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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1979

93 STAT. 1044

PUBLIC LAW 96-132—NOV. 30, 1979 '*'

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

31 USC 849.

National Institute of Corrections.

Messageswitching.

Definition.

Attorney General, for the direct expenditures by that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions. (B) For Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority, and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Control Corporation Act, as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation, including purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles. (C) For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facilities, 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, to remain available until expended, and the labor of United States prisoners may be used for work performed with sums authorized to be appropriated by this clause. (D) For carrying out the provisions of sections 4351 through 4353 of title 18 of the United States Code, which establishes a National Institute of Corrections, to remain available until expended. SEC. 3. (a) None of the sums authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used to pay the compensation of any person employed after the date of the enactment of this Act as an attorney (except foreign counsel employed in special cases) unless such person shall be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a State, territory, or the District of Columbia. 03) The Department of Justice shall not be required to absorb from sums appropriated pursuant to the authorization provided in this Act, other than sums appropriated pursuant to section 4(f) of this Act, any increases in salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits authorized by law, or other nondiscretionary costs. (c) None of the sums authorized to be appropriated in this Act may be used for the purposes of engaging in the activity of messageswitching until such time as the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and Senate have each given their approval. For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'message-switching" means the use of electronic equipment to receive a message, store that message until an outgoing line is available, and then retransmit the message without any direct connection between the line on which the message was received and the line on which the message is retransmitted. SEC. 4. (a) Sums authorized to be appropriated by this Act which are available for expenses of attendance at meetings shall be expended for such purposes in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Attorney General. (b) Sums authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used for the purchase of insurance for motor vehicles and aircraft operated in official Government business in foreign countries. (c) Sums authorized to be appropriated by this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5 of the United States Code. (d) Sums authorized to be appropriated by this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, in an amount not to exceed $31,000, for official reception and representation expenses in accordance with