Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/130

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118 STAT. 100 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 ‘‘(4) FORBEARANCE.—Section 10 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 160) shall not apply to any person or entity that exceeds the 39 percent national audience reach limitation for television stations in paragraph (1)(B);’’; and (3) in section 202(h) by striking ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting ‘‘quadrennially’’ and by adding the following new flush sentence at the end: ‘‘This subsection does not apply to any rules relating to the 39 percent national audience reach limitation in subsection (c)(1)(B).’’. SEC. 630. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are released without adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of the data. (b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives shall include in all such data releases, language similar to the following that would make clear that trace data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about firearms related crime: (1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement authorities in conducting investigations by tracking the sale and possession of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies may request firearms traces for any reason, and those reasons are not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. Not all firearms used in crime are traced and not all firearms traced are used in crime. (2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of determining which types, makes or models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute a random sample and should not be considered representative of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime. SEC. 631. Section 503(f) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697(f)) shall be amended by substituting ‘‘March 15, 2004’’ for the last date that appears in the subsection. SEC. 632. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated in this Act, the unobligated balances previously made available by section 507(g) of Public Law 105–135 shall be available until expended for the cost of general business loans under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act. SEC. 633. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the International Center for Middle Eastern Western Dialogue Trust Fund. The income from the fund shall be used for operations of the International Center for Middle Eastern Western Dialogue to promote dialogue and schol arship in the Middle East. The fund may accept contributions and gifts from public and private sources. (b) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in full amounts made available to the fund. Such investments may be made only in interest bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. The interest on, and the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any obligations held in the fund shall be credited to and form a part of the fund and shall remain available without fiscal year limitation. (c) For each fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated from the fund for the operations of the International Center for 22 USC 2078. 110 Stat. 110.