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Budget Execution in the United States Marshals Service During Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003

Report No. 04-02
October 2003
Office of the Inspector General

Appendix III
Appropriation and Conference Report Language

FY 2002 Spending Instructions8

1. Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, including the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of vehicles, and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for police-type use, without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, $619,429,000:
 

Official Reception
Of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses;

Prisoner Information System
Of which not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available for development, implementation, maintenance and support, and training for an automated prisoner information system shall remain available until expended;

Special Operations Group
$500,000 for Special Operations Group training, equipment, and facilities maintenance;

Permanent Changes of Station
$583,000 for permanent changes of station;

Electronic Surveillance Unit
[An increase] of $3,150,000 for Electronic Surveillance Unit personnel and equipment;

East Coast/West Coast Task Forces
[An increase of] $5,825,000 for the establishment of dedicated fugitive task forces on both coasts as proposed by the Senate;

Courthouse Security Personnel
[An increase] $3,625,000 for courthouse security personnel for existing and new courthouses;

Prisoner Transportation
[An increase of] $1,451,000 for prisoner transportation;

Courthouse Security Equipment
For the costs of courthouse security equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and telephone systems and cabling, $14,267,000, to remain available until expended.

Funding for courthouse security equipment is provided as follows:

Courthouse Security Equipment Amount Allocated in
Conference Report
Detainee Facilities  
Fort Smith, AR $200,000
Denver, CO 1,090,000
Washington, DC 75,000
Jacksonville, FL 1,065,000
Dublin, GA 432,000
Moscow, ID 50,000
Bowling Green, KY 330,000
Bay City, MI 175,000
Detroit, MI 450,000
Cape Girardeau, MO 75,000
East St. Louis, MO 10,000
Greenville, MS 645,000
Gulfport, MS 540,000
Hattiesburg, MS 590,000
Oxford, MS 1,095,000
Newark, NJ 300,000
Columbus, OH 300,000
Muskogee, OK 920,000
Aiken, SC 220,000
Florence, SC 321,000
Spartanburg, SC 555,000
Columbia, SC 195,000
Amarillo, TX 450,000
Houston, TX 1,063,000
Laredo, TX 700,000
Waco, TX 423,000
Cheyenne, WY 800,000
Subtotal, Detainee Facilities 13,069,000
Minor Repair 375,000
Engineering Services 643,000
Security Survey 180,000
Total, USMS Security Equipment $14,267,000
2. Construction

For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping, and maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner-holding space in United States courthouses and Federal buildings, including the renovation and expansion of prisoner movement areas, elevators, and sallyports, $15,000,000 to remain available until expended.

The conference agreement includes the following distribution of funds:
Construction Per Conference Report
Construction  
Hot Springs, AR $1,328,000
Prescott, AZ 550,000
Grand Junction, CO 450,000
Davenport, IA 856,000
Sioux City, IA 100,000
Moscow, ID 200,000
Rock Island, IL 1,250,000
Rockford, IL 24,000
Springfield, IL 85,000
Bay City, MI 685,000
Flint, MI 248,000
Natchez, MS 1,000,000
Billings, MT 850,000
Raleigh, NC 2,446,000
Sante Fe, NM 500,000
New York, NY (40 Foley) 250,000
Columbus, OH 1,000,000
Dayton, OH 150,000
Muskogee, OK 280,000
Sioux Falls, SD 680,000
Cheyenne, WY 200,000
Subtotal, Construction 13,132,000
Planning, Design, & Relocation:  
El Dorado, AR 100,000
Fayetteville, AR 100,000
El Centro, CA 32,000
Ocala, FL 475,000
Billings, MT 200,000
Wilmington, NC 125,000
Columbia, SC 46,000
Casper, WY 100,000
Subtotal, Planning, Design, & Relocation 1,178,000
Security Specialists/Construction Engineers 690,000
Total, Construction $15,000,000
3. Federal Prisoner Detention

For expenses, related to United States prisoners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service, but not including expenses otherwise provided for in appropriations available to the Attorney General, $706,182,000, to remain available until expended.

4. Fees and Expense of Witnesses

For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel expenses, and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law, including advances, $156,145,000, to remain available until expended:
  Witness Safesites
Of which not to exceed $6,000,000 may be made available for planning, construction, renovations, maintenance remodeling, and repair of buildings, and the purchase of equipment incident thereto, for protected witness safesites;

Armored Vehicles
Of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation of protected witnesses;

Telecommunications Equipment
Of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be made available for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure automated information network to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses.
5. FY 2002 Supplemental9

For emergency expenses to respond to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, for "Salaries and Expenses, United States Marshals Service", $10,200,000, to remain available until expended, to be obligated from amounts made available in Public Law 107-38:
  Courthouse Security Equipment
Of which $5,000,000 shall be for courthouse security equipment;

Additional Protection at Trials
$4,000,000 is provided for additional protection of the Federal Judiciary in New York City involved in the World Trade Center bombing and embassy bombing trials; and

Courthouse Security Expenses
$1,200,000 is for Foley Square and Brooklyn Federal courthouse security expenses.

Construction
For emergency expenses to respond to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, for "Construction", $9,125,000, to remain available until expended, to be obligated from amounts made available in Public Law 107-38. The Marshals Service is directed to apply this funding to the highest priority locations.
FY 2003 Spending Instructions10

1. Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, including the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of vehicles, and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for police-type use, without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, $680,474,000:
  106 Courthouse Security Positions Of which $15,800,000 shall be available for 106 supervisory deputy marshal positions for courthouse security;

Official Reception
Of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses;

Prisoner Information System
Of which not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available for development, implementation, maintenance and support, and training for an automated prisoner information system shall remain available until expended;

Courthouse Security Equipment
$12,061,000 shall be available for the costs of courthouse security equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and telephone systems and cabling, and shall remain available until expended;

Electronic Surveillance Unit Base Funding
$3,300,000 for Electronic Surveillance Unit recurring costs;

Hand/Leg Cuffs
$1,000,000 for hand/leg cuffs;

Special Assignments
$10,015,000 for special assignments;

Warrant Information Network
Not less than $2,766,000 . . . for the Warrant Information Network and subscriptions to various networks and on-line systems;

40 Positions for Protection of the Judiciary
$5,650,000 for 40 additional personnel and equipment, as requested, for the protection of the Judiciary for high threat trials;

18 Positions for High Priority Districts
$2,259,000 for 18 positions to be allocated to those districts with the highest priority needs;

East Coast/West Coast Task Forces
$2,268,000 to fully annualize the two existing fugitive task forces;

Heartland Task Forces
$2,916,000 to establish two additional centrally-managed fugitive task forces in the heartland;

Electronic Surveillance Unit
$2,750,000 for Electronic Surveillance Unit personnel, training, and equipment;

Foreign Offices [An increase] of $1,715,000 to establish a permanent Marshals Service presence in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico;

Vehicles
[An increase] of $10,424,000 for vehicles.
2. Construction

For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping, and maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner-holding space in United States courthouses and Federal buildings, including the renovation and expansion of prisoner movement areas, elevators, and sallyports, $15,126,000 to remain available until expended.

3. Fees and Expense of Witnesses

For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel expenses, and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law, including advances, and for United States Marshals Service Witness Security program expenses, $175,645,000, to remain available until expended:
  Witness Safesites
Of which not to exceed $6,000,000 may be made available for planning, construction, renovations, maintenance remodeling, and repair of buildings, and the purchase of equipment incident thereto, for protected witness safesites;

Armored Vehicles
Of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation of protected witnesses;

Witness Security Program
Of which not to exceed $19,500,000 may be made available for the United States Marshals Service Witness Security program;

Telecommunications Equipment
Of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be made available for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure automated information network to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses.
4. Wartime Supplemental11

For an additional amount for 'Salaries and Expenses, United States Marshals Service' for necessary expenses, $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004:
  High Priority Districts
$5,800,000 to be allocated to those districts with the highest priority needs for the protection of the judicial process;

Secure Communications Capability
$2,200,000 to upgrade the Marshals Service secure communications capability.
Footnotes
  1. The FY 2002 Appropriation Law is P.L. 107-77. The accompanying Conference Report is House Report 107-278.
  1. The FY 2002 Supplemental appropriations law is P.L. 107-117. The accompanying Conference Report is House Report 107-350.
  1. The FY 2003 Appropriation Law is P.L. 108-7. The accompanying Conference Report is House Report 108-010.
  1. The FY 2003 Wartime Supplemental law is P.L. 108-11. The accompanying Conference Report is House Report 108-076.