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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H.R. 4985

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 26, 2000

Mr. KOLBE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Appropriations

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,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,

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

2 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

3 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

4 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices

7 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury

8 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

9 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase

10 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased

11 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance

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

13 travel expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain avail14 able until expended for information technology moderniza15 tion requirements; not to exceed $150,000 for official re16 ception and representation expenses; not to exceed

17 $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na18 ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of

19 the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for

20 solely on his certificate, $156,315,000: Provided, That the

21 Office of Foreign Assets Control shall be funded at no less

22 than $11,439,000: Provided further, That of these

23 amounts $2,900,000 is available for grants to State and

24 local law enforcement groups to help fight money laun25 dering.
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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, $47,287,000, 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, $32,899,000.
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1 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector

5 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In6 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur7 chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police8 type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.

9 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such

10 rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for

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

12 travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore13 seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated

14 and expended under the direction of the Inspector General

15 for Tax Administration, $118,427,000.

16 TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND

17 RESTORATION

18 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the

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

20 available until expended.

21 EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 To develop and implement programs to expand access

24 to financial services for low- and moderate-income individ25 uals, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That of these funds, such sums as may be necessary

2 may be transferred to accounts of the Department’s of3 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further,

4 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any

5 other transfer authority provided in this Act.

6 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En9 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve10 hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement

11 personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in12 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula13 tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep14 resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en15 forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,

16 $37,576,000, of which not to exceed $2,800,000 shall re17 main available until September 30, 2003; and of which

18 $2,275,000 shall remain available until September 30,

19 2002: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account

20 may be used to procure personal services contracts.

21 COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

22 For necessary expenses, as determined by the Sec23 retary, $55,000,000, to remain available until expended,

24 to reimburse any Department of the Treasury organiza25 tion for the costs of providing support to counter, inves-
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1 tigate, or prosecute terrorism, including payment of re2 wards in connection with these activities: Provided, That

3 the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an

4 emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)

5 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

6 Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire

7 amount shall be available only to the extent that an official

8 budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes

9 designation of the entire amount of the request as an

10 emergency requirement as defined in such Act is trans11 mitted by the President to the Congress.

12 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce15 ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of

16 the Treasury, including materials and support costs of

17 Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to

18 exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the gen19 eral purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger

20 motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and re21 lated activities; uniforms without regard to the general

22 purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the

23 conducting of and participating in firearms matches and

24 presentation of awards; for public awareness and enhanc25 ing community support of law enforcement training; not
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1 to exceed $11,500 for official reception and representation

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

3 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $94,483,000, of which

4 up to $17,043,000 for materials and support costs of Fed5 eral law enforcement basic training shall remain available

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

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

8 and personal, and to accept services, for authorized pur9 poses, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which

10 shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Center

11 to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic

12 training program at the Center during the previous fiscal

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

14 the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That not15 withstanding any other provision of law, students attend16 ing training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training

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

18 housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Cen19 ter policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in

20 this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Di21 rector, for the following: training United States Postal

22 Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police offi23 cers; State and local government law enforcement training

24 on a space-available basis; training of foreign law enforce25 ment officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
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1 ment of actual costs to this appropriation, except that re2 imbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law en3 forcement training activities in foreign countries under4 taken pursuant to section 801 of the Antiterrorism and

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

6 32; training of private sector security officials on a space7 available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this

8 appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal per9 sonnel to attend course development meetings and training

10 sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Cen11 ter is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim12 bursements from agencies receiving training sponsored by

13 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except

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

15 not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end

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

17 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide

18 training for the Gang Resistance Education and Training

19 program to Federal and non-Federal personnel at any fa20 cility in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

21 and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal Law

22 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide

23 short-term medical services for students undergoing train24 ing at the Center.
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1 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

2 RELATED EXPENSES

3 For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement

4 Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional

5 real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,

6 facility improvements, and related expenses, $29,205,000,

7 to remain available until expended.

8 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

9 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

10 For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and

11 convict offenders involved in organized crime drug traf12 ficking, including cooperative efforts with State and local

13 law enforcement, as it relates to the Treasury Department

14 law enforcement violations such as money laundering, vio15 lent crime, and smuggling, $103,476,000, of which

16 $7,827,000 shall remain available until expended.

17 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management

20 Service, $206,851,000, of which not to exceed

21 $10,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,

22 2003, for information systems modernization initiatives;

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

24 official reception and representation expenses.
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1 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To4 bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed

5 812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for

6 replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

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

9 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a

10 major investigative assignment requires an employee to

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

12 at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $20,000 for offi13 cial reception and representation expenses; for training of

14 State and local law enforcement agencies with or without

15 reimbursement, including training in connection with the

16 training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire

17 accelerants detection; not to exceed $50,000 for coopera18 tive research and development programs for Laboratory

19 Services and Fire Research Center activities; and provi20 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies,

21 with or without reimbursement, $768,695,000, of which

22 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay23 ment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C.

24 924(d)(2); of which up to $2,000,000 shall be available

25 for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or air-
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1 craft available for official use by a State or local law en2 forcement agency if the conveyance will be used in joint

3 law enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol,

4 Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime

5 salaries including Social Security and Medicare, travel,

6 fuel, training, equipment, supplies, and other similar costs

7 of State and local law enforcement personnel, including

8 sworn officers and support personnel, that are incurred

9 in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

10 and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made available by

11 this or any other Act may be used to transfer the func12 tions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, To13 bacco and Firearms to other agencies or Departments in

14 fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That no funds appro15 priated herein shall be available for salaries or administra16 tive expenses in connection with consolidating or central17 izing, within the Department of the Treasury, the records,

18 or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of

19 firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Pro20 vided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be

21 used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation

22 of any officer or employee of the United States to imple23 ment an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118

24 or to change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR

25 178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication
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1 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided fur2 ther, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be

3 available to investigate or act upon applications for relief

4 from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c):

5 Provided further, That such funds shall be available to in6 vestigate and act upon applications filed by corporations

7 for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18

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

9 Act may be used to electronically retrieve information

10 gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any

11 personal identification code.

12 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the United States Customs

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

16 vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of

17 which 1,030 are for police-type use and commercial oper18 ations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals

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

20 official reception and representation expenses; and awards

21 of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act

22 enforced by the United States Customs Service,

23 $1,863,765,000, of which such sums as become available

24 in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject

25 to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budg-
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1 et Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C.

2 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of the total,

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

4 rental space in connection with preclearance operations;

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

6 for research; of which not less than $100,000 shall be

7 available to promote public awareness of the child pornog8 raphy tipline; of which not less than $200,000 shall be

9 available for Project Alert; not to exceed $5,000,000 shall

10 be available until expended for conducting special oper11 ations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081; not to exceed

12 $8,000,000 shall be available until expended for the pro13 curement of automation infrastructure items, including

14 hardware, software, and installation; and not to exceed

15 $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for repairs

16 to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may be

17 purchased without regard to the general purchase price

18 limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further,

19 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal

20 year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in sub21 section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19

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

23 HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For administrative expenses related to the collection

26 of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law
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1 103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor

2 Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and

3 merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac4 count for such purposes.

5 OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND

6 MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

7 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

8 for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air9 craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine

10 Programs, including operational training and mission-re11 lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by

12 the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro13 grams, the operations of which include the following: the

14 interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of

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

16 agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en17 forced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of

18 the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance

19 to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforce20 ment and emergency humanitarian efforts, $133,228,000,

21 which shall remain available until expended: Provided,

22 That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the ex23 ception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been

24 identified as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft

25 which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be trans26 ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office
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1 outside of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal

2 year 2001 without the prior approval of the Committees

3 on Appropriations.

4 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

5 For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs

6 automated systems, $258,400,000, to remain available

7 until expended, of which $5,400,000 shall be for the Inter8 national Trade Data System, and not less than

9 $130,000,000 shall be for the development of the Auto10 mated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none of

11 the funds appropriated under this heading may be obli12 gated for the Automated Commercial Environment until

13 the United States Customs Service prepares and submits

14 to the Committees on Appropriations a final plan for ex15 penditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and invest16 ment control review requirements established by the Office

17 of Management and Budget, including OMB Circular A–

18 11, part 3; (2) complies with the United States Customs

19 Service’s Enterprise Information Systems Architecture;

20 (3) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements,

21 guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices

22 of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed and approved

23 by the Customs Investment Review Board, the Depart24 ment of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and

25 Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Accounting

26 Office: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
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1 priated under this heading may be obligated for the Auto2 mated Commercial Environment until that final expendi3 ture plan has been approved by the Committees on Appro4 priations.

5 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

6 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

7 For necessary expenses connected with any public8 debt issues of the United States, $187,301,000, of which

9 not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep10 tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex11 ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for

12 systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro13 priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2001

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

15 security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account

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

17 fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the General Fund es18 timated at $182,901,000. In addition, $23,600, to be de19 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse

20 the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for

21 financial management of the Fund, as authorized by sec22 tion 1012 of Public Law 101–380; and in addition, to be

23 appropriated from the General Fund, such sums as may

24 be necessary for administrative expenses in association

25 with the South Dakota Trust Fund and the Cheyenne
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1 River Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Restoration and

2 Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Restoration Trust

3 Fund, as authorized by sections 603(f) and 604(f) of Pub4 lic Law 106–53.

5 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

6 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

7 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv8 ice for tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law

9 and account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor10 respondence; providing an independent taxpayer advocate

11 within the Service; programs to match information returns

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

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

14 as may be determined by the Commissioner,

15 $3,567,001,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for

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

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

18 representation expenses.

19 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

20 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv21 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro22 viding litigation support; issuing technical rulings; pro23 viding service to tax exempt customers, including employee

24 plans, tax exempt organizations, and government entities;

25 examining 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 $3,382,402,000, 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, $1,545,090,000 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 SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other

17 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for

18 improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf19 ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.

20 The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve21 ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv22 ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase

23 phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue

24 Service 1–800 help line service.
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1 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret

4 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 844 vehicles

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

6 only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of

7 American-made side-car compatible motorcycles; hire of

8 aircraft; training and assistance requested by State and

9 local governments, which may be provided without reim10 bursement; services of expert witnesses at such rates as

11 may be determined by the Director; rental of buildings in

12 the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard

13 booths, and other facilities on private or other property

14 not in Government ownership or control, as may be nec15 essary to perform protective functions; for payment of per

16 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a

17 protective assignment during the actual day or days of the

18 visit of a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours

19 per day or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty;

20 the conducting of and participating in firearms matches;

21 presentation of awards; for travel of Secret Service em22 ployees on protective missions without regard to the limi23 tations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if

24 approval is obtained in advance from the Committees on

25 Appropriations; for research and development; for making
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1 grants to conduct behavioral research in support of protec2 tive research and operations; not to exceed $25,000 for

3 official reception and representation expenses; not to ex4 ceed $100,000 to provide technical assistance and equip5 ment to foreign law enforcement organizations in counter6 feit investigations; for payment in advance for commercial

7 accommodations as may be necessary to perform protec8 tive functions; and for uniforms without regard to the gen9 eral purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year,

10 $823,800,000, of which $3,633,000 shall be available as

11 a grant for activities related to the investigations of ex12 ploited children and shall remain available until expended:

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

14 travel shall remain available until September 30, 2002.

15 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

16 RELATED EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter18 ation, and improvement of facilities, $8,941,000, to re19 main available until expended.

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

21 TREASURY

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

24 activities of a Federal agency or a Department of the

25 Treasury law enforcement organization in accordance with

26 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances re-
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1 maining in the Fund on September 30, 2001, shall be

2 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.

3 SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the

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

6 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of

7 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign

8 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the

9 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased

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

11 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing

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

15 SEC. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco16 hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2001 in this

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

19 diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105

20 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

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

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

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

4 appropriation by more than 2 percent.

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

10 between such appropriations upon the advance approval

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

13 2 percent.

14 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria15 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue

16 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen17 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad18 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No

19 transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation

20 by more than 2 percent.

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

22 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until

23 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase

24 by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De25 partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That
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1 the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant

2 Secretary for Management.

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

4 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury

5 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used

6 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.

7 SEC. 118. Hereafter, funds made available by this or

8 any other Act may be used to pay premium pay for protec9 tive services authorized by section 3056(a) of title 18,

10 United States Code, without regard to the limitation on

11 the rate of pay payable during a pay period contained in

12 section 5547(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, except

13 that such premium pay shall not be payable to an em14 ployee to the extent that the aggregate of the employee’s

15 basic and premium pay for the year would otherwise ex16 ceed the annual equivalent of that limitation. The term

17 premium pay refers to the provisions of law cited in the

18 first sentence of section 5547(a) of title 5, United States

19 Code. Payment of additional premium pay payable under

20 this section may be made in a lump sum on the last pay21 day of the calendar year.

22 SEC. 119. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans23 fer funds from ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Financial Man24 agement Service, to the Debt Services Account as nec25 essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That
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1 such amounts shall be reimbursed to such Salaries and

2 Expenses account from debt collections received in the

3 Debt Services Account.

4 SEC. 120. Under the heading of Treasury Franchise

5 Fund in Public Law 104–208, delete the following: the

6 phrases ‘‘pilot, as authorized by section 403 of Public Law

7 103–356,’’; and ‘‘as provided in such section’’; and the

8 final proviso. After the phrase ‘‘to be available’’, insert

9 ‘‘without fiscal year limitation,’’. After the phrase, ‘‘estab10 lished in the Treasury a franchise fund’’, insert, ‘‘until Oc11 tober 1, 2002’’.

12 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

14 States Customs Service Office of Field Operations shall

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

16 Port of Racine, Wisconsin, below the level of service pro17 vided in fiscal year 2000.

18 SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

20 reimburse the subcontractor that provided services in

21 1993 and 1994 pursuant to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

22 and Firearms contract number TATF 93–3 from amounts

23 appropriated for fiscal year 2001 or unobligated balances

24 from prior fiscal years, and such reimbursement shall

25 cover the cost of all professional services rendered, plus
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1 interest calculated in accordance with the Contract Dis2 pute Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)

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

4 Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

5 TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

6 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

7 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

8 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub9 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charg18 ing any officer or employee of any State or local child sup19 port enforcement agency, or any individual participating

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

21 a fee for information requested or provided concerning an

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

23 of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consoli24 date or close small rural and other small post offices in

25 fiscal year 2001.
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro2 priations Act, 2001’’.

3 TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI4 DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE

5 PRESIDENT

6 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE

7 HOUSE OFFICE

8 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

9 For compensation of the President, including an ex10 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au11 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $390,000: Provided, That none

12 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

13 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount

14 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of

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

16 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

17 considered as taxable to the President.

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses for the White House as au20 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for

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

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

23 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that

24 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers,

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

26 $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided
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1 by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official

2 entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with3 in the Executive Office of the President, $53,288,000:

4 Provided, That $9,072,000 of the funds appropriated shall

5 be available for reimbursements to the White House Com6 munications Agency.

7 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

8 OPERATING EXPENSES

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

11 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at

12 the White House and official entertainment expenses of

13 the President, $10,900,000, to be expended and accounted

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

15 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

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

19 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance

20 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,

21 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such

22 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the

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

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

3 shall be credited to this account and remain available until

4 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence

5 shall require the national committee of the political party

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

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

9 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That

10 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice

11 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense

12 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing

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

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

16 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess

17 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is

18 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with

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

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

23 accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in

24 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,

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

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

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

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

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

8 consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion

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

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

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

13 Residence that includes a standard for the classification

14 of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided

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

17 applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter

18 37 of title 31, United States Code.

19 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

20 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the

21 Executive Residence at the White House, $968,000, to re22 main available until expanded, for projects for required

23 maintenance, safety and health issues, Presidential transi24 tion, telecommunications infrastructure repair, and con25 tinued preventive maintenance.
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1 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE

2 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President

5 to provide assistance to the President in connection with

6 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5

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

10 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $3,673,000.

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,

14 heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,

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

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

17 official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to

18 be accounted for solely on his certificate, $354,000: Pro19 vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this

20 appropriation may be made to any department or agency

21 for expenses of carrying out such activities.

22 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic

25 Advisors in carrying out its functions under the Employ26 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,110,000.
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1 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

6 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the National Security

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

10 3109, $7,165,000.

11 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

16 $43,737,000, of which $9,905,000 shall be available until

17 September 30, 2002 for a capital investment plan which

18 provides for the continued modernization of the informa19 tion technology infrastructure.

20 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management

23 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles

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

25 $68,786,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
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1 available to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title

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

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

4 to the objects for which appropriations were made except

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

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

7 Management and Budget may be used for the purpose of

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

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

11 Provided further, That none of the funds made available

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

13 be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual

14 testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of

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

17 Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That the

18 preceding shall not apply to printed hearings released by

19 the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on

20 Veterans’ Affairs.

21 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

25 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to

26 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
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1 tion Act of 1998 (title VII of division C of Public Law

2 105–277); not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and

3 representation expenses; and for participation in joint

4 projects or in the provision of services on matters of mu5 tual interest with nonprofit, research, or public organiza6 tions or agencies, with or without reimbursement,

7 $24,759,000, of which $2,100,000 shall remain available

8 until expended, consisting of $1,100,000 for policy re9 search and evaluation, and $1,000,000 for the National

10 Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, and up to $600,000

11 for the evaluation of the Drug-Free Communities Act:

12 Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold,

13 administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public

14 and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose

15 of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office.

16 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech19 nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant

20 to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor21 ization Act of 1998 (title VII of Division C of Public Law

22 105–277), $29,053,000, which shall remain available until

23 expended, consisting of $15,803,000 for counternarcotics

24 research and development projects, and $13,250,000 for

25 the continued operation of the technology transfer pro26 gram: Provided, That the $15,803,000 for counter-
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1 narcotics research and development projects shall be avail2 able for transfer to other Federal departments or agencies.

3 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

4 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

7 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking

8 Areas Program, $206,500,000 for drug control activities

9 consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des10 ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which

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

12 local entities for drug control activities, which shall be ob13 ligated within 120 days of the date of the enactment of

14 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent, to remain avail15 able until September 30, 2002, may be transferred to Fed16 eral agencies and departments at a rate to be determined

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

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

19 Provided further, That HIDTAs designated as of Sep20 tember 30, 2000, shall be funded at fiscal year 2000 levels

21 unless the Director submits to the Committees, and the

22 Committees approve, justification for changes in those lev23 els based on clearly articulated priorities for the HIDTA

24 program, as well as published ONDCP performance meas25 ures of effectiveness.
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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, $233,600,000, 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 $3,300,000 shall be made available to the United States

13 Olympic Committee’s anti-doping program no later than

14 30 days after the enactment of this Act: Provided further,

15 That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be to con16 tinue a program of matching grants to drug-free commu17 nities, as authorized in the Drug-Free Communities Act

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

19 $1,000,000 shall be available to the National Drug Court

20 Institute.

21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap22 propriations Act, 2001’’.
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1 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

2 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

3 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

8 28, $4,158,000.

9 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

12 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend13 ed, $40,500,000, 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 For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to

18 be used for the purposes of, the Fund established pursu19 ant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin20 istration Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)),

21 $464,154,000. The revenues and collections deposited into

22 the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real

23 property management and related activities not otherwise

24 provided for, including operation, maintenance, and pro25 tection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of

26 buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased
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1 premises; moving governmental agencies (including space

2 adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses)

3 in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer

4 of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or serv5 icing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of feder6 ally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and

7 appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; mainte8 nance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisi9 tion of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or

10 as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to

11 purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of

12 federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de13 sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of

14 new buildings (including equipment for such buildings);

15 and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga16 tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase

17 and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of

18 $5,971,509,000 of which (1) $472,176,000 shall remain

19 available until expended for construction (including funds

20 for sites and expenses and associated design and construc21 tion services) of additional projects at the following loca22 tions: California, Los Angeles, U.S. Courthouse; District

23 of Columbia, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

24 Headquarters; Florida, Saint Petersburg, Combined Law

25 Enforcement Facility; Maryland, Montgomery County,
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1 Food and Drug Administration Consolidation; Michigan,

2 Sault St. Marie, Border Station; Mississippi, Biloxi-Gulf3 port, U.S. Courthouse; Montana, Eureka/Roosville, Bor4 der Station; Virginia, Richmond, U.S. Courthouse; Wash5 ington, Seattle, U.S. Courthouse: Provided, That funding

6 for any project identified above may be exceeded to the

7 extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but

8 not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an

9 approved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval

10 is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a

11 greater amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct

12 construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2002,

13 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for

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

15 funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such

16 date; (2) $671,193,000 shall remain available until ex17 pended for repairs and alterations which includes associ18 ated design and construction services: Provided further,

19 That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and

20 Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the

21 amount by project, as follows, except each project may be

22 increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless

23 advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Ap24 propriations of a greater amount:

25 Repairs and alterations:
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1 Arizona:

2 Phoenix, Federal Building Courthouse,

3 $26,962,000

4 California:

5 Santa Ana, Federal Building, $27,864,000

6 District of Columbia:

7 Internal Revenue Service Headquarters

8 (Phase 1), $31,780,000

9 Main State Building, (Phase 3),

10 $28,775,000

11 Maryland:

12 Woodlawn, SSA National Computer Cen13 ter, $4,285,000

14 Michigan:

15 Detroit, McNamara Federal Building,

16 $26,999,000

17 Missouri:

18 Kansas City, Richard Bolling Federal

19 Building, $25,882,000

20 Kansas City, Federal Building, 8930 Ward

21 Parkway, $8,964,000

22 Nebraska:

23 Omaha, Zorinsky Federal Building,

24 $45,960,000

25 New York:
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1 New York City, 40 Foley Square,

2 $5,037,000

3 Ohio:

4 Cincinnati, Potter Stewart U.S. Court5 house, $18,434,000

6 Pennsylvania:

7 Pittsburgh, U.S. Post Office-Courthouse,

8 $54,144,000

9 Utah:

10 Salt Lake City, Bennett Federal Building,

11 $21,199,000

12 Virginia:

13 Reston, J.W. Powell Federal Building

14 (Phase 2), $22,993,000

15 Nationwide:

16 Design Program, $21,915,000

17 Energy Program, $5,000,000

18 Glass Fragment Retention Program,

19 $5,000,000

20 Basic Repairs and Alterations,

21 $290,000,000:

22 Provided further, That additional projects for which

23 prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded

24 under this category only if advance notice is transmitted

25 to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
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1 That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for

2 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs asso3 ciated with implementing security improvements to build4 ings necessary to meet the minimum standards for secu5 rity in accordance with current law and in compliance with

6 the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Commit7 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the

8 difference between the funds appropriated and expended

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

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

11 Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized in12 creases in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all

13 funds for repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall

14 expire on September 30, 2002, and remain in the Federal

15 Buildings Fund except funds for projects as to which

16 funds for design or other funds have been obligated in

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

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

19 Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay claims against

20 the Government arising from any projects under the head21 ing ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized

22 increases in prospectus projects; (3) $185,369,000 for in23 stallment acquisition payments including payments on

24 purchase contracts which shall remain available until ex25 pended; (4) $2,944,905,000 for rental of space which shall
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1 remain available until expended; and (5) $1,624,771,000

2 for building operations which shall remain available until

3 expended: Provided further, That in addition to amounts

4 made available herein, $276,400,000 shall be deposited to

5 the Fund, to become available on October 1, 2001, and

6 remain available until expended for the following construc7 tion projects (including funds for sites and expenses and

8 associated design and construction services): District of

9 Columbia, U.S. Courthouse Annex; Florida, Miami, U.S.

10 Courthouse; Massachusetts, Springfield, U.S. Courthouse;

11 New York, Buffalo, U.S. Courthouse: Provided further,

12 That funding for any project identified above may be ex13 ceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other such

14 projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts in15 cluded in an approved prospectus, if required, unless ad16 vance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro17 priations of a greater amount: Provided further, That

18 funds available to the General Services Administration

19 shall not be available for expenses of any construction, re20 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a pro21 spectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959,

22 as amended, has not been approved, except that necessary

23 funds may be expended for each project for required ex24 penses for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro25 vided further, That funds available in the Federal Build-
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1 ings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when

2 advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Ap3 propriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary to

4 provide reimbursable special services to other agencies

5 under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Ad6 ministrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.

7 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide such reimbursable

8 fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on pri9 vate or other property not in Government ownership or

10 control as may be appropriate to enable the United States

11 Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant

12 to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues

13 and collections: Provided further, That revenues and col14 lections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during

15 fiscal year 2001, excluding reimbursements under section

16 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative

17 Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of

18 $5,971,509,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not

19 be available for expenditure except as authorized in appro20 priations Acts.

21 POLICY AND OPERATIONS

22 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro23 vided for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activi24 ties associated with asset management activities; utiliza25 tion and donation of surplus personal property; transpor26 tation; procurement and supply; Government-wide respon-
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1 sibilities relating to automated data management, tele2 communications, information resources management, and

3 related technology activities; utilization survey, deed com4 pliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural

5 analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to ex6 cess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy direc7 tion; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records man8 agement, and other support services incident to adjudica9 tion of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court

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

11 3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and

12 representation expenses, $123,920,000, of which

13 $27,301,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That none of the funds appropriated from this Act

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

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

17 from office use to any other use until a comprehensive

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

19 approved by the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the

20 House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,

21 and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public

22 Works: Provided further, That no funds from this Act shall

23 be available to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or oth24 erwise the leasehold rights of the existing lease with pri25 vate parties at the Old Post Office prior to the approval
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1 of the comprehensive plan by the Senate Committee on

2 Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation

3 and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Envi4 ronment and Public Works.

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

8 $34,520,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall

9 be available for payment for information and detection of

10 fraud against the Government, including payment for re11 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,

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

13 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens

14 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en15 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.

16 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

17 PRESIDENTS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August

20 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public

21 Law 95–138, $2,517,000: Provided, That the Adminis22 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary

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

24 out the provisions of such Acts.
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1 EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION

2 For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential

3 Transition Act of 1963, as amended, $7,100,000.

4 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL

5 PROVISIONS

6 SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund

7 available to the General Services Administration shall be

8 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte9 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part

10 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu11 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).

12 SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services

13 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger

14 motor vehicles.

15 SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund

16 made available for fiscal year 2001 for Federal Buildings

17 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities

18 only to the extent necessary to meet program require19 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap20 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations.

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

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

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

24 the design guide standards for construction as established

25 and approved by the General Services Administration, the
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1 Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office

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

3 priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States

4 as set out in its approved 5–year construction plan: Pro5 vided, That the fiscal year 2002 request must be accom6 panied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of

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

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

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

10 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any

11 other service usually provided through the Federal Build12 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per

13 square foot assessment for space and services as deter14 mined by the General Services Administration in compli15 ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972

16 (Public Law 92–313).

17 SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agen18 cies by the Information Technology Fund, General Serv19 ices Administration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections

20 5124(b) and 5128 of Public Law 104–106, Information

21 Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, for per22 formance of pilot information technology projects which

23 have potential for Government-wide benefits and savings,

24 may be repaid to this Fund from any savings actually in-
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1 curred by these projects or other funding, to the extent

2 feasible.

3 SEC. 407. From funds made available under the

4 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail5 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less

6 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects

7 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav8 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti9 fication to the Committees on Appropriations.

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

11 amended by striking ‘‘April 30, 2001’’ each place it ap12 pears and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2002’’.

13 SEC. 409. DESIGNATION OF RONALD N. DAVIES

14 FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.

15 (a) The Federal building and courthouse located at 102

16 North 4th Street, Grand Forks, North Dakota, shall be

17 known and designated as the ‘‘Ronald N. Davies Federal

18 Building and United States Courthouse’’.

19 (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu20 ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the

21 Federal building and courthouse referred to in section 1

22 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Ronald N. Davies

23 Federal Building and United States Courthouse.

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

25 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Rev-
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1 enue’’, in addition to amounts provided in budget activities

2 above, up to $2,500,000 shall be available for the con3 struction of a road and acquisition of the property nec4 essary for construction of said road and associated port

5 of entry facilities: Provided, That said property shall in6 clude a 125 foot wide right of way beginning approxi7 mately 700 feet east of Highway 11 at the northeast cor8 ner of the existing port facilities and going north approxi9 mately 4,750 feet and approximately 10.22 acres adjacent

10 to the port of entry in Township 29 S. Range 8W., Section

11 14: Provided further, That construction of the road shall

12 occur only after this property is deeded and conveyed to

13 the United States by and through the General Services

14 Administration without reimbursement or cost to the

15 United States at the election of its current landholder:

16 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law, and subject to the foregoing conditions, the

18 Administrator of General Services shall construct a road

19 to the Columbus, New Mexico Port of Entry Station on

20 the property, connecting the port with a road to be built

21 by the County of Luna, New Mexico to connect to State

22 Highway 11: Provided further, That notwithstanding any

23 other provision of law, Luna County shall construct the

24 roadway from State Highway 11 to the terminus of the

25 northbound road to be constructed by the General Services
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1 Administration in time for completion of the road to be

2 constructed by the General Services Administration: Pro3 vided further, That upon completion of the construction

4 of the road by the General Services Administration, and

5 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Adminis6 trator of General Services shall convey to the municipality

7 of Luna County, New Mexico, without reimbursement, all

8 right, title, and interest of the United States to that por9 tion of the property constituting the improved road and

10 standard county road right of way which is not required

11 for the operation of the port of entry: Provided further,

12 That the General Services Administration on behalf of the

13 United States upon conveyance of the property to the mu14 nicipality of Luna, New Mexico, shall retain the balance

15 of the property located adjacent to the port, consisting of

16 approximately 12 acres, to be owned or otherwise managed

17 by the Administrator pursuant to the Federal Property

18 and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended:

19 Provided further, That the General Services Administra20 tion is authorized to acquire such additional real property

21 and rights in real property as may be necessary to con22 struct said road and provide a contiguous site for the port

23 of entry: Provided further, That the United States shall

24 incur no liability for any environmental laws or conditions

25 existing at the property at the time of conveyance to the
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1 United States or in connection with the construction of

2 the road: Provided further, That Luna County and the Vil3 lage of Columbus shall be responsible for providing ade4 quate access and egress to existing properties east of the

5 port of entry: Provided further, That the Bureau of Land

6 Management, the International Boundary and Water

7 Commission, the Federal Inspection Agencies and the De8 partment of State shall take all actions necessary to facili9 tate the construction of the road and expansion of the port

10 facilities.

11 SEC. 411. DESIGNATION OF J. BRATTON DAVIS

12 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURTHOUSE. (a) The

13 United States bankruptcy courthouse at 1100 Laurel

14 Street in Columbia, South Carolina, shall be known and

15 designated as the ‘‘J. Bratton Davis United States Bank16 ruptcy Courthouse’’.

17 (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu18 ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the

19 United States bankruptcy courthouse referred to in sec20 tion 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘J. Bratton

21 Davis United States Bankruptcy Courthouse’’.

22 SEC. 412. (a) The United States Courthouse Annex

23 located at 901 19th Street in Denver, Colorado is hereby

24 designated as the ‘‘Alfred A. Arraj United States Court25 house Annex’’.
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1 (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu2 ment, or paper or other record of the United States to

3 the Courthouse Annex herein referred to in subsection (a)

4 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Alfred A. Arraj

5 United States Courthouse Annex’’.

6 SEC. 413. DESIGNATION OF THE PAUL COVERDELL

7 DORMITORY. The dormitory building currently being con8 structed on the Core Campus of the Federal Law Enforce9 ment Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, shall be known

10 and designated as the ‘‘Paul Coverdell Dormitory’’.

11 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

15 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza16 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re17 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

19 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi20 cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,

21 $29,437,000 together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for

22 administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals

23 to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and

24 Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys25 tems Protection Board.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLAR2 SHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRON3 MENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

4 For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and

5 Excellence in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be

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

7 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

8 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

9 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu10 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi11 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998,

12 $1,250,000, to remain available until expended.

13 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

14 OPERATING EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin16 istration of the National Archives (including the Informa17 tion Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal

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

19 expenses necessary for the review and declassification of

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

21 $209,393,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United

22 States is authorized to use any excess funds available from

23 the amount borrowed for construction of the National Ar24 chives facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate

25 storage for holdings.
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1 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

2 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar3 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold4 ings, $95,150,000, to remain available until expended of

5 which $88,000,000 is to complete renovation of the Na6 tional Archives Building.

7 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

8 COMMISSION

9 GRANTS PROGRAM

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for

12 historical publications and records as authorized by 44

13 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $6,450,000, to remain available

14 until expended.

15 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

18 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in

19 Government Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Re20 form Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5

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

22 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi23 cles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and

24 representation expenses, $9,684,000.
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1 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

5 Office of Personnel Management 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; medical examinations performed for veterans

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

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

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

12 reception and representation expenses; advances for reim13 bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel

14 Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for

15 expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of

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

17 and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting

18 Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over19 night at his or her post of duty, $94,095,000; and in addi20 tion $101,986,000 for administrative expenses, to be

21 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office

22 of Personnel Management without regard to other stat23 utes, including direct procurement of printed materials,

24 for the retirement and insurance programs, of which

25 $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the

26 cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems:
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1 Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall

2 not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as

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

4 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of

5 this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex6 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Per7 sonnel Management established pursuant to Executive

8 Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit

9 of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s

10 Commission on White House Fellows, established by Exec11 utive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during

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

13 personal services in connection with the development of

14 a publicity brochure to provide information about the

15 White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall

16 be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses,

17 or for the salaries of employees of such Commission.

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

23 General Act, as amended, including services as authorized

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

25 $1,360,000; and in addition, not to exceed $9,745,000 for

26 administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and provide
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1 other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s

2 retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred

3 from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Per4 sonnel Management, as determined by the Inspector Gen5 eral: Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized

6 to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia and

7 elsewhere.

8 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

9 HEALTH BENEFITS

10 For payment of Government contributions with re11 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89

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

13 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend14 ed, such sums as may be necessary.

15 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

16 LIFE INSURANCE

17 For payment of Government contributions with re18 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as

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

20 sums as may be necessary.

21 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

22 DISABILITY FUND

23 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in24 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc25 tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an26 nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv-
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1 ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may

2 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the

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

4 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may here5 after be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis6 ability Fund.

7 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

10 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan

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

12 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection

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

14 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy15 ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including serv16 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and

17 expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the

18 District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger

19 motor vehicles, $11,147,000.

20 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting

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

24 $37,305,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges

25 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Independent Agencies

2 Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

3 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

4 THIS ACT

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

6 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

7 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

8 SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation

9 under this Act for any consulting service through procure10 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

11 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

12 of public record and available for public inspection, except

13 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex14 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

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

17 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac18 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would

19 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol20 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of

21 the Tariff Act of 1930.

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

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

24 of transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement
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1 Training Center located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia,

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

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

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

5 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for6 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed

7 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com8 pleted his period of active military or naval service, and

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

10 from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe11 riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora12 tion to his former position and has been certified by the

13 Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per14 form the duties of his former position and has not been

15 restored thereto.

16 SEC. 506. No funds appropriated pursuant to this

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

18 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply

19 with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933

20 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer21 ican Act’’).

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

23 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip24 ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased

25 with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the
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1 sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist2 ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only

3 American-made equipment and products.

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

5 providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec6 retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of

7 the assistance a notice describing the statement made in

8 subsection (a) by the Congress.

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

10 or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

11 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in12 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

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

14 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

15 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

16 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen17 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections

18 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula19 tions.

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

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

22 expenses in connection with any health plan under the

23 Federal employees health benefit program which provides

24 any benefits or coverage for abortions.
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1 SEC. 510. The provision of section 509 shall not

2 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered

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

4 result of an act of rape or incest.

5 SEC. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided

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

7 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2001 from

8 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses

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

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

11 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall

12 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap13 proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided

14 further, That these requests shall be made in compliance

15 with reprogramming guidelines.

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

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

18 to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any

19 official background investigation report on any individual,

20 except when—

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

22 written consent for such request not more than 6

23 months prior to the date of such request and during

24 the same presidential administration; or
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1 (2) such request is required due to extraor2 dinary circumstances involving national security.

3 SEC. 513. The cost accounting standards promul4 gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure5 ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422)

6 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed7 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established

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

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

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

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

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

13 United States in and to the approximately 2.3 acres of

14 land located within Grand Rapids, Michigan, and further

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

16 the beneficiary being the National Archives and Records

17 Administration, for the purpose of supporting the facilities

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

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

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

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

22 Foundation.

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

24 pursuant to subsection (a) is described as follows:
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1 The following premises in the City of Grand Rapids,

2 County of Kent, State of Michigan, described as:

That part of Block 2, Converse Plat, and that part of Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, and that part of Government

Lot 1 of Section 25, T7N, R12W, City of Grand Rapids,

Kent County, Michigan, described as: BEGINNING at

the NE corner of Lot 1 of Block 2 of Converse Plat;

thence East 245.0 feet along the South line of Bridge

Street; thence South 230.0 feet along a line which is parallel with and 170 feet East from the East line of Front

Avenue as originally platted; thence West 207.5 feet parallel with the South line of Bridge Street; thence South

along the centerline of vacated Front Avenue 109 feet

more or less to the extended centerline of vacated Douglas

Street; thence West along the centerline of vacated Douglas Street 237.5 feet more or less to the East line of

Scribner Avenue; thence North along the East line of

Scribner Avenue 327 feet more or less to a point which

is 7.0 feet South from the NW corner of Lot 8 of Block

2 of Converse Plat; thence Easterly 200 feet more or less

to the place of beginning, also described as:

Parcel A—Lots 9 & 10, Block 2 of Converse Plat, being the subdivision of Government Lots 1 & 2, Section 25, T7N, R12W; also Lots 11–

24, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition; also part of

N 1⁄2 of Section 25, T7N, R12W commencing at SE corner

Lot 24, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, thence

N to NE corner of Lot 9 of Converse Plat, thence E 16 feet,

thence S to SW corner of Lot 23 of J.W. Converse Replatted

Addition, thence W 16 feet to beginning.

Parcel B—Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing on S line of Bridge

Street 50 feet E of E line of Front Avenue, thence S 107.85

feet, thence 77 feet, thence N to a point on S line of said street

which is 80 feet E of beginning, thence W to beginning.

Parcel C—Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at SE corner Bridge

Street & Front Avenue, thence E 50 feet, thence S 107.85 feet

to alley, thence W 50 feet to E line Front Avenue, thence N

106.81 feet to beginning.

Parcel D—Part of Government Lot 1, Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at

a point on S line of Bridge Street (66′ wide) 170 feet E of

E line of Front Avenue (75′ wide), thence S 230 feet parallel

with Front Avenue, thence W 170 feet parallel with Bridge

Street to E line of Front Avenue, thence N along said line to

a point 106.81 feet S of intersection of said line with extension

of N & S line of Bridge Street, thence E 127 feet, thence

northerly to a point on S line of Bridge Street 130 feet E of

E line of Front Avenue, thence E along S line of Bridge Street

to beginning.

Parcel E—Lots 1 through 8 of Block 2 of Converse Plat, being the subdivision

of Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 25, T7N, R12W.
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Also part of N 1⁄2 of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at NW corner

of Lot 9, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition;

thence N 15 feet to SW corner of Lot 8; thence E 200

feet to SE corner Lot 1; thence S 15 feet to NE corner

of Lot 10; thence W 200 feet to beginning.

Together with any portion of vacated streets and alleys that have become

part of the above property.

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
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1 policy and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for en2 suring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and

3 integrity of information (including statistical information)

4 disseminated by Federal agencies in fulfillment of the pur5 poses and provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United

6 States Code, commonly referred to as the Paperwork Re7 duction Act.

8 (b) CONTENT OF GUIDELINES.—The guidelines

9 under subsection (a) shall—

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

11 and access to, information disseminated by Federal

12 agencies; and

13 (2) require that each Federal agency to which

14 the guidelines apply—

15 (A) issue guidelines ensuring and maxi16 mizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and in17 tegrity of information (including statistical in18 formation) disseminated by the agency, by not

19 later than 1 year after the date of issuance of

20 the guidelines under subsection (a);

21 (B) establish administrative mechanisms

22 allowing affected persons to seek and obtain

23 correction of information maintained and dis24 seminated by the agency that does not comply
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1 with the guidelines issued under subsection (a);

2 and

3 (C) report periodically to the Director—

4 (i) the number and nature of com5 plaints received by the agency regarding

6 the accuracy of information disseminated

7 by the agency; and

8 (ii) how such complaints were handled

9 by the agency.

10 SEC. 516. For the purpose of resolving litigation and

11 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the

12 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of13 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize

14 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel

15 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made

16 available to the Office pursuant to court approval.

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

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

20 preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol,

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

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

23 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

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

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

2 which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25

3 of the Protocol.

4 SEC. 518. Not later than July 1, 2001, the Director

5 of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a

6 report to the Committee on Appropriations and the Com7 mittee on Governmental Affairs in the Senate and the

8 Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Gov9 ernment Reform of the House of Representatives that (1)

10 evaluates, for each agency, the extent to which implemen11 tation of chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, as

12 amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public

13 Law 104–13), has reduced burden imposed by rules issued

14 by the agency, including the burden imposed by each

15 major rule issued by the agency; (2) includes a determina16 tion, based on such evaluation, of the need for additional

17 procedures to ensure achievement of the purposes of that

18 chapter, as set forth in section 3501 of title 31, United

19 States Code, and evaluates the burden imposed by each

20 major rule that imposes more than 10,000,000 hours of

21 burden, and identifies specific reductions expected to be

22 achieved in each of fiscal years 2001 and 2002 in the bur23 den imposed by all rules issued by each agency that issued

24 such a major rule.
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1 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

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

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

5 the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases

6 of death or life threatening illness of said employee.

7 SEC. 602. 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 the illegal

14 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances

15 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi16 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru17 mentality.

18 SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

19 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year

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

21 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor

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

23 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at

24 $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum

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

2 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi3 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec4 tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec5 tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under

6 the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re7 search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:

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

9 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter10 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law

11 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled

12 vehicles.

13 SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive depart14 ments and independent establishments for the current fis15 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex16 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available

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

18 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.

19 SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the cur20 rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained

21 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa22 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the

23 United States (including any agency the majority of the

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

25 States) whose post of duty is in the continental United
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1 States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United

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

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

4 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be5 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and

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

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

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

9 former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad10 mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5)

11 is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa12 roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6)

13 is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali14 fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu15 dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur16 pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person

17 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require18 ments of this section with respect to his or her status have

19 been complied with: Provided further, That any person

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

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

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

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

24 to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex25 isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to
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1 any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this

2 section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov3 ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire4 land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na5 tionals of those countries allied with the United States in

6 a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters

7 employed by the United States Information Agency, or to

8 temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em9 ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as

10 a result of emergencies.

11 SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any depart12 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec13 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex14 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General

15 Services Administration for charges for space and services

16 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build17 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements

18 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of

19 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments

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

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

22 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re23 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials,

24 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a

25 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
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1 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex2 pended for the following purposes:

3 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,

4 and recycling programs as described in Executive

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

6 any such programs adopted prior to the effective

7 date of the Executive order.

8 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man9 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the

10 development and implementation of hazardous waste

11 management and pollution prevention programs.

12 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by

13 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the

14 Federal agency.

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

16 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year

17 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of

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

19 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,

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

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

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

23 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the

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

25 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
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1 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other

2 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be

3 correspondingly reduced.

4 SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the cur5 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall

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

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

8 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

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

10 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

11 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),

12 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups

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

14 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive

15 financial support from more than one agency or instru16 mentality.

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

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

19 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and

20 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under

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

22 guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow23 ers of special policemen provided by the first section of

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

25 U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied by
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1 the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the

2 same actions as the Administrator of General Services

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

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

5 318a and 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences

6 under the authority and within the limits provided in sec7 tion 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat.

8 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).

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

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

11 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis12 approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly

13 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the

14 United States.

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

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

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

18 2001, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any

19 prevailing rate employee described in section

20 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—

21 (1) during the period from the date of expira22 tion of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the

23 Treasury and General Government Appropriations

24 Act, 2000, until the normal effective date of the ap25 plicable wage survey adjustment that is to take ef-
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1 fect in fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds

2 the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of

3 the applicable wage schedule in accordance with

4 such section 613; and

5 (2) during the period consisting of the remain6 der of fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds,

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

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

9 of—

10 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef11 fect in fiscal year 2001 under section 5303 of

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

13 under the General Schedule; and

14 (B) the difference between the overall aver15 age percentage of the locality-based com16 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year

17 2001 under section 5304 of such title (whether

18 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av19 erage percentage of such payments which was

20 effective in fiscal year 2000 under such section.

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

22 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or

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

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

25 may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a)
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1 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would

2 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli3 cable to such employee.

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

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

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

7 2000, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by

8 the Office of Personnel Management.

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

10 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may

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

12 2000, except to the extent determined by the Office of

13 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose

14 of this section.

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

16 service performed after September 30, 2000.

17 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision

18 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre19 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em20 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu21 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the

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

23 or basic pay payable after the application of this section

24 shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
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1 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per2 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by

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

4 payable were this section not in effect.

5 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide

6 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section

7 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary

8 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ9 ees.

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

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

12 employee of the Government appointed by the President

13 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli14 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re15 decorate the office of such department head, agency head,

16 officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im17 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of

18 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by

19 the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of

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

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

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

23 is directly controlled by the individual.

24 SEC. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
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1 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con2 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose

3 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without

4 the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria5 tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training

6 Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi7 tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for

8 training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center

9 facilities.

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

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

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

13 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na14 tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni15 cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart16 ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive

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

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

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

20 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for

21 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a

22 position of a confidential or policy-determining character

23 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section

24 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification

25 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of
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1 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality

2 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C

3 position was not created solely or primarily in order to

4 detail the employee to the White House.

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

6 Federal employees or members of the armed services de7 tailed to or from—

8 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

9 (2) the National Security Agency;

10 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

11 (4) the offices within the Department of De12 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign

13 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

14 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

15 the Department of State;

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

17 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu18 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad19 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De20 partment of Transportation, the Department of the

21 Treasury, and the Department of Energy per22 forming intelligence functions; and

23 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

25 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
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1 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2001 shall obligate

2 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen3 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to

4 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en5 sure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination

6 and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are

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

8 as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

9 of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

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

11 Act for the United States Customs Service may be used

12 to allow the importation into the United States of any

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

14 manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as de15 termined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of

16 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

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

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

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

20 Government, who—

21 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat22 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em23 ployee of the Federal Government from having any

24 direct oral or written communication or contact with

25 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the
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1 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining

2 to the employment of such other officer or employee

3 or pertaining to the department or agency of such

4 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of

5 whether such communication or contact is at the ini6 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re7 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,

8 committee, or subcommittee; or

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

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

11 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion

12 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis13 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti14 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em15 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the

16 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to

17 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to

18 such other officer or employee, by reason of any

19 communication or contact of such other officer or

20 employee with any Member, committee, or sub21 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph

22 (1).

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

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

25 any employee training that—
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1 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl2 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the

3 performance of official duties;

4 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev5 els of emotional response or psychological stress in

6 some participants;

7 (3) does not require prior employee notification

8 of the content and methods to be used in the train9 ing and written end of course evaluation;

10 (4) contains any methods or content associated

11 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or

12 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em13 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N–

14 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or

15 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par16 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the

17 workplace.

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

19 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training

20 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.

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

22 Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements

23 in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or

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

25 policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following
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1 provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do

2 not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the em3 ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu4 tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, U.S.C. (gov5 erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10,

6 United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle7 blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress

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

9 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower

10 Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste,

11 fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intel12 ligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421

13 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confiden14 tial Government agents); and the statutes which protect

15 against disclosure that may compromise the national secu16 rity, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of

17 title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Sub18 versive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The

19 definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions,

20 and liabilities created by said Executive order and listed

21 statutes are incorporated into this agreement and are con22 trolling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding

23 paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that

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

25 of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other
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1 than an employee or officer of the United States Govern2 ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular

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

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

5 will not disclose any classified information received in the

6 course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do

7 so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure

8 forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo9 sures to Congress or to an authorized official of an execu10 tive agency or the Department of Justice that are essential

11 to reporting a substantial violation of law.

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

13 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu14 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu15 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda

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

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

18 film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation

19 pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the

20 Congress itself.

21 SEC. 624. (a) IN GENERAL.—For calendar year 2002

22 and each year thereafter, the Director of the Office of

23 Management and Budget shall prepare and submit to

24 Congress, with the budget submitted under section 1105
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1 of title 31, United States Code, an accounting statement

2 and associated report containing—

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

4 benefits (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable

5 effects) of Federal rules and paperwork, to the ex6 tent feasible—

7 (A) in the aggregate;

8 (B) by agency and agency program; and

9 (C) by major rule;

10 (2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation

11 on State, local, and tribal government, small busi12 ness, wages, and economic growth; and

13 (3) recommendations for reform.

14 (b) NOTICE.—The Director of the Office of Manage15 ment and Budget shall provide public notice and an oppor16 tunity to comment on the statement and report under sub17 section (a) before the statement and report are submitted

18 to Congress.

19 (c) GUIDELINES.—To implement this section, the Di20 rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue

21 guidelines to agencies to standardize—

22 (1) measures of costs and benefits; and

23 (2) the format of accounting statements.

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

25 Management and Budget shall provide for independent
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1 and external peer review of the guidelines and each ac2 counting statement and associated report under this sec3 tion. Such peer review shall not be subject to the Federal

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

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

6 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed7 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization

8 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure

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

10 competent jurisdiction.

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

12 is authorized to establish scientific certification standards

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

14 reimbursable basis, for the certification of explosives de15 tection canines employed by Federal agencies, or other

16 agencies providing explosives detection services at airports

17 in the United States.

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

19 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non20 public information such as mailing or telephone lists to

21 any person or any organization outside of the Federal

22 Government without the approval of the Committees on

23 Appropriations.

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

25 this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa-
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1 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore

2 authorized by the Congress.

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

4 (1) means an Executive agency as defined

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

6 (2) includes a military department as defined

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

8 and the Postal Rate Commission; and

9 (3) shall not include the General Accounting

10 Office.

11 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu12 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee

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

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

15 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under

16 section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli17 gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor18 tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official

19 duties.

20 SEC. 630. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

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

22 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,

23 except where the contract also includes a provision for con24 traceptive coverage.
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1 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract

2 with—

3 (1) any of the following religious plans:

4 (A) Personal Care’s HMO;

5 (B) Care Choices;

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

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

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

9 religious beliefs.

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

11 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub12 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the

13 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for

14 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary

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

16 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re17 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.

18 SEC. 631. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec19 tion 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year

20 2001 by this or any other Act to any department or agen21 cy, which is a member of the Joint Financial Management

22 Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be available to fi23 nance an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative

24 costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed a
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1 total of $800,000 including the salary of the Executive

2 Director and staff support.

3 SEC. 632. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec4 tion 610 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart5 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to the

6 ‘‘Policy and Operations’’ account, General Services Ad7 ministration, with the approval of the Director of the Of8 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for

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

10 from charge card and other contracts. These funds shall

11 be administered by the Administrator of General Services

12 to support Government-wide financial, information tech13 nology, procurement, and other management innovations,

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

15 the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation

16 with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the

17 Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council

18 and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro19 gram for financial management initiatives, the Chief In20 formation Officers Council for information technology ini21 tiatives, and the Procurement Executives Council for pro22 curement initiatives). The total funds transferred shall not

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

24 days following notification of the Committees on Appro-
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1 priations by the Director of the Office of Management and

2 Budget.

3 SEC. 633. (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with reg4 ulations promulgated by the Office of Personnel Manage5 ment, an Executive agency which provides or proposes to

6 provide child care services for Federal employees may use

7 appropriated funds (otherwise available to such agency for

8 salaries and expenses) to provide child care, in a Federal

9 or leased facility, or through contract, for civilian employ10 ees of such agency.

11 (b) AFFORDABILITY.—Amounts so provided with re12 spect to any such facility or contractor shall be applied

13 to improve the affordability of child care for lower income

14 Federal employees using or seeking to use the child care

15 services offered by such facility or contractor.

16 (c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

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

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

19 not include the General Accounting Office.

20 (d) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds made avail21 able in this or any other Act may be used to implement

22 the provisions of this section absent advance notification

23 to the Committees on Appropriations.

24 SEC. 634. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location
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1 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman

2 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at

3 the location.

4 SEC. 635. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,

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

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

7 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of spe8 cific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to

9 carry out the purposes of the National Science and Tech10 nology Council (authorized by Executive Order No.

11 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments,

12 agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage13 ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the

14 budget of and resources connected with the National

15 Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap16 propriations, the House Committee on Science; and the

17 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor18 tation 90 days after enactment of this Act.

19 SEC. 636. RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELATING TO

20 CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE MET21 ROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY.—(a)

22 QUALIFIED MWAA POLICE OFFICER DEFINED.—For

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

24 officer’’ means any individual who, as of the date of the

25 enactment of this Act—
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1 (1) is employed as a member of the police force

2 of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

3 (hereinafter in this section referred to as an

4 ‘‘MWAA police officer’’); and

5 (2) is subject to the Civil Service Retirement

6 System or the Federal Employees’ Retirement Sys7 tem by virtue of section 49107(b) of title 49, United

8 States Code.

9 (b) ELIGIBILITY TO BE TREATED AS A LAW EN10 FORCEMENT OFFICER FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES.—

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

12 officer may, by written election submitted in accord13 ance with applicable requirements under subsection

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

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

16 5, United States Code, as applicable), and to have

17 all prior service described in paragraph (2) similarly

18 treated.

19 (2) PRIOR SERVICE DESCRIBED.—The service

20 described in this paragraph is all service which an

21 individual performed, prior to the effective date of

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

23 (A) an MWAA police officer; or

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

25 Federal Aviation Administration (hereinafter in
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1 this section referred to as an ‘‘FAA police offi2 cer’’).

3 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man4 agement shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry

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

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

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

8 unless—

9 (1) it is made before the employee separates

10 from service with the Metropolitan Washington Air11 ports Authority, but in no event later than 1 year

12 after the regulations under this subsection take ef13 fect; and

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

15 equal to, with respect to all prior service of such em16 ployee which is described in subsection (b)(2)—

17 (A) the employee deductions that would

18 have been required for such service under chap19 ter 83 or 84 of title 5, U.S.C. (as the case may

20 be) if such election had then been in effect,

21 minus

22 (B) the total employee deductions and con23 tributions under such chapter 83 and 84 (as

24 applicable) that were actually made for such

25 service,
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1 taking into account only amounts required to be

2 credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Dis3 ability Fund. Any amount under paragraph (2) shall

4 be computed with interest, in accordance with sec5 tion 8334(e) of such title 5.

6 (d) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Whenever a

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

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

9 in subsection (b)(2)), the Metropolitan Washington Air10 ports Authority shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement

11 and Disability Fund any additional contributions for

12 which it would have been liable, with respect to such serv13 ice, if such individual’s election under this section had

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

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

16 agency). Any amount under this subsection shall be com17 puted with interest, in accordance with section 8334(e) of

18 title 5, United States Code.

19 (e) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man20 agement shall accept, for the purpose of this section, the

21 certification of—

22 (1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports Au23 thority (or its designee) concerning any service per24 formed by an individual as an MWAA police officer;

25 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 five 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. 637. (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 five metropolitan statistical areas described in paragraph

5 (3) 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 the 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 five

16 areas under subparagraph (A) warrants designation as a

17 discrete 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 five areas under subparagraph (A)

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

12 agent, shall be designated as a discrete pay locality under

13 section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, in time for

14 it to be treated as such for purposes of comparability pay15 ments 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

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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. 638. FEDERAL FUNDS IDENTIFIED. Any re9 quest for proposals, solicitation, grant application, form,

10 notification, press release, or other publications involving

11 the distribution of Federal funds shall indicate the agency

12 providing the funds and the amount provided. This provi13 sion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and

14 grants received by a State receiving Federal funds.

15 SEC. 639. MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM EMPLOY16 MENT OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CON17 VICTED OF FELONIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 73 of

18 title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after

19 subchapter VI the following:

20 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM

21 EMPLOYMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

22 ‘‘§ 7371. Mandatory removal from employment of law

23 enforcement officers convicted of felonies

24 ‘‘(a) In this section, the term—
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1 ‘‘(1) ‘conviction date’ means the date on which

2 an agency has notice of the date on which a convic3 tion of a felony is entered by a Federal or State

4 court, regardless of whether that conviction is ap5 pealed or is subject to appeal; and

6 ‘‘(2) ‘law enforcement officer’ has the meaning

7 given that term under section 8331(20) or 8401(17).

8 ‘‘(b) Any law enforcement officer who is convicted of

9 a felony shall be removed from employment without regard

10 to chapter 75 on the last day of the first applicable pay

11 period following the conviction date.

12 ‘‘(c) This section does not prohibit the removal from

13 employment before a conviction date.’’.

14 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

15 The table of sections for chapter 73 of title 5, United

16 States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating

17 to section 7363 the following:

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VI—MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM EMPLOYMENT OF

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

‘‘7551. Mandatory removal from employment of law enforcement officers convicted of felonies.’’.

18 SEC. 640. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYS19 TEM.—The table under section 8334(c) of title 5, United

20 States Code, is amended—

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

22 striking:

‘‘7.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.
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7 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

1 and inserting the following:

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

2 (2) in the matter relating to a Member or em3 ployee for Congressional employee service by strik4 ing:

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

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

5 and inserting the following:

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

6 (3) in the matter relating to a Member for

7 Member service by striking:

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

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

8 and inserting the following:

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

9 (4) in the matter relating to a law enforcement

10 officer for law enforcement service and firefighter

11 for firefighter service by striking:

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

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

12 and inserting the following:

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

13 (5) in the matter relating to a bankruptcy judge

14 by striking:
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‘‘8.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

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

1 and inserting the following:

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

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

3 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed

4 Forces for service as a judge of that court by strik5 ing:

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

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

6 and inserting the following:

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

7 (7) in the matter relating to a United States

8 magistrate by striking:

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

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

9 and inserting the following:

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

10 (8) in the matter relating to a Court of Federal

11 Claims judge by striking:

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

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

12 and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;
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1 (9) in the matter relating to a member of the

2 Capitol Police by striking:

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

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

3 and inserting the following:

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

4 and

5 (10) in the matter relating to a nuclear mate6 rials courier 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 (b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—

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

10 United States Code, is amended by striking para11 graph (3) and inserting the following:

12 ‘‘(3) The applicable percentage under this paragraph

13 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.
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7.5 ........... After December 31, 2000.

Law enforcement officer, firefighter, member of the

Capitol Police, or air traffic controller.

7.5 ........... January 1, 1987, to December

31, 1998.

7.75 ......... January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.9 ........... January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.

7.5 ........... After December 31, 2000.

Nuclear materials courier ............................................. 7 .............. January 1, 1987, to October

16, 1998.

7.5 ........... October 17, 1998, to December 31, 1998.

7.75 ......... January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.9 ........... January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.

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

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

2 title 5, United States Code, is amended—

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

4 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

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

6 and’’ and inserting a period; and

7 (C) by striking subparagraph (C).

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

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

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

11 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

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

13 and’’ and inserting a period; and

14 (C) by striking subparagraph (C).

15 (c) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT

16 AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—

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

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

19 is amended—
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1 (A) in the matter before the colon, by

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

3 ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

4 (B) in the matter after the colon, by strik5 ing all that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

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

7 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act

8 (50 U.S.C. 2082(h)(1)(A)), 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 (d) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DIS15 ABILITY SYSTEM.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7001(d)(2) of the

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

18 is amended—

19 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

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

21 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

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

24 striking all that follows ‘‘December 31,

25 2000.’’; and
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1 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

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

3 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

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

6 striking all that follows ‘‘December 31,

7 2000.’’.

8 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

9 805(d)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22

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

11 matter following subparagraph (B), by striking:

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

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

12 and inserting the following:

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

13 (e) FOREIGN SERVICE PENSION SYSTEM.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 856(a)(2) of the

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

16 4071e(a)(2)) is amended by striking all that follows

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

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

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

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

20 4071c(c)(1)) is amended—
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1 (A) in the matter before the colon, by

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

3 ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

4 (B) in the matter after the colon, by strik5 ing all that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

6 (f) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Notwith7 standing section 8334 (a)(1) or (k)(1) of title 5, United

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

9 2002, through December 31, 2002, each employing agency

10 (other than the United States Postal Service or the Metro11 politan Washington Airports Authority) shall contribute—

12 (1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee;

13 (2) 8 percent of the basic pay of a congres14 sional employee, a law enforcement officer, a mem15 ber of the Capitol police, a firefighter, or a nuclear

16 materials courier; and

17 (3) 8.5 percent of the basic pay of a Member

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

19 United States magistrate, a judge of the United

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

21 bankruptcy judge;

22 in lieu of the agency contributions otherwise required

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

24 (g) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT

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1 211(a)(2) of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement

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

3 on October 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002, the Cen4 tral Intelligence Agency shall contribute 7.5 percent of the

5 basic pay of an employee participating in the Central In6 telligence Agency Retirement and Disability System in lieu

7 of the agency contribution otherwise required under sec8 tion 211(a)(2) of such Act.

9 (h) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DIS10 ABILITY SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding any provision of sec11 tion 805(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

12 4045(a)), during the period beginning on October 1, 2002,

13 through December 31, 2002, each agency employing a

14 participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Dis15 ability System shall contribute to the Foreign Service Re16 tirement and Disability Fund—

17 (1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of each partici18 pant covered under section 805(a)(1) of such Act

19 participating in the Foreign Service Retirement and

20 Disability System; and

21 (2) 8 percent of the basic pay of each partici22 pant covered under paragraph (2) or (3) of section

23 805(a) of such Act participating in the Foreign

24 Service Retirement and Disability System;
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1 in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise required under

2 section 805(a) of such Act.

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

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

5 apply thereafter.

6 SEC. 641. (a) Section 5545b(d) of title 5, United

7 States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the fol8 lowing new paragraph:

9 ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding section 8114(e)(1), over10 time pay for a firefighter subject to this section for

11 hours in a regular tour of duty shall be included in

12 any computation of pay under section 8114.’’.

13 (b) The amendment in subsection (a) shall be effec14 tive as if it had been enacted as part of the Federal Fire15 fighters Overtime Pay Reform Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

16 2681–519).

17 SEC. 642. Section 6323(a) of title 5, United States

18 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(3) The minimum charge for leave under this

20 subsection is one hour, and additional charges are in

21 multiples thereof.’’.

22 SEC. 643. Section 616 of the Treasury, Postal Serv23 ice and General Government Appropriations Act, 1988, as

24 contained in the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C.

25 490b), is amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(e)(1) All existing and newly hired workers in any

2 child care center located in an executive facility shall un3 dergo a criminal history background check as defined in

4 section 231 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

5 13041).

6 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘execu7 tive facility’ means a facility that is owned or leased by

8 an office or entity within the executive branch of the Gov9 ernment (including one that is owned or leased by the

10 General Services Administration on behalf of an office or

11 entity within the judicial branch of the Government).

12 ‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered

13 to apply with respect to a facility owned by or leased on

14 behalf of an office or entity within the legislative branch

15 of the Government.’’.

16 SEC. 644. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

17 MONITORING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ON USE OF

18 INTERNET.—None of the funds made available in this Act

19 may be used by any Federal agency—

20 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate

21 list that includes, personally identifiable information

22 relating to an individual’s access to or use of any

23 Internet site of the agency; or

24 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third

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1 lect, review, or obtain any aggregate list that in2 cludes, personally identifiable information relating to

3 an individual’s access to or use of any nongovern4 mental Internet site.

5 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in

6 subsection (a) shall not apply to—

7 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not

8 identify particular persons; or

9 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden10 tifiable information.

11 SEC. 645. (a)(1) Title 5, United States Code, is

12 amended by inserting after section 5372a the following:

13 ‘‘§ 5372b. Administrative appeals judges

14 ‘‘(a) For the purpose of this section—

15 ‘‘(1) the term ‘administrative appeals judge po16 sition’ means a position the duties of which pri17 marily involve reviewing decisions of administrative

18 law judges appointed under section 3105; and

19 ‘‘(2) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive

20 agency, as defined by section 105, but does not in21 clude the General Accounting Office.

22 ‘‘(b) Subject to such regulations as the Office of Per23 sonnel Management may prescribe, the head of the agency

24 concerned shall fix the rate of basic pay for each adminis-
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1 trative appeals judge position within such agency which

2 is not classified above GS–15 pursuant to section 5108.

3 ‘‘(c) A rate of basic pay fixed under this section shall

4 be—

5 ‘‘(1) not less than the minimum rate of basic

6 pay for level AL–3 under section 5372; and

7 ‘‘(2) not greater than the maximum rate of

8 basic pay for level AL–3 under section 5372.’’.

9 (2) Section 7323(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States

10 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or 5372a’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘5372a, or 5372b’’.

12 (3) The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 5,

13 United States Code, is amended by inserting after the

14 item relating to section 5372a the following:

‘‘5372b. Administrative appeals judges.’’.

15 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall

16 apply with respect to pay for service performed on or after

17 the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning

18 on or after—

19 (1) the 120th day after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act; or

21 (2) if earlier, the effective date of regulations

22 prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management

23 to carry out such amendment.

24 SEC. 646. Not later than 60 days after the date of

25 enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each de-
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1 partment or agency shall submit to Congress a report that

2 discloses any activity of the applicable department or

3 agency relating to—

4 (1) the collection or review of singular data, or

5 the creation of aggregate lists that include person6 ally identifiable information, about individuals who

7 access any Internet site of the department or agen8 cy; and

9 (2) entering into agreements with third parties,

10 including other government agencies, to collect, re11 view, or obtain aggregate lists or singular data con12 taining personally identifiable information relating to

13 any individual’s access or viewing habits for govern14 mental and nongovernmental Internet sites.

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury and General

16 Government Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

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