118 STAT. 3252 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote Act of 2002, $14,000,000, of which $2,800,000 shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Fed eral Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, $52,159,000, of which no less than $4,700,000 shall be available for internal automated data processing systems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and representation expenses. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num bered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $25,673,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in the Government service, and compensa tion as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwith standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non Federal participants at labor management relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, to be available without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these conferences. (RESCISSION) Of the unobligated balances under this heading from prior year appropriations, $3,000,000 are rescinded. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $19,496,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.
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