PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009-320 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the United States Customs Service, including purchase of up to 1,000 motor vehicles of which 960 are for replacement only, including 990 for police-type use and commercial operations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal services abroad; not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and awards of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the United States Customs Service; $1,487,250,000; of which $65,000,000 shall be available until expended for Operation Hardline; of which $28,000,000 shall remain available until expended for acquisition of aircraft and related operations and maintenance associated with Operation Gateway; and of which such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space in connection with preclearance operations, and not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for research and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available until expended for conducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081 and up to $6,000,000 shall be available until expended for the procurement of automation infrastructure items, including hardware, software, and installation: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal yeax'J^rovided further, That the United States Custom Service shall implement the General Aviation Telephonic Entry program within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further. That no funds available for separation incentive payments as authorized by section 663 of this Act may be obligated without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:Provided further, That the Spirit of St. Louis Airport in St. Louis County, Missouri, shall be designated a port of entry: Provided further. That no funds under this Act may be used to provide less than 30 days public notice for any change in apparel regulations: Provided further. That $750,000 shall be available for additional parttime and temporary positions in the Honolulu Customs District: Provided further. That of the funds appropriated $2,500,000 may be made available for the Western Hemisphere Trade Center authorized by Public Law 103-182. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs, including operational training and mission-related travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction programs, the operations of which include: the interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to Customs and other Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Customs, the provision
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