[House Hearing, 105 Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]From the U.S. Government Printing Office Online via GPO Access [House Committee on Appropriations] [Commerce, Justice, and State, The Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1998] [Part 1] DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1998 ======================================================================== HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ________ SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky, Chairman JIM KOLBE, Arizona ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado RALPH REGULA, Ohio JULIAN C. DIXON, California MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York TOM LATHAM, Iowa NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. Jim Kulikowski, Therese McAuliffe, and Jennifer Miller, Subcommittee Staff ________ PART 1 Justification of the Budget Estimates DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ________ Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations ________ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 39-602 O WASHINGTON : 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois RALPH REGULA, Ohio LOUIS STOKES, Ohio JERRY LEWIS, California JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota JOE SKEEN, New Mexico JULIAN C. DIXON, California FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia VIC FAZIO, California TOM DeLAY, Texas W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina JIM KOLBE, Arizona STENY H. HOYER, Maryland RON PACKARD, California ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio JAMES T. WALSH, New York DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina NANCY PELOSI, California DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania HENRY BONILLA, Texas ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan NITA M. LOWEY, New York DAN MILLER, Florida JOSE E. SERRANO, New York JAY DICKEY, Arkansas ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut JACK KINGSTON, Georgia JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia MIKE PARKER, Mississippi JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ED PASTOR, Arizona ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., Washington CHET EDWARDS, Texas MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director C O N T E N T S ---------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page General Administration........................................... 1-35 Office of Inspector General...................................... 36-65 Economic Development Administration.............................. 66-130 Bureau of the Census............................................ 131-255 Economics and Statistics Analysis............................... 256-324 International Trade Administration.............................. 325-395 Bureau of Export Administration................................. 396-445 Minority Business Development Agency............................ 446-487 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration................ 488-1024 Patent and Trademark Office................................... 1025-1084 Technology Administration..................................... 1085-1134 National Technical Information Service........................ 1135-1153 National Institute of Standards and Technology................ 1154-1353 National Telecommunications and Information Administration.... 1354-1493 [Pages 1 - 1493--The official Committee record contains additional material here.]