PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-60 including purchase (not to exceed 763, of which 599 are for replacement only) and hire of law enforcement gind passenger motor vehicles, and for the provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign governments, $2,862,354,000: Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the Health 42 USC 250a. Resources and Services Administration such amoimits as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: Provided further. That the Director of the Federal Prison System (FPS), where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent/fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the FPS, furnish health services to individuals committed to the custody of the FPS: Provided further. That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further. That not to exceed $90,000,000 for the activation of new facilities shall remain available luitil September 30, 2000: Provided further. That, of the amounts provided for Contract Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make pay- ments in advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, as amended, for the care and security in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Provided further. That, notwithstanding section 4(d) of the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 353(d)), FPS may enter into contracts and other agreements with private entities for periods of not to exceed 3 years and 7 additional option years for the confinement of Federal prisoners. In addition, $26,499,000, for such purposes, to remain available until expended, to be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund. BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facilities; leasing the Oklahoma City Airport Trust Facility; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, $410,997,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $14,074,000 shall be available to construct areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used for work performed under this appropriation: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 percent of the funds appropriated to "Buildings and Facilities" in this Act or any other Act may be transferred to "Salaries and Expenses", Federal Prison System, upon notification by the Attorney General to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in compliance with provisions set forth in section 605 of this Act. FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and
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