103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4539

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the

United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of

the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 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

5 Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,

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

8 1995, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices

5 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury

6 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

7 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase

8 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased

9 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance

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

11 travel expenses; not to exceed $100,000 for official recep12 tion and representation expenses, of which $75,000 is for

13 such expenses of the international affairs function of the

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

15 September 30, 1997, shall be available for information

16 technology modernization requirements; not to exceed

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

19 the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for

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

21 available until September 30, 1997, for repairs and im22 provements to the Main Treasury Building and Annex;

23 $105,150,000: Provided, That of the offsetting collections

24 credited to this account, $79,000 are permanently can25 celed.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

4 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

6 vehicles; not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel ex7 penses; not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emer8 gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex9 pended under the direction of the Inspector General of the

10 Treasury; $28,897,000.

11 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En14 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve15 hicles; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and rep16 resentation expenses; $18,280,000: Provided, That of the

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

18 permanently canceled.

19 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

20 (LIMITATION OF AVAILABILITY OF DEPOSITS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Forfeiture

22 Fund, as authorized by Public Law 102–393, not to ex23 ceed $15,000,000, to be derived from deposits in the

24 Fund.
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1 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

5 the Treasury, including materials and support costs of

6 Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to

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

8 motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and relat9 ed activities; uniforms without regard to the general pur10 chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the con11 ducting of and participating in firearms matches and pres12 entation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing

13 community support of law enforcement training; not to ex14 ceed $9,000 for official reception and representation ex15 penses; room and board for student interns; and services

16 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That the Cen17 ter is authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both

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

19 purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value

20 which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the

21 Center to the outstanding student who graduated from a

22 basic training program at the Center during the previous

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

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

25 notwithstanding any other provision of law, students at-
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1 tending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Train2 ing Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-pro3 vided housing, insofar as available and in accordance with

4 Center policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated

5 in this account shall be available for training United

6 States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Post7 al police officers, at the discretion of the Director; State

8 and local government law enforcement training on a space9 available basis; training of foreign law enforcement offi10 cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac11 tual costs to this appropriation; training of private sector

12 security officials on a space-available basis with reimburse13 ment of actual costs to this appropriation; travel expenses

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

15 development meetings at the Center: Provided further,

16 That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in antici17 pation of reimbursements from agencies receiving training

18 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except

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

20 not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end

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

22 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide

23 short term medical services for students undergoing train24 ing at the Center; $46,713,000, of which $8,821,000 for

25 materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement
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1 basic training shall remain available until September 30,

2 1997.

3 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

4 RELATED EXPENSES

5 For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement

6 Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional

7 real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,

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

9 to remain available until expended.

10 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management

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

14 $13,459,000 shall remain available until expended for sys15 tems modernization initiatives. In addition, $90,000, to be

16 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to reim17 burse the Service for administrative and personnel ex18 penses for financial management of the Fund, as author19 ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380: Provided,

20 That of the offsetting collections credited to this account,

21 $192,000 are permanently canceled.

22 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To25 bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed

26 six hundred and fifty vehicles for police-type use for re-
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1 placement only and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire

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

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

4 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an

5 assignment to the National Response Team during the in6 vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em7 ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain

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

9 for official reception and representation expenses; for

10 training of State and local law enforcement agencies with

11 or without reimbursement; provision of laboratory assist12 ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim13 bursement; of which $22,000,000 shall be available solely

14 for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration

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

16 to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment

17 of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and

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

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

20 official use by a State or local law enforcement agency

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

22 enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To23 bacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime sala24 ries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar

25 costs of State and local law enforcement officers that are
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1 incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol,

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

3 appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act

4 upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabil5 ities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such

6 funds shall be available to investigate and act upon appli7 cations filed by corporations for relief from Federal fire8 arms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. section 925(c): Provided

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

10 Act may be used to implement any reorganization of the

11 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms or transfer of

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

13 agencies or Departments in the fiscal year ending on Sep14 tember 30, 1995: Provided further, That no funds appro15 priated herein shall be available for salaries or administra16 tive expenses in connection with consolidating or centraliz17 ing, within the Department of the Treasury, the records,

18 or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of

19 firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Pro20 vided, That of the offsetting collections credited to this

21 account, $4,000 are permanently canceled.

22 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the United States Customs

25 Service, including purchase of up to 1,000 motor vehicles
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1 of which 960 are for replacement only, including 990 for

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

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

4 representation expenses; and awards of compensation to

5 informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the

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

7 such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee

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

9 Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as

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

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

12 available for payment for rental space in connection with

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

14 shall be available until expended for research: Provided,

15 That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the

16 general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal

17 year: Provided further, That $750,000 shall be available

18 for additional part-time and temporary positions in the

19 Honolulu Customs District: Provided further, That

20 $10,000,000 shall be available for the Center for Study

21 of Western Hemispheric Trade as authorized by Public

22 Law 103–182: Provided further, That of the offsetting col23 lections credited to this account, $410,000 are perma24 nently canceled.
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR AND MARINE

2 INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

3 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

4 for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air5 craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine

6 Programs, including operational training and mission-re7 lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by

8 the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro9 grams; $78,991,000, of which $7,233,000 shall remain

10 available until September 30, 1997.

11 CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS

12 (TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)

13 Such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed

14 $1,406,000, for expenses for the provision of Customs

15 services at certain small airports or other facilities when

16 authorized by law and designated by the Secretary of the

17 Treasury, including expenditures for the salary and ex18 penses of individuals employed to provide such services,

19 to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary of the

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

21 for each of these airports or other facilities when author22 ized by law and designated by the Secretary of the Treas23 ury, and to remain available until expended.
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1 UNITED STATES MINT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Mint;

4 $54,770,000, of which $1,540,000 shall remain available

5 until September 30, 1997, for expansion and improve6 ments.

7 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

8 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

9 For necessary expenses connected with any public10 debt issues of the United States; $183,458,000: Provided,

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

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

13 definitive security issue provided to customers, and an an14 nual maintenance fee of not less than $25 for each Treas15 ury Direct Investor Account exceeding $100,000 in par

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

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

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

19 Treasury Direct Investor Account collected, not to exceed

20 $2,500,000, shall be retained and used in the current fis21 cal year for the specific purpose of offsetting costs of Bu22 reau of the Public Debt’s marketable security activities,

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

24 deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury: Pro25 vided further, That the sum appropriated herein from the
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1 General Fund for fiscal year 1995 shall be reduced by not

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

3 collected and not more than $2,500,000 as Treasury Di4 rect Investor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so

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

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

7 PAYMENT OF GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT

8 Beginning in fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, there

9 are appropriated such sums as may be necessary to make

10 payments for the replacement of valuables, or the value

11 thereof, lost, destroyed, or damaged in the course of ship12 ments effected pursuant to section 1 of the Government

13 Losses in Shipment Act, as amended.

14 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

15 ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

16 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv17 ice, not otherwise provided for; management services, and

18 inspection; including purchase (not to exceed 125 for re19 placement only, for police-type use) and hire of passenger

20 motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au21 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter22 mined by the Commissioner; $225,632,000, of which not

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

24 expenses.
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1 PROCESSING TAX RETURNS AND ASSISTANCE

2 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv3 ice, not otherwise provided for; including processing tax

4 returns; revenue accounting; providing assistance to tax5 payers; hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.

6 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

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

8 $1,616,295,000, of which $3,500,000 shall be for the Tax

9 Counseling for the Elderly Program, no amount of which

10 shall be available for IRS administrative costs.

11 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

12 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv13 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and

14 enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em15 ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and

16 enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col17 lecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income and compli18 ance research; the purchase (for police-type use, not to

19 exceed 600, of which not to exceed 450 shall be for re20 placement only), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31

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

22 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis23 sioner: Provided, That additional amounts above fiscal

24 year 1994 levels for international tax enforcement shall

25 be used for the continued operation of a task force com26 prised of senior Internal Revenue Service Attorneys, ac-
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1 countants, and economists dedicated to enforcement ac2 tivities related to United States subsidiaries of foreign3 controlled corporations that are in non-compliance with

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

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

6 until September 30, 1997.

7 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

8 For necessary expenses for data processing and tele9 communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac10 tivities, including: tax systems modernization (modernized

11 developmental systems), modernized operational systems,

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

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

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

15 as may be determined by the Commissioner:

16 $1,240,357,000 of which $185,000,000 shall remain avail17 able until September 30, 1997: Provided, That none of the

18 funds appropriated for tax systems modernization may be

19 obligated until the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue

20 Service reports to the Committees on Appropriations of

21 the House and Senate on the implementation of Tax Sys22 tems Modernization.

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

24 SERVICE

25 SECTION 1. Not to exceed 4 per centum of any appro26 priation made available to the Internal Revenue Service
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1 for the current fiscal year by this Act may be transferred

2 to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon

3 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on

4 Appropriations.

5 SEC. 2. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute

6 and maintain a training program to insure that Internal

7 Revenue Service employees are trained in taxpayers’

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

9 cross-cultural relations.

10 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret

13 Service, including purchase (not to exceed three hundred

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

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

16 training and assistance requested by State and local gov17 ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;

18 services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter19 mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District

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

21 other facilities on private or other property not in Govern22 ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per23 form protective functions; for payment of per diem and/

24 or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective

25 assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of
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1 a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day

2 or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con3 ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen4 tation of awards; and for travel of Secret Service employ5 ees on protective missions without regard to the limita6 tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act: Pro7 vided, That approval is obtained in advance from the

8 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; for re9 pairs, alterations, and minor construction at the James

10 J. Rowley Secret Service Training Center; for research

11 and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral

12 research in support of protective research and operations;

13 not to exceed $12,500 for official reception and represen14 tation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical

15 assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga16 nizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in ad17 vance for commercial accommodations as may be nec18 essary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms

19 without regard to the general purchase price limitation for

20 the current fiscal year; $476,931,000: Provided further,

21 That of the offsetting collections credited to this account,

22 $43,000 are permanently canceled.
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

2 TREASURY

3 SECTION 101. Of the funds appropriated by this or

4 any other Act to the Internal Revenue Service, amounts

5 attributable to efficiency savings for fiscal year 1995 shall

6 be identified as such by the Commissioner during that fis7 cal year: Provided, That in the fiscal year when the sav8 ings are realized, the amount of efficiency savings shall

9 be non-recurred from the Internal Revenue Service budget

10 base: Provided further, That on an annual basis, the Inter11 nal Revenue Service shall report to the House and Senate

12 Appropriations Committees on the status of the program.

13 SEC. 102. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec14 retary in connection with law enforcement activities of a

15 Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law en16 forcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C.

17 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the

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

19 with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House

20 and Senate reports accompanying this Act.

21 SEC. 103. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart22 ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow23 ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in24 cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of

25 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
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1 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the

2 general purchase price limitation for vehicles purchased

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

4 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing

5 of health and medical services to employees and their de6 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author7 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

8 SEC. 104. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro9 priations in this Act for the Department of the Treasury

10 may be transferred between such appropriations. Notwith11 standing any authority to transfer funds between appro12 priations contained in this or any other Act, no transfer

13 may increase or decrease any appropriation in this Act by

14 more than 2 per centum and any such proposed transfers

15 shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appro16 priations of the House and Senate.

17 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of

18 law, beginning in fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, the Fi19 nancial Management Service (FMS) shall be reimbursed,

20 for postage incurred by FMS to make check payments on

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

22 the mailing of Compensation and Pension benefit pay23 ments; the Department of Health and Human Services,

24 for the mailing of Supplemental Security Income pay25 ments; and the Office of Personnel Management, for the
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1 mailing of Retirement payments. Such reimbursement

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

3 1994, and such reimbursement shall occur on a monthly

4 basis.

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

6 to the Department of the Treasury during fiscal year

7 1995, $33,437,000 are permanently canceled.

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

9 amount of budgetary resources canceled among the De10 partment’s accounts available for procurement and pro11 curement-related expenses. Amounts available for procure12 ment and procurement-related expenses in each such ac13 count shall be reduced by the amount allocated to such

14 account.

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

16 of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac17 quiring property or services, beginning with the process

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

19 with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41

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

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

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

23 underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue

24 Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees

25 of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such
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1 collection complies with subsection (a) of section 805 (re2 lating to communications in connection with debt collec3 tion), and section 806 (relating to harassment or abuse),

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

5 1692).

6 SEC. 108. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti7 tute policies and procedures which will safeguard the con8 fidentiality of taxpayer information.

9 SEC. 109. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco10 hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1995 in this

11 Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis12 tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to

13 diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105

14 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

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

16 Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

17 TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

18 PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE

19 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

20 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

21 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub22 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United

23 States Code; $85,717,000: Provided, That mail for over24 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:

25 Provided further, That six-day delivery and rural delivery
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1 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro2 vided further, That none of the funds made available to

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

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

5 employee of any State or local child support enforcement

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

7 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa8 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a

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

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

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

12 ending on September 30, 1995.

13 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR

14 NONFUNDED LIABILITIES

15 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting

16 the liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the

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

18 2004, $37,776,000.

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro20 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 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

9 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur12 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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

14 28; $1,682,000.

15 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

18 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend19 ed; $23,564,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be

20 available for reception and representation expenses.

21 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

24 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga25 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
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1 Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by

2 5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,

3 hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference

4 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;

5 $21,341,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed6 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses

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

8 (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in

9 the Government service, and compensation as authorized

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

11 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non12 Federal participants at labor-management relations con13 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account,

14 to be available without further appropriation for the costs

15 of carrying out these conferences.

16 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

17 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

18 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

19 For additional expenses necessary to carry out the pur20 pose of the Fund established pursuant to section 210(f)

21 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act

22 of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $361,615,520,

23 to be deposited into said Fund. The revenues and collec24 tions deposited into the Fund shall be available for nec25 essary expenses of real property management and related
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1 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,

2 maintenance, and protection of Federally owned and

3 leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Co4 lumbia; restoration of leased premises; moving govern5 mental agencies (including space adjustments and tele6 communications relocation expenses) in connection with

7 the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contrac8 tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings,

9 and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned build10 ings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances;

11 care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation,

12 demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and

13 sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise author14 ized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings

15 and sites; conversion and extension of Federally owned

16 buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by

17 contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (in18 cluding equipment for such buildings); and payment of

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

20 public buildings acquired by installment purchase and

21 purchase contract, in the aggregate amount of

22 $4,973,825,520, of which (1) not to exceed $502,709,520

23 shall remain available until expended for construction of

24 additional projects at locations and at maximum construc25 tion improvement costs (including funds for sites and ex-
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1 penses and associated design and construction services) as

2 follows:

3 New Construction:

4 Alabama:

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

6 Arizona:

7 Tucson, Courthouse, $11,506,540

8 California:

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

10 Colorado:

11 Lakewood, U.S. Geological Survey Laboratory/

12 Building, $25,802,000

13 Florida:

14 Jacksonville, Courthouse, $4,600,000

15 Orlando, Courthouse Annex, $7,260,560

16 Georgia:

17 Albany, Courthouse, $5,640,000

18 Savannah, Courthouse Annex, $5,261,180

19 Kentucky:

20 Covington, Courthouse, $2,914,000

21 London, Courthouse, $1,522,800

22 Louisiana:

23 Lafayette, Courthouse, $5,041,220

24 Montana:

25 Babb, Border Station, $333,000
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1 Missouri:

2 Kansas City, Federal Building-Courthouse,

3 $84,895,000

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

5 North Dakota:

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

7 Ohio:

8 Cleveland, Courthouse, $28,245,120

9 Steubenville, Courthouse, $2,820,000

10 Pennyslvania:

11 Erie, Courts Complex, $3,134,900

12 Tennessee:

13 Greeneville, Courthouse, $2,935,620

14 Texas:

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

16 Brownsville, Federal Building-Courthouse,

17 $5,979,340

18 Corpus Christi, Courthouse, $6,445,580

19 Laredo, Courthouse, $24,341,000

20 Virginia:

21 Charlottesville, U.S. Army Foreign Science &

22 Technology Center, $4,178,000

23 Washington:

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

25 Oroville, Border Station, $1,483,000
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1 Point Roberts, Border Station, $698,000

2 West Virginia:

3 Martinsburg, IRS Computer Center,

4 $7,547,000

5 Non-prospectus construction projects, $126,000: Pro6 vided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits of

7 costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to the

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

9 not to exceed 10 per centum unless advanced approval is

10 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of the

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

12 That all funds for direct construction projects shall expire

13 on September 30, 1996, and remain in the Federal Build14 ings Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for

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

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

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

18 from direct construction projects, acquisitions of buildings

19 and purchase contract projects pursuant to Public Law

20 92–313, be liquidated with prior notification to the Com21 mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate to the

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

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

24 expended, for repairs and alterations which, beginning

25 with fiscal year 1995 and in subsequent fiscal years, in-
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1 cludes associated design and construction services: Pro2 vided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund

3 for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,

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

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

6 per centum unless advance approval is obtained from the

7 Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate

8 of a greater amount:

9 Repairs and Alterations:

10 California:

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

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

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

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

15 Colorado:

16 Denver, Federal Building and Custom House,

17 $8,896,000

18 District of Columbia:

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

20 Customs/ICC/Connecting Wing Complex (phase

21 1), $9,662,000

22 National Courts, $4,588,000

23 Illinois:

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

25 Maryland:
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1 Baltimore, George H. Fallon Federal Building

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

3 Woodlawn, SSA East High-Low Rise Buildings,

4 $19,212,000

5 New Jersey:

6 Trenton, Clarkson S. Fisher Courthouse,

7 $15,675,000

8 New York:

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

10 New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building,

11 $2,891,000

12 New York, Silvio V. Mollo Federal Building,

13 $963,000

14 North Carolina:

15 Asheville, Federal Building and U.S. Court16 house, $7,052,000

17 Ohio:

18 Cleveland, Anthony J. Celebreeze Federal

19 Building, $12,192,000

20 Oklahoma:

21 Oklahoma City, Alfred P. Murrah Federal

22 Building, $5,878,000

23 Pennsylvania:

24 Harrisburg, Federal Building and U.S. Court25 house, $16,903,000
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1 Philadelphia, Byrne-Green Complex,

2 $34,028,000

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

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

5 Rhode Island:

6 Providence, Kennedy Plaza Federal Courthouse,

7 $8,600,000

8 Texas:

9 Lubbock, Federal Building and U.S. Court10 house, $13,517,000

11 Virginia:

12 Richmond, U.S. Courthouse and Annex,

13 $13,899,000

14 Washington:

15 Walla Walla, Corps of Engineers Building,

16 $2,827,000

17 Nationwide:

18 Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $100,135,000

19 Energy Program, $50,803,000

20 Advance Design:

21 $21,685,000

22 Minor Repairs and Alterations, $301,168,000: Pro23 vided further, That additional projects for which

24 prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded

25 under this category only if advance approval is obtained
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1 from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and

2 Senate: Provided further, That the difference between the

3 funds appropriated and expended on any projects in this

4 or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter5 ations’’, may be transferred to Minor Repairs and Alter6 ations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus

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

8 alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September

9 30, 1996, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund ex10 cept funds for projects as to which funds for design or

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

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

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

14 may be used to pay claims against the Government arising

15 from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter16 ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus

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

18 acquisition payments including payments on purchase con19 tracts which shall remain available until expended; (4) not

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

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

22 $1,323,689,000 for building operations which shall remain

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

24 available for essential functional requirements for primary

25 structural, electrical, and security systems of the Bureau
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1 of Census, New Computer Center: Provided further, That

2 of the funds available to the General Services Administra3 tion for the Albany, Georgia, Courthouse; Stuebenville,

4 Ohio, Courthouse; Corpus Christi, Texas, Courthouse;

5 Providence, Rhode Island, Kennedy Plaza Federal Court6 house; and the Walla Walla, Washington, Corps of Engi7 neers Building, shall not be available for expenses in con8 nection with any construction, repair, alteration, and ac9 quisition project for which a prospectus, if required by the

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

11 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended

12 for each project for required expenses in connection with

13 the development of a proposed prospectus: Provided fur14 ther, That for the purposes of this authorization, buildings

15 constructed pursuant to the purchase contract authority

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

17 602a), buildings occupied pursuant to installment pur18 chase contracts, and buildings under the control of an19 other department or agency where alterations of such

20 buildings are required in connection with the moving of

21 such other department or agency from buildings then, or

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

23 Administration shall be considered to be federally owned

24 buildings: Provided further, That none of the funds avail25 able to the General Services Administration, except for the
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1 line-item construction and repairs and alterations projects

2 in this Act shall be available for expenses in connection

3 with any construction, repair and alteration, and acquisi4 tion project for which a prospectus, if required by the Pub5 lic Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not been ap6 proved, except that necessary funds may be expended for

7 each project for required expenses in connection with the

8 development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further,

9 That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may

10 be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval

11 is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of the

12 House and Senate: Provided further, That amounts nec13 essary to provide reimbursable special services to other

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

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

16 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide such reimburs17 able fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities

18 on private or other property not in Government ownership

19 or control as may be appropriate to enable the United

20 States Secret Service to perform its protective functions

21 pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, as amended, shall be avail22 able from such revenues and collections: Provided further,

23 That revenues and collections and any other sums accru24 ing to this Fund during fiscal year 1995, excluding reim25 bursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Prop-
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1 erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.

2 490(f)(6)) in excess of $4,973,825,520 shall remain in the

3 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as

4 authorized in appropriations Acts.

5 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

6 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

7 (RESCISSION)

8 Of the funds made available under this heading for

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

10 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994, $4,900,000 are re11 scinded for the following projects in the following

12 amounts:

13 Iowa:

14 Burlington, Federal Parking Facility,

15 $2,400,000

16 Indiana:

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

18 Of the funds made available under this heading for

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

20 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993, $24,295,000 are re21 scinded for the following projects in the following

22 amounts:

23 District of Columbia:

24 United States Secret Service, Headquarters,

25 $13,958,000
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1 White House Remote Delivery and Vehicle

2 Maintenance Facilities, $4,918,000

3 Federal Bureau of Investigation, Field Office,

4 $4,419,000

5 Florida:

6 Hollywood, Federal Building, $1,000,000.

7 Of the funds made available under this heading for

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

9 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, $30,100,000 are re10 scinded for the following project in the following amount:

11 Maryland:

12 Prince George’s County, Internal Revenue Serv13 ice, Headquarters, $30,100,000.

14 Of the funds made available under this heading for

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

16 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989, $4,400,000 is re17 scinded for the following project in the following amount:

18 Florida:

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

20 Of the funds made available under this heading for

21 repairs and alterations in Public Law 103–123, the Inde22 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994, $4,715,000

23 are rescinded for the following projects in the following

24 amounts:

25 Arizona:
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1 Lukeville, Commercial Lot Expansion,

2 $1,219,000

3 San Luis, Primary lane expansion and adminis4 trative office space, $3,496,000.

5 Of the funds made available under this heading for

6 repairs and alterations in Public Law 101–509, the Inde7 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, $7,707,000

8 are rescinded for the following projects in the following

9 amounts:

10 New Mexico:

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

12 Texas:

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

14 Of the funds made available under this heading for

15 repairs and alterations in Public Law 101–136, the Inde16 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990, $2,088,000

17 are rescinded for the following project in the following

18 amount:

19 New Mexico:

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

21 OPERATING EXPENSES

22 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro23 vided for, necessary for asset management activities; utili24 zation of excess and disposal of surplus personal property;

25 transportation management activities; procurement and

26 supply management activities; Government-wide and in-
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1 ternal responsibilities relating to automated data manage2 ment, telecommunications, information resources manage3 ment, and related activities; the Information Security

4 Oversight Office established pursuant to Executive Order

5 No. 12356; the utilization survey, deed compliance inspec6 tion, appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, and

7 land use planning functions pertaining to excess and sur8 plus real property; agency-wide policy direction; Board of

9 Contract Appeals; accounting, records management, and

10 other support services incident to adjudication of Indian

11 Tribal Claims by the United States Court of Federal

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

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

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

15 collections credited to this account, $172,000 are perma16 nently canceled.

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

20 $33,090,000: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall

21 be available for payment for information and detection of

22 fraud against the Government, including payment for re23 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,

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

25 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens
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1 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en2 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.

3 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

4 PRESIDENTS

5 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August

6 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public

7 Law 95–138; $2,215,000: Provided, That the Adminis8 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary

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

10 out the provisions of such Acts.

11 EXPENSES OF TRANSPORTATION AUDIT CONTRACTS AND

12 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

13 Amounts otherwise available for obligation in fiscal

14 year 1995 are reduced by $30,000.

15 GENERAL SUPPLY FUND

16 Of the offsetting collections credited to this account,

17 $1,009,000 are permanently canceled.

18 INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SERVICE

19 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

20 Of the offsetting collections credited to this account,

21 $609,000 are permanently canceled.

22 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

23 Amounts received for administrative support services

24 provided under this head shall be credited to and merged

25 with the Fund, to remain available until expended, for op26 erating costs and capital outlays of the Fund and for the
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1 necessary expenses of administrative support services in2 cluding accounting, budget, personnel, legal support and

3 other related services; and the maintenance and operation

4 of printing and reproduction facilities in support of the

5 functions of the General Services Administration, other

6 Federal agencies, and other entities; and other such ad7 ministrative and management services that the Adminis8 trator of GSA deems appropriate and advantageous (sub9 ject to prior notice to the Office of Management and

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

11 are performed shall be charged at rates which will return

12 in full the cost of operations.

13 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL

14 PROVISIONS

15 SECTION 1. The appropriate appropriation or fund

16 available to the General Services Administration shall be

17 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte18 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part

19 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu20 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).

21 SEC. 2. Funds available to the General Services Ad22 ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger

23 motor vehicles.

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

25 available in appropriations for operating expenses and sal-
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1 aries and expenses, during the current fiscal year, may

2 be transferred between such appropriations for mandatory

3 program requirements. Any proposed transfers shall be

4 approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations

5 of the House and Senate.

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

7 available for fiscal year 1995 for Federal Buildings Fund

8 activities may be transferred between such activities only

9 to the extent necessary to meet program requirements.

10 Any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by

11 the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen12 ate.

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

14 the General Services Administration during fiscal year

15 1995, $8,959,000 are permanently canceled.

16 (b) The Administrator of the General Services Ad17 ministration shall allocate the amount of budgetary re18 sources canceled among the agency’s accounts available

19 for procurement and procurement-related expenses.

20 Amounts available for procurement and procurement-re21 lated expenses in each such account shall be reduced by

22 the amount allocated to such account.

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

24 of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac25 quiring property or services, beginning with the process
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1 of determining a need for a product or services and ending

2 with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41

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

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

5 Administration for fiscal year 1995 shall reflect the reduc6 tions contained in the President’s budget amendment

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

8 2nd Session.

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

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

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

12 the vicinity of Norfolk Lake, Arkansas, administered by

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

14 the specific approval of the Congress.

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

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

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

18 the vicinity of Bull Shoals Lake, Arkansas, administered

19 by the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, with20 out the specific approval of the Congress.

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

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

23 States Courthouse construction that does not meet the

24 standards for construction as established by the General
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1 Services Administration and the Office of Management

2 and Budget.

3 SEC. 10. The Administrator of the General Services

4 Administration is directed to obligate the funds appro5 priated in Public Law 103–123 for the purposes stated

6 in section 804 of that Act.

7 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

11 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza12 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re13 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

15 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi16 cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,

17 $24,549,000, together with not to exceed $2,420,000 for

18 administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals

19 to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and

20 Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys21 tems Protection Board.

22 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

23 OPERATING EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses in connection with National

25 Archives and Records Administration and related activi26 ties, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for
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1 the review and declassification of documents, and for the

2 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $194,638,000: Provided,

3 That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to

4 use any excess funds available from the amount borrowed

5 for construction of the National Archives facility, for ex6 penses necessary to move into the facility: Provided fur7 ther, That of the budgetary resources available in fiscal

8 year 1995 in this account, $325,000 are permanently can9 celed: Provided further, That amounts available for pro10 curement and procurement-related expenses in this ac11 count are reduced by such amount: Provided further, That

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

13 process of acquiring property or services, beginning with

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

15 and ending with contract completion and closeout, as spec16 ified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2): Provided further, That of the

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

18 are permanently canceled.

19 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

20 COMMISSION

21 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for

22 historical publications and records as authorized by 44

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

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

25 grant to the Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Library.
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1 JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW

2 BOARD

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the John F. Ken5 nedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,

6 $2,418,000, to remain available until expended.

7 NATIONAL ARCHIVES TRUST FUND

8 Amounts otherwise available for obligation in fiscal year

9 1995 are reduced by $16,000.

10 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

13 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in

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

15 598, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–

16 194, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

17 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and

18 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex19 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex20 penses; $8,104,000.

21 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

25 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza26 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re-
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1 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

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

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

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

6 reception and representation expenses, and advances for

7 reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of Per8 sonnel Management and the Federal Bureau of Investiga9 tion for expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422

10 of January 9, 1953, as amended; $115,139,000, and in

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

12 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office

13 of Personnel Management without regard to other stat14 utes, including direct procurement of health benefits print15 ing, for the retirement and insurance programs, of which

16 $10,956,000 shall be transferred at such times as the Of17 fice of Personnel Management deems appropriate, and

18 shall remain available until expended for the costs of auto19 mating the retirement recordkeeping systems, together

20 with remaining amounts authorized in previous Acts for

21 the recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the provisions

22 of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use

23 applicable trust funds as provided by section

24 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code: Provided

25 further, That, except as may be consistent with 5 U.S.C.
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1 8902a(f)(1) and (i), no payment may be made from the

2 Employees Health Benefits Fund to any physician, hos3 pital, or other provider of health care services or supplies

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

5 to an individual covered under chapter 89 of title 5, Unit6 ed States Code, excluded, pursuant to section 1128 or

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

8 1320a–7a), from participation in any program under title

9 XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.):

10 Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall

11 be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Exam12 ining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management estab13 lished pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943,

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

15 That the President’s Commission on White House Fel16 lows, established by Executive Order 11183 of October 3,

17 1964, may, during the fiscal year ending September 30,

18 1995, accept donations of money, property, and personal

19 services in connection with the development of a publicity

20 brochure to provide information about the White House

21 Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted

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

23 salaries of employees of such Commission.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

6 General Act, as amended, including services as authorized

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

8 $4,009,000, and in addition, not to exceed $6,156,000 for

9 administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel

10 Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be

11 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office

12 of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector

13 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author14 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia

15 and elsewhere.

16 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

17 HEALTH BENEFITS

18 For payment of Government contributions with re19 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89

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

21 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend22 ed, $4,210,560,000 to remain available until expended.

23 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

24 LIFE INSURANCE

25 For payment of Government contributions with re26 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as
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1 required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code,

2 $19,159,000, to remain available until expended.

3 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

4 DISABILITY FUND

5 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in6 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc7 tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an8 nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv9 ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may

10 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the

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

12 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–75), may hereafter

13 be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability

14 Fund.

15 REVOLVING FUND

16 Of the offsetting collections credited to this account,

17 $649,000 are permanently canceled.

18 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

21 to the Office of Personnel Management during fiscal year

22 1995, $1,256,000 are permanently canceled.

23 (b) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage24 ment shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources

25 canceled among the agency’s accounts available for pro26 curement and procurement-related expenses. Amounts
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1 available for procurement and procurement-related ex2 penses in each such account shall be reduced by the

3 amount allocated to such account.

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

5 of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac6 quiring property or services, beginning with the process

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

8 with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41

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

10 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

13 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan

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

15 1978 (Public Law 95–454), and the Whistleblower Protec16 tion Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), including services

17 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and ex18 penses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the

19 District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger

20 motor vehicles; $7,955,000.

21 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting

24 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
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1 $33,650,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges

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

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

4 Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

5 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

6 THIS ACT

7 SECTION 501. No part of any appropriation made

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

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

10 inside or outside the District of Columbia: Provided, That

11 this limitation shall not apply to programs which have

12 been approved by the Congress and appropriations made

13 therefor.

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

15 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

16 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

17 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation

18 under this Act for any consulting service through procure19 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

20 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

21 of public record and available for public inspection, except

22 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex23 isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

25 this Act shall be available for the procurement of, or for
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1 the payment of, the salary of any person engaged in the

2 procurement of any hand or measuring tool(s) not pro3 duced in the United States or its possessions except to

4 the extent that the Administrator of General Services or

5 his designee shall determine that a satisfactory quality and

6 sufficient quantity of hand or measuring tools produced

7 in the United States or its possessions cannot be procured

8 as and when needed from sources in the United States

9 and its possessions, or except in accordance with proce10 dures prescribed by section 6–104.4(b) of Armed Services

11 Procurement Regulation dated January 1, 1969, as such

12 regulation existed on June 15, 1970: Provided, That a fac13 tor of 75 per centum in lieu of 50 per centum shall be

14 used for evaluating foreign source end products against

15 a domestic source end product. This section shall be appli16 cable to all solicitations for bids opened after its enact17 ment.

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

19 General Services Administration pursuant to section

20 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv21 ices Act of 1949 shall be obligated or expended after the

22 date of enactment of this Act for the procurement by con23 tract of any guard, elevator operator, messenger or custo24 dial services if any permanent veterans preference em25 ployee of the General Services Administration at said date,
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1 would be terminated as a result of the procurement of

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

3 expended for the procurement by contract of the covered

4 services with sheltered workshops employing the severely

5 handicapped under Public Law 92–28. Only if such work6 shops decline to contract for the provision of the covered

7 services may the General Services Administration procure

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

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

10 expires or is terminated for any reason, the General Serv11 ices Administration shall again offer to contract for the

12 services from a sheltered workshop prior to offering such

13 services for competitive procurement.

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

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

16 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac17 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would

18 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol19 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of

20 the Tariff Act of 1930.

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

22 Act shall be available for the purpose of transferring con23 trol over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

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

25 New Mexico, out of the Treasury Department.
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1 SEC. 508. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes

3 within the United States not heretofore authorized by the

4 Congress.

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

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

7 of any officer or employee of the United States Postal

8 Service, who—

9 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat10 ens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee

11 of the United States Postal Service from having any

12 direct oral or written communication or contact with

13 any Member or committee of Congress in connection

14 with any matter pertaining to the employment of

15 such officer or employee or pertaining to the United

16 States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of

17 whether such communication or contact is at the ini18 tiative of such officer or employee or in response to

19 the request or inquiry of such Member or committee;

20 or

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

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

23 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion

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

3 States Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to

4 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to

5 such officer or employee, by reason of any commu6 nication or contact of such officer or employee with

7 any Member or committee of Congress as described

8 in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

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

10 authorized by sections 4501–4506 of title 5, United States

11 Code, when the achievement involved is certified, or when

12 an award for such achievement is otherwise payable, in

13 accordance with such sections. Such funds may not be

14 used for any purpose with respect to which the preceding

15 sentence relates beyond fiscal year 1995.

16 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available to the Department of the Treasury

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

19 to contract out positions in, or downgrade the position

20 classifications of, members of the United States Mint Po21 lice Force and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Po22 lice Force, or for studying the feasibility of contracting

23 out such positions.

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

25 during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, accept
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1 donations of supplies, services, land and equipment for the

2 Federal Executive Institute, the Federal Quality Institute,

3 and Management Development Centers to assist in en4 hancing the quality of Federal management.

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

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

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

8 procurement of stainless steel flatware not produced in the

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

10 the Administrator of General Services or his designee shall

11 determine that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quan12 tity of stainless steel flatware produced in the United

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

14 needed from sources in the United States or its posses15 sions or except in accordance with procedures provided by

16 section 6–104.4(b) of Armed Services Procurement Regu17 lations, dated January 1, 1969. This section shall be appli18 cable to all solicitations for bids issued after its enactment.

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

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

21 donations of money to off-set costs incurred while protect22 ing former Presidents and spouses of former Presidents

23 when the former President or spouse travels for the pur24 pose of making an appearance or speech for a payment

25 of money or any thing of value.
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1 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this

2 Act for ‘‘Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presi3 dents’’ may be used for partisan political activities.

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

5 Act may be used to withdraw the designation of the Vir6 ginia Inland Port at Front Royal, Virginia, as a United

7 States Customs Service port of entry.

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

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

10 be absorbed within the levels appropriated by this Act.

11 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to the

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

13 processing capabilities from the Las Cruces, New Mexico

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

15 Postal Service to recognize the rapid rate of population

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

17 New Mexico postal facility in order that mail processing

18 can be expedited and handled in Las Cruces.

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

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

21 in the SES upon reassignment or transfer.

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

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

24 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for25 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed
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1 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com2 pleted his period of active military or naval service and

3 has within ninety days after his release from such service

4 or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a

5 period of not more than one year made application for res6 toration to his former position and has been certified by

7 the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to

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

9 restored thereto.

10 SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

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

12 Bureau of the Public Debt in the Washington Metropoli13 tan Region on April 10, 1991, be used to separate, reduce

14 the grade or pay of, or carry out any other adverse person15 nel action against such individual for declining to accept

16 a directed reassignment to a position outside such region,

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

18 or functions to Parkersburg, West Virginia.

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

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

21 Act, declines an offer of another position in the Depart22 ment of the Treasury which is of at least equal pay and

23 which is within the Washington Metropolitan Region.

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

25 Act may be used to provide any non-public information
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1 such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any

2 organization outside of the Federal Government without

3 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap4 propriations.

5 SEC. 523. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

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

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

8 expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec9 tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1993 (41 U.S.C.

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

11 SEC. 524. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE12 GARDING NOTICE.—(a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

13 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip14 ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased

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

16 sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist17 ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only

18 American-made equipment and products.

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

20 providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec21 retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of

22 the assistance a notice describing the statement made in

23 subsection (a) by the Congress.

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

25 been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that
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1 any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made

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

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

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

5 shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract

6 made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant

7 to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures

8 described in section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code

9 of Federal Regulations.

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

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

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

13 relocation is that locality pay was increased.

14 SEC. 527. Except as otherwise specifically provided

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

16 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 1995 from

17 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses

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

19 through September 30, 1996 for each such account for

20 the purposes authorized: Provided, That notice of the

21 amounts available pursuant to this section shall be given

22 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:

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

24 so carried over may be used to pay cash awards to employ25 ees, as authorized by law, and not to exceed 3 percent
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1 of the funds so carried over may be used for employee

2 training programs.

3 TITLE VI—GOVERNMENTWIDE GENERAL

4 PROVISIONS

5 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

6 SECTION 601. Funds appropriated in this or any

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

8 for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in

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

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

11 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

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

13 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen14 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to

15 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en16 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal

17 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances

18 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi19 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru20 mentality.

21 SEC. 603. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1345, any

22 agency, department or instrumentality of the United

23 States which provides or proposes to provide child care

24 services for Federal employees may reimburse any Federal

25 employee or any person employed to provide such services
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1 for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses in2 curred for training classes, conferences or other meetings

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

4 That any per diem allowance made pursuant to this sec5 tion shall not exceed the rate specified in regulations pre6 scribed pursuant to section 5707 of title 5, United States

7 Code.

8 SEC. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

9 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year

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

11 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor

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

13 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at

14 $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum

15 shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex16 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,

17 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi18 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec19 tion may not be exceeded by more than five percent for

20 electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration

21 under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle

22 Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:

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

24 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter25 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law
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1 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled

2 vehicles.

3 SEC. 605. Appropriations of the executive depart4 ments and independent establishments for the current fis5 cal year available for expenses of travel or for the expenses

6 of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for

7 quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in ac8 cordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–24.

9 SEC. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the cur10 rent fiscal year no part of any appropriation contained in

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

13 United States (including any agency the majority of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad25 mitted to the United States for permanent residence, or
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1 (5) South Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian refugees

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

3 (6) nationals of the People’s Republic of China that qual4 ify for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu5 dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur6 pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person

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

9 been complied with: Provided further, That any person

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

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

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

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

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

16 any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this

17 section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov18 ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire19 land, Israel, the Republic of the Philippines or to nationals

20 of those countries allied with the United States in the cur21 rent defense effort, or to international broadcasters em22 ployed by the United States Information Agency, or to

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

25 a result of emergencies.
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1 SEC. 607. Appropriations available to any depart2 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec3 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex4 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General

5 Services Administration for charges for space and services

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

8 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of

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

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

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

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

14 recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.

15 Such funds shall be available until expended for the follow16 ing purposes:

17 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention

18 and recycling programs as described in Executive

19 Order 12873 (October 20, 1993), including any such

20 programs adopted prior to the effective date of the

21 Executive Order.

22 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man23 agement programs, including but not limited to, the

24 development and implementation of hazardous waste

25 management and pollution prevention programs.
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1 The Administrator of General Services or his des2 ignee is authorized to transfer funds received into the Fed3 eral Buildings Fund pursuant to section 11 of GSA—Gen4 eral Provisions, Public Law 102–141, October 28, 1991,

5 105 Stat. 856, 40 U.S.C., sec. 490(f) (7) and (8), or sec.

6 490g, prior to the effective date of this legislation, to other

7 Federal agencies for use by those agencies for the pur8 poses set forth in those statutes. Such funds shall be avail9 able until expended and shall be in addition to any

10 amounts appropriated for such purposes.

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

12 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year

13 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of

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

15 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,

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

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

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

19 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the

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

21 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex22 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other

23 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be

24 correspondingly reduced.
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1 SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation for the cur2 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall

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

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

5 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

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

7 Administrator of General Services has delegated the au8 thority to operate, maintain or repair any building or facil9 ity pursuant to section 205(d) of the Federal Property and

10 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, shall

11 retain that portion of the GSA rental payment available

12 for operation, maintenance or repair of the building or fa13 cility, as determined by the Administrator, and expend

14 such funds directly for the operation, maintenance or re15 pair of the building or facility. Any funds retained under

16 this section shall remain available until expended for such

17 purposes.

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

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

20 currencies) owed to or owned by the United States may

21 be used by Federal agencies for any purpose for which

22 appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (in23 cluding the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing

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

25 is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations
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1 of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits re2 ceived as exchanged allowances or proceeds of sales of per3 sonal property may be used in whole or part payment for

4 acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the man5 ner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the

6 Treasury.

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

8 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

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

10 similar groups (whether or not they are interagency enti11 ties) which do not have a prior and specific statutory ap12 proval to receive financial support from more than one

13 agency or instrumentality.

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

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

16 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and

17 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under

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

19 guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow20 ers of special policemen provided by the first section of

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

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

23 the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the

24 same actions as the Administrator of General Services

25 may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the
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1 Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C.

2 318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under

3 the authority and within the limits provided in section 4

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

5 40 U.S.C. 318c).

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

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

8 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis9 approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly

10 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the

11 United States.

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

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

14 be available for any agency to pay to the Administrator

15 of the General Services Administration a higher rate per

16 square foot for rental of space and services (established

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

18 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended) than

19 the rate per square foot established for the space and serv20 ices by the General Services Administration for the fiscal

21 year for which appropriations were granted.

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

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

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

25 year ending on September 30, 1995, by this or any other
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1 Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee de2 scribed in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States

3 Code—

4 (1) during the period from the date of expira5 tion of the limitation imposed by section 615 of the

6 Treasury, Postal Service and General Government

7 Appropriations Act, 1994, until the normal effective

8 date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that

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

10 that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable

11 grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in

12 accordance with such section 615; and

13 (2) during the period consisting of the remain14 der of fiscal year 1995, in an amount that exceeds,

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

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

17 of—

18 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef19 fect in fiscal year 1995 under section 5303 of

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

21 under the General Schedule; and

22 (B) the difference between the overall aver23 age percentage of the locality-based comparabil24 ity payments taking effect in fiscal year 1995

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1 adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver2 age percentage of such payments which was ef3 fective in fiscal year 1994 under such section.

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

5 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 1994, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by

16 the Office of Personnel Management.

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

18 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may

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

20 1994, except to the extent determined by the Office of

21 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose

22 of this section.

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

24 service performed after September 30, 1994.
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1 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision

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

3 Code, and any rule or regulation that provides premium

4 pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee ben5 efit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that

6 imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a

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

8 payable after the application of this section shall be treat9 ed as the rate of salary or basic pay.

10 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per11 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by

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

13 payable were this section not in effect.

14 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide

15 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section

16 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary

17 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ18 ees.

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

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

21 employee of the Government appointed by the President

22 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli23 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re24 decorate the office of such department head, agency head,

25 officer or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im-
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1 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of

2 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by

3 the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen4 ate. For the purposes of this section the word ‘‘office’’

5 shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi6 vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the

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

8 individual.

9 SEC. 619. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sec10 tions 112 and 113 of title 3, United States Code, each

11 Executive agency detailing any personnel shall submit a

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

13 and House Committees on Appropriations on all employ14 ees or members of the armed services detailed to Executive

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

16 person detailed and the agency to which each such person

17 is detailed.

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

19 Federal employees or members of the armed services

20 detailed to or from—

21 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

22 (2) the National Security Agency;

23 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
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1 (4) the offices within the Department of De2 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign

3 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

4 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

5 the Department of State;

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

7 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu8 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad9 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De10 partment of the Treasury, the Department of Trans11 portation, and the Department of Energy perform12 ing intelligence functions; and

13 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

15 intended to apply to information on the use of personnel

16 detailed to or from the intelligence agencies which is cur17 rently being supplied to the Senate and House Intelligence

18 and Appropriations Committees by the executive branch

19 through budget justification materials and other reports.

20 (d) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Exec21 utive agency’’ has the same meaning as defined under sec22 tion 105 of title 5, United States Code (except that the

23 provisions of section 104(2) of title 5, United States Code,

24 shall not apply), and includes the White House Office, the
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1 Executive Residence, and any office, council, or organiza2 tional unit of the Executive Office of the President.

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

4 Act for fiscal year 1995 may be used to implement or en5 force the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355

6 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form

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

8 contain the following provisions:

9 ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do not su10 persede conflict with or otherwise alter the employee obli11 gations, rights or liabilities created by Executive Order

12 12356; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (gov13 erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10,

14 United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle15 blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress

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

17 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower

18 Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste,

19 fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intel20 ligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421

21 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confiden22 tial Government agents), and the statutes which protect

23 against disclosure that may compromise the national secu24 rity, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of

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

2 The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc3 tions and liabilities created by said Executive Order and

4 listed statutes are incorporated into this Agreement and

5 are controlling.’’

6 SEC. 621. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

8 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con9 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose

10 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without

11 the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees

12 on Appropriations.

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

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

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

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

17 under the procurement by the Administrator of General

18 Services known as ‘‘FTS2000’’ unless—

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

20 Administrator of General Services as part of the

21 procurement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; or

22 (2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of

23 the Administrator of General Services that—

24 (A) the agency’s requirements for such

25 procurement are unique and cannot be satisfied
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1 by property and service procured by the Admin2 istrator of General Services as part of the pro3 curement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; and

4 (B) the agency procurement, pursuant to

5 such delegation, would be cost-effective and

6 would not adversely affect the cost-effectiveness

7 of the FTS2000 procurement.

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

9 only if the Administrator of General Services has reported

10 that the FTS2000 procurement is producing prices that

11 allow the Government to satisfy its requirements for such

12 procurement in the most cost-effective manner.

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

14 Federal agency shall be used to finance the acquisition of

15 goods or services (including construction services) unless

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

17 receipt of such grant, to—

18 (1) specify in any announcement of the award19 ing of the contract for the procurement of the goods

20 and services involved (including construction serv21 ices) the amount of Federal funds that will be used

22 to finance the acquisition; and

23 (2) express the amount announced pursuant to

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

25 the planned acquisition.
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1 (b) The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply

2 to a procurement for goods or services (including construc3 tion services) that has an aggregate value of less than

4 $500,000.

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

6 United States Code, funds made available for fiscal year

7 1995 by this or any other Act shall be available for the

8 interagency funding of national security and emergency

9 preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit

10 multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as

11 provided by Executive Order Numbered 12472 (April 3,

12 1984).

13 SEC. 625. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or

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

15 1995, any department, division, bureau, or office may use

16 funds appropriated by this or any other Act to install tele17 phone lines, and necessary equipment, and to pay monthly

18 charges, in any private residence or private apartment of

19 an employee who has been authorized to work at home

20 in accordance with guidelines issued by the Office of Per21 sonnel Management: Provided, That the head of the de22 partment, division, bureau, or office certifies that ade23 quate safeguards against private misuse exist, and that

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

25 mission.
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1 SEC. 626. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

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

3 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for

4 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a

5 position of a confidential or policy-determining character

6 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section

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

8 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of

9 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality

10 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C

11 position was not created solely or primarily in order to

12 detail the employee to the White House.

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

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

16 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

17 (2) the National Security Agency;

18 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

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

21 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

22 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

23 the Department of State;

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

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

4 Treasury, and the Department of Energy perform5 ing intelligence functions; and

6 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

8 any other Act may be used to relocate the Department

9 of Justice Immigration Judges from offices located in

10 Phoenix, Arizona to new quarters in Florence, Arizona

11 without the prior approval of the House and Senate Com12 mittees on Appropriations.

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

14 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

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

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

17 or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to ad18 minister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure

19 that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and

20 sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are not

21 in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,

22 as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

23 of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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1 SEC. 629. (a)(1) Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title

2 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end

3 the following:

4 ‘‘§ 6327. Absence in connection with serving as a

5 bone-marrow or organ donor

6 ‘‘(a) An employee in or under an Executive agency

7 is entitled to leave without loss of or reduction in pay,

8 leave to which otherwise entitled, credit for time or service,

9 or performance or efficiency rating, for the time necessary

10 to permit such employee to serve as a bone-marrow or

11 organ donor.

12 ‘‘(b) Not to exceed 7 days of leave may be used under

13 this section by an employee in a calendar year.

14 ‘‘(c) The Office of Personnel Management may pre15 scribe regulations for the administration of this section.’’.

16 (2)(A) Section 6129 of title 5, United States Code,

17 is amended by inserting ‘‘6327,’’ after ‘‘6326,’’.

18 (B) The table of sections for chapter 63 of title 5,

19 United States Code, is amended by adding after the item

20 relating to section 6326 the following:

‘‘6327. Absence in connection with serving as a bone-marrow or organ donor.’’.

21 (b)(1) Section 6307 of title 5, United States Code,

22 is amended—

23 (A) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub24 section (d);
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1 (B) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow2 ing:

3 ‘‘(c) Sick leave provided by this section may be used

4 for purposes relating to the adoption of a child.’’; and

5 (C) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated by

6 subparagraph (A)) by inserting ‘‘or for purposes re7 lating to the adoption of a child,’’ after ‘‘ailment,’’.

8 (2) Section 6129 of title 5, United States Code, is

9 amended by striking ‘‘6307 (a) and (c),’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘6307 (a) and (d),’’.

11 (3)(A) The Office of Personnel Management shall

12 prescribe regulations under which any employee who used

13 or uses annual leave for an adoption-related purpose, after

14 September 30, 1991, and before the date as of which sick

15 leave first becomes available for such purpose as a result

16 of the enactment of this subsection may, upon appropriate

17 written application, elect to have such employee’s leave ac18 counts adjusted to reflect the amount of annual leave and

19 sick leave, respectively, which would remain had sick leave

20 been used instead of all or any portion of the annual leave

21 actually used, as designated by the employee.

22 (B) An application under this paragraph may not be

23 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. 630. (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. 631. 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 SEC. 632. (a) IN GENERAL.—Hereafter, the employ9 ment of any individual within the Executive Office of the

10 President shall be placed in leave without pay status if

11 the individual—

12 (1) has not, within 30 days of commencing such

13 employment or by October 31, 1994 (whichever oc14 curs later), submitted a completed questionnaire for

15 sensitive positions (SF–86); or

16 (2) has not, 6 months of commencing such em17 ployment or by October 31, 1994 (whichever occurs

18 later), had his or her background investigation, if

19 completed, forwarded by the counsel to the President

20 to the United States Secret Service for issuance of

21 the appropriate White House pass.

22 (b) EXEMPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to

23 any individual specifically exempted from such subsection

24 by the President or his designee.
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury, Postal Serv2 ice and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 15, 1994.

Attest:

Clerk.
103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4539

AN ACT

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 Ex-