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Union Calendar No. 435

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4871

[Report No. 106–756]

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 18, 2000

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

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the

United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of

the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices

5 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury

6 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

7 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase

8 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased

9 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance

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

11 travel expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain avail12 able until September 30, 2002, for information technology

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

14 official reception and representation expenses; not to ex15 ceed $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confiden16 tial nature, to be allocated and expended under the direc17 tion of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted

18 for solely on his certificate, $149,437,000: Provided, That

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

20 State and local law enforcement groups to help fight

21 money laundering.
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1 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

2 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For development and acquisition of automatic data

5 processing equipment, software, and services for the De6 partment of the Treasury, $41,787,000, to remain avail7 able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be

8 transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to

9 satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu10 reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this

11 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans12 fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That

13 none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support

14 or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropria15 tions for Information Systems.

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

21 $2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of

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

23 unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo24 cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector

25 General of the Treasury, $31,940,000.
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1 INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector

4 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In5 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur6 chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police7 type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.

8 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such

9 rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for

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

11 travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore12 seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated

13 and expended under the direction of the Inspector General

14 for Tax Administration, $116,427,000.

15 TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND

16 RESTORATION

17 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the

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

19 available until expended.

20 EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For a demonstration project to expand access to fi23 nancial services for low-income individuals, $2,000,000, to

24 remain available until expended: Provided, That of these

25 funds, such sums as may be necessary may be transferred
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1 to accounts of the Departments offices, bureaus, and other

2 organizations: Provided further, That this transfer author3 ity shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro4 vided in this Act.

5 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En8 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve9 hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement

10 personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in11 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula12 tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep13 resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en14 forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,

15 $34,694,000, of which not to exceed $2,800,000 shall re16 main available until September 30, 2003; and of which

17 $2,275,000 shall remain available until September 30,

18 2002: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account

19 may be used to procure personal services contracts.

20 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

24 the Treasury, including materials and support costs of

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

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

5 purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the

6 conducting of and participating in firearms matches and

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

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

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

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

12 up to $17,043,000 for materials and support costs of Fed13 eral law enforcement basic training shall remain available

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

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

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

18 shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Center

19 to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic

20 training program at the Center during the previous fiscal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except

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

23 not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end

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

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

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

4 and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal Law

5 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide

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

8 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

9 RELATED EXPENSES

10 For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement

11 Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional

12 real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,

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

14 to remain available until expended.

15 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

16 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

17 For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and

18 convict offenders involved in organized crime drug traf19 ficking, including cooperative efforts with State and local

20 law enforcement, as it relates to the Treasury Department

21 law enforcement violations such as money laundering, vio22 lent crime, and smuggling, $103,476,000, of which

23 $7,827,000 shall remain available until expended.
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1 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management

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

5 $10,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,

6 2003, for information systems modernization initiatives;

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

8 official reception and representation expenses.

9 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To12 bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed

13 812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for

14 replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

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

17 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a

18 major investigative assignment requires an employee to

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

20 at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $20,000 for offi21 cial reception and representation expenses; for training of

22 State and local law enforcement agencies with or without

23 reimbursement, including training in connection with the

24 training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire

25 accelerants detection; not to exceed $50,000 for coopera-
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1 tive research and development programs for Laboratory

2 Services and Fire Research Center activities; and provi3 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies,

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

5 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay6 ment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C.

7 924(d)(2); and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for

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

9 available for official use by a State or local law enforce10 ment agency if the conveyance will be used in joint law

11 enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To12 bacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime sala13 ries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, supplies, and other

14 similar costs of State and local law enforcement personnel,

15 including sworn officers and support personnel, that are

16 incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol,

17 Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made

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

19 the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alco20 hol, Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies or Depart21 ments in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That no funds

22 appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or ad23 ministrative expenses in connection with consolidating or

24 centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the

25 records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposi-
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1 tion of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees:

2 Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall

3 be used to pay administrative expenses or the compensa4 tion of any officer or employee of the United States to

5 implement an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR

6 178.118 or to change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’

7 in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publica8 tion 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided

9 further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall

10 be available to investigate or act upon applications for re11 lief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C.

12 925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be avail13 able to investigate and act upon applications filed by cor14 porations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities

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

16 under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve infor17 mation gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by

18 name or any personal identification code.

19 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the United States Customs

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

23 vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of

24 which 1,030 are for police-type use and commercial oper25 ations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals
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1 for personal services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for

2 official reception and representation expenses; and awards

3 of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act

4 enforced by the United States Customs Service,

5 $1,821,415,000, of which such sums as become available

6 in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject

7 to section 13031(f )(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus

8 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19

9 U.S.C. 58c(f )(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of

10 the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for

11 payment for rental space in connection with preclearance

12 operations; not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available

13 until expended for research; of which not less than

14 $100,000 shall be available to promote public awareness

15 of the child pornography tipline; of which not less than

16 $200,000 shall be available for Project Alert; not to exceed

17 $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for con18 ducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081;

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

20 for the procurement of automation infrastructure items,

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

22 exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for re23 pairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may

24 be purchased without regard to the general purchase price

25 limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
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1 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal

2 year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in sub3 section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19

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

5 HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For administrative expenses related to the collection

8 of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law

9 103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor

10 Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and

11 merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac12 count for such purposes.

13 OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND

14 MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

16 for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air17 craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine

18 Programs, including operational training and mission-re19 lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by

20 the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro21 grams, the operations of which include the following: the

22 interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of

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

24 agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en25 forced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of

26 the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance
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1 to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforce2 ment and emergency humanitarian efforts, $125,778,000,

3 which shall remain available until expended: Provided,

4 That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the ex5 ception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been

6 identified as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft

7 which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be trans8 ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office

9 outside of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal

10 year 2001 without the prior approval of the Committees

11 on Appropriations.

12 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

13 For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs

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

15 until expended, of which $5,400,000 shall be for the Inter16 national Trade Data System, and not less than

17 $105,000,000 shall be for the development of the Auto18 mated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none of

19 the funds appropriated under this heading may be obli20 gated for the Automated Commercial Environment until

21 the United States Customs Service prepares and submits

22 to the House Committee on Appropriations a final plan

23 for expenditure that (1) meets the capital planning and

24 investment control review requirements established by the

25 Office of Management and Budget, including OMB Cir26 cular A–11, part 3; (2) complies with the United States
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1 Customs Service’s Enterprise Information Systems Archi2 tecture; (3) complies with the acquisition rules, require3 ments, guidelines, and systems acquisition management

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

5 approved by the Customs Investment Review Board, the

6 Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Manage7 ment and Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Ac8 counting Office: Provided further, That none of the funds

9 appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the

10 Automated Commercial Environment until that final ex11 penditure plan has been approved by the House Com12 mittee on Appropriations.

13 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

14 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

15 For necessary expenses connected with any public16 debt issues of the United States, $187,301,000, of which

17 not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep18 tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex19 ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for

20 systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro21 priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2001

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

23 security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account

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

25 fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the General Fund es-
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1 timated at $182,901,000, and in addition, $23,600 to be

2 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reim3 burse the Bureau for administrative and personnel ex4 penses for financial management of the Fund, as author5 ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.

6 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

7 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

8 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv9 ice for tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law

10 and account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor11 respondence; providing an independent taxpayer advocate

12 within the Service; programs to match information returns

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

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

15 as may be determined by the Commissioner;

16 $3,512,232,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for

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

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

19 representation expenses.

20 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

21 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv22 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro23 viding litigation support; issuing technical rulings; pro24 viding top quality service to tax exempt customers; exam25 ining employee plans and exempt organizations; con26 ducting criminal investigation and enforcement activities;
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1 securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts;

2 compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance

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

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

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

6 as may be determined by the Commissioner,

7 $3,332,676,000 of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall

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

9 EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE

10 For funding essential earned income tax credit com11 pliance and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section

12 5702 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law

13 105–33), $145,000,000, of which not to exceed

14 $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the Social Security

15 Administration for the costs of implementing section 1090

16 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.

17 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

18 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv19 ice for information systems and telecommunications sup20 port, including developmental information systems and

21 operational information systems; the hire of passenger

22 motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au23 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter24 mined by the Commissioner; $1,488,090,000 which shall

25 remain available until September 30, 2002.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

2 SERVICE

3 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria4 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue

5 Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue

6 Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the

7 Committees on Appropriations.

8 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main9 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue

10 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal11 ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural

12 relations.

13 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti14 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe15 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.

16 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret

19 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 844 vehicles

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

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

22 training and assistance requested by State and local gov23 ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;

24 services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter25 mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District
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1 of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and

2 other facilities on private or other property not in Govern3 ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per4 form protective functions; for payment of per diem and/

5 or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective

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

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

8 or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con9 ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen10 tation of awards; for travel of Secret Service employees

11 on protective missions without regard to the limitations

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

13 is obtained in advance from the Committees on Appropria14 tions; for research and development; for making grants to

15 conduct behavioral research in support of protective re16 search and operations; not to exceed $25,000 for official

17 reception and representation expenses; not to exceed

18 $100,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment

19 to foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit in20 vestigations; for payment in advance for commercial ac21 commodations as may be necessary to perform protective

22 functions; and for uniforms without regard to the general

23 purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year,

24 $823,800,000, of which $3,633,000 shall be available as

25 a grant for activities related to the investigations of ex-
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1 ploited children and shall remain available until expended:

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

3 travel shall remain available until September 30, 2002.

4 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

5 RELATED EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter7 ation, and improvement of facilities, $5,021,000, to re8 main available until expended.

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

10 TREASURY

11 SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec12 retary of the Treasury in connection with law enforcement

13 activities of a Federal agency or a Department of the

14 Treasury law enforcement organization in accordance with

15 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances re16 maining in the Fund on September 30, 2001, shall be

17 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.

18 SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the

19 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al20 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),

21 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of

22 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign

23 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the

24 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased

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

26 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
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1 of health and medical services to employees and their de2 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author3 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

4 SEC. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco5 hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2001 in this

6 Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis7 tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to

8 diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105

9 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

10 SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria11 tions in this Act made available to the Federal Law En12 forcement Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforce13 ment Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,

14 United States Customs Service, and United States Secret

15 Service may be transferred between such appropriations

16 upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro17 priations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such

18 appropriation by more than 2 percent.

19 SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria20 tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of21 fices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector Gen22 eral for Tax Administration, Financial Management Serv23 ice, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred

24 between such appropriations upon the advance approval

25 of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may in-
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1 crease or decrease any such appropriation by more than

2 2 percent.

3 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria4 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue

5 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen6 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad7 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No

8 transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation

9 by more than 2 percent.

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

11 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until

12 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase

13 by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De14 partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That

15 the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant

16 Secretary for Management.

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

18 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury

19 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used

20 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.

21 SEC. 118. Section 5547(c) of title 5, United States

22 Code is amended by adding the following paragraph:

23 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of para24 graph (2), premium pay for protective services au25 thorized by section 3056(a) of title 18, United
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1 States Code, may be paid without regard to the bi2 weekly limitation on premium pay except that such

3 premium pay shall not be payable to an employee to

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

5 and premium pay for the year would otherwise ex6 ceed the annual equivalent of that limitation. The

7 term premium pay refers to pay authorized by sec8 tions 5542, 5545 (a), (b), and (c), and 5546 (a) and

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

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

11 of this paragraph to the extent that it does not

12 cause an employee’s biweekly pay to exceed the limi13 tation in paragraph (2). Payment of additional pre14 mium pay payable under this section may be made

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

16 year.’’.

17 SEC. 119. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans18 fer funds from ‘‘Salaries and Expenses,’’ Financial Man19 agement Service, to the Debt Services Account as nec20 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That

21 such amounts shall be reimbursed to such Salaries and

22 Expenses account from debt collections received in the

23 Debt Services Account.

24 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, no reorganization of the field operations of the U.S.
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1 Customs Service Office of Field Operations shall result in

2 a reduction in service to the area served by the Port of

3 Racine, Wisconsin, below the level of service provided in

4 fiscal year 2000.

5 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

7 reimburse the subcontractor that provided services in

8 1993 and 1994 pursuant to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

9 and Firearms contract number TATF 93–3 from amounts

10 appropriated for fiscal year 2001 or unobligated balances

11 from prior fiscal years, and such reimbursement shall

12 cover the cost of all professional services rendered, plus

13 interest calculated in accordance with the Contract Dis14 pute Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)

15 SEC. 122. (a) No funds appropriated to the Depart16 ment of the Treasury in this or any Act for the establish17 ment and operation of a new law enforcement training fa18 cility may be obligated or expended until an assessment

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

20 been carried out by the Comptroller General of the U.S.

21 General Accounting Office, submitted to the Committees

22 on Appropriations, and the establishment of said facility

23 has been approved by the House and Senate Appropria24 tions Committees.
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1 (b) This assessment shall include, but not be limited

2 to:

3 (1) An analysis of the Department of the

4 Treasury’s master plan for the proposed facility;

5 (2) Projected law enforcement training work6 loads at the new facility and existing Treasury facili7 ties;

8 (3) Training requirements for the U.S. Customs

9 Service and other law enforcement agencies;

10 (4) Federal law enforcement training facility as11 sets currently available and proposed in the Federal

12 Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) master

13 plan;

14 (5) The total estimated cost associated with the

15 design, construction, and establishment of the pro16 posed facility;

17 (6) Projected annual operating costs for the

18 proposed facility;

19 (7) Projected costs associated with establish20 ment of a new law enforcement training center, in21 cluding environmental impact statements, environ22 mental remediation, utilities and other infrastruc23 ture; and
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1 (8) Cost savings and benefits of in-service train2 ing at the proposed facility compared to using exist3 ing or modified facilities.

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

5 Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

6 TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

7 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

8 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

9 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub10 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charg19 ing any officer or employee of any State or local child sup20 port enforcement agency, or any individual participating

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

22 a fee for information requested or provided concerning an

23 address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none

24 of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consoli-
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1 date or close small rural and other small post offices in

2 fiscal year 2001.

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro4 priations Act, 2001’’.

5 TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI6 DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE

7 PRESIDENT

8 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE

9 HOUSE OFFICE

10 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

11 For compensation of the President, including an ex12 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au13 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102; $390,000: Provided, That none

14 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

15 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount

16 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of

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

18 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

19 considered as taxable to the President.

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the White House as au22 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for

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

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

25 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that

26 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers,
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1 periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed

2 $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided

3 by 3 U.S.C. 103); not to exceed $19,000 for official enter4 tainment expenses, to be available for allocation within the

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

6 That $9,072,000 of the funds appropriated shall be avail7 able for reimbursements to the White House Communica8 tions Agency.

9 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

10 OPERATING EXPENSES

11 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re12 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including

13 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at

14 the White House and official entertainment expenses of

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

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

17 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

18 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi19 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec20 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses

21 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance

22 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,

23 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such

24 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the

25 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob26 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
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1 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence

2 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit3 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti4 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments

5 shall be credited to this account and remain available until

6 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence

7 shall require the national committee of the political party

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

9 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat10 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such

11 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That

12 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice

13 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense

14 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing

15 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in16 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days

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

18 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess

19 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is

20 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with

21 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out22 standing debt on a United States Government claim under

23 section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur24 ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any

25 accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in
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1 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,

2 That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit

3 to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than

4 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this

5 Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex6 penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding

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

8 the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi9 cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that

10 consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion

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

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

13 Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex14 penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive

15 Residence that includes a standard for the classification

16 of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided

17 further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con18 strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other

19 applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter

20 37 of title 31, United States Code.

21 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

22 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the

23 Executive Residence at the White House, $658,000, to re24 main available until expanded, for projects for required

25 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 for drug control activities

17 consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des18 ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which

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

20 local entities for drug control activities, which shall be ob21 ligated within 120 days of the date of the enactment of

22 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2002, may be transferred to Fed24 eral agencies and departments at a rate to be determined

25 by the Director: Provided further, That, of this latter

26 amount, $1,800,000 shall be used for auditing services.
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1 SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For activities to support a national anti-drug cam4 paign for youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public

5 Law 105–277, $219,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to

7 other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such

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

9 $185,000,000 shall be to support a national media cam10 paign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media Campaign

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

12 $30,000,000 shall be to continue a program of matching

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 reimbursement of, other Federal departments and agen20 cies to support the operations of the Counterdrug Intel21 ligence Executive Secretariat.

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office

23 Appropriations 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 the

13 design guide standards for construction as established and

14 approved by the General Services Administration, the Ju15 dicial Conference of the United States, and the Office of

16 Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the pri17 orities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as

18 set out in its approved 5–year construction plan: Provided,

19 That the fiscal year 2002 request must be accompanied

20 by a standardized courtroom utilization study of each fa21 cility 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 or other18 wise made available in this Act may be used to allow the

19 placement in interstate or foreign commerce of diamonds

20 that have been mined in the Republic of Sierra Leone, the

21 Republic of Liberia, Burkina Faso, the Republic of Cote

22 d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or the Re23 public of Angola, except for diamonds the country of origin

24 of which has been certified as the Republic of Sierra Leone
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1 by government officials of that country who are recognized

2 by the General Assembly of the United Nations.

3 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

4 shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de5 crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in

6 preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol,

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

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

9 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

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

11 advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,

12 section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and

13 which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25

14 of the Protocol: Provided, That the limitation established

15 in this section shall not apply to any activity otherwise

16 authorized by law.

17 SEC. 519. Within available funds, the Department of

18 the Treasury and the General Services Administration are

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

20 to the maximum extent practicable in meeting their fuel

21 needs.

22 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this

23 Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or em24 ployee of the Office of Management and Budget who

25 makes apportionments under subchapter II of chapter 15
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1 of title 31, United States Code, that prevent the expendi2 ture or obligation by December 31, 2000, of at least 75

3 percent of the appropriations made for fiscal year 2001

4 to carry out the Agricultural Trade Development and As5 sistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), the Food

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

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

8 1431(b)).

9 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

10 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

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

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

13 the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases

14 of death or life threatening illness of said employee.

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

16 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

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

18 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen19 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to

20 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en21 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal

22 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances

23 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi24 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru25 mentality.
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1 SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

2 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year

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

4 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor

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

6 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at

7 $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum

8 shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex9 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,

10 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi11 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec12 tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec13 tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under

14 the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re15 search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:

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

17 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter18 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law

19 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled

20 vehicles.

21 SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive depart22 ments and independent establishments for the current fis23 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex24 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available
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1 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in

2 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.

3 SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the cur4 rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained

5 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa6 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the

7 United States (including any agency the majority of the

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

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

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

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

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

13 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be14 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and

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

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

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

18 former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad19 mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5)

20 is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa21 roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6)

22 is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali23 fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu24 dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur25 pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person
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1 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require2 ments of this section with respect to his or her status have

3 been complied with: Provided further, That any person

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

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

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

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

8 to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex9 isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to

10 any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this

11 section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov12 ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire13 land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na14 tionals of those countries allied with the United States in

15 a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters

16 employed by the United States Information Agency, or to

17 temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em18 ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as

19 a result of emergencies.

20 SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any depart21 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec22 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex23 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General

24 Services Administration for charges for space and services

25 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
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1 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements

2 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of

3 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments

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

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

6 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re7 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials,

8 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a

9 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre10 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex11 pended for the following purposes:

12 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,

13 and recycling programs as described in Executive

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

15 any such programs adopted prior to the effective

16 date of the Executive Order.

17 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man18 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the

19 development and implementation of hazardous waste

20 management and pollution prevention programs.

21 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by

22 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the

23 Federal agency.

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

25 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
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1 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of

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

3 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,

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

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

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

7 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the

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

9 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex10 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other

11 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be

12 correspondingly reduced.

13 SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the cur14 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall

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

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

17 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

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

19 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

20 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),

21 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups

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

23 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive

24 financial support from more than one agency or instru25 mentality.
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1 SEC. 611. Funds made available by this or any other

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

3 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and

4 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under

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

6 guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow7 ers of special policemen provided by the first section of

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

9 and, as to property owned or occupied by the Postal Serv10 ice, the Postmaster General may take the same actions

11 as the Administrator of General Services may take under

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

13 1948 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 318b), attaching

14 thereto penal consequences under the authority and within

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

16 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).

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

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

19 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis20 approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly

21 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the

22 United States.

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

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

25 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year
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1 2001, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any

2 prevailing rate employee described in section

3 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—

4 (1) during the period from the date of expira5 tion of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the

6 Treasury and General Government Appropriations

7 Act, 2000, until the normal effective date of the ap8 plicable wage survey adjustment that is to take ef9 fect in fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds

10 the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of

11 the applicable wage schedule in accordance with

12 such section 613; and

13 (2) during the period consisting of the remain14 der of fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds,

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

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

17 of—

18 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef19 fect in fiscal year 2001 under section 5303 of

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

21 under the General Schedule; and

22 (B) the difference between the overall aver23 age percentage of the locality-based com24 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year

25 2001 under section 5304 of such title (whether
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1 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av2 erage percentage of such payments which was

3 effective in fiscal year 2000 under such section.

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

5 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or

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

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

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

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

10 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli11 cable to such employee.

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

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

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

15 2000, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by

16 the Office of Personnel Management.

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

18 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may

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

20 2000, except to the extent determined by the Office of

21 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose

22 of this section.

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

24 service performed after September 30, 2000.
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1 (f ) For the purpose of administering any provision

2 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre3 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em4 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu5 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the

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

7 or basic pay payable after the application of this section

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

9 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per10 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by

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

12 payable were this section not in effect.

13 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide

14 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section

15 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary

16 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ17 ees.

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

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

20 employee of the Government appointed by the President

21 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli22 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re23 decorate the office of such department head, agency head,

24 officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im25 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of
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1 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by

2 the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of

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

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

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

6 is directly controlled by the individual.

7 SEC. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

9 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con10 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose

11 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without

12 the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria13 tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training

14 Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi15 tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for

16 training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center

17 facilities.

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

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

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

21 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na22 tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni23 cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart24 ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive

25 Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).
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1 SEC. 617. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

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

3 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for

4 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a

5 position of a confidential or policy-determining character

6 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section

7 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification

8 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of

9 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality

10 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C

11 position was not created solely or primarily in order to

12 detail the employee to the White House.

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

14 Federal employees or members of the armed services de15 tailed to or from—

16 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

17 (2) the National Security Agency;

18 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

19 (4) the offices within the Department of De20 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign

21 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

22 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

23 the Department of State;

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

25 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu-
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1 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad2 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De3 partment of Transportation, the Department of the

4 Treasury, and the Department of Energy per5 forming intelligence functions; and

6 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

8 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

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

10 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen11 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to

12 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en13 sure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination

14 and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are

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

16 the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and

17 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

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

19 Act for the United States Customs Service may be used

20 to allow the importation into the United States of any

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

22 manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as de23 termined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of

24 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
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1 SEC. 620. No part of any appropriation contained in

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

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

4 Government, who—

5 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat6 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em7 ployee of the Federal Government from having any

8 direct oral or written communication or contact with

9 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the

10 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining

11 to the employment of such other officer or employee

12 or pertaining to the department or agency of such

13 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of

14 whether such communication or contact is at the ini15 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re16 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,

17 committee, or subcommittee; or

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

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

20 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion

21 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis22 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti23 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em24 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the

25 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to
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1 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to

2 such other officer or employee, by reason of any

3 communication or contact of such other officer or

4 employee with any Member, committee, or sub5 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph

6 (1).

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

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

9 any employee training that—

10 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl11 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the

12 performance of official duties;

13 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev14 els of emotional response or psychological stress in

15 some participants;

16 (3) does not require prior employee notification

17 of the content and methods to be used in the train18 ing and written end of course evaluation;

19 (4) contains any methods or content associated

20 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or

21 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em22 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N–

23 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
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1 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par2 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the

3 workplace.

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

5 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training

6 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.

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

8 Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements

9 in Standard Forms 312 and 4355 of the Government or

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

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

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

13 not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the em14 ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu15 tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United

16 States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section

17 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the

18 Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclo19 sure to Congress by members of the military); section

20 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by

21 the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosures of

22 illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety

23 threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982

24 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could

25 expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes
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1 which protect against disclosure that may compromise the

2 national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798,

3 and 952 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b)

4 of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C.

5 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights,

6 sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order

7 and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement

8 and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the

9 preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agree10 ment that is to be executed by a person connected with

11 the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activ12 ity, other than an employee or officer of the United States

13 Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the

14 particular activity for which such document is to be used.

15 Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that

16 the person will not disclose any classified information re17 ceived in the course of such activity unless specifically au18 thorized to do so by the United States Government. Such

19 nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do

20 not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized official

21 of an executive agency or the Department of Justice that

22 are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law.

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

24 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu25 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
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1 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda

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

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

4 film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation

5 pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the

6 Congress itself.

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

8 2002, the Director of the Office of Management and

9 Budget shall prepare and submit to Congress, with the

10 budget submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United

11 States Code, an accounting statement and associated re12 port containing—

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

14 benefits (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable

15 effects) of Federal rules and paperwork, to the ex16 tent feasible—

17 (A) in the aggregate;

18 (B) by agency and agency program; and

19 (C) by major rule;

20 (2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation

21 on State, local, and tribal government, small busi22 ness, wages, and economic growth; and

23 (3) recommendations for reform.

24 (b) NOTICE.—The Director of the Office of Manage25 ment and Budget shall provide public notice and an oppor-
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1 tunity to comment on the statement and report under sub2 section (a) before the statement and report are submitted

3 to Congress.

4 (c) GUIDELINES.—To implement this section, the Di5 rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue

6 guidelines to agencies to standardize—

7 (1) measures of costs and benefits; and

8 (2) the format of accounting statements.

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

10 Management and Budget shall provide for independent

11 and external peer review of the guidelines and each ac12 counting statement and associated report under this sec13 tion. Such peer review shall not be subject to the Federal

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

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

16 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed17 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization

18 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure

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

20 competent jurisdiction.

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

22 is authorized to establish scientific certification standards

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

24 reimbursable basis, for the certification of explosives de25 tection canines employed by Federal agencies, or other
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1 agencies providing explosives detection services at airports

2 in the United States.

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

4 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non5 public information such as mailing or telephone lists to

6 any person or any organization outside of the Federal

7 Government without the approval of the Committees on

8 Appropriations.

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

10 this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa11 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore

12 authorized by the Congress.

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

14 (1) means an Executive agency as defined

15 under section 105 of title 5, United States Code;

16 (2) includes a military department as defined

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

18 and the Postal Rate Commission; and

19 (3) shall not include the General Accounting

20 Office.

21 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu22 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee

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

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

25 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under
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1 section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli2 gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor3 tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official

4 duties.

5 SEC. 630. Section 638(h) of the Treasury and Gen6 eral Government Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law

7 106–58) is amended by striking ‘‘at noon on January 20,

8 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘on May 1, 2001’’.

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

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

11 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,

12 except where the contract also includes a provision for con13 traceptive coverage.

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

15 with—

16 (1) any of the following religious plans:

17 (A) Personal Care’s HMO;

18 (B) Care Choices;

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

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

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

22 religious beliefs.

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

24 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub25 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the
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1 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for

2 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary

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

4 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re5 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.

6 SEC. 632. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec7 tion 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year

8 2001 by this or any other Act to any department or agen9 cy, which is a member of the Joint Financial Management

10 Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be available to fi11 nance an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative

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

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

14 Director and staff support.

15 SEC. 633. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec16 tion 610 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart17 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to the

18 ‘‘Policy and Operations’’ account, General Services Ad19 ministration, with the approval of the Director of the Of20 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for

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

22 from charge card and other contracts. These funds shall

23 be administered by the Administrator of General Services

24 to support Government-wide financial, information tech25 nology, procurement, and other management innovations,
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1 initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of

2 the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation

3 with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the

4 Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council

5 and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro6 gram for financial management initiatives, the Chief In7 formation Officers Council for information technology ini8 tiatives, and the Procurement Executives Council for pro9 curement initiatives). The total funds transferred shall not

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

11 days following notification of the Committees on Appro12 priations by the Director of the Office of Management and

13 Budget.

14 SEC. 634. (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with reg15 ulations promulgated by the Office of Personnel Manage16 ment, an Executive agency which provides or proposes to

17 provide child care services for Federal employees may use

18 funds (otherwise available to such agency for salaries and

19 expenses) to provide child care, in a Federal or leased fa20 cility, or through contract, for civilian employees of such

21 agency.

22 (b) AFFORDABILITY.—Amounts so provided with re23 spect to any such facility or contractor shall be applied

24 to improve the affordability of child care for lower income
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1 Federal employees using or seeking to use the child care

2 services offered by such facility or contractor.

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

4 3324, amounts paid to licensed or regulated child care

5 providers may be paid in advance of services rendered,

6 covering agreed upon periods, as appropriate.

7 (d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

8 term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning given such term

9 by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but does

10 not include the General Accounting Office.

11 (e) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds made avail12 able in this or any other Act may be used to implement

13 the provisions of this section absent advance notification

14 to the Committees on Appropriations.

15 SEC. 635. Notwithstanding any other provision of

16 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location

17 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman

18 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at

19 the location.

20 SEC. 636. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,

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

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

23 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of spe24 cific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to

25 carry out the purposes of the National Science and Tech-
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1 nology Council (authorized by Executive Order No.

2 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments,

3 agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage4 ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the

5 budget of and resources connected with the National

6 Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap7 propriations, the House Committee on Science; and the

8 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor9 tation 90 days after enactment of this Act.

10 SEC. 637. (a) CLARIFICATION OF ELECTION CYCLE

11 REPORTING OF CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.—Section

12 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2

13 U.S.C. 434(b)), as amended by section 641(a) of the

14 Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act,

15 2000 (Public Law 106–58), is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting after ‘‘cal17 endar year’’ the following: ‘‘(or election cycle, in the

18 case of an authorized committee of a candidate for

19 Federal office)’’;

20 (2) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘calendar

21 year (or election cycle, in the case of an authorized

22 committee of a candidate for Federal office)’’ and

23 inserting ‘‘election cycle’’; and

24 (3) in paragraphs (6)(B)(iii) and (6)(B)(v), by

25 striking ‘‘(or election cycle, in the case of an author-
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1 ized committee of a candidate for Federal office)’’

2 each place it appears.

3 (b) CLARIFICATION OF PERMISSIBLE USE OF FAC4 SIMILE MACHINES AND ELECTRONIC MAIL TO FILE RE5 PORTS.—Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign

6 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the

7 end the following new subsection:

8 ‘‘(d)(1) Any person who is required to file a report,

9 designation, or statement under this Act, except those re10 quired to file electronically pursuant to subsection

11 (a)(11)(A)(i), with respect to a contribution or expendi12 ture not later than 24 hours after the contribution or ex13 penditure is made or received may file the report, designa14 tion, or statement by facsimile device or electronic mail,

15 in accordance with such regulations as the Commission

16 may promulgate.

17 ‘‘(2) The Commission shall make a document which

18 is filed electronically with the Commission pursuant to this

19 paragraph accessible to the public on the Internet not later

20 than 24 hours after the document is received by the Com21 mission.

22 ‘‘(3) In promulgating a regulation under this para23 graph, the Commission shall provide methods (other than

24 requiring a signature on the document being filed) for

25 verifying the documents covered by the regulation. Any
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1 document verified under any of the methods shall be treat2 ed for all purposes (including penalties for perjury) in the

3 same manner as a document verified by signature.’’.

4 (c) TREATMENT OF LINES OF CREDIT OBTAINED BY

5 CANDIDATES AS COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE LOANS.—

6 Section 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

7 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (xiii);

9 (2) by striking the period at the end of clause

10 (xiv) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new

12 clause:

13 ‘‘(xv) any loan of money derived from an ad14 vance on a candidate’s brokerage account, credit

15 card, home equity line of credit, or other line of

16 credit available to the candidate, if such loan is

17 made in accordance with applicable law and under

18 commercially reasonable terms and if the person

19 making such loan makes loans in the normal course

20 of the person’s business.’’.

21 (d) EXPEDITING AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS ON

22 LAST MINUTE FUNDS.—

23 (1) REQUIRING REPORTS FOR ALL CONTRIBU24 TIONS MADE WITHIN 20 DAYS OF ELECTION; RE25 QUIRING REPORTS TO BE MADE WITHIN 24
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1 HOURS.—Section 304(a)(6)(A) of the Federal Elec2 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(6)(A))

3 is amended—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘after the 20th day, but

5 more than 48 hours before any election’’ and

6 inserting ‘‘during the period which begins after

7 the 20th day before an election and ends at the

8 time the polls close for such election’’; and

9 (B) in the second sentence, by striking

10 ‘‘within 48 hours after the receipt of such con11 tribution’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘not

12 later than 24 hours after the receipt of such

13 contribution or midnight of the day on which

14 the contribution is deposited (whichever is ear15 lier),’’.

16 (2) REQUIRING ACTUAL RECEIPT OF CERTAIN

17 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE REPORTS WITHIN 24

18 HOURS.—

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(c)(2) of

20 such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(c)(2)) is amended in

21 the matter following subparagraph (C)—

22 (i) by striking ‘‘shall be reported’’ and

23 inserting ‘‘shall be filed’’; and

24 (ii) by adding at the end the following

25 new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection
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1 (a)(5), the time at which the statement

2 under this subsection is received by the

3 Secretary, the Commission, or any other

4 recipient to whom the notification is re5 quired to be sent shall be considered the

6 time of filing of the statement with the re7 cipient.’’.

8 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

9 304(a)(5) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(5)) is

10 amended by striking ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii)’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii), or the second sentence of

12 subsection (c)(2)’’.

13 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

14 this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring

15 after January 2001.

16 SEC. 638. RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELATING TO

17 CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE MET18 ROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY.—(a)

19 QUALIFIED MWAA POLICE OFFICER DEFINED.—For

20 purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified MWAA police

21 officer’’ means any individual who, as of the date of enact22 ment of this Act—

23 (1) is employed as a member of the police force

24 of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
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1 (hereinafter in this section referred to as an

2 ‘‘MWAA police officer’’); and

3 (2) is subject to the Civil Service Retirement

4 System or the Federal Employees’ Retirement Sys5 tem by virtue of section 49107(b) of title 49, United

6 States Code.

7 (b) ELIGIBILITY TO BE TREATED AS A LAW EN8 FORCEMENT OFFICER FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any qualified MWAA police

10 officer may, by written election submitted in accord11 ance with applicable requirements under subsection

12 (c), elect to be treated as a law enforcement officer

13 (within the meaning of section 8331 or 8401 of title

14 5, United States Code, as applicable), and to have

15 all prior service described in paragraph (2) similarly

16 treated.

17 (2) PRIOR SERVICE DESCRIBED.—The service

18 described in this paragraph is all service which an

19 individual performed, prior to the effective date of

20 such individual’s election under this section, as—

21 (A) an MWAA police officer; or

22 (B) a member of the police force of the

23 Federal Aviation Administration (hereinafter in

24 this section referred to as an ‘‘FAA police offi25 cer’’).
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1 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man2 agement shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry

3 out this section, including provisions relating to the time,

4 form, and manner in which any election under this section

5 shall be made. Such an election shall not be effective

6 unless—

7 (1) it is made before the employee separates

8 from service with the Metropolitan Washington Air9 ports Authority, but in no event later than 1 year

10 after the regulations under this subsection take ef11 fect; and

12 (2) it is accompanied by payment of an amount

13 equal to, with respect to all prior service of such em14 ployee which is described in subsection (b)(2)—

15 (A) the employee deductions that would

16 have been required for such service under chap17 ter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code (as

18 the case may be) if such election had then been

19 in effect, minus

20 (B) the total employee deductions and con21 tributions under such chapter 83 and 84 (as

22 applicable) that were actually made for such

23 service,

24 taking into account only amounts required to be

25 credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
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1 ability Fund. Any amount under paragraph (2) shall

2 be computed with interest, in accordance with sec3 tion 8334(e) of such title 5.

4 (d) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Whenever a

5 payment under subsection (c)(2) is made by an individual

6 with respect to such individual’s prior service (as described

7 in subsection (b)(2)), the Metropolitan Washington Air8 ports Authority shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement

9 and Disability Fund any additional contributions for

10 which it would have been liable, with respect to such serv11 ice, if such individual’s election under this section had

12 then been in effect (and, to the extent of any prior FAA

13 police officer service, as if it had then been the employing

14 agency). Any amount under this subsection shall be com15 puted with interest, in accordance with section 8334(e) of

16 title 5, United States Code.

17 (e) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man18 agement shall accept, for the purpose of this section, the

19 certification of—

20 (1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports Au21 thority (or its designee) concerning any service per22 formed by an individual as an MWAA police officer;

23 and
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1 (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (or its

2 designee) concerning any service performed by an in3 dividual as an FAA police officer.

4 (f) REIMBURSEMENT TO COMPENSATE FOR UN5 FUNDED LIABILITY.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Metropolitan Wash7 ington Airports Authority shall pay into the Civil

8 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount

9 (as determined by the Director of the Office of Per10 sonnel Management) equal to the amount necessary

11 to reimburse the Fund for any estimated increase in

12 the unfunded liability of the Fund (to the extent the

13 Civil Service Retirement System is involved), and for

14 any estimated increase in the supplemental liability

15 of the Fund (to the extent the Federal Employees’

16 Retirement System is involved), resulting from the

17 enactment of this section.

18 (2) PAYMENT METHOD.—The Metropolitan

19 Washington Airports Authority shall pay the amount

20 so determined in 5 equal annual installments, with

21 interest (which shall be computed at the rate used

22 in the most recent valuation of the Federal Employ23 ees’ Retirement System).

24 SEC. 639. (a) For purposes of this section—
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1 (1) the term ‘‘comparability payment’’ refers to

2 a locality-based comparability payment under section

3 5304 of title 5, United States Code;

4 (2) the term ‘‘President’s pay agent’’ refers to

5 the pay agent described in section 5302(4) of such

6 title; and

7 (3) the term ‘‘pay locality’’ has the meaning

8 given such term by section 5302(5) of such title.

9 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 5304 of

10 title 5, United States Code, for purposes of determining

11 appropriate pay localities and making comparability pay12 ment recommendations, the President’s pay agent may, in

13 accordance with succeeding provisions of this section,

14 make comparisons of General Schedule pay and non-Fed15 eral pay within any of the metropolitan statistical areas

16 described in subsection (d)(3), using—

17 (1) data from surveys of the Bureau of Labor

18 Statistics;

19 (2) salary data sets obtained under subsection

20 (c); or

21 (3) any combination thereof.

22 (c) To the extent necessary in order to carry out this

23 section, the President’s pay agent may obtain any salary

24 data sets (referred to in subsection (b)) from any organi-
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1 zation or entity that regularly compiles similar data for

2 businesses in the private sector.

3 (d)(1)(A) This paragraph applies with respect to the

4 5 metropolitan statistical areas described in paragraph (3)

5 which—

6 (i) have the highest levels of nonfarm employ7 ment (as determined based on data made available

8 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics); and

9 (ii) as of the date of enactment of this Act,

10 have not previously been surveyed by the Bureau of

11 Labor Statistics (as discrete pay localities) for pur12 poses of section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.

13 (B) The President’s pay agent, based on such com14 parisons under subsection (b) as the pay agent considers

15 appropriate, shall (i) determine whether any of the 5 areas

16 under subparagraph (A) warrants designation as a dis17 crete pay locality, and (ii) if so, make recommendations

18 as to what level of comparability payments would be ap19 propriate during 2002 for each area so determined.

20 (C)(i) Any recommendations under subparagraph

21 (B)(ii) shall be included—

22 (I) in the pay agent’s report under section

23 5304(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, submitted

24 for purposes of comparability payments scheduled to

25 become payable in 2002; or
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1 (II) if compliance with subclause (I) is imprac2 ticable, in a supplementary report which the pay

3 agent shall submit to the President and the Con4 gress no later than March 1, 2001.

5 (ii) In the event that the recommendations are com6 pleted in time to be included in the report described in

7 clause (i)(I), a copy of those recommendations shall be

8 transmitted by the pay agent to the Congress contempora9 neous with their submission to the President.

10 (D) Each of the 5 areas under subparagraph (A) that

11 so warrants, as determined by the President’s pay agent,

12 shall be designated as a discrete pay locality under section

13 5304 of title 5, United States Code, in time for it to be

14 treated as such for purposes of comparability payments

15 becoming payable in 2002.

16 (2) The President’s pay agent may, at any time after

17 the 180th day following the submission of the report under

18 subsection (f), make any initial or further determinations

19 or recommendations under this section, based on any pay

20 comparisons under subsection (b), with respect to any area

21 described in paragraph (3).

22 (3) An area described in this paragraph is any metro23 politan statistical area within the continental United

24 States that (as determined based on data made available

25 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Office of Per-
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1 sonnel Management, respectively) has a high level of non2 farm employment and at least 2,500 General Schedule em3 ployees whose post of duty is within such area.

4 (e)(1) The authority under this section to make pay

5 comparisons and to make any determinations or rec6 ommendations based on such comparisons shall be avail7 able to the President’s pay agent only for purposes of com8 parability payments becoming payable on or after January

9 1, 2002, and before January 1, 2007, and only with re10 spect to areas described in subsection (d)(3).

11 (2) Any comparisons and recommendations so made

12 shall, if included in the pay agent’s report under section

13 5304(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, for any year

14 (or the pay agent’s supplementary report, in accordance

15 with subsection (d)(1)(C)(i)(II)), be considered and acted

16 on as the pay agent’s comparisons and recommendations

17 under such section 5304(d)(1) for the area and the year

18 involved.

19 (f)(1) No later than March 1, 2001, the President’s

20 pay agent shall submit to the Committee on Government

21 Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee

22 on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Commit23 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

24 and of the Senate, a report on the use of pay comparison
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1 data, as described in subsection (b)(2) or (3) (as appro2 priate), for purposes of comparability payments.

3 (2) The report shall include the cost of obtaining such

4 data, the rationale underlying the decisions reached based

5 on such data, and the relative advantages and disadvan6 tages of using such data (including whether the effort in7 volved in analyzing and integrating such data is commen8 surate with the benefits derived from their use). The re9 port may include specific recommendations regarding the

10 continued use of such data.

11 (g)(1) No later than May 1, 2001, the President’s

12 pay agent shall prepare and submit to the committees

13 specified in subsection (f)(1) a report relating to the ongo14 ing efforts of the Office of Personnel Management, the

15 Office of Management and Budget, and the Bureau of

16 Labor Statistics to revise the methodology currently being

17 used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in performing its

18 surveys under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.

19 (2) The report shall include a detailed accounting of

20 any concerns the pay agent may have regarding the cur21 rent methodology, the specific projects the pay agent has

22 directed any of those agencies to undertake in order to

23 address those concerns, and a time line for the anticipated

24 completion of those projects and for implementation of the

25 revised methodology.
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1 (3) The report shall also include recommendations as

2 to how those ongoing efforts might be expedited, including

3 any additional resources which, in the opinion of the pay

4 agent, are needed in order to expedite completion of the

5 activities described in the preceding provisions of this sub6 section, and the reasons why those additional resources

7 are needed.

8 SEC. 640. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYS9 TEM.—The table under section 8334(c) of title 5, United

10 States Code, is amended—

11 (1) in the matter relating to an employee by

12 striking:

‘‘7.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

13 and inserting the following:

‘‘7 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;

14 (2) in the matter relating to a Member or em15 ployee for Congressional employee service by strik16 ing:

‘‘8 ......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ........ After December 31, 2002.’’

17 and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ........ After December 31, 2000.’’;
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1 (3) in the matter relating to a law enforcement

2 officer for law enforcement service and firefighter

3 for firefighter service by striking:

‘‘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 (4) in the matter relating to a bankruptcy judge

6 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 (5) in the matter relating to a judge of the

9 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed

10 Forces for service as a judge of that court by strik11 ing:

‘‘8.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

12 and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;

13 (6) in the matter relating to a United States

14 magistrate by striking:

‘‘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 (7) in the matter relating to a Court of Federal

3 Claims judge 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 (8) in the matter relating to a member of the

6 Capitol Police by striking:

‘‘8 ......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ........ After December 31, 2002.’’

7 and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ........ After December 31, 2000.’’;

8 and

9 (9) in the matter relating to a nuclear materials

10 courier by striking:

‘‘8 ......... January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ........ After December 31, 2002.’’

11 and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ........ After December 31, 2000.’’.

12 (b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8422(a) of title 5,

14 United States Code, is amended by striking para15 graph (3) and inserting the following:
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1 ‘‘(3) The applicable percentage under this paragraph

2 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.’’.

3 (2) MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 8422(e)(6) of

4 title 5, United States Code, is amended—

5 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting

6 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

7 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘;

8 and’’ and inserting a period; and

9 (C) by striking subparagraph (C).

10 (3) VOLUNTEER SERVICE.—Section 8422(f)(4)

11 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

12 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting

13 ‘‘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 (c) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT

5 AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7001(c)(2) of the

7 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2021 note)

8 is amended—

9 (A) in the matter before the colon, by

10 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

12 (B) in the matter after the colon, by strik13 ing all that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

14 (2) MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 252(h)(1)(A)

15 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act

16 (50 U.S.C. 2082(h)(1)(A)), is amended—

17 (A) in the matter before the colon, by

18 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting

19 ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

20 (B) in the matter after the colon, by strik21 ing all that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

22 (d) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DIS23 ABILITY SYSTEM.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7001(d)(2) of the

2 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (22 U.S.C. 4045 note)

3 is amended—

4 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

5 (i) in the matter before the colon, by

6 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

8 (ii) in the matter after the colon, by

9 striking all that follows ‘‘December 31,

10 2000.’’; and

11 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

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.’’.

18 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

19 805(d)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22

20 U.S.C. 4045(d)(1)) is amended, in the table in the

21 matter following subparagraph (B), by striking:

‘‘January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2002, inclusive .. 7.5

After December 31, 2002 ..................................................... 7’’

22 and inserting the following:

‘‘After December 31, 2000 ................................................... 7’’.

23 (e) FOREIGN SERVICE PENSION SYSTEM.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 856(a)(2) of the

2 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

3 4071e(a)(2)) is amended by striking all that follows

4 ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ...... After December 31, 2000.’’.

5 (2) VOLUNTEER SERVICE.—Section 854(c)(1)

6 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

7 4071c(c)(1)) is amended—

8 (A) in the matter before the colon, by

9 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

11 (B) in the matter after the colon, by strik12 ing all that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

13 (f) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Notwith14 standing section 8334 (a)(1) or (k)(1) of title 5, United

15 States Code, during the period beginning on October 1,

16 2002, through December 31, 2002, each employing agency

17 (other than the United States Postal Service or the Metro18 politan Washington Airports Authority) shall contribute—

19 (1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee;

20 (2) 8 percent of the basic pay of a congres21 sional employee, a law enforcement officer, a mem22 ber of the Capitol police, a firefighter, or a nuclear

23 materials courier; and
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1 (3) 8.5 percent of the basic pay of a Member

2 of Congress, a Court of Federal Claims judge, a

3 United States magistrate, a judge of the United

4 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, or a

5 bankruptcy judge;

6 in lieu of the agency contributions otherwise required

7 under section 8334(a)(1) of such title 5.

8 (g) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT

9 AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding section

10 211(a)(2) of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement

11 Act (50 U.S.C. 2021(a)(2)), during the period beginning

12 on October 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002, the Cen13 tral Intelligence Agency shall contribute 7.5 percent of the

14 basic pay of an employee participating in the Central In15 telligence Agency Retirement and Disability System in lieu

16 of the agency contribution otherwise required under sec17 tion 211(a)(2) of such Act.

18 (h) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DIS19 ABILITY SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding any provision of sec20 tion 805(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

21 4045(a)), during the period beginning on October 1, 2002,

22 through December 31, 2002, each agency employing a

23 participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Dis24 ability System shall contribute to the Foreign Service Re25 tirement and Disability Fund—
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1 (1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of each partici2 pant covered under section 805(a)(1) of such Act

3 participating in the Foreign Service Retirement and

4 Disability System; and

5 (2) 8 percent of the basic pay of each partici6 pant covered under paragraph (2) or (3) of section

7 805(a) of such Act participating in the Foreign

8 Service Retirement and Disability System;

9 in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise required under

10 section 805(a) of such Act.

11 (i) The amendments made by this section shall take

12 effect upon the close of calendar year 2000, and shall

13 apply thereafter.

14 SEC. 641. (a) Section 304 of the Federal Election

15 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as previously

16 amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end

17 the following new subsection:

18 ‘‘(e)(1) In addition to any other information required

19 to be reported under this section, the principal campaign

20 committee of a candidate for the House of Representatives

21 or for the Senate who uses any aircraft of the Federal

22 government for any purpose which includes (in whole or

23 in part) carrying out the candidate’s campaign for election

24 for Federal office (including using an aircraft of the Fed25 eral government for transportation to or from a campaign
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1 event), shall file with the Commission a statement con2 taining the following information:

3 ‘‘(A) A description of the aircraft used, includ4 ing the type or model.

5 ‘‘(B) The number of individuals who used the

6 aircraft, including the candidate and those whose

7 use of the aircraft was paid for (in whole or in part)

8 by the committee.

9 ‘‘(C) The amount the candidate paid to reim10 burse the Federal government for the use of the air11 craft, together with the methodology used to deter12 mine such amount, in accordance with section 106.3

13 of title 11, Code of Federal Regulations.

14 ‘‘(2) The statements required under this subsection

15 shall be included with the reports filed by the principal

16 campaign committee under subsection (a)(2), except that

17 any statement with respect to the use of any aircraft after

18 the 20th day, but more than 48 hours before the election

19 shall be filed in accordance with subsection (a)(6).’’.

20 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall

21 apply with respect to elections occurring after December

22 31, 2000.

23 SEC. 642. (a) Section 5545b(d) of title 5, United

24 States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the fol25 lowing new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding section 8114(e)(1), over2 time pay for a firefighter subject to this section for

3 hours in a regular tour of duty shall be included in

4 any computation of pay under section 8114.’’.

5 (b) The amendment in subsection (a) shall be effec6 tive as if it had been enacted as part of the Federal Fire7 fighters Overtime Pay Reform Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

8 2681–519).

9 SEC. 643. Section 6323(a) of title 5, United States

10 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(3) The minimum charge for leave under this

12 subsection is one hour, and additional charges are in

13 multiples thereof.’’.

14 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury and General

15 Government Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

Union Calendar No. 435

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4871

[Report No. 106–756]

A BILL

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

JULY 18, 2000

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed