Union Calendar No. 295

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4539

[Report No. 103–534]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Treasury Departtember 30, 1995, and for other purposes. pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep- ecutive Office of the President, and certain Inde- ment, the United States Postal Service, the ExMAY 26, 1994

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 295

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4539

[Report No. 103–534]

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, 1995, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 26, 1994

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the

United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of

the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 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
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1 Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,

2 the Executive Office of the President, and certain Inde3 pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,

4 1995, and for other purposes, namely:

5 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

6 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices

9 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury

10 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

11 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase

12 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased

13 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance

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

15 travel expenses; not to exceed $100,000 for official recep16 tion and representation expenses, of which $75,000 is for

17 such expenses of the international affairs function of the

18 Offices; not to exceed $3,101,000 to remain available until

19 September 30, 1997, shall be available for information

20 technology modernization requirements; not to exceed

21 $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na22 ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of

23 the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for

24 solely on his certificate; not to exceed $490,000, to remain

25 available until September 30, 1997, for repairs and im-
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1 provements to the Main Treasury Building and Annex;

2 $105,150,000: Provided, That of the offsetting collections

3 credited to this account, $79,000 are permanently can4 celed.

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

8 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

9 General Act of 1978, as amended, hire of passenger motor

10 vehicles; not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel ex11 penses; not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emer12 gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex13 pended under the direction of the Inspector General of the

14 Treasury; $28,897,000.

15 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En18 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve19 hicles; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and rep20 resentation expenses; $18,280,000: Provided, That of the

21 offsetting collections credited to this account, $1,000 are

22 permanently canceled.
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1 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

2 (LIMITATION OF AVAILABILITY OF DEPOSITS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Forfeiture

4 Fund, as authorized by Public Law 102–393, not to ex5 ceed $15,000,000, to be derived from deposits in the

6 Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9703, no

7 later than September 30, 1995, the Secretary shall trans8 fer $32,960,000 from deposits in the Fund to the General

9 Fund of the Treasury.

10 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce13 ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of

14 the Treasury, including materials and support costs of

15 Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to

16 exceed fifty-two for police-type use) and hire of passenger

17 motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and relat18 ed activities; uniforms without regard to the general pur19 chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the con20 ducting of and participating in firearms matches and pres21 entation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing

22 community support of law enforcement training; not to ex23 ceed $9,000 for official reception and representation ex24 penses; room and board for student interns; and services

25 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That the Cen-
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1 ter is authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both

2 real and personal, and to accept services, for authorized

3 purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value

4 which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the

5 Center to the outstanding student who graduated from a

6 basic training program at the Center during the previous

7 fiscal year, which shall be funded only by gifts received

8 through the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That

9 notwithstanding any other provision of law, students at10 tending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Train11 ing Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-pro12 vided housing, insofar as available and in accordance with

13 Center policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated

14 in this account shall be available for training United

15 States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Post16 al police officers, at the discretion of the Director; State

17 and local government law enforcement training on a space18 available basis; training of foreign law enforcement offi19 cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac20 tual costs to this appropriation; training of private sector

21 security officials on a space-available basis with reimburse22 ment of actual costs to this appropriation; travel expenses

23 of non-Federal personnel to attend State and local course

24 development meetings at the Center: Provided further,

25 That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in antici-
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1 pation of reimbursements from agencies receiving training

2 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except

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

4 not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end

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

6 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide

7 short term medical services for students undergoing train8 ing at the Center; $46,713,000, of which $8,821,000 for

9 materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement

10 basic training shall remain available until September 30,

11 1997.

12 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

13 RELATED EXPENSES

14 For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement

15 Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional

16 real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,

17 facility improvements, and related expenses, $9,815,000,

18 to remain available until expended.

19 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management

22 Service, $185,389,000, of which not to exceed

23 $13,459,000 shall remain available until expended for sys24 tems modernization initiatives. In addition, $90,000, to be

25 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to reim26 burse the Service for administrative and personnel ex-
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1 penses for financial management of the Fund, as author2 ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380: Provided,

3 That of the offsetting collections credited to this account,

4 $192,000 are permanently canceled.

5 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To8 bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed

9 six hundred and fifty vehicles for police-type use for re10 placement only and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire

11 of aircraft; and services of expert witnesses at such rates

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

13 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an

14 assignment to the National Response Team during the in15 vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em16 ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain

17 overnight at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $10,000

18 for official reception and representation expenses; for

19 training of State and local law enforcement agencies with

20 or without reimbursement; provision of laboratory assist21 ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim22 bursement; of which $22,000,000 shall be available solely

23 for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration

24 Act during fiscal year 1995; $376,181,000, of which not

25 to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment
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1 of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and

2 of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping

3 of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for

4 official use by a State or local law enforcement agency

5 if the conveyance will be used in drug-related joint law

6 enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To7 bacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime sala8 ries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar

9 costs of State and local law enforcement officers that are

10 incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol,

11 Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That none of the funds

12 appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act

13 upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabil14 ities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such

15 funds shall be available to investigate and act upon appli16 cations filed by corporations for relief from Federal fire17 arms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. section 925(c): Provided

18 further, That no funds made available by this or any other

19 Act may be used to implement any reorganization of the

20 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms or transfer of

21 the Bureau’s functions, missions, or activities to other

22 agencies or Departments in the fiscal year ending on Sep23 tember 30, 1995: Provided further, That no funds appro24 priated herein shall be available for salaries or administra25 tive expenses in connection with consolidating or centraliz-
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1 ing, within the Department of the Treasury, the records,

2 or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of

3 firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Pro4 vided, That of the offsetting collections credited to this

5 account, $4,000 are permanently canceled.

6 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the United States Customs

9 Service, including purchase of up to 1,000 motor vehicles

10 of which 960 are for replacement only, including 990 for

11 police-type use and commercial operations; hire of motor

12 vehicles; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and

13 representation expenses; and awards of compensation to

14 informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the

15 United States Customs Service; $1,391,700,000, of which

16 such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee

17 Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the

18 Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as

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

20 Account; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be

21 available for payment for rental space in connection with

22 preclearance operations, and not to exceed $4,000,000

23 shall be available until expended for research: Provided,

24 That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the

25 general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal
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1 year: Provided further, That $750,000 shall be available

2 for additional part-time and temporary positions in the

3 Honolulu Customs District: Provided further, That

4 $10,000,000 shall be available for the Center for Study

5 of Western Hemispheric Trade as authorized by Public

6 Law 103–182: Provided further, That of the offsetting col7 lections credited to this account, $410,000 are perma8 nently canceled.

9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR AND MARINE

10 INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

12 for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air13 craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine

14 Programs, including operational training and mission-re15 lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by

16 the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro17 grams; $78,991,000, of which $7,233,000 shall remain

18 available until September 30, 1997.

19 CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS

20 (TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)

21 Such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed

22 $1,406,000, for expenses for the provision of Customs

23 services at certain small airports or other facilities when

24 authorized by law and designated by the Secretary of the

25 Treasury, including expenditures for the salary and ex26 penses of individuals employed to provide such services,
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1 to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary of the

2 Treasury pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98–573

3 for each of these airports or other facilities when author4 ized by law and designated by the Secretary of the Treas5 ury, and to remain available until expended.

6 UNITED STATES MINT

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the United States Mint;

9 $54,770,000, of which $1,540,000 shall remain available

10 until September 30, 1997, for expansion and improve11 ments.

12 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

13 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

14 For necessary expenses connected with any public15 debt issues of the United States; $183,458,000: Provided,

16 That in fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, the Secretary is

17 authorized to collect fees of not less than $46 for each

18 definitive security issue provided to customers, and an an19 nual maintenance fee of not less than $25 for each Treas20 ury Direct Investor Account exceeding $100,000 in par

21 value: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1995 and

22 thereafter, of the definitive security fees collected, not to

23 exceed $600,000, and of the annual maintenance fees for

24 Treasury Direct Investor Account collected, not to exceed

25 $2,500,000, shall be retained and used in the current fis-
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1 cal year for the specific purpose of offsetting costs of Bu2 reau of the Public Debt’s marketable security activities,

3 and any fees collected in excess of said amounts shall be

4 deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury: Pro5 vided further, That the sum appropriated herein from the

6 General Fund for fiscal year 1995 shall be reduced by not

7 more than $600,000 as definitive security issue fees are

8 collected and not more than $2,500,000 as Treasury Di9 rect Investor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so

10 as to result in a final fiscal year 1995 appropriation from

11 the General Fund estimated at $180,358,000.

12 PAYMENT OF GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT

13 Beginning in fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, there

14 are appropriated such sums as may be necessary to make

15 payments for the replacement of valuables, or the value

16 thereof, lost, destroyed, or damaged in the course of ship17 ments effected pursuant to section 1 of the Government

18 Losses in Shipment Act, as amended.

19 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

20 ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

21 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv22 ice, not otherwise provided for; management services, and

23 inspection; including purchase (not to exceed 125 for re24 placement only, for police-type use) and hire of passenger

25 motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au26 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
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1 mined by the Commissioner; $225,632,000, of which not

2 to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation

3 expenses.

4 PROCESSING TAX RETURNS AND ASSISTANCE

5 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv6 ice, not otherwise provided for; including processing tax

7 returns; revenue accounting; providing assistance to tax8 payers; hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.

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

10 at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner;

11 $1,616,295,000, of which $3,500,000 shall be for the Tax

12 Counseling for the Elderly Program, no amount of which

13 shall be available for IRS administrative costs.

14 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

15 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv16 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and

17 enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em18 ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and

19 enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col20 lecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income and compli21 ance research; the purchase (for police-type use, not to

22 exceed 600, of which not to exceed 450 shall be for re23 placement only), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31

24 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

25 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis26 sioner: Provided, That additional amounts above fiscal
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1 year 1994 levels for international tax enforcement shall

2 be used for the continued operation of a task force com3 prised of senior Internal Revenue Service Attorneys, ac4 countants, and economists dedicated to enforcement ac5 tivities related to United States subsidiaries of foreign6 controlled corporations that are in non-compliance with

7 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; $4,412,580,000, of

8 which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available

9 until September 30, 1997.

10 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

11 For necessary expenses for data processing and tele12 communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac13 tivities, including: tax systems modernization (modernized

14 developmental systems), modernized operational systems,

15 services and compliance, and support systems; and for the

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

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

18 as may be determined by the Commissioner:

19 $1,240,357,000 of which $185,000,000 shall remain avail20 able until September 30, 1997: Provided, That none of the

21 funds appropriated for tax systems modernization may be

22 obligated until the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue

23 Service reports to the Committees on Appropriations of

24 the House and Senate on the implementation of Tax Sys25 tems Modernization.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

2 SERVICE

3 SECTION 1. Not to exceed 4 per centum of any appro4 priation made available to the Internal Revenue Service

5 for the current fiscal year by this Act may be transferred

6 to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon

7 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on

8 Appropriations.

9 SEC. 2. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute

10 and maintain a training program to insure that Internal

11 Revenue Service employees are trained in taxpayers’

12 rights, in dealing courteously with the taxpayers, and in

13 cross-cultural relations.

14 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret

17 Service, including purchase (not to exceed three hundred

18 and forty-three vehicles for police-type use for replacement

19 only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft;

20 training and assistance requested by State and local gov21 ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;

22 services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter23 mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District

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

25 other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
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1 ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per2 form protective functions; for payment of per diem and/

3 or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective

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

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

6 or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con7 ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen8 tation of awards; and for travel of Secret Service employ9 ees on protective missions without regard to the limita10 tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act: Pro11 vided, That approval is obtained in advance from the

12 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; for re13 pairs, alterations, and minor construction at the James

14 J. Rowley Secret Service Training Center; for research

15 and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral

16 research in support of protective research and operations;

17 not to exceed $12,500 for official reception and represen18 tation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical

19 assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga20 nizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in ad21 vance for commercial accommodations as may be nec22 essary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms

23 without regard to the general purchase price limitation for

24 the current fiscal year; $476,931,000: Provided further,
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1 That of the offsetting collections credited to this account,

2 $43,000 are permanently canceled.

3 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

4 TREASURY

5 SECTION 101. Of the funds appropriated by this or

6 any other Act to the Internal Revenue Service, amounts

7 attributable to efficiency savings for fiscal year 1995 shall

8 be identified as such by the Commissioner during that fis9 cal year: Provided, That in the fiscal year when the sav10 ings are realized, the amount of efficiency savings shall

11 be non-recurred from the Internal Revenue Service budget

12 base: Provided further, That on an annual basis, the Inter13 nal Revenue Service shall report to the House and Senate

14 Appropriations Committees on the status of the program.

15 SEC. 102. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec16 retary in connection with law enforcement activities of a

17 Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law en18 forcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C.

19 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the

20 Fund on September 30, 1995, shall be made in compliance

21 with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House

22 and Senate reports accompanying this Act.

23 SEC. 103. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart24 ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow25 ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in-
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1 cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of

2 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign

3 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the

4 general purchase price limitation for vehicles purchased

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

6 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing

7 of health and medical services to employees and their de8 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author9 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

10 SEC. 104. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro11 priations in this Act for the Department of the Treasury

12 may be transferred between such appropriations. Notwith13 standing any authority to transfer funds between appro14 priations contained in this or any other Act, no transfer

15 may increase or decrease any appropriation in this Act by

16 more than 2 per centum and any such proposed transfers

17 shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appro18 priations of the House and Senate.

19 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of

20 law, beginning in fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, the Fi21 nancial Management Service (FMS) shall be reimbursed,

22 for postage incurred by FMS to make check payments on

23 their behalf, by: the Department of Veterans Affairs, for

24 the mailing of Compensation and Pension benefit pay25 ments; the Department of Health and Human Services,
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1 for the mailing of Supplemental Security Income pay2 ments; and the Office of Personnel Management, for the

3 mailing of Retirement payments. Such reimbursement

4 shall be due beginning with checks mailed on October 1,

5 1994, and such reimbursement shall occur on a monthly

6 basis.

7 SEC. 106. (a) Of the budgetary resources available

8 to the Department of the Treasury during fiscal year

9 1995, $33,437,000 are permanently canceled.

10 (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall allocate the

11 amount of budgetary resources canceled among the De12 partment’s accounts available for procurement and pro13 curement-related expenses. Amounts available for procure14 ment and procurement-related expenses in each such ac15 count shall be reduced by the amount allocated to such

16 account.

17 (c) For the purposes of this section, the definition

18 of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac19 quiring property or services, beginning with the process

20 of determining a need for a product or services and ending

21 with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41

22 U.S.C. 403(2).

23 SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated by this

24 title shall be used in connection with the collection of any

25 underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue
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1 Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees

2 of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such

3 collection complies with subsection (a) of section 805 (re4 lating to communications in connection with debt collec5 tion), and section 806 (relating to harassment or abuse),

6 of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C.

7 1692).

8 SEC. 108. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti9 tute policies and procedures which will safeguard the con10 fidentiality of taxpayer information.

11 SEC. 109. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco12 hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1995 in this

13 Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis14 tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to

15 diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105

16 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

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

18 Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

19 TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

20 PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE

21 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

22 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

23 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub24 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United

25 States Code; $92,317,000: Provided, That mail for over-
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1 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:

2 Provided further, That six-day delivery and rural delivery

3 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro4 vided further, That none of the funds made available to

5 the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement

6 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or

7 employee of any State or local child support enforcement

8 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local

9 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa10 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a

11 postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds

12 provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close

13 small rural and other small post offices in the fiscal year

14 ending on September 30, 1995.

15 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR

16 NONFUNDED LIABILITIES

17 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting

18 the liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the

19 Employees’ Compensation Fund pursuant to 39 U.S.C.

20 2004, $37,776,000.

21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro22 priations Act, 1995’’.
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1 TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI2 DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE

3 PRESIDENT

4 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

5 For compensation of the President, including an ex6 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au7 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102; $250,000: Provided, That none

8 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

9 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount

10 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of

11 title 31 of the United States Code: Provided further, That

12 none of the funds made available for official expenses shall

13 be considered as taxable to the President.

14 THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses for the White House as au17 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for

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

19 including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C.

20 105, which shall be expended and accounted for as pro21 vided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles,

22 newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel

23 (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted

24 for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); not to exceed $19,000

25 for official entertainment expenses, to be available for allo-
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1 cation within the Executive Office of the President;

2 $38,754,000.

3 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re6 furnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including

7 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at

8 the White House and official entertainment expenses of

9 the President; $7,827,000, to be expended and accounted

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

11 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

12 OPERATING EXPENSES

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; $324,000: 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 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President

25 to provide assistance to the President in connection with
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1 specially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5

2 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex3 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex4 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and

5 hire of passenger motor vehicles; $3,270,000.

6 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out

9 its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15

10 U.S.C. 1021), including not to exceed $2,500 for official

11 reception and representation expenses; $3,420,000.

12 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel15 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

16 3109, and 3 U.S.C. 107; $5,058,000.

17 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the National Security

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

21 3109; $6,648,000.

22 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra25 tion; $24,850,000, including services as authorized by 5
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1 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger

2 motor vehicles: Provided, That of the budgetary resources

3 available in fiscal year 1995 in this account, $117,000 are

4 permanently canceled: Provided further, That amounts

5 available for procurement and procurement-related ex6 penses in this account are reduced by such amount: Pro7 vided further, That as used herein, ‘‘procurement’’ in8 cludes all stages of the process of acquiring property or

9 services, beginning with the process of determining a need

10 for a product or services and ending with contract comple11 tion and closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).

12 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management

15 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,

16 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $56,272,000, of

17 which not to exceed $5,000,000, shall be available to carry

18 out the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35: Provided,

19 That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations

20 shall be applied only to the objects for which appropria21 tions were made except as otherwise provided by law: Pro22 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this

23 Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be

24 used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural market25 ing orders or any activities or regulations under the provi-
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1 sions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of

2 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none

3 of the funds made available for the Office of Management

4 and Budget by this Act may be expended for the altering

5 of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except

6 for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and

7 Budget, before the Committee on Appropriations or the

8 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs or their subcommittees:

9 Provided further, That this proviso shall not apply to

10 printed hearings released by the Committee on Appropria11 tions or the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

12 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

15 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to

16 title I of Public Law 100–690; not to exceed $8,000 for

17 official reception and representation expenses; for partici18 pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on

19 matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or

20 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim21 bursement; $9,942,000: Provided, That the Office is au22 thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both

23 real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating

24 the work of the Office.
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1 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

2 For expenses necessary to enable the President to

3 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national

4 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or

5 abroad during the current fiscal year; $1,000,000.

6 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

7 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

10 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking

11 Areas Program, $98,000,000, for drug control activities

12 consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des13 ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which

14 no less than $55,000,000 shall be transferred to State and

15 local entities for drug control activities; and of which up

16 to $43,000,000 may be transferred to Federal agencies

17 and departments at a rate to be determined by the Direc18 tor.

19 SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For activities authorized by Public Law 100–690,

22 $14,800,000, which shall be derived from deposits in the

23 Special Forfeiture Fund; of which $1,800,000 shall be

24 transferred to the Drug Enforcement Administration for

25 the El Paso Intelligence Center, of which $8,000,000, to

26 remain available until expended, shall be transferred to the
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1 Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center for

2 counternarcotics research and development projects and

3 shall be available for transfer to other Federal depart4 ments or agencies.

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap6 propriations Act, 1995’’.

7 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

8 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con11 ference of the United States, established by the Adminis12 trative Conference Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 571 et seq.),

13 including not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and

14 representation expenses, $1,800,000.

15 ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL

16 RELATIONS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

19 of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Rela20 tions Act of 1959, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4271–79);

21 $1,000,000, and additional amounts collected from the

22 sale of publications shall be credited to and used for the

23 purposes of this appropriation.
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1 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

2 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur5 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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

7 28; $1,682,000.

8 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

11 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend12 ed; $27,106,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be

13 available for reception and representation expenses.

14 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

17 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga18 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service

19 Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by

20 5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,

21 hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference

22 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;

23 $21,341,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed24 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses

25 and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law
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1 (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in

2 the Government service, and compensation as authorized

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

4 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non5 Federal participants at labor-management relations con6 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account,

7 to be available without further appropriation for the costs

8 of carrying out these conferences.

9 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

10 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

11 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

12 For additional expenses necessary to carry out the pur13 pose of the Fund established pursuant to section 210(f)

14 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act

15 of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $366,896,000,

16 to be deposited into said Fund. The revenues and collec17 tions deposited into the Fund shall be available for nec18 essary expenses of real property management and related

19 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,

20 maintenance, and protection of Federally owned and

21 leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Co22 lumbia; restoration of leased premises; moving govern23 mental agencies (including space adjustments and tele24 communications relocation expenses) in connection with

25 the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contrac-
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1 tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings,

2 and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned build3 ings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances;

4 care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation,

5 demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and

6 sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise author7 ized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings

8 and sites; conversion and extension of Federally owned

9 buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by

10 contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (in11 cluding equipment for such buildings); and payment of

12 principal, interest, taxes, and any other obligations for

13 public buildings acquired by installment purchase and

14 purchase contract, in the aggregate amount of

15 $4,979,106,000, of which (1) not to exceed $507,990,000

16 shall remain available until expended for construction of

17 additional projects at locations and at maximum construc18 tion improvement costs (including funds for sites and ex19 penses and associated design and construction services) as

20 follows:

21 New Construction:

22 Alabama:

23 Montgomery, Courthouse Annex, $40,547,000

24 Arizona:

25 Tucson, Courthouse, $12,241,000
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1 California:

2 Santa Ana, Courthouse, $25,193,000

3 Colorado:

4 Lakewood, U.S. Geological Survey Laboratory/

5 Building, $25,802,000

6 Florida:

7 Jacksonville, Courthouse, $4,600,000

8 Orlando, Courthouse Annex, $7,724,000

9 Georgia:

10 Albany, Courthouse, $6,000,000

11 Savannah, Courthouse Annex, $5,597,000

12 Kentucky:

13 Covington, Courthouse, $3,100,000

14 London, Courthouse, $1,620,000

15 Louisiana:

16 Lafayette, Courthouse, $5,363,000

17 Montana:

18 Babb, Border Station, $333,000

19 Missouri:

20 Kansas City, Federal Building-Courthouse,

21 $84,895,000

22 St. Louis, Courthouse, $176,863,000

23 North Dakota:

24 Pembina, Border Station, $11,113,000

25 Ohio:
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1 Cleveland, Courthouse, $30,048,000

2 Steubenville, Courthouse, $3,000,000

3 Pennyslvania:

4 Erie, Courts Complex, $3,335,000

5 Tennessee:

6 Greeneville, Courthouse, $3,123,000

7 Texas:

8 Austin, VA Annex, $1,430,000

9 Brownsville, Federal Building-Courthouse,

10 $6,361,000

11 Corpus Christi, Courthouse, $6,857,000

12 Laredo, Courthouse, $24,341,000

13 Virginia:

14 Charlottesville, U.S. Army Foreign Science &

15 Technology Center, $4,178,000

16 Washington:

17 Blaine, Border Station, $4,472,000

18 Oroville, Border Station, $1,483,000

19 Point Roberts, Border Station, $698,000

20 West Virginia:

21 Martinsburg, IRS Computer Center,

22 $7,547,000

23 Non-prospectus construction projects, $126,000: Pro24 vided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits of

25 costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to the
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1 extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but

2 not to exceed 10 per centum unless advanced approval is

3 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of the

4 House and Senate of a greater amount: Provided further,

5 That all funds for direct construction projects shall expire

6 on September 30, 1996, and remain in the Federal Build7 ings Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for

8 design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in

9 part prior to such date: Provided further, That claims

10 against the Government of less than $250,000 arising

11 from direct construction projects, acquisitions of buildings

12 and purchase contract projects pursuant to Public Law

13 92–313, be liquidated with prior notification to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate to the

15 extent savings are effected in other such projects; (2) not

16 to exceed $815,268,000, which shall remain available until

17 expended, for repairs and alterations which, beginning

18 with fiscal year 1995 and in subsequent fiscal years, in19 cludes associated design and construction services: Pro20 vided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund

21 for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,

22 be limited to the amount by project as follows, except each

23 project may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10

24 per centum unless advance approval is obtained from the
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1 Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate

2 of a greater amount:

3 Repairs and Alterations:

4 California:

5 Los Angeles, U.S. Courthouse, $24,910,000

6 Menlo Park, USGS Building 3, $7,631,000

7 Sacramento, Federal Building, $16,574,000

8 San Pedro, Custom House, $5,429,000

9 Colorado:

10 Denver, Federal Building and Custom House,

11 $8,896,000

12 District of Columbia:

13 Ariel Rios-Facades, $3,946,000

14 Customs/ICC/Connecting Wing Complex (phase

15 1), $9,662,000

16 National Courts, $4,588,000

17 Illinois:

18 Chicago, Federal Center, $52,982,000

19 Maryland:

20 Baltimore, George H. Fallon Federal Building

21 (phase 3), $17,179,000

22 Woodlawn, SSA East High-Low Rise Buildings,

23 $19,212,000

24 New Jersey:
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1 Trenton, Clarkson S. Fisher Courthouse,

2 $15,675,000

3 New York:

4 Holtsville, IRS Service Center, $21,313,000

5 New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building,

6 $2,891,000

7 New York, Silvio V. Mollo Federal Building,

8 $963,000

9 North Carolina:

10 Asheville, Federal Building and U.S. Court11 house, $7,052,000

12 Ohio:

13 Cleveland, Anthony J. Celebreeze Federal

14 Building, $12,192,000

15 Oklahoma:

16 Oklahoma City, Alfred P. Murrah Federal

17 Building, $5,878,000

18 Pennsylvania:

19 Harrisburg, Federal Building and U.S. Court20 house, $16,903,000

21 Philadelphia, Byrne-Green Complex,

22 $34,028,000

23 Philadelphia, R.N.C. Nix, Sr., Federal Building

24 and U.S. Courthouse (phase 3), $14,730,000

25 Rhode Island:
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1 Providence, Kennedy Plaza Federal Courthouse,

2 $8,600,000

3 Texas:

4 Lubbock, Federal Building and U.S. Court5 house, $13,517,000

6 Virginia:

7 Richmond, U.S. Courthouse and Annex,

8 $13,899,000

9 Washington:

10 Walla Walla, Corps of Engineers Building,

11 $2,827,000

12 Nationwide:

13 Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $100,135,000

14 Energy Program, $50,803,000

15 Advance Design:

16 $21,685,000

17 Minor Repairs and Alterations, $301,168,000: Pro18 vided further, That additional projects for which

19 prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded

20 under this category only if advance approval is obtained

21 from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and

22 Senate: Provided further, That the difference between the

23 funds appropriated and expended on any projects in this

24 or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter25 ations’’, may be transferred to Minor Repairs and Alter-
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1 ations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus

2 projects: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and

3 alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September

4 30, 1996, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund ex5 cept funds for projects as to which funds for design or

6 other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior

7 to such date: Provided further, That the amount provided

8 in this or any prior Act for Minor Repairs and Alterations

9 may be used to pay claims against the Government arising

10 from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter11 ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus

12 projects; (3) not to exceed $127,531,000 for installment

13 acquisition payments including payments on purchase con14 tracts which shall remain available until expended; (4) not

15 to exceed $2,204,628,000 for rental of space which shall

16 remain available until expended and (5) not to exceed

17 $1,323,689,000 for building operations which shall remain

18 available until expended of which $3,400,000 shall be

19 available for essential functional requirements for primary

20 structural, electrical, and security systems of the Bureau

21 of Census, New Computer Center: Provided further, That

22 of the funds available to the General Services Administra23 tion for the Albany, Georgia, Courthouse; Stuebenville,

24 Ohio, Courthouse; Corpus Christi, Texas, Courthouse;

25 Providence, Rhode Island, Kennedy Plaza Federal Court-
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1 house; and the Walla Walla, Washington, Corps of Engi2 neers Building, shall not be available for expenses in con3 nection with any construction, repair, alteration, and ac4 quisition project for which a prospectus, if required by the

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

6 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended

7 for each project for required expenses in connection with

8 the development of a proposed prospectus: Provided fur9 ther, That for the purposes of this authorization, buildings

10 constructed pursuant to the purchase contract authority

11 of the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C.

12 602a), buildings occupied pursuant to installment pur13 chase contracts, and buildings under the control of an14 other department or agency where alterations of such

15 buildings are required in connection with the moving of

16 such other department or agency from buildings then, or

17 thereafter to be, under the control of the General Services

18 Administration shall be considered to be federally owned

19 buildings: Provided further, That none of the funds avail20 able to the General Services Administration, except for the

21 line-item construction and repairs and alterations projects

22 in this Act shall be available for expenses in connection

23 with any construction, repair and alteration, and acquisi24 tion project for which a prospectus, if required by the Pub25 lic Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not been ap-
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1 proved, except that necessary funds may be expended for

2 each project for required expenses in connection with the

3 development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further,

4 That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may

5 be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval

6 is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of the

7 House and Senate: Provided further, That amounts nec8 essary to provide reimbursable special services to other

9 agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property

10 and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40

11 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide such reimburs12 able fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities

13 on private or other property not in Government ownership

14 or control as may be appropriate to enable the United

15 States Secret Service to perform its protective functions

16 pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, as amended, shall be avail17 able from such revenues and collections: Provided further,

18 That revenues and collections and any other sums accru19 ing to this Fund during fiscal year 1995, excluding reim20 bursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Prop21 erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.

22 490(f)(6)) in excess of $4,979,106,000 shall remain in the

23 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as

24 authorized in appropriations Acts.
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1 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

2 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

3 (RESCISSION)

4 Of the funds made available under this heading for

5 new construction in Public Law 103–123, the Independent

6 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994, $4,900,000 are re7 scinded for the following projects in the following

8 amounts:

9 Iowa:

10 Burlington, Federal Parking Facility,

11 $2,400,000

12 Indiana:

13 Hammond, U.S. Courthouse, $2,500,000.

14 Of the funds made available under this heading for

15 new construction in Public Law 102–393, the Independent

16 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993, $24,295,000 are re17 scinded for the following projects in the following

18 amounts:

19 District of Columbia:

20 United States Secret Service, Headquarters,

21 $13,958,000

22 White House Remote Delivery and Vehicle

23 Maintenance Facilities, $4,918,000

24 Federal Bureau of Investigation, Field Office,

25 $4,419,000

26 Florida:
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1 Hollywood, Federal Building, $1,000,000.

2 Of the funds made available under this heading for

3 new construction in Public Law 101–509, the Independent

4 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, $30,100,000 are re5 scinded for the following project in the following amount:

6 Maryland:

7 Prince George’s County, Internal Revenue Serv8 ice, Headquarters, $30,100,000.

9 Of the funds made available under this heading for

10 new construction in Public Law 100–440, the Independent

11 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989, $4,400,000 is re12 scinded for the following project in the following amount:

13 Florida:

14 Lakeland, Federal Building, $4,400,000.

15 Of the funds made available under this heading for

16 repairs and alterations in Public Law 103–123, the Inde17 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994, $4,715,000

18 are rescinded for the following projects in the following

19 amounts:

20 Arizona:

21 Lukeville, Commercial Lot Expansion,

22 $1,219,000

23 San Luis, Primary lane expansion and adminis24 trative office space, $3,496,000.
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1 Of the funds made available under this heading for

2 repairs and alterations in Public Law 101–509, the Inde3 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, $7,707,000

4 are rescinded for the following projects in the following

5 amounts:

6 New Mexico:

7 Santa Teresa, New Border Station, $6,000,000

8 Texas:

9 Del Rio, Border Station, $1,707,000.

10 Of the funds made available under this heading for

11 repairs and alterations in Public Law 101–136, the Inde12 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990, $2,088,000

13 are rescinded for the following project in the following

14 amount:

15 New Mexico:

16 Santa Teresa, New Border Station, $2,088,000.

17 OPERATING EXPENSES

18 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro19 vided for, necessary for asset management activities; utili20 zation of excess and disposal of surplus personal property;

21 transportation management activities; procurement and

22 supply management activities; Government-wide and in23 ternal responsibilities relating to automated data manage24 ment, telecommunications, information resources manage25 ment, and related activities; the Information Security

26 Oversight Office established pursuant to Executive Order
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1 No. 12356; the utilization survey, deed compliance inspec2 tion, appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, and

3 land use planning functions pertaining to excess and sur4 plus real property; agency-wide policy direction; Board of

5 Contract Appeals; accounting, records management, and

6 other support services incident to adjudication of Indian

7 Tribal Claims by the United States Court of Federal

8 Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not

9 to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation

10 expenses; $123,020,000: Provided, That of the offsetting

11 collections credited to this account, $172,000 are perma12 nently canceled.

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

16 $33,090,000: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall

17 be available for payment for information and detection of

18 fraud against the Government, including payment for re19 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,

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

21 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens

22 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en23 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
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1 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

2 PRESIDENTS

3 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August

4 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public

5 Law 95–138; $2,215,000: Provided, That the Adminis6 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary

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

8 out the provisions of such Acts.

9 EXPENSES OF TRANSPORTATION AUDIT CONTRACTS AND

10 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

11 Amounts otherwise available for obligation in fiscal

12 year 1995 are reduced by $30,000.

13 GENERAL SUPPLY FUND

14 Of the offsetting collections credited to this account,

15 $1,009,000 are permanently canceled.

16 INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SERVICE

17 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

18 Of the offsetting collections credited to this account,

19 $609,000 are permanently canceled.

20 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

21 Amounts received for administrative support services

22 provided under this head shall be credited to and merged

23 with the Fund, to remain available until expended, for op24 erating costs and capital outlays of the Fund and for the

25 necessary expenses of administrative support services in26 cluding accounting, budget, personnel, legal support and
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1 other related services; and the maintenance and operation

2 of printing and reproduction facilities in support of the

3 functions of the General Services Administration, other

4 Federal agencies, and other entities; and other such ad5 ministrative and management services that the Adminis6 trator of GSA deems appropriate and advantageous (sub7 ject to prior notice to the Office of Management and

8 Budget): Provided, That entities for which such services

9 are performed shall be charged at rates which will return

10 in full the cost of operations.

11 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL

12 PROVISIONS

13 SECTION 1. The appropriate appropriation or fund

14 available to the General Services Administration shall be

15 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte16 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part

17 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu18 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).

19 SEC. 2. Funds available to the General Services Ad20 ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger

21 motor vehicles.

22 SEC. 3. Not to exceed 2 per centum of funds made

23 available in appropriations for operating expenses and sal24 aries and expenses, during the current fiscal year, may

25 be transferred between such appropriations for mandatory
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1 program requirements. Any proposed transfers shall be

2 approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations

3 of the House and Senate.

4 SEC. 4. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made

5 available for fiscal year 1995 for Federal Buildings Fund

6 activities may be transferred between such activities only

7 to the extent necessary to meet program requirements.

8 Any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by

9 the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen10 ate.

11 SEC. 5. (a) Of the budgetary resources available to

12 the General Services Administration during fiscal year

13 1995, $8,959,000 are permanently canceled.

14 (b) The Administrator of the General Services Ad15 ministration shall allocate the amount of budgetary re16 sources canceled among the agency’s accounts available

17 for procurement and procurement-related expenses.

18 Amounts available for procurement and procurement-re19 lated expenses in each such account shall be reduced by

20 the amount allocated to such account.

21 (c) For the purposes of this section, the definition

22 of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac23 quiring property or services, beginning with the process

24 of determining a need for a product or services and ending
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1 with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41

2 U.S.C. 403(2).

3 SEC. 6. Rent rates charged by the General Services

4 Administration for fiscal year 1995 shall reflect the reduc5 tions contained in the President’s budget amendment

6 dated March 16, 1994, Estimate No. 9, 103rd Congress,

7 2nd Session.

8 SEC. 7. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

9 may be obligated or expended in any way for the purpose

10 of the sale, excessing, surplusing, or disposal of lands in

11 the vicinity of Norfolk Lake, Arkansas, administered by

12 the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, without

13 the specific approval of the Congress.

14 SEC. 8. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

15 may be obligated or expended in any way for the purpose

16 of the sale, excessing, surplusing, or disposal of lands in

17 the vicinity of Bull Shoals Lake, Arkansas, administered

18 by the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, with19 out the specific approval of the Congress.

20 SEC. 9. No funds made available by this Act shall

21 be used to transmit a fiscal year 1996 request for United

22 States Courthouse construction that does not meet the

23 standards for construction as established by the General

24 Services Administration and the Office of Management

25 and Budget.
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1 SEC. 10. The Administrator of the General Services

2 Administration is directed to obligate the funds appro3 priated in Public Law 103–123 for the purposes stated

4 in section 804 of that Act.

5 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

9 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza10 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re11 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

13 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi14 cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,

15 $24,549,000, together with not to exceed $2,420,000 for

16 administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals

17 to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and

18 Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys19 tems Protection Board.

20 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

21 OPERATING EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses in connection with National

23 Archives and Records Administration and related activi24 ties, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for

25 the review and declassification of documents, and for the

26 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $194,638,000: Provided,
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1 That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to

2 use any excess funds available from the amount borrowed

3 for construction of the National Archives facility, for ex4 penses necessary to move into the facility: Provided fur5 ther, That of the budgetary resources available in fiscal

6 year 1995 in this account, $325,000 are permanently can7 celed: Provided further, That amounts available for pro8 curement and procurement-related expenses in this ac9 count are reduced by such amount: Provided further, That

10 as used herein, ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the

11 process of acquiring property or services, beginning with

12 the process of determining a need for a product or services

13 and ending with contract completion and closeout, as spec14 ified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2): Provided further, That of the

15 offsetting collections credited to this account, $441,000

16 are permanently canceled.

17 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

18 COMMISSION

19 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for

20 historical publications and records as authorized by 44

21 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $7,000,000 to remain available

22 until expended: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be a

23 grant to the Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Library.

24 NATIONAL ARCHIVES TRUST FUND

25 Amounts otherwise available for obligation in fiscal year

26 1995 are reduced by $16,000.
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1 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

4 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in

5 Government Act of 1978, as amended by Public Law 100–

6 598, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–

7 194, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

8 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and

9 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex10 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex11 penses; $8,104,000.

12 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

16 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza17 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re18 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

19 U.S.C. 3109, medical examinations performed for veterans

20 by private physicians on a fee basis, rental of conference

21 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of

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

23 reception and representation expenses, and advances for

24 reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of Per25 sonnel Management and the Federal Bureau of Investiga26 tion for expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422
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1 of January 9, 1953, as amended; $115,139,000, and in

2 addition $93,934,000 for administrative expenses, to be

3 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office

4 of Personnel Management without regard to other stat5 utes, including direct procurement of health benefits print6 ing, for the retirement and insurance programs, of which

7 $10,956,000 shall be transferred at such times as the Of8 fice of Personnel Management deems appropriate, and

9 shall remain available until expended for the costs of auto10 mating the retirement recordkeeping systems, together

11 with remaining amounts authorized in previous Acts for

12 the recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the provisions

13 of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use

14 applicable trust funds as provided by section

15 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code: Provided

16 further, That, except as may be consistent with 5 U.S.C.

17 8902a(f)(1) and (i), no payment may be made from the

18 Employees Health Benefits Fund to any physician, hos19 pital, or other provider of health care services or supplies

20 who is, at the time such services or supplies are provided

21 to an individual covered under chapter 89 of title 5, Unit22 ed States Code, excluded, pursuant to section 1128 or

23 1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7–

24 1320a–7a), from participation in any program under title

25 XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.):
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1 Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall

2 be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Exam3 ining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management estab4 lished pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943,

5 or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further,

6 That the President’s Commission on White House Fel7 lows, established by Executive Order 11183 of October 3,

8 1964, may, during the fiscal year ending September 30,

9 1995, accept donations of money, property, and personal

10 services in connection with the development of a publicity

11 brochure to provide information about the White House

12 Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted

13 for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the

14 salaries of employees of such Commission.

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

20 General Act, as amended, including services as authorized

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

22 $4,009,000, and in addition, not to exceed $6,156,000 for

23 administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel

24 Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be

25 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office
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1 of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector

2 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author3 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia

4 and elsewhere.

5 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

6 HEALTH BENEFITS

7 For payment of Government contributions with re8 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89

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

10 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend11 ed, $4,210,560,000 to remain available until expended.

12 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

13 LIFE INSURANCE

14 For payment of Government contributions with re15 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as

16 required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code,

17 $19,159,000, to remain available until expended.

18 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

19 DISABILITY FUND

20 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in21 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc22 tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an23 nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv24 ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may

25 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the

26 Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August
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1 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–75), may hereafter

2 be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability

3 Fund.

4 REVOLVING FUND

5 Of the offsetting collections credited to this account,

6 $649,000 are permanently canceled.

7 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS

9 SECTION 1. (a) Of the budgetary resources available

10 to the Office of Personnel Management during fiscal year

11 1995, $1,256,000 are permanently canceled.

12 (b) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage13 ment shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources

14 canceled among the agency’s accounts available for pro15 curement and procurement-related expenses. Amounts

16 available for procurement and procurement-related ex17 penses in each such account shall be reduced by the

18 amount allocated to such account.

19 (c) For the purposes of this section, the definition

20 of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac21 quiring property or services, beginning with the process

22 of determining a need for a product or services and ending

23 with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41

24 U.S.C. 403(2).
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1 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

4 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan

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

6 1978 (Public Law 95–454), and the Whistleblower Protec7 tion Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), including services

8 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and ex9 penses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the

10 District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger

11 motor vehicles; $7,955,000.

12 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting

15 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;

16 $33,650,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges

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

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

19 Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

20 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

21 THIS ACT

22 SECTION 501. No part of any appropriation made

23 available in this Act shall be used for the purchase or sale

24 of real estate or for the purpose of establishing new offices

25 inside or outside the District of Columbia: Provided, That
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1 this limitation shall not apply to programs which have

2 been approved by the Congress and appropriations made

3 therefor.

4 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in

5 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

6 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

7 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation

8 under this Act for any consulting service through procure9 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

10 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

11 of public record and available for public inspection, except

12 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex13 isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.

14 SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation contained in

15 this Act shall be available for the procurement of, or for

16 the payment of, the salary of any person engaged in the

17 procurement of any hand or measuring tool(s) not pro18 duced in the United States or its possessions except to

19 the extent that the Administrator of General Services or

20 his designee shall determine that a satisfactory quality and

21 sufficient quantity of hand or measuring tools produced

22 in the United States or its possessions cannot be procured

23 as and when needed from sources in the United States

24 and its possessions, or except in accordance with proce25 dures prescribed by section 6–104.4(b) of Armed Services
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1 Procurement Regulation dated January 1, 1969, as such

2 regulation existed on June 15, 1970: Provided, That a fac3 tor of 75 per centum in lieu of 50 per centum shall be

4 used for evaluating foreign source end products against

5 a domestic source end product. This section shall be appli6 cable to all solicitations for bids opened after its enact7 ment.

8 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available to the

9 General Services Administration pursuant to section

10 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv11 ices Act of 1949 shall be obligated or expended after the

12 date of enactment of this Act for the procurement by con13 tract of any guard, elevator operator, messenger or custo14 dial services if any permanent veterans preference em15 ployee of the General Services Administration at said date,

16 would be terminated as a result of the procurement of

17 such services, except that such funds may be obligated or

18 expended for the procurement by contract of the covered

19 services with sheltered workshops employing the severely

20 handicapped under Public Law 92–28. Only if such work21 shops decline to contract for the provision of the covered

22 services may the General Services Administration procure

23 the services by competitive contract, for a period not to

24 exceed 5 years. At such time as such competitive contract

25 expires or is terminated for any reason, the General Serv-
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1 ices Administration shall again offer to contract for the

2 services from a sheltered workshop prior to offering such

3 services for competitive procurement.

4 SEC. 506. None of the funds made available by this

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

6 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac7 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would

8 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol9 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of

10 the Tariff Act of 1930.

11 SEC. 507. None of the funds made available by this

12 Act shall be available for the purpose of transferring con13 trol over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

14 located at Glynco, Georgia, Tucson, Arizona, and Artesia,

15 New Mexico, out of the Treasury Department.

16 SEC. 508. No part of any appropriation contained in

17 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes

18 within the United States not heretofore authorized by the

19 Congress.

20 SEC. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in

21 this Act shall be available for the payment of the salary

22 of any officer or employee of the United States Postal

23 Service, who—

24 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat25 ens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee
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1 of the United States Postal Service from having any

2 direct oral or written communication or contact with

3 any Member or committee of Congress in connection

4 with any matter pertaining to the employment of

5 such officer or employee or pertaining to the United

6 States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of

7 whether such communication or contact is at the ini8 tiative of such officer or employee or in response to

9 the request or inquiry of such Member or committee;

10 or

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

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

13 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion

14 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis15 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti16 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em17 ployment of, any officer or employee of the United

18 States Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to

19 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to

20 such officer or employee, by reason of any commu21 nication or contact of such officer or employee with

22 any Member or committee of Congress as described

23 in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

24 SEC. 510. Funds under this Act shall be available as

25 authorized by sections 4501–4506 of title 5, United States
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1 Code, when the achievement involved is certified, or when

2 an award for such achievement is otherwise payable, in

3 accordance with such sections. Such funds may not be

4 used for any purpose with respect to which the preceding

5 sentence relates beyond fiscal year 1995.

6 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available to the Department of the Treasury

8 by this or any other Act shall be obligated or expended

9 to contract out positions in, or downgrade the position

10 classifications of, members of the United States Mint Po11 lice Force and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Po12 lice Force, or for studying the feasibility of contracting

13 out such positions.

14 SEC. 512. The Office of Personnel Management may,

15 during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, accept

16 donations of supplies, services, land and equipment for the

17 Federal Executive Institute, the Federal Quality Institute,

18 and Management Development Centers to assist in en19 hancing the quality of Federal management.

20 SEC. 513. No part of any appropriation contained in

21 this Act shall be available for the procurement of, or for

22 the payment of, the salary of any person engaged in the

23 procurement of stainless steel flatware not produced in the

24 United States or its possessions, except to the extent that

25 the Administrator of General Services or his designee shall
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1 determine that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quan2 tity of stainless steel flatware produced in the United

3 States or its possessions, cannot be procured as and when

4 needed from sources in the United States or its posses5 sions or except in accordance with procedures provided by

6 section 6–104.4(b) of Armed Services Procurement Regu7 lations, dated January 1, 1969. This section shall be appli8 cable to all solicitations for bids issued after its enactment.

9 SEC. 514. The United States Secret Service may,

10 during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, accept

11 donations of money to off-set costs incurred while protect12 ing former Presidents and spouses of former Presidents

13 when the former President or spouse travels for the pur14 pose of making an appearance or speech for a payment

15 of money or any thing of value.

16 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this

17 Act for ‘‘Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presi18 dents’’ may be used for partisan political activities.

19 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available by this

20 Act may be used to withdraw the designation of the Vir21 ginia Inland Port at Front Royal, Virginia, as a United

22 States Customs Service port of entry.

23 SEC. 517. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

24 year 1995 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

25 be absorbed within the levels appropriated by this Act.
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1 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to the

2 Postal Service by this Act shall be used to transfer mail

3 processing capabilities from the Las Cruces, New Mexico

4 postal facility, and that every effort will be made by the

5 Postal Service to recognize the rapid rate of population

6 growth in Las Cruces and to automate the Las Cruces,

7 New Mexico postal facility in order that mail processing

8 can be expedited and handled in Las Cruces.

9 SEC. 519. None of the funds in this Act may be used

10 to reduce the rank or rate of pay of a career appointee

11 in the SES upon reassignment or transfer.

12 SEC. 520. No part of any appropriation contained in

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

14 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for15 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed

16 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com17 pleted his period of active military or naval service and

18 has within ninety days after his release from such service

19 or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a

20 period of not more than one year made application for res21 toration to his former position and has been certified by

22 the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to

23 perform the duties of his former position and has not been

24 restored thereto.
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1 SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

2 Act may, with respect to an individual employed by the

3 Bureau of the Public Debt in the Washington Metropoli4 tan Region on April 10, 1991, be used to separate, reduce

5 the grade or pay of, or carry out any other adverse person6 nel action against such individual for declining to accept

7 a directed reassignment to a position outside such region,

8 pursuant to a transfer of any such Bureau’s operations

9 or functions to Parkersburg, West Virginia.

10 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any

11 individual who, on or after the date of enactment of this

12 Act, declines an offer of another position in the Depart13 ment of the Treasury which is of at least equal pay and

14 which is within the Washington Metropolitan Region.

15 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this

16 Act may be used to provide any non-public information

17 such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any

18 organization outside of the Federal Government without

19 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap20 propriations.

21 SEC. 523. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

22 ACT.—No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may

23 be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in

24 expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec-
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1 tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1993 (41 U.S.C.

2 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

3 SEC. 524. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE4 GARDING NOTICE.—(a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

5 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip6 ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased

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

8 sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist9 ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only

10 American-made equipment and products.

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

12 providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec13 retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of

14 the assistance a notice describing the statement made in

15 subsection (a) by the Congress.

16 SEC. 525. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.—If it has

17 been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that

18 any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made

19 in America’’ inscription, or any inscription with the same

20 meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United

21 States that is not made in the United States, such person

22 shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract

23 made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant

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

2 of Federal Regulations.

3 SEC. 526. No funds appropriated by this Act may be

4 used to relocate any Federal agency, bureau, office or

5 other entity funded in this Act if the sole reason for the

6 relocation is that locality pay was increased.

7 SEC. 527. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chap8 ter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United

9 States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the

10 following new heading:

‘‘ 99xx.xx.xx Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn (provided for

in subheading 5407.42.00), certified at the time of

entry by the importer to be intended for use in the

manufacture of hot air balloons (of the type provided

for in subheading 8801.90.00) ..................................... ’’.

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

12 this section shall apply with respect to goods entered, or

13 withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after

14 the fifteenth (15th) day after the date of enactment of

15 this Act.

16 SEC. 528. Except as otherwise specifically provided

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

18 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 1995 from

19 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses

20 for fiscal year 1995 in this Act, shall remain available

21 through September 30, 1996 for each such account for

22 the purposes authorized: Provided, That notice of the

23 amounts available pursuant to this section shall be given
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1 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:

2 Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds

3 so carried over may be used to pay cash awards to employ4 ees, as authorized by law, and not to exceed 3 percent

5 of the funds so carried over may be used for employee

6 training programs.

7 TITLE VI—GOVERNMENTWIDE GENERAL

8 PROVISIONS

9 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

10 SECTION 601. Funds appropriated in this or any

11 other Act may be used to pay travel to the United States

12 for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in

13 cases of death or life threatening illness of said employee.

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

15 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

16 this or any other Act for fiscal year 1995 shall obligate

17 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen18 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to

19 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en20 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal

21 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances

22 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi23 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru24 mentality.
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1 SEC. 603. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1345, any

2 agency, department or instrumentality of the United

3 States which provides or proposes to provide child care

4 services for Federal employees may reimburse any Federal

5 employee or any person employed to provide such services

6 for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses in7 curred for training classes, conferences or other meetings

8 in connection with the provision of such services: Provided,

9 That any per diem allowance made pursuant to this sec10 tion shall not exceed the rate specified in regulations pre11 scribed pursuant to section 5707 of title 5, United States

12 Code.

13 SEC. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

14 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year

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

16 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor

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

18 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at

19 $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum

20 shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex21 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,

22 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi23 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec24 tion may not be exceeded by more than five percent for

25 electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration
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1 under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle

2 Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:

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

4 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter5 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law

6 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled

7 vehicles.

8 SEC. 605. Appropriations of the executive depart9 ments and independent establishments for the current fis10 cal year available for expenses of travel or for the expenses

11 of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for

12 quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in ac13 cordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–24.

14 SEC. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the cur15 rent fiscal year no part of any appropriation contained in

16 this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa17 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the

18 United States (including any agency the majority of the

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

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

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

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

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

24 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be25 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and
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1 is actually residing in the United States, (3) is a person

2 who owes allegiance to the United States, (4) is an alien

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

4 former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad5 mitted to the United States for permanent residence, or

6 (5) South Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian refugees

7 paroled in the United States after January 1, 1975, or

8 (6) nationals of the People’s Republic of China that qual9 ify for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu10 dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur11 pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person

12 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require13 ments of this section with respect to his or her status have

14 been complied with: Provided further, That any person

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

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

17 imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided

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

19 to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex20 isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to

21 any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this

22 section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov23 ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire24 land, Israel, the Republic of the Philippines or to nationals

25 of those countries allied with the United States in the cur-
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1 rent defense effort, or to international broadcasters em2 ployed by the United States Information Agency, or to

3 temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em4 ployment in the field service (not to exceed sixty days) as

5 a result of emergencies.

6 SEC. 607. Appropriations available to any depart7 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec8 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex9 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General

10 Services Administration for charges for space and services

11 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build12 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements

13 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of

14 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments

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

16 SEC. 608. In addition to funds provided in this or

17 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re18 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials

19 recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.

20 Such funds shall be available until expended for the follow21 ing purposes:

22 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention

23 and recycling programs as described in Executive

24 Order 12873 (October 20, 1993), including any such
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1 programs adopted prior to the effective date of the

2 Executive Order.

3 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man4 agement programs, including but not limited to, the

5 development and implementation of hazardous waste

6 management and pollution prevention programs.

7 The Administrator of General Services or his des8 ignee is authorized to transfer funds received into the Fed9 eral Buildings Fund pursuant to section 11 of GSA—Gen10 eral Provisions, Public Law 102–141, October 28, 1991,

11 105 Stat. 856, 40 U.S.C., sec. 490(f) (7) and (8), or sec.

12 490g, prior to the effective date of this legislation, to other

13 Federal agencies for use by those agencies for the pur14 poses set forth in those statutes. Such funds shall be avail15 able until expended and shall be in addition to any

16 amounts appropriated for such purposes.

17 SEC. 609. Funds made available by this or any other

18 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year

19 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of

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

21 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,

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

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

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

25 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the
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1 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in

2 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex3 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other

4 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be

5 correspondingly reduced.

6 SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation for the cur7 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall

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

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

10 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

11 SEC. 611. Any department or agency to which the

12 Administrator of General Services has delegated the au13 thority to operate, maintain or repair any building or facil14 ity pursuant to section 205(d) of the Federal Property and

15 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, shall

16 retain that portion of the GSA rental payment available

17 for operation, maintenance or repair of the building or fa18 cility, as determined by the Administrator, and expend

19 such funds directly for the operation, maintenance or re20 pair of the building or facility. Any funds retained under

21 this section shall remain available until expended for such

22 purposes.

23 SEC. 612. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of

24 July 15, 1952 (66 Stat. 662), foreign credits (including

25 currencies) owed to or owned by the United States may
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1 be used by Federal agencies for any purpose for which

2 appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (in3 cluding the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing

4 the use of such credits), only when reimbursement therefor

5 is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations

6 of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits re7 ceived as exchanged allowances or proceeds of sales of per8 sonal property may be used in whole or part payment for

9 acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the man10 ner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the

11 Treasury.

12 SEC. 613. No part of any appropriation contained in

13 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

14 financing of boards, commissions, councils, committees, or

15 similar groups (whether or not they are interagency enti16 ties) which do not have a prior and specific statutory ap17 proval to receive financial support from more than one

18 agency or instrumentality.

19 SEC. 614. Funds made available by this or any other

20 Act to the ‘‘Postal Service Fund’’ (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall

21 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and

22 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under

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

24 guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow25 ers of special policemen provided by the first section of
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1 the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40

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

3 the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the

4 same actions as the Administrator of General Services

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

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

7 318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under

8 the authority and within the limits provided in section 4

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

10 40 U.S.C. 318c).

11 SEC. 615. None of the funds made available pursuant

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

13 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis14 approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly

15 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the

16 United States.

17 SEC. 616. No part of any appropriation contained in,

18 or funds made available by, this or any other Act, shall

19 be available for any agency to pay to the Administrator

20 of the General Services Administration a higher rate per

21 square foot for rental of space and services (established

22 pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property and

23 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended) than

24 the rate per square foot established for the space and serv-
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1 ices by the General Services Administration for the fiscal

2 year for which appropriations were granted.

3 SEC. 617. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

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

5 no part of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal

6 year ending on September 30, 1995, by this or any other

7 Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee de8 scribed in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States

9 Code—

10 (1) during the period from the date of expira11 tion of the limitation imposed by section 615 of the

12 Treasury, Postal Service and General Government

13 Appropriations Act, 1994, until the normal effective

14 date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that

15 is to take effect in fiscal year 1995, in an amount

16 that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable

17 grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in

18 accordance with such section 615; and

19 (2) during the period consisting of the remain20 der of fiscal year 1995, in an amount that exceeds,

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

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

23 of—

24 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef25 fect in fiscal year 1995 under section 5303 of
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1 title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay

2 under the General Schedule; and

3 (B) the difference between the overall aver4 age percentage of the locality-based comparabil5 ity payments taking effect in fiscal year 1995

6 under section 5304 of such title (whether by

7 adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver8 age percentage of such payments which was ef9 fective in fiscal year 1994 under such section.

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

11 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or

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

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

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

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

16 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli17 cable to such employee.

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

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

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

21 1994, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by

22 the Office of Personnel Management.

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

24 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may

25 not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30,
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1 1994, except to the extent determined by the Office of

2 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose

3 of this section.

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

5 service performed after September 30, 1994.

6 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision

7 of law (including section 8431 of title 5, United States

8 Code, and any rule or regulation that provides premium

9 pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee ben10 efit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that

11 imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a

12 rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay

13 payable after the application of this section shall be treat14 ed as the rate of salary or basic pay.

15 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per16 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by

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

18 payable were this section not in effect.

19 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide

20 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section

21 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary

22 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ23 ees.

24 SEC. 618. During the period in which the head of

25 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian
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1 employee of the Government appointed by the President

2 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli3 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re4 decorate the office of such department head, agency head,

5 officer or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im6 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of

7 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by

8 the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen9 ate. For the purposes of this section the word ‘‘office’’

10 shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi11 vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the

12 individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the

13 individual.

14 SEC. 619. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sec15 tions 112 and 113 of title 3, United States Code, each

16 Executive agency detailing any personnel shall submit a

17 report on an annual basis in each fiscal year to the Senate

18 and House Committees on Appropriations on all employ19 ees or members of the armed services detailed to Executive

20 agencies, listing the grade, position, and offices of each

21 person detailed and the agency to which each such person

22 is detailed.

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

24 Federal employees or members of the armed services

25 detailed to or from—
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1 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

2 (2) the National Security Agency;

3 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

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

6 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

7 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

8 the Department of State;

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

10 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu11 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad12 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De13 partment of the Treasury, the Department of Trans14 portation, and the Department of Energy perform15 ing intelligence functions; and

16 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

17 (c) The exemptions in part (b) of this section are not

18 intended to apply to information on the use of personnel

19 detailed to or from the intelligence agencies which is cur20 rently being supplied to the Senate and House Intelligence

21 and Appropriations Committees by the executive branch

22 through budget justification materials and other reports.

23 (d) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Exec24 utive agency’’ has the same meaning as defined under sec25 tion 105 of title 5, United States Code (except that the
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1 provisions of section 104(2) of title 5, United States Code,

2 shall not apply), and includes the White House Office, the

3 Executive Residence, and any office, council, or organiza4 tional unit of the Executive Office of the President.

5 SEC. 620. No funds appropriated in this or any other

6 Act for fiscal year 1995 may be used to implement or en7 force the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355

8 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form

9 or agreement if such policy, form or agreement does not

10 contain the following provisions:

11 ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do not su12 persede conflict with or otherwise alter the employee obli13 gations, rights or liabilities created by Executive Order

14 12356; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (gov15 erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10,

16 United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle17 blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress

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

19 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower

20 Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste,

21 fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intel22 ligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421

23 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confiden24 tial Government agents), and the statutes which protect

25 against disclosure that may compromise the national secu-
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1 rity, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of

2 title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Sub3 versive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. section 783(b)).

4 The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc5 tions and liabilities created by said Executive Order and

6 listed statutes are incorporated into this Agreement and

7 are controlling.’’

8 SEC. 621. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

10 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con11 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose

12 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without

13 the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees

14 on Appropriations.

15 SEC. 622. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

16 or any other Act may be expended by any Federal agency

17 to procure any product or service that is subject to the

18 provisions of Public Law 89–306 and that will be available

19 under the procurement by the Administrator of General

20 Services known as ‘‘FTS2000’’ unless—

21 (1) such product or service is procured by the

22 Administrator of General Services as part of the

23 procurement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; or

24 (2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of

25 the Administrator of General Services that—
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1 (A) the agency’s requirements for such

2 procurement are unique and cannot be satisfied

3 by property and service procured by the Admin4 istrator of General Services as part of the pro5 curement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; and

6 (B) the agency procurement, pursuant to

7 such delegation, would be cost-effective and

8 would not adversely affect the cost-effectiveness

9 of the FTS2000 procurement.

10 (b) After July 31, 1995, subsection (a) shall apply

11 only if the Administrator of General Services has reported

12 that the FTS2000 procurement is producing prices that

13 allow the Government to satisfy its requirements for such

14 procurement in the most cost-effective manner.

15 SEC. 623. (a) No amount of any grant made by a

16 Federal agency shall be used to finance the acquisition of

17 goods or services (including construction services) unless

18 the recipient of the grant agrees, as a condition for the

19 receipt of such grant, to—

20 (1) specify in any announcement of the award21 ing of the contract for the procurement of the goods

22 and services involved (including construction serv23 ices) the amount of Federal funds that will be used

24 to finance the acquisition; and
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1 (2) express the amount announced pursuant to

2 paragraph (1) as a percentage of the total costs of

3 the planned acquisition.

4 (b) The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply

5 to a procurement for goods or services (including construc6 tion services) that has an aggregate value of less than

7 $500,000.

8 SEC. 624. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,

9 United States Code, funds made available for fiscal year

10 1995 by this or any other Act shall be available for the

11 interagency funding of national security and emergency

12 preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit

13 multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as

14 provided by Executive Order Numbered 12472 (April 3,

15 1984).

16 SEC. 625. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or

17 any other Act, during fiscal year ending September 30,

18 1995, any department, division, bureau, or office may use

19 funds appropriated by this or any other Act to install tele20 phone lines, and necessary equipment, and to pay monthly

21 charges, in any private residence or private apartment of

22 an employee who has been authorized to work at home

23 in accordance with guidelines issued by the Office of Per24 sonnel Management: Provided, That the head of the de25 partment, division, bureau, or office certifies that ade-
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1 quate safeguards against private misuse exist, and that

2 the service is necessary for direct support of the agency’s

3 mission.

4 SEC. 626. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

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

6 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for

7 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a

8 position of a confidential or policy-determining character

9 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section

10 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification

11 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of

12 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality

13 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C

14 position was not created solely or primarily in order to

15 detail the employee to the White House.

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

17 Federal employees or members of the armed services de18 tailed to or from—

19 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

20 (2) the National Security Agency;

21 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

22 (4) the offices within the Department of De23 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign

24 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 perform9 ing intelligence functions; and

10 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

11 SEC. 627. None of the funds appropriated by this or

12 any other Act may be used to relocate the Department

13 of Justice Immigration Judges from offices located in

14 Phoenix, Arizona to new quarters in Florence, Arizona

15 without the prior approval of the House and Senate Com16 mittees on Appropriations.

17 SEC. 628. No department, agency, or instrumentality

18 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

19 this or any other Act for fiscal year 1995 shall obligate

20 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agency

21 or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to ad22 minister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure

23 that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and

24 sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are not

25 in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
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1 as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

2 of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

3 SEC. 629. (a) Beginning in fiscal year 1995 and

4 thereafter, for each Federal agency, except the Depart5 ment of Defense, an amount equal to 50 percent of—

6 (1) the amount of each utility rebate received

7 by the agency for energy efficiency and water con8 servation measures, which the agency has imple9 mented; and

10 (2) the amount of the agency’s share of the

11 measured energy savings resulting from energy sav12 ings performance contracts

13 may be retained and credited to accounts that fund energy

14 and water conservation activities at the agency’s facilities,

15 and shall remain available until expended for additional

16 specific energy efficiency or water conservation projects or

17 activities, including improvements and retrofits, facility

18 surveys, additional or improved utility metering, and em19 ployee training and awareness programs, as authorized by

20 section 152(f) of the Energy Policy Act (Public Law 102–

21 486).

22 (b) The remaining 50 percent of each rebate, and the

23 amount of the agency’s share of savings from energy sav24 ings performance contracts shall be transferred to the
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1 General Fund of the Treasury at the end of the fiscal year

2 in which received.

3 SEC. 630. (a)(1) Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title

4 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end

5 the following:

6 ‘‘§ 6327. Absence in connection with serving as a

7 bone-marrow or organ donor

8 ‘‘(a) An employee in or under an Executive agency

9 is entitled to leave without loss of or reduction in pay,

10 leave to which otherwise entitled, credit for time or service,

11 or performance or efficiency rating, for the time necessary

12 to permit such employee to serve as a bone-marrow or

13 organ donor.

14 ‘‘(b) Not to exceed 7 days of leave may be used under

15 this section by an employee in a calendar year.

16 ‘‘(c) The Office of Personnel Management may pre17 scribe regulations for the administration of this section.’’.

18 (2)(A) Section 6129 of title 5, United States Code,

19 is amended by inserting ‘‘6327,’’ after ‘‘6326,’’.

20 (B) The table of sections for chapter 63 of title 5,

21 United States Code, is amended by adding after the item

22 relating to section 6326 the following:

‘‘6327. Absence in connection with serving as a bone-marrow or organ donor.’’.

23 (b)(1) Section 6307 of title 5, United States Code,

24 is amended—
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1 (A) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub2 section (d);

3 (B) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow4 ing:

5 ‘‘(c) Sick leave provided by this section may be used

6 for purposes relating to the adoption of a child.’’; and

7 (C) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated by

8 subparagraph (A)) by inserting ‘‘or for purposes re9 lating to the adoption of a child,’’ after ‘‘ailment,’’.

10 (2) Section 6129 of title 5, United States Code, is

11 amended by striking ‘‘6307 (a) and (c),’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘6307 (a) and (d),’’.

13 (3)(A) The Office of Personnel Management shall

14 prescribe regulations under which any employee who used

15 or uses annual leave for an adoption-related purpose, after

16 September 30, 1991, and before the date as of which sick

17 leave first becomes available for such purpose as a result

18 of the enactment of this subsection may, upon appropriate

19 written application, elect to have such employee’s leave ac20 counts adjusted to reflect the amount of annual leave and

21 sick leave, respectively, which would remain had sick leave

22 been used instead of all or any portion of the annual leave

23 actually used, as designated by the employee.

24 (B) An application under this paragraph may not be

25 approved unless it is submitted—
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1 (i) within 1 year after the date of the enact2 ment of this Act or such later date as the Office

3 may prescribe;

4 (ii) in such form and manner as the Office shall

5 require; and

6 (iii) by an individual who is an employee as of

7 the time of application.

8 (C) For the purpose of this paragraph, the term ‘‘em9 ployee’’ has the meaning given such term by section

10 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code.

11 SEC. 631. (a)(1) The adjustment in rates of basic pay

12 for the statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal

13 year 1995 under section 5303 of title 5, United States

14 Code, shall be an increase of 2 percent.

15 (2) For purposes of each provision of law amended

16 by section 704(a)(2) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989

17 (5 U.S.C. 5318 note), no adjustment under section 5303

18 of title 5, United States Code, shall be considered to have

19 taken effect in fiscal year 1995 in the rates of basic pay

20 for the statutory pay systems.

21 (3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘statu22 tory pay system’’ shall have the meaning given such term

23 by section 5302(1) of title 5, United States Code.

24 (b) For purposes of any locality-based comparability

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1 chapter I of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code

2 (whether by adjustment or otherwise)—

3 (1) section 5304(a)(3)(B) of such title shall be

deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘3 4 ⁄10’’ and inserting ‘‘1 5 ⁄4’’; and

6 (2) section 5304a of such title shall be deemed

7 to be without force or effect.

8 SEC. 632. Section 5(f) of the Federal Workforce Re9 structuring Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–226) is amend10 ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

11 ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF BACKFILL PREVENTION

12 PROVISIONS TO AGENCIES OTHERWISE EXEMPTED

13 FROM FTE REDUCTION.—

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If any agency is oth15 erwise exempted by any law from the limita16 tions on full-time equivalent positions or the re17 strictions on hiring established by this section—

18 ‘‘(i) paragraph (1) shall apply to va19 cancies created in such agency; and

20 ‘‘(ii) the reductions required pursuant

21 to clause (i) shall be made in the number

22 of funded employee positions in such agen23 cy.

24 ‘‘(B) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—In the case of

25 a particular position in an agency, subpara-
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1 graph (A) may be waived upon a determination

2 by the head of the agency that the performance

3 of a critical agency mission requires the waiver.

4 ‘‘(C) RELATION TO OTHER LAW.—No law

5 may be construed as suspending or modifying

6 this paragraph unless such law specifically

7 amends this paragraph.’’.

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury, Postal Serv9 ice and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

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