106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4871

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4871

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the

United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of

the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,

6 the Executive Office of the President, and certain Inde7 pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,

8 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

9 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

10 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices

13 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury

14 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

15 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase

16 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased

17 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance

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

19 travel expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain avail20 able until September 30, 2002, for information technology

21 modernization requirements; not to exceed $150,000 for

22 official reception and representation expenses; not to ex23 ceed $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confiden24 tial nature, to be allocated and expended under the direc25 tion of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted
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1 for solely on his certificate, $149,437,000: Provided, That

2 of these amounts $2,900,000 is available for grants to

3 State and local law enforcement groups to help fight

4 money laundering.

5 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

6 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For development and acquisition of automatic data

9 processing equipment, software, and services for the De10 partment of the Treasury, $41,787,000, to remain avail11 able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be

12 transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to

13 satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu14 reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this

15 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans16 fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That

17 none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support

18 or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropria19 tions for Information Systems.

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

25 $2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of
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1 passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for

2 unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo3 cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector

4 General of the Treasury, $31,940,000.

5 INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector

8 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In9 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur10 chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police11 type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.

12 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such

13 rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for

14 Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official

15 travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore16 seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated

17 and expended under the direction of the Inspector General

18 for Tax Administration, $116,427,000 (reduced by

19 $950,000).

20 TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND

21 RESTORATION

22 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the

23 Treasury Building and Annex, $31,000,000, to remain

24 available until expended.
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1 EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For a demonstration project to expand access to fi4 nancial services for low-income individuals, $2,000,000, to

5 remain available until expended: Provided, That of these

6 funds, such sums as may be necessary may be transferred

7 to accounts of the Departments offices, bureaus, and other

8 organizations: Provided further, That this transfer author9 ity shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro10 vided in this Act.

11 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En14 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve15 hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement

16 personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in17 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula18 tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep19 resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en20 forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,

21 $34,694,000, of which not to exceed $2,800,000 shall re22 main available until September 30, 2003; and of which

23 $2,275,000 shall remain available until September 30,

24 2002: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account

25 may be used to procure personal services contracts.
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1 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce4 ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of

5 the Treasury, including materials and support costs of

6 Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to

7 exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the gen8 eral purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger

9 motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and re10 lated activities; uniforms without regard to the general

11 purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the

12 conducting of and participating in firearms matches and

13 presentation of awards; for public awareness and enhanc14 ing community support of law enforcement training; not

15 to exceed $11,500 for official reception and representation

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

17 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $93,483,000, of which

18 up to $17,043,000 for materials and support costs of Fed19 eral law enforcement basic training shall remain available

20 until September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Center is

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

22 and personal, and to accept services, for authorized pur23 poses, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which

24 shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Center

25 to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic
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1 training program at the Center during the previous fiscal

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

3 the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That not4 withstanding any other provision of law, students attend5 ing training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training

6 Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided

7 housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Cen8 ter policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in

9 this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Di10 rector, for the following: training United States Postal

11 Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police offi12 cers; State and local government law enforcement training

13 on a space-available basis; training of foreign law enforce14 ment officials on a space-available basis with reimburse15 ment of actual costs to this appropriation, except that re16 imbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law en17 forcement training activities in foreign countries under18 taken pursuant to section 801 of the Antiterrorism and

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

20 32; training of private sector security officials on a space21 available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this

22 appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal per23 sonnel to attend course development meetings and training

24 sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Cen25 ter is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim-
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1 bursements from agencies receiving training sponsored by

2 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except

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

4 not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end

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

6 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide

7 training for the Gang Resistance Education and Training

8 program to Federal and non-Federal personnel at any fa9 cility in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

10 and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal Law

11 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide

12 short-term medical services for students undergoing train13 ing at the Center.

14 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

15 RELATED EXPENSES

16 For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement

17 Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional

18 real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,

19 facility improvements, and related expenses, $17,331,000,

20 to remain available until expended.

21 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

22 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

23 For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and

24 convict offenders involved in organized crime drug traf25 ficking, including cooperative efforts with State and local

26 law enforcement, as it relates to the Treasury Department
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1 law enforcement violations such as money laundering, vio2 lent crime, and smuggling, $103,476,000, of which

3 $7,827,000 shall remain available until expended.

4 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management

7 Service, $198,736,000, of which not to exceed

8 $10,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,

9 2003, for information systems modernization initiatives;

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

11 official reception and representation expenses.

12 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To15 bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed

16 812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for

17 replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

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

20 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a

21 major investigative assignment requires an employee to

22 work 16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight

23 at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $20,000 for offi24 cial reception and representation expenses; for training of

25 State and local law enforcement agencies with or without
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1 reimbursement, including training in connection with the

2 training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire

3 accelerants detection; not to exceed $50,000 for coopera4 tive research and development programs for Laboratory

5 Services and Fire Research Center activities; and provi6 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies,

7 with or without reimbursement, $731,325,000, of which

8 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay9 ment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C.

10 924(d)(2); and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for

11 the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft

12 available for official use by a State or local law enforce13 ment agency if the conveyance will be used in joint law

14 enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To15 bacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime sala16 ries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, supplies, and other

17 similar costs of State and local law enforcement personnel,

18 including sworn officers and support personnel, that are

19 incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol,

20 Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made

21 available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer

22 the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alco23 hol, Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies or Depart24 ments in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That no funds

25 appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or ad-
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1 ministrative expenses in connection with consolidating or

2 centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the

3 records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposi4 tion of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees:

5 Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall

6 be used to pay administrative expenses or the compensa7 tion of any officer or employee of the United States to

8 implement an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR

9 178.118 or to change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’

10 in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publica11 tion 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided

12 further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall

13 be available to investigate or act upon applications for re14 lief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C.

15 925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be avail16 able to investigate and act upon applications filed by cor17 porations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities

18 under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds

19 under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve infor20 mation gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by

21 name or any personal identification code.

22 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the United States Customs

25 Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
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1 vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of

2 which 1,030 are for police-type use and commercial oper3 ations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals

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

5 official reception and representation expenses; and awards

6 of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act

7 enforced by the United States Customs Service,

8 $1,821,415,000 (increased by $950,000), of which such

9 sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Ac10 count, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the

11 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985,

12 as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from

13 that Account; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall

14 be available for payment for rental space in connection

15 with preclearance operations; not to exceed $4,000,000

16 shall be available until expended for research; of which not

17 less than $100,000 shall be available to promote public

18 awareness of the child pornography tipline; of which not

19 less than $200,000 shall be available for Project Alert; not

20 to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for

21 conducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081;

22 not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until expended

23 for the procurement of automation infrastructure items,

24 including hardware, software, and installation; and not to

25 exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for re-
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1 pairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may

2 be purchased without regard to the general purchase price

3 limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further,

4 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal

5 year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in sub6 section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19

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

8 HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For administrative expenses related to the collection

11 of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law

12 103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor

13 Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and

14 merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac15 count for such purposes.

16 OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND

17 MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

18 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

19 for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air20 craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine

21 Programs, including operational training and mission-re22 lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by

23 the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro24 grams, the operations of which include the following: the

25 interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of

26 support to Customs and other Federal, State, and local
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1 agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en2 forced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of

3 the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance

4 to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforce5 ment and emergency humanitarian efforts, $125,778,000,

6 which shall remain available until expended: Provided,

7 That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the ex8 ception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been

9 identified as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft

10 which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be trans11 ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office

12 outside of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal

13 year 2001 without the prior approval of the Committees

14 on Appropriations.

15 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

16 For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs

17 automated systems, $233,400,000, to remain available

18 until expended, of which $5,400,000 shall be for the Inter19 national Trade Data System, and not less than

20 $105,000,000 shall be for the development of the Auto21 mated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none of

22 the funds appropriated under this heading may be obli23 gated for the Automated Commercial Environment until

24 the United States Customs Service prepares and submits

25 to the House Committee on Appropriations a final plan

26 for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and
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1 investment control review requirements established by the

2 Office of Management and Budget, including OMB Cir3 cular A–11, part 3; (2) complies with the United States

4 Customs Service’s Enterprise Information Systems Archi5 tecture; (3) complies with the acquisition rules, require6 ments, guidelines, and systems acquisition management

7 practices of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed and

8 approved by the Customs Investment Review Board, the

9 Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Manage10 ment and Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Ac11 counting Office: Provided further, That none of the funds

12 appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the

13 Automated Commercial Environment until that final ex14 penditure plan has been approved by the House Com15 mittee on Appropriations.

16 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

17 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

18 For necessary expenses connected with any public19 debt issues of the United States, $187,301,000, of which

20 not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep21 tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex22 ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for

23 systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro24 priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2001

25 shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive
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1 security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account

2 Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final

3 fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the General Fund es4 timated at $182,901,000, and in addition, $23,600 to be

5 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reim6 burse the Bureau for administrative and personnel ex7 penses for financial management of the Fund, as author8 ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.

9 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

10 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

11 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv12 ice for tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law

13 and account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor14 respondence; providing an independent taxpayer advocate

15 within the Service; programs to match information returns

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

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

18 as may be determined by the Commissioner;

19 $3,512,232,000 (reduced by $25,000,000), of which up to

20 $3,950,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly

21 Program, and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for

22 official reception and representation expenses.

23 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

24 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv25 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro26 viding litigation support; issuing technical rulings; pro-
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1 viding top quality service to tax exempt customers; exam2 ining employee plans and exempt organizations; con3 ducting criminal investigation and enforcement activities;

4 securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts;

5 compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance

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

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

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

9 as may be determined by the Commissioner,

10 $3,332,676,000 of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall

11 remain available until September 30, 2003, for research.

12 EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE

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

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

16 105–33), $145,000,000, of which not to exceed

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

18 Administration for the costs of implementing section 1090

19 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.

20 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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

24 operational information systems; the hire of passenger

25 motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au26 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
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1 mined by the Commissioner; $1,488,090,000 which shall

2 remain available until September 30, 2002.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

4 SERVICE

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

7 Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue

8 Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the

9 Committees on Appropriations.

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

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

14 relations.

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

18 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret

21 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 844 vehicles

22 for police-type use, of which 541 shall be for replacement

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

24 training and assistance requested by State and local gov25 ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;

26 services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter-
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1 mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District

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

3 other facilities on private or other property not in Govern4 ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per5 form protective functions; for payment of per diem and/

6 or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective

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

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

9 or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con10 ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen11 tation of awards; for travel of Secret Service employees

12 on protective missions without regard to the limitations

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

14 is obtained in advance from the Committees on Appropria15 tions; for research and development; for making grants to

16 conduct behavioral research in support of protective re17 search and operations; not to exceed $25,000 for official

18 reception and representation expenses; not to exceed

19 $100,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment

20 to foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit in21 vestigations; for payment in advance for commercial ac22 commodations as may be necessary to perform protective

23 functions; and for uniforms without regard to the general

24 purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year,

25 $823,800,000, of which $3,633,000 shall be available as
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1 a grant for activities related to the investigations of ex2 ploited children and shall remain available until expended:

3 Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided for protective

4 travel shall remain available until September 30, 2002.

5 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

6 RELATED EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter8 ation, and improvement of facilities, $5,021,000, to re9 main available until expended.

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

11 TREASURY

12 SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec13 retary of the Treasury in connection with law enforcement

14 activities of a Federal agency or a Department of the

15 Treasury law enforcement organization in accordance with

16 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances re17 maining in the Fund on September 30, 2001, shall be

18 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.

19 SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the

20 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al21 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),

22 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of

23 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign

24 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the

25 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased

26 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
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1 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing

2 of health and medical services to employees and their de3 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author4 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

5 SEC. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco6 hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2001 in this

7 Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis8 tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to

9 diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105

10 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

11 SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria12 tions in this Act made available to the Federal Law En13 forcement Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforce14 ment Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,

15 United States Customs Service, and United States Secret

16 Service may be transferred between such appropriations

17 upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro18 priations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such

19 appropriation by more than 2 percent.

20 SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria21 tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of22 fices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector Gen23 eral for Tax Administration, Financial Management Serv24 ice, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred

25 between such appropriations upon the advance approval
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1 of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may in2 crease or decrease any such appropriation by more than

3 2 percent.

4 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria5 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue

6 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen7 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad8 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No

9 transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation

10 by more than 2 percent.

11 SEC. 116. Of the funds available for the purchase of

12 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until

13 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase

14 by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De15 partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That

16 the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant

17 Secretary for Management.

18 SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

19 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury

20 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used

21 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.

22 SEC. 118. Section 5547(c) of title 5, U.S.C. is amend23 ed by adding the following paragraph:

24 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of para25 graph (2), premium pay for protective services au-
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1 thorized by section 3056(a) of title 18, United

2 States Code, may be paid without regard to the bi3 weekly limitation on premium pay except that such

4 premium pay shall not be payable to an employee to

5 the extent that the aggregate of the employee’s basic

6 and premium pay for the year would otherwise ex7 ceed the annual equivalent of that limitation. The

8 term premium pay refers to pay authorized by sec9 tions 5542, 5545(a), (b), and (c), and 5546(a) and

10 (b) of this title. Pay authorized by section 5545a of

11 this title will be treated as basic pay for the purpose

12 of this paragraph to the extent that it does not

13 cause an employee’s biweekly pay to exceed the limi14 tation in paragraph (2). Payment of additional pre15 mium pay payable under this section may be made

16 in a lump sum on the last payday of the calendar

17 year.’’.

18 SEC. 119. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans19 fer funds from ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Financial Man20 agement Service, to the Debt Services Account as nec21 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That

22 such amounts shall be reimbursed to such Salaries and

23 Expenses account from debt collections received in the

24 Debt Services Account.
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1 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, no reorganization of the field operations of the United

3 States Customs Service Office of Field Operations shall

4 result in a reduction in service to the area served by the

5 Port of Racine, Wisconsin, below the level of service pro6 vided in fiscal year 2000.

7 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of

8 law, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shall

9 reimburse the subcontractor that provided services in

10 1993 and 1994 pursuant to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

11 and Firearms contract number TATF 93–3 from amounts

12 appropriated for fiscal year 2001 or unobligated balances

13 from prior fiscal years, and such reimbursement shall

14 cover the cost of all professional services rendered, plus

15 interest calculated in accordance with the Contract Dis16 pute Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)

17 SEC. 122. (a) No funds appropriated to the Depart18 ment of the Treasury in this or any Act for the establish19 ment and operation of a new law enforcement training fa20 cility may be obligated or expended until an assessment

21 of the need for, and cost-effectiveness of, such facility has

22 been carried out by the Comptroller General of the United

23 States General Accounting Office, submitted to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations, and the establishment of said
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1 facility has been approved by the House and Senate Ap2 propriations Committees.

3 (b) This assessment shall include, but not be limited

4 to:

5 (1) An analysis of the Department of the

6 Treasury’s master plan for the proposed facility;

7 (2) Projected law enforcement training work8 loads at the new facility and existing Treasury facili9 ties;

10 (3) Training requirements for the United States

11 Customs Service and other law enforcement agen12 cies;

13 (4) Federal law enforcement training facility as14 sets currently available and proposed in the Federal

15 Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) master

16 plan;

17 (5) The total estimated cost associated with the

18 design, construction, and establishment of the pro19 posed facility;

20 (6) Projected annual operating costs for the

21 proposed facility;

22 (7) Projected costs associated with establish23 ment of a new law enforcement training center, in24 cluding environmental impact statements, environ-
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1 mental remediation, utilities and other infrastruc2 ture; and

3 (8) Cost savings and benefits of in-service train4 ing at the proposed facility compared to using exist5 ing or modified facilities.

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

7 Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

8 TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

9 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

10 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

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

13 States Code, $96,093,000, of which $67,093,000 shall not

14 be available for obligation until October 1, 2001: Provided,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 a fee for information requested or provided concerning an

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

3 fiscal year 2001.

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro5 priations Act, 2001’’.

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

8 PRESIDENT

9 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE

10 HOUSE OFFICE

11 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

12 For compensation of the President, including an ex13 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au14 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102; $390,000: Provided, That none

15 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

16 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount

17 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of

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

19 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

20 considered as taxable to the President.

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 Executive Office of the President, $52,135,000: Provided,

7 That $9,072,000 of the funds appropriated shall be avail8 able for reimbursements to the White House Communica9 tions Agency.

10 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re13 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including

14 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at

15 the White House and official entertainment expenses of

16 the President, $10,286,470 to be expended and accounted

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

18 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

19 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi20 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec21 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses

22 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance

23 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,

24 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such

25 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the

26 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
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1 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex2 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence

3 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit4 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti5 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments

6 shall be credited to this account and remain available until

7 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence

8 shall require the national committee of the political party

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

10 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat11 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such

12 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That

13 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice

14 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense

15 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing

16 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in17 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days

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

19 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess

20 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is

21 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with

22 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out23 standing debt on a United States Government claim under

24 section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur25 ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any
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1 accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in

2 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,

3 That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit

4 to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than

5 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this

6 Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex7 penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding

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

9 the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi10 cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that

11 consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion

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

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

14 Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex15 penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive

16 Residence that includes a standard for the classification

17 of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided

18 further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con19 strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other

20 applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter

21 37 of title 31, United States Code.

22 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

23 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the

24 Executive Residence at the White House, $658,000, to re25 main available until expanded, for projects for required

26 maintenance, safety and health issues, Presidential transi-
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1 tion, telecommunications infrastructure repair, and con2 tinued preventive maintenance.

3 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE

4 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President

7 to provide assistance to the President in connection with

8 specially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5

9 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex10 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex11 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and

12 hire of passenger motor vehicles; $3,664,000.

13 OPERATING EXPENSES

14 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,

15 heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,

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

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

18 official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to

19 be accounted for solely on his certificate; $354,000: Pro20 vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this

21 appropriation may be made to any department or agency

22 for expenses of carrying out such activities.
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1 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic

4 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ5 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $3,997,000.

6 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel9 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109

10 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $4,030,000.

11 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the National Security

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

15 3109, $7,148,000.

16 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra19 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109

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

21 $41,185,000, of which $8,893,000 shall remain available

22 until September 30, 2002, for a capital investment plan

23 which provides for the continued modernization of the in24 formation technology infrastructure.
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1 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management

4 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles

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

6 $67,143,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be

7 available to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title

8 44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided in

9 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only

10 to the objects for which appropriations were made except

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

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

13 Management and Budget may be used for the purpose of

14 reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any activi15 ties or regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural

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

17 Provided further, That none of the funds made available

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

19 be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual

20 testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of

21 the Office of Management and Budget, before the Com22 mittees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’

23 Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That the

24 preceding shall not apply to printed hearings released by
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1 the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on

2 Veterans’ Affairs.

3 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

6 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to

7 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza8 tion Act of 1998 (title VII of division C of Public Law

9 105–277); not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and

10 representation expenses; and for participation in joint

11 projects or in the provision of services on matters of mu12 tual interest with nonprofit, research, or public organiza13 tions or agencies, with or without reimbursement,

14 $24,759,000, of which $2,100,000 shall remain available

15 until expended, consisting of $1,100,000 for policy re16 search and evaluation, and $1,000,000 for the National

17 Alliance for Model State Drug Laws: Provided, That the

18 Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize

19 gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without

20 fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facili21 tating the work of the Office.

22 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech25 nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant

26 to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor-
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1 ization Act of 1998 (title VII of Division C of Public Law

2 105–277), $29,750,000, which shall remain available until

3 expended, consisting of $16,000,000 for counternarcotics

4 research and development projects, $13,050,000 for con5 tinued operation of the technology transfer program, and

6 $700,000 for a grant to the United States Olympic Com7 mittee for its anti-doping program: Provided, That the

8 $16,000,000 for counternarcotics research and develop9 ment projects shall be available for transfer to other Fed10 eral departments or agencies.

11 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

12 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

15 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking

16 Areas Program, $192,000,000 (increased by $25,000,000)

17 for drug control activities consistent with the approved

18 strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug

19 Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall

20 be transferred to State and local entities for drug control

21 activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days of the

22 date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to

23 49 percent, to remain available until September 30, 2002,

24 may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments

25 at a rate to be determined by the Director: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That, of this latter amount, $1,800,000 shall be used

2 for auditing services.

3 SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

7 Law 105–277, $219,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to

9 other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such

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

11 $185,000,000 shall be to support a national media cam12 paign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media Campaign

13 Act of 1998: Provided further, That of the funds provided,

14 $30,000,000 shall be to continue a program of matching

15 grants to drug-free communities, as authorized in the

16 Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997: Provided further,

17 That of the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall be available

18 to the Director for transfer as a grant to the National

19 Drug Court Institute: Provided further, That of the funds

20 provided, $3,000,000 shall be available for transfer to, or

21 reimbursement of, other Federal departments and agen22 cies to support the operations of the Counterdrug Intel23 ligence Executive Secretariat.

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap25 propriations Act, 2001’’.
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1 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

2 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

3 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

8 28, $4,158,000.

9 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

12 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend13 ed, $40,240,000, of which no less than $4,689,500 shall

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

16 for reception and representation expenses.

17 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

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

22 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5

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

24 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference

25 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
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1 $25,058,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed2 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses

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

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

5 the Government service, and compensation as authorized

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

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

10 to be available without further appropriation for the costs

11 of carrying out these conferences.

12 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

13 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

14 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

15 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 To carry out the purpose of the Fund established

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

19 Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)),

20 the revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall

21 be available for necessary expenses of real property man22 agement and related activities not otherwise provided for,

23 including operation, maintenance, and protection of feder24 ally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the

25 District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; mov26 ing governmental agencies (including space adjustments
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1 and telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection

2 with the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; con3 tractual services incident to cleaning or servicing build4 ings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned

5 buildings including grounds, approaches and appur6 tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance,

7 preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of

8 buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as oth9 erwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to pur10 chase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of fed11 erally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design

12 of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new

13 buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and

14 payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations

15 for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and

16 purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of

17 $5,272,370,000 of which: (1) $490,592,000 shall remain

18 available until expended for repairs and alterations which

19 includes associated design and construction services, of

20 which $290,000,000 shall be available for basic repairs

21 and alterations: Provided, That funds made available in

22 any previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re23 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be lim24 ited to the amount identified for each project, except each

25 project in any previous Act may be increased by an
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1 amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval

2 is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a

3 greater amount: Provided further, That the amounts pro4 vided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alter5 ations’’ may be used to fund costs associated with imple6 menting security improvements to buildings necessary to

7 meet the minimum standards for security in accordance

8 with current law and in compliance with the reprogram9 ming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the

10 House and Senate: Provided further, That the difference

11 between the funds appropriated and expended on any

12 projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Re13 pairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic Re14 pairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases

15 in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all funds for

16 repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall expire on

17 September 30, 2002, and remain in the Federal Buildings

18 Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for de19 sign or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part

20 prior to such date: Provided further, That the amount pro21 vided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alter22 ations may be used to pay claims against the Government

23 arising from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and

24 Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in pro25 spectus projects; (2) $185,369,000 for installment acquisi-
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1 tion payments including payments on purchase contracts

2 which shall remain available until expended; (3)

3 $2,944,905,000 for rental of space which shall remain

4 available until expended; and (4) $1,580,909,000 for

5 building operations which shall remain available until ex6 pended, of which $500,000 shall be available to conduct

7 a site selection analysis for a replacement facility for the

8 National Center for Environmental Prediction of the Na9 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Provided

10 further, That funds available to the General Services Ad11 ministration shall not be available for expenses of any con12 struction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for

13 which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings

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

15 that necessary funds may be expended for each project

16 for required expenses for the development of a proposed

17 prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in the

18 Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency

19 repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Com20 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That

21 amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services

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

23 Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40

24 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide such reimburs25 able fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities
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1 on private or other property not in Government ownership

2 or control as may be appropriate to enable the United

3 States Secret Service to perform its protective functions

4 pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such

5 revenues and collections: Provided further, That revenues

6 and collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund

7 during fiscal year 2001, excluding reimbursements under

8 section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administra9 tive Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess

10 of $5,272,370,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not

11 be available for expenditure except as authorized in appro12 priations Acts.

13 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

14 POLICY AND OPERATIONS

15 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro16 vided for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activi17 ties associated with asset management activities; utiliza18 tion and donation of surplus personal property; transpor19 tation; procurement and supply; Government-wide respon20 sibilities relating to automated data management, tele21 communications, information resources management, and

22 related technology activities; utilization survey, deed com23 pliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural

24 analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to ex25 cess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy direc26 tion; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records man-
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1 agement, and other support services incident to adjudica2 tion of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court

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

4 3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and

5 representation expenses, $115,434,000, of which

6 $14,659,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That none of the funds appropriated from this Act

8 shall be available to convert the Old Post Office at 1100

9 Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C.,

10 from office use to any other use until a comprehensive

11 plan, which shall include street-level retail use, has been

12 approved by the Committees on Appropriations, the House

13 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the

14 Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works:

15 Provided further, That no funds from this Act shall be

16 available to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or other17 wise the leasehold rights of the existing lease with private

18 parties at the Old Post Office prior to the approval of the

19 comprehensive plan by the Committees on Appropriations,

20 the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc21 ture, and the Senate Committee on Environment and Pub22 lic Works.

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

26 $34,520,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall
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1 be available for payment for information and detection of

2 fraud against the Government, including payment for re3 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,

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

5 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens

6 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en7 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.

8 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

9 PRESIDENTS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August

12 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public

13 Law 95–138, $2,517,000: Provided, That the Adminis14 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary

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

16 out the provisions of such Acts.

17 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL

18 PROVISIONS

19 SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund

20 available to the General Services Administration shall be

21 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte22 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part

23 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu24 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
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1 SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services

2 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger

3 motor vehicles.

4 SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund

5 made available for fiscal year 2001 for Federal Buildings

6 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities

7 only to the extent necessary to meet program require8 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap9 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations.

10 SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall

11 be used to transmit a fiscal year 2002 request for United

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

13 the design guide standards for construction as established

14 and approved by the General Services Administration, the

15 Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office

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

17 priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States

18 as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Pro19 vided, That the fiscal year 2002 request must be accom20 panied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of

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

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

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

24 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any

25 other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
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1 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per

2 square foot assessment for space and services as deter3 mined by the General Services Administration in compli4 ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972

5 (Public Law 92–313).

6 SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agen7 cies by the Information Technology Fund, General Serv8 ices Administration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections

9 5124(b) and 5128 of Public Law 104–106, Information

10 Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, for per11 formance of pilot information technology projects which

12 have potential for Government-wide benefits and savings,

13 may be repaid to this Fund from any savings actually in14 curred by these projects or other funding, to the extent

15 feasible.

16 SEC. 407. From funds made available under the

17 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail18 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less

19 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects

20 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav21 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti22 fication to the Committees on Appropriations.

23 SEC. 408. Section 411 of Public Law 106–58 is

24 amended by striking ‘‘April 30, 2001’’ each place it ap25 pears and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2002’’.
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1 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

5 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza6 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re7 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

9 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi10 cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,

11 $28,857,000, together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for

12 administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals

13 to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and

14 Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys15 tems Protection Board.

16 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

17 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

18 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP

19 AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL

20 POLICY FOUNDATION

21 For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and

22 Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund,

23 to be available for the purposes of Public Law 102–252,

24 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

2 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu3 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi4 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998,

5 $1,250,000, to remain available until expended.

6 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin9 istration of the National Archives (including the Informa10 tion Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal

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

12 expenses necessary for the review and declassification of

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

14 $195,119,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United

15 States is authorized to use any excess funds available from

16 the amount borrowed for construction of the National Ar17 chives facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate

18 storage for holdings.

19 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

20 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar21 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold22 ings, $5,650,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

2 COMMISSION

3 GRANTS PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for

5 historical publications and records as authorized by 44

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

7 until expended.

8 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

11 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in

12 Government Act of 1978 and the Ethics Reform Act of

13 1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

14 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and

15 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex16 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex17 penses, $9,684,000.

18 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

22 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza23 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re24 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

26 by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference
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1 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of

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

3 reception and representation expenses; advances for reim4 bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel

5 Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for

6 expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of

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

8 and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting

9 Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over10 night at his or her post of duty, $93,471,000; and in addi11 tion $101,986,000 for administrative expenses, to be

12 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office

13 of Personnel Management without regard to other stat14 utes, including direct procurement of printed materials,

15 for the retirement and insurance programs, of which

16 $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the

17 cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems:

18 Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall

19 not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as

20 provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and 8909(g) of title

21 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of

22 this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex23 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Per24 sonnel Management established pursuant to Executive

25 Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit
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1 of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s

2 Commission on White House Fellows, established by Exec3 utive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during

4 fiscal year 2001, accept donations of money, property, and

5 personal services in connection with the development of

6 a publicity brochure to provide information about the

7 White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall

8 be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses,

9 or for the salaries of employees of such Commission.

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

15 General Act, as amended, including services as authorized

16 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,

17 $1,360,000; and in addition, not to exceed $9,745,000 for

18 administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and provide

19 other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s

20 retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred

21 from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Per22 sonnel Management, as determined by the Inspector Gen23 eral: Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized

24 to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia and

25 elsewhere.
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1 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

2 HEALTH BENEFITS

3 For payment of Government contributions with re4 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89

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

6 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849) such sums

7 as may be necessary.

8 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

9 LIFE INSURANCE

10 For payment of Government contributions with re11 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as

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

13 sums as may be necessary.

14 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

15 DISABILITY FUND

16 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in17 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc18 tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an19 nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv20 ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may

21 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the

22 Act of May 29, 1944 and the Act of August 19, 1950

23 (33 U.S.C. 771–775) may hereafter be paid out of the

24 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
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1 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

4 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan

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

6 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection

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

8 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy9 ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including serv10 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and

11 expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the

12 District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger

13 motor vehicles; $10,319,000.

14 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting

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

18 $37,305,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges

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

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

21 Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
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1 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 THIS ACT

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

4 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

5 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

6 SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation

7 under this Act for any consulting service through procure8 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

9 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

10 of public record and available for public inspection, except

11 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex12 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

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

15 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac16 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would

17 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol18 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of

19 the Tariff Act of 1930.

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

21 Act shall be available in fiscal year 2001 for the purpose

22 of transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement

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

24 New Mexico, out of the Department of the Treasury.
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1 SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in

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

3 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for4 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed

5 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com6 pleted his period of active military or naval service, and

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

8 from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe9 riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora10 tion to his former position and has been certified by the

11 Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per12 form the duties of his former position and has not been

13 restored thereto.

14 SEC. 506. No funds appropriated pursuant to this

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

16 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply

17 with sections 2 through 4 of the Buy American Act (41

18 U.S.C. 10a–10c).

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

20 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip21 ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased

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

23 sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist24 ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only

25 American-made equipment and products.
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1 (b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In

2 providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec3 retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of

4 the assistance a notice describing the statement made in

5 subsection (a) by the Congress.

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

7 or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

8 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in9 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

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

11 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

12 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

13 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen14 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections

15 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula16 tions.

17 SEC. 509. No funds appropriated by this Act shall

18 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative

19 expenses in connection with any health plan under the

20 Federal employees health benefit program which provides

21 any benefits or coverage for abortions.

22 SEC. 510. The provision of section 509 shall not

23 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered

24 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the

25 result of an act of rape or incest.
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1 SEC. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided

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

3 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2001 from

4 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses

5 for fiscal year 2001 in this Act, shall remain available

6 through September 30, 2002, for each such account for

7 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall

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

10 further, That these requests shall be made in compliance

11 with reprogramming guidelines.

12 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this

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

14 to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any

15 official background investigation report on any individual,

16 except when—

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

18 written consent for such request not more than 6

19 months prior to the date of such request and during

20 the same presidential administration; or

21 (2) such request is required due to extraor22 dinary circumstances involving national security.

23 SEC. 513. The cost accounting standards promul24 gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure25 ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422)
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1 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed2 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established

3 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.

4 SEC. 514. (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Archivist

6 of the United States shall transfer to the Gerald R. Ford

7 Foundation, as trustee, all right, title, and interest of the

8 United States in and to the approximately 2.3 acres of

9 land located within Grand Rapids, Michigan, and further

10 described in subsection (b), such grant to be in trust, with

11 the beneficiary being the National Archives and Records

12 Administration, for the purpose of supporting the facilities

13 and programs of the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand

14 Rapids, Michigan, and the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann

15 Arbor, Michigan, in accordance with a trust agreement to

16 be agreed upon by the Archivist and the Gerald R. Ford

17 Foundation.

18 (b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land to be transferred

19 pursuant to subsection (a) is described as follows:

20 The following premises in the City of Grand Rapids,

21 County of Kent, State of Michigan, described as:
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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.

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.
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1 (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—

2 (1) COMPENSATION.—The land transferred

3 pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transferred with4 out compensation to the United States.

5 (2) APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.—

6 In the event that the Gerald R. Ford Foundation for

7 any reason is unable or unwilling to continue to

8 serve as trustee, the Archivist of the United States

9 is authorized to appoint a successor trustee.

10 (3) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Archivist

11 of the United States determines that the Gerald R.

12 Ford Foundation (or a successor trustee appointed

13 under paragraph (2)) has breached its fiduciary duty

14 under the trust agreement entered into pursuant to

15 this section, the land transferred pursuant to sub16 section (a) shall revert to the United States under

17 the administrative jurisdiction of the Archivist.

18 SEC. 515. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Of19 fice of Management and Budget shall, by not later than

20 September 30, 2001, and with public and Federal agency

21 involvement, issue guidelines under sections 3504(d)(1)

22 and 3516 of title 44, United States Code, that provide

23 policy and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for en24 suring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and

25 integrity of information (including statistical information)
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1 disseminated by Federal agencies in fulfillment of the pur2 poses and provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United

3 States Code, commonly referred to as the Paperwork Re4 duction Act.

5 (b) CONTENT OF GUIDELINES.—The guidelines

6 under subsection (a) shall—

7 (1) apply to the sharing by Federal agencies of,

8 and access to, information disseminated by Federal

9 agencies; and

10 (2) require that each Federal agency to which

11 the guidelines apply—

12 (A) issue guidelines ensuring and maxi13 mizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and in14 tegrity of information (including statistical in15 formation) disseminated by the agency, by not

16 later than 1 year after the date of issuance of

17 the guidelines under subsection (a);

18 (B) establish administrative mechanisms

19 allowing affected persons to seek and obtain

20 correction of information maintained and dis21 seminated by the agency that does not comply

22 with the guidelines issued under subsection (a);

23 and

24 (C) report periodically to the Director—
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1 (i) the number and nature of com2 plaints received by the agency regarding

3 the accuracy of information disseminated

4 by the agency; and

5 (ii) how such complaints were handled

6 by the agency.

7 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this

8 Act may be used to implement a preference for the acquisi9 tion of a firearm or ammunition based on whether the

10 manufacturer or vendor of the firearm or ammunition is

11 a party to an agreement with a department, agency, or

12 instrumentality of the United States regarding codes of

13 conduct, operating practices, or product design specifically

14 related to the business of importing, manufacturing, or

15 dealing in firearms or ammunition under chapter 44 of

16 title 18, United States Code.

17 SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

18 shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de19 crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in

20 preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol,

21 which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,

22 Japan, at the Third Conference of the Parties to the

23 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

24 Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for

25 advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
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1 section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and

2 which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25

3 of the Protocol: Provided, That the limitation established

4 in this section shall not apply to any activity otherwise

5 authorized by law.

6 SEC. 518. Within available funds, the Department of

7 the Treasury and the General Services Administration are

8 urged to use ethanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels

9 to the maximum extent practicable in meeting their fuel

10 needs.

11 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this

12 Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or em13 ployee of the Office of Management and Budget who

14 makes apportionments under subchapter II of chapter 15

15 of title 31, United States Code, that prevent the expendi16 ture or obligation by December 31, 2000, of at least 75

17 percent of the appropriations made for fiscal year 2001

18 to carry out the Agricultural Trade Development and As19 sistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), the Food

20 for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o), and section

21 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

22 1431(b)).

23 SEC. 520. Not later than 90 days after the date of

24 the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each
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1 agency funded under this Act shall submit to the Congress

2 a report that discloses—

3 (1) any agency activity related to the collection

4 or review of singular data, or the creation of aggre5 gate lists that include personally identifiable infor6 mation, about individuals who access any Internet

7 site of the agency; and

8 (2) any agency activity related to entering into

9 agreements with third parties, including other gov10 ernment agencies, to collect, review, or obtain aggre11 gate lists or singular data containing personally

12 identifiable information relating to any individual’s

13 access or viewing habits to nongovernmental Inter14 net sites.

15 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

16 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

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

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

19 the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases

20 of death or life threatening illness of said employee.

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

22 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

23 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2001 shall obligate

24 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen25 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to
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1 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en2 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal

3 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances

4 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi5 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru6 mentality.

7 SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

8 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year

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

10 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor

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

12 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at

13 $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum

14 shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex15 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,

16 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi17 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec18 tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec19 tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under

20 the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re21 search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:

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

23 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter24 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law
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1 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled

2 vehicles.

3 SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive depart4 ments and independent establishments for the current fis5 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex6 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available

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

8 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.

9 SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the cur10 rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained

11 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa12 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the

13 United States (including any agency the majority of the

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

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

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

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

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

19 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be20 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and

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

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

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

24 former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad25 mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5)
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1 is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa2 roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6)

3 is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali4 fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu5 dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur6 pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person

7 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require8 ments of this section with respect to his or her status have

9 been complied with: Provided further, That any person

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

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

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

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

14 to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex15 isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to

16 any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this

17 section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov18 ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire19 land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na20 tionals of those countries allied with the United States in

21 a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters

22 employed by the United States Information Agency, or to

23 temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em24 ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as

25 a result of emergencies.
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1 SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any depart2 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec3 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex4 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General

5 Services Administration for charges for space and services

6 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build7 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements

8 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of

9 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments

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

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

12 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re13 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials,

14 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a

15 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre16 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex17 pended for the following purposes:

18 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,

19 and recycling programs as described in Executive

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

21 any such programs adopted prior to the effective

22 date of the Executive order.

23 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man24 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the
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1 development and implementation of hazardous waste

2 management and pollution prevention programs.

3 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by

4 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the

5 Federal agency.

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

7 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year

8 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of

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

10 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,

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

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

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

14 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the

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

16 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex17 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other

18 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be

19 correspondingly reduced.

20 SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the cur21 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall

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

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

24 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.
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1 SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

3 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),

4 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups

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

6 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive

7 financial support from more than one agency or instru8 mentality.

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

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

11 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and

12 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under

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

14 guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow15 ers of special policemen provided by the first section of

16 the Act of June 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318),

17 and, as to property owned or occupied by the Postal Serv18 ice, the Postmaster General may take the same actions

19 as the Administrator of General Services may take under

20 the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 1,

21 1948 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 318b), attaching

22 thereto penal consequences under the authority and within

23 the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948

24 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).
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1 SEC. 612. None of the funds made available pursuant

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

3 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis4 approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly

5 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the

6 United States.

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

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

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

10 2001, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any

11 prevailing rate employee described in section

12 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—

13 (1) during the period from the date of expira14 tion of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the

15 Treasury and General Government Appropriations

16 Act, 2000, until the normal effective date of the ap17 plicable wage survey adjustment that is to take ef18 fect in fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds

19 the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of

20 the applicable wage schedule in accordance with

21 such section 613; and

22 (2) during the period consisting of the remain23 der of fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds,

24 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate
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1 payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum

2 of—

3 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef4 fect in fiscal year 2001 under section 5303 of

5 title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay

6 under the General Schedule; and

7 (B) the difference between the overall aver8 age percentage of the locality-based com9 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year

10 2001 under section 5304 of such title (whether

11 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av12 erage percentage of such payments which was

13 effective in fiscal year 2000 under such section.

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

15 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or

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

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

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

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

20 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli21 cable to such employee.

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

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

24 is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30,
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1 2000, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by

2 the Office of Personnel Management.

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

4 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may

5 not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30,

6 2000, except to the extent determined by the Office of

7 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose

8 of this section.

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

10 service performed after September 30, 2000.

11 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision

12 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre13 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em14 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu15 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the

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

17 or basic pay payable after the application of this section

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

19 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per20 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by

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

22 payable were this section not in effect.

23 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide

24 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section

25 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary
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1 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ2 ees.

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

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

5 employee of the Government appointed by the President

6 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli7 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re8 decorate the office of such department head, agency head,

9 officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im10 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of

11 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by

12 the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of

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

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

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

16 is directly controlled by the individual.

17 SEC. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

19 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con20 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose

21 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without

22 the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria23 tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training

24 Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi25 tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for
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1 training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center

2 facilities.

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

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

5 made available for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other

6 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na7 tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni8 cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart9 ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive

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

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

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

13 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for

14 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a

15 position of a confidential or policy-determining character

16 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section

17 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification

18 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of

19 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality

20 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C

21 position was not created solely or primarily in order to

22 detail the employee to the White House.

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

24 Federal employees or members of the armed services de25 tailed to or from—
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1 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

2 (2) the National Security Agency;

3 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

4 (4) the offices within the Department of De5 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign

6 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

7 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

8 the Department of State;

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

10 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu11 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad12 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De13 partment of Transportation, the Department of the

14 Treasury, and the Department of Energy per15 forming intelligence functions; and

16 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

18 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

19 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2001 shall obligate

20 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen21 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to

22 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en23 sure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination

24 and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are

25 not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
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1 the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and

2 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

3 SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this

4 Act for the United States Customs Service may be used

5 to allow the importation into the United States of any

6 good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or

7 manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as de8 termined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of

9 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

10 SEC. 620. No part of any appropriation contained in

11 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment

12 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal

13 Government, who—

14 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat15 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em16 ployee of the Federal Government from having any

17 direct oral or written communication or contact with

18 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the

19 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining

20 to the employment of such other officer or employee

21 or pertaining to the department or agency of such

22 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of

23 whether such communication or contact is at the ini24 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
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1 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,

2 committee, or subcommittee; or

3 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,

4 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or

5 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion

6 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis7 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti8 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em9 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the

10 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to

11 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to

12 such other officer or employee, by reason of any

13 communication or contact of such other officer or

14 employee with any Member, committee, or sub15 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph

16 (1).

17 SEC. 621. (a) None of the funds made available in

18 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for

19 any employee training that—

20 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl21 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the

22 performance of official duties;

23 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev24 els of emotional response or psychological stress in

25 some participants;
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1 (3) does not require prior employee notification

2 of the content and methods to be used in the train3 ing and written end of course evaluation;

4 (4) contains any methods or content associated

5 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or

6 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em7 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N–

8 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or

9 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par10 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the

11 workplace.

12 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or

13 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training

14 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.

15 SEC. 622. No funds appropriated in this or any other

16 Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements

17 in Standard Forms 312 and 4355 of the Government or

18 any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such

19 policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following

20 provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do

21 not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the em22 ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu23 tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, U.S.C. (gov24 erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10,

25 United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle-
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1 blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress

2 by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title

3 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower

4 Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste,

5 fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intel6 ligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421

7 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confiden8 tial Government agents); and the statutes which protect

9 against disclosure that may compromise the national secu10 rity, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of

11 title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Sub12 versive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The

13 definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions,

14 and liabilities created by said Executive order and listed

15 statutes are incorporated into this agreement and are con16 trolling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding

17 paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that

18 is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct

19 of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other

20 than an employee or officer of the United States Govern21 ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular

22 activity for which such document is to be used. Such form

23 or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person

24 will not disclose any classified information received in the

25 course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do
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1 so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure

2 forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo3 sures to Congress or to an authorized official of an execu4 tive agency or the Department of Justice that are essential

5 to reporting a substantial violation of law.

6 SEC. 623. No part of any funds appropriated in this

7 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu8 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu9 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda

10 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of

11 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or

12 film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation

13 pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the

14 Congress itself.

15 SEC. 624. (a) IN GENERAL.—For calendar year

16 2002, the Director of the Office of Management and

17 Budget shall prepare and submit to Congress, with the

18 budget submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United

19 States Code, an accounting statement and associated re20 port containing—

21 (1) an estimate of the total annual costs and

22 benefits (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable

23 effects) of Federal rules and paperwork, to the ex24 tent feasible—

25 (A) in the aggregate;
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1 (B) by agency and agency program; and

2 (C) by major rule;

3 (2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation

4 on State, local, and tribal government, small busi5 ness, wages, and economic growth; and

6 (3) recommendations for reform.

7 (b) NOTICE.—The Director of the Office of Manage8 ment and Budget shall provide public notice and an oppor9 tunity to comment on the statement and report under sub10 section (a) before the statement and report are submitted

11 to Congress.

12 (c) GUIDELINES.—To implement this section, the Di13 rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue

14 guidelines to agencies to standardize—

15 (1) measures of costs and benefits; and

16 (2) the format of accounting statements.

17 (d) PEER REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of

18 Management and Budget shall provide for independent

19 and external peer review of the guidelines and each ac20 counting statement and associated report under this sec21 tion. Such peer review shall not be subject to the Federal

22 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

23 SEC. 625. None of the funds appropriated by this or

24 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed25 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization
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1 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure

2 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of

3 competent jurisdiction.

4 SEC. 626. Hereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury

5 is authorized to establish scientific certification standards

6 for explosives detection canines, and shall provide, on a

7 reimbursable basis, for the certification of explosives de8 tection canines employed by Federal agencies, or other

9 agencies providing explosives detection services at airports

10 in the United States.

11 SEC. 627. None of the funds made available in this

12 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non13 public information such as mailing or telephone lists to

14 any person or any organization outside of the Federal

15 Government without the approval of the Committees on

16 Appropriations.

17 SEC. 628. No part of any appropriation contained in

18 this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa19 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore

20 authorized by the Congress.

21 SEC. 629. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’—

22 (1) means an Executive agency as defined

23 under section 105 of title 5, United States Code;
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1 (2) includes a military department as defined

2 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service,

3 and the Postal Rate Commission; and

4 (3) shall not include the General Accounting

5 Office.

6 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu7 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee

8 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort

9 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave

10 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under

11 section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli12 gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor13 tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official

14 duties.

15 SEC. 630. Section 638(h) of the Treasury and Gen16 eral Government Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law

17 106–58) is amended by striking ‘‘at noon on January 20,

18 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘on May 1, 2001’’.

19 SEC. 631. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

20 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which

21 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,

22 except where the contract also includes a provision for con23 traceptive coverage.

24 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract

25 with—
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1 (1) any of the following religious plans:

2 (A) Personal Care’s HMO;

3 (B) Care Choices;

4 (C) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and

5 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier

6 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of

7 religious beliefs.

8 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters

9 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub10 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the

11 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for

12 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary

13 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.

14 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re15 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.

16 SEC. 632. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec17 tion 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year

18 2001 by this or any other Act to any department or agen19 cy, which is a member of the Joint Financial Management

20 Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be available to fi21 nance an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative

22 costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed a

23 total of $800,000 including the salary of the Executive

24 Director and staff support.
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1 SEC. 633. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec2 tion 610 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart3 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to the

4 ‘‘Policy and Operations’’ account, General Services Ad5 ministration, with the approval of the Director of the Of6 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for

7 fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act, including rebates

8 from charge card and other contracts. These funds shall

9 be administered by the Administrator of General Services

10 to support Government-wide financial, information tech11 nology, procurement, and other management innovations,

12 initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of

13 the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation

14 with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the

15 Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council

16 and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro17 gram for financial management initiatives, the Chief In18 formation Officers Council for information technology ini19 tiatives, and the Procurement Executives Council for pro20 curement initiatives). The total funds transferred shall not

21 exceed $17,000,000. Such transfers may only be made 15

22 days following notification of the Committees on Appro23 priations by the Director of the Office of Management and

24 Budget.
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1 SEC. 634. (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with reg2 ulations promulgated by the Office of Personnel Manage3 ment, an Executive agency which provides or proposes to

4 provide child care services for Federal employees may use

5 funds (otherwise available to such agency for salaries and

6 expenses) to provide child care, in a Federal or leased fa7 cility, or through contract, for civilian employees of such

8 agency.

9 (b) AFFORDABILITY.—Amounts so provided with re10 spect to any such facility or contractor shall be applied

11 to improve the affordability of child care for lower income

12 Federal employees using or seeking to use the child care

13 services offered by such facility or contractor.

14 (c) ADVANCES.—Notwithstanding 31 U.S. Code

15 3324, amounts paid to licensed or regulated child care

16 providers may be paid in advance of services rendered,

17 covering agreed upon periods, as appropriate.

18 (d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

19 term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning given such term

20 by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but does

21 not include the General Accounting Office.

22 (e) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds made avail23 able in this or any other Act may be used to implement

24 the provisions of this section absent advance notification

25 to the Committees on Appropriations.
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1 SEC. 635. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location

3 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman

4 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at

5 the location.

6 SEC. 636. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,

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

8 made available for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other

9 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of spe10 cific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to

11 carry out the purposes of the National Science and Tech12 nology Council (authorized by Executive Order No.

13 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments,

14 agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage15 ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the

16 budget of and resources connected with the National

17 Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap18 propriations, the House Committee on Science; and the

19 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor20 tation 90 days after enactment of this Act.

21 SEC. 637. (a) CLARIFICATION OF ELECTION CYCLE

22 REPORTING OF CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.—Section

23 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2

24 U.S.C. 434(b)), as amended by section 641(a) of the
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1 Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act,

2 2000 (Public Law 106–58), is amended—

3 (1) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting after ‘‘cal4 endar year’’ the following: ‘‘(or election cycle, in the

5 case of an authorized committee of a candidate for

6 Federal office)’’;

7 (2) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘calendar

8 year (or election cycle, in the case of an authorized

9 committee of a candidate for Federal office)’’ and

10 inserting ‘‘election cycle’’; and

11 (3) in paragraphs (6)(B)(iii) and (6)(B)(v), by

12 striking ‘‘(or election cycle, in the case of an author13 ized committee of a candidate for Federal office)’’

14 each place it appears.

15 (b) CLARIFICATION OF PERMISSIBLE USE OF FAC16 SIMILE MACHINES AND ELECTRONIC MAIL TO FILE RE17 PORTS.—Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign

18 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the

19 end the following new subsection:

20 ‘‘(d)(1) Any person who is required to file a report,

21 designation, or statement under this Act, except those re22 quired to file electronically pursuant to subsection

23 (a)(11)(A)(i), with respect to a contribution or expendi24 ture not later than 24 hours after the contribution or ex25 penditure is made or received may file the report, designa-
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1 tion, or statement by facsimile device or electronic mail,

2 in accordance with such regulations as the Commission

3 may promulgate.

4 ‘‘(2) The Commission shall make a document which

5 is filed electronically with the Commission pursuant to this

6 paragraph accessible to the public on the Internet not later

7 than 24 hours after the document is received by the Com8 mission.

9 ‘‘(3) In promulgating a regulation under this para10 graph, the Commission shall provide methods (other than

11 requiring a signature on the document being filed) for

12 verifying the documents covered by the regulation. Any

13 document verified under any of the methods shall be treat14 ed for all purposes (including penalties for perjury) in the

15 same manner as a document verified by signature.’’.

16 (c) TREATMENT OF LINES OF CREDIT OBTAINED BY

17 CANDIDATES AS COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE LOANS.—

18 Section 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

19 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (xiii);

21 (2) by striking the period at the end of clause

22 (xiv) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

23 (3) by adding at the end the following new

24 clause:
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1 ‘‘(xv) any loan of money derived from an ad2 vance on a candidate’s brokerage account, credit

3 card, home equity line of credit, or other line of

4 credit available to the candidate, if such loan is

5 made in accordance with applicable law and under

6 commercially reasonable terms and if the person

7 making such loan makes loans in the normal course

8 of the person’s business.’’.

9 (d) EXPEDITING AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS ON

10 LAST MINUTE FUNDS.—

11 (1) REQUIRING REPORTS FOR ALL CONTRIBU12 TIONS MADE WITHIN 20 DAYS OF ELECTION; RE13 QUIRING REPORTS TO BE MADE WITHIN 24

14 HOURS.—Section 304(a)(6)(A) of the Federal Elec15 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(6)(A))

16 is amended—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘after the 20th day, but

18 more than 48 hours before any election’’ and

19 inserting ‘‘during the period which begins after

20 the 20th day before an election and ends at the

21 time the polls close for such election’’; and

22 (B) in the second sentence, by striking

23 ‘‘within 48 hours after the receipt of such con24 tribution’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘not

25 later than 24 hours after the receipt of such
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1 contribution or midnight of the day on which

2 the contribution is deposited (whichever is ear3 lier),’’.

4 (2) REQUIRING ACTUAL RECEIPT OF CERTAIN

5 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE REPORTS WITHIN 24

6 HOURS.—

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(c)(2) of

8 such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(c)(2)) is amended in

9 the matter following subparagraph (C)—

10 (i) by striking ‘‘shall be reported’’ and

11 inserting ‘‘shall be filed’’; and

12 (ii) by adding at the end the following

13 new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection

14 (a)(5), the time at which the statement

15 under this subsection is received by the

16 Secretary, the Commission, or any other

17 recipient to whom the notification is re18 quired to be sent shall be considered the

19 time of filing of the statement with the re20 cipient.’’.

21 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

22 304(a)(5) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(5)) is

23 amended by striking ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii)’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii), or the second sentence of

25 subsection (c)(2)’’.
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1 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

2 this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring

3 after January 2001.

4 SEC. 638. RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELATING TO

5 CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE MET6 ROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY.—(a)

7 QUALIFIED MWAA POLICE OFFICER DEFINED.—For

8 purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified MWAA police

9 officer’’ means any individual who, as of the date of the

10 enactment of this Act—

11 (1) is employed as a member of the police force

12 of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

13 (hereinafter in this section referred to as an

14 ‘‘MWAA police officer’’); and

15 (2) is subject to the Civil Service Retirement

16 System or the Federal Employees’ Retirement Sys17 tem by virtue of section 49107(b) of title 49, United

18 States Code.

19 (b) ELIGIBILITY TO BE TREATED AS A LAW EN20 FORCEMENT OFFICER FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any qualified MWAA police

22 officer may, by written election submitted in accord23 ance with applicable requirements under subsection

24 (c), elect to be treated as a law enforcement officer

25 (within the meaning of section 8331 or 8401 of title
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1 5, United States Code, as applicable), and to have

2 all prior service described in paragraph (2) similarly

3 treated.

4 (2) PRIOR SERVICE DESCRIBED.—The service

5 described in this paragraph is all service which an

6 individual performed, prior to the effective date of

7 such individual’s election under this section, as—

8 (A) an MWAA police officer; or

9 (B) a member of the police force of the

10 Federal Aviation Administration (hereinafter in

11 this section referred to as an ‘‘FAA police offi12 cer’’).

13 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man14 agement shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry

15 out this section, including provisions relating to the time,

16 form, and manner in which any election under this section

17 shall be made. Such an election shall not be effective

18 unless—

19 (1) it is made before the employee separates

20 from service with the Metropolitan Washington Air21 ports Authority, but in no event later than 1 year

22 after the regulations under this subsection take ef23 fect; and
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1 (2) it is accompanied by payment of an amount

2 equal to, with respect to all prior service of such em3 ployee which is described in subsection (b)(2)—

4 (A) the employee deductions that would

5 have been required for such service under chap6 ter 83 or 84 of title 5, U.S.C. (as the case may

7 be) if such election had then been in effect,

8 minus

9 (B) the total employee deductions and con10 tributions under such chapter 83 and 84 (as

11 applicable) that were actually made for such

12 service,

13 taking into account only amounts required to be

14 credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Dis15 ability Fund. Any amount under paragraph (2) shall

16 be computed with interest, in accordance with sec17 tion 8334(e) of such title 5.

18 (d) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Whenever a

19 payment under subsection (c)(2) is made by an individual

20 with respect to such individual’s prior service (as described

21 in subsection (b)(2)), the Metropolitan Washington Air22 ports Authority shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement

23 and Disability Fund any additional contributions for

24 which it would have been liable, with respect to such serv25 ice, if such individual’s election under this section had
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1 then been in effect (and, to the extent of any prior FAA

2 police officer service, as if it had then been the employing

3 agency). Any amount under this subsection shall be com4 puted with interest, in accordance with section 8334(e) of

5 title 5, United States Code.

6 (e) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man7 agement shall accept, for the purpose of this section, the

8 certification of—

9 (1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports Au10 thority (or its designee) concerning any service per11 formed by an individual as an MWAA police officer;

12 and

13 (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (or its

14 designee) concerning any service performed by an in15 dividual as an FAA police officer.

16 (f) REIMBURSEMENT TO COMPENSATE FOR UN17 FUNDED LIABILITY.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Metropolitan Wash19 ington Airports Authority shall pay into the Civil

20 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount

21 (as determined by the Director of the Office of Per22 sonnel Management) equal to the amount necessary

23 to reimburse the Fund for any estimated increase in

24 the unfunded liability of the Fund (to the extent the

25 Civil Service Retirement System is involved), and for
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1 any estimated increase in the supplemental liability

2 of the Fund (to the extent the Federal Employees’

3 Retirement System is involved), resulting from the

4 enactment of this section.

5 (2) PAYMENT METHOD.—The Metropolitan

6 Washington Airports Authority shall pay the amount

7 so determined in five equal annual installments, with

8 interest (which shall be computed at the rate used

9 in the most recent valuation of the Federal Employ10 ees’ Retirement System).

11 SEC. 639. (a) For purposes of this section—

12 (1) the term ‘‘comparability payment’’ refers to

13 a locality-based comparability payment under section

14 5304 of title 5, United States Code;

15 (2) the term ‘‘President’s pay agent’’ refers to

16 the pay agent described in section 5302(4) of such

17 title; and

18 (3) the term ‘‘pay locality’’ has the meaning

19 given such term by section 5302(5) of such title.

20 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 5304 of

21 title 5, United States Code, for purposes of determining

22 appropriate pay localities and making comparability pay23 ment recommendations, the President’s pay agent may, in

24 accordance with succeeding provisions of this section,

25 make comparisons of General Schedule pay and non-Fed-
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1 eral pay within any of the metropolitan statistical areas

2 described in subsection (d)(3), using—

3 (1) data from surveys of the Bureau of Labor

4 Statistics;

5 (2) salary data sets obtained under subsection

6 (c); or

7 (3) any combination thereof.

8 (c) To the extent necessary in order to carry out this

9 section, the President’s pay agent may obtain any salary

10 data sets (referred to in subsection (b)) from any organi11 zation or entity that regularly compiles similar data for

12 businesses in the private sector.

13 (d)(1)(A) This paragraph applies with respect to the

14 five metropolitan statistical areas described in paragraph

15 (3) which—

16 (i) have the highest levels of nonfarm employ17 ment (as determined based on data made available

18 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics); and

19 (ii) as of the date of the enactment of this Act,

20 have not previously been surveyed by the Bureau of

21 Labor Statistics (as discrete pay localities) for pur22 poses of section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.

23 (B) The President’s pay agent, based on such com24 parisons under subsection (b) as the pay agent considers

25 appropriate, shall: (i) determine whether any of the five
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1 areas under subparagraph (A) warrants designation as a

2 discrete pay locality; and (ii) if so, make recommendations

3 as to what level of comparability payments would be ap4 propriate during 2002 for each area so determined.

5 (C)(i) Any recommendations under subparagraph

6 (B)(ii) shall be included—

7 (I) in the pay agent’s report under section

8 5304(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, submitted

9 for purposes of comparability payments scheduled to

10 become payable in 2002; or

11 (II) if compliance with subclause (I) is imprac12 ticable, in a supplementary report which the pay

13 agent shall submit to the President and the Con14 gress no later than March 1, 2001.

15 (ii) In the event that the recommendations are com16 pleted in time to be included in the report described in

17 clause (i)(I), a copy of those recommendations shall be

18 transmitted by the pay agent to the Congress contempora19 neous with their submission to the President.

20 (D) Each of the five areas under subparagraph (A)

21 that so warrants, as determined by the President’s pay

22 agent, shall be designated as a discrete pay locality under

23 section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, in time for

24 it to be treated as such for purposes of comparability pay25 ments becoming payable in 2002.
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1 (2) The President’s pay agent may, at any time after

2 the 180th day following the submission of the report under

3 subsection (f), make any initial or further determinations

4 or recommendations under this section, based on any pay

5 comparisons under subsection (b), with respect to any area

6 described in paragraph (3).

7 (3) An area described in this paragraph is any metro8 politan statistical area within the continental United

9 States that (as determined based on data made available

10 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Office of Per11 sonnel Management, respectively) has a high level of non12 farm employment and at least 2,500 General Schedule em13 ployees whose post of duty is within such area.

14 (e)(1) The authority under this section to make pay

15 comparisons and to make any determinations or rec16 ommendations based on such comparisons shall be avail17 able to the President’s pay agent only for purposes of com18 parability payments becoming payable on or after January

19 1, 2002, and before January 1, 2007, and only with re20 spect to areas described in subsection (d)(3).

21 (2) Any comparisons and recommendations so made

22 shall, if included in the pay agent’s report under section

23 5304(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, for any year

24 (or the pay agent’s supplementary report, in accordance

25 with subsection (d)(1)(C)(i)(II)), be considered and acted
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1 on as the pay agent’s comparisons and recommendations

2 under such section 5304(d)(1) for the area and the year

3 involved.

4 (f)(1) No later than March 1, 2001, the President’s

5 pay agent shall submit to the Committee on Government

6 Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee

7 on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

9 and of the Senate, a report on the use of pay comparison

10 data, as described in subsection (b)(2) or (3) (as appro11 priate), for purposes of comparability payments.

12 (2) The report shall include the cost of obtaining such

13 data, the rationale underlying the decisions reached based

14 on such data, and the relative advantages and disadvan15 tages of using such data (including whether the effort in16 volved in analyzing and integrating such data is commen17 surate with the benefits derived from their use). The re18 port may include specific recommendations regarding the

19 continued use of such data.

20 (g)(1) No later than May 1, 2001, the President’s

21 pay agent shall prepare and submit to the committees

22 specified in subsection (f)(1) a report relating to the ongo23 ing efforts of the Office of Personnel Management, the

24 Office of Management and Budget, and the Bureau of

25 Labor Statistics to revise the methodology currently being
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1 used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in performing its

2 surveys under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.

3 (2) The report shall include a detailed accounting of

4 any concerns the pay agent may have regarding the cur5 rent methodology, the specific projects the pay agent has

6 directed any of those agencies to undertake in order to

7 address those concerns, and a time line for the anticipated

8 completion of those projects and for implementation of the

9 revised methodology.

10 (3) The report shall also include recommendations as

11 to how those ongoing efforts might be expedited, including

12 any additional resources which, in the opinion of the pay

13 agent, are needed in order to expedite completion of the

14 activities described in the preceding provisions of this sub15 section, and the reasons why those additional resources

16 are needed.

17 SEC. 640. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYS18 TEM.—The table under section 8334(c) of title 5, United

19 States Code, is amended—

20 (1) in the matter relating to an employee by

21 striking:

‘‘7.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

22 and inserting the following:

‘‘7 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;
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1 (2) in the matter relating to a Member or em2 ployee for Congressional employee service by strik3 ing:

‘‘8 ......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ........ After December 31, 2002.’’

4 and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ........ After December 31, 2000.’’;

5 (3) in the matter relating to a law enforcement

6 officer for law enforcement service and firefighter

7 for firefighter service by striking:

‘‘8 ......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ........ After December 31, 2002.’’

8 and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ........ After December 31, 2000.’’;

9 (4) in the matter relating to a bankruptcy judge

10 by striking:

‘‘8.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

11 and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;

12 (5) in the matter relating to a judge of the

13 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed

14 Forces for service as a judge of that court by strik15 ing:

‘‘8.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’
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1 and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;

2 (6) in the matter relating to a United States

3 magistrate by striking:

‘‘8.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

4 and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;

5 (7) in the matter relating to a Court of Federal

6 Claims judge by striking:

‘‘8.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

7 and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;

8 (8) in the matter relating to a member of the

9 Capitol Police by striking:

‘‘8 ......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ........ After December 31, 2002.’’

10 and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ........ After December 31, 2000.’’;

11 and

12 (9) in the matter relating to a nuclear materials

13 courier by striking:

‘‘8 ......... January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ........ After December 31, 2002.’’
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1 and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ........ After December 31, 2000.’’.

2 (b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8422(a) of title 5,

4 United States Code, is amended by striking para5 graph (3) and inserting the following:

6 ‘‘(3) The applicable percentage under this paragraph

7 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.

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.

8 .............. January 1, 2001, to December

31, 2002.

7.5 ........... After December 31, 2002.

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.’’.

8 (2) MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 8422(e)(6) of

9 title 5, United States Code, is amended—

10 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting

11 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘;

2 and’’ and inserting a period; and

3 (C) by striking subparagraph (C).

4 (3) VOLUNTEER SERVICE.—Section 8422(f)(4)

5 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

6 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting

7 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

8 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘;

9 and’’ and inserting a period; and

10 (C) by striking subparagraph (C).

11 (c) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT

12 AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7001(c)(2) of the

14 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2021 note)

15 is amended—

16 (A) in the matter before the colon, by

17 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

19 (B) in the matter after the colon, by strik20 ing all that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

21 (2) MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 252(h)(1)(A)

22 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act

23 (50 U.S.C. 2082(h)(1)(A)), is amended—
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1 (A) in the matter before the colon, by

2 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

4 (B) in the matter after the colon, by strik5 ing all that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

6 (d) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DIS7 ABILITY SYSTEM.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7001(d)(2) of the

9 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (22 U.S.C. 4045 note)

10 is amended—

11 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

12 (i) in the matter before the colon, by

13 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

15 (ii) in the matter after the colon, by

16 striking all that follows ‘‘December 31,

17 2000.’’; and

18 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

19 (i) in the matter before the colon, by

20 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

22 (ii) in the matter after the colon, by

23 striking all that follows ‘‘December 31,

24 2000.’’.
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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

2 805(d)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22

3 U.S.C. 4045(d)(1)) is amended, in the table in the

4 matter following subparagraph (B), by striking:

‘‘January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2002, inclusive .. 7.5

After December 31, 2002 ..................................................... 7’’

5 and inserting the following:

‘‘After December 31, 2000 ................................................... 7’’.

6 (e) FOREIGN SERVICE PENSION SYSTEM.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 856(a)(2) of the

8 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

9 4071e(a)(2)) is amended by striking all that follows

10 ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ...... After December 31, 2000.’’.

11 (2) VOLUNTEER SERVICE.—Section 854(c)(1)

12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

13 4071c(c)(1)) is amended—

14 (A) in the matter before the colon, by

15 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

17 (B) in the matter after the colon, by strik18 ing all that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

19 (f) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Notwith20 standing section 8334 (a)(1) or (k)(1) of title 5, United

21 States Code, during the period beginning on October 1,
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1 2002, through December 31, 2002, each employing agency

2 (other than the United States Postal Service or the Metro3 politan Washington Airports Authority) shall contribute—

4 (1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee;

5 (2) 8 percent of the basic pay of a congres6 sional employee, a law enforcement officer, a mem7 ber of the Capitol police, a firefighter, or a nuclear

8 materials courier; and

9 (3) 8.5 percent of the basic pay of a Member

10 of Congress, a Court of Federal Claims judge, a

11 United States magistrate, a judge of the United

12 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, or a

13 bankruptcy judge,

14 in lieu of the agency contributions otherwise required

15 under section 8334(a)(1) of such title 5.

16 (g) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT

17 AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding section

18 211(a)(2) of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement

19 Act (50 U.S.C. 2021(a)(2)), during the period beginning

20 on October 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002, the Cen21 tral Intelligence Agency shall contribute 7.5 percent of the

22 basic pay of an employee participating in the Central In23 telligence Agency Retirement and Disability System in lieu

24 of the agency contribution otherwise required under sec25 tion 211(a)(2) of such Act.
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1 (h) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DIS2 ABILITY SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding any provision of sec3 tion 805(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

4 4045(a)), during the period beginning on October 1, 2002,

5 through December 31, 2002, each agency employing a

6 participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Dis7 ability System shall contribute to the Foreign Service Re8 tirement and Disability Fund—

9 (1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of each partici10 pant covered under section 805(a)(1) of such Act

11 participating in the Foreign Service Retirement and

12 Disability System; and

13 (2) 8 percent of the basic pay of each partici14 pant covered under paragraph (2) or (3) of section

15 805(a) of such Act participating in the Foreign

16 Service Retirement and Disability System,

17 in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise required under

18 section 805(a) of such Act.

19 (i) The amendments made by this section shall take

20 effect upon the close of calendar year 2000, and shall

21 apply thereafter.

22 SEC. 641. (a) Section 304 of the Federal Election

23 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as previously

24 amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end

25 the following new subsection:
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1 ‘‘(e)(1) In addition to any other information required

2 to be reported under this section, the principal campaign

3 committee of a candidate for the House of Representatives

4 or for the Senate who uses any aircraft of the Federal

5 Government for any purpose which includes (in whole or

6 in part) carrying out the candidate’s campaign for election

7 for Federal office (including using an aircraft of the Fed8 eral Government for transportation to or from a campaign

9 event), shall file with the Commission a statement con10 taining the following information:

11 ‘‘(A) A description of the aircraft used, includ12 ing the type or model.

13 ‘‘(B) The number of individuals who used the

14 aircraft, including the candidate and those whose

15 use of the aircraft was paid for (in whole or in part)

16 by the committee.

17 ‘‘(C) The amount the candidate paid to reim18 burse the Federal Government for the use of the air19 craft, together with the methodology used to deter20 mine such amount, in accordance with section 106.3

21 of title 11, Code of Federal Regulations.

22 ‘‘(2) The statements required under this subsection

23 shall be included with the reports filed by the principal

24 campaign committee under subsection (a)(2), except that

25 any statement with respect to the use of any aircraft after
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1 the 20th day, but more than 48 hours before the election

2 shall be filed in accordance with subsection (a)(6).’’.

3 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall

4 apply with respect to elections occurring after December

5 31, 2000.

6 SEC. 642. (a) Section 5545b(d) of title 5, United

7 States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the fol8 lowing new paragraph:

9 ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding section 8114(e)(1), over10 time pay for a firefighter subject to this section for

11 hours in a regular tour of duty shall be included in

12 any computation of pay under section 8114.’’.

13 (b) The amendment in subsection (a) shall be effec14 tive as if it had been enacted as part of the Federal Fire15 fighters Overtime Pay Reform Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

16 2681–519).

17 SEC. 643. Section 6323(a) of title 5, United States

18 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(3) The minimum charge for leave under this

20 subsection is one hour, and additional charges are in

21 multiples thereof.’’.

22 SEC. 644. Section 616 of the Treasury, Postal Serv23 ice and General Government Appropriations Act, 1988, as

24 contained in the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C.

25 490b), is amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(e)(1) All existing and newly hired workers in any

2 child care center located in an executive facility shall un3 dergo a criminal history background check as defined in

4 section 231 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

5 13041).

6 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘execu7 tive facility’ means a facility that is owned or leased by

8 an office or entity within the executive branch of the Gov9 ernment (including one that is owned or leased by the

10 General Services Administration on behalf of an office or

11 entity within the judicial branch of the Government).

12 ‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered

13 to apply with respect to a facility owned by or leased on

14 behalf of an office or entity within the legislative branch

15 of the Government.’’.

16 SEC. 645. None of the funds made available in this

17 Act may be used to allow the importation into the United

18 States of any product that is the growth, product, or man19 ufacture of Iran.

20 SEC. 646. None of the funds made available in this

21 Act may be used for use of a Federal Internet site to col22 lect information about an individual as a consequence of

23 the individual’s use of the site.

24 SEC. 647. (a)(1) Title 5, United States Code, is

25 amended by inserting after section 5372a the following:
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1 ‘‘§ 5372b. Administrative appeals judges

2 ‘‘(a) For the purpose of this section—

3 ‘‘(1) the term ‘administrative appeals judge po4 sition’ means a position the duties of which pri5 marily involve reviewing decisions of administrative

6 law judges appointed under section 3105; and

7 ‘‘(2) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive

8 agency, as defined by section 105, but does not in9 clude the General Accounting Office.

10 ‘‘(b) Subject to such regulations as the Office of Per11 sonnel Management may prescribe, the head of the agency

12 concerned shall fix the rate of basic pay for each adminis13 trative appeals judge position within such agency which

14 is not classified above GS–15 pursuant to section 5108.

15 ‘‘(c) A rate of basic pay fixed under this section shall

16 be—

17 ‘‘(1) not less than the minimum rate of basic

18 pay for level AL–3 under section 5372; and

19 ‘‘(2) not greater than the maximum rate of

20 basic pay for level AL–3 under section 5372.’’.

21 (2) Section 7323(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States

22 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or 5372a’’ and inserting

23 ‘‘5372a, or 5372b’’.
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1 (3) The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 5,

2 United States Code, is amended by inserting after the

3 item relating to section 5372a the following:

‘‘5372b. Administrative appeals judges.’’.

4 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall

5 apply with respect to pay for service performed on or after

6 the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning

7 on or after—

8 (1) the 120th day after the date of the enact9 ment of this Act; or

10 (2) if earlier, the effective date of regulations

11 prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management

12 to carry out such amendment.

13 SEC. 648. No funds in this Act may be used in con14 travention of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a

15 et seq.; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

16 SEC. 649. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

17 may be used by the Internal Revenue Service for any activ18 ity that is in contravention of section 411(b)(1)(H)(i) or

19 section 411(d)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,

20 section 204(b)(1)(G) or 204(b)(1)(H)(i) of the Employee

21 Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or section

22 4(i)(1)(A) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

23 SEC. 650. The Office of Personnel Management shall

24 conduct a study to develop one or more alternative means

25 for providing Federal employees with at least 6 weeks of
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1 paid parental leave in connection with the birth or adop2 tion of a child (apart from any other paid leave). Not later

3 than September 30, 2001, the Office shall submit to Con4 gress a report containing its findings and recommenda5 tions under this section, including projected utilization

6 rates, and views as to whether this benefit can be expected

7 to—

8 (1) curtail the rate at which Federal employees

9 are being lost to the private sector;

10 (2) help the Government in its recruitment and

11 retention efforts generally;

12 (3) reduce turnover and replacement costs; and

13 (4) contribute to parental involvement during a

14 child’s formative years.

15 SEC. 651. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

16 may be used to carry out the amendments to the Federal

17 Acquisition Regulation contained in the proposed rule

18 published by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

19 (65 Fed. Reg. 40829) (2000), relating to responsibility

20 considerations of Federal contractors and the allowability

21 of certain contractor costs.

22 SEC. 652. (a) None of the funds made available in

23 this Act may be used to administer or enforce part 515

24 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (the Cuban Assets
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1 Control Regulations) with respect to any travel or travel2 related transaction.

3 (b) The limitation established in subsection (a) shall

4 not apply to transactions in relation to any business travel

5 covered by section 515.560(g) of such part 515.

6 SEC. 653. None of the funds made available in this

7 Act may be used to implement any sanction imposed by

8 the United States on private commercial sales of agricul9 tural commodities (as defined in section 402 of the Agri10 cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954)

11 or medicine or medical supplies (within the meaning of

12 section 1705(c) of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992) to

13 Cuba (other than a sanction imposed pursuant to agree14 ment with one or more other countries).

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury and General

16 Government Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 20, 2000.

Attest:

Clerk.