A conference report for the bill ( H.Rept. 108-401 ) emerged just beforethe Thanksgiving recess. The House agreed to the conference report on December 8, 2003. 108-199 ) on January 23, 2004. In February 2003, the Bush Administration had submitted its budget for fiscal year 2004. The Administration request for CJS totaled roughly $41.22 billion. This included $19.005 billion for Justice, $5.814 billion for Commerce, $5.43 billion for the Judiciary, $8.644 billion forState, and $2.424 billion for the Independent Agencies. The Consolidated Appropriations Act provides a total of $41 billion including $19.942 billion for the Justice Department, $6.007 billion for the Department of Commerce, $5.167 billion for theJudiciary, and $8.264 billion for the Department of State. Legislative Status of CJS Appropriations,FY2004

	Background Information

		Structure of the CJS Bill

Traditionally, the appropriations bill for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies is known as the "CJS" bill. Administration FY2004 Request

For the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Administration's FY2004 requestincluded $19 billion, or nearly $643 million less than the amount appropriated byCongress for FY2003. For FY2004 appropriations, the Administration requests roughly $5.814 billion for Title II, including the Commerce Department and related agencies. In FY2003,the enacted appropriation was roughly $5.796 billion. The conference committee on H.R.2673 reported H.R. Subsequently, on January 23, 2004, an FY2004 budget for the Judiciary was signed into law by President Bush as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act forFY2004 ( P.L. 108-199 provides total budget authority for the Judiciary of $5.17 billion, 5.0% over FY2003 funding (including supplemental appropriations for FY2003). The Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2004 ( P.L.108-199 ) includes, asprovided by the earlier House-passed CJS bill, $55.4 million for the Court's Salariesand Expenses account, a 17.8% increase over FY2003 funding, instead of $59.4million as recommended by the Senate Appropriations Committee. In addition to $10.6. 2799 on July 23, 2003. The House level was identical to the President's request.The Senate committee recommended $594.4 million within the D&CP account and$933.1 million within the ESCM account-- $71.7 million higher than both theAdministration request and the House-passed level. The final enactedlevel is $1.465 billion. The FY2004 enacted level is $78.8 million. International Broadcasting, which had been a primary function of the U.S.Information Agency (USIA) prior to 1999, is now carried out by an independentagency referred to as the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). CRS Report RL31370 , State Department and Related Agencies: FY2003 Appropriations and FY2004 Request , by [author name scrubbed]. (This is subject to a 0.59% across-the-board rescission.)
Congress packaged a number of appropriations bills, including CJS, into an omnibus bill ( H.R. 2673 ). A conference report ( H.Rept. 108-401 ) emerged just prior to theThanksgiving recess. The CJS portion of the bill (Division B) contains a total of $41.0 billion, notreflecting the .465% rescission in the general provisions of Division B. Within DivisionH-Miscellaneous Appropriations and Offsets-Section 168 includes a .59% across-the-boardrescission. The House agreed to the conference report on December 8th, while the Senate passed thepackage on January 22, 2004. The President signed The Consolidated Appropriations Act into law( P.L. 108-199 ) on January 23, 2004.
Earlier, the Administration had submitted its FY2004 budget request in February 2003. The request for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies(commonly referred to as CJS) totaled $41.220 billion. The major components of the requestincluded: Justice Department-- $19.005 billion; Commerce Department-- $5.814 billion; theJudiciary-- $5.430 billion; State Department-- $8.644 billion; and Related Agencies-- $2.424billion. On July 23, 2003, the House passed its CJS bill ( H.R. 2799 ), which totals$41.23 billion. The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended $40.37 billion.
Department of Justice. The FY2004 enacted level of $19.942 billion is roughly $937 million above the FY2004 Administration request of $19.005 billion and $294 million above the FY2003funding level of $19.648 billion.
Department of Commerce. The FY2004 request of $5.814 billion is about $18 million more than the FY2003 appropriation of $5.796. The House bill provided $5.256 billion; the SenateAppropriations Committee recommended $6.369 billion. The Consolidated Appropriations Actprovides $6.007 billion.
The Judiciary. The Consolidated Appropriations Act provides total budget authority for the Judiciary of $5.17 billion, 5.0% over FY2003 funding, compared with $5.43 billion requested by theJudiciary (a 10.3% increase).
Department of State and International Broadcasting. The FY2004 enacted level totals $8.264 billion, which is $380 million less than the President's FY2004 request and $86 million higher thanthe FY2003 funding level. In addition, the FY2004 emergency supplemental provided $564.9million for the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
This is the final update of the report.