Union Calendar No. 94

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2020

[Report No. 104–183]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Treasury Departtember 30, 1996, 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 ExJULY 12, 1995

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 94

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2020

[Report No. 104–183]

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, 1996, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 12, 1995

Mr. LIGHTFOOT, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the

United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of

the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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1 Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,

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

4 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

5 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

6 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices

9 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury

10 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

11 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase

12 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased

13 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance

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

15 travel expenses; not to exceed $2,950,000 to remain avail16 able until September 30, 1998, shall be available for infor17 mation technology modernization requirements; not to ex18 ceed $150,000 for official reception and representation ex19 penses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emer20 gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex21 pended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas22 ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;

23 $104,000,500.
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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; $29,319,000.

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; travel expenses of non-Federal personnel to attend

16 meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities,

17 law enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed

18 $14,000 for official reception and representation expenses;

19 $20,273,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

20 provision of law, the Director of the Financial Crimes En21 forcement Network may procure up to $500,000 in spe22 cialized, unique or novel automatic data processing equip23 ment, ancillary equipment, software, services, and related

24 resources from commercial vendors without regard to oth25 erwise applicable procurement laws and regulations and
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1 without full and open competition, utilizing procedures

2 best suited under the circumstances of the procurement

3 to efficiently fulfill the agency’s requirements: Provided

4 further, That funds appropriated in this account may be

5 used to procure personal services contracts.

6 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce9 ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of

10 the Treasury, including materials and support costs of

11 Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to

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

13 motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and relat14 ed activities; uniforms without regard to the general pur15 chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the con16 ducting of and participating in firearms matches and pres17 entation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing

18 community support of law enforcement training; not to ex19 ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex20 penses; room and board for student interns; and services

21 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That the Cen22 ter is authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both

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

24 purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value

25 which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the
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1 Center to the outstanding student who graduated from a

2 basic training program at the Center during the previous

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

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

5 notwithstanding any other provision of law, students at6 tending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Train7 ing Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-pro8 vided housing, insofar as available and in accordance with

9 Center policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated

10 in this account shall be available for training United

11 States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Post12 al police officers, at the discretion of the Director; State

13 and local government law enforcement training on a space14 available basis; training of foreign law enforcement offi15 cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac16 tual costs to this appropriation (except that the Director

17 may waive reimbursement and may pay travel expenses,

18 not to exceed 75 percent of the total training and travel

19 cost, when the Director determines that it is in the public

20 interest to do so); training of private sector security offi21 cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac22 tual costs to this appropriation; travel expenses of non23 Federal personnel to attend State and local course devel24 opment meetings at the Center: Provided further, That the

25 Center is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of
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1 reimbursements from agencies receiving training at the

2 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except that

3 total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not ex4 ceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the

5 fiscal year: Provided further, That the Center is authorized

6 to obligate funds to provide for site security and expansion

7 of antiterrorism training facilities: Provided further, That

8 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author9 ized to provide short term medical services for students

10 undergoing training at the Center; $36,070,000, of which

11 $8,666,000 for materials and support costs of Federal law

12 enforcement basic training shall remain available until

13 September 30, 1998.

14 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

15 RELATED EXPENSES

16 For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement

17 Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional

18 real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,

19 facility improvements, and related expenses, $8,163,000,

20 to remain available until expended.

21 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management

24 Service, $181,837,000, of which not to exceed

25 $14,277,000 shall remain available until September 30,

26 1988 for systems modernization initiatives. In addition,
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1 $90,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust

2 Fund, to reimburse the Service for administrative and per3 sonnel expenses for financial management of the Fund,

4 as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.

5 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

13 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an

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

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

18 for official reception and representation expenses; for

19 training of State and local law enforcement agencies with

20 or without reimbursement; provision of laboratory assist21 ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim22 bursement; $391,035,000, of which not to exceed

23 $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attor24 neys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of

25 which $1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of
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1 any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for of2 ficial use by a State or local law enforcement agency if

3 the conveyance will be used in drug-related joint law en4 forcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

5 and Firearms and for the payment of overtime salaries,

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

7 of State and local law enforcement officers that are in8 curred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To9 bacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made avail10 able by this or any other Act may be used to implement

11 any reorganization of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

12 Firearms or transfer of the Bureau’s functions, missions,

13 or activities to other agencies or Departments in the fiscal

14 year ending on September 30, 1996: Provided further,

15 That no funds appropriated herein shall be available for

16 salaries or administrative expenses in connection with con17 solidating or centralizing, within the Department of the

18 Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisi19 tion and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal

20 firearms licensees: Provided further, That no funds appro21 priated herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses

22 or the compensation of any officer or employee of the

23 United States to implement an amendment or amend24 ments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the definition of

25 ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item
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1 from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January

2 1, 1994 without publishing prior notice in the Federal

3 Register and allowing for public comment: Provided fur4 ther, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be

5 available to investigate or act upon applications for relief

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

7 Provided further, That such funds shall be available to in8 vestigate and act upon applications filed by corporations

9 for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18

10 U.S.C. section 925(c).

11 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the United States Customs

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

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

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

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

18 representation expenses; and awards of compensation to

19 informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the

20 United States Customs Service; $1,389,829,000, of which

21 such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee

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

23 Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as

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

25 Account; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be
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1 available for payment for rental space in connection with

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

3 shall be available until expended for research: Provided,

4 That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the

5 general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal

6 year: Provided further, That the Commissioner of the Cus7 toms Service designate a single individual to be port direc8 tor of all United States Government activities at two ports

9 of entry, one on the southern border and one on the north10 ern border.

11 HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION

12 For administrative expenses related to the collection

13 of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law

14 103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor

15 Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and

16 merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac17 count for such purposes.

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR AND MARINE

19 INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

20 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

21 for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air22 craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine

23 Programs, including operational training and mission-re24 lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by

25 the air or marine interdiction or demand reduction pro26 grams, the operations of which include: the interdiction
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1 of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to

2 Customs and other Federal, State, and local agencies in

3 the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the

4 Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the Commis5 sioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal,

6 State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and

7 emergency humanitarian efforts; $60,993,000 of which

8 $5,644,000 shall remain available until expended; in addi9 tion, $19,733,000 shall be transferred from the Customs

10 Air and Marine Interdiction Programs, Procurement Ac11 count to remain available until expended: Provided, That

12 no aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception

13 of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been identified

14 as excess to Customs requirements, and aircraft which has

15 been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any

16 other Federal agency, Department, or office outside of the

17 Department of the Treasury, during fiscal year 1996,

18 without the prior approval of the House and Senate Com19 mittees on Appropriations.

20 CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS

21 (TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)

22 Such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed

23 $1,406,000, for expenses for the provision of Customs

24 services at certain small airports or other facilities when

25 authorized by law and designated by the Secretary of the

26 Treasury, including expenditures for the salary and ex-
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1 penses of individuals employed to provide such services,

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

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

4 for each of these airports or other facilities when author5 ized by law and designated by the Secretary of the Treas6 ury, and to remain available until expended.

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; $180,065,000: Provided,

11 That the sum appropriated herein from the General Fund

12 for fiscal year 1996 shall be reduced by not more than

13 $600,000 as definitive security issue fees are collected and

14 not more than $9,465,000 as Treasury Direct Investor Ac15 count Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in

16 a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation from the General

17 Fund estimated at $170,000,000.

18 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

19 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

20 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv21 ice, not otherwise provided for; including processing tax

22 returns; revenue accounting; providing assistance to tax23 payers, management services, and inspection; including

24 purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only, for po25 lice-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31
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1 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

2 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis3 sioner: $1,682,742,000, of which $3,700,000 shall be for

4 the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, no amount

5 of which shall be available for IRS administrative costs,

6 and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official

7 reception and representation expenses.

8 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

9 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv10 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and

11 enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em12 ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and

13 enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col14 lecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income and compli15 ance research; the purchase (for police-type use, not to

16 exceed 850), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31

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

18 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis19 sioner $4,254,476,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000

20 shall remain available until September 30, 1998 for re21 search: Provided, That $13,000,000 shall be used to initi22 ate a program to utilize private sector debt collection agen23 cies in the collection activities of the Internal Revenue

24 Service in compliance with section 104 of this Act.
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1 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

2 For necessary expenses for data processing and tele3 communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac4 tivities, including: tax systems modernization (modernized

5 developmental systems), modernized operational systems,

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

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

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

9 as may be determined by the Commissioner;

10 $1,575,216,000, of which up to $185,000,000 for tax and

11 information systems development projects shall remain

12 available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the

13 funds appropriated for tax systems modernization,

14 $70,000,000 may not be obligated until the Commissioner

15 of the Internal Revenue Service reports to the Committees

16 on Appropriations of the House and Senate on the imple17 mentation of Tax Systems Modernization.

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

19 SERVICE

20 SECTION 1. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro21 priation made available to the Internal Revenue Service

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

23 to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon

24 the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees

25 on Appropriations: Provided, That notwithstanding any

26 other provision of this Act, the Internal Revenue Service
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1 is authorized to transfer such sums as may be necessary

2 between appropriations with advance approval of the

3 House and Senate Appropriations Committees: Provided

4 further, That no funds shall be transferred from the ‘‘Tax

5 Law Enforcement’’ account during fiscal year 1996.

6 SEC. 2. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute

7 and maintain a training program to insure that Internal

8 Revenue Service employees are trained in taxpayers’

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

10 cross-cultural relations.

11 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret

14 Service, including purchase (not to exceed 665 vehicles for

15 police-type use for replacement only) and hire of passenger

16 motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance re17 quested by State and local governments, which may be

18 provided without reimbursement; services of expert wit19 nesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director;

20 rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, and fenc21 ing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private

22 or other property not in Government ownership or control,

23 as may be necessary to perform protective functions; for

24 payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to em25 ployees where a protective assignment during the actual
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1 day or days of the visit of a protectee require an employee

2 to work 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at his

3 or her post of duty; the conducting of and participating

4 in firearms matches; presentation of awards; and for trav5 el of Secret Service employees on protective missions with6 out regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this

7 or any other Act: Provided, That approval is obtained in

8 advance from the House and Senate Committees on Ap9 propriations; for repairs, alterations, and minor construc10 tion at the James J. Rowley Secret Service Training Cen11 ter; for research and development; for making grants to

12 conduct behavioral research in support of protective re13 search and operations; not to exceed $12,500 for official

14 reception and representation expenses; not to exceed

15 $50,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to

16 foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit inves17 tigations; for payment in advance for commercial accom18 modations as may be necessary to perform protective func19 tions; and for uniforms without regard to the general pur20 chase price limitation for the current fiscal year;

21 $542,461,000.

22 VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS

23 For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to

24 remain available until expended, which shall be derived

25 from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
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1 (a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $51,686,000,

2 of which: $33,865,000 shall be available to the United

3 States Customs Service for expenses associated with ‘‘Op4 eration Hardline’’; $2,221,000 to the Financial Crimes

5 Enforcement Network; $3,100,000 to the Bureau of Alco6 hol, Tobacco and Firearms for the development and dis7 semination of ballistic technologies as part of the

8 ‘‘Ceasefire’’ program; $10,000,000 to the United States

9 Secret Service; and $2,500,000 to the Federal Law En10 forcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia; and

11 (b) As authorized by section 32401, $12,200,000, for

12 disbursement through grants, cooperative agreements or

13 contracts, to local governments for Gang Resistance Edu14 cation and Training: Provided, That notwithstanding sec15 tions 32401 and 310001, such funds shall be allocated

16 only to the affected State and local law enforcement and

17 prevention organizations participating in such projects.

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

19 TREASURY

20 SECTION 101. Any obligation or expenditure by the

21 Secretary in connection with law enforcement activities of

22 a Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law

23 enforcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C.

24 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the

25 Fund on September 30, 1996, shall be made in compliance
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1 with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House

2 and Senate reports accompanying this Act.

3 SEC. 102. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart4 ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow5 ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in6 cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of

7 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign

8 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the

9 general purchase price limitation for vehicles purchased

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

11 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing

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

15 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro16 priations in this Act for the Department of the Treasury

17 may be transferred between such appropriations. Notwith18 standing any authority to transfer funds between appro19 priations contained in this or any other Act, no transfer

20 may increase or decrease any appropriation in this Act by

21 more than 2 per centum and any such proposed transfers

22 shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appro23 priations of the House and Senate.

24 SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated by this

25 title shall be used in connection with the collection of any
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1 underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue

2 Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees

3 of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such

4 collection, including any private sector employees under

5 contract to the Internal Revenue Service, complies with

6 subsection (a) of section 805 (relating to communications

7 in connection with debt collection), and section 806 (relat8 ing to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection

9 Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692).

10 SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti11 tute policies and procedures which will safeguard the con12 fidentiality of taxpayer information.

13 SEC. 106. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco14 hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1996 in this

15 Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis16 tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to

17 diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105

18 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

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

20 Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

21 TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

22 PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE

23 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

24 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

25 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
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1 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United

2 States Code; $85,080,000: Provided, That mail for over3 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:

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

5 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro6 vided further, That none of the funds made available to

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

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

9 employee of any State or local child support enforcement

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

11 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa12 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a

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

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

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

16 ending on September 30, 1996.

17 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR

18 NONFUNDED LIABILITIES

19 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting

20 the liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the

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

22 2004, $36,828,000.

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro24 priations Act, 1996’’.
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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 $39,459,000.

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; $7,522,000, 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; $3,175,000.

6 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel9 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

10 3109, and 3 U.S.C. 107; $3,867,000.

11 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the National Security

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

15 3109; $6,459,000.

16 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra19 tion; $25,736,000, including services as authorized by 5

20 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger

21 motor vehicles.

22 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management

25 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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1 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $55,426,000, of

2 which no more than $6,631,000 shall be available for the

3 Office of National Security and International Affairs, no

4 more than $6,699,000 shall be available for the Office of

5 General Government and Finance, no more than

6 $7,368,000 shall be available for the Office of Natural Re7 sources, Energy and Science, no more than $4,085,000

8 shall be available for the Office of Health and Personnel,

9 no more than $3,867,000 shall be available for the Office

10 of Human Resources, no more than $2,325,000 shall be

11 available for the Office of Federal Financial Management,

12 no more than $5,198,000 shall be available for the Office

13 of Information and Regulatory Affairs, no more than

14 $2,407,000 shall be available for the Office of Federal

15 Procurement Policy, no more than $16,912,000 shall be

16 available for the Office of the Director, the Office of the

17 Deputy Director, the Office of the Deputy Director for

18 Management, the Office of Communications, the Office of

19 the General Counsel, the Office of Legislative Affairs, the

20 Office of Economic Policy, the Office of Administration,

21 the Legislative Reference Division, and the Budget Review

22 Division, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be avail23 able to carry out the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35:

24 Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appro25 priations shall be applied only to the objects for which ap-
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1 propriations were made except as otherwise provided by

2 law: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

3 in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may

4 be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural mar5 keting orders or any activities or regulations under the

6 provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act

7 of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That

8 none of the funds made available for the Office of Manage9 ment and Budget by this Act may be expended for the

10 altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses,

11 except for testimony of officials of the Office of Manage12 ment and Budget, before the Committee on Appropria13 tions or the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs or their sub14 committees: Provided further, That this proviso shall not

15 apply to printed hearings released by the Committee on

16 Appropriations or the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

17 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

20 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to

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

22 official reception and representation expenses; for partici23 pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on

24 matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or

25 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
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1 bursement; $20,062,000, of which $10,200,000, to remain

2 available until expended, shall be available to the Counter3 Drug Technology Assessment Center for counternarcotics

4 research and development projects and shall be available

5 for transfer to other Federal departments or agencies, and

6 of which $600,000 shall be transferred to the Drug En7 forcement Administration for the El Paso Intelligence

8 Center: Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept,

9 hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal,

10 for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the

11 Office.

12 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

13 For expenses necessary to enable the President to

14 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national

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

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

17 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

18 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

21 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking

22 Areas Program, $104,000,000 for drug control activities

23 consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des24 ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which

25 no less than $52,000,000 shall be transferred to State and

26 local entities for drug control activities; and of which up
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1 to $52,000,000 may be transferred to Federal agencies

2 and departments at a rate to be determined by the Direc3 tor; and of which up to $3,000,000 may be available to

4 the Director for transfer to Federal agencies, or State and

5 local entities, or non-profit organizations to support spe6 cial demonstration projects that provide systematic pro7 gramming to reduce drug use and trafficking in des8 ignated targeted areas: Provided, That the funds made

9 available under this head shall be obligated within 90 days

10 of the date of enactment of this Act, except those funds

11 made available to the Director to support special dem12 onstration projects which shall be obligated by June 1,

13 1996.

14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap15 propriations Act, 1996’’.

16 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

17 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

18 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur21 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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

23 28; $1,682,000.
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1 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

4 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend5 ed; $26,521,000, of which no less than $1,500,000 shall

6 be available for internal automated data processing sys7 tems, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for

8 reception and representation expenses: Provided, That

9 none of the funds appropriated for automated data proc10 essing systems may be obligated until the Chairman of the

11 Federal Election Commission provides to the House Com12 mittee on Appropriations a systems requirements analysis

13 on the development of such a system.

14 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

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

19 Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by

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

21 hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference

22 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;

23 $19,742,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed24 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses

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

2 the Government service, and compensation as authorized

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

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

7 to be available without further appropriation for the costs

8 of carrying out these conferences.

9 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

10 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

11 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

12 The revenues and collections deposited into the Fund

13 established pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal

14 Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as

15 amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), shall be available for nec16 essary expenses of real property management and related

17 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,

18 maintenance, and protection of Federally owned and

19 leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Co20 lumbia; restoration of leased premises; moving govern21 mental agencies (including space adjustments and tele22 communications relocation expenses) in connection with

23 the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contrac24 tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings,

25 and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned build-
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1 ings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances;

2 care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation,

3 demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and

4 sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise author5 ized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings

6 and sites; conversion and extension of Federally owned

7 buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by

8 contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (in9 cluding equipment for such buildings); and payment of

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

11 public buildings acquired by installment purchase and pur12 chase contract, in the aggregate amount of

13 $5,066,822,000, of which (1) not to exceed $367,777,000

14 shall remain available until expended for construction of

15 additional projects at locations and at maximum construc16 tion improvement costs (including funds for sites and ex17 penses and associated design and construction services) as

18 follows:

19 New Construction:

20 Colorado:

21 Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, U.S.

22 Geological Survey Lab Building, $10,321,000

23 Florida:

24 Tallahassee, U.S. Courthouse Annex,

25 $9,606,000
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1 Georgia:

2 Savannah, U.S. Courthouse Annex,

3 $1,039,000

4 Louisiana:

5 Lafayette, Federal Building and U.S.

6 Courthouse, $11,826,000

7 Maryland:

8 Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties,

9 Food and Drug Administration, Phase II,

10 $65,764,000

11 Nebraska:

12 Omaha, Federal Building and U.S. Court13 house, $21,370,000

14 Nevada:

15 Las Vegas, U.S. Courthouse, $38,404,000

16 New Mexico:

17 Albuquerque, Federal Building and U.S.

18 Courthouse, $2,450,000

19 New York:

20 Brooklyn, U.S. Courthouse, $49,040,000

21 Central Islip, Federal Building and U.S.

22 Courthouse, $75,641,000

23 North Dakota:

24 Pembina, Border Station, $4,445,000

25 Ohio:
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1 Youngstown, U.S. Courthouse, $6,974,000

2 Pennsylvania:

3 Scranton, Federal Building and U.S.

4 Courthouse Annex, $9,638,000

5 South Carolina:

6 Columbia, U.S. Courthouse Annex,

7 $1,425,000

8 Texas:

9 Austin, Veterans Affairs Annex,

10 $3,176,000

11 Brownsville, Federal Building and U.S.

12 Courthouse, $10,981,000

13 Washington:

14 Blaine, U.S. Border Station, $6,168,000

15 Point Roberts, U.S. Border Station,

16 $1,406,000

17 West Virginia:

18 Martinsburg, Internal Revenue Service

19 Computer Center, $25,363,000

20 Non-Prospectus Projects Program,

21 $12,740,000:

22 Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits

23 of costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to

24 the extent that savings are effected in other such projects,

25 but not to exceed 10 per centum unless advanced approval
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1 is obtained from the House and Senate Committees on

2 Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further,

3 That the $6,000,000 under the heading of non-prospectus

4 construction projects, made available in Public Laws 102–

5 393 and 103–123 for the acquisition, lease, construction

6 and equipping of flexiplace work telecommuting centers,

7 is hereby increased by $5,000,000 from funds made avail8 able in this Act for non-prospectus construction projects,

9 all of which shall remain available until expended: Pro10 vided further, That of the $5,000,000 made available by

11 this Act, half shall be used for telecommuting centers in

12 the State of Virginia and half shall be used for

13 telecommuting centers in the State of Maryland: Provided

14 further, That all funds for direct construction projects

15 shall expire on September 30, 1997, and remain in the

16 Federal Buildings Fund except funds for projects as to

17 which funds for design or other funds have been obligated

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

19 That claims against the Government of less than

20 $250,000 arising from direct construction projects, acqui21 sitions of buildings and purchase contract projects pursu22 ant to Public Law 92–313, be liquidated with prior notifi23 cation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House

24 and Senate to the extent savings are effected in other such

25 projects; (2) not to exceed $713,086,000 shall remain
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1 available until expended, for repairs and alterations which

2 includes associated design and construction services: Pro3 vided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund

4 for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,

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

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

7 per centum unless advance approval is obtained from the

8 Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate

9 of a greater amount:

10 Repairs and Alterations:

11 Arkansas:

12 Little Rock, Federal Building, $7,551,000

13 California:

14 Sacramento, Federal Building (2800 Cottage

15 Way), $13,636,000

16 Colorado:

17 Lakewood, Denver Federal Center Building 25,

18 $29,351,000

19 District of Columbia:

20 Heating Plant Stacks, $11,141,000

21 Lafayette Building, $33,157,000

22 ICC/Connecting Wing Complex/Customs (phase

23 2/3), $58,275,000

24 Treasury Department Building, Repair and Al25 teration, $7,194,000
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1 White House, Roof Repair and Restoration,

2 $2,220,000

3 Illinois:

4 Chicago, Federal Center, $45,971,000

5 Maryland:

6 Woodlawn, SSA East High-Low Buildings,

7 $17,422,000

8 New York:

9 New York, Silvio V. Mollo Federal Building,

10 $4,182,000

11 North Dakota:

12 Bismarck, Federal Building, Post Office and

13 U.S. Courthouse, $7,119,000

14 Pennsylvania:

15 Philadelphia, SSA Building, Mid-Atlantic Pro16 gram Service Center, $11,376,000

17 Puerto Rico:

18 Old San Juan, Post Office and U.S. Court19 house, $25,701,000

20 Texas:

21 Dallas, Federal Building (Griffin St.),

22 $5,641,000

23 Washington:

24 Richland, Federal Building, U.S. Post Office

25 and Courthouse, $12,724,000
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1 Nationwide:

2 Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $50,430,000

3 Elevator Program, $13,109,000

4 Energy Program, $25,000,000

5 Advance Design, $24,608,000

6 Basic Repairs and Alterations, $307,278,000: Pro7 vided further, That additional projects for which

8 prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded

9 under this category only if advance approval is obtained

10 from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and

11 Senate: Provided further, That the difference between the

12 funds appropriated and expended on any projects in this

13 or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter14 ations’’, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alter15 ations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus

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

17 alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September

18 30, 1997, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund ex19 cept funds for projects as to which funds for design or

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

21 to such date: Provided further, That of the funds provided

22 for Advanced Design, $100,000 shall be made available

23 for architectural design studies for renovation of the Na24 tional Veterinary Services Laboratory and a

25 biocontainment facility at the National Animal Disease
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1 Center, Ames, Iowa: Provided further, That the amount

2 provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and

3 Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Govern4 ment arising from any projects under the heading ‘‘Re5 pairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized in6 creases in prospectus projects; (3) not to exceed

7 $181,963,000 for installment acquisition payments includ8 ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain

9 available until expended; (4) not to exceed $2,341,100,000

10 for rental of space which shall remain available until ex11 pended; and (5) not to exceed $1,389,463,000 for building

12 operations which shall remain available until expended:

13 Provided further, That funds available to the General

14 Services Administration shall not be available for expenses

15 in connection with any construction, repair, alteration, and

16 acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by

17 the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not

18 been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex19 pended for each project for required expenses in connec20 tion with the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro21 vided further, That the General Services Administration

22 shall establish a ‘‘Federal Triangle Office’’ reporting di23 rectly to the Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service

24 for the purpose of completing the design and construction

25 of the Federal Triangle Building: Provided further, That
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1 the Federal Triangle Office shall continue to utilize the

2 procurement and operating procedures established for the

3 project pursuant to the Federal Triangle Development Act

4 (40 U.S.C. 1104), and to implement and enforce the De5 velopment Agreement and other contracts and agreements

6 developed for the project: Provided further, That the Ad7 ministrator is authorized to enter into and perform such

8 leases, contracts, or other transactions with any agency

9 or instrumentality of the United States, the several States

10 or the District of Columbia, or with any person, firm, as11 sociation, or corporation as may be necessary to imple12 ment the Federal Triangle Project: Provided further, That

13 for the purposes of this authorization, buildings con14 structed pursuant to the purchase contract authority of

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

16 602a), buildings occupied pursuant to installment pur17 chase contracts, and buildings under the control of an18 other department or agency where alterations of such

19 buildings are required in connection with the moving of

20 such other department or agency from buildings then, or

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

22 Administration shall be considered to be federally owned

23 buildings: Provided further, That funds available in the

24 Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency

25 repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Pro2 vided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim3 bursable special services to other agencies under section

4 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative

5 Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6))

6 and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, light7 ing, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other

8 property not in Government ownership or control as may

9 be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service

10 to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C.

11 3056, as amended, shall be available from such revenues

12 and collections: Provided further, That revenues and col13 lections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during

14 fiscal year 1996, excluding reimbursements under section

15 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative

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

17 $5,066,822,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not

18 be available for expenditure except as authorized in appro19 priations Acts.

20 POLICY AND OVERSIGHT

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for

22 government-wide policy and oversight activities associated

23 with asset management, property management, supply

24 management, travel and transportation, telecommuni25 cations and information technology; to fund the Board of

26 Contract Appeals; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
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1 and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and rep2 resentation expenses; $62,499,000.

3 OPERATING EXPENSES

4 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro5 vided for, necessary for utilization of excess and surplus

6 personal property; transportation; procurement; supply;

7 and information technology activities; the utilization sur8 vey, deed compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental

9 and cultural analysis, and land use planning functions per10 taining to excess and surplus real property; accounting,

11 records management, and other support services incident

12 to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United

13 States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by

14 5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,130,000.

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

18 $32,549,000: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall

19 be available for payment for information and detection of

20 fraud against the Government, including payment for re21 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,

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

23 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens

24 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en25 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
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1 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

2 PRESIDENTS

3 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August

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

5 Law 95–138; $2,181,000: Provided, That the Adminis6 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary

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

8 out the provisions of such Acts.

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 SECTION 1. The appropriate appropriation or fund

12 available to the General Services Administration shall be

13 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte14 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part

15 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu16 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).

17 SEC. 2. Funds available to the General Services Ad18 ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger

19 motor vehicles.

20 SEC. 3. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made

21 available for fiscal year 1996 for Federal Buildings Fund

22 activities may be transferred between such activities only

23 to the extent necessary to meet program requirements.

24 Any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by

25 the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen26 ate.
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1 SEC. 4. No funds made available by this Act shall

2 be used to transmit a fiscal year 1997 request for United

3 States Courthouse construction that does not meet the

4 standards for construction as established by the General

5 Services Administration and the Office of Management

6 and Budget and does not reflect the priorities of the Ad7 ministrative Office of the Courts as set out in its approved

8 five-year construction plan.

9 SEC. 5. The Administrator of General Services is au10 thorized to accept and retain income received by the Gen11 eral Services Administration on or after October 1, 1993,

12 from Federal agencies and non-Federal sources, to defray

13 costs directly associated with the functions of flexiplace

14 work telecommuting centers.

15 SEC. 6. Of the $11,000,000 made available by this

16 Act and Public Laws 102–393 and 103–123 for flexiplace

17 work telecommuting centers, not less than $2,200,000

18 shall be available for immediate transfer to the Charles

19 County Community College, to provide facilities, equip20 ment, and other services to the General Services Adminis21 tration for the purposes of establishing telecommuting

22 work centers in Southern Maryland (Charles, Calvert, and

23 St. Mary’s County) for use by Government agencies des24 ignated by the Administrator of General Services: Pro25 vided, That the language providing authority to pay a pub-
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1 lic entity in the State of Maryland, not to exceed

2 $1,300,000 for the purpose of establishing telecommuting

3 work centers in Southern Maryland, under the heading

4 ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Availability of

5 Revenue’’ in Public Law 103–329 (108 Stat. 2400), is

6 hereby repealed.

7 SEC. 7. Not to exceed 5 percent of funds made avail8 able under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and ‘‘Office

9 of Policy and Oversight’’ may be transferred between such

10 appropriations upon the advance approval of the House

11 and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

12 JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW

13 BOARD

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the John F. Ken15 nedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,

16 $2,150,000.

17 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

21 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza22 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re23 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

25 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi26 cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,
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1 $21,129,000, together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for

2 administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals

3 to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and

4 Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys5 tems Protection Board.

6 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin9 istration of the National Archives and records and related

10 activities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary

11 for the review and declassification of documents, and for

12 the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $193,291,000: Pro13 vided, That the Archivist of the United States is author14 ized to use any excess funds available from the amount

15 borrowed for construction of the National Archives facil16 ity, for expenses necessary to move into the facility.

17 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

18 COMMISSION

19 GRANTS PROGRAM

20 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for

21 historical publications and records as authorized by 44

22 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $4,000,000 to remain available

23 until expended.
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1 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

4 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in

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

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

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

8 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and

9 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex10 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex11 penses; $7,776,000.

12 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

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

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

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

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

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

23 reception and representation expenses, and advances for

24 reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of Per25 sonnel Management and the Federal Bureau of Investiga26 tion for expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422
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1 of January 9, 1953, as amended; $85,524,000 and in ad2 dition $102,536,000 for administrative expenses, to be

3 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office

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

7 $11,300,000 shall be transferred at such times as the Of8 fice of Personnel Management deems appropriate, and

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

11 with remaining amounts authorized in previous Acts for

12 the recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the provisions

13 of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use

14 applicable trust funds as provided by section

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 1996, accept donations of money, property, and personal

10 services in connection with the development of a publicity

11 brochure to provide information about the White House

12 Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted

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

14 salaries of employees of such Commission: Provided fur15 ther, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to

16 pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any

17 officer or employee of the United States to implement a

18 reduction in force in the Office of Federal Investigations

19 prior to June 30, 1996.

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

24 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

25 General Act, as amended, including services as authorized

26 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles:
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1 $4,009,000, and in addition, not to exceed $6,181,000 for

2 administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel

3 Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be

4 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office

5 of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector

6 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author7 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia

8 and elsewhere.

9 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

10 HEALTH BENEFITS

11 For payment of Government contributions with re12 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89

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

14 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend15 ed, $3,746,337,000 to remain available until expended.

16 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

17 LIFE INSURANCE

18 For payment of Government contributions with re19 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as

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

21 sums as may be necessary.

22 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

23 DISABILITY FUND

24 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in25 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc26 tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an-
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1 nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv2 ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may

3 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the

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

5 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–75), may hereafter

6 be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability

7 Fund.

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

9 MANAGEMENT

10 SECTION 1. Section 1104 of title 5, United States

11 Code, is amended—

12 (1) in subsection (a)—

13 (A) in paragraph (2)—

14 (i) by striking ‘‘(except competitive

15 examinations for administrative law judges

16 appointed under section 3105 of this

17 title)’’; and

18 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the

19 end of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu

20 thereof a period; and

21 (B) by striking the matter following para22 graph (2) through ‘‘principles.’’; and

23 (2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the

24 following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(4) At the request of the head of an agency

2 to whom a function has been delegated under sub3 section (a)(2), the Office may provide assistance to

4 the agency in performing such function. Such assist5 ance shall, to the extent determined appropriate by

6 the Director of the Office, be performed on a reim7 bursable basis through the revolving fund established

8 under section 1304(e).’’.

9 SEC. 2. Subparagraph (B) of section 8348(a)(1) of

10 title 5, United States Code, is amended—

11 (1) by inserting ‘‘in making an allotment or as12 signment made by an individual under section

13 8345(h) or 8465(b) of this title,’’ after ‘‘law),’’; and

14 (2) by striking ‘‘title 26;’’ and inserting ‘‘title

15 26 or section 8345(k) or 8469 of this title;’’.

16 SEC. 3. Section 4(a) of the Federal Workforce Re17 structuring Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–226; 108 Stat.

18 111) is amended—

19 (1) by deleting ‘‘FISCAL YEARS 1994 AND

20 1995’’ and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘‘VOLUNTARY

21 SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—’’; and

22 (2) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘and before

23 October 1, 1995,’’.

24 SEC. 4. Title 5, United States Code, is amended—
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1 (1) in the second section designated as section

2 3329 (as added by section 4431(a) of Public Law

3 102–484)—

4 (A) by redesignating such section as sec5 tion 3330; and

6 (B) by adding at the end thereof the fol7 lowing new subsection:

8 ‘‘(f) The Office may, to the extent it determines ap9 propriate, charge such fees to agencies for services pro10 vided under this section and for related Federal employ11 ment information. The Office shall retain such fees to pay

12 the costs of providing such services and information.’’; and

13 (2) in the table of sections for chapter 33 by

14 amending the second item relating to section 3329

15 to read as follows:

‘‘3330. Government-wide list of vacant positions.’’.

16 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

19 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan

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

21 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection

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

23 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy24 ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including serv25 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and
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1 expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the

2 District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger

3 motor vehicles; $7,840,000.

4 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting

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

8 $32,899,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges

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

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

11 Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

12 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

13 THIS ACT

14 SECTION 501. No part of any appropriation made

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

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

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

18 this limitation shall not apply to programs which have

19 been approved by the Congress and appropriations made

20 therefor.

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

22 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

23 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

24 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation

25 under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
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1 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

2 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

3 of public record and available for public inspection, except

4 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex5 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

6 SEC. 504. None of the funds made available to the

7 General Services Administration pursuant to section

8 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv9 ices Act of 1949 shall be obligated or expended after the

10 date of enactment of this Act for the procurement by con11 tract of any guard, elevator operator, messenger or custo12 dial services if any permanent veterans preference em13 ployee of the General Services Administration at said date,

14 would be terminated as a result of the procurement of

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

16 expended for the procurement by contract of the covered

17 services with sheltered workshops employing the severely

18 handicapped under Public Law 92–28. Only if such work19 shops decline to contract for the provision of the covered

20 services may the General Services Administration procure

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

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

23 expires or is terminated for any reason, the General Serv24 ices Administration shall again offer to contract for the
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1 services from a sheltered workshop prior to offering such

2 services for competitive procurement.

3 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this

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

5 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac6 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would

7 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol8 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of

9 the Tariff Act of 1930.

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

11 Act shall be available for the purpose of transferring con12 trol over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

13 located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out

14 of the Treasury Department.

15 SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in

16 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes

17 within the United States not heretofore authorized by the

18 Congress.

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

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

21 of any officer or employee of the United States Postal

22 Service, who—

23 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat24 ens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee

25 of the United States Postal Service from having any
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1 direct oral or written communication or contact with

2 any Member or committee of Congress in connection

3 with any matter pertaining to the employment of

4 such officer or employee or pertaining to the United

5 States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of

6 whether such communication or contact is at the ini7 tiative of such officer or employee or in response to

8 the request or inquiry of such Member or committee;

9 or

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

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

12 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion

13 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis14 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti15 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em16 ployment of, any officer or employee of the United

17 States Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to

18 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to

19 such officer or employee, by reason of any commu20 nication or contact of such officer or employee with

21 any Member or committee of Congress as described

22 in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

23 SEC. 509. Funds under this Act shall be available as

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

25 Code, when the achievement involved is certified, or when
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1 an award for such achievement is otherwise payable, in

2 accordance with such sections. Such funds may not be

3 used for any purpose with respect to which the preceding

4 sentence relates beyond fiscal year 1996.

5 SEC. 510. The Office of Personnel Management may,

6 during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, accept

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

8 Federal Executive Institute, the Federal Quality Institute,

9 and Management Development Centers to assist in en10 hancing the quality of Federal management.

11 SEC. 511. The United States Secret Service may,

12 during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, accept

13 donations of money to off-set costs incurred while protect14 ing former Presidents and spouses of former Presidents

15 when the former President or spouse travels for the pur16 pose of making an appearance or speech for a payment

17 of money or any thing of value.

18 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this

19 Act may be used to withdraw the designation of the Vir20 ginia Inland Port at Front Royal, Virginia, as a United

21 States Customs Service port of entry.

22 SEC. 513. 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. 514. None of the funds made available in this

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

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

13 organization outside of the Federal Government without

14 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap15 propriations.

16 SEC. 515. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

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

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

19 expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec20 tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C.

21 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

22 SEC. 516. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE23 GARDING NOTICE.—(a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

24 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip25 ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased
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1 with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the

2 sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist3 ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only

4 American-made equipment and products.

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

6 providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec7 retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of

8 the assistance a notice describing the statement made in

9 subsection (a) by the Congress.

10 SEC. 517. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.—If it has

11 been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that

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

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

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

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

16 shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract

17 made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant

18 to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures

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

20 of Federal Regulations.

21 SEC. 518. Except as otherwise specifically provided

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

23 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 1996 from

24 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses

25 for fiscal year 1996 in this Act, shall remain available
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1 through September 30, 1997 for each such account for

2 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall

3 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap4 propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such

5 funds.

6 SEC. 519. Where appropriations in this Act are ex7 pendable for travel expenses of employees and no specific

8 limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for

9 such travel expenses may not exceed the amount set forth

10 therefore in the budget estimates submitted for appropria11 tions without the advance approval of the House and Sen12 ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this

13 section shall not apply to travel performed by uncompen14 sated officials of local boards and appeal boards in the

15 Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in

16 connection with care and treatment of medical bene17 ficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel

18 of the Office of Personnel Management in carrying out

19 its observation responsibilities of the Voting Rights Act;

20 or to payments to interagency motor pools separately set

21 forth in the budget schedules.

22 SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of law

23 or regulation: (1) The authority of the special police offi24 cers of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in the

25 Washington, DC Metropolitan area, extends to buildings
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1 and land under the custody and control of the Bureau;

2 to buildings and land acquired by or for the Bureau

3 through lease, unless otherwise provided by the acquisition

4 agency; to the streets, sidewalks and open areas imme5 diately adjacent to the Bureau along Wallenberg Place

6 (15th Street) and 14th Street between Independence and

7 Maine Avenues and C and D Streets between 12th and

8 14th Streets; to areas which include surrounding parking

9 facilities used by Bureau employees, including the lots at

10 12th and C Streets, SW, Maine Avenue and Water

11 Streets, SW, Maiden Lane, the Tidal Basin and East Po12 tomac Park; to the protection in transit of United States

13 securities, plates and dies used in the production of United

14 States securities, or other products or implements of the

15 Bureau of Engraving and Printing which the Director of

16 that agency so designates; (2) The exercise of police au17 thority by Bureau officers, with the exception of the exer18 cise of authority upon property under the custody and con19 trol of the Bureau, shall be deemed supplementary to the

20 Federal police force with primary jurisdictional respon21 sibility. This authority shall be in addition to any other

22 law enforcement authority which has been provided to

23 these officers under other provisions of law or regulations.
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1 SEC. 521. Section 5378 of Title 5, United States

2 Code, is amended by adding: ‘‘(8) Chief—not more than

3 the maximum rate payable for GS–14.’’

4 SEC. 522. Notwithstanding any other provision of

5 law, there is hereby established in the Treasury of the

6 United States, a United States Mint Public Enterprise

7 Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’): Provided, That all receipts from Mint

8 operations and programs, including the production and

9 sale of numismatic items, the production and sale of cir10 culating coinage, the protection of Government assets, and

11 gifts and bequests of property, real or personal shall be

12 deposited into the Fund and shall be available without fis13 cal year limitations: Provided further, That all expenses

14 incurred by the Secretary of the Treasury for operations

15 and programs of the United States Mint that the Sec16 retary of the Treasury determines, in the Secretary’s sole

17 discretion, to be ordinary and reasonable incidents of Mint

18 operations and programs, and any expense incurred pur19 suant to any obligation or other commitment of Mint oper20 ations and programs that was entered into before the es21 tablishment of the Fund, shall be paid out of the Fund:

22 Provided further, That not to exceed 6.2415 percent of the

23 nominal value of the coins minted, shall be paid out of

24 the Fund for the circulating coin operations and pro25 grams: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treas-
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1 ury may borrow such funds from the General Fund as may

2 be necessary to meet existing liabilities and obligations in3 curred prior to the receipt of revenues into the Fund and

4 the General Fund shall be reimbursed for such funds by

5 the Fund within one year of the date of the loan and re6 tain receipts from the Federal Reserve System from the

7 sale of circulating coins at face value for deposit into the

8 Fund; and transfer to the Fund all assets and liabilities

9 of the Mint operations and programs, including all Numis10 matic Public Enterprise Fund assets and liabilities, all re11 ceivables, unpaid obligations and unobligated balances

12 from the Mint’s appropriation, the Coinage Profit Fund,

13 and the Coinage Metal Fund, and the land and buildings

14 of the Philadelphia Mint, Denver Mint, and the Fort Knox

15 Bullion Depository: Provided further, That the Numis16 matic Public Enterprise Fund, the Coinage Profit Fund

17 and the Coinage Metal Fund shall cease to exist as sepa18 rate funds as their activites and functions are subsumed

19 under and subject to the Fund, and the requirements of

20 31 USC 5134(c)(4), (c)(5)(B), and (d) and (e) of the Nu21 mismatic Public Enterprise Fund shall apply to the Fund:

22 Provided further, That at such times as the Secretary of

23 the Treasury determines appropriate, but not less than an24 nually, any amount in the Fund that is determined to be

25 in excess of the amount required by the Fund shall be
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1 transferred to the Treasury for deposit as miscellaneous

2 receipts: Provided further, That the term ‘‘Mint operations

3 and programs’’ means (1) the activities concerning, and

4 assets utilized in, the production, administration, distribu5 tion, marketing, purchase, sale, and management of coin6 age, numismatic items, the protection and safeguarding

7 of Mint assets and those non-Mint assets in the custody

8 of the Mint, and the Fund; and (2) includes capital, per9 sonnel salaries and compensation, functions relating to op10 erations, marketing, distribution, promotion, advertising,

11 official reception and representation, the acquisition or re12 placement of equipment, the renovation or modernization

13 of facilities, and the construction or acquisition of new

14 buildings: Provided further, That the term ‘‘numismatic

15 item’’ means any medal, proof coin, uncirculated coin, bul16 lion coin, or other coin specifically designated by statute

17 as a numismatic item, including products and accessories

18 related to any such medal, coin, or item.

19 SEC. 523. Section 531 of Public Law 103–329, is

20 amended by inserting, ‘‘of the first section’’, after ‘‘adding

21 at the end’’.

22 SEC. 524. No funds appropriated by this Act shall

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

24 expenses in connection with any health plan under the
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1 Federal employees health benefit program which provides

2 any benefits or coverage for abortions.

3 SEC. 525. The provision of section 524 shall not

4 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered

5 if the fetus were carried to term.

6 SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of

7 law, the Administrator of General Services shall delegate

8 the authority to procure automatic data processing equip9 ment for the Tax Systems Modernization Program to the

10 Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That the Director of

11 the Office of Management and Budget shall have the au12 thority to revoke such delegation upon the written rec13 ommendation of the Administrator that the Secretary’s

14 actions under such delegation are inconsistent with the

15 goals of economic and efficient procurement and utiliza16 tion of automatic data processing equipment: Provided

17 further, That for all other purposes, a procurement con18 ducted under such delegation shall be treated as if made

19 under a delegation by the Administrator pursuant to 40

20 U.S.C. 759.

21 SEC. 527. RELIEF OF CERTAIN PERIODICAL PUBLI22 CATIONS.—For mail classification purposes under section

23 3626 of title 39, United States Code, and any regulations

24 of the United States Postal Service for the administration
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1 of that section, a weekly second-class periodical publica2 tion which—

3 (i) is eligible to publish legal notices under any

4 applicable laws of the State where it is published;

5 (ii) is eligible to be mailed at the rates for mail

6 under former subsection 4358 (a), (b), and (c) of

7 title 39, United States Code, as limited by current

8 subsection 3626(g) of that title; and

9 (iii) the pages of which were customarily se10 cured by 2 staples before March 19, 1989;

11 shall not be considered to be a bound publication solely

12 because its pages continue to be secured by 2 staples after

13 that date.

14 SEC. 528. None of the funds in this Act may be obli15 gated or expended for employee training that does not

16 meet identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities

17 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.

18 SEC. 529. (a) Prior to February 15, 1996, none of

19 the funds appropriated by this Act may, with respect to

20 an individual employed by the Bureau of the Public Debt

21 in the Washington metropolitan region on April 10, 1991,

22 be used to separate, reduce the grade or pay of, or carry

23 out any other adverse personnel action against such indi24 vidual for declining to accept a directed reassignment to

25 a position outside such region, pursuant to a transfer of
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1 any such Bureau’s operations or functions to Parkersburg,

2 West Virginia.

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

4 individual who, prior to February 15, 1996, declines an

5 offer of another position in the Department of the Treas6 ury which is of at least equal pay and which is within the

7 Washington metropolitan region.

8 TITLE VI—GOVERNMENTWIDE GENERAL

9 PROVISIONS

10 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

11 SECTION 601. Funds appropriated in this or any

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

13 for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in

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

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

16 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

17 this or any other Act for fiscal year 1996 shall obligate

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

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

22 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances

23 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi24 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru25 mentality.
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1 SEC. 603. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1345, any

2 agency, department or instrumentality of the United

3 States which provides or proposes to provide child care

4 services for Federal employees may reimburse any Federal

5 employee or any person employed to provide such services

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

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

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

12 Code.

13 SEC. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

14 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year

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

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

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

18 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at

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

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

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

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

2 Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:

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

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

6 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled

7 vehicles.

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

11 of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for

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

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

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

18 United States (including any agency the majority of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 been complied with: Provided further, That any person

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

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

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

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

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

21 any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this

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

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

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

5 a result of emergencies.

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

10 Services Administration for charges for space and services

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

13 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of

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

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

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

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

19 recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.

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

22 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention

23 and recycling programs as described in Executive

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

2 Executive Order.

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

5 development and implementation of hazardous waste

6 management and pollution prevention programs.

7 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by

8 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the

9 Federal agency.

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

11 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year

12 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of

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

14 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,

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

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

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

18 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the

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

20 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex21 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other

22 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be

23 correspondingly reduced.

24 SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation for the cur25 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall
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1 be paid to any person for the filling of any position for

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

3 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

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

5 Administrator of General Services has delegated the au6 thority to operate, maintain or repair any building or facil7 ity pursuant to section 205(d) of the Federal Property and

8 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, shall

9 retain that portion of the GSA rental payment available

10 for operation, maintenance or repair of the building or fa11 cility, as determined by the Administrator, and expend

12 such funds directly for the operation, maintenance or re13 pair of the building or facility. Any funds retained under

14 this section shall remain available until expended for such

15 purposes.

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

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

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

19 be used by Federal agencies for any purpose for which

20 appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (in21 cluding the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing

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

23 is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations

24 of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits re25 ceived as exchanged allowances or proceeds of sales of per-
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1 sonal property may be used in whole or part payment for

2 acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the man3 ner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the

4 Treasury.

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

6 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

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

8 similar groups (whether or not they are interagency enti9 ties) which do not have a prior and specific statutory ap10 proval to receive financial support from more than one

11 agency or instrumentality.

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

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

14 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and

15 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under

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

17 guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow18 ers of special policemen provided by the first section of

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

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

21 the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the

22 same actions as the Administrator of General Services

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

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

25 318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under
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1 the authority and within the limits provided in section 4

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

3 40 U.S.C. 318c).

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

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

6 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis7 approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly

8 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the Unit9 ed States.

10 SEC. 616. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

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

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

13 year ending on September 30, 1996, by this or any other

14 Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee de15 scribed in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States

16 Code—

17 (1) during the period from the date of expira18 tion of the limitation imposed by section 617 of the

19 Treasury, Postal Service and General Government

20 Appropriations Act, 1995, until the normal effective

21 date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that

22 is to take effect in fiscal year 1996, in an amount

23 that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable

24 grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in

25 accordance with such section 617; and
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1 (2) during the period consisting of the remain2 der of fiscal year 1996, in an amount that exceeds,

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

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

5 of—

6 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef7 fect in fiscal year 1996 under section 5303 of

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

9 under the General Schedule; and

10 (B) the difference between the overall aver11 age percentage of the locality-based comparabil12 ity payments taking effect in fiscal year 1996

13 under section 5304 of such title (whether by

14 adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver15 age percentage of such payments which was ef16 fective in fiscal year 1995 under such section.

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

18 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or

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

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

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

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

23 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli24 cable to such employee.
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1 (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable

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

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

4 1995, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by

5 the Office of Personnel Management.

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

7 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may

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

9 1995, except to the extent determined by the Office of

10 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose

11 of this section.

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

13 service performed after September 30, 1995.

14 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision

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

16 Code, and any rule or regulation that provides premium

17 pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee ben18 efit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that

19 imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a

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

21 payable after the application of this section shall be treat22 ed as the rate of salary or basic pay.

23 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per24 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by
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1 this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be

2 payable were this section not in effect.

3 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide

4 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section

5 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary

6 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ7 ees.

8 SEC. 617. During the period in which the head of

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

10 employee of the Government appointed by the President

11 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli12 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re13 decorate the office of such department head, agency head,

14 officer or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im15 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of

16 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by

17 the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen18 ate. For the purposes of this section, the word ‘‘office’’

19 shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi20 vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the

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

22 individual.

23 SEC. 618. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

25 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
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1 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose

2 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without

3 the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees

4 on Appropriations.

5 SEC. 619. (a) No amount of any grant made by a

6 Federal agency shall be used to finance the acquisition of

7 goods or services (including construction services) unless

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

9 receipt of such grant, to—

10 (1) specify in any announcement of the award11 ing of the contract for the procurement of the goods

12 and services involved (including construction serv13 ices) the amount of Federal funds that will be used

14 to finance the acquisition; and

15 (2) express the amount announced pursuant to

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

17 the planned acquisition.

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

19 to a procurement for goods or services (including construc20 tion services) that has an aggregate value of less than

21 $500,000.

22 SEC. 620. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,

23 United States Code, funds made available for fiscal year

24 1996 by this or any other Act shall be available for the

25 interagency funding of national security and emergency
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1 preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit

2 multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as

3 provided by Executive Order Numbered 12472 (April 3,

4 1984).

5 SEC. 621. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or

6 any other Act, during the fiscal year ending September

7 30, 1996, and hereafter, any department, division, bureau,

8 or office may use funds appropriated by this or any other

9 Act to install telephone lines, and necessary equipment,

10 and to pay monthly charges, in any private residence or

11 private apartment of an employee who has been authorized

12 to work at home in accordance with guidelines issued by

13 the Office of Personnel Management: Provided, That the

14 head of the department, division, bureau, or office certifies

15 that adequate safeguards against private misuse exist, and

16 that the service is necessary for direct support of the agen17 cy’s mission.

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

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

20 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for

21 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a

22 position of a confidential or policy-determining character

23 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section

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

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

2 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C

3 position was not created solely or primarily in order to

4 detail the employee to the White House.

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

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

8 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

9 (2) the National Security Agency;

10 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

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

13 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

14 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

15 the Department of State;

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

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

21 Treasury, and the Department of Energy perform22 ing intelligence functions; and

23 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

24 SEC. 623. No department, agency, or instrumentality

25 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
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1 this or any other Act for fiscal year 1996 shall obligate

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

3 or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to ad4 minister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure

5 that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and

6 sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are not

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

8 as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

9 of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

10 SEC. 624. No part of any appropriation contained in

11 this Act may be used to pay for the expenses of travel

12 of employees, including employees of the Executive Office

13 of the President, not directly responsible for the discharge

14 of official governmental tasks and duties: Provided, That

15 this restriction shall not apply to the family of the Presi16 dent, Members of Congress or their spouses, Heads of

17 State of a foreign country or their designee(s), persons

18 providing assistance to the President for official purposes,

19 or other individuals so designated by the President.

20 SEC. 625. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the

21 President, or his designee, must certify to Congress, annu22 ally, that no person or persons with direct or indirect re23 sponsibility for administering the Executive Office of the

24 President’s Drug-Free Workplace Plan are themselves

25 subject to a program of individual random drug testing.
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1 SEC. 626. (a) Beginning in fiscal year 1996 and

2 thereafter, for each Federal agency, except the Depart3 ment of Defense (which has separate authority), an

4 amount equal to 50 percent of—

5 (1) the amount of each utility rebate received

6 by the agency for energy efficiency and water con7 servation measures, which the agency has imple8 mented; and

9 (2) the amount of the agency’s share of the

10 measured energy savings resulting from energy-sav11 ings performance contracts

12 may be retained and credited to accounts that fund energy

13 and water conservation activities at the agency’s facilities,

14 and shall remain available until expended for additional

15 specific energy efficiency or water conservation projects or

16 activities, including improvements and retrofits, facility

17 surveys, additional or improved utility metering, and em18 ployee training and awareness programs, as authorized by

19 section 152(f) of the Energy Policy Act (Public Law 102–

20 486).

21 (b) The remaining 50 percent of each rebate, and the

22 remaining 50 percent of the amount of the agency’s share

23 of savings from energy-savings performance contracts,

24 shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury

25 at the end of the fiscal year in which received.
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1 SEC. 627. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, there is hereby established a Commission which shall

3 be known as the ‘‘Commission on Federal Mandates’’

4 (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’): Provided,

5 That the Commission shall be composed of nine Members

6 appointed from individuals who possess extensive leader7 ship experience in and knowledge of State, local, and tribal

8 governments and intergovernmental relations, including

9 State and local elected officials, as follows: (1) three Mem10 bers appointed by the Speaker of the House of Represent11 atives, in consultation with the minority leader of the

12 House of Representatives; (2) three Members appointed

13 by the majority leader of the Senate, in consultation with

14 the minority leader of the Senate: and (3) three Members

15 appointed by the President: Provided further, That ap16 pointments may be made under this section without re17 gard to section 5311(b) of title 5, United States Code:

18 Provided further, That in general, each member of the

19 Commission shall be appointed for the life of the Commis20 sion and a vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in

21 the manner in which the original appointment was made:

22 Provided further, That (1) Members of the Commission

23 shall serve without pay; (2) Members of the Commission

24 who are full-time officers or employees of the United

25 States may not receive additional pay, allowances or bene-
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1 fits by reason of their service on the Commission; and (3)

2 Each Member of the Commission may receive travel ex3 penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in ac4 cordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United

5 States Code: Provided further, That the Commission shall

6 convene its first meeting by not later than 15 days after

7 the date of the completion of appointment of the Members

8 of the Commission: Provided further, That the Commission

9 shall report on Federal mandates as specified in sections

10 302 (a), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of Public Law 104–4: Pro11 vided further, That the Commission shall have all authori12 ties specified under section 303 of Public Law 104–4: Pro13 vided further, That the term ‘‘Federal mandate’’ shall have

14 the same meaning as specified in section 305 of Public

15 Law 104–4, notwithstanding sections 3 and 4 of that law:

16 Provided further, That the Commission shall terminate 90

17 days after making the final report identified above.

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury, Postal Serv19 ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

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