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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–796

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2001, AND

FOR OTHER PURPOSES

JULY 27 (legislative day, JULY 26), 2000.—Ordered to be printed

Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, from the committee of conference,

submitted the following

CONFERENCE REPORT

[To accompany H.R. 4516]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the

two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R.

4516) ‘‘making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes’’, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend

and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

Amendment numbered 1:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with an

amendment, as follows:

In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

DIVISION A

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the

Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes,

namely:

TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

SENATE

PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF

CONGRESS

For a payment to Nancy Nally Coverdell, widow of Paul D.

Coverdell, late a Senator from Georgia, $141,300.

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EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader of

the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000;

and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees,

$3,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all,

$62,000.

REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

LEADERS

For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority

Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions, $92,321,000, which

shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the below

limitations, as follows:

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

For the Office of the Vice President, $1,785,000.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $453,000.

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,742,000.

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,722,000.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $6,917,000.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the

Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of

each such committee, $1,152,000 for each such committee; in all,

$2,304,000.

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE

MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority

and the Conference of the Minority, $590,000.

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POLICY COMMITTEES

For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,171,000 for each such committee; in all,

$2,342,000.

OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

For Office of the Chaplain, $288,000.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

For Office of the Secretary, $14,738,000.

OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $34,811,000.

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority, $1,292,000.

AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by law, and related expenses, $22,337,000.

OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Coun- sel of the Senate, $4,046,000.

OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel,

$1,069,000.

EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000;

Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary

for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of

the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 96–304

and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $73,000,000.

EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, $370,000.

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SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,

$2,077,000.

SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $71,511,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain

available until September 30, 2003.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.

SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,

$253,203,000.

OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate,

$300,000.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. SEMIANNUAL REPORT. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section

105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C.

104a) is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(5)(A) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (1) relating to the level of detail of statement and itemization, each report

by the Secretary of the Senate required under such paragraph shall

be compiled at a summary level for each office of the Senate authorized to obligate appropriated funds.

‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the reporting of expenditures relating to personnel compensation, travel and transportation of persons, other contractual services, and acquisition of

assets.

‘‘(C) In carrying out this paragraph the Secretary of the Senate

shall apply the Standard Federal Object Classification of Expenses

as the Secretary determines appropriate.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the amendment

made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment

of this Act.

(2) FIRST REPORT AFTER ENACTMENT.—The Secretary of the

Senate may elect to compile and submit the report for the semiannual period during which the date of enactment of this section occurs, as if the amendment made by this section had not

been enacted.

SEC. 2. SENATE EMPLOYEE PAY ADJUSTMENTS. Section 4 of the

Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 60a–1) is

amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by inserting ‘‘(or section 5304 or 5304a of such title,

as applied to employees employed in the pay locality of the

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politan statistical area)’’ after ‘‘employees under section

5303 of title 5, United States Code,’’; and

(B) by inserting ‘‘(and, as the case may be, section 5304

or 5304a of such title, as applied to employees employed in

the pay locality of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical area)’’ after ‘‘the

President under such section 5303’’;

(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and

(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:

‘‘(e) Any percentage used in any statute specifically providing

for an adjustment in rates of pay in lieu of an adjustment made

under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, and, as the case

may be, section 5304 or 5304a of such title for any calendar year

shall be treated as the percentage used in an adjustment made

under such section 5303, 5304, or 5304a, as applicable, for purposes

of subsection (a).’’.

SEC. 3. (a) Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 121b–1(c)) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘and agency contributions’’ in paragraph

(2)(A), and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(3) Agency contributions for employees of Senate Hair Care

Services shall be paid from the appropriations account for ‘SAL- ARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’.’’

(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or after

October 1, 2000.

SEC. 4. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United

States a revolving fund to be known as the Senate Health and Fitness Facility Revolving Fund (‘‘the revolving fund’’).

(b) The Architect of the Capitol shall deposit in the revolving

fund—

(1) any amounts received as dues or other assessments for

use of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility, and

(2) any amounts received from the operation of the Senate

waste recycling program.

(c) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations

of the Senate, amounts in the revolving fund shall be available to

the Architect of the Capitol, without fiscal year limitation, for payment of costs of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility.

(d) The Architect of the Capitol shall withdraw from the revolving fund and deposit in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts all moneys in the revolving fund that the Architect determines are in excess of the current and reasonably foreseeable needs of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility.

(e) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol may issue

such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of

this section.

SEC. 5. For each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year

ending September 30, 2001), there is authorized an expense allowance for the Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees which shall not exceed $3,000 each fiscal year for each such

Chairman; and amounts from such allowance shall be paid to either of such Chairmen only as reimbursement for actual expenses

incurred by him and upon certification and documentation of such

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expenses, and amounts so paid shall not be reported as income and

shall not be allowed as a deduction under the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986.

SEC. 6. (a) The head of the employing office of an employee of

the Senate may, upon termination of employment of the employee,

authorize payment of a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of

that employee if—

(1) the head of the employing office—

(A) has approved a written leave policy authorizing employees to accrue leave and establishing the conditions

upon which accrued leave may be paid; and

(B) submits written certification to the Financial Clerk

of the Senate of the number of days of annual leave accrued

by the employee for which payment is to be made under the

written leave policy of the employing office; and

(2) there are sufficient funds to cover the lump sum payment.

(b)(1) A lump sum payment under this section shall not exceed

the lesser of—

(A) twice the monthly rate of pay of the employee; or

(B) the product of the daily rate of pay of the employee and

the number of days of accrued annual leave of the employee.

(2) The Secretary of the Senate shall determine the rates of pay

of an employee under paragraph (1) (A) and (B) on the basis of the

annual rate of pay of the employee in effect on the date of termination of employment.

(c) Any payment under this section shall be paid from the appropriation account or fund used to pay the employee.

(d) If an individual who received a lump sum payment under

this section is reemployed as an employee of the Senate before the

end of the period covered by the lump sum payment, the individual

shall refund an amount equal to the applicable pay covering the period between the date of reemployment and the expiration of the

lump sum period. Such amount shall be deposited to the appropriation account or fund used to pay the lump sum payment.

(e) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate

may prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

(f) In this section, the term—

(1) ‘‘employee of the Senate’’ means any employee whose pay

is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, except that the term

does not include a member of the Capitol Police or a civilian

employee of the Capitol Police; and

(2) ‘‘head of the employing office’’ means any person with

the final authority to appoint, hire, discharge, and set the

terms, conditions, or privileges of the employment of an individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

SEC. 7. (a) Agency contributions for employees whose salaries

are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from the appropriations

account ‘‘JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE’’ under the heading ‘‘JOINT

ITEMS’’ shall be paid from the Senate appropriations account for

‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.

(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or after

October 1, 2000.

SEC. 8. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 (40 U.S.C. 188b–6)

is amended—

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(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘items

of art, fine art, and historical items’’ and inserting ‘‘works of

art, historical objects, documents or material relating to historical matters for placement or exhibition’’;

(2) in the second sentence of subsection (a)—

(A) by striking ‘‘such items’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘such works, objects, documents, or material’’ in

each such place; and

(B) by striking ‘‘an item’’ and inserting ‘‘a work, object,

document, or material’’; and

(3) in subsection (b)—

(A) by striking ‘‘such items of art’’ and inserting ‘‘such

works, objects, documents, or materials’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,

$769,551,000, as follows:

HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $14,378,000,

including: Office of the Speaker, $1,759,000, including $25,000 for

official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,

$1,726,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority

Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,096,000, including

$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the

Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip,

$1,466,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority

Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,096,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the

Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities,

$410,000; Republican Steering Committee, $765,000; Republican

Conference, $1,255,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee,

$1,352,000; Democratic Caucus, $668,000; nine minority employees,

$1,229,000; training and program development—majority $278,000;

and training and program development—minority, $278,000.

MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES OF

MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

For Members’ representational allowances, including Members’

clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $410,182,000.

COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and

select, authorized by House resolutions, $92,196,000: Provided, That

such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses

until December 31, 2002.

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations,

$20,628,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until December 31,

2002.

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as

authorized by law, $90,403,000, including: for salaries and expenses

of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, of which

not more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, for official representation and reception expenses, $14,590,000; for salaries and expenses

of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more than $750 for official representation and reception expenses, $3,692,000; for salaries

and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,

$58,550,000, of which $1,054,000 shall remain available until expended, including $26,605,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary

personal services of House Information Resources, of which

$26,020,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the amount provided for House Information Resources, $6,497,000 shall be for net

expenses of telecommunications: Provided further, That House Information Resources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Members of the House of Representatives and other governmental entities

for services provided and such reimbursement shall be deposited in

the Treasury for credit to this account; for salaries and expenses of

the Office of the Inspector General, $3,249,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, $806,000; for the Office of

the Chaplain, $140,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for

preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,201,000; for salaries and expenses

of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000;

for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of

the House, $5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections

Calendar Office, $832,000; and for other authorized employees,

$213,000.

ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution

or law, $141,764,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative

costs and Federal tort claims, $2,235,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House,

$410,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social

Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $138,726,000; and

miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House,

$393,000.

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CHILD CARE CENTER

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives Child

Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the

budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. During fiscal year 2001 and any succeeding fiscal

year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may—

(1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of severable services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal year and ends in the

next fiscal year to the same extent as the head of an executive

agency under the authority of section 303L of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253l);

and

(2) enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisitions of

property and nonaudit-related services to the same extent as executive agencies under the authority of section 304B of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41

U.S.C. 254c).

SEC. 102. (a) PERMITTING NEW HOUSE EMPLOYEES TO BE

PLACED ABOVE MINIMUM STEP OF COMPENSATION LEVEL.—The

House Employees Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 291 et seq.)

is amended by striking section 10 (2 U.S.C. 299).

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a)

shall apply with respect to employees appointed on or after October

1, 2000.

SEC. 103. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’

REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any

other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for

‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES—

MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ shall be available

only for fiscal year 2001. Any amount remaining after all payments

are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2001 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is

no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been made,

for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of

the Treasury considers appropriate).

(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Administration of

the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of

the House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

SEC. 104. (a) There is hereby appropriated for payment to the

Prince William County Public Schools $215,000, to be used to pay

for educational services for the son of Mrs. Evelyn Gibson, the

widow of Detective John Michael Gibson of the United States Capitol Police.

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(b) The payment under subsection (a) shall be made in accordance with terms and conditions established by the Committee on

House Administration of the House of Representatives.

(c) The funds used for the payment made under subsection (a)

shall be derived from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives.

JOINT ITEMS

For Joint Committees, as follows:

JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF

2001

For all construction expenses, salaries, and other expenses associated with conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the President

and Vice President of the United States, January 20, 2001, in accordance with such program as may be adopted by the joint committee authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, agreed to

March 14, 2000 (One Hundred Sixth Congress), and Senate Concurrent Resolution 90, agreed to March 14, 2000 (One Hundred Sixth

Congress), $1,000,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate

and to remain available until September 30, 2001. Funds made

available under this heading shall be available for payment, on a

direct or reimbursable basis, whether incurred on, before, or after,

October 1, 2000: Provided, That the compensation of any employee

of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate who

has been designated to perform service for the Joint Congressional

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies shall continue to be paid by

the Committee on Rules and Administration, but the account from

which such staff member is paid may be reimbursed for the services

of the staff member (including agency contributions when appropriate) out of funds made available under this heading.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 105. During fiscal year 2001 the Secretary of Defense shall

provide protective services on a non-reimbursable basis to the

United States Capitol Police with respect to the following events:

(1) Upon request of the Chair of the Joint Congressional

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies established under Senate

Concurrent Resolution 89, One Hundred Sixth Congress, agreed

to March 14, 2000, the proceedings and ceremonies conducted

for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice Presidentelect of the United States.

(2) Upon request of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the joint session of Congress held to receive a message from the President

of the United States on the State of the Union.

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,

$3,315,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

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JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, $6,430,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of

the House.

For other joint items, as follows:

OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the

emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each to three

medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400

per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore

provided for such assistants; and (4) $1,159,904 for reimbursement

to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and

equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or

appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, $1,835,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer

of the House.

CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

CAPITOL POLICE

SALARIES

For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members,

and employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous

duty pay differential, clothing allowance of not more than $600 each

for members required to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $97,142,000, of which $47,053,000 is provided

to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, and

$50,089,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of

the Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided,

That, of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such

amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at

Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the

Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

GENERAL EXPENSES

For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other

equipment, security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons,

supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services,

stenographic services, personal and professional services, the employee assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of

instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement

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Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services performed for

the Capitol Police Board by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms

of the Senate or the House of Representatives designated by the

Chairman of the Board, $6,772,000, to be disbursed by the Capitol

Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any

other provision of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year

2001 shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds

available to the Department of the Treasury.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 106. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the

Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the

approval of—

(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the

case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided to

the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under the

heading ‘‘SALARIES’’; and

(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.

SEC. 107. (a) APPOINTMENT OF CERTIFYING OFFICERS OF THE

CAPITOL POLICE.—The Chief Administrative Officer of the United

States Capitol Police, or when there is not a Chief Administrative

Officer the Capitol Police Board, shall appoint certifying officers to

certify all vouchers for payment from funds made available to the

United States Capitol Police.

(b) RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CERTIFYING

OFFICERS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Each officer or employee of the Capitol

Police who has been duly authorized in writing by the Chief Administrative Officer, or the Capitol Police Board if there is not

a Chief Administrative Officer, to certify vouchers pursuant to

subsection (a) shall—

(A) be held responsible for the existence and correctness

of the facts recited in the certificate or otherwise stated on

the voucher or its supporting papers and for the legality of

the proposed payment under the appropriation or fund involved;

(B) be held responsible and accountable for the correctness of the computations of certified vouchers; and

(C) be held accountable for and required to make good

to the United States the amount of any illegal, improper,

or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate,

or misleading certificate made by such officer or employee,

as well as for any payment prohibited by law or which did

not represent a legal obligation under the appropriation or

fund involved.

(2) RELIEF BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The Comptroller

General may, at the Comptroller General’s discretion, relieve

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such certifying officer or employee of liability for any payment

otherwise proper if the Comptroller General finds—

(A) that the certification was based on official records

and that the certifying officer or employee did not know,

and by reasonable diligence and inquiry could not have

ascertained, the actual facts; or

(B) that the obligation was incurred in good faith, that

the payment was not contrary to any statutory provision

specifically prohibiting payments of the character involved,

and the United States has received value for such payment.

(c) ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITY.—The liability of the certifying

officers of the United States Capitol Police shall be enforced in the

same manner and to the same extent as currently provided with respect to the enforcement of the liability of disbursing and other accountable officers, and such officers shall have the right to apply for

and obtain a decision by the Comptroller General on any question

of law involved in a payment on any vouchers presented to them for

certification.

SEC. 108. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—(a) There shall be

within the Capitol Police an Office of Administration to be headed

by a Chief Administrative Officer:

(1) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be appointed by

the Comptroller General after consultation with the Capitol Police Board, and shall report to and serve at the pleasure of the

Comptroller General.

(2) The Comptroller General shall appoint as Chief Administrative Officer an individual with the knowledge and skills

necessary to carry out the responsibilities for budgeting, financial management, information technology, and human resource

management described in this section.

(3) The Chief Administrative Officer shall receive basic pay

at a rate determined by the Comptroller General, but not to exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable for ES–2 of the Senior

Executive Service Basic Rates Schedule established for members

of the Senior Executive Service of the General Accounting Office

under section 733 of title 31.

(4) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from available appropriations any costs incurred by the General Accounting Office under this section.

(b) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have the following

areas of responsibility:

(1) BUDGETING.—The Chief Administrative Officer shall—

(A) after consulting with the Chief of Police on the portion of the budget covering uniformed police force personnel, prepare and submit to the Capitol Police Board an

annual budget for the Capitol Police; and

(B) execute the budget and monitor through periodic

examinations the execution of the Capitol Police budget in

relation to actual obligations and expenditures.

(2) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.—The Chief Administrative

Officer shall—

(A) oversee all financial management activities relating

to the programs and operations of the Capitol Police;

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(B) develop and maintain an integrated accounting

and financial system for the Capitol Police, including financial reporting and internal controls, which—

(i) complies with applicable accounting principles,

standards, and requirements, and internal control

standards;

(ii) complies with any other requirements applicable to such systems;

(iii) provides for—

(I) complete, reliable, consistent, and timely information which is prepared on a uniform basis

and which is responsive to financial information

needs of the Capitol Police;

(II) the development and reporting of cost information;

(III) the integration of accounting and budgeting information; and

(IV) the systematic measurement of performance;

(C) direct, manage, and provide policy guidance and

oversight of Capitol Police financial management personnel, activities, and operations, including—

(i) the recruitment, selection, and training of personnel to carry out Capitol Police financial management functions; and

(ii) the implementation of Capitol Police asset

management systems, including systems for cash management, debt collection, and property and inventory

management and control; and

(D) the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare annual financial statements for the Capitol Police and provide for an annual audit of the financial statements by an

independent public accountant in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.

(3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The Chief Administrative

Officer shall—

(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the acquisition, use,

and management of information technology by the Capitol

Police;

(B) promote and oversee the use of information technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of programs of the Capitol Police; and

(C) establish and enforce information technology principles, guidelines, and objectives, including developing and

maintaining an information technology architecture for the

Capitol Police.

(4) HUMAN RESOURCES.—The Chief Administrative Officer

shall—

(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human resource

management activities of the Capitol Police, except that

with respect to uniformed police force personnel, the Chief

Administrative Officer shall perform these activities in cooperation with the Chief of the Capitol Police;

(B) develop and monitor payroll and time and attendance systems and employee services; and

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(C) develop and monitor processes for recruiting, selecting, appraising, and promoting employees.

(c) Administrative provisions with respect to the Office of

Administration:

(1) The Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to select,

appoint, employ, and discharge such officers and employees as

may be necessary to carry out the functions, powers, and duties

of the Office of Administration but he shall not have the authority to hire or discharge uniformed police force personnel.

(2) The Chief Administrative Officer may utilize resources

of another agency on a reimbursable basis to be paid from

available appropriations of the Capitol Police.

(d) No later than 180 days after appointment, the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare, after consultation with the Capitol

Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a plan—

(1) describing the policies, procedures, and actions the

Chief Administrative Officer will take in carrying out the responsibilities assigned under this section;

(2) identifying and defining responsibilities and roles of all

offices, bureaus, and divisions of the Capitol Police for budgeting, financial management, information technology, and

human resources management; and

(3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the offices, bureaus, and divisions perform their responsibilities and roles in

a coordinated and integrated manner.

(e) No later than September 30, 2001, the Chief Administrative

Officer shall prepare, after consultation with the Capitol Police

Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a report on the Chief Administrative Officer’s progress in implementing the plan described

in subsection (d) and recommendations to improve the budgeting, financial, information technology, and human resources management

of the Capitol Police, including organizational, accounting and administrative control, and personnel changes.

(f) The Chief Administrative Officer shall submit the plan required in subsection (d) and the report required in subsection (e) to

the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

and of the Senate, the Committee on House Administration of the

House of Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

(g) As of October 1, 2002, unless otherwise determined by the

Comptroller General, the Chief Administrative Officer established

by section (a) will cease to be an employee of the General Accounting

Office and will become an employee of the Capitol Police, and the

Capitol Police Board shall assume all responsibilities of the Comptroller General under this section.

SEC. 109. (a) Section 1(c) of Public Law 96–152 (40 U.S.C. 206–

1) is amended by striking ‘‘the annual rate’’ and all that follows and

inserting the following: ‘‘the rate of basic pay payable for level ES–

4 of the Senior Executive Service, as established under subchapter

VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (taking into account

any comparability payments made under section 5304(h) of such

title).’’.

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment

of this Act.

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CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office, $2,371,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of

the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to

employ more than 43 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

more than two additional individuals for not more than 120 days

each, and not more than 10 additional individuals for not more

than 6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of

the statements for the second session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and

contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the

regular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid

to the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work.

OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of

1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $1,820,000.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–344), including not more than $3,000 to be expended on the certification of

the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with

official representation and reception expenses, $28,493,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for the purchase

or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 110. Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and

hereafter, the Congressional Budget Office may use available funds

to enter into contracts for the procurement of severable services for

a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal

year and may enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisition of

property and services, to the same extent as executive agencies under

the authority of section 303L and 304B, respectively, of the Federal

Property and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and

254c).

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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

CAPITOL BUILDINGS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with activities

under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and

electrical substations of the Senate and House office buildings under

the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

and office equipment, including not more than $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect

of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance

and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed

$20,000 for attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with

subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol,

$43,689,000, of which $3,843,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,

such amount shall be available for the position of Project Manager

for the Capitol Visitor Center, at a rate of compensation which does

not exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level ES–2 of the Senior

Executive Service, as established under subchapter VIII of chapter

53 of title 5, United States Code (taking into account any comparability payments made under section 5304(h) of such title): Provided further, That effective on the date of the enactment of this Act,

any amount made available under this heading under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000, shall be available for such

position at such rate of compensation.

CAPITOL GROUNDS

For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds

surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and

the Capitol Power Plant, $5,362,000, of which $125,000 shall remain available until expended.

SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be

expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the

Capitol, $63,974,000, of which $21,669,000 shall remain available

until expended.

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the House office buildings, $32,750,000, of which $123,000

shall remain available until expended.

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CAPITOL POWER PLANT

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including

the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for

the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress

buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate

garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants

in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office

and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for

air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station

complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and

the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol

and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the

credit of this appropriation, $39,415,000, of which $523,000 shall

remain available until expended: Provided, That not more than

$4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation during

fiscal year 2001.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203

of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to

revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States

of America, $73,592,000: Provided, That no part of such amount

may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any

publication, or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of

Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless

such publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives or

the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the

distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing

and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for

preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional

Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding

of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to

Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of

Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient, $71,462,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent

edition of the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C.

906: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for

the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for

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similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That

notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of title 44,

United States Code, none of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and

related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44,

United States Code, may be expended to print a document, report,

or publication after the 27-month period beginning on the date that

such document, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to

be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account

or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be

transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving fund for

carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval

of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

and Senate.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 111. (a) CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING FOR THE

HOUSE THROUGH CLERK OF HOUSE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of title 44,

United States Code, or any other law, there are authorized to

be appropriated to the Clerk of the House of Representatives

such sums as may be necessary for congressional printing and

binding services for the House of Representatives.

(2) PREPARATION OF ESTIMATES.—Estimated expenditures

and proposed appropriations for congressional printing and

binding services shall be prepared and submitted by the Clerk

of the House of Representatives in accordance with title 31,

United States Code, in the same manner as estimates and requests are prepared for other legislative branch services under

such title, except that such requests shall be based upon the results of the study conducted under subsection (b) (with respect

to any fiscal year covered by such study).

(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.

(b) STUDY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 2001, the Clerk of the

House of Representatives shall conduct a comprehensive study

of the needs of the House for congressional printing and binding services during fiscal year 2003 and succeeding fiscal years

(including transitional issues during fiscal year 2002), and

shall include in the study an analysis of the most cost-effective

program or programs for providing printed or other mediabased publications for House uses.

(2) SUBMISSION TO COMMITTEES.—The Clerk shall submit

the study conducted under paragraph (1) to the Committee on

House Administration of the House of Representatives, who

shall review the study and prepare such regulations or other

materials (including proposals for legislation) as it considers

appropriate to enable the Clerk to carry out congressional printing and binding services for the House in accordance with this

section.

(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional printing and binding services’’ means the following services:

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(1) Authorized printing and binding for the Congress and

the distribution of congressional information in any format.

(2) Preparing the semimonthly and session index to the

Congressional Record.

(3) Printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress.

(4) Printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to

the recipient.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

BOTANIC GARDEN

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds,

and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair,

and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction

of the Joint Committee on the Library, $3,328,000, of which $25,000

shall remain available until expended.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise

provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union

Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records and other publications of

the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and

expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly

chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board,

$282,838,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall be derived

from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year

2001, and shall remain available until expended, under the Act of

June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not

more than $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal

year 2001 and shall remain available until expended for the development and maintenance of an international legal information

database and activities related thereto: Provided, That the Library

of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation shall

be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than the

$6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $10,459,575 is to remain available until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials

including subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library,

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cifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials

for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of the total

amount appropriated, $2,506,000 is to remain available until expended for the acquisition and partial support for implementation

of an Integrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of the

total amount appropriated, $10,000,000 is to remain available until

expended for salaries and expenses to carry out the Russian Leadership Program enacted on May 21, 1999 (113 STAT. 93 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $5,957,800 is

to remain available until expended for the purpose of teaching educators how to incorporate the Library’s digital collections into school

curricula, which amount shall be transferred to the educational consortium formed to conduct the ‘‘Joining Hands Across America:

Local Community Initiative’’ project as approved by the Library:

Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $404,000

is to remain available until expended for a collaborative digitization

and telecommunications project with the United States Military

Academy and any remaining balance is available for other Library

purposes: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

$4,300,000 is to remain available until expended for the purpose of

developing a high speed data transmission between the Library of

Congress and educational facilities, libraries, or networks serving

western North Carolina, and any remaining balance is available for

support of the Library’s Digital Futures initiative.

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $38,523,000, of

which not more than $23,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2001 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That

the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived

from collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than $5,783,000 shall be derived from

collections during fiscal year 2001 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2),

119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount

available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which

collections are less than $29,283,000: Provided further, That not

more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the

maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training

nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws and

policies: Provided further, That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for activities

of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars.

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BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931

(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $48,609,000, of which

$14,154,000 shall remain available until expended.

FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment, $4,892,000.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of

Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than

$199,630, of which $59,300 is for the Congressional Research Service, when specifically authorized by the Librarian of Congress, for

attendance at meetings concerned with the function or activity for

which the appropriation is made.

SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act

shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible

or compressed work schedule which—

(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the

grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS–15; and

(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be

at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time

worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager or supervisor’’ means any management official or supervisor, as such terms

are defined in section 7103(a)(10) and (11) of title 5, United States

Code.

SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and administrative overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work for

other agencies under the authority of sections 1535 and 1536 of title

31, United States Code, shall not be used to employ more than 65

employees and may be expended or obligated—

(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent or

in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; or

(2) in the case of an advance payment, only—

(A) to pay for such general or administrative overhead

costs as are attributable to the work performed for such

agency; or

(B) to such extent or in such amounts as are provided

in appropriations Acts, with respect to any purpose not allowable under subparagraph (A).

SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official

representation and reception expenses for the incentive awards

program.

SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the

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certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official

representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the obligational authority of

the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b)

may not exceed $92,845,000.

(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable

and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources other

than appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the

legislative branch.

SEC. 207. Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize acquisition of certain real property for the Library of Congress, and

for other purposes’’, approved December 15, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 141 note)

is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(c) TRANSFER PAYMENT BY ARCHITECT.—Notwithstanding the

limitation on reimbursement or transfer of funds under subsection

(a) of this section, the Architect of the Capitol may, not later than

90 days after acquisition of the property under this section, transfer

funds to the entity from which the property was acquired by the Architect of the Capitol. Such transfers may not exceed a total of

$16,500,000.’’.

SEC. 208. The Librarian of Congress may convert to permanent

positions 84 indefinite, time-limited positions in the National Digital Library Program authorized in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 for the Library of Congress under the heading,

‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ (Public Law 104–53). Notwithstanding any

other provision of law regarding qualifications and methods of appointment of employees of the Library of Congress, the Librarian

may fill these permanent positions through the non-competitive conversion of the incumbents in the ‘‘indefinite-not-to-exceed’’ positions

to ‘‘permanent’’ positions.

SEC. 209. (a) In addition to any other transfer authority provided by law, during fiscal year 2001 and fiscal years thereafter, the

Librarian of Congress may transfer to and among available accounts of the Library of Congress amounts appropriated to the Librarian from funds for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and

repair of furniture, furnishings, and office and library equipment.

(b) Any amounts transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall be

merged with and be available for the same purpose and for the

same period as the appropriation or account to which such amounts

are transferred.

(c) The Librarian may transfer amounts pursuant to subsection

(a) only with the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of

the House of Representatives and Senate.

SEC. 210. (a)(1) This subsection shall apply to any individual

who—

(A) is employed by the Library of Congress Child Development Center (known as the ‘‘Little Scholars Child Development

Center’’, in this section referred to as the ‘‘Center’’) established

under section 205(g)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991; and

(B) makes an election to be covered by this subsection with

the Librarian of Congress, not later than the later of—

(i) December 1, 2000; or

(ii) 60 days after the date the individual begins such

employment.

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(2)(A) Any individual described under paragraph (1) may be

credited, under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, for service as an employee of the Center before the date of enactment of this

Act, if such employee makes a payment of the deposit under section

8411(f)(2) of such title without application of section 8411(b)(3) of

such title.

(B) An individual described under paragraph (1) shall be credited under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, for any service as an employee of the Center on or after the date of enactment

of this Act, if such employee has such amounts deducted and withheld from his pay as determined by the Office of Personnel Management which would be deducted and withheld from the basic pay of

an employee under section 8422 of title 5, United States Code.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, any

service performed by an individual described under paragraph (1)

as an employee of the Center is deemed to be civilian service creditable under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes

of qualifying for survivor annuities and disability benefits under

subchapters IV and V of chapter 84 of such title, if such individual

makes payment of an amount, determined by the Office of Personnel

Management, which would have been deducted and withheld from

the basic pay of such individual if such individual had been an employee subject to section 8422 of title 5, United States Code, for such

period so credited, together with interest thereon.

(4) An individual described under paragraph (1) shall be

deemed an employee for purposes of chapter 84 of title 5, United

States Code, including subchapter III of such title, and may make

contributions under section 8432 of such title effective for the first

applicable pay period beginning on or after the date such individual

elects coverage under this section.

(5) The Office of Personnel Management shall accept the certification of the Librarian of Congress concerning creditable service for

purposes of this subsection.

(b) Any individual who is employed by the Center on or after

the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed an employee under

section 8901(1) of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of health

insurance coverage under chapter 89 of such title. An individual

who is an employee of the Center on the date of enactment of this

Act may elect coverage under this subsection before December 1,

2000, and during such periods as determined by the Office of Personnel Management for employees of the Center employed after such

date.

(c) An individual who is employed by the Center shall be

deemed an employee under section 8701(a) of title 5, United States

Code, for purposes of life insurance coverage under chapter 87 of

such title.

(d) Government contributions for individuals receiving benefits

under this section, as computed under sections 8423, 8432, 8708,

and 8906 shall be made by the Librarian of Congress from any appropriations available to the Library of Congress.

(e) The Library of Congress, directly or by agreement with its

designated representative, shall—

(1) process payroll for Center employees, including making

deductions and withholdings from the pay of employees in the

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amounts determined under sections 8422, 8432, 8707, and 8905

of title 5, United States Code;

(2) maintain appropriate personnel and payroll records for

Center employees, and transmit appropriate information and

records to the Office of Personnel Management; and

(3) transmit funds for Government and employee contributions under this section to the Office of Personnel Management.

(f) The Center shall—

(1) pay to the Library of Congress funds sufficient to cover

the gross salary and the employer’s share of taxes under section

3111 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for Center employees, in amounts computed by the Library of Congress;

(2) as required by the Library of Congress, reimburse the

Library of Congress for reasonable administrative costs incurred under subsection (e)(1);

(3) comply with regulations and procedures prescribed by

the Librarian of Congress for administration of this section;

(4) maintain appropriate records on all Center employees,

as required by the Librarian of Congress; and

(5) consult with the Librarian of Congress on the administration and implementation of this section.

(g) The Librarian of Congress may prescribe regulations to

carry out this section.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural

maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and

grounds, $15,970,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available

until expended.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government

publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and

international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $27,954,000:

Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed

$175,000: Provided further, That amounts of not more than

$2,000,000 from current year appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and other related publications for 1999 and 2000 to depository and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for

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ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of

the House of Representatives and Senate.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make

such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments

without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104

of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out

the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current

fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer in connection with official representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving

fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than

12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in

connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of

title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the revolving

fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent services under

section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of

basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316

of such title: Provided further, That the revolving fund and the

funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT

OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be

available for the full-time equivalent employment of more than

3,285 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Public

Printer may request, subject to the approval of the Committees on

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives):

Provided further, That activities financed through the revolving

fund may provide information in any format: Provided further,

That the revolving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible

or compressed work schedule which applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS–15: Provided further, That expenses for attendance at

meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including not more than $10,000 to be expended on the certification of the

Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official

representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent

services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at

rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under

section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324

of title 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable

under sections 901(5), 901(6), and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act

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lations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States,

rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $384,867,000: Provided, That not more than $1,900,000 of payments received under

31 U.S.C. 782 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That not more than $1,100,000 of reimbursements received under 31 U.S.C. 9105 shall be available for use in fiscal year

2001: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations

for administrative expenses of any other department or agency

which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum

or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to

finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as determined

by the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of nonFederal participants. Payments hereunder to the Forum may be

credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs

involved are initially financed: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any

other department or agency which is a member of the American

Consortium on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall

be available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to

membership of ACIPA in the International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall

be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for

emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives

issued by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

SEC. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall

remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2001 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated

for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically established

by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation in this

Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That

the provisions in this Act for the various items of official expenses

of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House of

Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the

House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect

thereto.

SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act

for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant

to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to

those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public

record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise

provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order

issued pursuant to existing law.

SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest

extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with

funds made available in this Act should be American-made.

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(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any

contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the

head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall

provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in

subsection (a) by the Congress.

(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in

America’’ inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to

any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made

in the United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any

contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this

Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of

Federal Regulations.

SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to

the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public Law

104–1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.

SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of any

legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative

Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate

share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the

total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legislative

branch entities (in such allocations among the entities as the entities

may determine) may not exceed $252,000.

SEC. 308. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act

under the heading ‘‘Architect of the Capitol’’ or ‘‘Botanic Garden’’

shall be obligated or expended for a construction contract in excess

of $100,000, unless such contract includes a provision that requires

liquidated damages for contractor caused delay in an amount commensurate with the daily net usable square foot cost of leasing similar space in a first class office building within two miles of the

United States Capitol multiplied by the square footage to be constructed under the contract.

SEC. 309. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is amended in the

first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting

‘‘2001’’.

SEC. 310. RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. Section 3011 of the

1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law

106–31; 113 Stat. 93) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1999 and 2000’’ in subsections

(a)(1), (b)(4)(B), (d)(3), and (h)(1)(A) and inserting ‘‘fiscal years

2000 and 2001’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘2001’’ in subsection (a)(2), (e)(1), and

(h)(1)(B) and inserting ‘‘2002’’.

SEC. 311. (a)(1) Any State may request the Joint Committee on

the Library of Congress to approve the replacement of a statue the

State has provided for display in Statuary Hall in the Capitol of the

United States under section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C.

187).

(2) A request shall be considered under paragraph (1) only if—

(A) the request has been approved by a resolution adopted

by the legislature of the State and the request has been approved by the Governor of the State, and

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(B) the statue to be replaced has been displayed in the Capitol of the United States for at least 10 years as of the time the

request is made, except that the Joint Committee may waive

this requirement for cause at the request of a State.

(b) If the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress approves

a request under subsection (a), the Architect of the Capitol shall

enter into an agreement with the State to carry out the replacement

in accordance with the request and any conditions the Joint Committee may require for its approval. Such agreement shall provide

that—

(1) the new statue shall be subject to the same conditions

and restrictions as apply to any statue provided by a State

under section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187), and

(2) the State shall pay any costs related to the replacement,

including costs in connection with the design, construction,

transportation, and placement of the new statue, the removal

and transportation of the statue being replaced, and any unveiling ceremony.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to permit a State

to have more than 2 statues on display in the Capitol of the United

States.

(d)(1) Subject to the approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, ownership of any statue replaced under this section shall be

transferred to the State.

(2) If any statue is removed from the Capitol of the United

States as part of a transfer of ownership under paragraph (1), then

it may not be returned to the Capitol for display unless such display

is specifically authorized by Federal law.

(e) The Architect of the Capitol, upon the approval of the Joint

Committee on the Library and with the advice of the Commission

of Fine Arts as requested, is authorized and directed to relocate

within the United States Capitol any of the statues received from

the States under section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C.

187) prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, and to provide

for the reception, location, and relocation of the statues received

hereafter from the States under such section.

SEC. 312. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended by striking

‘‘$10,000,000’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘$14,500,000’’.

(b) Section 201 of such Act is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Pursuant’’, and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(b) The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to solicit, receive,

accept, and hold amounts under section 307E(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(2)) in excess of the $14,500,000 authorized under subsection (a), but such

amounts (and any interest thereon) shall not be expended by the Architect without approval in appropriation Acts as required under

section 307E(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 216c(b)(3)).’’.

SEC. 313. CENTER FOR RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. (a)

ESTABLISHMENT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the legislative

branch of the Government a center to be known as the ‘‘Center

for Russian Leadership Development’’ (the ‘‘Center’’).

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(2) BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—The Center shall be subject to the

supervision and direction of a Board of Trustees which shall be

composed of 9 members as follows:

(A) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House

of Representatives, 1 of whom shall be designated by the

Majority Leader of the House of Representatives and 1 of

whom shall be designated by the Minority Leader of the

House of Representatives.

(B) 2 members appointed by the President pro tempore

of the Senate, 1 of whom shall be designated by the Majority Leader of the Senate and 1 of whom shall be designated

by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

(C) The Librarian of Congress.

(D) 4 private individuals with interests in improving

United States and Russian relations, designated by the Librarian of Congress.

Each member appointed under this paragraph shall serve for a

term of 3 years. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner

as the original appointment and the individual so appointed

shall serve for the remainder of the term. Members of the Board

shall serve without pay, but shall be entitled to reimbursement

for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in

the performance of their duties.

(b) PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY OF THE CENTER.—

(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center is to establish, in

accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2), a program to

enable emerging political leaders of Russia at all levels of government to gain significant, firsthand exposure to the American

free market economic system and the operation of American

democratic institutions through visits to governments and communities at comparable levels in the United States.

(2) GRANT PROGRAM.—Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4), the Center shall establish a program under

which the Center annually awards grants to government or

community organizations in the United States that seek to establish programs under which those organizations will host

Russian nationals who are emerging political leaders at any

level of government.

(3) RESTRICTIONS.—

(A) DURATION.—The period of stay in the United States

for any individual supported with grant funds under the

program shall not exceed 30 days.

(B) LIMITATION.—The number of individuals supported

with grant funds under the program shall not exceed 3,000

in any fiscal year.

(C) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds under the program

shall be used to pay—

(i) the costs and expenses incurred by each program participant in traveling between Russia and the

United States and in traveling within the United

States;

(ii) the costs of providing lodging in the United

States to each program participant, whether in public

accommodations or in private homes; and

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(iii) such additional administrative expenses incurred by organizations in carrying out the program as

the Center may prescribe.

(4) APPLICATION.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Each organization in the United

States desiring a grant under this section shall submit an

application to the Center at such time, in such manner,

and accompanied by such information as the Center may

reasonably require.

(B) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted pursuant

to subparagraph (A) shall—

(i) describe the activities for which assistance

under this section is sought;

(ii) include the number of program participants to

be supported;

(iii) describe the qualifications of the individuals

who will be participating in the program; and

(iv) provide such additional assurances as the Center determines to be essential to ensure compliance with

the requirements of this section.

(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.— (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treasury of

the United States a trust fund to be known as the ‘‘Russian

Leadership Development Center Trust Fund’’ (the ‘‘Fund’’)

which shall consist of amounts which may be appropriated,

credited, or transferred to it under this section.

(2) DONATIONS.—Any money or other property donated, bequeathed, or devised to the Center under the authority of this

section shall be credited to the Fund.

(3) FUND MANAGEMENT.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of subsections (b), (c),

and (d) of section 116 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 1105 (b), (c), and (d)), and the

provisions of section 117(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1106(b)),

shall apply to the Fund.

(B) EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary of the Treasury is

authorized to pay to the Center from amounts in the Fund

such sums as the Board of Trustees of the Center determines are necessary and appropriate to enable the Center

to carry out the provisions of this section.

(d) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall be the chief executive officer of the Center

and who shall carry out the functions of the Center subject to the

supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees. The Executive

Director of the Center shall be compensated at the annual rate specified by the Board, but in no event shall such rate exceed level III

of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United

States Code.

(e) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 119 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 1108) shall

apply to the Center.

(2) SUPPORT PROVIDED BY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—The Library of Congress may disburse funds appropriated to the Center, compute and disburse the basic pay for all personnel of the

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Center, provide administrative, legal, financial management,

and other appropriate services to the Center, and collect from

the Fund the full costs of providing services under this paragraph, as provided under an agreement for services ordered

under sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code.

(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized

to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this

section.

(g) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Any amounts appropriated for use in

the program established under section 3011 of the 1999 Emergency

Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31; 113 Stat. 93)

shall be transferred to the Fund and shall remain available without

fiscal year limitation.

(h) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall take effect on the date

of enactment of this Act.

(2) TRANSFER.—Subsection (g) shall only apply to amounts

which remain unexpended on and after the date the Board of

Trustees of the Center certifies to the Librarian of Congress that

grants are ready to be made under the program established

under this section.

SEC. 314. REVIEW OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO EXPORT THRESHOLDS FOR COMPUTERS. Not more than 50 days after the date of the

submission of the report referred to in subsection (d) of section 1211

of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (50

U.S.C. App. 2404 note), the Comptroller General of the United

States shall submit an assessment to Congress which contains an

analysis of the new computer performance levels being proposed by

the President under such section.

TITLE IV—EMERGENCY FISCAL YEAR 2000 SUPPLEMENTAL

APPROPRIATIONS

The following sums are appropriated out of any money in the

Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide additional emergency supplemental appropriations for the Legislative Branch for

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

namely:

CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS

For an additional amount for the Capitol Police Board for costs

associated with security enhancements, under the terms and conditions of chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277), $2,102,000, to remain available until expended,

of which—

(1) $228,000 shall be for the acquisition and installation of

card readers for 4 additional access points which are not currently funded under the implementation of the security enhancement plan; and

(2) $1,874,000 shall be for security enhancements to the

buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress:

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Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an

emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar

amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is

transmitted by the President to the Congress.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For an additional amount for necessary expenses for urgent repairs to the underground garage in the Cannon House Office Building, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That

the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency

requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided

further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent

an official budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes

designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For an additional amount for FHA—General and special risk

program account for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by

sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–

3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan modifications (as that term

is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,

as amended), $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent

an official budget request, that includes designation of the entire

amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided

further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an

emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: Provided further,

That the funding under this heading shall only be made available

upon the submission of a certification by the Secretary of Housing

and Urban Development to the Committees on Appropriations that

all funds committed, expended, or obligated under this heading in

the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 were committed, expended or obligated in compliance with the Antideficiency

Act (31 U.S.C. 1341).

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SEC. 401. Appropriations made by this title are available immediately upon enactment of this Act.

This Division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

DIVISION B

SEC. 1001. (a) The provisions of H.R. 4985 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on July 26, 2000, are hereby enacted into law.

(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United States

Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States

Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after the date

of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the text of the bill

referred to in subsection (a) of this section.

SEC. 1002. Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act,

sections 5105, 5106, and 5109 of the Emergency Supplemental Act,

2000 (division B of Public Law 106–246) are repealed, and the provisions repealed or amended by such sections shall be revived and

have effect as if such sections had not been enacted.

SEC. 1003. REPEAL OF EXCISE TAX ON TELEPHONE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of the Internal Revenue Code of

1986 (relating to facilities and services) is amended by striking subchapter B.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 4293 of such Code is amended by striking

‘‘chapter 32 (other than the taxes imposed by sections 4064 and

4121) and subchapter B of chapter 33,’’ and inserting ‘‘and

chapter 32 (other than the taxes imposed by sections 4064 and

4121),’’.

(2)(A) Paragraph (1) of section 6302(e) of such Code is

amended by striking ‘‘section 4251 or’’.

(B) Paragraph (2) of section 6302(e) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘imposed by—’’ and all that follows through

‘‘with respect to’’ and inserting ‘‘imposed by section 4261 or

4271 with respect to’’.

(C) The subsection heading for section 6302(e) of such Code

is amended by striking ‘‘COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND’’.

(3) Section 6415 of such Code is amended by striking

‘‘4251, 4261, or 4271’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘4261

or 4271’’.

(4) Paragraph (2) of section 7871(a) of such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking

subparagraph (C), and by redesignating subparagraph (D) as

subparagraph (C).

(5) The table of subchapters for chapter 33 of such Code is

amended by striking the item relating to subchapter B.

(c) STUDY REGARDING CONTINUING ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF

REPEAL.—

(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United States,

after consultation with the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shall study and identify—

(A) the extent to which the benefits of the repeal of the

excise tax on telephone and other communication services

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under subsection (a) are passed through to individual and

business consumers, and

(B) any actions taken by communication service providers or others that diminish such benefits, including increases in any regulated or unregulated communication

service provider charges or increases in other Federal or

State fees or taxes related to such service occurring since

the date of such repeal.

(2) REPORT.—By not later than September 1, 2001, the

Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report

regarding the study described in paragraph (1) to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and

the Committee on Finance of the Senate.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to amounts paid pursuant to bills first rendered after

September 30, 2000.

And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 2:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same with an

amendment, as follows:

Delete the matter stricken, delete the matter inserted, and

strike all beginning on page 2, line 1, down through and including

page 8, line 7, of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 4516.

And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 3:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same with an

amendment, as follows:

Delete the matter stricken, delete the matter inserted, strike

all beginning on page 23, line 13, down through and including page

23, line 16, of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 4516, and strike lines

7 and 8 on page 45 of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 4516.

And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 4:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and agree to the same with an

amendment, as follows:

Delete the matter proposed.

And the Senate agree to the same.

CHARLES H. TAYLOR,

ZACH WAMP,

JERRY LEWIS,

KAY GRANGER,

JOHN E. PETERSON,

C.W. BILL YOUNG, Managers on the Part of the House.

ROBERT F. BENNETT,

TED STEVENS,

LARRY CRAIG,

THAD COCHRAN,

Managers on the Part of the Senate.

(37)

JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON

CONFERENCE

The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the

conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the

amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4516) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, submit the following joint

statement to the House and Senate in explanation of the effect of

the action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the

accompanying conference report.

The Senate amended the House bill with four numbered

amendments. The conference agreement addresses all the differences contained in the four amendments in the disposition of the

first numbered amendment. The first numbered amendment therefore includes a complete version of the Legislative Branch bill plus

all other legislation included in this conference report. An explanation of the resolution of the differences of the other three numbered amendments is included in the first numbered amendment.

The disposition of the other three numbered amendments therefore

is purely technical in nature to enable the complete bill text to be

included in the first amendment.

In addition to the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001,

the conference agreement also enacts the Treasury and General

Government Appropriations Act, 2001, by reference, and provisions

dealing with the repeal of certain telephone taxes. These additional

pieces of legislation are included within amendment number 1 as

Division B. The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001, is

designated as Division A within amendment number 1. An explanation of the matter in Division B is included in this statement

under amendment number 1 after the explanation of the matter in

Division A.

Amendment No. 1: Deletes the matter inserted and inserts

complete bill text.

DIVISION A

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

Many items in both House and Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations bills are identical and are included in the conference

agreement without change. The conferees have endorsed statements or policy contained in the House and Senate reports accompanying the appropriations bills, unless amended or restated herein. The conferees have agreed to drop without prejudice the direction in the House report under the heading, Information Security,

subsumed under ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WIDE MATTERS’’.

With respect to those items in the conference agreement that differ

between House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the

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following with the appropriate section numbers, punctuation, and

other technical corrections:

TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

SENATE

Appropriates $506,797,300 for Senate operations, and includes,

at the request of the managers on the part of the Senate, an

amendment adding $250,000, an amendment containing the traditional death gratuity upon the death of a Senator, and an amendment to Section 8. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the Senate, and in accord with long practice under which each body determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs

without intervention, the managers on the part of the House, at

the request of the managers on the part of the Senate, have receded to the Senate.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

At the request of the managers on the part of the House, an

enrollment error in the House bill has been corrected and an administrative provision has been added to provide funds for a special

education need. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the House,

and in accord with long practice under which each body determines

its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without

intervention, the managers on the part of the Senate, at the request of the managers on the part of the House, have receded to

the House.

JOINT ITEMS

JOINT COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF 2001

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $1,000,000 for the Joint Committee on Inaugural

Ceremonies of 2001 as proposed by the Senate, amending two

dates.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

The conferees have amended the administrative provision proposed by the House regarding assistance for the Capitol Police during the Inauguration in January 2001 and the 2001 joint session

of Congress to receive the State of the Union message.

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

Appropriates $3,315,000 for the Joint Economic Committee as

proposed by the Senate instead of $3,072,000 as proposed by the

House.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

Appropriates $6,430,000 for the Joint Committee on Taxation

instead of $6,174,000 as proposed by the House and $6,686,000 as

proposed by the Senate. The conferees believe that this level of

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funding is sufficient for the Joint Committee on Taxation to complete its report on the overall state of the Federal tax system.

CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

CAPITOL POLICE

SALARIES

Appropriates $97,142,000 for salaries of officers, members, and

employees of the Capitol Police instead of $92,769,000 as proposed

by the House and $102,700,000 as proposed by the Senate, of which

$47,053,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of

Representatives and $50,089,000 is provided to the Sergeant at

Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. Of the amount provided,

$4,660,000 is for overtime.

The conferees have agreed this will fund 1,481 FTE’s, the level

proposed by the Senate. The Chief of Police is directed to secure

the approval of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees

before filling positions above the level of 1,402 FTE’s. The conferees

intend that sufficient resources be allocated to implement the ‘‘two

officers per door’’ policy. The Police are directed to study the posting requirements of all posts and report to the House and Senate

Appropriations Committees. Until such a study is presented, the

police are authorized an FTE level of 1402.

GENERAL EXPENSES

Appropriates $6,772,000 for general expenses of the Capitol Police instead of $6,549,000 as proposed by the House and $6,884,000

as proposed by the Senate. The funds provide $103,000 for motorcycle replacement, and the conferees direct that the Capitol Police

continue the program begun in FY 2000 to utilize American-made

motorcycles, targeting the funds made available in this agreement

towards smaller motorcycles. In addition, the conferees have not included reimbursement for telecommunications costs ($235,000) and

direct that these savings be applied to other programs. Items for

installation and maintenance of physical security and information

security measures shall not be less than the FY 2000 funded level.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The conferees have included two administrative provisions proposed by the House relating to certifying officers and a chief administrative officer. The conferees have also added a provision adjusting the salary of the chief of the Capitol police.

CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

Appropriates $2,371,000 for the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office as proposed by the Senate instead of $2,201,000

as proposed by the House.

STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriates $30,000 for statements of appropriations as proposed by the Senate instead of $29,000 as proposed by the House

and makes technical changes.

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OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

Appropriates $1,820,000 for the Office of Compliance instead of

$1,816,000 as proposed by the House and $2,066,000 as proposed

by the Senate. The conferees note that Office of Compliance telephones frequently are not answered during normal business hours.

As an agency providing service to employees and agencies of the

Legislative branch, the Executive Director should ensure that calls

to the Office of Compliance are answered during normal business

hours. In addition, the conferees believe the Executive Director

should examine the use of contract couriers to make deliveries to

Congressional offices and should reduce costs for such deliveries by

use of other means when appropriate.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Establishes the limitation on funds for representation and reception expenses at $3,000 as proposed by the House instead of

$2,500 as proposed by the Senate and appropriates $28,493,000 for

salaries and expenses of the Congressional Budget Office instead of

$27,403,000 as proposed by the House and $27,113,000 as proposed

by the Senate.

The conferees have included an administrative provision, as

proposed by the Senate, authorizing the Congressional Budget Office to enter into multiple year contracts to the same extent as executive agencies.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

CAPITOL BUILDINGS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $43,689,000 for salaries and expenses, Capitol

buildings, Architect of the Capitol, instead of $44,234,000 as proposed by the House and $44,191,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of

this amount, $3,843,000 shall remain available until expended instead of $4,280,000 as proposed by the House and $4,255,000 as

proposed by the Senate. With respect to object class and project differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have

agreed to the following:

Operating Budget: ................................................................................. $39,346,000

Capitol Projects:

1. Update electrical system drawings on CAD ........................ 70,000

2. CAD Mechanical database .................................................... 70,000

3. Conservation of wall paintings ............................................. 200,000

4. Study, confined spaces, Capitol Complex ............................. 0

5. Replacement on Minton tile .................................................. 100,000

6. Provide infrastructure for security installations ................. 400,000

7. Computer, telecommunications and electrical support ....... 300,000

8. Security project support for AOC ......................................... 0

9. Roof fall protection ................................................................. 555,000

10. Life safety support services ................................................... 0

11. Safety and environmental program and SOP development 0

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12. Wayfinding and ADA compliant signage ............................. 50,000

13. Computer aided facility management .................................. 263,000

The conference agreement includes a provision authorizing the

Architect of the Capitol to hire a project manager for the construction of the Capitol Visitors Center and establishing a ceiling on the

level of pay for this position. The conferees direct the Architect to

fill this position from among persons recruited from outside the

agency. The language authorizing the position and funding for

same will require inclusion in annual appropriations bills and will

be withdrawn upon completion of the project.

The conferees have agreed to modify the Senate report language directing the Architect to create and fill a position for employee advocate. The conferees direct that the Architect fill the position of Employee Advocate on a one-year, temporary basis, using

existing resources, at a level appropriate to the task. In the submission of the FY 2002 budget request, the Architect is directed to

report on measures taken to fulfill directives in the Senate report

in lieu of the quarterly reports outlined in the Senate report regarding this position. The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations will review the results of this temporary measure before

considering a permanent solution.

The conferees are aware that the Architect of the Capitol employs a significant number of temporary workers (excluding intermittent workers) who do not receive the usual benefits available to

permanent federal workers. The Architect is directed to provide a

report within 90 days to the Senate Committees on Appropriations

and Rules and Administration, and to the House Committees on

Appropriations, Transportation and Infrastructure, and House Administration, both majority and minority, detailing its use of temporary workers, the terms and conditions thereof, and the reasons

therefor; the total number of such workers employed during each

of the last five fiscal years; and a list and explanation of the benefits, if any, such workers receive by reason of their AOC employment. The report shall make recommendations for how to provide

such workers access to federal benefits and a list of any alternatives that may exist to the use of temporary workers.

The conferees are concerned about a class-action suit against

the Architect (Harris et al. v. Architect of the Capitol). The Architect is urged to make every effort to settle this lawsuit as expeditiously as possible, and to report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 45 days on the status of the case.

CAPITOL GROUNDS

Appropriates $5,362,000 to the Architect of the Capitol for care

and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, House and

Senate office buildings, and the Capitol power plant instead of

$5,217,000 as proposed by the House and $5,512,000 as proposed

by the Senate. Of this amount, $125,000 shall remain available

until expended instead of $25,000 as proposed by the House and

$225,000 as proposed by the Senate. With respect to object class

and project differences between the House and Senate bills, the

conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget .................................................................................. $5,127,000

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Capitol Projects:

1. CAD database development—site utilities ............................ 110,000

2. Wayfinding and ADA compliant signage ............................... 100,000

SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

Appropriates $63,974,000 to the Architect of the Capitol as proposed by the Senate, of which $21,669,000 shall remain available

until expended, for the operations of the Senate office buildings. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the Senate, and in accord with

long practice under which each body determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without intervention,

the managers on the part of the House, at the request of the managers on the part of the Senate, have receded to the Senate.

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

Appropriates $32,750,000 to the Architect of the Capitol as proposed by the House, of which $123,000 shall remain available until

expended, for the operations of the House office buildings. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the House, and in accord with

long practice under which each body determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without intervention,

the managers on the part of the Senate, at the request of the managers on the part of the House, have receded to the House.

CAPITOL POWER PLANT

In addition to the $4,400,000 available from receipts, appropriates $39,415,000 to the Architect of the Capitol for Capitol

power plant operations instead of $39,151,000 as proposed by the

House and $39,569,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount,

$523,000 shall remain available until expended as proposed by the

Senate instead of $200,000 as proposed by the House. With respect

to object class and project differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget:

1. Personnel compensation .......................................................... 4,467,000

2. Other expenses ......................................................................... 34,110,000

Capital Projects:

1. Study, heat balance/efficiency improvements ........................ 0

2. Update CAD drawings ............................................................. 65,000

3. Roof fall protection ................................................................... 323,000

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $73,592,000 for salaries and expenses, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress instead of $73,810,000

as proposed by the House and $73,374,000 as proposed by the Senate. In keeping with both the complete research and maximum

practicable administrative independence of the Congressional Research Service, it is the conferees’ intent that the Director of the

Congressional Research Service shall be obligated to bring to the

attention of the appropriate House and Senate Committees issues

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which directly impact the Congressional Research Service and its

ability to serve the needs of Congress. The budgetary needs of CRS

that may not be adequately addressed in the annual budget submission should be raised with the Appropriations Committees.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

Appropriates $71,462,000 for Congressional printing and binding instead of $69,626,000 as proposed by the House and

$73,297,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement

includes a heading and provision for transfer of balances for preceding fiscal years to the Government Printing Office revolving

fund as proposed by the House and language proposed by the Senate to provide for printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol and for preparing the semimonthly and session indexes for the

Congressional Record.

Rather than limiting funding for the Congressional Record

Index and indexers to close out activities, as directed in the House

report, the conferees agree that this activity should continue and

that improvements in work processes should be pursued by taking

advantage of the latest available technology. These activities and

initiatives should be more closely integrated and coordinated with

related GPO functions and should be pursued under the direction

of the Public Printer or appropriate officials designated by the Public Printer.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

The conference agreement amends an administrative provision

proposed by the House regarding a study of Congressional printing

needs and authorization of appropriations beginning in fiscal year

2003 to limit its application to the Clerk of the House and the

printing needs of the House of Representatives.

TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

BOTANIC GARDEN

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $3,328,000 for salaries and expenses, Botanic

Garden instead of $3,216,000 as proposed by the House and

$3,653,000 as proposed by the Senate of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended instead of $150,000 as proposed by

the Senate. With respect to object class and project differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the

following:

Operating Budget .................................................................................. $3,303,000

Capitol Projects:

1. Replace equipment at growing facilities ................................ 0

2. Wayfinding signage .................................................................. 25,000

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Provides $282,838,000 for salaries and expenses, Library of

Congress instead of $269,864,000 as proposed by the House and

$267,330,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount,

$6,850,000 is made available from receipts collected by the Library

of Congress, and $10,459,575 is to remain available until expended

for acquisition of library materials as proposed by the House instead of $10,398,600 as proposed by the Senate. With respect to differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have

agreed to the following:

1. Mandatories ................................................................................... $8,459,000

2. Price level ...................................................................................... ¥1,920,000

3. Russian Leadership Program ....................................................... 10,000,000

4. Hands Across America .................................................................. 5,957,800

5. Arrearage reduction ...................................................................... 500,000

6. Mass deacidification ...................................................................... 1,216,000

7. National Film Preservation Board ............................................... 250,000

8. Digitization pilot with West Point ............................................... 404,000

9. Digitization non-personal costs $ ................................................. 7,590,000

10. Ft. Meade Storage: One-time costs .............................................. ¥406,000

11. Ft. Meade Storage: Open module one ......................................... 618,000

12. Automation: National Digital Library servers and storage ....... 300,000

13. Security Office ............................................................................... 2,342,000

14. High-speed transmission line ....................................................... 4,300,000

The conference agreement includes funds for four programs, to

remain available until expended. One provision, for $5,957,800, is

for teaching educators how to incorporate the Library’s digital collection into school curricula. A second provision provides $404,000

for a digitization pilot project with the Military Academy at West

Point. A third provision provides $10,000,000 to continue the Russian Leadership Program for FY2001. A fourth provision provides

$4,300,000 to the Library of Congress to develop high speed data

transmission between the Library of Congress and educational facilities, libraries, or networks serving the National Digital Library

pilot program. The Library is directed to investigate the most cost

effective method of providing this capability and take the necessary

steps to develop the capability within the resources available. Any

remaining balance not required for the development of the high

speed data transmission is available for support of the Library’s

digital futures initiative.

The conferees agree with language in the House report directing the Library to employ students at the Ft. Meade remote storage

facility and with language in the Senate report directing the Library to devote all available resources to elimination of cataloging

arrearage.

The conferees are aware that a task force has been established

at the Library of Congress to explore the feasibility and desirability

of instituting a telecommuting program for the Library. The conferees encourage the Librarian to consider a telecommuting program for the Library (including the Congressional Research Service), and to include a description of the program with his next

budget submission.

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COPYRIGHT OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Provides $38,523,000, including $29,283,000 made available

from receipts, for salaries and expenses, Copyright Office instead

of $38,771,000, including $31,783,000 from receipts, as proposed by

the House and $38,332,000, including $26,783,000 from receipts, as

proposed by the Senate. With respect to differences between the

House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

Salaries ................................................................................................... $31,318,000

Expenses ................................................................................................. 7,205,000

BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $48,609,000 for salaries and expenses, books for the blind and physically handicapped instead of $48,507,000 as

proposed by the House and $48,711,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Of this amount, $14,154,000 shall remain available until expended

as proposed by the Senate instead of $14,135,000 as proposed by

the House.

FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

Appropriates $4,892,000 for furniture and furnishings at the

Library of Congress as proposed by the Senate instead of

$5,394,000 as proposed by the House.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Various technical corrections and section number changes have

been made. In Section 201, the conferees have agreed to an overall

limitation of $199,630 on funds available for attendance at meetings as proposed by the House and a limitation of $59,300 on CRS

attendance at meetings as proposed by the House. The conference

agreement includes Section 202 as proposed by the House. The conferees have modified the scope of accounts available for transfer authority to include transfers only from the furniture and furnishings

account and not to it. The conference agreement does not include

the separation incentives proposed by the House. The conferees

have authorized use of appropriated funds to pay the employer

share of benefit costs for employees of the Library of Congress child

care center.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

Appropriates $15,970,000 for structural and mechanical care,

Library buildings and grounds, Architect of the Capitol instead of

$15,837,000 as proposed by the House and $16,347,000 as proposed

by the Senate. With respect to object class and project differences

between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to

the following:

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Operating Budget:

1. Personnel compensation and benefits .................................... $7,959,000

2. Annual expenses ...................................................................... 1,966,000

Capitol Projects:

3. Preservations environmental monitoring ............................... 0

4. Replace HVAC variable speed drive motor ............................ 90,000

5. Room and partition modifications .......................................... 165,000

6. Replace partition supports ...................................................... 200,000

7. Lightning protection, Madison building ................................. 190,000

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $27,954,000 for salaries and expenses, Office of

the Superintendent of Documents instead of $25,652,000 as proposed by the House and $30,255,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees have retained the heading ‘‘Transfer of Funds’’ as

proposed by the House and ‘‘distribution’’ to replace the wording,

‘‘on-line access’’, within the appropriating paragraph as proposed by

the Senate. The conferees have included the Senate language for

the appropriating provision on the availability of $2,000,000 from

the appropriation and the appropriation provision authorizing

transfer of funds as proposed by the House.

The conferees recognize that the funding level provided may

require adjustments in historically applicable program services and

agree that no employee layoffs will be required. Emphasis should

be on streamlining the distribution of traditional paper copies of

publications which may include providing online access and less expensive electronic formats. The conferees agree to the transfer of

unexpended funds proposed by the House, which provides additional flexibility in meeting program requirements.

The conferees have agreed to modify the language in the House

report directing the Congressional Research Service to conduct a

study and direct that the General Accounting Office shall conduct

a comprehensive study on the impact of providing documents to the

public solely in electronic format. The study shall include: (1) a current inventory of publications and documents which are provided

to the public, (2) the frequency with which each type of publication

or document is requested for deposit at non-regional depository libraries, and (3) an assessment of the feasibility of transfer of the

depository library program to the Library of Congress that: Identifies how such a transfer might be accomplished; Identifies when

such a transfer might optimally occur; Examines the functions,

services, and programs of the Superintendent of Documents; Examines and identifies administrative and infrastructure support that

is provided to the Superintendent by the Government Printing Office, with a view to the implications for such a transfer; Examines

and identifies the costs, for both the Government Printing Office

and the Library of Congress, of such a transfer; Identifies measures

that are necessary to ensure the success of such a transfer.

The study shall be submitted to the Committee on House Administration and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration by March 30, 2001.

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

The conferees have not included a provision proposed by the

Senate amending 44 U.S.C. 1708.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $384,867,000 for salaries and expenses, General

Accounting Office as proposed by the Senate instead of

$368,896,000 as proposed by the House. Within the appropriating

paragraph, the conferees have set the limitation on representation

expenses at $10,000 as proposed by the House, instead of $7,000

as proposed by the Senate and made technical corrections to two

other matters.

The General Accounting Office shall undertake a study of the

effects on air pollution caused by all polluting sources, including

automobiles and the electric power generation emissions of the

Tennessee Valley Authority on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Pisgah, Nantahla,

and Cherokee National Forests. This study will also include the

amount of carbon emissions avoided by the use of non-emitting

electricity sources such as nuclear power within the same region.

The GAO shall report to the Committees on Appropriations no

later than January 31, 2001.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The conferees have not included several administrative provisions proposed by the Senate.

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

In Title III, General Provisions, section numbers have been

changed to conform to the conference agreement and technical corrections have been made. The conferees have included a liquidated

damages provision proposed by the House. The conferees have included provisions proposed by the Senate changing a date and extending the Russian Leadership Program. The conferees have not

included a proposed merger of various law enforcement activities

and have amended language in the Senate bill regarding the placement of statues in Statuary Hall. The conferees have adjusted the

limitation on the National Garden and have agreed to establish a

Center for Russian Leadership Development as proposed by the

Senate. A Sense of the Senate provision and a limitation on the use

of pesticides have not been included. There is a provision regarding

an assessment by the General Accounting Office of a report referred to in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

1998.

TITLE IV—FISCAL YEAR 2000 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

The conferees have included several Fiscal Year 2000 supplemental appropriation items that require urgent attention and are

considered emergency situations.

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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

JOINT ITEMS

CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS

The conference agreement provides an additional $2,102,000

for Fiscal Year 2000 to the Capitol Police Board for security enhancements. Of this amount, $228,000 are for acquisition and installation of card readers for four additional Capitol buildings access points not currently funded in the security enhancements

plan. In addition, $1,874,000 is provided for work at the Library of

Congress to complete the closed circuit television ($1,390,000) and

access control ($484,000) improvement tasks. These funds are designated as an emergency requirement.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

The conference agreement appropriates $9,000,000 for Fiscal

Year 2000 to the Architect of the Capitol for urgent repairs to the

underground garage in the Cannon House Office Building. These

funds are designated as an emergency requirement.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

At the request of the House and Senate subcommittees on VA,

HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations, the conferees have

agreed to include a provision for the Department of Housing and

Urban Development (HUD) that provides, on an emergency basis,

$40,000,000 in credit subsidy for the FHA General and Special

Risk Program Account. Without these additional funds, the Title I

home improvement program, the condominium loan program, the

FHA reverse mortgage program for senior citizens, and various

multifamily housing insurance programs would have to be suspended. The additional appropriation would have been unnecessary

if HUD had adhered to assumptions made by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in determining credit subsidy rates when

the President’s budget was submitted to Congress, a violation of

budget conventions. In the future, HUD should refrain from similar

actions.

CONFERENCE TOTAL—WITH COMPARISONS

The total new budget (obligational) authority for the fiscal year

2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference, with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001 budget estimates,

and the House and Senate bills for 2001 follow:

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[In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000 .................................. $2,475,080

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001 ............ 2,725,604

House bill, fiscal year 2001 ............................................................................. 1,913,691

Senate bill, fiscal year 2001 ............................................................................ 2,523,378

Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001 ........................................................ 2,526,863

Conference agreement compared with:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000 .......................... +51,783

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001 ..... ¥198,741

House bill, fiscal year 2001 ...................................................................... +613,172

Senate bill, fiscal year 2001 ..................................................................... +3,485

Title IV—FY 2000 Emergency Supplemental ............................................... 51,102

DIVISION B

Division B of the conference agreement would enact the provisions of H.R. 4985, as introduced on July 26, 2000. The text of that

bill follows:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following

sums are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 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,

2001, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including

operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex;

hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies for,

real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of official business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official

travel expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain available until

expended for information technology modernization requirements;

not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction

of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on

his certificate, $156,315,000: Provided, That the Office of Foreign

Assets Control shall be funded at no less than $11,439,000: Provided further, That of these amounts $2,900,000 is available for

grants to State and local law enforcement groups to help fight

money laundering.

DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For development and acquisition of automatic data processing

equipment, software, and services for the Department of the Treasury, $47,287,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts

as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices,

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bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority

provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropriations for Information Systems.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as

amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000

for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated

and expended under the direction of the Inspector General of the

Treasury, $32,899,000.

TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for

Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of

1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at

such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax

Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses;

and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the

Inspector General for Tax Administration, $118,427,000.

TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION

For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury Building and Annex, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended.

EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

To develop and implement programs to expand access to finan- cial services for low- and moderate-income individuals, $2,000,000,

to remain available until expended: Provided, That of these funds,

such sums as may be necessary may be transferred to accounts of

the Department’s offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided

further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any

other transfer authority provided in this Act.

FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement

Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel expenses

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nancial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and

representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $37,576,000, of

which not to exceed $2,800,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2003; and of which $2,275,000 shall remain available

until September 30, 2002: Provided, That funds appropriated in

this account may be used to procure personal services contracts.

COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

For necessary expenses, as determined by the Secretary, $55,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse any

Department of the Treasury organization for the costs of providing

support to counter, investigate, or prosecute terrorism, including

payment of rewards in connection with these activities: Provided,

That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:

Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to

the extent that an official budget request for a specific dollar

amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in such Act is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, including materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic

training; purchase (not to exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the general purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger

motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and related activities; uniforms without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and participating

in firearms matches and presentation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing community support of law enforcement training; not to exceed $11,500 for official reception and representation

expenses; room and board for student interns; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $94,483,000, of which up to $17,043,000

for materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic

training shall remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided,

That the Center is authorized to accept and use gifts of property,

both real and personal, and to accept services, for authorized purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which shall be

awarded annually by the Director of the Center to the outstanding

student who graduated from a basic training program at the Center

during the previous fiscal year, which shall be funded only by gifts

received through the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That

notwithstanding any other provision of law, students attending

training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training Center site shall

reside in on-Center or Center-provided housing, insofar as available

and in accordance with Center policy: Provided further, That funds

appropriated in this account shall be available, at the discretion of

the Director, for the following: training United States Postal Service

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law enforcement personnel and Postal police officers; State and local

government law enforcement training on a space-available basis;

training of foreign law enforcement officials on a space-available

basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation, except that reimbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law enforcement training activities in foreign countries undertaken pursuant to section 801 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty

Act of 1996, Public Law 104–32; training of private sector security

officials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of actual

costs to this appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal personnel to attend course development meetings and training sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Center is authorized

to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies

receiving training sponsored by the Federal Law Enforcement

Training Center, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal

year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end

of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide training for the Gang

Resistance Education and Training program to Federal and nonFederal personnel at any facility in partnership with the Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal

Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide shortterm medical services for students undergoing training at the

Center.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, and related expenses, $29,205,000, to remain available until expended.

INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and convict offenders involved in organized crime drug trafficking, including cooperative efforts with State and local law enforcement, as it relates

to the Treasury Department law enforcement violations such as

money laundering, violent crime, and smuggling, $103,476,000, of

which $7,827,000 shall remain available until expended.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service,

$206,851,000, of which not to exceed $10,635,000 shall remain

available until September 30, 2003, for information systems modernization initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be

available for official reception and representation expenses.

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BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed 812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for replacement only, and hire

of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where

a major investigative assignment requires an employee to work 16

hours or more per day or to remain overnight at his or her post of

duty; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and representation

expenses; for training of State and local law enforcement agencies

with or without reimbursement, including training in connection

with the training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire

accelerants detection; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research

and development programs for Laboratory Services and Fire Research Center activities; and provision of laboratory assistance to

State and local agencies, with or without reimbursement,

$768,695,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available

for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C.

924(d)(2); of which up to $2,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for official use by a State or local law enforcement agency if the conveyance

will be used in joint law enforcement operations with the Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime salaries including Social Security and Medicare, travel, fuel, training,

equipment, supplies, and other similar costs of State and local law

enforcement personnel, including sworn officers and support personnel, that are incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the functions,

missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2001: Provided

further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be available for

salaries or administrative expenses in connection with consolidating

or centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the records,

or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of firearms

maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Provided further, That no

funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the United

States to implement an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR

178.118 or to change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR

178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds

appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18

U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be available

to investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C.

923(g)(4) by name or any personal identification code.

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UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Customs Service,

including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor vehicles of which

550 are for replacement only and of which 1,030 are for police-type

use and commercial operations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting

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

for official reception and representation expenses; and awards of

compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the

United States Customs Service, $1,863,765,000, of which such sums

as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums

subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall

be derived from that Account; of the total, not to exceed $150,000

shall be available for payment for rental space in connection with

preclearance operations; not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available

until expended for research; of which not less than $100,000 shall

be available to promote public awareness of the child pornography

tipline; of which not less than $200,000 shall be available for

Project Alert; not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for conducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C.

2081; not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until expended for

the procurement of automation infrastructure items, including hardware, software, and installation; and not to exceed $5,000,000 shall

be available until expended for repairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided

further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal

year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in subsection 5(c)(1) of

the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall be

$30,000.

HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses related to the collection of the Har- bor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law 103–182, $3,000,000,

to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and to be

transferred to and merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account for such purposes.

OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND MARINE

INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and other related

equipment of the Air and Marine Programs, including operational

training and mission-related travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction programs, the operations of which include the following: the

interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support

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vision of assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies in other

law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts, $133,228,000,

which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft

which is one of a kind and has been identified as excess to Customs

requirements and aircraft which has been damaged beyond repair,

shall be transferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office outside of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal year

2001 without the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs automated systems, $258,400,000, to remain available until expended, of which

$5,400,000 shall be for the International Trade Data System, and

not less than $130,000,000 shall be for the development of the Automated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none of the funds

appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the Automated Commercial Environment until the United States Customs

Service prepares and submits to the Committees on Appropriations

a final plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and

investment control review requirements established by the Office of

Management and Budget, including OMB Circular A–11, part 3; (2)

complies with the United States Customs Service’s Enterprise Information Systems Architecture; (3) complies with the acquisition

rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed and approved by the Customs Investment Review Board, the Department of

the Treasury, and the Office of Management and Budget; and (5)

is reviewed by the General Accounting Office: Provided further,

That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the Automated Commercial Environment until that final

expenditure plan has been approved by the Committees on

Appropriations.

BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt issues of

the United States, $187,301,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall

be available for official reception and representation expenses, and

of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2001 shall be

reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive security issue fees

and Treasury Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation from

the General Fund estimated at $182,901,000. In addition, $23,600,

to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse

the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for financial

management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public

Law 101–380; and in addition, to be appropriated from the General

Fund, such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses

in association with the South Dakota Trust Fund and the Cheyenne

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River Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Restoration and Lower Brule

Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Restoration Trust Fund, as authorized by

sections 603(f) and 604(f) of Public Law 106–53.

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for tax

returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law and account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and correspondence; providing an

independent taxpayer advocate within the Service; programs to

match information returns and tax returns; management services;

rent and utilities; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at

such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner,

$3,567,001,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for the Tax

Counseling for the Elderly Program, and of which not to exceed

$25,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.

TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing litigation support; issuing technical rulings; providing service to tax exempt customers, including employee plans, tax exempt organizations, and

government entities; examining employee plans and exempt organizations; conducting criminal investigation and enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts; compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance research; purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger

motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5

U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $3,382,402,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2003, for research.

EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE

For funding essential earned income tax credit compliance and

error reduction initiatives pursuant to section 5702 of the Balanced

Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33), $145,000,000, of which not

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

Administration for the costs of implementing section 1090 of the

Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for information systems and telecommunications support, including developmental information systems and operational information systems;

the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $1,545,090,000 which shall remain

available until September 30, 2002.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

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ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the

advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees are

trained in taxpayers’ rights, in dealing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural relations.

SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the confidentiality

of taxpayer information.

SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to the

Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facilities

and increased manpower to provide sufficient and effective 1–800

help line service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall continue to

make the improvement of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help

line service a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase

phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1–800

help line service.

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, including purchase of not to exceed 844 vehicles for police-type use, of

which 541 shall be for replacement only, and hire of passenger

motor vehicles; purchase of American-made side-car compatible motorcycles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance requested by State

and local governments, which may be provided without reimbursement; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or control, as

may be necessary to perform protective functions; for payment of per

diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective

assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of a protectee

require an employee to work 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the conducting of and participating

in firearms matches; presentation of awards; for travel of Secret

Service employees on protective missions without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if approval is

obtained in advance from the Committees on Appropriations; for research and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral

research in support of protective research and operations; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; not

to exceed $100,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to

foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit investigations;

for payment in advance for commercial accommodations as may be

necessary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms without

regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal

year, $823,800,000, of which $3,633,000 shall be available as a

grant for activities related to the investigations of exploited children

and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That up to

$18,000,000 provided for protective travel shall remain available

until September 30, 2002.

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ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, and

improvement of facilities, $8,941,000, to remain available until

expended.

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary of the

Treasury in connection with law enforcement activities of a Federal

agency or a Department of the Treasury law enforcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated

balances remaining in the Fund on September 30, 2001, shall be

made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.

SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury in

this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as

authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs,

and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard

to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and

used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts with

the Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical

services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

SEC. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

and Firearms for fiscal year 2001 in this Act for the enforcement of

the Federal Alcohol Administration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section

105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this

Act made available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, United States Customs Service, and United

States Secret Service may be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation

by more than 2 percent.

SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this

Act made available to the Departmental Offices, Office of Inspector

General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Financial Management Service, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be

transferred between such appropriations upon the advance approval

of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or

decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.

SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made

available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s

appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.

SEC. 116. Of the funds available for the purchase of law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the Secretary of

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ciples: Provided, That the Secretary may delegate this authority to

the Assistant Secretary for Management.

SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau of

Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.

SEC. 118. Hereafter, funds made available by this or any other

Act may be used to pay premium pay for protective services authorized by section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, without regard to the limitation on the rate of pay payable during a pay period contained in section 5547(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code,

except that such premium pay shall not be payable to an employee

to the extent that the aggregate of the employee’s basic and premium

pay for the year would otherwise exceed the annual equivalent of

that limitation. The term premium pay refers to the provisions of

law cited in the first sentence of section 5547(a) of title 5, United

States Code. Payment of additional premium pay payable under

this section may be made in a lump sum on the last payday of the

calendar year.

SEC. 119. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds

from ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Financial Management Service, to

the Debt Services Account as necessary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed to such

Salaries and Expenses account from debt collections received in the

Debt Services Account.

SEC. 120. Under the heading of Treasury Franchise Fund in

Public Law 104–208, delete the following: the phrases ‘‘pilot, as authorized by section 403 of Public Law 103–356,’’; and ‘‘as provided

in such section’’; and the final proviso. After the phrase ‘‘to be available’’, insert ‘‘without fiscal year limitation,’’. After the phrase, ‘‘established in the Treasury a franchise fund’’, insert, ‘‘until October

1, 2002’’.

SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no reorganization of the field operations of the United States Customs

Service Office of Field Operations shall result in a reduction in service to the area served by the Port of Racine, Wisconsin, below the

level of service provided in fiscal year 2000.

SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shall reimburse the subcontractor that provided services in 1993 and 1994 pursuant to Bureau

of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms contract number TATF 93–3 from

amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001 or unobligated balances

from prior fiscal years, and such reimbursement shall cover the cost

of all professional services rendered, plus interest calculated in accordance with the Contract Dispute Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 et

seq.)

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone on

free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of

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section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $96,093,000, of which

$67,093,000 shall not be available for obligation until October 1,

2001: Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the

blind shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the

1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds made available

to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any

rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of any

State or local child support enforcement agency, or any individual

participating in a State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds

provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural

and other small post offices in fiscal year 2001.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appropriations

Act, 2001’’.

TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by 3 U.S.C.

102, $390,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available for

official expenses shall be expended for any other purpose and any

unused amount shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section

1552 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That none of

the funds made available for official expenses shall be considered as

taxable to the President.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by

law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized by

5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as authorized

by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers,

periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000

to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and

not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive Office of the President,

$53,288,000: Provided, That $9,072,000 of the funds appropriated

shall be available for reimbursements to the White House Communications Agency.

EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

OPERATING EXPENSES

For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing,

improvement, heating, and lighting, including electric power and

fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the White House and official

entertainment expenses of the President, $10,900,000, to be expended

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

114.

REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the

White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence shall be

made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided

further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such

amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive

authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided further, That

the Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal to the

estimated cost of the event, and all such advance payments shall be

credited to this account and remain available until expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall require the national committee of the political party of the President to maintain

on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for and available for

expenses relating to reimbursable political events sponsored by such

committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice of any amount

owed for a reimbursable operating expense under this paragraph is

submitted to the person owing such amount within 60 days after

such expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected within

30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That

the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess penalties

and other charges on any such amount that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt on a United States Government claim under section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any

accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive

Residence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year

covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating

expenses of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year,

including the total amount of such expenses, the amount of such

total that consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events,

the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political

events, and the portion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of expenses

related to reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that

includes a standard for the classification of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this

paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence

from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.

WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive

Residence at the White House, $968,000, to remain available until

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expended, for projects for required maintenance, safety and health

issues, Presidential transition, telecommunications infrastructure

repair, and continued preventive maintenance.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE OFFICIAL

RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide

assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned

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

106, including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106,

which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $3,673,000.

OPERATING EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, heating and

lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles;

and not to exceed $90,000 for official entertainment expenses of the

Vice President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate,

$354,000: Provided, That advances or repayments or transfers from

this appropriation may be made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying out such activities.

COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisors in

carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15

U.S.C. 1021), $4,110,000.

OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107,

$4,032,000.

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,165,000.

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and

hire of passenger motor vehicles, $43,737,000, of which $9,905,000

shall be available until September 30, 2002 for a capital investment

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plan which provides for the continued modernization of the information technology infrastructure.

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $68,786,000, of which not to exceed

$5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of chapter

35 of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided in

31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for which appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be used

for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or

any activities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural

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

further, That none of the funds made available for the Office of

Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget, before the

Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That the preceding

shall not apply to printed hearings released by the Committees on

Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs.

OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control

Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National

Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (title VII of division C of Public Law 105–277); not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for participation in joint

projects or in the provision of services on matters of mutual interest

with nonprofit, research, or public organizations or agencies, with

or without reimbursement, $24,759,000, of which $2,100,000 shall

remain available until expended, consisting of $1,100,000 for policy

research and evaluation, and $1,000,000 for the National Alliance

for Model State Drug Laws, and up to $600,000 for the evaluation

of the Drug-Free Communities Act: Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and

personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the

purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office.

COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (title VII of

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main available until expended, consisting of $15,803,000 for counternarcotics research and development projects, and $13,250,000 for

the continued operation of the technology transfer program: Provided, That the $15,803,000 for counternarcotics research and development projects shall be available for transfer to other Federal departments or agencies.

FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control

Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program,

$206,500,000 for drug control activities consistent with the approved

strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking

Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State

and local entities for drug control activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days of the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent, to remain available until September

30, 2002, may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments

at a rate to be determined by the Director: Provided further, That,

of this latter amount, $1,800,000 shall be used for auditing services:

Provided further, That HIDTAs designated as of September 30,

2000 shall be funded at fiscal year 2000 levels unless the Director

submits to the Committees, and the Committees approve, justification for changes in those levels based on clearly articulated priorities for the HIDTA program, as well as published ONDCP performance measures of effectiveness.

SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for

youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public Law 105–277,

$233,600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That

such funds may be transferred to other Federal departments and

agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further, That of the

funds provided, $185,000,000 shall be to support a national media

campaign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of

1998: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $3,300,000 shall

be made available to the United States Olympic Committee’s antidoping program no later than 30 days after the enactment of this

Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall

be to continue a program of matching grants to drug-free communities, as authorized in the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997:

Provided further, That of the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall be

available to the National Drug Court Institute.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Appropriations

Act, 2001’’.

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TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by the Act

of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–28, $4,158,000.

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Federal

Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, $40,500,000, of which

no less than $4,689,500 shall be available for internal automated

data processing systems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be

available for reception and representation expenses.

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal

Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including

services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and

consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,

$25,058,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal Service

Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu

of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in the Government service, and compensation

as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to nonFederal participants at labor-management relations conferences

shall be credited to and merged with this account, to be available

without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these conferences.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to be used for

the purposes of, the Fund established pursuant to section 210(f) of

the Federal Property and Administration Act of 1949, as amended

(40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $464,154,000. The revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of

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ally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District

of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving governmental

agencies (including space adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, allocation and

transfer of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally

owned buildings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances;

care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase,

condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of

federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of

projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and payment of principal,

interest, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired by

installment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate

amount of $5,971,509,000 of which (1) $472,176,000 shall remain

available until expended for construction (including funds for sites

and expenses and associated design and construction services) of

additional projects at the following locations: California, Los Angeles, U.S. Courthouse; District of Columbia, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Headquarters; Florida, Saint Petersburg, Combined Law Enforcement Facility; Maryland, Montgomery County,

Food and Drug Administration Consolidation; Michigan, Sault St.

Marie, Border Station; Mississippi, Biloxi-Gulfport, U.S. Courthouse; Montana, Eureka/Roosville, Border Station; Virginia, Richmond, U.S. Courthouse; Washington, Seattle, U.S. Courthouse: Provided, That funding for any project identified above may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but

not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an approved

prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is obtained from

the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided

further, That all funds for direct construction projects shall expire

on September 30, 2002, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund

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

funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date;

(2) $671,193,000 shall remain available until expended for repairs

and alterations which includes associated design and construction

services: Provided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings

Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be

limited to the amount by project, as follows, except each project may

be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance

approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a

greater amount:

Repairs and alterations:

Arizona:

Phoenix, Federal Building Courthouse, $26,962,000

California:

Santa Ana, Federal Building, $27,864,000

District of Columbia:

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (Phase 1),

$31,780,000

Main State Building (Phase 3), $28,775,000

Maryland:

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Woodlawn, SSA National Computer Center, $4,285,000

Michigan: Detroit, McNamara Federal Building, $26,999,000

Missouri:

Kansas City, Richard Bolling Federal Building, $25,882,000

Kansas City, Federal Building, 8930 Ward Parkway, $8,964,000

Nebraska:

Omaha, Zorinsky Federal Building, $45,960,000

New York:

New York City, 40 Foley Square, $5,037,000

Ohio:

Cincinnati, Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse,

$18,434,000

Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh, U.S. Post Office-Courthouse, $54,144,000

Utah:

Salt Lake City, Bennett Federal Building, $21,199,000

Virginia:

Reston, J.W. Powell Federal Building (Phase 2), $22,993,000

Nationwide:

Design Program, $21,915,000

Energy Program, $5,000,000

Glass Fragment Retention Program, $5,000,000

Basic Repairs and Alterations, $290,000,000:

Provided further, That additional projects for which prospectuses

have been fully approved may be funded under this category only

if advance notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or any

prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs

associated with implementing security improvements to buildings

necessary to meet the minimum standards for security in accordance with current law and in compliance with the reprogramming

guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the House and Senate:

Provided further, That the difference between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under

the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic

Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2002,

and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds for projects

as to which funds for design or other funds have been obligated in

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

amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Government arising

from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or

used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; (3)

$185,369,000 for installment acquisition payments including payments on purchase contracts which shall remain available until expended; (4) $2,944,905,000 for rental of space which shall remain

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ther, That in addition to amounts made available herein,

$276,400,000 shall be deposited to the Fund, to become available on

October 1, 2001, and remain available until expended for the following construction projects (including funds for sites and expenses

and associated design and construction services): District of Columbia, U.S. Courthouse Annex; Florida, Miami, U.S. Courthouse; Massachusetts, Springfield, U.S. Courthouse; New York, Buffalo, U.S.

Courthouse: Provided further, That funding for any project identified above may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected

in other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts

included in an approved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a

greater amount: Provided further, That funds available to the General Services Administration shall not be available for expenses of

any construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for

which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959,

as amended, has not been approved, except that necessary funds

may be expended for each project for required expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds

available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary to

provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under section

210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of

1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide

such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or

control as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret

Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C.

3056, shall be available from such revenues and collections: Provided further, That revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2001, excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of

$5,971,509,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available

for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

POLICY AND OPERATIONS

For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for

Government-wide policy and oversight activities associated with

asset management activities; utilization and donation of surplus

personal property; transportation; procurement and supply; Government-wide responsibilities relating to automated data management,

telecommunications, information resources management, and related technology activities; utilization survey, deed compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, and land

use planning functions pertaining to excess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy direction; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records management, and other support services incident

to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court

of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not

to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses,

$123,920,000, of which $27,301,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated from this

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Act shall be available to convert the Old Post Office at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C., from office use to

any other use until a comprehensive plan, which shall include

street-level retail use, has been approved by the Senate Committee

on Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public

Works: Provided further, That no funds from this Act shall be available to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise the leasehold rights of the existing lease with private parties at the Old Post

Office prior to the approval of the comprehensive plan by the Senate

Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and

services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $34,520,000: Provided, That

not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for payment for information

and detection of fraud against the Government, including payment

for recovery of stolen Government property: Provided further, That

not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of

other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of efforts

and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.

ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958,

as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138,

$2,517,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General Services

shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may

be necessary to carry out the provisions of such Acts.

EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION

For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential Transition

Act of 1963, as amended, $7,100,000.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund available to

the General Services Administration shall be credited with the cost

of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).

SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.

SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available

for fiscal year 2001 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may be

transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary to

meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed transfers

shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations.

SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall be used

to transmit a fiscal year 2002 request for United States Courthouse

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construction that: (1) does not meet the design guide standards for

construction as established and approved by the General Services

Administration, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and

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

priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out

in its approved 5–year construction plan: Provided, That the fiscal

year 2002 request must be accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, or

expanded.

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

to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning

services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency that does

not pay the rate per square foot assessment for space and services

as determined by the General Services Administration in compliance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public

Law 92–313).

SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agencies by the

Information Technology Fund, General Services Administration,

under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b) and 5128 of Public Law

104–106, Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996,

for performance of pilot information technology projects which have

potential for Government-wide benefits and savings, may be repaid

to this Fund from any savings actually incurred by these projects

or other funding, to the extent feasible.

SEC. 407. From funds made available under the heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue’’,

claims against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from

direct construction projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other construction projects with

prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations.

SEC. 408. Section 411 of Public Law 106–58 is amended by

striking ‘‘April 30, 2001’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘April

30, 2002’’.

SEC. 409. DESIGNATION OF RONALD N. DAVIES FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE. (a) The Federal building

and courthouse located at 102 North 4th Street, Grand Forks, North

Dakota, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Ronald N. Davies

Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’.

(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,

or other record of the United States to the Federal building and

courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference

to the Ronald N. Davies Federal Building and United States Courthouse.

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

‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Revenue’’, in addition to

amounts provided in budget activities above, up to $2,500,000 shall

be available for the construction of a road and acquisition of the

property necessary for construction of said road and associated port

of entry facilities: Provided, That said property shall include a 125

foot wide right of way beginning approximately 700 feet east of

Highway 11 at the northeast corner of the existing port facilities

and going north approximately 4,750 feet and approximately 10.22

acres adjacent to the port of entry in Township 29 S. Range 8W.,

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Section 14: Provided further, That construction of the road shall

occur only after this property is deeded and conveyed to the United

States by and through the General Services Administration without

reimbursement or cost to the United States at the election of its current landholder: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other

provision of law, and subject to the foregoing conditions, the Administrator of General Services shall construct a road to the Columbus,

New Mexico Port of Entry Station on the property, connecting the

port with a road to be built by the County of Luna, New Mexico to

connect to State Highway 11: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, Luna County shall construct

the roadway from State Highway 11 to the terminus of the northbound road to be constructed by the General Services Administration in time for completion of the road to be constructed by the General Services Administration: Provided further, That upon completion of the construction of the road by the General Services Administration, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of General Services shall convey to the municipality of Luna

County, New Mexico, without reimbursement, all right, title, and interest of the United States to that portion of the property constituting the improved road and standard county road right of way

which is not required for the operation of the port of entry: Provided

further, That the General Services Administration on behalf of the

United States upon conveyance of the property to the municipality

of Luna, New Mexico, shall retain the balance of the property located adjacent to the port, consisting of approximately 12 acres, to

be owned or otherwise managed by the Administrator pursuant to

the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as

amended: Provided further, That the General Services Administration is authorized to acquire such additional real property and

rights in real property as may be necessary to construct said road

and provide a contiguous site for the port of entry: Provided further,

That the United States shall incur no liability for any environmental laws or conditions existing at the property at the time of conveyance to the United States or in connection with the construction

of the road: Provided further, That Luna County and the Village of

Columbus shall be responsible for providing adequate access and

egress to existing properties east of the port of entry: Provided further, That the Bureau of Land Management, the International

Boundary and Water Commission, the Federal Inspection Agencies

and the Department of State shall take all actions necessary to facilitate the construction of the road and expansion of the port facilities.

SEC. 411. DESIGNATION OF J. BRATTON DAVIS UNITED STATES

BANKRUPTCY COURTHOUSE. (a) The United States bankruptcy courthouse at 1100 Laurel Street in Columbia, South Carolina, shall be

known and designated as the ‘‘J. Bratton Davis United States

Bankruptcy Courthouse’’.

(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,

or other record of the United States to the United States bankruptcy

courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference

to the ‘‘J. Bratton Davis United States Bankruptcy Courthouse’’.

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SEC. 412. (a) The United States Courthouse Annex located at

901 19th Street in Denver, Colorado is hereby designated as the ‘‘Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse Annex’’.

(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, or paper

or other record of the United States to the Courthouse Annex herein

referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the

‘‘Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse Annex’’.

SEC. 413. DESIGNATION OF THE PAUL COVERDELL DORMITORY.

The dormitory building currently being constructed on the Core

Campus of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in

Glynco, Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Paul Coverdell Dormitory’’.

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered

2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in

the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct procurement of survey printing, $29,437,000 together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for administrative expenses to

adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the

Merit Systems Protection Board.

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND

EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence

in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be available for the purposes of Public Law 102–252, $2,000,000, to remain available until

expended.

ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to

carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and

Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $1,250,000, to remain available

until expended.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses in connection with the administration of

the National Archives (including the Information Security Oversight

Office) and archived Federal records and related activities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review and declassification of documents, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles,

$209,393,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United States is

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rowed for construction of the National Archives facility, for expenses

necessary to provide adequate storage for holdings.

REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facili- ties, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $95,150,000, to

remain available until expended of which $88,000,000 is to complete

renovation of the National Archives Building.

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION

GRANTS PROGRAM

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical

publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, as

amended, $6,450,000, to remain available until expended.

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of

Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of

1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, including

services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms

in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor

vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $9,684,000.

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of

Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered

2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of

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

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

and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal

Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive

Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of

per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting

Rights Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at his

or her post of duty, $94,095,000; and in addition $101,986,000 for

administrative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust

funds of the Office of Personnel Management without regard to

other statutes, including direct procurement of printed materials, for

the retirement and insurance programs, of which $10,500,000 shall

remain available until expended for the cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the provisions of

this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable

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trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and 8909(g) of title

5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management established

pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s

Commission on White House Fellows, established by Executive

Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2001,

accept donations of money, property, and personal services in connection with the development of a publicity brochure to provide information about the White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act, as amended,

including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger

motor vehicles, $1,360,000; and in addition, not to exceed

$9,745,000 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and

provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.

GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH

BENEFITS

For payment of Government contributions with respect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United States

Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74

Stat. 849), as amended, such sums as may be necessary.

GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE

INSURANCE

For payment of Government contributions with respect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required by chapter 87

of title 5, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary.

PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under special Acts to be

credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, such

sums as may be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by

the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August 19,

1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may hereafter be paid out

of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.

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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of

Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of

1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the

Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public

Law 103–424, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as

authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and

elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $11,147,000.

UNITED STATES TAX COURT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,305,000: Provided,

That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written

certificate of the judge.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

THIS ACT

SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year

unless expressly so provided herein.

SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act

for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant

to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or

under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act shall

be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to a

Government employee would result in a decision, determination,

rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of

section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this Act shall

be available in fiscal year 2001 for the purpose of transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located at

Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the Department of

the Treasury.

SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act

shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position,

other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who

has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his period of active military or naval service,

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

hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more

than 1 year, made application for restoration to his former position

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and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management as

still qualified to perform the duties of his former position and has

not been restored thereto.

SEC. 506. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be

expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the

assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act

of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy

American Act’’).

SEC. 507. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND

PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or products that may be

authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided

under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving

such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only

American-made equipment and products.

(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In providing financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury

shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing

the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

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

agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a

‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription with the same

meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States

that is not made in the United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension,

and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. 509. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available

to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection

with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefit

program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions.

SEC. 510. The provision of section 509 shall not apply where the

life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to

term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.

SEC. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not

to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at

the end of fiscal year 2001 from appropriations made available for

salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2001 in this Act, shall remain

available through September 30, 2002, for each such account for the

purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to

the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be

made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.

SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be

used by the Executive Office of the President to request from the

Federal Bureau of Investigation any official background investigation report on any individual, except when—

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

consent for such request not more than 6 months prior to the

date of such request and during the same presidential administration; or

(2) such request is required due to extraordinary circumstances involving national security.

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SEC. 513. The cost accounting standards promulgated under

section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (Public

Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 514. (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the

date of the enactment of this Act, the Archivist of the United States

shall transfer to the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, as trustee, all

right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the approximately 2.3 acres of land located within Grand Rapids, Michigan,

and further described in subsection (b), such grant to be in trust,

with the beneficiary being the National Archives and Records Administration, for the purpose of supporting the facilities and programs of the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan,

and the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in accordance with a trust agreement to be agreed upon by the Archivist and

the Gerald R. Ford Foundation.

(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land to be transferred pursuant to

subsection (a) is described as follows:

The following premises in the City of Grand Rapids, County of

Kent, State of Michigan, described as:

That part of Block 2, Converse Plat, and that part of Block 2 of J.W. Converse

Replatted Addition, and that part of Government Lot 1 of Section

25, T7N, R12W, City of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, described as: BEGINNING at the NE corner of Lot 1 of Block 2 of

Converse Plat; thence East 245.0 feet along the South line of Bridge

Street; thence South 230.0 feet along a line which is parallel with

and 170 feet East from the East line of Front Avenue as originally

platted; thence West 207.5 feet parallel with the South line of

Bridge Street; thence South along the centerline of vacated Front

Avenue 109 feet more or less to the extended centerline of vacated

Douglas Street; thence West along the centerline of vacated Douglas

Street 237.5 feet more or less to the East line of Scribner Avenue;

thence North along the East line of Scribner Avenue 327 feet more

or less to a point which is 7.0 feet South from the NW corner of Lot

8 of Block 2 of Converse Plat; thence Easterly 200 feet more or less

to the place of beginning, also described as:

Parcel A—Lots 9 & 10, Block 2 of Converse Plat, being the subdivision of Government Lots 1 & 2, Section 25, T7N, R12W; also Lots 11–24, Block 2 of

J.W. Converse Replatted Addition; also part of N 1⁄2 of Section 25, T7N,

R12W commencing at SE corner Lot 24, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, thence N to NE corner of Lot 9 of Converse Plat,

thence E 16 feet, thence S to SW corner of Lot 23 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, thence W 16 feet to beginning.

Parcel B—Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing on S line of Bridge Street

50 feet E of E line of Front Avenue, thence S 107.85 feet, thence 77 feet,

thence N to a point on S line of said street which is 80 feet E of beginning, thence W to beginning.

Parcel C—Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at SE corner Bridge Street

& Front Avenue, thence E 50 feet, thence S 107.85 feet to alley, thence

W 50 feet to E line Front Avenue, thence N 106.81 feet to beginning.

Parcel D—Part of Government Lot 1, Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at a point

on S line of Bridge Street (66′ wide) 170 feet E of E line of Front Avenue

(75′ wide), thence S 230 feet parallel with Front Avenue, thence W 170

feet parallel with Bridge Street to E line of Front Avenue, thence N

along said line to a point 106.81 feet S of intersection of said line with

extension of N & S line of Bridge Street, thence E 127 feet, thence northerly to a point on S line of Bridge Street 130 feet E of E line of Front

Avenue, thence E along S line of Bridge Street to beginning.

Parcel E—Lots 1 through 8 of Block 2 of Converse Plat, being the subdivision of Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 25, T7N, R12W.

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Also part of N 1⁄2 of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at NW corner of Lot

9, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition; thence N 15 feet to

SW corner of Lot 8; thence E 200 feet to SE corner Lot 1; thence

S 15 feet to NE corner of Lot 10; thence W 200 feet to beginning.

Together with any portion of vacated streets and alleys that have become part

of the above property.

(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— (1) COMPENSATION.—The land transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transferred without compensation to the

United States.

(2) APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.—In the event

that the Gerald R. Ford Foundation for any reason is unable

or unwilling to continue to serve as trustee, the Archivist of the

United States is authorized to appoint a successor trustee.

(3) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Archivist of the United

States determines that the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (or a

successor trustee appointed under paragraph (2)) has breached

its fiduciary duty under the trust agreement entered into pursuant to this section, the land transferred pursuant to subsection

(a) shall revert to the United States under the administrative

jurisdiction of the Archivist.

SEC. 515. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, by not later than September 30, 2001,

and with public and Federal agency involvement, issue guidelines

under sections 3504(d)(1) and 3516 of title 44, United States Code,

that provide policy and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for

ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated

by Federal agencies in fulfillment of the purposes and provisions of

chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, commonly referred to as

the Paperwork Reduction Act.

(b) CONTENT OF GUIDELINES.—The guidelines under subsection

(a) shall—

(1) apply to the sharing by Federal agencies of, and access

to, information disseminated by Federal agencies; and

(2) require that each Federal agency to which the guidelines

apply—

(A) issue guidelines ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by the agency, by

not later than 1 year after the date of issuance of the guidelines under subsection (a);

(B) establish administrative mechanisms allowing affected persons to seek and obtain correction of information

maintained and disseminated by the agency that does not

comply with the guidelines issued under subsection (a); and

(C) report periodically to the Director—

(i) the number and nature of complaints received

by the agency regarding the accuracy of information

disseminated by the agency; and

(ii) how such complaints were handled by the

agency.

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ment may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction on

unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act)

funds made available to the Office pursuant to court approval.

SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be

used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the

purpose of implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of

the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in

Kyoto, Japan, at the Third Conference of the Parties to the United

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not

been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification

pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has not entered into force pursuant to article

25 of the Protocol.

SEC. 518. Not later than July 1, 2001, the Director of the Office

of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the Committee

on Appropriations and the Committee on Governmental Affairs in

the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee

on Government Reform of the House of Representatives that (1) evaluates, for each agency, the extent to which implementation of chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–13), has reduced burden imposed by rules issued by the agency, including the burden imposed

by each major rule issued by the agency; (2) includes a determination, based on such evaluation, of the need for additional procedures

to ensure achievement of the purposes of that chapter, as set forth

in section 3501 of title 31, United States Code, and evaluates the

burden imposed by each major rule that imposes more than

10,000,000 hours of burden, and identifies specific reductions expected to be achieved in each of fiscal years 2001 and 2002 in the

burden imposed by all rules issued by each agency that issued such

a major rule.

TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

SEC. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be

used to pay travel to the United States for the immediate family of

employees serving abroad in cases of death or life threatening illness of said employee.

SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the

United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other

Act for fiscal year 2001 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and

will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy designed

to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the

Controlled Substances Act) by the officers and employees of such department, agency, or instrumentality.

SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum

amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with

section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is

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imum shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be exceeded

by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed

$4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the

limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 5

percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration

under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research,

Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further,

That the limits set forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant

to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally

fueled vehicles.

SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive departments and

independent establishments for the current fiscal year available for

expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are

hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.

SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the current fiscal

year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act

shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of

the Government of the United States (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the

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

States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2)

is a person in the service of the United States on the date of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a

declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States

prior to such date and is actually residing in the United States; (3)

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

from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United

States for permanent residence; (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national of the People’s Republic of China

who qualifies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the purpose of this

section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered

prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section with respect to his or her status have been complied with: Provided further,

That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony,

and, upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the

above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution

for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any

payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions

of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or

the Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the United States in a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters employed by the United States Information

Agency, or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary

employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result

of emergencies.

SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any department or agency

during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including

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maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for payment to the General Services Administration for charges for space

and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of

buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73

Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 216),

or other applicable law.

SEC. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or any other

Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling

or waste prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until

expended for the following purposes:

(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any such programs adopted prior

to the effective date of the Executive order.

(2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs, including, but not limited to, the development and implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution

prevention programs.

(3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as

deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.

SEC. 608. Funds made available by this or any other Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations

and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code,

shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are

otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in

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

head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which

they are made available: Provided, That in the event any functions

budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to

or paid from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses

shall be correspondingly reduced.

SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal

year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person

for the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of

said person.

SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any

other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, committees,

or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities)

which do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive

financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality.

SEC. 611. Funds made available by this or any other Act to the

Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be available for employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or occupied by

the Postal Service and under the charge and control of the Postal

Service, and such guards shall have, with respect to such property,

the powers of special policemen provided by the first section of the

Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), and,

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master General may take the same actions as the Administrator of

General Services may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3

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

318a and 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under the authority and within the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June

1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).

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

provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United States.

SEC. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and

except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the

funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001, by this or any other Act,

may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—

(1) during the period from the date of expiration of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the Treasury and General

Government Appropriations Act, 2000, until the normal effective

date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is to take

effect in fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds the rate

payable for the applicable grade and step of the applicable

wage schedule in accordance with such section 613; and

(2) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal

year 2001, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable under paragraph (1) by more

than the sum of—

(A) the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal

year 2001 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code,

in the rates of pay under the General Schedule; and

(B) the difference between the overall average percentage of the locality-based comparability payments taking effect in fiscal year 2001 under section 5304 of such title

(whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average percentage of such payments which was effective in fiscal year 2000 under such section.

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

rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section

5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no employee covered

by section 5348 of such title, may be paid during the periods for

which subsection (a) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that

would be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such employee.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2000, shall be determined

under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be changed

from the rates in effect on September 30, 2000, except to the extent

determined by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent

with the purpose of this section.

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(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for service performed after September 30, 2000.

(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law (including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires

any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement or

limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of

salary or basic pay payable after the application of this section shall

be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.

(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit or require the payment to any employee covered by this section at a rate

in excess of the rate that would be payable were this section not in

effect.

(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment

or retention of qualified employees.

SEC. 614. During the period in which the head of any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the Government appointed by the President of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to

furnish or redecorate the office of such department head, agency

head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by the Committees on

Appropriations. For the purposes of this section, the word ‘‘office’’

shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual,

as well as any other space used primarily by the individual or the

use of which is directly controlled by the individual.

SEC. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations,

to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement

training without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

is authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by

lease, contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.

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

States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act shall be available for the

interagency funding of national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal

departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order

No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).

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

other Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal department,

agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries or expenses of any

employee appointed to a position of a confidential or policy-determining character excepted from the competitive service pursuant to

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

to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Federal

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ule C appointee that the Schedule C position was not created solely

or primarily in order to detail the employee to the White House.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed to or from—

(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

(2) the National Security Agency;

(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

(4) the offices within the Department of Defense for the collection of specialized national foreign intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State;

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

and Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the

Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department of Justice,

the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Energy performing intelligence

functions; and

(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

SEC. 618. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the

United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other

Act for fiscal year 2001 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and

will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy designed

to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and

sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age

Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Rehabilitation

Act of 1973.

SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this Act for the

United States Customs Service may be used to allow the importation into the United States of any good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured

child labor, as determined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act

of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

SEC. 620. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any

other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who—

(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal

Government from having any direct oral or written communication or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee

of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the

employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining to

the department or agency of such other officer or employee in

any way, irrespective of whether such communication or contact

is at the initiative of such other officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, committee, or

subcommittee; or

(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment

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ployment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, by

reason of any communication or contact of such other officer or

employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the

Congress as described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 621. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any

other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training

that—

(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and

abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;

(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some participants;

(3) does not require prior employee notification of the content and methods to be used in the training and written end of

course evaluation;

(4) contains any methods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or

(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.

(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise

preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon

the performance of official duties.

SEC. 622. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may

be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard Forms

312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy,

form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with

and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee

obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive Order No.

12958; section 7211 of title 5, U.S.C. (governing disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by

the Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to

Congress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5,

United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection

Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public

health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of

1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose

confidential Government agents); and the statutes which protect

against disclosure that may compromise the national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United

States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950

(50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations,

rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order and

listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a

nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a

person connected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligencerelated activity, other than an employee or officer of the United

States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such document is to be used. Such form

or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not

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disclose any classified information received in the course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the United States

Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that

they do not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized official

of an executive agency or the Department of Justice that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law.

SEC. 623. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any

other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other

than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships,

for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation

pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress

itself.

SEC. 624. (a) IN GENERAL.—For calendar year 2002 and each

year thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare and submit to Congress, with the budget submitted

under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, an accounting

statement and associated report containing—

(1) an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable effects) of Federal

rules and paperwork, to the extent feasible—

(A) in the aggregate;

(B) by agency and agency program; and

(C) by major rule;

(2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation on State,

local, and tribal government, small business, wages, and economic growth; and

(3) recommendations for reform.

(b) NOTICE.—The Director of the Office of Management and

Budget shall provide public notice and an opportunity to comment

on the statement and report under subsection (a) before the statement and report are submitted to Congress.

(c) GUIDELINES.—To implement this section, the Director of the

Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to agencies

to standardize—

(1) measures of costs and benefits; and

(2) the format of accounting statements.

(d) PEER REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of Management

and Budget shall provide for independent and external peer review

of the guidelines and each accounting statement and associated report under this section. Such peer review shall not be subject to the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

SEC. 625. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other

Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee’s home

address to any labor organization except when the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been ordered

by a court of competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 626. Hereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized

to establish scientific certification standards for explosives detection

canines, and shall provide, on a reimbursable basis, for the certification of explosives detection canines employed by Federal agencies,

or other agencies providing explosives detection services at airports

in the United States.

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SEC. 627. None of the funds made available in this Act or any

other Act may be used to provide any non-public information such

as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any organization outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

SEC. 628. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any

other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within

the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress.

SEC. 629. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’—

(1) means an Executive agency as defined under section 105

of title 5, United States Code;

(2) includes a military department as defined under section

102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Rate Commission; and

(3) shall not include the General Accounting Office.

(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to

use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency shall use

official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee

exempted under section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has

an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time in the performance of official duties.

SEC. 630. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may

be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision

providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also

includes a provision for contraceptive coverage.

(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with—

(1) any of the following religious plans:

(A) Personal Care’s HMO;

(B) Care Choices;

(C) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and

(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the plan

objects to such coverage on the basis of religious beliefs.

(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into or renews a contract under this section may not subject any individual

to discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives because such activities

would be contrary to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.

SEC. 631. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of

this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 2001 by this or any

other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of the

Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall

be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed a total of

$800,000 including the salary of the Executive Director and staff

support.

SEC. 632. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of

this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to the ‘‘Policy and Operations’’ account,

General Services Administration, with the approval of the Director

of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made available for

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fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act, including rebates from

charge card and other contracts. These funds shall be administered

by the Administrator of General Services to support Governmentwide financial, information technology, procurement, and other

management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as approved by

the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council and the Joint

Financial Management Improvement Program for financial management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology initiatives, and the Procurement Executives

Council for procurement initiatives). The total funds transferred

shall not exceed $17,000,000. Such transfers may only be made 15

days following notification of the Committees on Appropriations by

the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

SEC. 633. (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with regulations promulgated by the Office of Personnel Management, an Executive

agency which provides or proposes to provide child care services for

Federal employees may use appropriated funds (otherwise available

to such agency for salaries and expenses) to provide child care, in

a Federal or leased facility, or through contract, for civilian employees of such agency.

(b) AFFORDABILITY.—Amounts so provided with respect to any

such facility or contractor shall be applied to improve the affordability of child care for lower income Federal employees using or

seeking to use the child care services offered by such facility or contractor.

(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning given such term by section 105 of title

5, United States Code, but does not include the General Accounting

Office.

(d) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds made available in this or

any other Act may be used to implement the provisions of this section absent advance notification to the Committees on Appropriations.

SEC. 634. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a

woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the location.

SEC. 635. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United

States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act shall be available for the

interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, and

similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National Science and

Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 12881),

which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities:

Provided, That the Office of Management and Budget shall provide

a report describing the budget of and resources connected with the

National Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Science; and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.

SEC. 636. RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN

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INGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY.—(a) QUALIFIED MWAA POLICE OFFI- CER DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified

MWAA police officer’’ means any individual who, as of the date of

the enactment of this Act—

(1) is employed as a member of the police force of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (hereinafter in this section referred to as an ‘‘MWAA police officer’’); and

(2) is subject to the Civil Service Retirement System or the

Federal Employees’ Retirement System by virtue of section

49107(b) of title 49, United States Code.

(b) ELIGIBILITY TO BE TREATED AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI- CER FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Any qualified MWAA police officer may,

by written election submitted in accordance with applicable requirements under subsection (c), elect to be treated as a law enforcement officer (within the meaning of section 8331 or 8401

of title 5, United States Code, as applicable), and to have all

prior service described in paragraph (2) similarly treated.

(2) PRIOR SERVICE DESCRIBED.—The service described in

this paragraph is all service which an individual performed,

prior to the effective date of such individual’s election under

this section, as—

(A) an MWAA police officer; or

(B) a member of the police force of the Federal Aviation

Administration (hereinafter in this section referred to as an

‘‘FAA police officer’’).

(c) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Management shall

prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this section, including provisions relating to the time, form, and manner in which any

election under this section shall be made. Such an election shall not

be effective unless—

(1) it is made before the employee separates from service

with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, but in no

event later than 1 year after the regulations under this subsection take effect; and

(2) it is accompanied by payment of an amount equal to,

with respect to all prior service of such employee which is described in subsection (b)(2)—

(A) the employee deductions that would have been required for such service under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5,

U.S.C. (as the case may be) if such election had then been

in effect, minus

(B) the total employee deductions and contributions

under such chapter 83 and 84 (as applicable) that were actually made for such service,

taking into account only amounts required to be credited to the

Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Any amount

under paragraph (2) shall be computed with interest, in accordance with section 8334(e) of such title 5.

(d) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Whenever a payment under

subsection (c)(2) is made by an individual with respect to such individual’s prior service (as described in subsection (b)(2)), the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund any additional contributions for

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which it would have been liable, with respect to such service, if such

individual’s election under this section had then been in effect (and,

to the extent of any prior FAA police officer service, as if it had then

been the employing agency). Any amount under this subsection shall

be computed with interest, in accordance with section 8334(e) of title

5, United States Code.

(e) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Management

shall accept, for the purpose of this section, the certification of—

(1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (or its

designee) concerning any service performed by an individual as

an MWAA police officer; and

(2) the Federal Aviation Administration (or its designee)

concerning any service performed by an individual as an FAA

police officer.

(f) REIMBURSEMENT TO COMPENSATE FOR UNFUNDED LIABILITY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Metropolitan Washington Airports

Authority shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount (as determined by the Director of the

Office of Personnel Management) equal to the amount necessary

to reimburse the Fund for any estimated increase in the unfunded liability of the Fund (to the extent the Civil Service Retirement System is involved), and for any estimated increase in

the supplemental liability of the Fund (to the extent the Federal

Employees’ Retirement System is involved), resulting from the

enactment of this section.

(2) PAYMENT METHOD.—The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority shall pay the amount so determined in five

equal annual installments, with interest (which shall be computed at the rate used in the most recent valuation of the Federal Employees’ Retirement System).

SEC. 637. (a) For purposes of this section—

(1) the term ‘‘comparability payment’’ refers to a localitybased comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5,

United States Code;

(2) the term ‘‘President’s pay agent’’ refers to the pay agent

described in section 5302(4) of such title; and

(3) the term ‘‘pay locality’’ has the meaning given such term

by section 5302(5) of such title.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 5304 of title 5,

United States Code, for purposes of determining appropriate pay localities and making comparability payment recommendations, the

President’s pay agent may, in accordance with succeeding provisions

of this section, make comparisons of General Schedule pay and nonFederal pay within any of the metropolitan statistical areas described in subsection (d)(3), using—

(1) data from surveys of the Bureau of Labor Statistics;

(2) salary data sets obtained under subsection (c); or

(3) any combination thereof.

(c) To the extent necessary in order to carry out this section, the

President’s pay agent may obtain any salary data sets (referred to

in subsection (b)) from any organization or entity that regularly

compiles similar data for businesses in the private sector.

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(d)(1)(A) This paragraph applies with respect to the five metropolitan statistical areas described in paragraph (3) which—

(i) have the highest levels of nonfarm employment (as determined based on data made available by the Bureau of Labor

Statistics); and

(ii) as of the date of the enactment of this Act, have not previously been surveyed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (as discrete pay localities) for purposes of section 5304 of title 5,

United States Code.

(B) The President’s pay agent, based on such comparisons

under subsection (b) as the pay agent considers appropriate, shall:

(i) determine whether any of the five areas under subparagraph (A)

warrants designation as a discrete pay locality; and (ii) if so, make

recommendations as to what level of comparability payments would

be appropriate during 2002 for each area so determined.

(C)(i) Any recommendations under subparagraph (B)(ii) shall

be included—

(I) in the pay agent’s report under section 5304(d)(1) of title

5, United States Code, submitted for purposes of comparability

payments scheduled to become payable in 2002; or

(II) if compliance with subclause (I) is impracticable, in a

supplementary report which the pay agent shall submit to the

President and the Congress no later than March 1, 2001.

(ii) In the event that the recommendations are completed in

time to be included in the report described in clause (i)(I), a copy

of those recommendations shall be transmitted by the pay agent to

the Congress contemporaneous with their submission to the President.

(D) Each of the five areas under subparagraph (A) that so warrants, as determined by the President’s pay agent, shall be designated as a discrete pay locality under section 5304 of title 5,

United States Code, in time for it to be treated as such for purposes

of comparability payments becoming payable in 2002.

(2) The President’s pay agent may, at any time after the 180th

day following the submission of the report under subsection (f),

make any initial or further determinations or recommendations

under this section, based on any pay comparisons under subsection

(b), with respect to any area described in paragraph (3).

(3) An area described in this paragraph is any metropolitan

statistical area within the continental United States that (as determined based on data made available by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Office of Personnel Management, respectively) has a

high level of nonfarm employment and at least 2,500 General

Schedule employees whose post of duty is within such area.

(e)(1) The authority under this section to make pay comparisons

and to make any determinations or recommendations based on such

comparisons shall be available to the President’s pay agent only for

purposes of comparability payments becoming payable on or after

January 1, 2002, and before January 1, 2007, and only with respect

to areas described in subsection (d)(3).

(2) Any comparisons and recommendations so made shall, if included in the pay agent’s report under section 5304(d)(1) of title 5,

United States Code, for any year (or the pay agent’s supplementary

report, in accordance with subsection (d)(1)(C)(i)(II)), be considered

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and acted on as the pay agent’s comparisons and recommendations

under such section 5304(d)(1) for the area and the year involved.

(f)(1) No later than March 1, 2001, the President’s pay agent

shall submit to the Committee on Government Reform of the House

of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the

Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, a report on the use of pay comparison data, as described in subsection (b)(2) or (3) (as appropriate),

for purposes of comparability payments.

(2) The report shall include the cost of obtaining such data, the

rationale underlying the decisions reached based on such data, and

the relative advantages and disadvantages of using such data (including whether the effort involved in analyzing and integrating

such data is commensurate with the benefits derived from their

use). The report may include specific recommendations regarding

the continued use of such data.

(g)(1) No later than May 1, 2001, the President’s pay agent

shall prepare and submit to the committees specified in subsection

(f)(1) a report relating to the ongoing efforts of the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management and Budget, and the

Bureau of Labor Statistics to revise the methodology currently being

used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in performing its surveys

under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.

(2) The report shall include a detailed accounting of any concerns the pay agent may have regarding the current methodology,

the specific projects the pay agent has directed any of those agencies

to undertake in order to address those concerns, and a time line for

the anticipated completion of those projects and for implementation

of the revised methodology.

(3) The report shall also include recommendations as to how

those ongoing efforts might be expedited, including any additional

resources which, in the opinion of the pay agent, are needed in order

to expedite completion of the activities described in the preceding

provisions of this subsection, and the reasons why those additional

resources are needed.

SEC. 638. FEDERAL FUNDS IDENTIFIED. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant application, form, notification, press release, or other publications involving the distribution of Federal

funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds and the amount

provided. This provision shall apply to direct payments, formula

funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal funds.

SEC. 639. MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM EMPLOYMENT OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONVICTED OF FELONIES. (a) IN

GENERAL.—Chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is amended

by adding after subchapter VI the following:

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM EMPLOYMENT OF

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

‘‘§ 7371. Mandatory removal from employment of law enforcement officers convicted of felonies

‘‘(a) In this section, the term—

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tered by a Federal or State court, regardless of whether that

conviction is appealed or is subject to appeal; and

‘‘(2) ‘law enforcement officer’ has the meaning given that

term under section 8331(20) or 8401(17).

‘‘(b) Any law enforcement officer who is convicted of a felony

shall be removed from employment without regard to chapter 75 on

the last day of the first applicable pay period following the conviction date.

‘‘(c) This section does not prohibit the removal from employment

before a conviction date.’’.

(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of

sections for chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is amended

by adding after the item relating to section 7363 the following:

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VI—MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM

EMPLOYMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

‘‘7551. Mandatory removal from employment of law enforcement officers convicted of

felonies.’’.

SEC. 640. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—The table

under section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in the matter relating to an employee by striking:

‘‘7.5 ............. January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7 ................. After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘7 ................ After December 31, 2000.’’;

(2) in the matter relating to a Member or employee for Congressional employee service by striking:

‘‘8 ................ January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 .............. After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ............. After December 31, 2000.’’;

(3) in the matter relating to a Member for Member service

by striking:

‘‘8.5 ............. January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ................. After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ................ After December 31, 2000.’’;

(4) in the matter relating to a law enforcement officer for

law enforcement service and firefighter for firefighter service by

striking:

‘‘8 ................ January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 .............. After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ............. After December 31, 2000.’’;

(5) in the matter relating to a bankruptcy judge by striking:

‘‘8.5 ............. January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ................. After December 31, 2002.’’

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and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ................ After December 31, 2000.’’;

(6) in the matter relating to a judge of the United States

Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for service as a judge of

that court by striking:

‘‘8.5 ............. January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ................. After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ................ After December 31, 2000.’’;

(7) in the matter relating to a United States magistrate by

striking:

‘‘8.5 ............. January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ................. After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ................ After December 31, 2000.’’;

(8) in the matter relating to a Court of Federal Claims

judge by striking:

‘‘8.5 ............. January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ................. After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ................ After December 31, 2000.’’;

(9) in the matter relating to a member of the Capitol Police

by striking:

‘‘8 ................ January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 .............. After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ............. After December 31, 2000.’’;

and

(10) in the matter relating to a nuclear materials courier by

striking:

‘‘8 ................ January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002.

7.5 .............. After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ............. After December 31, 2000.’’.

(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8422(a) of title 5, United States

Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the

following:

‘‘(3) The applicable percentage under this paragraph for civilian

service shall be as follows:

‘‘Employee ............................................................. 7 ................. January 1, 1987, to December

31, 1998.

7.25 ............ January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.4 .............. January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.

7 ................. After December 31, 2000.

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Congressional employee ....................................... 7.5 .............. January 1, 1987, to December

31, 1998.

7.75 ............ January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.9 .............. January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.

7.5 .............. After December 31, 2000.

Member ................................................................. 7.5 .............. January 1, 1987, to December

31, 1998.

7.75 ............ January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.9 .............. January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.

7.5 .............. After December 31, 2000.

Law enforcement officer, firefighter, member of

the Capitol Police, or air traffic controller.

7.5 .............. January 1, 1987, to December

31, 1998.

7.75 ............ January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.9 .............. January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.

7.5 .............. After December 31, 2000.

Nuclear materials courier .................................... 7 ................. January 1, 1987, to October 16,

1998.

7.5 .............. October 17, 1998, to December

31, 1998.

7.75 ............ January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.9 .............. January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.

7.5 .............. After December 31, 2000.’’.

(2) MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 8422(e)(6) of title 5, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the

semicolon;

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and

(C) in by striking subparagraph (C).

(3) VOLUNTEER SERVICE.—Section 8422(f)(4) of title 5,

United States Code, is amended—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the

semicolon;

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and

(C) by striking subparagraph (C).

(c) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7001(c)(2) of the Balanced Budget

Act of 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2021 note) is amended—

(A) in the matter before the colon, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

(B) in the matter after the colon, by striking all that

follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

(2) MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 252(h)(1)(A) of the Central

Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2082(h)(1)(A)), is

amended—

(A) in the matter before the colon, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

(B) in the matter after the colon, by striking all that

follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

(d) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—

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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7001(d)(2) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (22 U.S.C. 4045 note) is amended—

(A) in subparagraph (A)—

(i) in the matter before the colon, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000’’;

and

(ii) in the matter after the colon, by striking all

that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’; and

(B) in subparagraph (B)—

(i) in the matter before the colon, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000’’;

and

(ii) in the matter after the colon, by striking all

that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 805(d)(1) of the

Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(d)(1)) is amended,

in the table in the matter following subparagraph (B), by striking:

‘‘January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2002, inclusive ....................................... 7.5

After December 31, 2002 ............................................................................................ 7’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘After December 31, 2000 ........................................................................................... 7’’.

(e) FOREIGN SERVICE PENSION SYSTEM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 856(a)(2) of the Foreign Service

Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071e(a)(2)) is amended by striking all

that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 .............. After December 31, 2000.’’.

(2) VOLUNTEER SERVICE.—Section 854(c)(1) of the Foreign

Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071c(c)(1)) is amended—

(A) in the matter before the colon, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

(B) in the matter after the colon, by striking all that

follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

(f) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding section 8334 (a)(1) or (k)(1) of title 5, United States Code, during the

period beginning on October 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002,

each employing agency (other than the United States Postal Service

or the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority) shall

contribute—

(1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee;

(2) 8 percent of the basic pay of a congressional employee,

a law enforcement officer, a member of the Capitol police, a firefighter, or a nuclear materials courier; and

(3) 8.5 percent of the basic pay of a Member of Congress,

a Court of Federal Claims judge, a United States magistrate,

a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed

Forces, or a bankruptcy judge;

in lieu of the agency contributions otherwise required under section

8334(a)(1) of such title 5.

(g) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding section 211(a)(2) of the Central

Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2021(a)(2)), during

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the period beginning on October 1, 2002, through December 31,

2002, the Central Intelligence Agency shall contribute 7.5 percent of

the basic pay of an employee participating in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise required under section 211(a)(2) of such

Act.

(h) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.— Notwithstanding any provision of section 805(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(a)), during the period beginning on

October 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002, each agency employing

a participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System shall contribute to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund—

(1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of each participant covered

under section 805(a)(1) of such Act participating in the Foreign

Service Retirement and Disability System; and

(2) 8 percent of the basic pay of each participant covered

under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 805(a) of such Act participating in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System;

in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise required under section

805(a) of such Act.

(i) The amendments made by this section shall take effect upon

the close of calendar year 2000, and shall apply thereafter.

SEC. 641. (a) Section 5545b(d) of title 5, United States Code, is

amended by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(4) Notwithstanding section 8114(e)(1), overtime pay for a

firefighter subject to this section for hours in a regular tour of

duty shall be included in any computation of pay under section

8114.’’.

(b) The amendment in subsection (a) shall be effective as if it

had been enacted as part of the Federal Firefighters Overtime Pay

Reform Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681–519).

SEC. 642. Section 6323(a) of title 5, United States Code, is

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(3) The minimum charge for leave under this subsection is

one hour, and additional charges are in multiples thereof.’’.

SEC. 643. Section 616 of the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1988, as contained in the Act

of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 490b), is amended by adding at

the end the following:

‘‘(e)(1) All existing and newly hired workers in any child care

center located in an executive facility shall undergo a criminal history background check as defined in section 231 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13041).

‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘executive facility’

means a facility that is owned or leased by an office or entity within

the executive branch of the Government (including one that is owned

or leased by the General Services Administration on behalf of an office or entity within the judicial branch of the Government).

‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to apply with

respect to a facility owned by or leased on behalf of an office or entity within the legislative branch of the Government.’’.

SEC. 644. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY MONITORING

OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ON USE OF INTERNET.—None of the

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funds made available in this Act may be used by any Federal

agency—

(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate list that includes, personally identifiable information relating to an individual’s access to or use of any Internet site of the agency; or

(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party (including another government agency) to collect, review, or obtain any

aggregate list that includes, personally identifiable information

relating to an individual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site.

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in subsection (a)

shall not apply to—

(1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify particular persons; or

(2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable information.

SEC. 645. (a)(1) Title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5372a the following:

‘‘§ 5372b. Administrative appeals judges

‘‘(a) For the purpose of this section—

‘‘(1) the term ‘administrative appeals judge position’ means

a position the duties of which primarily involve reviewing decisions of administrative law judges appointed under section

3105; and

‘‘(2) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive agency, as defined by section 105, but does not include the General Accounting Office.

‘‘(b) Subject to such regulations as the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe, the head of the agency concerned shall fix

the rate of basic pay for each administrative appeals judge position

within such agency which is not classified above GS–15 pursuant

to section 5108.

‘‘(c) A rate of basic pay fixed under this section shall be—

‘‘(1) not less than the minimum rate of basic pay for level

AL–3 under section 5372; and

‘‘(2) not greater than the maximum rate of basic pay for

level AL–3 under section 5372.’’.

(2) Section 7323(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States Code, is

amended by striking ‘‘or 5372a’’ and inserting ‘‘5372a, or 5372b’’.

(3) The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 5, United States

Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section

5372a the following:

‘‘5372b. Administrative appeals judges.’’.

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall apply with

respect to pay for service performed on or after the first day of the

first applicable pay period beginning on or after—

(1) the 120th day after the date of the enactment of this Act;

or

(2) if earlier, the effective date of regulations prescribed by

the Office of Personnel Management to carry out such amendment.

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SEC. 646. Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of

this Act, the Inspector General of each department or agency shall

submit to Congress a report that discloses any activity of the applicable department or agency relating to—

(1) the collection or review of singular data, or the creation

of aggregate lists that include personally identifiable information, about individuals who access any Internet site of the department or agency; and

(2) entering into agreements with third parties, including

other government agencies, to collect, review, or obtain aggregate lists or singular data containing personally identifiable information relating to any individual’s access or viewing habits

for governmental and nongovernmental Internet sites.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

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JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Following is explanatory language on H.R. 4985, as introduced

on July 26, 2000.

The conferees on H.R. 4516 agree with the matter inserted in

this division of this conference agreement and the following description of this matter.

H.R. 4871, the House passed Treasury, Postal Service, and

General Government Appropriations Bill, 2001, and S. 2900, the

Senate reported Treasury and General Government Appropriation

Bill, 2001, were the basis for development of the introduced bill.

The following statement is an explanation of the action agreed

upon in resolving the differences of those two bills and recommended in the accompanying conference report.

The conference agreement on the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001, incorporates some of the language and allocations set forth in House Report 106–756 and in the

Senate Report to accompany S. 2900. The language in these reports

should be complied with unless specifically addressed in the accompanying statement of managers. Throughout the accompanying explanatory statement, the managers refer to the Committee and the

Committees on Appropriations. Unless otherwise noted, in both instances, the managers are referring to the House Subcommittee on

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government and the Senate

Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government.

REPROGRAMMING AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS GUIDELINES

The conference agreement includes the following reprogramming guidelines which shall be complied with by all agencies funded by the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act,

2001:

1. Except under extraordinary and emergency situations, the

Committees on Appropriations will not consider requests for a reprogramming or a transfer of funds, or use of unobligated balances,

which are submitted after the close of the third quarter of the fiscal

year, June 30;

2. Clearly stated and detailed documentation presenting justification for the reprogramming, transfer, or use of unobligated

balances shall accompany each request;

3. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving appropria- tions in excess of $20,000,000, a reprogramming shall be submitted

if the amount to be shifted to or from any object class, budget activity, program line item, or program activity involved is in excess of

$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is greater, of the object class,

budget activity, program line item, or program activity;

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ity, program line item, or program activity involved is in excess of

$50,000, or 10 percent, whichever is greater, of the object class,

budget activity, program line item, or program activity;

5. For any action where the cumulative effect of below threshold reprogramming actions, or past reprogramming and/or transfer

actions added to the request, would exceed the dollar threshold

mentioned above, a reprogramming shall be submitted;

6. For any action which would result in a major change to the

program or item which is different than that presented to and approved by either of the Committees, or the Congress, a reprogramming shall be submitted;

7. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the Committees for a specific activity are proposed to be used for a different

activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted; and,

8. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the Committees for a specific activity are in excess of the project or activity

requirement, and are proposed to be used for a different activity,

a reprogramming shall be submitted.

Additionally, each request shall include a declaration that, as

of the date of the request, none of the funds included in the request

have been obligated, and none will be obligated, until the Committees on Appropriations have approved the request.

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $156,315,000 instead of

$149,437,000 as proposed by the House and $149,610,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $7,332,000 to

maintain current levels; $3,813,000 as a transfer from the Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs (SCIP);

$3,027,000 to annualize the costs of the fiscal year 2000 drug supplemental for the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC); $854,000

to annualize the costs of filling 6 positions with the Office of International Affairs during fiscal year 2000; $2,899,000 for OFAC program initiatives; $504,000 and no more than 3 positions for increased management and coordination by the Office of Enforcement

of the Department’s involvement in the National Money Laundering Strategy; $2,900,000 for grants to state and local law enforcement groups to help combat money laundering; $502,000 for

reimbursements to Morris County, New Jersey, for law enforcement agencies; $150,000 for reimbursements to Arlington County,

Virginia, law enforcement agencies; and not to exceed $300,000 to

reimburse the State Police, the police departments of the towns of

New Castle, North Castle, Mount Kisco, Bedford, and the Department of Public Safety of Westchester County of the State of New

York.

RECEPTION AND REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

The conferees are concerned to learn that, over the past several years, the Office of the Under Secretary of Enforcement has

required the various Treasury law enforcement bureaus to transfer

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a portion of their reception and representation funds to the Office

of the Under Secretary. Although there may be certain functions

appropriate to the involvement of all the Treasury law enforcement

bureaus, the conferees remind the Under Secretary that expenses

for these events are accommodated within the amounts authorized

for Departmental Offices reception and representation allowances.

In the event that the Under Secretary believes that Departmental

Offices representation allowances are insufficient to meet current

needs, the Under Secretary should submit a justification for increases to this allowance to the Committees for its consideration.

The conferees also direct the Under Secretary to submit for advance approval any requirement to use reception and representation allowance funds from any appropriation account other than

Departmental Offices, Salaries and Expenses.

ALTERNATIVE FUELS

The conferees urge the Treasury Department to use ethanol,

biodiesel, and other alternative fuels to the maximum extent practicable in meeting the Department’s fuel needs.

DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

The conferees agree to provide $47,287,000 instead of

$41,787,000 as proposed by the House and $37,279,000 as proposed

by the Senate. Included in this amount is $14,779,000 for communications infrastructure (including radios and related equipment)

associated with Departmental law enforcement responsibilities for

the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics; $2,000,000 for Critical Infrastructure Protection; and $3,500,000 for Public Key Infrastructure.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $32,899,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $31,940,000 as proposed by the House.

TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $118,427,000 as proposed by

Senate instead of $115,477,000 as proposed by the House.

TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION

The conferees agree to provide $31,000,000 as proposed by the

House instead of $22,700,000 as proposed by the Senate.

EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

The conferees agree to provide $2,000,000 as proposed by the

House instead of $400,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to $300,000 to assist one or more locally-owned Alaska

banking institutions and community partners and $100,000 to

begin a pilot program with the Metropolitan Family Services’ Family Economic Development program.

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FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $37,576,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $34,694,000 as proposed by the House.

COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

The conferees agree to provide $55,000,000 for the

Counterterrorism Fund as proposed by the Senate instead of no appropriation as proposed by the House. Funds are provided as a contingent emergency.

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

The conferees are aware that the $42,500,000 assumed to be

available by the Administration in the Super Surplus to the Treasury Forfeiture Fund will not be available in fiscal year 2001. Activities proposed for funding through this account have been included in either Salaries and Expenses or Construction related accounts, as appropriate, for the individual law enforcement bureaus.

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $94,483,000 instead of

$93,483,000 as proposed by the House and $93,198,000 as proposed

by the Senate. Included in this amount is $1,000,000 for the rural

law enforcement education project.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $29,205,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $17,331,000 as proposed by the House.

INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

The conferees agree to provide $103,476,000 as proposed by the

House instead of $90,976,000 as proposed by the Senate.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $206,851,000 instead of

$198,736,000 as proposed by the House and $202,851,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President’s request. In addition, the conferees include $4,000,000 to partially

fund a budget shortfall. The conferees fully concur with the language on this topic contained under Departmental Offices in the

Senate Report accompanying S. 2900.

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BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $768,695,000 instead of $731,325,000 as proposed by the House and $724,937,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President’s request with the exception of $5,521,000 for tobacco compliance initiatives and $4,148,000 for the proposed Joint Terrorism Task

Forces.

GANG RESISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING GRANTS

The conferees agree to provide $13,000,000 for grants to local

law enforcement organizations as proposed by the Senate.

UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $1,863,765,000 instead of $1,822,365,000 as proposed by the House and $1,804,687,000 as

proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $13,700,000 for

the second year of funding of the fiscal year 2000 Southwest Border

initiative; $10,000,000 for security enhancements along the northern border; $11,000,000 for vehicle replacement; $3,700,000 for

money laundering; $9,500,000 for drug investigations; and an additional $5,000,000 to combat forced child labor. Additionally, the

conferees include $500,000 for Customs’ ongoing research on trade

of agricultural commodities and products at a Northern Plains university with an agricultural economics program and support the

use of $2,500,000 for the acquisition of Passive Radar Detection

Technology.

TARGETED RESOURCES FOR THE SOUTHWEST BORDER

The conferees provide $13,700,000 to be combined with the $11,300,000 in fiscal year 2000 Super Surplus of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to hire new inspectors, agents, or acquire new detection technology for use along the Southwest border for a total of

$25,000,000. The House conferees do not concur with the Senate

Report language on Targeted Resources for the Southwest Border.

PORTS OF ENTRY

The conferees have received numerous requests to establish,

expand, or preserve Customs presence at various ports, as well as,

to designate new ports of entry. Customs has made a commitment

to put in place a staffing resource allocation model to permit a

more transparent and consistent basis for making such decisions,

but the delay in doing so has caused concern about the ability of

Customs to fulfill its responsibilities. The conferees therefore direct

the Treasury Department and Customs to complete this model and

to report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than November 1, 2000 on its implementation. In relation to this, the conferees urge the Customs Service to give full consideration to the

needs of the following areas for increases or improvements in Customs services: Fargo, North Dakota; Highgate Springs, Vermont;

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Charleston, South Carolina; Charleston, West Virginia; Honolulu,

Hawaii; Great Falls, Sweetgrass-Coutts, and Missoula, Montana;

Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Tennessee; Dulles International Airport; Louisville International Airport; Miami International Airport;

Pittsburg, New Hampshire; San Antonio, Texas; and multiple port

areas in Arizona, New Mexico, and Florida.

OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT

AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

The conferees agree to provide $133,228,000 instead of

$125,778,000 as proposed by the House and $128,228,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $5,000,000 for

source zone deployment of P–3’s; $2,174,000 to maintain current

levels; $7,450,000 for flight safety and enhancements; and

$9,916,000 for costs associated with the delivery of new P–3’s.

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

The conferees agree to provide $258,400,000 instead of

$233,400,000 as proposed by the House and $128,400,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $5,400,000 for the

International Trade Data System, as well as, not less than

$130,000,000 to begin work on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

The conferees agree to provide $182,901,000 as proposed by the

House and Senate. The conferees agree to include a provision as

proposed by the Senate with respect to administrative costs associated with certain trust funds.

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

The conferees agree to provide $3,567,001,000 instead of

$3,487,232,000 as proposed by the House and $3,506,939,000 as

proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President’s request with respect to adjustments required to maintain current levels of service, organizational modernization, and operational contract support. The funding level also reflects an increase of

$60,000,000 above the fiscal year 2000 level as a result of an interappropriation transfer during fiscal year 2000. The conferees have

not provided any funding for the Staffing Tax Administration for

Balance and Equity (STABLE) initiative, a proposed fiscal year

2001 inter-appropriation transfer, or the electronic tax administration marketing initiative.

IRS DATA FOR ECONOMIC MODELING

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tion. The conferees direct IRS to continue working closely with the

Bureau of the Census to ensure the appropriate availability of

these data in a timely manner to groups such as the Congressional

Budget Office (CBO) to facilitate the operation of CBO’s long-term

models of Social Security and Medicare. CBO requires records from

the IRS’ Statistics Of Income that are matched with survey data

from the Bureau of the Census (involving the Current Population

Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation) and

records of the Social Security Administration with all record identifiers removed.

TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

The conferees agree to provide $3,382,402,000 instead of

$3,332,676,000 as proposed by the House and $3,378,040,000 as

proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President’s request with respect to adjustments required to maintain current levels of service and operational contract support. The funding level

also reflects a decrease of $100,000,000 below the fiscal year 2000

level as a result of an inter-appropriation transfer during fiscal

year 2000 and a decrease of $666,000 for a transfer to the Treasury

Inspector General for Tax Administration, as requested. The conferees have not provided any funding for the Staffing Tax Administration for Balance and Equity (STABLE) initiative or for the

Counterterrorism Initiative, nor have they agreed to a proposed

transfer of $41,000,000 out of the account as an inter-appropriation

transfer during fiscal year 2001.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

The conferees agree to provide $1,545,090,000 instead of

$1,488,090,000 as proposed by the House and $1,505,090,000 as

proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President’s request with the exception of the Staffing Tax Administration for

Balance and Equity (STABLE) initiative and $3,000,000 for an

inter-appropriation transfer proposed for fiscal year 2001.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

Section 101. The conferees agree to continue a provision which

allows the transfer of 5 percent of any appropriation made available to the IRS to any other IRS appropriation subject to Congressional approval.

Section 102. The conferees agree to continue a provision which

requires the IRS to maintain a training program in taxpayers’

rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, and cross cultural relations.

Section 103. The conferees agree to continue a provision which

requires the IRS to institute and enforce policies and practices that

will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.

Section 104. The conferees agree to continue a provision proposed by the Senate with respect to the IRS 1–800 help line service.

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UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $823,800,000 as proposed by the

House instead of $778,279,000 as proposed by the Senate.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $8,941,000 instead of

$5,021,000 as proposed by the House and $4,283,000 as proposed

by the Senate. Included in this amount $3,920,000 for security enhancements at the Vice President’s residence.

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Section 110. The conferees agree to continue a provision which

requires the Secretary of the Treasury to comply with certain reprogramming guidelines when obligating or expending funds for

law enforcement activities.

Section 111. The conferees agree to continue a provision which

allows the Department of the Treasury to purchase uniforms, insurance, and motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase

price limitation, and enter into contracts with the Department of

State for health and medical services for Treasury employees in

overseas locations.

Section 112. The conferees agree to continue a provision which

requires the expenditure of funds so as not to diminish efforts

under section 105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

Section 113. The conferees agree to continue a provision which

authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between law enforcement appropriations under certain circumstances.

Section 114. The conferees agree to continue a provision which

authorizes the transfer, up to 2 percent, between the Departmental

Offices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for

Tax Administration, Financial Management Service, and Bureau of

Public Debt appropriations under certain circumstances.

Section 115. The conferees agree to include a new provision

proposed by the House that authorizes transfer, up to 2 percent,

between the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Inspector

General for Tax Administration under certain circumstances.

Section 116. The conferees agree to continue a provision regarding the purchase of law enforcement vehicles.

Section 117. The conferees agree to continue a provision proposed by the House which prohibits the Department of the Treasury and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from redesigning

the $1 Federal Reserve Note.

Section 118. The conferees agree to continue and make permanent a provision which authorizes Treasury law enforcement agencies to pay their protection officers premium pay in excess of the

pay period limitation.

Section 119. The conferees agree to include a new provision

that provides for transfer from and reimbursements to the Salaries

and Expenses appropriation of the Financial Management Service

for the purposes of debt collection.

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Section 120. The conferees agree to include a new provision

that extends the Treasury Franchise Fund through October 1,

2002.

Section 121. The conferees agree to include a new provision

that requires that no reorganization of the U.S. Customs Service

shall result in a reduction of service to the area served by the Port

of Racine, Wisconsin, below the level of service provided in fiscal

year 2000.

Section 122. The conferees agree to include a new provision

proposed by the House authorizing and directing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to reimburse the subcontractor that

provided services in 1993 and 1994 pursuant to Bureau of Alcohol,

Tobacco and Firearms contract number TATF 93–3 out of fiscal

year 2001 appropriations or prior year unobligated balances.

TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

The conferees agree to provide $96,093,000 as proposed by the

House instead of $67,093,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this

amount, $67,093,000 is provided as an advance appropriation for

free and reduced rate mail and $29,000,000 is provided for reimbursement to the Postal Service for prior year losses.

TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $53,288,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $52,135,000 as proposed by the House and include a proviso that $9,072,000 of the funds appropriated shall be

available for reimbursements to the White House Communications

Agency, as proposed by the House.

EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

OPERATING EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $10,900,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $10,286,470 as proposed by the House.

WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

The conferees agree to provide $968,000 instead of $5,510,000

as proposed by the Senate and $658,000 as proposed by the House.

The conferees provide $458,000 for the design and replacement of

the existing concrete raceway containing voice and communication

lines serving the East Wing and the Executive Residence instead

of the full request of $5,000,000. The conferees direct the Executive

Residence to submit a completed design to the Committees on Appropriations, including an estimate of total construction costs associated with this project.

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SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND OFFICIAL RESIDENCE

OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $3,673,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $3,664,000 as proposed by the House.

COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $4,110,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $3,997,000 as proposed by the House.

OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $4,032,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $4,030,000 as proposed by the House.

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $7,165,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $7,148,000 as proposed by the House.

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $43,737,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $41,185,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees agree to delete language proposed by the House to delay the

effective date of section 638(h) of Public Law 106–58, regarding the

establishment of a Chief Financial Officer within the Executive Office of the President.

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $68,786,000 instead of

$67,143,000 as proposed by the House and $67,935,000 as proposed

by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President’s request.

APPORTIONMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

The conferees do not concur with the House report language

regarding apportionment for International Food Assistance Programs.

OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $24,759,000 as proposed by the

House instead of $24,312,000 as proposed by the Senate.

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COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

The conferees agree to provide $29,053,000 instead of

$29,750,000 as proposed by the House and $29,052,000 as proposed

by the Senate.

FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

The conferees agree to provide $206,500,000 instead of

$217,000,000 as proposed by the House and $196,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the Administration’s

request, and include an additional $14,500,000 to increase funding

or expand existing HIDTAs, or to fund newly designated HIDTAs.

The conferees provide that existing HIDTAs shall be funded at fiscal year 2000 levels unless the ONDCP Director submits to the

Committees, and the Committees approve, justification for changes

in those levels based on clearly articulated priorities for the HIDTA

program, as well as published ONDCP performance measures of effectiveness (PMEs). Similarly, while the conferees provide additional funding that may be used for newly designated HIDTAs,

they direct that no funds may be obligated for such purposes until

similar justification is provided to the Committees for approval.

The ability to evaluate effectiveness of individual HIDTAs, and

to match funding needs against budgets, depends on reliable and

consistent methodology for performance measurement and management. This is particularly important given the key role HIDTAs

play in bringing together many divergent counterdrug agencies and

crosscutting programs—which also exacerbates the problem of isolating the impact of HIDTAs. The conferees anticipate that the

completion of work by the HIDTA Performance Management Working Group will improve performance measurement methodology

and data collection covering the three main target areas identified

in 1999. These are: increasing compliance with HIDTA developmental standards; dismantling or disabling at least 5 percent of

targeted drug trafficking organizations; and reducing specific types

of violent crime. The conferees support ONDCP plans to validate

and verify the HIDTA management, including the use of on-site reviews and external financial evaluations.

As ONDCP reviews candidates for new HIDTA funding, the

conferees direct it to consider the following: Las Vegas, NV; Arkansas; Minnesota; North Carolina; and Northern Florida, which have

requested designation; increases for Central Florida, Southwest

Border (for New Mexico, South Texas, West Texas, and Arizona),

New England, Gulf Coast, Oregon, Northwest (including southwest

and eastern Washington), and Chicago HIDTAs; and full minimum

funding for new HIDTAs in Central Valley, California, Hawaii, and

Ohio. The conferees urge ONDCP to consider using funds provided

above the budget request for designating new HIDTAs from areas

which have already submitted requests.

SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

The conferees agree to provide $233,600,000 instead of

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posed by the Senate. Of this amount, the conferees provide

$185,000,000 for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign;

$40,000,000 to carry out the Drug-Free Communities Act;

$3,000,000 for the costs of space and operations of the counter drug

intelligence executive secretariat (CDX); $3,300,000 for anti-doping

efforts of the United States Olympic Committee; $1,300,000 to the

Metro Intelligence Support and Technical Investigative Center

(MISTIC); and $1,000,000 for the National Drug Court Institute.

NATIONAL YOUTH ANTI-DRUG MEDIA CAMPAIGN

The conferees negate neither the House nor Senate Committee

Report language regarding the youth media campaign. The conferees are concerned with ONDCP’s use of pro bono credits under

the match program for programming content, and note with interest the Statement of Pro-Bono Match Program and Guidelines that

ONDCP posted on its website in July 2000. Consistent with those

guidelines, the conferees direct that ONDCP not issue credits for

ad time and/or space if already purchased with funds appropriated

for the campaign. Furthermore, the conferees direct that ONDCP

not issue any credits for programming content once a program is

in syndication unless it has previously reported to the Committees

on Appropriations reasons why such credit is necessary. Finally,

the conferees underscore the language on page 11 of the guidelines

that reads ‘‘ONDCP exercises its authority to review public service

match materials for credit and valuation through its primary advertising contractor. No ONDCP contractor may make suggestions

or requests about, or otherwise attempt to influence or modify the

creative product of any media organization or representative for

the purpose of qualifying for pro bono match credit.’’ In keeping

with this the conferees direct ONDCP to ensure that neither it nor

its contractor will review programming content under consideration

for pro bono credit under the match program until such programming is in its final form.

TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $40,500,000 instead of

$40,240,000 as proposed by the House and $39,755,000 as proposed

by the Senate.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

The conferees agree to provide $5,971,509,000 in new

obligational authority instead of $5,272,370,000 as proposed by the

House and $5,502,333,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees directly appropriate $464,154,000 into the Fund to cover a

portion of the new obligational needs of the Fund.

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AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND

The conferees recognize the efforts of GSA to memorialize the

17th and 18th century African Americans whose remains were discovered during the excavation for a new federal building at Foley

Square in lower Manhattan. Since 1992, significant work has been

conducted on the memorialization but additional work is required

prior to and including the reinterment of the remains. The conferees expect GSA to complete the project using funds made available from the Federal Buildings Fund or from the borrowing authority remaining for the buildings project at Foley Square.

CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION

The conferees agree to provide $472,176,000 instead of no funding as proposed by the House and $3,000,000 as proposed by

the Senate. These funds are provided for nine projects. The conferees direct GSA to provide a written report to the Committees on

Appropriations with respect to how GSA plans to allocate these

funds among the various projects prior to allocating the funds.

Within the funds provided the conferees have included $3,500,000

for the design and site acquisition of a combined law enforcement

facility in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The conferees also agree to provide $276,400,000 as an advance appropriation, not available until October 1, 2001, for four

courthouse construction projects.

REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS

The conferees agree to provide $671,193,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $490,592,000 as proposed by the House. This

level fully funds the request with the following exceptions: no funds

are provided for the chlorofluorocarbon program, the energy program is funded at $5,000,000, and the glass fragment retention

program is funded at $5,000,000.

BUILDING OPERATIONS

The conferees agree to provide $1,624,771,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,580,909,000 as proposed by the House.

Within this limitation level, the conferees have included $500,000

to conduct a site selection analysis for a replacement facility for the

National Center for Environmental Prediction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, currently located in Camp

Springs, Maryland. The delineated area shall be in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area and include the consideration of appropriate educational institutions qualified to be project partners.

A report on the findings of the study shall be provided to the conferees within 120 days of the enactment of this Act.

POLICY AND OPERATIONS

The conferees agree to provide $123,920,000 instead of

$123,420,000 as proposed by the Senate and $115,434,000 as proposed by the House. Increases above the enacted level include

$3,285,000 for pay costs to maintain current levels, $2,075,000 for

protection and maintenance at the Lorton complex in Virginia, and

$8,000,000 for the critical infrastructure protection initiative. The

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conferees agree to provide up to $500,000 for virtual archive storage. And agree to provide $190,000, from within available funds,

for the Plains States Depopulation Symposium as proposed by the

Senate. The conferees do not agree to the reduction of funding from

the fiscal year 2000 level for the digital learning technology effort

and direct that $1,000,000 be used to continue a digital medical

education project in connection with the Native American Digital

Telehealth Project and Upper Great Plains Native American Telehealth Program and that $1,000,000 be used to continue activities

that will be the basis for the 21st Century Distributed Learning

Environment in Education.

ALTERNATIVE FUELS

The conferees urge the General Services Administration to use

ethanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels to the maximum extent practicable in meeting GSA’s fuel needs.

EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION

The conferees agree to provide $7,100,000, as proposed by the

Senate instead of no appropriation as proposed by the House.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL

PROVISIONS

Section 401. The conferees agree to continue a provision that

provides that accounts available to GSA shall be credited with certain funds received from government corporations.

Section 402. The conferees agree to continue a provision that

provides that funds available to GSA shall be available for the hire

of passenger motor vehicles.

Section 403. The conferees agree to continue a provision that

authorizes GSA to transfer funds within the Federal Buildings

Fund to meet program requirements subject to approval by the

Committees on Appropriations.

Section 404. The conferees agree to continue a provision that

prohibits the use of funds to submit a fiscal year 2001 budget request for courthouse construction projects that do not meet design

guide criteria, do not reflect the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States, and are not accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization study.

Section 405. The conferees agree to continue a provision that

provides that no funds may be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet or provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided to any agency which

does not pay the requested rental rates.

Section 406. The conferees agree to continue a provision that

provides that funds provided by the Information Technology Fund

for pilot information technology projects may be repaid to the

Fund.

Section 407. The conferees agree to continue a provision that

permits GSA to pay claims of up to $250,000 arising from construction projects and the acquisition of buildings.

Section 408. The conferees agree to include a provision as proposed by the House to provide a one-year extension to the period

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for which voluntary separation incentive payments may be offered

by the Administrator of the General Services to qualified employees.

Section 409. The conferees agree to include a new provision

proposed by the Senate designating the Federal Building and

United States Courthouse located at 102 North 4th Street in Grand

Forks, North Dakota, as the ‘‘Ronald N. Davies Federal Building

and United States Courthouse’’.

Section 410. The conferees agree to include a new provision

proposed by the Senate regarding the Columbus, New Mexico border station.

Section 411. The conferees agree to include a new provision

proposed by the Senate designating the United States Bankruptcy

Courthouse located at 1100 Laurel Street in Columbia, South Carolina, as the ‘‘J. Bratton Davis United States Bankruptcy Courthouse’’.

Section 412. The conferees agree to include a new provision

proposed by the Senate designating the United States Courthouse

Annex located at 901 19th Street in Denver, Colorado, as the ‘‘Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse Annex’’.

Section 413. The conferees agree to include a new provision

proposed by the Senate designating the dormitory building currently being constructed on the Core Campus of the Federal Law

Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, as the ‘‘Paul

Coverdell Dormitory’’.

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $29,437,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $28,857,000 as proposed by the House.

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND

EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

The conferees agree to provide $2,000,000 as proposed by the

House instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

The conferees agree to provide $1,250,000 as proposed by the

House instead of $500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

OPERATING EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $209,393,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $195,119,000 as proposed by the House, of which

up to $5,000,000 may be used for the implementation of the Nazi

War Crimes Disclosure Act (5 U.S.C. 552 note; Public Law 105–

246), including preservation and restoration of declassified records,

public access and dissemination activities, and necessary support

services for the Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working

Group.

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REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

The conferees agree to provide $95,150,000 instead of

$5,650,000 as proposed by the House and $4,950,000 as proposed

by the Senate. This level of funding provides $4,950,000 for the

base repairs and restoration program, $88,000,000 for the major repair and restoration project at the main Archives building,

$1,500,000 for the construction of a new Southeast Regional Archives facility, and $700,000 for the design of a 10,000-square-foot

extension to the Gerald R. Ford Museum.

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION

GRANTS PROGRAM

The conferees agree to provide $6,450,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by the House.

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $94,095,000 as proposed by the

Senate instead of $93,471,000 as proposed by the House.

PARENTAL LEAVE

The conferees direct the Office of Personnel Management to

conduct a study to develop alternative means for providing Federal

employees with at least 6 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or adoption of a child, and submit a report containing its findings and recommendations to the Committees on

Appropriations by September 30, 2001. The report should include

projected utilization rates and views as to whether this benefit can

be expected to curtail the rate at which Federal employees are

being lost to the private sector, help the Federal government recruit and retain employees, reduce turnover and replacement costs,

and contribute to parental involvement during a child’s formative

years.

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $101,986,000 as proposed by the

House instead of $99,624,000 as proposed by the Senate.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $1,360,000 as proposed by the

House instead of $1,356,000 as proposed by the Senate.

OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $11,147,000 instead of

$10,319,000 as proposed by the House and $10,733,000 as proposed

by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President’s request.

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UNITED STATES TAX COURT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $37,305,000 as proposed by the

House instead of $35,474,000 as proposed by the Senate.

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

THIS ACT

Section 501. The conferees agree to continue the provision limiting the expenditure of funds to the current year unless expressly

provided in this Act.

Section 502. The conferees agree to continue the provision limiting the expenditure of funds for consulting services under certain

conditions.

Section 503. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the use of funds to engage in activities that would prohibit

the enforcement of section 307 of the 1930 Tariff Act.

Section 504. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the transfer of control over the Federal Law Enforcement

Training Center out of the Department of the Treasury.

Section 505. The conferees agree to continue the provision concerning employment rights of Federal employees who return to

their civilian jobs after assignment with the Armed Forces.

Section 506. The conferees agree to continue the provision that

requires compliance with the Buy American Act.

Section 507. The conferees agree to continue the provision concerning prohibition of contracts that use certain goods not made in

America.

Section 508. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting contract eligibility where fraudulent intent has been proven in affixing ‘‘Made in America’’ labels.

Section 509. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for abortions under the FEHBP,

as proposed by the House.

Section 510. The conferees agree to continue the provision that

would authorize the expenditure of funds for abortions under the

FEHBP if the life of the mother is in danger or the pregnancy is

a result of an act of rape or incest, as proposed by the House.

Section 511. The conferees agree to continue the provision providing that fifty percent of unobligated balances may remain available for certain purposes.

Section 512. The conferees agree to continue the provision restricting the use of funds for the White House to request official

background reports without the written consent of the individual

who is the subject of the report.

Section 513. The conferees agree to continue the provision that

cost accounting standards under the Federal Procurement Policy

Act shall not apply to the FEHBP.

Section 514. The conferees agree to include a new provision

that transfers a parcel of land from the Gerald R. Ford Library and

Museum to the Gerald R. Ford Foundation as trustee, with reversionary interest as proposed by the House.

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Section 515. The conferees include a new provision requiring

OMB to develop guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information disseminated by

federal agencies as proposed by the House.

Section 516. The conferees agree to include a new provision

permitting OPM to utilize certain funds to resolve litigation and

implement settlement agreements regarding the non-foreign area

cost-of-living allowance program as proposed by the Senate.

Section 517. The conferees include and modify a provision prohibiting the use of funds for the purpose of implementation, or in

preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol as proposed

by the House.

Section 518. The conferees agree to include a new provision requiring OMB to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1975 as proposed by the Senate.

TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES AND CORPORATIONS

Section 601. The conferees agree to continue the provision authorizing agencies to pay costs of travel to the United States for the

immediate families of Federal employees assigned to foreign duty

in the event of a death or a life threatening illness of the employee.

Section 602. The conferees agree to continue the provision requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to ensure that all

of its workplaces are free from the illegal use of controlled substances.

Section 603. The conferees agree to continue the provision regarding price limitations on vehicles to be purchased by the Federal Government.

Section 604. The conferees agree to continue the provision allowing funds made available to agencies for travel to also be used

for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances.

Section 605. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the Government, with certain specified exceptions, from

employing non-U.S. citizens whose posts of duty would be in the

continental U.S.

Section 606. The conferees agree to continue the provision ensuring that agencies will have authority to pay GSA bills for space

renovation and other services.

Section 607. The conferees agree to continue the provision allowing agencies to finance the costs of recycling and waste prevention programs with proceeds from the sale of materials recovered

through such programs.

Section 608. The conferees agree to continue the provision providing that funds may be used by certain groups to pay rent and

other service costs in the District of Columbia.

Section 609. The conferees agree to continue the provision providing that no funds may be used to pay any person filling a nominated position that has been rejected by the Senate.

Section 610. The conferees agree to continue the provision precluding the financing of groups by more than one Federal agency

absent prior and specific statutory approval.

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Section 611. The conferees agree to continue the provision authorizing the Postal Service to employ guards and give them the

same special police powers as GSA guards as proposed by the Senate.

Section 612. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the use of funds for enforcing regulations disapproved in

accordance with the applicable law of the U.S.

Section 613. The conferees agree to continue the provision limiting the pay increases of certain prevailing rate employees.

Section 614. The conferees agree to continue the provision limiting the amount of funds that can be used for redecoration of offices under certain circumstances.

Section 615. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for the acquisition of additional

law enforcement training facilities.

Section 616. The conferees agree to continue the provision to

allow for interagency funding of national security and emergency

telecommunications initiatives.

Section 617. The conferees agree to continue the provision requiring agencies to certify that a Schedule C appointment was not

created solely or primarily to detail the employee to the White

House.

Section 618. The conferees agree to continue the provision requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to ensure that all

of its workplaces are free from discrimination and sexual harassment.

Section 619. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the importation of any goods manufactured by forced or indentured child labor.

Section 620. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the payment of the salary of any employee who prohibits,

threatens or prevents another employee from communicating with

Congress.

Section 621. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting Federal training not directly related to the performance of

official duties.

Section 622. The conferees agree to continue and modify the

provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for implementation

of agreements in nondisclosure policies unless certain provisions

are included.

Section 623. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting use of appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda designed to support or defeat legislation pending in Congress.

Section 624. The conferees agree to continue and make permanent the provision directing OMB to provide an accounting statement and report on the cumulative costs and benefits of Federal

regulatory programs.

Section 625. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting any Federal agency from disclosing an employee’s home

address to any labor organization, absent employee authorization

or court order.

Section 626. The conferees agree to continue and make permanent the provision authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to establish scientific canine explosive detection standards.

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Section 627. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting funds to be used to provide non-public information such as

mailing or telephone lists to any person or organization outside the

Government without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

Section 628. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the use of funds for propaganda and publicity purposes not

authorized by Congress.

Section 629. The conferees agree to continue the provision directing agency employees to use official time in an honest effort to

perform official duties.

Section 630. The conferees agree to continue, and include technical modifications to the provision addressing contraceptive coverage in health plans participating in the FEHBP, making it identical to current law as enacted by Section 625 of the Departments

of Commerce, Justice and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2000 and deleting the names of two

plans that no longer participate in the program.

Section 631. The conferees agree to continue the provision authorizing the use of fiscal year 2001 funds to finance an appropriate share of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program.

Section 632. The conferees agree to continue and modify the

provision authorizing agencies to transfer funds to the Policy and

Operations account of GSA to finance an appropriate share of the

Joint Financial Management Improvement Program.

Section 633. The conferees agree to continue and modify the

provision authorizing agencies to provide child care in federal facilities.

Section 634. The conferees agree to continue and modify the

provision authorizing breast feeding at any location in a Federal

building or on Federal property.

Section 635. The conferees agree to include a new provision

that permits interagency funding of the National Science and Technology Council as proposed by the House.

Section 636. The conferees agree to include a new provision

concerning retirement provisions relating to certain members of the

police force of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority as

proposed by the House.

Section 637. The conferees agree to include a new provision authorizing the President’s Pay Agent to use appropriate data from

sources other than the Bureau of Labor Statistics in making new

locality pay designations as proposed by the House.

Section 638. The conferees agree to continue the provision requiring identification of the Federal agencies providing Federal

funds and the amount provided for all proposals, solicitations,

grant applications, forms, notifications, press releases, or other

publications related to the distribution of funding to a State.

Section 639. The conferees agree to include a new provision requiring the mandatory removal from employment of any law enforcement officer convicted of a felony as proposed by the Senate.

Section 640. The conferees agree to include a new provision to

restore the federal employee retirement contribution share to pre–

1999 levels.

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Section 641. The conferees agree to include a new provision

making a modification to the calculation of disability pay for federal firefighters as proposed by the House.

Section 642. The conferees agree to include a new provision

that includes a technical modification to the basis for using inactive

duty military leave as proposed by the House.

Section 643. The conferees agree to include a new provision

that requires criminal background checks for employees at federally provided day care facilities of the executive branch as proposed

by the House.

Section 644. The conferees include a new provision prohibiting

the use of funds in this Act by any federal agency to use federal

Internet sites to collect or review personally identifiable information, or to create aggregate lists that include personally identifiable

information, about individuals who access federal Internet sites.

The conferees are concerned with federal agencies improper use of

certain computer technologies, such as ‘‘cookies’’, and do not want

this use to continue until the appropriate Congressional committees establish a government-wide, consistent policy, under the force

of law, that provides the necessary protections against the unintentional and involuntary collection of personal information. This provision exempts the voluntary submission of personally identifiable

information via federal Internet sites.

Section 645. The conferees agree to include a new provision

that makes pay rates for Administrative Appeals Judges comparable to Administrative Law Judges as proposed by the House.

Section 646. The conferees agree to include a new provision

that requires the Inspector General of each department or agency

to submit to Congress a report that discloses any activity relating

to the collection of data about individuals who access any Internet

site of the department or agency.

CONFERENCE TOTAL—WITH COMPARISONS

The total new budget (obligational) authority for the fiscal year

2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference, with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001 budget estimates,

and the House and Senate bills for 2001 follow:

[In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000 ........................ $28,069,062

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001 31,756,826

House bill, fiscal year 2001 ................................................................... 29,102,263

Senate bill, fiscal year 2001 .................................................................. 29,433,584

Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001 .............................................. 30,371,528

Conference agreement compared with:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000 ................ +2,302,466

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year

2001 .............................................................................................. ¥1,385,298

House bill, fiscal year 2001 ............................................................ +1,269,265

Senate bill, fiscal year 2001 ........................................................... +937,944

Amendment No. 2: Deletes the matter stricken and deletes the

matter inserted and deletes certain House matter not stricken by

the Senate. The disposition of this amendment is purely technical

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tion of the differences in this amendment can be found in the joint

statement of the managers under amendment numbered 1.

Amendment No. 3: Deletes the matter stricken and deletes the

matter inserted and deletes certain House matter not stricken by

the Senate. The disposition of this amendment is purely technical

so that the entire text of the conference agreement could be included in amendment numbered 1. The description of the resolution of the differences in this amendment can be found in the joint

statement of the managers under amendment numbered 1.

Amendment No. 4: Deletes the matter inserted. The disposition

of this amendment is purely technical so that the entire text of the

conference agreement could be included in amendment numbered

1. The description of the resolution of the differences in this

amendment can be found in the joint statement of the managers

under amendment numbered 1.

CHARLES H. TAYLOR,

ZACH WAMP,

JERRY LEWIS,

KAY GRANGER,

JOHN E. PETERSON,

C.W. BILL YOUNG,

Managers on the Part of the House.

ROBERT F. BENNETT,

TED STEVENS,

LARRY CRAIG,

THAD COCHRAN,

Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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