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Calendar No. 169

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1282

[Report No. 106–87]

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal

Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent

Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other

purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 24, 1999

Mr. CAMPBELL, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the

United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of

the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,
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1 the Executive Office of the President, and certain Inde2 pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,

3 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

4 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

5 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices

8 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury

9 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

10 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase

11 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased

12 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance

13 of official business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official

14 travel expenses; not to exceed $150,000 for official recep15 tion and representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000

16 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be

17 allocated and expended under the direction of the Sec18 retary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on

19 his certificate, $133,168,000.

20 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

21 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For development and acquisition of automatic data

24 processing equipment, software, and services for the De25 partment of the Treasury, $35,561,000, to remain avail-
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1 able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be

2 transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to

3 satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu4 reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this

5 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans6 fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That

7 none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support

8 or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropria9 tions for Information Systems.

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

13 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

14 General Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed

15 $2,000,000 for official travel expenses; including hire of

16 passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for

17 unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo18 cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector

19 General of the Treasury, $30,483,000.

20 INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector

23 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In24 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur25 chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
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1 type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.

2 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at

3 such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General

4 for Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for offi5 cial travel expenses; not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen

6 emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and

7 expended under the direction of the Inspector General for

8 Tax Administration, $111,340,000.

9 TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND

10 RESTORATION

11 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the

12 Treasury Building and Annex, $15,000,000, to remain

13 available until expended.

14 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En17 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve18 hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement

19 personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in20 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula21 tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep22 resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en23 forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,

24 $27,681,000: Provided, That funds appropriated in this
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1 account may be used to procure personal services con2 tracts.

3 VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to

6 remain available until expended, which shall be derived

7 from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:

8 (1) As authorized by section 190001(e),

9 $181,000,000; of which $17,847,000 shall be avail10 able to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire11 arms, including $3,000,000 for administering the

12 Gang Resistance Education and Training program,

13 $1,608,000 for an explosives repository clearing14 house, $12,600,000 for the integrated violence re15 duction strategy, and $639,000 for building security;

16 of which $21,950,000 shall be available to the

17 United States Secret Service, including $5,854,000

18 for the protective program, $2,014,000 for the pro19 tective research program, $5,886,000 for the work20 space program, $5,000,000 for counterfeiting inves21 tigations, and $3,196,000 for forensic and related

22 support of investigations of missing and exploited

23 children, of which $1,196,000 shall be available as

24 a grant for activities related to the investigations of

25 exploited children and shall remain available until
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1 expended; of which $52,774,000 shall be available

2 for the United States Customs Service, including

3 $4,300,000 for conducting pre-hiring polygraph ex4 aminations, $2,000,000 for technology for the detec5 tion of undeclared outbound currency, $9,000,000

6 for non-intrusive mobile personal inspection tech7 nology, $4,952,000 for land border automation

8 equipment, $8,000,000 for agent and inspector relo9 cation: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall not be avail10 able for obligation until September 30, 2000,

11 $5,735,000 for laboratory modernization,

12 $2,400,000 for cybersmuggling, $5,430,000 for

13 Hardline/Gateway equipment, $2,500,000 for the

14 training program, $3,640,000 to maintain fiscal year

15 1998 equipment, and $4,817,000 for investigative

16 counter-narcotics and money laundering operations;

17 of which $28,366,000 shall be available for Inter18 agency Crime and Drug Enforcement; of which

19 $1,863,000 shall be available for the Financial

20 Crimes Enforcement Network, including $600,000

21 for GATEWAY, $300,000 to expand data mining

22 technology, $500,000 to continue the magnitude of

23 money laundering study, $200,000 to enhance elec24 tronic filing of SARS and other BSA databases, and

25 $263,000 for technical advances for GATEWAY; of
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1 which $9,200,000 shall be available to the Federal

2 Law Enforcement Training Center for construction

3 of two firearms ranges at the Artesia Center: Pro4 vided, That these funds shall not be available for ob5 ligation until September 30, 2000; and of which

6 $49,000,000 shall be available to the Office of Na7 tional Drug Control Policy Special Forfeiture Fund

8 to support a national media campaign, as authorized

9 in the Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998:

10 Provided further, That these funds shall not be avail11 able for obligation until September 30, 2000;

12 (2) As authorized by section 32401,

13 $13,000,000 to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

14 Firearms for disbursement through grants, coopera15 tive agreements, or contracts to local governments

16 for Gang Resistance Education and Training: Pro17 vided, That notwithstanding sections 32401 and

18 310001, such funds shall be allocated to State and

19 local law enforcement and prevention organizations.

20 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce23 ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of

24 the Treasury, including materials and support costs of

25 Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to
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1 exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the gen2 eral purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger

3 motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and re4 lated activities; uniforms without regard to the general

5 purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the

6 conducting of and participating in firearms matches and

7 presentation of awards; for public awareness and enhanc8 ing community support of law enforcement training; not

9 to exceed $9,500 for official reception and representation

10 expenses; room and board for student interns; and services

11 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $80,114,000, of which

12 up to $16,511,000 for materials and support costs of Fed13 eral law enforcement basic training shall remain available

14 until September 30, 2002: Provided, That the Center is

15 authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both real

16 and personal, and to accept services, for authorized pur17 poses, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which

18 shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Center

19 to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic

20 training program at the Center during the previous fiscal

21 year, which shall be funded only by gifts received through

22 the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That not23 withstanding any other provision of law, students attend24 ing training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training

25 Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided
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1 housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Cen2 ter policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in

3 this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Di4 rector, for the following: training United States Postal

5 Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police offi6 cers; State and local government law enforcement training

7 on a space-available basis; training of foreign law enforce8 ment officials on a space-available basis with reimburse9 ment of actual costs to this appropriation, except that re10 imbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law en11 forcement training activities in foreign countries under12 taken pursuant to section 801 of the Antiterrorism and

13 Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Public Law 104–

14 32; training of private sector security officials on a space15 available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this

16 appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal per17 sonnel to attend course development meetings and training

18 sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Cen19 ter is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim20 bursements from agencies receiving training sponsored by

21 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except

22 that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall

23 not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end

24 of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law

25 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide
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1 training for the Gang Resistance Education and Training

2 program to Federal and non-Federal personnel at any fa3 cility in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

4 and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal Law

5 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide

6 short-term medical services for students undergoing train7 ing at the Center.

8 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

9 RELATED EXPENSES

10 For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement

11 Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional

12 real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,

13 facility improvements, and related expenses, $21,611,000,

14 to remain available until expended.

15 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management

18 Service, $200,054,000, of which not to exceed

19 $10,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,

20 2002, for information systems modernization initiatives;

21 and of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for

22 official reception and representation expenses.

23 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

24 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

25 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To26 bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed
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1 812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for

2 replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

3 hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates

4 as may be determined by the Director; for payment of per

5 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an

6 assignment to the National Response Team during the in7 vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em8 ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain

9 overnight at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $15,000

10 for official reception and representation expenses; for

11 training of State and local law enforcement agencies with

12 or without reimbursement, including training in connec13 tion with the training and acquisition of canines for explo14 sives and fire accelerants detection; and provision of lab15 oratory assistance to State and local agencies, with or

16 without reimbursement, $569,225,000, of which

17 $38,200,000 may be used for the Youth Crime Gun Inter18 diction Initiative; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall

19 be available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided

20 by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of which $1,000,000 shall

21 be available for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equip22 ment, or aircraft available for official use by a State or

23 local law enforcement agency if the conveyance will be

24 used in joint law enforcement operations with the Bureau

25 of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment
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1 of overtime salaries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, sup2 plies, and other similar costs of State and local law en3 forcement personnel, including sworn officers and support

4 personnel, that are incurred in joint operations with the

5 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That

6 no funds made available by this or any other Act may be

7 used to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of

8 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to other

9 agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2000: Provided fur10 ther, That no funds appropriated herein shall be available

11 for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with

12 consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of

13 the Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of acqui14 sition and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal

15 firearms licensees: Provided further, That no funds appro16 priated herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses

17 or the compensation of any officer or employee of the

18 United States to implement an amendment or amend19 ments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the definition of

20 ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item

21 from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January

22 1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds appro23 priated herein shall be available to investigate or act upon

24 applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities

25 under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such funds
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1 shall be available to investigate and act upon applications

2 filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms dis3 abilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That

4 no funds in this Act may be used to provide ballistics im5 aging equipment to any State or local authority who has

6 obtained similar equipment through a Federal grant or

7 subsidy unless the State or local authority agrees to return

8 that equipment or to repay that grant or subsidy to the

9 Federal Government: Provided further, That no funds

10 under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve infor11 mation gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by

12 name or any personal identification code.

13 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the United States Customs

16 Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor

17 vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of

18 which 1,030 are for police-type use and commercial oper19 ations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals

20 for personal services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for

21 official reception and representation expenses; and awards

22 of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act

23 enforced by the United States Customs Service,

24 $1,670,747,000, of which such sums as become available

25 in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject
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1 to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budg2 et Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C.

3 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of the total,

4 not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for

5 rental space in connection with preclearance operations;

6 not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended

7 for research, of which $900,000 shall be provided to a land

8 grant university in North and/or South Dakota to conduct

9 a research program on the bilateral United States/Cana10 dian bilateral trade of agricultural commodities and prod11 ucts; of which $100,000 shall be provided for the child

12 pornography tipline; of which $200,000 shall be for

13 Project Alert; not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available

14 until expended for conducting special operations pursuant

15 to 19 U.S.C. 2081, and; up to $8,000,000 shall be avail16 able until expended for the procurement of automation in17 frastructure items, including hardware, software, and in18 stallation; up to $5,400,000, to be available until ex19 pended, may be transferred to the Treasury-wide Systems

20 and Capital Investments Programs account for an inter21 national trade data system; and up to $5,000,000, to re22 main available until expended, for repairs to Customs fa23 cilities: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased with24 out regard to the general purchase price limitation for the

25 current fiscal year: Provided further, That the Hector
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1 International Airport in Fargo, North Dakota shall be

2 designated an International Port of Entry: Provided fur3 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

4 fiscal year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in sub5 section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19

6 U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall be $30,000.

7 HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AUTHORITY)

9 For Administrative expenses related to the collection

10 of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law

11 103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor

12 Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and

13 merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac14 count for such purposes.

15 OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND

16 MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

17 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

18 for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air19 craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine

20 Programs, including operational training and mission-re21 lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by

22 the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro23 grams, the operations of which include the following: the

24 interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of

25 support to Customs and other Federal, State, and local

26 agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en-
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1 forced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of

2 the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance

3 to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforce4 ment and emergency humanitarian efforts, $108,688,000,

5 which shall remain available until expended: Provided,

6 That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the ex7 ception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been

8 identified as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft

9 which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be trans10 ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office

11 outside of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal

12 year 2000 without the prior approval of the Committees

13 on Appropriations.

14 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

15 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

16 For necessary expenses connected with any public17 debt issues of the United States, $181,383,000, of which

18 not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep19 tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex20 ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for

21 systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro22 priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2000

23 shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive

24 security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account

25 Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final
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1 fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the General Fund es2 timated at $176,983,000, and in addition, $20,000, to be

3 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reim4 burse the Bureau for administrative and personnel ex5 penses for financial management of the Fund, as author6 ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.

7 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

8 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

9 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv10 ice for tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law

11 and account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor12 respondence; programs to match information returns and

13 tax returns; management services; rent and utilities; and

14 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates

15 as may be determined by the Commissioner,

16 $3,291,945,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for

17 the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and of which

18 not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and

19 representation expenses.

20 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

21 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv22 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro23 viding litigation support; issuing technical rulings; exam24 ining employee plans and exempt organizations; con25 ducting criminal investigation and enforcement activities;

26 securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts;
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1 compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance

2 research; purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850)

3 and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b));

4 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates

5 as may be determined by the Commissioner,

6 $3,305,090,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall

7 remain available until September 30, 2002, for research

8 and, of which not to exceed $150,000 shall be for official

9 reception and representation expenses associated with

10 hosting the Inter-American Center of Tax Administration

11 (CIAT) 2000 Conference.

12 EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE

13 For funding essential earned income tax credit com14 pliance and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section

15 5702 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law

16 105–33), $144,000,000, of which not to exceed

17 $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the Social Security

18 Administration for the costs of implementing section 1090

19 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.

20 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

21 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv22 ice for information systems and telecommunications sup23 port, including developmental information systems and

24 operational information systems; the hire of passenger

25 motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
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1 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter2 mined by the Commissioner, $1,450,100,000.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

4 SERVICE

5 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria6 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue

7 Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue

8 Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the

9 Committees on Appropriations.

10 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main11 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue

12 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal13 ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural

14 relations.

15 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti16 tute and enforce policies and procedures which will safe17 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.

18 SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other

19 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for

20 improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf21 ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.

22 The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve23 ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv24 ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase

25 phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue

26 Service 1–800 help line service.
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1 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, no reorganization of the field office structure of the

3 Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division

4 will result in a reduction of criminal investigators in Wis5 consin and South Dakota from the 1996 level.

6 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret

9 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 739 vehicles

10 for police-type use, of which 675 shall be for replacement

11 only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft;

12 training and assistance requested by State and local gov13 ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;

14 services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter15 mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District

16 of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and

17 other facilities on private or other property not in Govern18 ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per19 form protective functions; for payment of per diem and/

20 or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective

21 assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of

22 a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day

23 or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con24 ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen25 tation of awards; for travel of Secret Service employees
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1 on protective missions without regard to the limitations

2 on such expenditures in this or any other Act if approval

3 is obtained in advance from the Committees on Appropria4 tions; for research and development; for making grants to

5 conduct behavioral research in support of protective re6 search and operations; not to exceed $20,000 for official

7 reception and representation expenses; not to exceed

8 $50,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to

9 foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit inves10 tigations; for payment in advance for commercial accom11 modations as may be necessary to perform protective func12 tions; and for uniforms without regard to the general pur13 chase price limitation for the current fiscal year,

14 $638,816,000.

15 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

16 RELATED EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter18 ation, and improvement of facilities, $4,923,000, to re19 main available until expended.

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

21 TREASURY

22 SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec23 retary of the Treasury in connection with law enforcement

24 activities of a Federal agency or a Department of the

25 Treasury law enforcement organization in accordance with

26 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances re-
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1 maining in the Fund on September 30, 2000, shall be

2 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.

3 SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the

4 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al5 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),

6 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of

7 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign

8 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the

9 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased

10 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into

11 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing

12 of health and medical services to employees and their de13 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author14 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

15 SEC. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco16 hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2000 in this

17 Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis18 tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to

19 diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105

20 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

21 SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria22 tions in this Act made available to the Federal Law En23 forcement Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforce24 ment Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,

25 United States Customs Service, and United States Secret
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1 Service may be transferred between such appropriations

2 upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro3 priations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such

4 appropriation by more than 2 percent.

5 SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria6 tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of7 fices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector Gen8 eral for Tax Administration, Financial Management Serv9 ice, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred

10 between such appropriations upon the advance approval

11 of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may in12 crease or decrease any such appropriation by more than

13 2 percent.

14 SEC. 115. Of the funds available for the purchase of

15 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until

16 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase

17 by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De18 partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That

19 the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant

20 Secretary for Management.

21 SEC. 116. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAY22 MENTS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE TREAS23 URY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION.

24 During the period from October 1, 1999 through January

25 1, 2003, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Adminis-
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1 tration is authorized to offer voluntary separation incen2 tives in order to provide the necessary flexibility to carry

3 out the plan to establish and reorganize the Office of the

4 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (‘‘the

5 Office’’ hereafter).

6 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘em7 ployee’’ means an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105)

8 who is employed by the Office serving under an appoint9 ment without time limitation, and has been currently em10 ployed by the Office or the Internal Revenue Service or

11 the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the

12 Treasury for a continuous period of at least 3 years, but

13 does not include—

14 (1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter

15 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United

16 States Code, or another retirement system;

17 (2) an employee having a disability on the basis

18 of which such employee is or would be eligible for

19 disability retirement under the applicable retirement

20 system referred to in paragraph (1);

21 (3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific

22 notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or

23 unacceptable performance;

24 (4) an employee who has previously received

25 any voluntary separation incentive payment by the
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1 Federal Government under this section or any other

2 authority and has not repaid such payment;

3 (5) an employee covered by statutory reemploy4 ment rights who is on transfer to another organiza5 tion; or

6 (6) any employee who, during the 24-month pe7 riod preceding the date of separation, has received a

8 recruitment or relocation bonus under 5 U.S.C.

9 5753 or who, within the 12-month period preceding

10 the date of separation, received a retention allowance

11 under 5 U.S.C. 5754.

12 (b) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA13 TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Treasury Inspector

15 General for Tax Administration may pay voluntary

16 separation incentive payments under this section to

17 any employee to the extent necessary to organize the

18 Office so as to perform the duties specified in the

19 Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform

20 Act of 1998, Pub. L. 105–206.

21 (2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—

22 A voluntary separation incentive payment—

23 (A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the

24 employee’s separation;
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1 (B) shall be paid from appropriations

2 available for the payment of the basic pay of

3 the employees of the Office;

4 (C) shall be equal to the lesser of—

5 (i) an amount equal to the amount

6 the employee would be entitled to receive

7 under 5 U.S.C. 5595(c); or

8 (ii) an amount determined by the

9 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Ad10 ministration, not to exceed $25,000;

11 (D) may not be made except in the case of

12 any qualifying employee who voluntarily sepa13 rates (whether by retirement or resignation) be14 fore January 1, 2003;

15 (E) shall not be a basis for payment, and

16 shall not be included in the computation, of any

17 other type of Government benefit; and

18 (F) shall not be taken into account in de19 termining the amount of any severance pay to

20 which the employee may be entitled under 5

21 U.S.C. 5595 based on any other separation.

22 (c) ADDITIONAL OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPEC23 TOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION CONTRIBU24 TIONS TO THE RETIREMENT FUND.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other

2 payments which it is required to make under sub3 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5,

4 United States Code, the Office shall remit to the Of5 fice of Personnel Management for deposit in the

6 Treasury of the United States to the credit of the

7 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an

8 amount equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of

9 each employee who is covered under subchapter III

10 of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States

11 Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has

12 been paid under this section.

13 (2) DEFINITION.—In paragraph (1), the term

14 ‘‘final basic pay’’, with respect to an employee,

15 means the total amount of basic pay which would be

16 payable for a year of service by such employee, com17 puted using the employee’s final rate of basic pay,

18 and, if last serving on other than a full-time basis,

19 with appropriate adjustment therefor.

20 (d) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH

21 THE GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received a

22 voluntary separation incentive payment under this section

23 and accepts any employment for compensation with the

24 Government of the United States, or who works for any

25 agency of the United States Government through a per-
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1 sonal services contract, within 5 years after the date of

2 the separation on which the payment is based, shall be

3 required to pay, prior to the individual’s first day of em4 ployment, the entire amount of the incentive payment to

5 the Office.

6 (e) EFFECT ON OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPEC7 TOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYMENT

8 LEVELS.—

9 (1) INTENDED EFFECT.—Voluntary separations

10 under this section are not intended to necessarily re11 duce the total number of full-time equivalent posi12 tions in the Office.

13 (2) USE OF VOLUNTARY SEPARATIONS.—The

14 Office may redeploy or use the full-time equivalent

15 positions vacated by voluntary separations under

16 this section to make other positions available to

17 more critical locations or more critical occupations.

18 SEC. 117. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAY19 MENTS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CHICAGO FINANCIAL

20 CENTER OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE. (a)

21 AUTHORITY.—During the period from October 1, 1999

22 through January 31, 2000, the Commissioner of the Fi23 nancial Management Service (FMS) of the Department of

24 the Treasury is authorized to offer voluntary separation

25 incentives in order to provide the necessary flexibility to
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1 carry out the closure of the Chicago Financial Center

2 (CFC) in a manner which the Commissioner shall deem

3 most efficient, equitable to employees, and cost effective

4 to the Government.

5 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘em6 ployee’’ means an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105)

7 who is employed by FMS at CFC under an appointment

8 without time limitation, and has been so employed con9 tinuously for a period of at least 3 years, but does not

10 include—

11 (1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter

12 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United

13 States Code, or another retirement system;

14 (2) an employee with a disability on the basis

15 of which such employee is or would be eligible for

16 disability retirement under the retirement systems

17 referred to in paragraph (1) or another retirement

18 system for employees of the Government;

19 (3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific

20 notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or

21 unacceptable performance;

22 (4) an employee who has previously received

23 any voluntary separation incentive payment from an

24 agency or instrumentality of the Government of the
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1 United States under any authority and has not re2 paid such payment;

3 (5) an employee covered by statutory reemploy4 ment rights who is on transfer to another organiza5 tion; or

6 (6) an employee who during the 24 month pe7 riod preceding the date of separation has received

8 and not repaid a recruitment or relocation bonus

9 under section 5753 of Title 5, United States Code,

10 or who, within the twelve month period preceding

11 the date of separation, has received and not repaid

12 a retention allowance under section 5754 of that

13 Title.

14 (c) AGENCY PLAN; APPROVAL.—

15 (1) The Secretary, Department of the Treasury,

16 prior to obligating any resources for voluntary sepa17 ration incentive payments, shall submit to the Office

18 of Management and Budget a strategic plan out19 lining the intended use of such incentive payments

20 and a proposed organizational chart for the agency

21 once such incentive payments have been completed.

22 (2) The agency’s plan under subsection (1)

23 shall include—

24 (A) the specific positions and functions to

25 be reduced or eliminated;
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1 (B) a proposed coverage for offers of in2 centives;

3 (C) the time period during which incentives

4 may be paid;

5 (D) the number and amounts of voluntary

6 separation incentive payments to be offered;

7 and

8 (E) a description of how the agency will

9 operate without the eliminated positions and

10 functions.

11 (3) The Director of the Office of Management

12 and Budget shall review the agency’s plan and ap13 prove or disapprove such plan, and may make appro14 priate modifications in the plan including waivers of

15 the reduction in agency employment levels required

16 by this Act.

17 (d) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA18 TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—

19 (1) A voluntary separation incentive payment

20 under this Act may be paid by the agency head to

21 an employee only in accordance with the strategic

22 plan under section (c).

23 (2) A voluntary incentive payment—

24 (A) shall be offered to agency employees on

25 the basis of organizational unit, occupational
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1 series or level, geographic location, other non2 personal factors, or an appropriate combination

3 of such factors;

4 (B) shall be paid in a lump sum after the

5 employee’s separation;

6 (C) shall be equal to the lesser of—

7 (i) an amount equal to the amount

8 the employee would be entitled to receive

9 under section 5595(c) of title 5, United

10 States Code, if the employee were entitled

11 to payment under such section (without

12 adjustment for any previous payment

13 made); or

14 (ii) an amount determined by the

15 agency head, not to exceed $25,000;

16 (D) may be made only in the case of an

17 employee who voluntarily separates (whether by

18 retirement or resignation) under the provisions

19 of this Act;

20 (E) shall not be a basis for payment, and

21 shall not be included in the computation of any

22 other type of Government benefit;

23 (F) shall not be taken into account in de24 termining the amount of any severance pay to

25 which the employee may be entitled under sec-
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1 tion 5595 of title 5, United States Code, based

2 on any other separation; and

3 (G) shall be paid from appropriations or

4 funds available for the payment of the basic pay

5 of the employee.

6 (e) ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENTS.—Payments under

7 this section may be made to any qualifying employee who

8 voluntarily separates, whether by retirement or resigna9 tion, between October 1, 1999 and January 31, 2000.

10 (f) EFFECT ON SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH

11 THE GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received a

12 voluntary separation incentive payment under this section

13 and accepts any employment for compensation with any

14 agency or instrumentality of the Government of the

15 United States within 5 years after the date of the separa16 tion on which the payment is based shall be required to

17 pay, prior to the individual’s first day of employment, the

18 entire amount of the incentive payment to FMS.

19 (g) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT FUND.—

20 (1) In addition to any other payments which it

21 is required to make under subchapter III of chapter

22 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code,

23 FMS shall remit to the office of Personnel Manage24 ment for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of

25 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an
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1 amount equal to 15 percent of the final annual basic

2 pay for each employee covered under subchapter III

3 of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5 United States

4 Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has

5 been paid under this section.

6 (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term

7 ‘‘final basic pay’’ with respect to an employee,

8 means the total amount of basic pay which would be

9 payable for a year of service by such employee, com10 puted using the employee’s final rate of basic pay,

11 and, if last serving on other than a full-time basis,

12 with appropriate adjustment therefor.

13 (h) REDUCTION OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEV14 ELS.—

15 (1) The total number of funded employee posi16 tions in the agency shall be reduced by one position

17 for each vacancy created by the separation of any

18 employee who has received, or is due to receive, a

19 voluntary separation incentive payment under this

20 Act. For the purposes of this subsection, positions

21 shall be counted on a full-time equivalent basis.

22 (2) The President, through the Office of Man23 agement and Budget, shall monitor the agency and

24 take any action necessary to ensure that the require25 ment of this section are met.
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1 (3) At the request of the Secretary, Department

2 of the Treasury, the Office of Management and

3 Budget may waive the reduction in total number of

4 funded employee positions required by subsection (1)

5 if it believes the agency plan required by section (c)

6 satisfactorily demonstrates that the positions would

7 better be used to reallocate occupations or reshape

8 the workforce and to produce a more cost-effective

9 result.

10 SEC. 118. ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN ANTI-TER11 RORISM JUDGMENTS. (a) DEFINITION.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1603(b) of title 28,

13 United States Code, is amended—

14 (A) in paragraph (3) by striking the period

15 and inserting a semicolon and ‘‘and’’;

16 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2),

17 and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), re18 spectively;

19 (C) by striking ‘‘(b)’’ through ‘‘entity—’’

20 and inserting the following:

21 ‘‘(b) An ‘agency or instrumentality of a foreign state’

22 means—

23 ‘‘(1) any entity—’’; and

24 (D) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(2) for purposes of sections 1605(a)(7) and

2 1610 (a)(7) and (f), any entity as defined under

3 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), and

4 subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) shall not

5 apply.’’.

6 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND7 MENT.—Section 1391(f)(3) of title 28, United

8 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1603(b)’’ and

9 inserting ‘‘1603(b)(1)’’.

10 (b) ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS.—Section

11 1610(f) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—

12 (1) in paragraph (1)—

13 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘(in14 cluding any agency or instrumentality or such

15 state)’’ and inserting ‘‘(including any agency or

16 instrumentality of such state)’’; and

17 (B) by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

19 moneys due from or payable by the United States (includ20 ing any agency, subdivision or instrumentality thereof) to

21 any state against which a judgment is pending under sec22 tion 1605(a)(7) shall be subject to attachment and execu23 tion, in like manner and to the same extent as if the

24 United States were a private person.’’; and

25 (2) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), upon deter2 mining on an asset-by-asset basis that a waiver is nec3 essary in the national security interest, the President may

4 waive this subsection in connection with (and prior to the

5 enforcement of) any judicial order directing attachment in

6 aid of execution or execution against the principal office

7 of a foreign mission to the United States used for diplo8 matic or related purposes, or any funds held by or in the

9 name of such foreign mission determined by the President

10 to be necessary to satisfy actual operating expenses of

11 such principal office.

12 ‘‘(B) A waiver under this paragraph shall not apply

13 to—

14 ‘‘(i) the principal office of a foreign mission if

15 such office has been used for any nondiplomatic pur16 pose (including as commercial rental property) by ei17 ther the foreign state or by the United States, or to

18 the proceeds of such nondiplomatic purpose; or

19 ‘‘(ii) if any asset of such principal office is sold

20 or otherwise transferred for value to a third party,

21 the proceeds of such sale or transfer.’’.

22 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

23 Section 117(d) of the Treasury Department Appropria24 tions Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–

25 492) is repealed.
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1 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

2 this section shall apply to any claim for which a foreign

3 state is not immune under section 1605(a)(7) of title 28,

4 United States Code, arising before, on, or after the date

5 of enactment of this Act.

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department

7 Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

8 TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

9 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

10 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

11 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub12 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United

13 States Code, $93,436,000, of which $64,436,000 shall not

14 be available for obligation until October 1, 2000: Provided,

15 That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall

16 continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery

17 and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than

18 the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds

19 made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be

20 used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charg21 ing any officer or employee of any State or local child sup22 port enforcement agency, or any individual participating

23 in a State or local program of child support enforcement,

24 a fee for information requested or provided concerning an

25 address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none
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1 of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consoli2 date or close small rural and other small post offices in

3 the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2000.

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro5 priations Act, 2000’’.

6 TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI7 DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE

8 PRESIDENT

9 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE

10 HOUSE OFFICE

11 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

12 For compensation of the President, including an ex13 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au14 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102; $250,000: Provided, That none

15 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

16 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount

17 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of

18 title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That none

19 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

20 considered as taxable to the President.

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses for the White House as au23 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for

24 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;

25 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which

26 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
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1 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers,

2 periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed

3 $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided

4 by 3 U.S.C. 103); not to exceed $19,000 for official enter5 tainment expenses, to be available for allocation within the

6 Executive Office of the President, $52,444,000.

7 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

8 OPERATING EXPENSES

9 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re10 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including

11 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at

12 the White House and official entertainment expenses of

13 the President, $9,260,000, to be expended and accounted

14 for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114.

15 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

16 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi17 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec18 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses

19 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance

20 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,

21 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such

22 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the

23 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob24 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex25 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence

26 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
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1 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti2 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments

3 shall be credited to this account and remain available until

4 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence

5 shall require the national committee of the political party

6 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be

7 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat8 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such

9 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That

10 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice

11 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense

12 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing

13 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in14 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days

15 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That

16 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess

17 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is

18 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with

19 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out20 standing debt on a United States Government claim under

21 section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur22 ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any

23 accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in

24 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,

25 That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit
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1 to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than

2 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this

3 Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex4 penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding

5 fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses,

6 the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi7 cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that

8 consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion

9 of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the

10 date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive

11 Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex12 penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive

13 Residence that includes a standard for the classification

14 of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided

15 further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con16 strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other

17 applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter

18 37 of title 31, United States Code.

19 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

20 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the

21 Executive Residence at the White House, $810,000, to re22 main available until expended for required maintenance,

23 safety and health issues, and continued preventative main24 tenance.
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1 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE

2 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President

5 to provide assistance to the President in connection with

6 specially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5

7 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex8 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex9 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and

10 hire of passenger motor vehicles; $3,617,000.

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,

14 heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,

15 of the official residence of the Vice President, the hire of

16 passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $90,000 for

17 official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to

18 be accounted for solely on his certificate; $345,000: Pro19 vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this

20 appropriation may be made to any department or agency

21 for expenses of carrying out such activities.

22 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out

25 its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15

26 U.S.C. 1021), $3,840,000.
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1 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel4 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109

5 and 3 U.S.C. 107; $4,032,000.

6 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the National Security

9 Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

10 3109, $6,997,000.

11 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra14 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109

15 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles

16 $39,198,000, of which $8,806,000 shall be available for

17 a capital investment plan which provides for the continued

18 modernization of the information technology infrastruc19 ture.

20 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management

23 and Budget (OMB), including hire of passenger motor ve24 hicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

25 $63,495,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
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1 available to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title

2 44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided in

3 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only

4 to the objects for which appropriations were made except

5 as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, That none

6 of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of

7 Management and Budget may be used for the purpose of

8 reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any activi9 ties or regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural

10 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.):

11 Provided further, That none of the funds made available

12 for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may

13 be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual

14 testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of

15 the Office of Management and Budget, before the Com16 mittees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’

17 Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That the

18 preceding shall not apply to printed hearings released by

19 the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on

20 Veterans’ Affairs: Provided further, That from within ex21 isting funds provided under this heading, the President

22 may establish a National Intellectual Property Coordina23 tion Center.
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1 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

5 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to

6 Division C, title VII, of Public Law 105–277; not to ex7 ceed $8,000 for official reception and representation ex8 penses; and for participation in joint projects or in the

9 provision of services on matters of mutual interest with

10 nonprofit, research, or public organizations or agencies,

11 with or without reimbursement; $21,963,000, of which up

12 to $600,000 shall be available for the evaluation of the

13 Drug-Free Communities Act: Provided, That the Office is

14 authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts,

15 both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal

16 year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating

17 the work of the Office.

18 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech21 nology Assessment Center, $31,100,000, which shall re22 main available until expended, consisting of $2,100,000

23 for policy research and evaluation, $16,000,000 for coun24 ternarcotics research and development projects, and

25 $13,000,000 for the continued operation of the technology

26 transfer program: Provided, That the $16,000,000 for
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1 counternarcotics research and development projects shall

2 be available for transfer to other Federal departments or

3 agencies.

4 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

5 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

8 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking

9 Areas Program, $188,277,000 for drug control activities

10 consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des11 ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which

12 no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and

13 local entities for drug control activities, which shall be ob14 ligated within 120 days of the date of enactment of this

15 Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be transferred

16 to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to be deter17 mined by the Director: Provided further, That of this latter

18 amount, $1,800,000 shall be used for auditing services:

19 Provided further, That, hereafter, of the amount appro20 priated for fiscal year 2000 or any succeeding fiscal year

21 for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program,

22 the funds to be obligated or expended during such fiscal

23 year for programs addressing the treatment or prevention

24 of drug use as part of the approved strategy for a des25 ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)

26 shall not be less than the funds obligated or expended for
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1 such programs during fiscal year 1999 for each designated

2 HIDTA.

3 SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For activities to support a national anti-drug cam6 paign for youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public

7 Law 105–277, $127,500,000, to remain available until ex8 pended: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to

9 other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such

10 activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided,

11 $96,500,000 shall be to support a national media cam12 paign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media Campaign

13 Act of 1998: Provided further, That none of the funds pro14 vided for the support of the national media campaign may

15 be obligated until ONDCP has submitted for written ap16 proval to the Committee on Appropriations the evaluation

17 and results of phase II of the campaign: Provided further,

18 That of the funds provided, $30,000,000 shall be to con19 tinue a program of matching grants to drug-free commu20 nities, as authorized in the Drug-Free Communities Act

21 of 1997: Provided further, That of the funds provided,

22 $1,000,000 shall be available to the Director for transfer

23 as grants to State and local agencies or non-profit organi24 zations for the National Drug Court Institute.

25 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap26 propriations Act, 2000’’.
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1 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

2 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

3 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur6 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

7 established by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–

8 28, $2,657,000.

9 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

12 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend13 ed, $38,175,000, of which no less than $4,866,500 shall

14 be available for internal automated data processing sys15 tems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available

16 for reception and representation expenses.

17 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

20 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga21 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service

22 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5

23 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,

24 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference

25 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
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1 $23,681,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed2 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses

3 and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law

4 (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in

5 the Government service, and compensation as authorized

6 by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding

7 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non8 Federal participants at labor-management relations con9 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account,

10 to be available without further appropriation for the costs

11 of carrying out these conferences.

12 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

13 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

14 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

15 To carry out the purpose of the Fund established

16 pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and

17 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40

18 U.S.C. 490(f)), the revenues and collections deposited into

19 the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real

20 property management and related activities not otherwise

21 provided for, including operation, maintenance, and pro22 tection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of

23 buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased

24 premises; moving governmental agencies (including space

25 adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses)

26 in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer
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1 of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or serv2 icing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of feder3 ally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and

4 appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; mainte5 nance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisi6 tion of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or

7 as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to

8 purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of

9 federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de10 sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of

11 new buildings (including equipment for such buildings);

12 and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga13 tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase

14 and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of

15 $5,140,000,000, of which: (1) $76,979,000 shall remain

16 available until expended for construction of additional

17 projects at locations and at maximum construction im18 provement costs (including funds for sites and expenses

19 and associated design and construction services) as fol20 lows:

21 New construction:

22 Maryland:

23 Montgomery County, FDA Consolidation,

24 $35,000,000

25 Michigan:
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1 Sault Sainte Marie, Border Station,

2 $8,263,000

3 Montana:

4 Roosville, Border Station, $753,000

5 Sweetgrass, Border Station, $11,480,000

6 Texas:

7 Fort Hancock, Border Station, $277,000

8 Washington:

9 Oroville, Border Station, $11,206,000

10 Nationwide:

11 Non-prospectus, $10,000,000:

12 Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits

13 of costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to

14 the extent that savings effected in other such projects, but

15 not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is ob16 tained from the Committees on Appropriations of a great17 er amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct con18 struction projects shall expire on September 30, 2001, and

19 remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for funds

20 for projects as to which funds for design or other funds

21 have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date:

22 Provided further, That of the funds provided for non-pro23 spectus construction, $1,974,000 shall be available until

24 expended for acquisition, lease, construction, and equip25 ping of flexiplace telecommuting centers: Provided further,
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1 That of the amount provided under this heading in Public

2 Law 104–208, $20,782,000 are rescinded; (2)

3 $624,869,000 shall remain available until expended, for

4 repairs and alterations which includes associated design

5 and construction services: Provided, That funds made

6 available in this Act or any previous Act in the Federal

7 Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for pro8 spectus projects, be limited to the amount by project as

9 follows, except each project may be increased by an

10 amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval

11 is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a

12 greater amount:

13 Repairs and alterations:

14 Alabama:

15 Montgomery, Frank M. Johnson, Jr., Fed16 eral Building—U.S. Courthouse, $11,606,000

17 Alaska:

18 Anchorage, Federal Building—U.S. Court19 house Annex, $21,098,000

20 California:

21 Menlo Park, USGS Building 1, $6,831,000

22 Menlo Park, USGS Building 2, $5,284,000

23 Sacramento, Moss Federal Building—U.S.

24 Courthouse, $7,948,000

25 District of Columbia:
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1 Interior Building (Phase 1) $1,100,000

2 Main Justice Building (Phase 2),

3 $47,226,000

4 State Department Building (Phase 2),

5 $10,511,000

6 Maryland:

7 Baltimore, Metro West Building,

8 $36,705,000

9 Woodlawn, Social Security Administration

10 Annex, $25,890,000

11 Minnesota:

12 Ft. Snelling, Bishop H. Whipple Federal

13 Building, $10,989,000

14 New Mexico:

15 Albuquerque, Federal Building—500 Gold

16 Avenue, $8,537,000

17 Ohio:

18 Cleveland, Celebrezze Federal Building,

19 $7,234,000

20 Nationwide:

21 Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $16,000,000

22 Energy Program, $16,000,000

23 Design Program, $17,715,000

24 Elevators—Various Buildings,

25 $24,195,000
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1 Basic Repairs and Alterations,

2 $350,000,000:

3 Provided further, That additional projects for which

4 prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded

5 under this category only if advance approval is obtained

6 from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,

7 That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for

8 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs asso9 ciated with implementing security improvements to build10 ings necessary to meet the minimum standards for secu11 rity in accordance with current law and in compliance with

12 the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Commit13 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the

14 difference between the funds appropriated and expended

15 on any projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading

16 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic

17 Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized in18 creases in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all

19 funds for repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall

20 expire on September 30, 2001, and remain in the Federal

21 Buildings Fund except funds for projects as to which

22 funds for design or other funds have been obligated in

23 whole or in part prior to such date: Provided further, That

24 the amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic

25 Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay claims against
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1 the Government arising from any projects under the head2 ing ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized

3 increases in prospectus projects and $1,600,000 shall be

4 available for the repairs and alterations of the Kansas City

5 Federal Courthouse at 811 Grand Avenue, Kansas City,

6 Missouri; (3) $205,668,000 for installment acquisition

7 payments including payments on purchase contracts which

8 shall remain available until expended; (4) $2,782,186,000

9 for rental of space which shall remain available until ex10 pended; and (5) $1,590,183,000 for building operations

11 which shall remain available until expended: Provided fur12 ther, That funds available to the General Services Admin13 istration shall not be available for expenses of any con14 struction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for

15 which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings

16 Act of 1959, as amended, has not been approved, except

17 that necessary funds may be expended for each project

18 for required expenses for the development of a proposed

19 prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in the

20 Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency

21 repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Com22 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That

23 amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services

24 to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal

25 Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as
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1 amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide

2 such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and

3 other facilities on private or other property not in Govern4 ment ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable

5 the United States Secret Service to perform its protective

6 functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available

7 from such revenues and collections: Provided further, That

8 of the amount provided, $475,000 shall be available for

9 the Plains States De-population Symposium: Provided fur10 ther, That revenues and collections and any other sums

11 accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2000, excluding

12 reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal

13 Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40

14 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of $5,140,000,000 shall re15 main in the Fund and shall not be available for expendi16 ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

17 POLICY AND OPERATIONS

18 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro19 vided for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activi20 ties associated with asset management activities; utiliza21 tion and donation of surplus personal property; transpor22 tation; procurement and supply; Government-wide respon23 sibilities relating to automated data management, tele24 communications, information resources management, and

25 related technology activities; utilization survey, deed com26 pliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural
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1 analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to ex2 cess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy direc3 tion; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records man4 agement, and other support services incident to adjudica5 tion of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court

6 of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

7 3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and

8 representation expenses, $120,198,000, of which

9 $12,758,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That of the funds provided, $2,750,000 shall be

11 available for GSA to enter into a memorandum of under12 standing with the North Dakota State University to estab13 lish a Virtual Archive Storage Terminal.

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

16 General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

17 $33,858,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall

18 be available for payment for information and detection of

19 fraud against the Government, including payment for re20 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,

21 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards

22 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens

23 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en24 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
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1 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

2 PRESIDENTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August

5 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public

6 Law 95–138, $2,241,000: Provided, That the Adminis7 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary

8 of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry

9 out the provisions of such Acts.

10 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL

11 PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund

13 available to the General Services Administration shall be

14 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte15 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part

16 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu17 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).

18 SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services

19 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger

20 motor vehicles.

21 SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund

22 made available for fiscal year 2000 for Federal Buildings

23 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities

24 only to the extent necessary to meet program require25 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap26 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations.
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1 SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall

2 be used to transmit a fiscal year 2001 request for United

3 States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet

4 the design guide standards for construction as established

5 and approved by the General Services Administration, the

6 Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office

7 of Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the

8 priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States

9 as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Pro10 vided, That the fiscal year 2001 request must be accom11 panied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of

12 each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.

13 SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may

14 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,

15 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any

16 other service usually provided through the Federal Build17 ings Fund, to any agency which does not pay the rate per

18 square foot assessment for space and services as deter19 mined by the General Services Administration in compli20 ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972

21 (Public Law 92–313).

22 SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agen23 cies by the Information Technology Fund, General Serv24 ices Administration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections

25 5124(b) and 5128 of Public Law 104–106, Information
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1 Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, for per2 formance of pilot information technology projects which

3 have potential for Government-wide benefits and savings,

4 may be repaid to this Fund from any savings actually in5 curred by these projects or other funding, to the extent

6 feasible.

7 SEC. 407. From funds made available under the

8 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Rev9 enue’’, claims against the Government of less than

10 $250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac11 quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef12 fected in other construction projects with prior notification

13 to the Committees on Appropriations.

14 SEC. 408. Funds made available for new construction

15 projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund,

16 Limitations on Availability of Revenue’’ in Public Law

17 104–208 shall remain available until expended so long as

18 funds for design or other funds have been obligated in

19 whole or in part prior to September 30, 1999.

20 SEC. 409. The Federal building located at 220 East

21 Rosser Avenue in Bismarck, North Dakota, is hereby des22 ignated as the ‘‘William L. Guy Federal Building, Post

23 Office and United States Courthouse’’. Any reference in

24 a law, map, regulation, document, paper or other record

25 of the United States to the Federal building herein re-
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1 ferred to shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘William

2 L. Guy Federal Building, Post Office and United States

3 Courthouse’’.

4 SEC. 410. From the funds made available under the

5 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Avail6 ability of Revenue’’, $59,203,500 shall not be available for

7 rental of space and $59,203,500 shall not be available for

8 building operations.

9 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLAR10 SHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRON11 MENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

12 For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and

13 Excellence in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be

14 available for the purposes of Public Law 102–252,

15 $1,494,000, to remain available until expended.

16 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

20 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza21 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re22 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

23 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District

24 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi25 cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,

26 $27,422,000 together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for
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1 administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals

2 to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and

3 Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys4 tems Protection Board.

5 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

6 OPERATING EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin8 istration of the National Archives (including the Informa9 tion Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal

10 records and related activities, as provided by law, and for

11 expenses necessary for the review and declassification of

12 documents, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles,

13 $179,738,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United

14 States is authorized to use any excess funds available from

15 the amount borrowed for construction of the National Ar16 chives facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate

17 storage for holdings.

18 ARCHIVES FACILITIES REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

19 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar20 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold21 ings, $21,518,000, to remain available until expended.

22 RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING FUND

23 (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury a re24 volving fund to be available for expenses and equipment

25 necessary to provide for storage and related services for

26 all temporary and pre-archival Federal records, which are
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1 to be stored or stored at Federal National and Regional

2 Records Centers by agencies and other instrumentalities

3 of the Federal government. The Fund shall be available

4 without fiscal year limitation for expenses necessary for

5 operation of these activities.

6 (b) START-UP CAPITAL.—

7 (1) There is appropriated $22,000,000 as initial

8 capitalization of the Fund.

9 (2) In addition, the initial capital of the Fund

10 shall include the fair and reasonable value at the

11 Fund’s inception of the inventories, equipment, re12 ceivables, and other assets, less the liabilities, trans13 ferred to the Fund. The Archivist of the United

14 States is authorized to accept inventories, equip15 ment, receivables and other assets from other Fed16 eral entities that were used to provide for storage

17 and related services for temporary and pre-archival

18 Federal records.

19 (c) USER CHARGES.—The Fund shall be credited

20 with user charges received from other Federal government

21 accounts as payment for providing personnel, storage, ma22 terials, supplies, equipment, and services as authorized by

23 subsection (a). Such payments may be made in advance

24 or by way of reimbursement. The rates charged will return

25 in full the expenses of operation, including reserves for
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1 accrued annual leave, worker’s compensation, depreciation

2 of capitalized equipment and shelving, and amortization

3 of information technology software and systems.

4 (d) FUNDS RETURNED TO MISCELLANEOUS RE5 CEIPTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.—

6 (1) In addition to funds appropriated to and as7 sets transferred to the Fund in subsection (b), an

8 amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total annual

9 income may be retained in the Fund as an operating

10 reserve or for the replacement or acquisition of cap11 ital equipment, including shelving, and the improve12 ment and implementation of NARA’s financial man13 agement, information technology, and other support

14 systems.

15 (2) Funds in excess of the 4 percent at the

16 close of each fiscal year shall be returned to the

17 Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous re18 ceipts.

19 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The National Ar20 chives and Records Administration shall provide quarterly

21 reports to the Committees on Appropriations and Govern22 mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on Ap23 propriations and Government Reform of the House of

24 Representatives on the operation of the Records Center

25 Revolving Fund.
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1 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

2 COMMISSION

3 GRANTS PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for

6 historical publications and records as authorized by 44

7 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $6,250,000, to remain available

8 until expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated

9 under this heading in Public Law 105–277, $3,800,000

10 are rescinded: Provided further, That the Treasury and

11 General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 (as con12 tained in division A, section 101(h), of the Omnibus Con13 solidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations

14 Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)) is amended in Title IV,

15 under the heading ‘‘National Historical Publications and

16 Records Commission, Grants Program’’ by striking the

17 proviso.

18 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

21 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in

22 Government Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Re23 form Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5

24 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District

25 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
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1 cles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and

2 representation expenses, $9,071,000.

3 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

7 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza8 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re9 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

10 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans

11 by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference

12 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of

13 passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official

14 reception and representation expenses; advances for reim15 bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel

16 Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for

17 expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of

18 January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem

19 and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting

20 Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over21 night at his or her post of duty, $91,584,000; and in addi22 tion $95,486,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans23 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of

24 Personnel Management without regard to other statutes,

25 including direct procurement of printed materials, for the

26 retirement and insurance programs, of which $4,000,000
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1 shall remain available until expended for the cost of auto2 mating the retirement recordkeeping systems: Provided,

3 That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect

4 the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by

5 sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and 8909(g) of title 5, United

6 States Code: Provided further, That no part of this appro7 priation shall be available for salaries and expenses of the

8 Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel Manage9 ment established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358

10 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose:

11 Provided further, That the President’s Commission on

12 White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No.

13 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during the fiscal year

14 ending September 30, 2000, accept donations of money,

15 property, and personal services in connection with the de16 velopment of a publicity brochure to provide information

17 about the White House Fellows, except that no such dona18 tions shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of trav19 el expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Com20 mission.

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

25 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

26 General Act, as amended, including services as authorized
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1 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,

2 $960,000; and in addition, not to exceed $9,645,000 for

3 administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and provide

4 other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s

5 retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred

6 from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Per7 sonnel Management, as determined by the Inspector Gen8 eral: Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized

9 to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia and

10 elsewhere.

11 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

12 HEALTH BENEFITS

13 For payment of Government contributions with re14 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89

15 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal

16 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend17 ed, such sums as may be necessary.

18 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

19 LIFE INSURANCE

20 For payment of Government contributions with re21 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as

22 required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such

23 sums as may be necessary.
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1 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

2 DISABILITY FUND

3 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in4 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc5 tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an6 nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv7 ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may

8 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the

9 Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August

10 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may here11 after be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis12 ability Fund.

13 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

16 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan

17 Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of

18 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection

19 Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public Law 103–424,

20 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy21 ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including serv22 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and

23 expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the

24 District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger

25 motor vehicles; $9,689,000.
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1 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting

4 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

5 $34,179,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges

6 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Independent Agencies

8 Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

9 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

10 THIS ACT

11 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in

12 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

13 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

14 SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation

15 under this Act for any consulting service through procure16 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

17 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

18 of public record and available for public inspection, except

19 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex20 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

21 SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this

22 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the

23 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac24 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would

25 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
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1 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of

2 the Tariff Act of 1930.

3 SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this

4 Act shall be available in fiscal year 2000 for the purpose

5 of transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement

6 Training Center located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia,

7 New Mexico, out of the Department of the Treasury.

8 SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in

9 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person

10 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for11 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed

12 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com13 pleted his period of active military or naval service, and

14 has within 90 days after his release from such service or

15 from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe16 riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora17 tion to his former position and has been certified by the

18 Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per19 form the duties of his former position and has not been

20 restored thereto.

21 SEC. 506. No funds appropriated pursuant to this

22 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees

23 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply

24 with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933
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1 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer2 ican Act’’).

3 SEC. 507. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

4 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip5 ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased

6 with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the

7 sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist8 ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only

9 American-made equipment and products.

10 (b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In

11 providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec12 retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of

13 the assistance a notice describing the statement made in

14 subsection (a) by the Congress.

15 SEC. 508. If it has been finally determined by a court

16 or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

17 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in18 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

19 or shipped to the United States that is not made in the

20 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

21 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

22 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen23 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections

24 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula25 tions.
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1 SEC. 509. Except as otherwise specifically provided

2 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances

3 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2000 from

4 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses

5 for fiscal year 2000 in this Act, shall remain available

6 through September 30, 2001, for each such account for

7 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall

8 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap9 proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided

10 further, That these requests shall be made in compliance

11 with reprogramming guidelines.

12 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this

13 Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President

14 to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any

15 official background investigation report on any individual,

16 except when it is made known to the Federal official hav17 ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—

18 (1) such individual has given his or her express

19 written consent for such request not more than 6

20 months prior to the date of such request and during

21 the same presidential administration; or

22 (2) such request is required due to extraor23 dinary circumstances involving national security.

24 SEC. 511. INVENTORY OF FEDERAL GRANT PRO25 GRAMS. The Director of the Office of Management and
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1 Budget shall prepare an inventory of existing Federal

2 grant programs after consulting each agency that admin3 isters Federal grant programs including formula funds,

4 competitive grant funds, block grant funds, and direct

5 payments. The inventory shall include the name of the

6 program, a copy of relevant statutory and regulatory

7 guidelines, the funding level in fiscal year 1999, a list of

8 the eligibility criteria both statutory and regulatory, and

9 a copy of the application form. The Director shall submit

10 the inventory no later than six months after enactment

11 to the Committees on Appropriations and relevant author12 izing committees.

13 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

14 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

15 SEC. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other

16 Act may be used to pay travel to the United States for

17 the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases

18 of death or life threatening illness of said employee.

19 SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality

20 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

21 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2000 shall obligate

22 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen23 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to

24 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en25 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal
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1 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances

2 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi3 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru4 mentality.

5 SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

6 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year

7 in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946

8 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor

9 vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement,

10 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at

11 $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum

12 shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex13 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,

14 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi15 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec16 tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec17 tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under

18 the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re19 search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:

20 Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section

21 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter22 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law

23 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled

24 vehicles.
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1 SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive depart2 ments and independent establishments for the current fis3 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex4 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available

5 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in

6 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.

7 SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the cur8 rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained

9 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa10 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the

11 United States (including any agency the majority of the

12 stock of which is owned by the Government of the United

13 States) whose post of duty is in the continental United

14 States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United

15 States; (2) is a person in the service of the United States

16 on the date of enactment of this Act who, being eligible

17 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be18 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and

19 is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person

20 who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien

21 from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the

22 former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad23 mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5)

24 is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa25 roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6)
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1 is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali2 fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu3 dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur4 pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person

5 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require6 ments of this section with respect to his or her status have

7 been complied with: Provided further, That any person

8 making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and,

9 upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or

10 imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided

11 further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition

12 to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex13 isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to

14 any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this

15 section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov16 ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire17 land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na18 tionals of those countries allied with the United States in

19 a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters

20 employed by the United States Information Agency, or to

21 temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em22 ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as

23 a result of emergencies.

24 SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any depart25 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
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1 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex2 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General

3 Services Administration for charges for space and services

4 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build5 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements

6 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of

7 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments

8 of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.

9 SEC. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or

10 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re11 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials,

12 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a

13 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre14 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex15 pended for the following purposes:

16 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,

17 and recycling programs as described in Executive

18 Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including

19 any such programs adopted prior to the effective

20 date of the Executive order.

21 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man22 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the

23 development and implementation of hazardous waste

24 management and pollution prevention programs.
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1 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by

2 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the

3 Federal agency.

4 SEC. 608. Funds made available by this or any other

5 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year

6 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of

7 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition

8 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,

9 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance

10 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this

11 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the

12 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the

13 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in

14 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex15 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other

16 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be

17 correspondingly reduced.

18 SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the cur19 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall

20 be paid to any person for the filling of any position for

21 which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has

22 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

23 SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in

24 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

25 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),
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1 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups

2 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do

3 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive

4 financial support from more than one agency or instru5 mentality.

6 SEC. 611. Funds made available by this or any other

7 Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall

8 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and

9 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under

10 the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such

11 guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow12 ers of special policemen provided by the first section of

13 the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40

14 U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied by

15 the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the

16 same actions as the Administrator of General Services

17 may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the

18 Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C.

19 318a and 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences

20 under the authority and within the limits provided in sec21 tion 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat.

22 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).

23 SEC. 612. None of the funds made available pursuant

24 to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement,

25 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
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1 approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly

2 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the

3 United States.

4 SEC. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

5 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,

6 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year

7 2000, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any

8 prevailing rate employee described in section

9 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—

10 (1) during the period from the date of expira11 tion of the limitation imposed by section 614 of the

12 Treasury and General Government Appropriations

13 Act, 1999, until the normal effective date of the ap14 plicable wage survey adjustment that is to take ef15 fect in fiscal year 2000, in an amount that exceeds

16 the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of

17 the applicable wage schedule in accordance with

18 such section 614; and

19 (2) during the period consisting of the remain20 der of fiscal year 2000, in an amount that exceeds,

21 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate

22 payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum

23 of—

24 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef25 fect in fiscal year 2000 under section 5303 of
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1 title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay

2 under the General Schedule; and

3 (B) the difference between the overall aver4 age percentage of the locality-based com5 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year

6 2000 under section 5304 of such title (whether

7 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av8 erage percentage of such payments which was

9 effective in fiscal year 1999 under such section.

10 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no

11 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or

12 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,

13 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title,

14 may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a)

15 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would

16 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli17 cable to such employee.

18 (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable

19 to an employee who is covered by this section and who

20 is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30,

21 1999, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by

22 the Office of Personnel Management.

23 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates

24 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may

25 not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30,
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1 1999, except to the extent determined by the Office of

2 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose

3 of this section.

4 (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for

5 service performed after September 30, 1999.

6 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision

7 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre8 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em9 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu10 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the

11 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary

12 or basic pay payable after the application of this section

13 shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.

14 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per15 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by

16 this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be

17 payable were this section not in effect.

18 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide

19 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section

20 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary

21 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ22 ees.

23 SEC. 614. During the period in which the head of

24 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian

25 employee of the Government appointed by the President
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1 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli2 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re3 decorate the office of such department head, agency head,

4 officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im5 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of

6 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by

7 the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of

8 this section, the word ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite

9 of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any other

10 space used primarily by the individual or the use of which

11 is directly controlled by the individual.

12 SEC. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of

13 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,

14 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con15 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose

16 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without

17 the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria18 tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training

19 Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi20 tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for

21 training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center

22 facilities.

23 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,

24 United States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds

25 made available for fiscal year 2000 by this or any other
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1 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na2 tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni3 cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart4 ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive

5 Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).

6 SEC. 617. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

7 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any

8 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for

9 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a

10 position of a confidential or policy-determining character

11 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section

12 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification

13 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of

14 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality

15 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C

16 position was not created solely or primarily in order to

17 detail the employee to the White House.

18 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to

19 Federal employees or members of the armed services de20 tailed to or from—

21 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

22 (2) the National Security Agency;

23 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
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1 (4) the offices within the Department of De2 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign

3 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

4 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

5 the Department of State;

6 (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army,

7 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu8 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad9 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De10 partment of Transportation, the Department of the

11 Treasury, and the Department of Energy per12 forming intelligence functions; and

13 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

14 SEC. 618. No department, agency, or instrumentality

15 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

16 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2000 shall obligate

17 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen18 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to

19 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en20 sure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination

21 and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are

22 not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,

23 as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

24 of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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1 SEC. 619. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this Act may be used to pay for the expenses of travel

3 of employees, including employees of the Executive Office

4 of the President, not directly responsible for the discharge

5 of official governmental tasks and duties: Provided, That

6 this restriction shall not apply to the family of the Presi7 dent, Members of Congress or their spouses, Heads of

8 State of a foreign country or their designees, persons pro9 viding assistance to the President for official purposes, or

10 other individuals so designated by the President.

11 SEC. 620. None of the funds appropriated in this or

12 any other Act shall be used to acquire information tech13 nologies which do not comply with part 39.106 (Year 2000

14 compliance) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless

15 an agency’s Chief Information Officer determines that

16 noncompliance with part 39.106 is necessary to the func17 tion and operation of the requesting agency or the acquisi18 tion is required by a signed contract with the agency in

19 effect before the date of enactment of this Act. Any waiver

20 granted by the Chief Information Officer shall be reported

21 to the Office of Management and Budget, and copies shall

22 be provided to Congress.

23 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this

24 Act for the United States Customs Service may be used

25 to allow the importation into the United States of any
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1 good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or

2 manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as de3 termined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of

4 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

5 SEC. 622. No part of any appropriation contained in

6 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment

7 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal

8 Government, who—

9 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat10 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em11 ployee of the Federal Government from having any

12 direct oral or written communication or contact with

13 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the

14 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining

15 to the employment of such other officer or employee

16 or pertaining to the department or agency of such

17 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of

18 whether such communication or contact is at the ini19 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re20 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,

21 committee, or subcommittee; or

22 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,

23 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or

24 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion

25 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
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1 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti2 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em3 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the

4 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to

5 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to

6 such other officer or employee, by reason of any

7 communication or contact of such other officer or

8 employee with any Member, committee, or sub9 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph

10 (1).

11 SEC. 623. Section 627(b) of the Treasury and Gen12 eral Government Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained

13 in section 101(h) of division A of Public Law 105–277)

14 is amended by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and inserting

15 the following: ‘‘Effective on the date of the enactment of

16 this Act and thereafter, and notwithstanding’’.

17 SEC. 624. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the

18 President, or his designee, must certify to Congress, annu19 ally, that no person or persons with direct or indirect re20 sponsibility for administering the Executive Office of the

21 President’s Drug-Free Workplace Plan are themselves

22 subject to a program of individual random drug testing.

23 SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in

24 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for

25 any employee training that—
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1 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl2 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the

3 performance of official duties;

4 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev5 els of emotional response or psychological stress in

6 some participants;

7 (3) does not require prior employee notification

8 of the content and methods to be used in the train9 ing and written end of course evaluation;

10 (4) contains any methods or content associated

11 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or

12 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em13 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N–

14 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or

15 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par16 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the

17 workplace.

18 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or

19 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training

20 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.

21 SEC. 626. No funds appropriated in this or any other

22 Act for fiscal year 2000 may be used to implement or en23 force the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355

24 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy,

25 form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does
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1 not contain the following provisions: ‘‘These restrictions

2 are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with,

3 or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or li4 abilities created by Executive Order No. 12958; section

5 7211 of title 5, United States Code (governing disclosures

6 to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, United States Code,

7 as amended by the Military Whistleblower Protection Act

8 (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the mili9 tary); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code,

10 as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (gov11 erning disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or pub12 lic health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities

13 Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing

14 disclosures that could expose confidential Government

15 agents); and the statutes which protect against disclosure

16 that may compromise the national security, including sec17 tions 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United

18 States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities

19 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, require20 ments, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created

21 by said Executive order and listed statutes are incor22 porated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: Pro23 vided, That notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a

24 nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be exe25 cuted by a person connected with the conduct of an intel-
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1 ligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an em2 ployee or officer of the United States Government, may

3 contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity

4 for which such document is to be used. Such form or

5 agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person

6 will not disclose any classified information received in the

7 course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do

8 so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure

9 forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo10 sures to Congress or to an authorized official of an execu11 tive agency or the Department of Justice that are essential

12 to reporting a substantial violation of law.

13 SEC. 627. No part of any funds appropriated in this

14 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu15 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu16 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda

17 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of

18 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or

19 film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation

20 pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the

21 Congress itself.

22 SEC. 628. (a) IN GENERAL.—For calendar year

23 2001, the Director of the Office of Management and

24 Budget shall prepare and submit to Congress, with the

25 budget submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United
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1 States Code, an accounting statement and associated re2 port containing—

3 (1) an estimate of the total annual costs and

4 benefits (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable

5 effects) of Federal rules and paperwork, to the ex6 tent feasible—

7 (A) in the aggregate;

8 (B) by agency and agency program; and

9 (C) by major rule;

10 (2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation

11 on State, local, and tribal government, small busi12 ness, wages, and economic growth; and

13 (3) recommendations for reform.

14 (b) NOTICE.—The Director of the Office of Manage15 ment and Budget shall provide public notice and an oppor16 tunity to comment on the statement and report under sub17 section (a) before the statement and report are submitted

18 to Congress.

19 (c) GUIDELINES.—To implement this section, the Di20 rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue

21 guidelines to agencies to standardize—

22 (1) measures of costs and benefits; and

23 (2) the format of accounting statements.

24 (d) PEER REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of

25 Management and Budget shall provide for independent
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1 and external peer review of the guidelines and each ac2 counting statement and associated report under this sec3 tion. Such peer review shall not be subject to the Federal

4 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

5 SEC. 629. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

6 or any other Act, may be used by an agency to provide

7 a Federal employee’s home address to any labor organiza8 tion except when it is made known to the Federal official

9 having authority to obligate or expend such funds that the

10 employee has authorized such disclosure or when such dis11 closure has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdic12 tion.

13 SEC. 630. The Secretary of the Treasury is author14 ized to establish scientific certification standards for explo15 sives detection canines, and shall provide, on a reimburs16 able basis, for the certification of explosives detection ca17 nines employed by Federal agencies, or other agencies pro18 viding explosives detection services at airports in the

19 United States.

20 SEC. 631. None of the funds made available in this

21 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non22 public information such as mailing or telephone lists to

23 any person or any organization outside of the Federal

24 Government without the approval of the Committees on

25 Appropriations.
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1 SEC. 632. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa3 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore

4 authorized by the Congress.

5 SEC. 633. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’—

6 (1) means an Executive agency as defined

7 under section 105 of title 5, United States Code;

8 (2) includes a military department as defined

9 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service,

10 and the Postal Rate Commission; and

11 (3) shall not include the General Accounting

12 Office.

13 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu14 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee

15 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort

16 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave

17 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under

18 section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli19 gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor20 tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official

21 duties.

22 SEC. 634. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

23 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which

24 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,
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1 except where the contract also includes a provision for con2 traceptive coverage.

3 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract

4 with—

5 (1) any of the following religious plans:

6 (A) Providence Health Plan;

7 (B) Personal Care’s HMO;

8 (C) Care Choices;

9 (D) OSF Health Plans, Inc.;

10 (E) Yellowstone Community Health Plan;

11 and

12 (2) any existing or future plan, if the plan ob13 jects to such coverage on the basis of religious be14 liefs.

15 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters

16 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub17 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the

18 individual refuses to prescribe contraceptives because such

19 activities would be contrary to the individual’s religious

20 beliefs or moral convictions.

21 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re22 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.

23 SEC. 635. FEDERAL FUNDS IDENTIFIED. Any re24 quest for proposals, solicitation, grant application, form,

25 notification, press release, or other publications involving
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1 the distribution of Federal funds shall indicate the agency

2 providing the funds and the amount provided. This provi3 sion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and

4 grants received by a State receiving Federal funds.

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury and General

6 Government Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Calendar No. 169

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1282

[Report No. 106–87]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Treasury Departtember 30, 2000, and for other purposes. pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep- ecutive Office of the President, and certain Inde- ment, the United States Postal Service, the ExJUNE 24, 1999

Read twice and placed on the calendar