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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5658

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

DECEMBER 14, 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
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1 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19

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

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

4 payment for rental space in connection with preclearance

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

6 until expended for research; of which not less than

7 $100,000 shall be available to promote public awareness

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

9 $200,000 shall be available for Project Alert; not to exceed

10 $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for con11 ducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081;

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

13 for the procurement of automation infrastructure items,

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

15 exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for re16 pairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may

17 be 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

4 Public 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 expended, 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 Advisers 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-nar-
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1 cotics research and development projects shall be available

2 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, United States Courthouse;

23 District of Columbia, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

24 Firearms Headquarters; Florida, Saint Petersburg, Com25 bined Law Enforcement Facility; Maryland, Montgomery
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1 County, Food and Drug Administration Consolidation;

2 Michigan, Sault St. Marie, Border Station; Mississippi,

3 Biloxi-Gulfport, United States Courthouse; Montana, Eu4 reka/Roosville, Border Station; Virginia, Richmond,

5 United States Courthouse; Washington, Seattle, United

6 States Courthouse: Provided, That funding for any project

7 identified above may be exceeded to the extent that sav8 ings are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed

9 10 percent of the amounts included in an approved pro10 spectus, if required, unless advance approval is obtained

11 from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater

12 amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct con13 struction projects shall expire on September 30, 2002, and

14 remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for funds

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

16 have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date;

17 (2) $671,193,000 shall remain available until expended for

18 repairs and alterations which includes associated design

19 and construction services: Provided further, That funds in

20 the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations

21 shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount

22 by project, as follows, except each project may be in23 creased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless ad24 vance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro25 priations of a greater amount:
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1 Repairs and alterations:

2 Arizona:

3 Phoenix, Federal Building Courthouse,

4 $26,962,000

5 California:

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

7 District of Columbia:

8 Internal Revenue Service Headquarters

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

10 Main State Building, (Phase 3),

11 $28,775,000

12 Maryland:

13 Woodlawn, SSA National Computer Cen14 ter, $4,285,000

15 Michigan:

16 Detroit, McNamara Federal Building,

17 $26,999,000

18 Missouri:

19 Kansas City, Richard Bolling Federal

20 Building, $25,882,000

21 Kansas City, Federal Building, 8930 Ward

22 Parkway, $8,964,000

23 Nebraska:

24 Omaha, Zorinsky Federal Building,

25 $45,960,000
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1 New York:

2 New York City, 40 Foley Square,

3 $5,037,000

4 Ohio:

5 Cincinnati, Potter Stewart United States

6 Courthouse, $18,434,000

7 Pennsylvania:

8 Pittsburgh, United States Post Office9 Courthouse, $54,144,000

10 Utah:

11 Salt Lake City, Bennett Federal Building,

12 $21,199,000

13 Virginia:

14 Reston, J.W. Powell Federal Building

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

16 Nationwide:

17 Design Program, $21,915,000

18 Energy Program, $5,000,000

19 Glass Fragment Retention Program,

20 $5,000,000

21 Basic Repairs and Alterations,

22 $290,000,000:

23 Provided further, That additional projects for which

24 prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded

25 under this category only if advance notice is transmitted
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1 to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,

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

3 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs asso4 ciated with implementing security improvements to build5 ings necessary to meet the minimum standards for secu6 rity in accordance with current law and in compliance with

7 the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Commit8 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the

9 difference between the funds appropriated and expended

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

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

12 Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized in13 creases in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all

14 funds for repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall

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

16 Buildings Fund except funds for projects as to which

17 funds for design or other funds have been obligated in

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

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

20 Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay claims against

21 the Government arising from any projects under the head22 ing ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized

23 increases in prospectus projects; (3) $185,369,000 for in24 stallment acquisition payments including payments on

25 purchase contracts which shall remain available until ex-
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1 pended; (4) $2,944,905,000 for rental of space which shall

2 remain available until expended; and (5) $1,624,771,000

3 for building operations which shall remain available until

4 expended: Provided further, That in addition to amounts

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

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

7 remain available until expended for the following construc8 tion projects (including funds for sites and expenses and

9 associated design and construction services): District of

10 Columbia, United States Courthouse Annex; Florida,

11 Miami, United States Courthouse; Massachusetts, Spring12 field, United States Courthouse; New York, Buffalo,

13 United States Courthouse: Provided further, That funding

14 for any project identified above may be exceeded to the

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

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

17 approved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval

18 is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a

19 greater amount: Provided further, That funds available to

20 the General Services Administration shall not be available

21 for expenses of any construction, repair, alteration and ac22 quisition project for which a prospectus, if required by the

23 Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not been

24 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended

25 for each project for required expenses for the development
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1 of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds

2 available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended

3 for emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained

4 from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,

5 That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special

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

7 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of

8 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f )(6)) and amounts to

9 provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths,

10 and other facilities on private or other property not in

11 Government ownership or control as may be appropriate

12 to enable the United States Secret Service to perform its

13 protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be

14 available from such revenues and collections: Provided fur15 ther, That revenues and collections and any other sums

16 accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2001, excluding

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

18 Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40

19 U.S.C. 490(f )(6)) in excess of $5,971,509,000 shall re20 main in the Fund and shall not be available for expendi21 ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

22 POLICY AND OPERATIONS

23 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro24 vided for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activi25 ties associated with asset management activities; utiliza26 tion and donation of surplus personal property; transpor-
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1 tation; procurement and supply; Government-wide respon2 sibilities relating to automated data management, tele3 communications, information resources management, and

4 related technology activities; utilization survey, deed com5 pliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural

6 analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to ex7 cess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy direc8 tion; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records man9 agement, and other support services incident to adjudica10 tion of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court

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

12 3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and

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

14 $27,301,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That none of the funds appropriated from this Act

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

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

18 from office use to any other use until a comprehensive

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

20 approved by the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the

21 House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,

22 and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public

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

24 be available to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or oth25 erwise the leasehold rights of the existing lease with pri-
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1 vate parties at the Old Post Office prior to the approval

2 of the comprehensive plan by the Senate Committee on

3 Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation

4 and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Envi5 ronment and Public Works.

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

9 $34,520,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall

10 be available for payment for information and detection of

11 fraud against the Government, including payment for re12 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,

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

14 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens

15 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en16 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.

17 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

18 PRESIDENTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August

21 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public

22 Law 95–138, $2,517,000: Provided, That the Adminis23 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary

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

25 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 Governmentwide 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 in

3 time for completion of the road to be constructed by the

4 General Services Administration: Provided further, That

5 upon completion of the construction of the road by the

6 General Services Administration, and notwithstanding any

7 other provision of law, the Administrator of General Serv8 ices shall convey to the municipality of Luna County, New

9 Mexico, without reimbursement, all right, title, and inter10 est of the United States to that portion of the property

11 constituting the improved road and standard county road

12 right-of-way which is not required for the operation of the

13 port of entry: Provided further, That the General Services

14 Administration on behalf of the United States upon con15 veyance of the property to the municipality of Luna, New

16 Mexico, shall retain the balance of the property located

17 adjacent to the port, consisting of approximately 12 acres,

18 to be owned or otherwise managed by the Administrator

19 pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative

20 Services Act of 1949, as amended: Provided further, That

21 the General Services Administration is authorized to ac22 quire such additional real property and rights in real prop23 erty as may be necessary to construct said road and pro24 vide a contiguous site for the port of entry: Provided fur25 ther, That the United States shall incur no liability for
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1 any environmental laws or conditions existing at the prop2 erty at the time of conveyance to the United States or

3 in connection with the construction of the road: Provided

4 further, That Luna County and the Village of Columbus

5 shall be responsible for providing adequate access and

6 egress to existing properties east of the port of entry: Pro7 vided further, That the Bureau of Land Management, the

8 International Boundary and Water Commission, the Fed9 eral Inspection Agencies and the Department of State

10 shall take all actions necessary to facilitate the construc11 tion of the road and expansion of the port facilities.

12 SEC. 411. DESIGNATION OF J. BRATTON DAVIS

13 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURTHOUSE. (a) The

14 United States bankruptcy courthouse at 1100 Laurel

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

16 designated as the ‘‘J. Bratton Davis United States Bank17 ruptcy Courthouse’’.

18 (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu19 ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the

20 United States bankruptcy courthouse referred to in sub21 section (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘J.

22 Bratton Davis United States Bankruptcy Courthouse’’.

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

24 located at 901 19th Street in Denver, Colorado is hereby
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1 designated as the ‘‘Alfred A. Arraj United States Court2 house Annex’’.

3 (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu4 ment, or paper or other record of the United States to

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

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

7 United States Courthouse Annex’’.

8 SEC. 413. DESIGNATION OF THE PAUL COVERDELL

9 DORMITORY. The dormitory building currently being con10 structed on the Core Campus of the Federal Law Enforce11 ment Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, shall be known

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

13 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

17 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza18 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re19 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

21 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi22 cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,

23 $29,437,000 together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for

24 administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals

25 to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and
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1 Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys2 tems Protection Board.

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLAR4 SHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRON5 MENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

6 For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and

7 Excellence in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be

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

9 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

10 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

11 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu12 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi13 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998,

14 $1,250,000, to remain available until expended.

15 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

16 OPERATING EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin18 istration of the National Archives (including the Informa19 tion Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal

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

21 expenses necessary for the review and declassification of

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

23 $209,393,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United

24 States is authorized to use any excess funds available from

25 the amount borrowed for construction of the National Ar-
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1 chives facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate

2 storage for holdings.

3 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

4 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar5 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold6 ings, $95,150,000, to remain available until expended of

7 which $88,000,000 is to complete renovation of the Na8 tional Archives Building.

9 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

10 COMMISSION

11 GRANTS PROGRAM

12 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for

14 historical publications and records as authorized by 44

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

16 until expended.

17 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

20 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in

21 Government Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Re22 form Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5

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

24 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi25 cles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and

26 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:

3 That part of Block 2, Converse Plat, and that part

4 of Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, and that

5 part of Government Lot 1 of Section 25, T7N, R12W,

6 City of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, described

7 as: BEGINNING at the NE corner of Lot 1 of Block 2

8 of Converse Plat; thence East 245.0 feet along the South

9 line of Bridge Street; thence South 230.0 feet along a line

10 which is parallel with and 170 feet East from the East

11 line of Front Avenue as originally platted; thence West

12 207.5 feet parallel with the South line of Bridge Street;

13 thence South along the centerline of vacated Front Avenue

14 109 feet more or less to the extended centerline of vacated

15 Douglas Street; thence West along the centerline of va16 cated Douglas Street 237.5 feet more or less to the East

17 line of Scribner Avenue; thence North along the East line

18 of Scribner Avenue 327 feet more or less to a point which

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

20 2 of Converse Plat; thence Easterly 200 feet more or less

21 to the place of beginning, also described as:

22 Parcel A—Lots 9 & 10, Block 2 of Converse Plat,

23 being the subdivision of Government Lots 1 & 2, Section

24 25, T7N, R12W; also Lots 11–24, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition; also part of N 1 25 ⁄2 of Section 25,
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1 T7N, R12W, commencing at SE corner Lot 24, Block 2

2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, thence N to NE cor3 ner of Lot 9 of Converse Plat, thence E 16 feet, thence

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

5 Addition, thence W 16 feet to beginning.

6 Parcel B—Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, com7 mencing on S line of Bridge Street 50 feet E of E line

8 of Front Avenue, thence S 107.85 feet, thence 77 feet,

9 thence N to a point on S line of said street which is 80

10 feet E of beginning, thence W to beginning.

11 Parcel C—Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, com12 mencing at SE corner Bridge Street & Front Avenue,

13 thence E 50 feet, thence S 107.85 feet to alley, thence

14 W 50 feet to E line Front Avenue, thence N 106.81 feet

15 to beginning.

16 Parcel D—Part of Government Lot 1, Section 25,

17 T7N, R12W, commencing at a point on S line of Bridge

18 Street (66′ wide) 170 feet E of E line of Front Avenue

19 (75′ wide), thence S 230 feet parallel with Front Avenue,

20 thence W 170 feet parallel with Bridge Street to E line

21 of Front Avenue, thence N along said line to a point

22 106.81 feet S of intersection of said line with extension

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

24 northerly to a point on S line of Bridge Street 130 feet
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1 E of E line of Front Avenue, thence E along S line of

2 Bridge Street to beginning.

3 Parcel E—Lots 1 through 8 of Block 2 of Converse

4 Plat, being the subdivision of Government Lots 1 and 2,

5 Section 25, T7N, R12W.

Also part of N 1 6 ⁄2 of Section 25, T7N, R12W, com7 mencing at NW corner of Lot 9, Block 2 of J.W. Converse

8 Replatted Addition; thence N 15 feet to SW corner of Lot

9 8; thence E 200 feet to SE corner Lot 1; thence S 15

10 feet to NE corner of Lot 10; thence W 200 feet to begin11 ning.

12 Together with any portion of vacated streets and

13 alleys that have become part of the above property.

14 (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—

15 (1) COMPENSATION.—The land transferred

16 pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transferred with17 out compensation to the United States.

18 (2) APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.—

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

20 any reason is unable or unwilling to continue to

21 serve as trustee, the Archivist of the United States

22 is authorized to appoint a successor trustee.

23 (3) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Archivist

24 of the United States determines that the Gerald R.

25 Ford Foundation (or a successor trustee appointed
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1 under paragraph (2)) has breached its fiduciary duty

2 under the trust agreement entered into pursuant to

3 this section, the land transferred pursuant to sub4 section (a) shall revert to the United States under

5 the administrative jurisdiction of the Archivist.

6 SEC. 515. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Of7 fice of Management and Budget shall, by not later than

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

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

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

11 policy and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for en12 suring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and

13 integrity of information (including statistical information)

14 disseminated by Federal agencies in fulfillment of the pur15 poses and provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United

16 States Code, commonly referred to as the Paperwork Re17 duction Act.

18 (b) CONTENT OF GUIDELINES.—The guidelines

19 under subsection (a) shall—

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

21 and access to, information disseminated by Federal

22 agencies; and

23 (2) require that each Federal agency to which

24 the guidelines apply—
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1 (A) issue guidelines ensuring and maxi2 mizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and in3 tegrity of information (including statistical in4 formation) disseminated by the agency, by not

5 later than 1 year after the date of issuance of

6 the guidelines under subsection (a);

7 (B) establish administrative mechanisms

8 allowing affected persons to seek and obtain

9 correction of information maintained and dis10 seminated by the agency that does not comply

11 with the guidelines issued under subsection (a);

12 and

13 (C) report periodically to the Director—

14 (i) the number and nature of com15 plaints received by the agency regarding

16 the accuracy of information disseminated

17 by the agency; and

18 (ii) how such complaints were handled

19 by the agency.

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

21 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the

22 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of23 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize

24 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel
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1 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made

2 available to the Office pursuant to court approval.

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

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

6 preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol,

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

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

9 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

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

11 advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,

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

13 which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25

14 of the Protocol.

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

16 of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a

17 report to the Committee on Appropriations and the Com18 mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the

19 Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Gov20 ernment Reform of the House of Representatives that: (1)

21 evaluates, for each agency, the extent to which implemen22 tation of chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, as

23 amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public

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

25 by the agency, including the burden imposed by each
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1 major rule issued by the agency; (2) includes a determina2 tion, based on such evaluation, of the need for additional

3 procedures to ensure achievement of the purposes of that

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

5 States Code, and evaluates the burden imposed by each

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

7 burden, and identifies specific reductions expected to be

8 achieved in each of fiscal years 2001 and 2002 in the bur9 den imposed by all rules issued by each agency that issued

10 such a major rule.

11 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

12 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

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

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

15 the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases

16 of death or life threatening illness of said employee.

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

18 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

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

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

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

24 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances

25 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi-
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1 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru2 mentality.

3 SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

4 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year

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

6 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor

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

8 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at

9 $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum

10 shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex11 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,

12 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi13 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec14 tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec15 tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under

16 the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re17 search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:

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

19 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter20 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law

21 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled

22 vehicles.

23 SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive depart24 ments and independent establishments for the current fis25 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
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1 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available

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

3 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.

4 SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the cur5 rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained

6 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa7 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the

8 United States (including any agency the majority of the

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

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

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

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

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

14 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be15 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and

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

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

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

19 former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad20 mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5)

21 is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa22 roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6)

23 is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali24 fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu25 dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur-
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1 pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person

2 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require3 ments of this section with respect to his or her status have

4 been complied with: Provided further, That any person

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

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

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

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

9 to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex10 isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to

11 any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this

12 section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov13 ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire14 land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na15 tionals of those countries allied with the United States in

16 a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters

17 employed by the United States Information Agency, or to

18 temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em19 ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as

20 a result of emergencies.

21 SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any depart22 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec23 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex24 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General

25 Services Administration for charges for space and services
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1 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build2 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements

3 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of

4 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments

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

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

7 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re8 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials,

9 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a

10 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre11 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex12 pended for the following purposes:

13 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,

14 and recycling programs as described in Executive

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

16 any such programs adopted prior to the effective

17 date of the Executive order.

18 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man19 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the

20 development and implementation of hazardous waste

21 management and pollution prevention programs.

22 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by

23 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the

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

2 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year

3 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of

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

5 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,

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

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

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

9 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the

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

11 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex12 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other

13 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be

14 correspondingly reduced.

15 SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the cur16 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall

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

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

19 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

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

21 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

22 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),

23 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups

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

25 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive
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1 financial support from more than one agency or instru2 mentality.

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

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

5 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and

6 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under

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

8 guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow9 ers of special policemen provided by the first section of

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

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

12 the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the

13 same actions as the Administrator of General Services

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

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

16 318a and 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences

17 under the authority and within the limits provided in sec18 tion 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat.

19 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).

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

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

22 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis23 approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly

24 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the

25 United States.
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1 SEC. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

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

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

4 2001, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any

5 prevailing rate employee described in section

6 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—

7 (1) during the period from the date of expira8 tion of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the

9 Treasury and General Government Appropriations

10 Act, 2000, until the normal effective date of the ap11 plicable wage survey adjustment that is to take ef12 fect in fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds

13 the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of

14 the applicable wage schedule in accordance with

15 such section 613; and

16 (2) during the period consisting of the remain17 der of fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds,

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

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

20 of—

21 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef22 fect in fiscal year 2001 under section 5303 of

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

24 under the General Schedule; and
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1 (B) the difference between the overall aver2 age percentage of the locality-based com3 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year

4 2001 under section 5304 of such title (whether

5 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av6 erage percentage of such payments which was

7 effective in fiscal year 2000 under such section.

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

9 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or

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

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

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

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

14 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli15 cable to such employee.

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

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

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

19 2000, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by

20 the Office of Personnel Management.

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

22 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may

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

24 2000, except to the extent determined by the Office of
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1 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose

2 of this section.

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

4 service performed after September 30, 2000.

5 (f ) For the purpose of administering any provision

6 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre7 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em8 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu9 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the

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

11 or basic pay payable after the application of this section

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

13 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per14 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by

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

16 payable were this section not in effect.

17 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide

18 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section

19 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary

20 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ21 ees.

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

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

24 employee of the Government appointed by the President

25 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
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1 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re2 decorate the office of such department head, agency head,

3 officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im4 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of

5 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by

6 the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of

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

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

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

10 is directly controlled by the individual.

11 SEC. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

13 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con14 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose

15 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without

16 the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria17 tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training

18 Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi19 tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for

20 training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center

21 facilities.

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

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

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

25 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na-
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1 tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni2 cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart3 ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive

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

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

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

7 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for

8 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a

9 position of a confidential or policy-determining character

10 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section

11 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification

12 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of

13 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality

14 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C

15 position was not created solely or primarily in order to

16 detail the employee to the White House.

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

18 Federal employees or members of the armed services de19 tailed to or from—

20 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

21 (2) the National Security Agency;

22 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

23 (4) the offices within the Department of De24 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign

25 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
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1 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

2 the Department of State;

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

4 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu5 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad6 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De7 partment of Transportation, the Department of the

8 Treasury, and the Department of Energy per9 forming intelligence functions; and

10 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

12 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

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

14 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen15 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to

16 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en17 sure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination

18 and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are

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

20 as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

21 of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

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

23 Act for the United States Customs Service may be used

24 to allow the importation into the United States of any

25 good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or
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1 manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as de2 termined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of

3 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

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

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

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

7 Government, who—

8 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat9 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em10 ployee of the Federal Government from having any

11 direct oral or written communication or contact with

12 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the

13 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining

14 to the employment of such other officer or employee

15 or pertaining to the department or agency of such

16 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of

17 whether such communication or contact is at the ini18 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re19 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,

20 committee, or subcommittee; or

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

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

23 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion

24 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis25 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
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1 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em2 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the

3 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to

4 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to

5 such other officer or employee, by reason of any

6 communication or contact of such other officer or

7 employee with any Member, committee, or sub8 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph

9 (1).

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

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

12 any employee training that—

13 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl14 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the

15 performance of official duties;

16 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev17 els of emotional response or psychological stress in

18 some participants;

19 (3) does not require prior employee notification

20 of the content and methods to be used in the train21 ing and written end of course evaluation;

22 (4) contains any methods or content associated

23 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or

24 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
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1 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N–

2 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or

3 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par4 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the

5 workplace.

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

7 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training

8 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.

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

10 Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements

11 in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or

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

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

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

15 not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the em16 ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu17 tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, U.S.C. (gov18 erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10,

19 United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle20 blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress

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

22 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower

23 Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste,

24 fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intel25 ligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421
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1 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confiden2 tial Government agents); and the statutes which protect

3 against disclosure that may compromise the national secu4 rity, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of

5 title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Sub6 versive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The

7 definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions,

8 and liabilities created by said Executive order and listed

9 statutes are incorporated into this agreement and are con10 trolling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding

11 paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that

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

13 of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other

14 than an employee or officer of the United States Govern15 ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular

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

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

18 will not disclose any classified information received in the

19 course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do

20 so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure

21 forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo22 sures to Congress or to an authorized official of an execu23 tive agency or the Department of Justice that are essential

24 to reporting a substantial violation of law.
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1 SEC. 623. No part of any funds appropriated in this

2 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu3 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu4 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda

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

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

7 film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation

8 pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the

9 Congress itself.

10 SEC. 624. (a) IN GENERAL.—For calendar year 2002

11 and each year thereafter, the Director of the Office of

12 Management and Budget shall prepare and submit to

13 Congress, with the budget submitted under section 1105

14 of title 31, United States Code, an accounting statement

15 and associated report containing—

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

17 benefits (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable

18 effects) of Federal rules and paperwork, to the ex19 tent feasible—

20 (A) in the aggregate;

21 (B) by agency and agency program; and

22 (C) by major rule;

23 (2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation

24 on State, local, and tribal government, small busi25 ness, wages, and economic growth; and
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1 (3) recommendations for reform.

2 (b) NOTICE.—The Director of the Office of Manage3 ment and Budget shall provide public notice and an oppor4 tunity to comment on the statement and report under sub5 section (a) before the statement and report are submitted

6 to Congress.

7 (c) GUIDELINES.—To implement this section, the Di8 rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue

9 guidelines to agencies to standardize—

10 (1) measures of costs and benefits; and

11 (2) the format of accounting statements.

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

13 Management and Budget shall provide for independent

14 and external peer review of the guidelines and each ac15 counting statement and associated report under this sec16 tion. Such peer review shall not be subject to the Federal

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

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

19 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed20 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization

21 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure

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

23 competent jurisdiction.

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

25 is authorized to establish scientific certification standards
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1 for explosives detection canines, and shall provide, on a

2 reimbursable basis, for the certification of explosives de3 tection canines employed by Federal agencies, or other

4 agencies providing explosives detection services at airports

5 in the United States.

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

7 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non8 public information such as mailing or telephone lists to

9 any person or any organization outside of the Federal

10 Government without the approval of the Committees on

11 Appropriations.

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

13 this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa14 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore

15 authorized by the Congress.

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

17 (1) means an Executive agency as defined

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

19 (2) includes a military department as defined

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

21 and the Postal Rate Commission; and

22 (3) shall not include the General Accounting

23 Office.

24 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu25 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee
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1 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort

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

3 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under

4 section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli5 gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor6 tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official

7 duties.

8 SEC. 630. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

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

10 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,

11 except where the contract also includes a provision for con12 traceptive coverage.

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

14 with—

15 (1) any of the following religious plans:

16 (A) Personal Care’s HMO;

17 (B) Care Choices;

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

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

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

21 religious beliefs.

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

23 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub24 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the

25 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for
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1 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary

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

3 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re4 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.

5 SEC. 631. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec6 tion 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year

7 2001 by this or any other Act to any department or agen8 cy, which is a member of the Joint Financial Management

9 Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be available to fi10 nance an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative

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

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

13 Director and staff support.

14 SEC. 632. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec15 tion 610 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart16 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to the

17 ‘‘Policy and Operations’’ account, General Services Ad18 ministration, with the approval of the Director of the Of19 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for

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

21 from charge card and other contracts. These funds shall

22 be administered by the Administrator of General Services

23 to support Government-wide financial, information tech24 nology, procurement, and other management innovations,

25 initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of
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1 the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation

2 with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the

3 Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council

4 and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro5 gram for financial management initiatives, the Chief In6 formation Officers Council for information technology ini7 tiatives, and the Procurement Executives Council for pro8 curement initiatives). The total funds transferred shall not

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

10 days following notification of the Committees on Appro11 priations by the Director of the Office of Management and

12 Budget.

13 SEC. 633. (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with reg14 ulations promulgated by the Office of Personnel Manage15 ment, an Executive agency which provides or proposes to

16 provide child care services for Federal employees may use

17 appropriated funds (otherwise available to such agency for

18 salaries and expenses) to provide child care, in a Federal

19 or leased facility, or through contract, for civilian employ20 ees of such agency.

21 (b) AFFORDABILITY.—Amounts so provided with re22 spect to any such facility or contractor shall be applied

23 to improve the affordability of child care for lower income

24 Federal employees using or seeking to use the child care

25 services offered by such facility or contractor.
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1 (c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

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

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

4 not include the General Accounting Office.

5 (d) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds made avail6 able in this or any other Act may be used to implement

7 the provisions of this section absent advance notification

8 to the Committees on Appropriations.

9 SEC. 634. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

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

12 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at

13 the location.

14 SEC. 635. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,

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

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

17 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of spe18 cific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to

19 carry out the purposes of the National Science and Tech20 nology Council (authorized by Executive Order No.

21 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments,

22 agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage23 ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the

24 budget of and resources connected with the National

25 Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap-
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1 propriations, the House Committee on Science; and the

2 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor3 tation 90 days after enactment of this Act.

4 SEC. 636. RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELATING TO

5 CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE MET6 ROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY.—(a)

7 QUALIFIED MWAA POLICE OFFICER DEFINED.—For

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

9 officer’’ means any individual who, as of the date of the

10 enactment of this Act—

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

12 of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

13 (hereafter in this section referred to as an ‘‘MWAA

14 police officer’’); and

15 (2) is subject to the Civil Service Retirement

16 System or the Federal Employees’ Retirement Sys17 tem by virtue of section 49107(b) of title 49, United

18 States Code.

19 (b) ELIGIBILITY TO BE TREATED AS A LAW EN20 FORCEMENT OFFICER FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES.—

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

22 officer may, by written election submitted in accord23 ance with applicable requirements under subsection

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

25 (within the meaning of section 8331 or 8401 of title
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1 5, United States Code, as applicable), and to have

2 all prior service described in paragraph (2) similarly

3 treated.

4 (2) PRIOR SERVICE DESCRIBED.—The service

5 described in this paragraph is all service which an

6 individual performed, prior to the effective date of

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

8 (A) an MWAA police officer; or

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

10 Federal Aviation Administration (hereafter in

11 this section referred to as an ‘‘FAA police offi12 cer’’).

13 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man14 agement shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry

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

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

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

18 unless—

19 (1) it is made before the employee separates

20 from service with the Metropolitan Washington Air21 ports Authority, but in no event later than 1 year

22 after the regulations under this subsection take ef23 fect; and
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1 (2) it is accompanied by payment of an amount

2 equal to, with respect to all prior service of such em3 ployee which is described in subsection (b)(2)—

4 (A) the employee deductions that would

5 have been required for such service under chap6 ter 83 or 84 of title 5, U.S.C. (as the case may

7 be) if such election had then been in effect,

8 minus

9 (B) the total employee deductions and con10 tributions under such chapter 83 and 84 (as

11 applicable) that were actually made for such

12 service,

13 taking into account only amounts required to be

14 credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Dis15 ability Fund. Any amount under paragraph (2) shall

16 be computed with interest, in accordance with sec17 tion 8334(e) of such title 5.

18 (d) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Whenever a

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

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

21 in subsection (b)(2)), the Metropolitan Washington Air22 ports Authority shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement

23 and Disability Fund any additional contributions for

24 which it would have been liable, with respect to such serv25 ice, if such individual’s election under this section had
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1 then been in effect (and, to the extent of any prior FAA

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

3 agency). Any amount under this subsection shall be com4 puted with interest, in accordance with section 8334(e) of

5 title 5, United States Code.

6 (e) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man7 agement shall accept, for the purpose of this section, the

8 certification of—

9 (1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports Au10 thority (or its designee) concerning any service per11 formed by an individual as an MWAA police officer;

12 and

13 (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (or its

14 designee) concerning any service performed by an in15 dividual as an FAA police officer.

16 (f ) REIMBURSEMENT TO COMPENSATE FOR UN17 FUNDED LIABILITY.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Metropolitan Wash19 ington Airports Authority shall pay into the Civil

20 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount

21 (as determined by the Director of the Office of Per22 sonnel Management) equal to the amount necessary

23 to reimburse the Fund for any estimated increase in

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

25 Civil Service Retirement System is involved), and for
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1 any estimated increase in the supplemental liability

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

3 Retirement System is involved), resulting from the

4 enactment of this section.

5 (2) PAYMENT METHOD.—The Metropolitan

6 Washington Airports Authority shall pay the amount

7 so determined in five equal annual installments, with

8 interest (which shall be computed at the rate used

9 in the most recent valuation of the Federal Employ10 ees’ Retirement System).

11 SEC. 637. (a) For purposes of this section—

12 (1) the term ‘‘comparability payment’’ refers to

13 a locality-based comparability payment under section

14 5304 of title 5, United States Code;

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

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

17 title; and

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

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

20 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 5304 of

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

22 appropriate pay localities and making comparability pay23 ment recommendations, the President’s pay agent may, in

24 accordance with succeeding provisions of this section,

25 make comparisons of General Schedule pay and non-Fed-
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1 eral pay within any of the metropolitan statistical areas

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

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

4 Statistics;

5 (2) salary data sets obtained under subsection

6 (c); or

7 (3) any combination thereof.

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

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

10 data sets (referred to in subsection (b)) from any organi11 zation or entity that regularly compiles similar data for

12 businesses in the private sector.

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

14 five metropolitan statistical areas described in paragraph

15 (3) which—

16 (i) have the highest levels of nonfarm employ17 ment (as determined based on data made available

18 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics); and

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

20 have not previously been surveyed by the Bureau of

21 Labor Statistics (as discrete pay localities) for pur22 poses of section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.

23 (B) The President’s pay agent, based on such com24 parisons under subsection (b) as the pay agent considers

25 appropriate, shall: (i) determine whether any of the five
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1 areas under subparagraph (A) warrants designation as a

2 discrete pay locality; and (ii) if so, make recommendations

3 as to what level of comparability payments would be ap4 propriate during 2002 for each area so determined.

5 (C)(i) Any recommendations under subparagraph

6 (B)(ii) shall be included—

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

8 5304(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, submitted

9 for purposes of comparability payments scheduled to

10 become payable in 2002; or

11 (II) if compliance with subclause (I) is imprac12 ticable, in a supplementary report which the pay

13 agent shall submit to the President and the Con14 gress no later than March 1, 2001.

15 (ii) In the event that the recommendations are com16 pleted in time to be included in the report described in

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

18 transmitted by the pay agent to the Congress contempora19 neous with their submission to the President.

20 (D) Each of the five areas under subparagraph (A)

21 that so warrants, as determined by the President’s pay

22 agent, shall be designated as a discrete pay locality under

23 section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, in time for

24 it to be treated as such for purposes of comparability pay25 ments becoming payable in 2002.
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1 (2) The President’s pay agent may, at any time after

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

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

4 or recommendations under this section, based on any pay

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

6 described in paragraph (3).

7 (3) An area described in this paragraph is any metro8 politan statistical area within the continental United

9 States that (as determined based on data made available

10 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Office of Per11 sonnel Management, respectively) has a high level of non12 farm employment and at least 2,500 General Schedule em13 ployees whose post of duty is within such area.

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

15 comparisons and to make any determinations or rec16 ommendations based on such comparisons shall be avail17 able to the President’s pay agent only for purposes of com18 parability payments becoming payable on or after January

19 1, 2002, and before January 1, 2007, and only with re20 spect to areas described in subsection (d)(3).

21 (2) Any comparisons and recommendations so made

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

23 5304(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, for any year

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

25 with subsection (d)(1)(C)(i)(II)), be considered and acted
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1 on as the pay agent’s comparisons and recommendations

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

3 involved.

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

5 pay agent shall submit to the Committee on Government

6 Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee

7 on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

9 and of the Senate, a report on the use of pay comparison

10 data, as described in subsection (b)(2) or (3) (as appro11 priate), for purposes of comparability payments.

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

13 data, the rationale underlying the decisions reached based

14 on such data, and the relative advantages and disadvan15 tages of using such data (including whether the effort in16 volved in analyzing and integrating such data is commen17 surate with the benefits derived from their use). The re18 port may include specific recommendations regarding the

19 continued use of such data.

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

21 pay agent shall prepare and submit to the committees

22 specified in subsection (f )(1) a report relating to the ongo23 ing efforts of the Office of Personnel Management, the

24 Office of Management and Budget, and the Bureau of

25 Labor Statistics to revise the methodology currently being
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1 used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in performing its

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

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

4 any concerns the pay agent may have regarding the cur5 rent methodology, the specific projects the pay agent has

6 directed any of those agencies to undertake in order to

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

8 completion of those projects and for implementation of the

9 revised methodology.

10 (3) The report shall also include recommendations as

11 to how those ongoing efforts might be expedited, including

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

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

14 activities described in the preceding provisions of this sub15 section, and the reasons why those additional resources

16 are needed.

17 SEC. 638. FEDERAL FUNDS IDENTIFIED. Any re18 quest for proposals, solicitation, grant application, form,

19 notification, press release, or other publications involving

20 the distribution of Federal funds shall indicate the agency

21 providing the funds and the amount provided. This provi22 sion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and

23 grants received by a State receiving Federal funds.
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1 SEC. 639. MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM EMPLOYMENT OF

2 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

3 CONVICTED OF FELONIES.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 73 of title 5, United

5 States Code, is amended by adding after subchapter VI

6 the following:

7 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—MANDATORY REMOVAL

8 FROM EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICTED LAW

9 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

10 ‘‘§ 7371. Mandatory removal from employment of law

11 enforcement officers convicted of felonies

12 ‘‘(a) In this section, the term—

13 ‘‘(1) ‘conviction notice date’ means the date on

14 which an agency that employs a law enforcement of15 ficer has notice that the officer has been convicted

16 of a felony that is entered by a Federal or State

17 court, regardless of whether that conviction is ap18 pealed or is subject to appeal; and

19 ‘‘(2) ‘law enforcement officer’ has the meaning

20 given that term under section 8331(20) or 8401(17).

21 ‘‘(b) Any law enforcement officer who is convicted of

22 a felony shall be removed from employment as a law en23 forcement officer on the last day of the first applicable

24 pay period following the conviction notice date.

25 ‘‘(c)(1) This section does not prohibit the removal of

26 an individual from employment as a law enforcement offi-
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1 cer before a conviction notice date if the removal is prop2 erly effected other than under this section.

3 ‘‘(2) This section does not prohibit the employment

4 of any individual in any position other than that of a law

5 enforcement officer.

6 ‘‘(d) If the conviction is overturned on appeal, the

7 removal shall be set aside retroactively to the date on

8 which the removal occurred, with back pay under section

9 5596 for the period during which the removal was in ef10 fect, unless the removal was properly effected other than

11 under this section.

12 ‘‘(e)(1) If removal is required under this section, the

13 agency shall deliver written notice to the employee as soon

14 as practicable, and not later than 5 calendar days after

15 the conviction notice date. The notice shall include a de16 scription of the specific reasons for the removal, the date

17 of removal, and the procedures made applicable under

18 paragraph (2).

19 ‘‘(2) The procedures under section 7513(b)(2), (3),

20 and (4), (c), (d), and (e) shall apply to any removal under

21 this section. The employee may use the procedures to con22 test or appeal a removal, but only with respect to

23 whether—

24 ‘‘(A) the employee is a law enforcement officer;

25 ‘‘(B) the employee was convicted of a felony; or
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1 ‘‘(C) the conviction was overturned on appeal.

2 ‘‘(3) A removal required under this section shall

3 occur on the date specified in subsection (b) regardless

4 of whether the notice required under paragraph (1) of this

5 subsection and the procedures made applicable under

6 paragraph (2) of this subsection have been provided or

7 completed by that date.’’.

8 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

9 The table of sections for chapter 73 of title 5, United

10 States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating

11 to section 7363 the following:

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM EMPLOYMENT

OF CONVICTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

‘‘7371. Mandatory removal from employment of law enforcement officers convicted of felonies.’’.

12 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

13 this section shall take effect 30 days after the date of en14 actment of this Act and shall apply to any conviction of

15 a felony entered by a Federal or State court on or after

16 that date.

17 SEC. 640. Section 504 of the Department of Trans18 portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001

19 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–346) is repealed.

20 SEC. 641. (a) Section 5545b(d) of title 5, United

21 States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the fol22 lowing new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding section 8114(e)(1), over2 time pay for a firefighter subject to this section for

3 hours in a regular tour of duty shall be included in

4 any computation of pay under section 8114.’’.

5 (b) The amendment in subsection (a) shall be effec6 tive as if it had been enacted as part of the Federal Fire7 fighters Overtime Pay Reform Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

8 2681–519).

9 SEC. 642. Section 6323(a) of title 5, United States

10 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(3) The minimum charge for leave under this

12 subsection is one hour, and additional charges are in

13 multiples thereof.’’.

14 SEC. 643. Section 616 of the Treasury, Postal Serv15 ice and General Government Appropriations Act, 1988, as

16 contained in the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C.

17 490b), is amended by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(e)(1) All existing and newly hired workers in any

19 child care center located in an executive facility shall un20 dergo a criminal history background check as defined in

21 section 231 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

22 13041).

23 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘execu24 tive facility’ means a facility that is owned or leased by

25 an office or entity within the executive branch of the Gov-
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1 ernment (including one that is owned or leased by the

2 General Services Administration on behalf of an office or

3 entity within the judicial branch of the Government).

4 ‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered

5 to apply with respect to a facility owned by or leased on

6 behalf of an office or entity within the legislative branch

7 of the Government.’’.

8 SEC. 644. Section 501 of the Department of Trans9 portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001

10 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–346) is amended

11 by striking subsection (c) and by redesignating subsection

12 (d) as subsection (c).

13 SEC. 645. (a)(1) Title 5, United States Code, is

14 amended by inserting after section 5372a the following:

15 ‘‘§ 5372b. Administrative appeals judges

16 ‘‘(a) For the purpose of this section—

17 ‘‘(1) the term ‘administrative appeals judge po18 sition’ means a position the duties of which pri19 marily involve reviewing decisions of administrative

20 law judges appointed under section 3105; and

21 ‘‘(2) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive

22 agency, as defined by section 105, but does not in23 clude the General Accounting Office.

24 ‘‘(b) Subject to such regulations as the Office of Per25 sonnel Management may prescribe, the head of the agency
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1 concerned shall fix the rate of basic pay for each adminis2 trative appeals judge position within such agency which

3 is not classified above GS–15 pursuant to section 5108.

4 ‘‘(c) A rate of basic pay fixed under this section shall

5 be—

6 ‘‘(1) not less than the minimum rate of basic

7 pay for level AL–3 under section 5372; and

8 ‘‘(2) not greater than the maximum rate of

9 basic pay for level AL–3 under section 5372.’’.

10 (2) Section 7323(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States

11 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or 5372a’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘5372a, or 5372b’’.

13 (3) The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 5,

14 United States Code, is amended by inserting after the

15 item relating to section 5372a the following:

‘‘5372b. Administrative appeals judges.’’.

16 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall

17 apply with respect to pay for service performed on or after

18 the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning

19 on or after—

20 (1) the 120th day after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act; or

22 (2) if earlier, the effective date of regulations

23 prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management

24 to carry out such amendment.
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1 SEC. 646. Not later than 60 days after the date of

2 enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each de3 partment or agency shall submit to Congress a report that

4 discloses any activity of the applicable department or

5 agency relating to—

6 (1) the collection or review of singular data, or

7 the creation of aggregate lists that include person8 ally identifiable information, about individuals who

9 access any Internet site of the department or agen10 cy; and

11 (2) entering into agreements with third parties,

12 including other government agencies, to collect, re13 view, or obtain aggregate lists or singular data con14 taining personally identifiable information relating to

15 any individual’s access or viewing habits for govern16 mental and nongovernmental Internet sites.

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury and General

18 Government Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

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