability and education benefits.............................. 8,834 9,100 9,100 +266 ...............
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Subtotal..................................................... 73,834 75,100 75,100 +1,266 ...............
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Total, Office of Justice Programs............................ 2,528,538 1,104,677 2,655,100 +126,562 +1,550,423
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Total, title II, Department of Justice....................... 23,210,432 22,252,323 24,311,959 +1,101,527 +2,059,636
Appropriations........................................... (22,854,432) (22,252,323) (24,311,959) (+1,457,527) (+2,059,636)
Emergency appropriations................................. (356,000) ............... ............... (-356,000) ...............
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TITLE III--SCIENCE
Executive Office of the President
Office of Science and Technology Policy............................ 5,528 5,515 5,715 +187 +200
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Science, aeronautics and exploration............................... 10,086,482 10,483,100 10,633,000 +546,518 +149,900
Exploration capabilities........................................... 6,145,594 6,791,700 6,792,000 +646,406 +300
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110-28)................... 20,000 ............... ............... -20,000 ...............
Office of Inspector General........................................ 32,224 34,600 34,600 +2,376 ...............
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Total, National Aeronautics and Space Administration......... 16,284,300 17,309,400 17,459,600 +1,175,300 +150,200
National Science Foundation
Research and related activities (non-defense)...................... 4,598,430 5,064,690 5,089,090 +490,660 +24,400
Defense function............................................... 67,520 67,000 67,000 -520 ...............
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Subtotal..................................................... 4,665,950 5,131,690 5,156,090 +490,140 +24,400
Major research equipment and facilities construction............... 190,881 244,740 244,740 +53,859 ...............
Education and human resources...................................... 796,693 750,600 850,600 +53,907 +100,000
Agency operations and award management............................. 248,245 285,590 285,590 +37,345 ...............
National Science Board............................................. 3,969 4,030 4,030 +61 ...............
Office of Inspector General........................................ 11,427 12,350 12,350 +923 ...............
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Total, National Science Foundation........................... 5,917,165 6,429,000 6,553,400 +636,235 +124,400
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Total, title III, Science.................................... 22,206,993 23,743,915 24,018,715 +1,811,722 +274,800
Appropriations........................................... (22,186,993) (23,743,915) (24,018,715) (+1,831,722) (+274,800)
Emergency appropriations................................. (20,000) ............... ............... (-20,000) ...............
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TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES
Antitrust Modernization Commission................................. 462 ............... ............... -462 ...............
Commission on Civil Rights......................................... 8,972 8,800 9,000 +28 +200
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission............................ 328,746 327,748 378,000 +49,254 +50,252
International Trade Commission..................................... 61,950 68,400 68,400 +6,450 ...............
Payment to the Legal Services Corporation.......................... 348,578 310,860 390,000 +41,422 +79,140
Marine Mammal Commission........................................... 2,896 2,299 3,000 +104 +701
National Veterans Business Development Corporation................. 1,481 ............... ............... -1,481 ...............
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative............................ 44,207 44,407 47,800 +3,593 +3,393
State Justice Institute............................................ 3,455 ............... 3,500 +45 +3,500
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Total, title IV, Related agencies............................ 800,747 762,514 899,700 +98,953 +137,186
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TITLE VI--RESCISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Industrial technology services (rescission)........................ -7,000 ............... -10,000 -3,000 -10,000
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Rescission......................................................... -25,000 ............... ............... +25,000 ...............
Departmental Management
Emergency steel guaranteed loan program account (rescission)....... ............... -48,607 ............... ............... +48,607
Travel and Tourism (rescission).................................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Department-wide (rescission)....................................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Violent crime reduction program (rescission)....................... -8,000 ............... ............... +8,000 ...............
General Administration
Working capital fund (rescission).................................. -2,500 -41,000 -41,000 -38,500 ...............
Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund (rescission)............ -39,000 ............... ............... +39,000 ...............
Dentention trustee (rescission).................................... ............... ............... -135,000 -135,000 -135,000
Legal Activities
Assets forfeiture fund (rescission)................................ -170,000 -240,000 -240,000 -70,000 ...............
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Justice programs (rescission)............................ -78,000 -87,500 -87,500 -9,500 ...............
Community oriented policing services (rescission).................. -31,000 -87,500 -37,500 -6,500 +50,000
COPS violent crime reduction fund (rescission)..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
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Total, title VI, Rescissions................................. -360,500 -504,607 -551,000 -190,500 -46,393
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Grand total.................................................. 52,482,417 52,849,952 56,029,430 +3,547,013 +3,179,478
Appropriations........................................... (52,296,517) (53,354,559) (56,580,430) (+4,283,913) (+3,225,871)
Emergency appropriations................................. (546,400) ............... ............... (-546,400) ...............
Rescissions.............................................. (-360,500) (-504,607) (-551,000) (-190,500) (-46,393)
(By transfer)............................................ (80,487) (93,500) (93,500) (+13,013) ...............
(Transfer out)........................................... (-1,487) (-12,500) (-12,500) (-11,013) ...............
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