Calendar No. 157

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2020

[Report No. 104–121]

AN ACT

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 20 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on

Appropriations

JULY 27 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 157

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2020

[Report No. 104–121]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 20 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JULY 27 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995

Reported by Mr. SHELBY, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the

United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of

the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 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

5 Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,

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

2 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

3 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

4 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices

7 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury

8 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

9 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase

10 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased

11 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance

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

13 travel expenses; not to exceed $2,950,000 to remain avail14 able until September 30, 1998, shall be available expended

15 for information technology modernization requirements;

16 not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and represen17 tation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen

18 emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and

19 expended under the direction of the Secretary of the

20 Treasury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;

21 $104,000,500 $105,929,000.

22 TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND

23 RESTORATION

24 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the

25 Treasury Building and annex, $7,684,000, to remain avail26 able until expended.
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1 COUNTER-DRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

2 SALARIES, EXPENSES, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

3 For salaries, expenses, research and development ac4 tivities of the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center,

5 $20,500,000, of which $20,000,000 shall remain available

6 until expended for counternarcotics research and develop7 ment projects and shall be available for transfer to other

8 Federal departments or agencies by the Under Secretary for

9 Enforcement, after consultation with the Chief Scientist of

10 the Center.

11 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of High Intensity Drug Traf14 ficking Areas for drug control activities consistent with an

15 annual strategy approved by the Under Secretary for En16 forcement for each of the designated High Intensity Drug

17 Trafficking Areas, $110,000,000, of which no less than

18 $55,000,000 shall be transferred to State and local entities

19 for drug control activities; and of which up to $55,000,000

20 may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments at

21 a rate to be determined by the Under Secretary for Enforce22 ment: Provided, That the funds made available under this

23 heading shall be obligated within 120 days of the date of

24 enactment of this Act.
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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 $30,067,000.

11 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

12 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Forfeiture

13 Fund, as authorized by Public Law 102–393, not to exceed

14 $15,000,000, to be derived from deposits in the Fund.

15 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En18 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve19 hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal personnel to attend

20 meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities,

21 law enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed

22 $14,000 for official reception and representation expenses

23 $20,273,000: Provided,That notwithstanding any other

24 provision of law, the Director of the Financial Crimes En25 forcement Network may procure up to $500,000 in spe26 cialized, unique or novel automatic data processing equip-
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1 ment, ancillary equipment, software, services, and related

2 resources from commercial vendors without regard to oth3 erwise applicable procurement laws and regulations and

4 without full and open competition, utilizing procedures

5 best suited under the circumstances of the procurement

6 to efficiently fulfill the agency’s requirements: Provided

7 further, That funds appropriated in this account may be

8 used to procure personal services contracts $22,198,000.

9 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce12 ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of

13 the Treasury, including materials and support costs of

14 Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to

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

16 motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and relat17 ed activities; uniforms without regard to the general pur18 chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the con19 ducting of and participating in firearms matches and pres20 entation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing

21 community support of law enforcement training; not to ex22 ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex23 penses; room and board for student interns; and services

24 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That the Cen25 ter is authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both
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1 real and personal, and to accept services, for authorized

2 purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value

3 which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the

4 Center to the outstanding student who graduated from a

5 basic training program at the Center during the previous

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

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

8 notwithstanding any other provision of law, students at9 tending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Train10 ing Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-pro11 vided housing, insofar as available and in accordance with

12 Center policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated

13 in this account shall be available for training United

14 States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Post15 al police officers, at the discretion of the Director; State

16 and local government law enforcement training on a space17 available basis; training of foreign law enforcement offi18 cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac19 tual costs to this appropriation (except that the Director

20 may waive reimbursement and may pay travel expenses,

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

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

23 interest to do so); training of private sector security offi24 cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac25 tual costs to this appropriation; travel expenses of non-
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1 Federal personnel to attend State and local course devel2 opment meetings at the Center: Provided further, That the

3 Center is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of

4 reimbursements from agencies receiving training at the

5 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except that

6 total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not ex7 ceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the

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

9 to obligate funds to provide for site security and expansion

10 of antiterrorism training facilities: Provided further, That

11 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author12 ized to provide short term medical services for students

13 undergoing training at the Center; $36,070,000

14 $34,006,000, of which $8,666,000 for materials and sup15 port costs of Federal law enforcement basic training shall

16 remain available until September 30, 1998.

17 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

18 RELATED EXPENSES

19 For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement

20 Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional

21 real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,

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

23 $9,663,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management

4 Service, $181,837,000 $186,070,000, of which not to ex5 ceed $14,277,000 shall remain available until September

6 30, 1988 expended for systems modernization initiatives.

7 In addition, $90,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Li8 ability Trust Fund, to reimburse the Service for adminis9 trative and personnel expenses for financial management

10 of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law

11 101–380.

12 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To15 bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed

16 six hundred and fifty vehicles for police-type use for re17 placement only and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire

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

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

20 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an

21 assignment to the National Response Team during the in22 vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em23 ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain

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

25 for official reception and representation expenses; for
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1 training of State and local law enforcement agencies with

2 or without reimbursement; provision of laboratory assist3 ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim4 bursement; $391,035,000 $377,971,000, of which not to

5 exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of

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

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

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

9 official use by a State or local law enforcement agency

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

11 enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To12 bacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime sala13 ries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar

14 costs of State and local law enforcement officers that are

15 incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol,

16 Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made

17 available by this or any other Act may be used to imple18 ment a÷ny reorganization of the Bureau of Alcohol, To19 bacco and Firearms or transfer of the Bureau’s functions,

20 missions, or activities to other agencies or Departments

21 in the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1996: Provided

22 further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be avail23 able for salaries or administrative expenses in connection

24 with consolidating or centralizing, within the Department

25 of the Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of
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1 acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by Fed2 eral firearms licensees: Provided further, That no funds

3 appropriated herein shall be used to pay administrative

4 expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee

5 of the United States to implement an amendment or

6 amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the defini7 tion of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove

8 any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on

9 January 1, 1994 without publishing prior notice in the

10 Federal Register and allowing for public comment: Pro11 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein

12 shall be available to investigate or act upon applications

13 for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18

14 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be

15 available to investigate and act upon applications filed by

16 corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities

17 under 18 U.S.C. section 925(c).

18 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the United States Customs

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

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

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

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

25 representation expenses; and awards of compensation to
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1 informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the

2 United States Customs Service; $1,392,429,000

3 $1,387,153,000, of which such sums as become available

4 in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject

5 to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Rec6 onciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)),

7 shall be derived from that Account; of the total, not to

8 exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental

9 space in connection with preclearance operations, and not

10 to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for

11 research: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased with12 out regard to the general purchase price limitation for the

13 current fiscal year: Provided further, That the Commis14 sioner of the Customs Service designate a single individual

15 to be port director of all United States Government activi16 ties at two ports of entry, one on the southern border and

17 one on the northern border Provided further, That

18 $750,000 shall be available for additional part-time and

19 temporary positions in the Honolulu Customs District.

20 HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION

21 For administrative expenses related to the collection

22 of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law

23 103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor

24 Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and

25 merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac26 count for such purposes.
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR AND MARINE

2 INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

3 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

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

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

8 the air or marine interdiction or demand reduction pro9 grams, the operations of which include: the interdiction

10 of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to

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

12 the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the

13 Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the Commis14 sioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal,

15 State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and

16 emergency humanitarian efforts; $60,993,000 $68,543,000

17 which of which $5,644,000 shall remain available until ex18 pended; in addition, $19,733,000 shall be transferred from

19 the Customs Air and Marine Interdiction Programs, Pro20 curement Account to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, with

22 the exception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has

23 been identified as excess to Customs requirements, and

24 aircraft which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be

25 transferred to any other Federal agency, Department, or
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1 office outside of the Department of the Treasury, during

2 fiscal year 1996, without the prior approval of the House

3 and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

4 CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS

5 (TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)

6 Such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed

7 $1,406,000, for expenses for the provision of Customs

8 services at certain small airports or other facilities when

9 authorized by law and designated by the Secretary of the

10 Treasury, including expenditures for the salary and ex11 penses of individuals employed to provide such services,

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

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

14 for each of these airports or other facilities when author15 ized by law and designated by the Secretary of the Treas16 ury, and to remain available until expended.

17 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

18 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

19 For necessary expenses connected with any public20 debt issues of the United States; $180,065,000: Provided,

21 That the sum appropriated herein from the General Fund

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

23 $600,000 as definitive security issue fees are collected and

24 not more than $9,465,000 as Treasury Direct Investor Ac25 count Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in
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1 a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation from the General

2 Fund estimated at $170,000,000.

3 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

4 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

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

7 returns; revenue accounting; providing assistance to tax8 payers, management services, and inspection; including

9 purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only, for po10 lice-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31

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

12 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis13 sioner: $1,682,742,000 $1,767,309,000, of which

14 $3,700,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly

15 Program, no amount of which shall be available for IRS

16 administrative costs, and of which not to exceed $25,000

17 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.

18 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

19 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv20 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and

21 enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em22 ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and

23 enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col24 lecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income and compli25 ance research; the purchase (for police-type use, not to

26 exceed 850), 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 $4,254,476,000 $4,097,294,000, of which not to ex4 ceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September

5 30, 1998 for research: Provided, That $13,000,000 shall

6 be used to initiate a program to utilize private sector coun7 sel law firms and debt collection agencies in the collection

8 activities of the Internal Revenue Service in compliance

9 with section 104 of this Act.

10 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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

14 developmental systems), modernized operational systems,

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

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

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

18 as may be determined by the Commissioner;

19 $1,575,216,000 $1,442,605,000, of which no less than

20 $670,000,000 shall be available for tax systems moderniza21 tion activities, of which up to $185,000,000 for tax and

22 information systems development projects shall remain

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

24 funds appropriated for tax systems modernization,

25 $70,000,000 may not be obligated until the Commissioner

26 of the Internal Revenue Service reports to the Committees
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1 on Appropriations of the House and Senate on the imple2 mentation of Tax Systems Modernization Provided, That

3 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this

4 Act the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service shall

5 provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House

6 and the Senate a report that (1) identifies, evaluates, and

7 prioritizes all systems investments planned for fiscal year

8 1996, using explicit decision criteria, and (2) explains in

9 detail and provides a completion schedule for all actions

10 being taken by the Internal Revenue Service to successfully

11 mitigate deficiencies recently identified by the General Ac12 counting Office in the Internal Revenue Service’s business

13 strategy, management and technical infrastructure, and the

14 management process in place to implement its tax system

15 modernization: Provided further, That not later than 30

16 days after the submission of the Commissioner’s report the

17 General Accounting Office shall provide the Committees on

18 Appropriations of the House and the Senate an independent

19 assessment of that report: Provided further, That none of

20 the funds appropriated for tax systems modernization, ex21 cept those funds needed to operate and maintain current

22 systems, shall be available for obligation until expressly ap23 proved by the Committees on Appropriations of the House

24 and the Senate.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

2 SERVICE

3 SECTION 1. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro4 priation made available to the Internal Revenue Service

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

6 to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon

7 the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees

8 on Appropriations: Provided, That notwithstanding any

9 other provision of this Act, the Internal Revenue Service

10 is authorized to transfer such sums as may be necessary

11 between appropriations with advance approval of the

12 House and Senate Appropriations Committees:–Provided

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

14 Law Enforcement’’ account during fiscal year 1996.

15 SEC. 2. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute

16 and maintain a training program to insure that Internal

17 Revenue Service employees are trained in taxpayers’

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

19 cross-cultural relations.

20 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret

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

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

25 motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance re-
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1 quested by State and local governments, which may be

2 provided without reimbursement; services of expert wit3 nesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director;

4 rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, and fenc5 ing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private

6 or other property not in Government ownership or control,

7 as may be necessary to perform protective functions; for

8 payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to em9 ployees where a protective assignment during the actual

10 day or days of the visit of a protectee require an employee

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

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

13 in firearms matches; presentation of awards; and for trav14 el of Secret Service employees on protective missions with15 out regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this

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

17 advance from the House and Senate Committees on Ap18 propriations; for repairs, alterations, and minor construc19 tion at the James J. Rowley Secret Service Training Cen20 ter; for research and development; for making grants to

21 conduct behavioral research in support of protective re22 search and operations; not to exceed $12,500 for official

23 reception and representation expenses; not to exceed

24 $50,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to

25 foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit inves-
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1 tigations; for payment in advance for commercial accom2 modations as may be necessary to perform protective func3 tions; and for uniforms without regard to the general pur4 chase price limitation for the current fiscal year;

5 $542,461,000 $534,502,000.

6 VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS

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

8 remain available until expended, which shall be derived

9 from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:

10 (a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $51,686,000,

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

12 States Customs Service for expenses associated with ‘‘Op13 eration Hardline’’; $2,221,000 to the Financial Crimes

14 Enforcement Network; $3,100,000 to the Bureau of Alco15 hol, Tobacco and Firearms for the development and dis16 semination of ballistic technologies as part of the

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

18 Secret Service; and $2,500,000 to the Federal Law En19 forcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia; and

20 (a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $68,300,000,

21 of which: $17,500,000 shall be available to the United States

22 Customs Service for expenses associated with ‘‘Operation

23 Hardline’’; of which $2,500,000 shall be available to the Fi24 nancial Crimes Enforcement Network; of which $24,700,000

25 shall be available to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
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1 Firearms, of which no less than $21,200,000 shall be avail2 able to annualize the salaries and related costs for the fiscal

3 year 1995 counter-terrorism initiative, and of which no less

4 than $3,500,000 shall be available for administering the

5 Gang Resistance Education and Training program; of

6 which $21,600,000 and up to an additional 150 full-time

7 equivalent positions which shall be in addition to those

8 funded in the ‘‘salaries and expenses’’ account and which

9 shall be available to the United States Secret Service to sup10 port White House security and anti-counterfeiting activi11 ties, and of which no less than $1,600,000 shall be available

12 for enhancing forensics technology to aid missing and ex13 ploited children investigations; and of which $2,000,000

14 shall be available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training

15 Center; and

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

17 $7,200,000, for disbursement through grants, cooperative

18 agreements or contracts, to local governments for Gang

19 Resistance Education and Training: Provided, That not20 withstanding sections 32401 and 310001, such funds shall

21 be allocated only to the affected State and local law en22 forcement and prevention organizations participating in

23 such projects.
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

2 TREASURY

3 SECTION 101. Any obligation or expenditure by the

4 Secretary in connection with law enforcement activities of

5 a Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law

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

7 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the

8 Fund on September 30, 1996, shall be made in compliance

9 with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House

10 and Senate reports accompanying this Act.

11 SEC. 102. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart12 ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow13 ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in14 cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of

15 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign

16 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the

17 general purchase price limitation for vehicles purchased

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

19 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing

20 of health and medical services to employees and their de21 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author22 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

23 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro24 priations in this Act for the Department of the Treasury

25 may be transferred between such appropriations. Notwith-
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1 standing any authority to transfer funds between appro2 priations contained in this or any other Act, no transfer

3 may increase or decrease any appropriation in this Act by

4 more than 2 per centum and any such proposed transfers

5 shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appro6 priations of the House and Senate.

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

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

9 underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue

10 Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees

11 of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such

12 collection, including any private sector employees under

13 contract to the Internal Revenue Service, complies with

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

15 in connection with debt collection), and section 806 (relat16 ing to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection

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

18 SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti19 tute policies and procedures which will safeguard the con20 fidentiality of taxpayer information.

21 SEC. 106. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco22 hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1996 in this

23 Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis24 tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to
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1 diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105

2 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

3 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

4 Customs personnel funded through reimbursement from the

5 Puerto Rico Trust Fund shall not be reduced as the result

6 of work force reductions required under Executive order or

7 other guidance to Executive branch agencies in fiscal year

8 1996.

9 SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized

10 in fiscal year 1996 and hereafter, to use Treasury Depart11 ment aircraft, with or without reimbursement, to assist bu12 reaus within the Department of the Treasury or other Fed13 eral agencies, Departments or offices outside of the Depart14 ment of the Treasury to provide emergency law enforcement

15 support to protect human life, property, public health, or

16 safety.

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

18 Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

19 TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

20 PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE

21 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

22 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

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

25 States Code; $85,080,000: Provided, That mail for over-
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1 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:

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

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

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

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

7 employee of any State or local child support enforcement

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

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

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

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

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

14 ending on September 30, 1996.

15 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR

16 NONFUNDED LIABILITIES

17 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting

18 the liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the

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

20 2004, $36,828,000.

21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro22 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 $38,131,000.

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 $7,827,000, to be expended and

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

11 112–114.

12 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

13 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex14 ecutive Residence at the White House, $2,200,000, to re15 main available until expended for replacement of the White

16 House roof, to be expended and accounted for as provided

17 by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 112–114.

18 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

19 OPERATING EXPENSES

20 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,

21 heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,

22 of the official residence of the Vice President, the hire of

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

24 official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to

25 be accounted for solely on his certificate; $324,000: Pro26 vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this
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1 appropriation may be made to any department or agency

2 for expenses of carrying out such activities.

3 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President

6 to provide assistance to the President in connection with

7 specially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5

8 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex9 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex10 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and

11 hire of passenger motor vehicles; $3,175,000 $3,280,000.

12 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out

15 its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.

16 1021), $3,439,000.

17 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel20 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

21 3109, and 3 U.S.C. 107; $3,867,000.
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1 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Security

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

5 3109; $6,459,000 $6,648,000.

6 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra9 tion; $25,736,000 $25,560,000, including services as au10 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire

11 of passenger motor vehicles.

12 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management

15 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,

16 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $55,426,000, of

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

18 Office of National Security and International Affairs, no

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

20 General Government and Finance, no more than

21 $7,368,000 shall be available for the Office of Natural Re22 sources, Energy and Science, no more than $4,085,000

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

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

25 of Human Resources, no more than $2,325,000 shall be
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1 available for the Office of Federal Financial Management,

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

3 of Information and Regulatory Affairs, no more than

4 $2,407,000 shall be available for the Office of Federal

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

6 available for the Office of the Director, the Office of the

7 Deputy Director, the Office of the Deputy Director for

8 Management, the Office of Communications, the Office of

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

10 Office of Economic Policy, the Office of Administration,

11 the Legislative Reference Division, and the Budget Review

12 Division $55,907,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000

13 shall be available to carry out the provisions of 44 U.S.C.

14 chapter 35: Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C.

15 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the ob16 jects for which appropriations were made except as other17 wise provided by law: Provided further, That none of the

18 funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Manage19 ment and Budget may be used for the purpose of review20 ing any agricultural marketing orders or any activities or

21 regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural Mar22 keting Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Pro23 vided further, That none of the funds made available for

24 the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may

25 be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual
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1 testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of

2 the Office of Management and Budget, before the Com3 mittee on Appropriations or the Committee on Veterans’

4 Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That this

5 proviso shall not apply to printed hearings released by the

6 Committee on Appropriations or the Committee on Veter7 ans’ Affairs: Provided further, That the Director of Office

8 of Management and Budget shall submit to the House and

9 Senate Committees on Appropriations (1) an analysis for

10 the period of 30 fiscal years beginning with fiscal year

11 1996, of the estimated levels of total budget outlays and total

12 new budget authority, the estimated revenues to be received,

13 the estimated surplus or deficit, if any, for each major Fed14 eral entitlement program for each fiscal year in such period:

15 Provided further, That no funds shall be obligated for sala16 ries and expenses after 60 days of the date of enactment

17 of this Act if the Director of the Office of Management and

18 Budget has not submitted such analysis to the House and

19 Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to such date.

20 INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE

21 For necessary expenses of the Information Security

22 Oversight Office, $1,482,000.
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1 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

4 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to

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

6 official reception and representation expenses; for partici7 pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on

8 matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or

9 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim10 bursement; $20,062,000, of which $10,200,000, to remain

11 available until expended, shall be available to the Counter12 Drug Technology Assessment Center for counternarcotics

13 research and development projects and shall be available

14 for transfer to other Federal departments or agencies, and

15 of which $600,000 shall be transferred to the Drug En16 forcement Administration for the El Paso Intelligence

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

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

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

20 Office.

21 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

22 For expenses necessary to enable the President to

23 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national

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

25 abroad during the current fiscal year; $1,000,000.
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1 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

2 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

5 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking

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

7 consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des8 ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which

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

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

11 to $52,000,000 may be transferred to Federal agencies

12 and departments at a rate to be determined by the Direc13 tor; and of which up to $3,000,000 may be available to

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

15 local entities, or non-profit organizations to support spe16 cial demonstration projects that provide systematic pro17 gramming to reduce drug use and trafficking in des18 ignated targeted areas: Provided, That the funds made

19 available under this head shall be obligated within 90 days

20 of the date of enactment of this Act,–except those funds

21 made available to the Director to support special dem22 onstration projects which shall be obligated by June 1,

23 1996.

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap25 propriations Act, 1996’’.
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1 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

2 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

3 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

8 28; $1,682,000 $1,800,000.

9 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

12 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend13 ed; $26,521,000, of which no less than $1,500,000 shall

14 be available for internal automated data processing sys15 tems $28,517,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be

16 available for reception and representation expenses: Pro17 vided, That none of the funds appropriated for automated

18 data processing systems may be obligated until the Chair19 man of the Federal Election Commission provides to the

20 House Committee on Appropriations a systems require21 ments analysis on the development of such a system.

22 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

25 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
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1 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service

2 Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by

3 5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,

4 hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference

5 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;

6 $19,742,000 $21,398,000: Provided, That public members

7 of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel

8 expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized

9 by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermit10 tently in the Government service, and compensation as au11 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not12 withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees

13 charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management

14 relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with

15 this account, to be available without further appropriation

16 for the costs of carrying out these conferences.

17 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

18 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

19 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

20 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

21 The revenues and collections deposited into For addi22 tional expenses necessary to carry out the purpose of the

23 Fund established pursuant to section 210(f) of the Fed24 eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,

25 as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $86,000,000, to be depos26 ited into said Fund shall be available for necessary ex-
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1 penses of real property management and related activities

2 not otherwise provided for, including operation, mainte3 nance, and protection of Federally owned and leased build4 ings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; res5 toration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies

6 (including space adjustments and telecommunications re7 location expenses) in connection with the assignment, allo8 cation and transfer of space; contractual services incident

9 to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and

10 alteration of federally owned buildings including grounds,

11 approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of

12 sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip13 ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con14 demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition

15 of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and

16 extension of Federally owned buildings; preliminary plan17 ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con18 struction of new buildings (including equipment for such

19 buildings); and payment of principal, interest, taxes, and

20 any other obligations for public buildings acquired by in21 stallment purchase and purchase contract, in the aggre22 gate amount of $5,066,822,000 $5,087,819,000, of which

23 (1) not to exceed $367,777,000 $573,872,000 shall remain

24 available until expended for construction of additional

25 projects at locations and at maximum construction im-
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1 provement costs (including funds for sites and expenses

2 and associated design and construction services) as fol3 lows:

4 New Construction:

5 Colorado:

6 Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, U.S.

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

8 Florida:

9 Tallahassee, U.S. Courthouse Annex,

10 $9,606,000

11 Georgia:

12 Savannah, U.S. Courthouse Annex,

13 $1,039,000

14 Louisiana:

15 Lafayette, Federal Building and U.S.

16 Courthouse, $11,826,000

17 Maryland:

18 Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties,

19 Food and Drug Administration, $65,764,000

20 Nebraska:

21 Omaha, Federal Building and U.S. Court22 house, $21,370,000

23 Nevada:

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

25 New Mexico:
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1 Albuquerque, Federal Building and U.S.

2 Courthouse, $2,450,000

3 New York:

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

5 Central Islip, Federal Building and U.S.

6 Courthouse, $75,641,000

7 North Dakota:

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

9 Ohio:

10 Youngstown, U.S. Courthouse, $6,974,000

11 Pennsylvania:

12 Scranton, Federal Building and U.S.

13 Courthouse Annex, $9,638,000

14 South Carolina:

15 Columbia, U.S. Courthouse Annex,

16 $1,425,000

17 Texas:

18 Austin, Veterans Affairs Annex,

19 $3,176,000

20 Brownsville, Federal Building and U.S.

21 Courthouse, $10,981,000

22 Washington:

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

24 Point Roberts, U.S. Border Station,

25 $1,406,000
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1 West Virginia:

2 Martinsburg, Internal Revenue Service

3 Computer Center, $25,363,000

4 Non-Prospectus Projects Program,

5 $12,740,000:

6 New Construction:

7 Colorado:

8 Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, U.S. Ge9 ological Survey Lab Building, $25,802,000

10 Florida:

11 Tallahassee, U.S. Courthouse Annex,

12 $24,015,000

13 Georgia:

14 Savannah, U.S. Courthouse Annex,

15 $2,597,000

16 Louisiana:

17 Lafayette, Federal Building and U.S.

18 Courthouse, $29,565,000

19 Maryland:

20 Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties,

21 Food and Drug Administration, $87,000,000

22 Nebraska:

23 Omaha, Federal Building and U.S. Court24 house, $53,424,000

25 New Mexico:
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1 Albuquerque, Federal Building and U.S.

2 Courthouse, $6,126,000

3 New York:

4 Central Islip, Federal Building and U.S.

5 Courthouse, $189,102,000

6 North Dakota:

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

8 Pennsylvania:

9 Scranton, Federal Building and U.S.

10 Courthouse Annex, $24,095,000

11 South Carolina:

12 Columbia, U.S. Courthouse Annex,

13 $3,562,000

14 Texas:

15 Austin, Veterans Affairs Annex, $7,940,000

16 Brownsville, Federal Building and U.S.

17 Courthouse, $27,452,000

18 Washington:

19 Point Roberts, U.S. Border Station,

20 $3,516,000

21 Seattle, U.S. Courthouse, $8,305,000

22 West Virginia:

23 Martinsburg, Internal Revenue Service

24 Computer Center, $63,408,000

25 Non-prospectus Projects Program, $6,850,000:
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1 Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits

2 of costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to

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

4 but not to exceed 10 per centum unless advanced approval

5 is obtained from the House and Senate Committees on

6 Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further,

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

8 construction projects, made available in Public Laws 102–

9 393 and 103–123 for the acquisition, lease, construction

10 and equipping of flexiplace work telecommuting centers,

11 is hereby increased by $5,000,000 from funds made avail12 able in this Act for non-prospectus construction projects,

13 all of which shall remain available until expended: Pro14 vided further, That of the $5,000,000 made available by

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

16 the State of Virginia and half shall be used for

17 telecommuting centers in the State of Maryland: Provided

18 further, That of the funds made available for the District

19 of Columbia, Southeast Federal Center, under the heading,

20 ‘‘Real Property Activities, Federal Buildings Fund, Limi21 tations on Availability of Revenue’’ in Public Law 101–

22 509, $55,000,000 are rescinded: Provided further, That the

23 limitation on the availability of revenue contained in such

24 Act is reduced by $55,000,000: Provided further, That all

25 funds for direct construction projects shall expire on Sep-
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1 tember 30, 1997, and remain in the Federal Buildings

2 Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for de3 sign or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part

4 prior to such date: Provided further, That claims against

5 the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct

6 construction projects, acquisitions of buildings and pur7 chase contract projects pursuant to Public Law 92–313,

8 be liquidated with prior notification to the Committees on

9 Appropriations of the House and Senate to the extent sav10 ings are effected in other such projects; (2) not to exceed

11 $713,086,000 $627,000,000 shall remain available until

12 expended, for repairs and alterations which includes asso13 ciated design and construction services: Provided further,

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

15 Repairs and Alterations may be used to fund costs associ16 ated with implementing security improvements to buildings

17 necessary to meet the minimum standards for security in

18 accordance with current law and in compliance with the

19 reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees

20 of the House and Senate: Provided further, That funds in

21 the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations

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

23 by project as follows, except each project may be increased

24 by an amount not to exceed 10 per centum unless advance
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1 approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria2 tions of the House and Senate of a greater amount:

3 Repairs and Alterations:

4 Arkansas:

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

6 California:

7 Sacramento, Federal Building (2800 Cottage

8 Way), $13,636,000

9 Colorado:

10 Lakewood, Denver Federal Center Building 25,

11 $29,351,000

12 District of Columbia:

13 Heating Plant Stacks, $11,141,000

14 Lafayette Building, $33,157,000

15 ICC/Connecting Wing Complex/Customs (phase

16 2/3), $58,275,000

17 Treasury Department Building, Repair and Al18 teration, $7,194,000

19 White House, Roof Repair and Restoration,

20 $2,220,000

21 Illinois:

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

23 Maryland:

24 Woodlawn, SSA East High-Low Buildings,

25 $17,422,000
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1 New York:

2 New York, Silvio V. Mollo Federal Building,

3 $4,182,000

4 North Dakota:

5 Bismarck, Federal Building, Post Office and

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

7 Pennsylvania:

8 Philadelphia, SSA Building, Mid-Atlantic Pro9 gram Service Center, $11,376,000

10 Puerto Rico:

11 Old San Juan, Post Office and U.S. Court12 house, $25,701,000

13 Texas:

14 Dallas, Federal Building (Griffin St.),

15 $5,641,000

16 Washington:

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

18 and Courthouse, $12,724,000

19 Nationwide:

20 Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $50,430,000

21 Elevator Program, $13,109,000

22 Energy Program, $25,000,000

23 Advance Design, $24,608,000

24 Repairs and Alterations:

25 Arkansas:
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1 Little Rock, Federal Building, $7,551,000

2 California:

3 Sacramento, Federal Building (2800 Cot4 tage Way), $13,636,000

5 District of Columbia:

6 ICC/Connecting Wing Complex/Customs

7 (phase 2/3), $58,275,000

8 Illinois:

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

10 Maryland:

11 Woodlawn, SSA East High-Low Buildings,

12 $17,422,000

13 North Dakota:

14 Bismarck, Federal Building, Post Office

15 and U.S. Courthouse, $7,119,000

16 Pennsylvania:

17 Philadelphia, Byrne-Green Complex,

18 $30,909,000

19 Philadelphia, SSA Building, Mid-Atlantic

20 Program Service Center, $11,376,000

21 Puerto Rico:

22 Old San Juan, Post Office and U.S. Court23 house, $25,701,000

24 Texas:
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1 Dallas, Federal Building (Griffin St.),

2 $5,641,000

3 Nationwide:

4 Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $43,533,000

5 Elevator Program, $13,109,000

6 Energy Program, $20,000,000

7 Advance Design, $22,000,000

8 Basic Repairs and Alterations, $307,278,000

9 $304,757,000: Provided further, That additional projects

10 for which prospectuses have been fully approved may be

11 funded under this category only if advance approval is ob12 tained from the Committees on Appropriations of the

13 House and Senate: Provided further, That the difference

14 between the funds appropriated and expended on any

15 projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Re16 pairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic Re17 pairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases

18 in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all funds for

19 repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall expire on

20 September 30, 1997, and remain in the Federal Buildings

21 Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for de22 sign or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part

23 prior to such date: Provided further, That of the funds

24 provided for Advanced Design, $100,000 shall be made

25 available for architectural design studies for renovation of
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1 the National Veterinary Services Laboratory and a

2 biocontainment facility at the National Animal Disease

3 Center, Ames, Iowa: Provided further, That the amount

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

5 Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Govern6 ment arising from any projects under the heading ‘‘Re7 pairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized in8 creases in prospectus projects; (3) not to exceed

9 $181,963,000 for installment acquisition payments includ10 ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain

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

12 $2,329,000,000 for rental of space which shall remain

13 available until expended; and (5) not to exceed

14 $1,389,463,000 $1,302,551,000, of which not to exceed

15 $1,000,000 shall be available for logistical support and per16 sonnel services for the Xth Paralympiad for building oper17 ations which shall remain available until expended: Pro18 vided further, That funds available to the General Services

19 Administration shall not be available for expenses in con20 nection with any construction, repair, alteration, and ac21 quisition project for which a prospectus, if required by the

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

23 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended

24 for each project for required expenses in connection with

25 the development of a proposed prospectus: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the General Services Administration shall es2 tablish a ‘‘Federal Triangle Office’’ reporting directly to

3 the Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service for the

4 purpose of completing the design and construction of the

5 Federal Triangle Building: Provided further, That the

6 Federal Triangle Office shall continue to utilize the pro7 curement and operating procedures established for the

8 project pursuant to the Federal Triangle Development Act

9 (40 U.S.C. 1104), and to implement and enforce the De10 velopment Agreement and other contracts and agreements

11 developed for the project: Provided further, That the Ad12 ministrator is authorized to enter into and perform such

13 leases, contracts, or other transactions with any agency

14 or instrumentality of the United States, the several States

15 or the District of Columbia, or with any person, firm, as16 sociation, or corporation as may be necessary to imple17 ment the Federal Triangle Project: Provided further, That

18 for the purposes of this authorization, buildings con19 structed pursuant to the purchase contract authority of

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

21 602a), buildings occupied pursuant to installment pur22 chase contracts, and buildings under the control of an23 other department or agency where alterations of such

24 buildings are required in connection with the moving of

25 such other department or agency from buildings then, or
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1 thereafter to be, under the control of the General Services

2 Administration shall be considered to be federally owned

3 buildings: Provided further, That funds available in the

4 Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency

5 repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Pro7 vided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim8 bursable special services to other agencies under section

9 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative

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

11 and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, light12 ing, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other

13 property not in Government ownership or control as may

14 be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service

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

16 3056, as amended, shall be available from such revenues

17 and collections: Provided further, That revenues and col18 lections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during

19 fiscal year 1996, excluding reimbursements under section

20 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative

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

22 $5,066,822,000 $5,087,819,000 shall remain in the Fund

23 and shall not be available for expenditure except as au24 thorized in appropriations Acts.
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1 POLICY AND OVERSIGHT

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for

3 government-wide policy and oversight activities associated

4 with asset management, property management, supply

5 management, travel and transportation, telecommuni6 cations and information technology; to fund the Board of

7 Contract Appeals; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;

8 and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and rep9 resentation expenses; $62,499,000.

10 OPERATING EXPENSES

11 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro12 vided for, necessary for utilization of excess and surplus

13 personal property; transportation; procurement; supply;

14 and information technology activities; the utilization sur15 vey, deed compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental

16 and cultural analysis, and land use planning functions per17 taining to excess and surplus real property; accounting,

18 records management, and other support services incident

19 to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United

20 States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by

21 5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,130,000.

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, POLICY, LEADERSHIP AND

23 OPERATIONS

24 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided

25 for, necessary for asset management activities; utilization

26 of excess and surplus personal property; transportation
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1 management activities; procurement and supply manage2 ment activities; Government-wide and internal responsibil3 ities relating to automated data management, telecommuni4 cations, information resources management, and related

5 technology activities; utilization survey, deed compliance

6 inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis,

7 and land use planning functions pertaining to excess and

8 surplus real property; agency-wide policy direction; Board

9 of Contract Appeals; accounting, records management, and

10 other support services incident to adjudication of Indian

11 Tribal Claims by the United States Court of Federal

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

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

14 expenses; $118,449,000.

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 $34,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed

19 $5,000 shall be available for payment for information and

20 detection of fraud against the Government, including pay21 ment for recovery of stolen Government property: Provided

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

23 awards to employees of other Federal agencies and private

24 citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting

25 in enhanced 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, the Judicial Conference of the

6 United States, and the Office of Management and Budget

7 and does not reflect the priorities of the Administrative

8 Office of the Courts Judicial Conference of the United

9 States as set out in its approved five-year construction

10 plan.

11 SEC. 5. The Administrator of General Services is au12 thorized to accept and retain income received by the Gen13 eral Services Administration on or after October 1, 1993,

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

15 costs directly associated with the functions of flexiplace

16 work telecommuting centers.

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

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

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

20 shall be available for immediate transfer to the Charles

21 County Community College, to provide facilities, equip22 ment, and other services to the General Services Adminis23 tration for the purposes of establishing telecommuting

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

25 St. Mary’s County) for use by Government agencies des-
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1 ignated by the Administrator of General Services: Pro2 vided, That the language providing authority to pay a pub3 lic entity in the State of Maryland, not to exceed

4 $1,300,000 for the purpose of establishing telecommuting

5 work centers in Southern Maryland, under the heading

6 ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Availability of

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

8 hereby repealed.

9 SEC. 7. Not to exceed 5 percent of funds made avail10 able under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and ‘‘Office

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

12 appropriations upon the advance approval of the House

13 and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

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

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

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

17 the vicinity of Norfolk Lake, Arkansas, administered by the

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

19 specific approval of the Congress.

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

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

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

23 the vicinity of Bull Shoals Lake, Arkansas, administered

24 by the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, with25 out the specific approval of the Congress.
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1 SEC. 10. Section 17(c) of Public Law 101–136 is

2 amended by—

3 (a) striking ‘‘within 3 years of date of convey4 ance,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘simulta5 neously’’; and by striking the remainder of the first

6 sentence following, ‘‘the islands of Hawaii, Oahu, and

7 Molokai’’ and inserting a period immediately there8 after; and

9 (b) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘in the ex10 change described in subsection (c)(1)’’ and inserting,

11 ‘‘or recreational’’ immediately after the word, ‘‘edu12 cational’’.

13 JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW

14 BOARD

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the John F. Ken16 nedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,

17 $2,150,000.

18 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

22 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza23 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re24 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

26 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
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1 cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,

2 $21,129,000 $24,549,000, together with not to exceed

3 $2,430,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate re4 tirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service

5 Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined

6 by the Merit Systems Protection Board.

7 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

8 OPERATING EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin10 istration of the National Archives and records and related

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

12 for the review and declassification of documents, and for

13 the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $193,291,000

14 $199,633,000, of which $4,500,000 shall be available until

15 expended for cataloging, archiving and digitizing activities:

16 Provided, That the Archivist of the United States is au17 thorized to use any excess funds available from the

18 amount borrowed for construction of the National Ar19 chives facility, for expenses necessary to move into the fa20 cility.

21 ARCHIVES FACILITIES AND PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES

22 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

23 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar24 chives facilities and presidential libraries, $1,500,000, to re25 main available until expended.
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1 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

2 COMMISSION

3 GRANTS PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for

5 historical publications and records as authorized by 44

6 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $4,000,000 $5,000,000 to re7 main available until expended.

8 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

11 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in

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

13 598, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–

14 194, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

15 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and

16 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex17 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex18 penses; $7,776,000 $8,328,000.

19 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

23 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza24 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re25 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

26 U.S.C. 3109, medical examinations performed for veterans
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1 by private physicians on a fee basis, rental of conference

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

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

4 reception and representation expenses, and advances for

5 reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of Per6 sonnel Management and the Federal Bureau of Investiga7 tion for expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422

8 of January 9, 1953, as amended; $85,524,000

9 $96,384,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be

10 made available for the establishment of health promotion

11 and disease prevention programs for Federal employees and

12 in addition $102,536,000 $93,261,000 for administrative

13 expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust

14 funds of the Office of Personnel Management without re15 gard to other statutes, including direct procurement of

16 health benefits printing, for the retirement and insurance

17 programs, of which $11,300,000 shall be transferred at

18 such times as the Office of Personnel Management deems

19 appropriate, and shall remain available until expended for

20 the costs of automating the retirement recordkeeping sys21 tems, together with remaining amounts authorized in pre22 vious Acts for the recordkeeping systems: Provided, That

23 the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the au24 thority to use applicable trust funds as provided by section

25 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code: Provided
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1 further, That, except as may be consistent with 5 U.S.C.

2 8902a(f)(1) and (i), no payment may be made from the

3 Employees Health Benefits Fund to any physician, hos4 pital, or other provider of health care services or supplies

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

6 to an individual covered under chapter 89 of title 5, Unit7 ed States Code, excluded, pursuant to section 1128 or

8 1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7–

9 1320a–7a), from participation in any program under title

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

11 Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall

12 be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Exam13 ining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management estab14 lished pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943,

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

16 That the President’s Commission on White House Fel17 lows, established by Executive Order 11183 of October 3,

18 1964, may, during the fiscal year ending September 30,

19 1996, accept donations of money, property, and personal

20 services in connection with the development of a publicity

21 brochure to provide information about the White House

22 Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted

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

24 salaries of employees of such Commission:–Provided fur25 ther, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to
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1 pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any

2 officer or employee of the United States to implement a

3 reduction in force in the Office of Federal Investigations

4 prior to June 30, 1996.

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

10 General Act, as amended, including services as authorized

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

12 $4,009,000, and in addition, not to exceed $6,181,000 for

13 administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel

14 Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be

15 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office

16 of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector

17 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author18 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia

19 and elsewhere.

20 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

21 HEALTH BENEFITS

22 For payment of Government contributions with re23 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89

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

25 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend26 ed, $3,746,337,000 to remain available until expended.
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1 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

2 LIFE INSURANCE

3 For payment of Government contributions with re4 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as

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

6 sums as may be necessary.

7 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

8 DISABILITY FUND

9 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in10 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc11 tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an12 nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv13 ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may

14 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the

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

16 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–75), may hereafter

17 be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability

18 Fund.

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

20 MANAGEMENT

21 GENERAL PROVISION—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

22 MANAGEMENT

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

24 Code, is amended—

25 (1) in subsection (a)—

26 (A) in paragraph (2)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘(except competitive

2 examinations for administrative law judges

3 appointed under section 3105 of this

4 title)’’; and

5 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the

6 end of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu

7 thereof a period; and

8 (B) by striking the matter following para9 graph (2) through ‘‘principles.’’; and

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

11 following new paragraph:

12 ‘‘(4) At the request of the head of an agency

13 to whom a function has been delegated under sub14 section (a)(2), the Office may provide assistance to

15 the agency in performing such function. Such assist16 ance shall, to the extent determined appropriate by

17 the Director of the Office, be performed on a reim18 bursable basis through the revolving fund established

19 under section 1304(e).’’.

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

21 title 5, United States Code, is amended—

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘in making an allotment or as23 signment made by an individual under section

24 8345(h) or 8465(b) of this title,’’ after ‘‘law),’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘title 26;’’ and inserting ‘‘title

2 26 or section 8345(k) or 8469 of this title;’’.

3 SEC. 3. Section 4(a) of the Federal Workforce Re4 structuring Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–226; 108 Stat.

5 111) is amended—

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

7 1995’’ and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘‘VOLUNTARY

8 SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—’’; and

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

10 October 1, 1995,’’.

11 SEC. 4. Title 5, United States Code, is amended—

12 (1) in the second section designated as section

13 3329 (as added by section 4431(a) of Public Law

14 102–484)—

15 (A) by redesignating such section as sec16 tion 3330; and

17 (B) by adding at the end thereof the fol18 lowing new subsection:

19 ‘‘(f) The Office may, to the extent it determines ap20 propriate, charge such fees to agencies for services pro21 vided under this section and for related Federal employ22 ment information. The Office shall retain such fees to pay

23 the costs of providing such services and information.’’; and
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1 (2) in the table of sections for chapter 33 by

2 amending the second item relating to section 3329

3 to read as follows:

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

4 SEC. 5. Section 1 under the subheading ‘‘General Pro5 vision’’ under the heading ‘‘Office of Personnel Manage6 ment’’ under title IV of the Treasury, Postal Service and

7 General Government Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law

8 102–141; 105 Stat. 861; 5 U.S.C. 5941 note), as amended

9 by section 532 of the Treasury, Postal Service and General

10 Government Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–

11 329; 108 Stat. 2413), is further amended by striking ‘‘1996’’

12 both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘1998’’.

13 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

16 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan

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

18 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection

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

20 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy21 ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including serv22 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and

23 expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the

24 District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger

25 motor vehicles; $7,840,000.
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1 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting

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

5 $32,899,000 $33,639,000: Provided, That travel expenses

6 of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of

7 the judge.

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

9 Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

10 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

11 THIS ACT

12 SECTION 501. No part of any appropriation made

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

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

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

16 this limitation shall not apply to programs which have

17 been approved by the Congress and appropriations made

18 therefor.

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

20 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

21 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

22 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation

23 under this Act for any consulting service through procure24 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

25 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
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1 of public record and available for public inspection, except

2 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex3 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

5 General Services Administration pursuant to section

6 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv7 ices Act of 1949 shall be obligated or expended after the

8 date of enactment of this Act for the procurement by con9 tract of any guard, elevator operator, messenger or custo10 dial services if any permanent veterans preference em11 ployee of the General Services Administration at said date,

12 would be terminated as a result of the procurement of

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

14 expended for the procurement by contract of the covered

15 services with sheltered workshops employing the severely

16 handicapped under Public Law 92–28. Only if such work17 shops decline to contract for the provision of the covered

18 services may the General Services Administration procure

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

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

21 expires or is terminated for any reason, the General Serv22 ices Administration shall again offer to contract for the

23 services from a sheltered workshop prior to offering such

24 services for competitive procurement.
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1 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this

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

3 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac4 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would

5 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol6 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of

7 the Tariff Act of 1930.

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

9 Act shall be available for the purpose of transferring con10 trol over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

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

12 of the Treasury Department.

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

14 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes

15 within the United States not heretofore authorized by the

16 Congress.

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

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

19 of any officer or employee of the United States Postal

20 Service, who—

21 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat22 ens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee

23 of the United States Postal Service from having any

24 direct oral or written communication or contact with

25 any Member or committee of Congress in connection
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1 with any matter pertaining to the employment of

2 such officer or employee or pertaining to the United

3 States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of

4 whether such communication or contact is at the ini5 tiative of such officer or employee or in response to

6 the request or inquiry of such Member or committee;

7 or

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

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

10 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion

11 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis12 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti13 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em14 ployment of, any officer or employee of the United

15 States Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to

16 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to

17 such officer or employee, by reason of any commu18 nication or contact of such officer or employee with

19 any Member or committee of Congress as described

20 in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

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

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

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

24 an award for such achievement is otherwise payable, in

25 accordance with such sections. Such funds may not be
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1 used for any purpose with respect to which the preceding

2 sentence relates beyond fiscal year 1996.

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

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

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

6 Federal Executive Institute,–the Federal Quality Insti7 tute, and Management Development Centers to assist in

8 enhancing the quality of Federal management.

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

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

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

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

15 of money or any thing of value.

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

17 Act may be used to withdraw the designation of the Vir18 ginia Inland Port at Front Royal, Virginia, as a United

19 States Customs Service port of entry.

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

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

22 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for23 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed

24 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com25 pleted his period of active military or naval service and
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1 has within ninety days after his release from such service

2 or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a

3 period of not more than one year made application for res4 toration to his former position and has been certified by

5 the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to

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

7 restored thereto.

8 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this

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

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

11 organization outside of the Federal Government without

12 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap13 propriations.

14 SEC. 515. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

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

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

17 expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec18 tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C.

19 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

20 SEC. 516. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE21 GARDING NOTICE.—(a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

22 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip23 ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased

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

25 sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist-
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1 ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only

2 American-made equipment and products.

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

4 providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec5 retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of

6 the assistance a notice describing the statement made in

7 subsection (a) by the Congress.

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

9 been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that

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

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

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

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

14 shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract

15 made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant

16 to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures

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

18 of Federal Regulations.

19 SEC. 518. Except as otherwise specifically provided

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

21 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 1996 from

22 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses

23 for fiscal year 1996 in this Act, shall remain available

24 through September 30, 1997 for each such account for

25 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall
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1 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap2 propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such

3 funds.

4 SEC. 519. Where appropriations in this Act are ex5 pendable for travel expenses of employees and no specific

6 limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for

7 such travel expenses may not exceed the amount set forth

8 therefore in the budget estimates submitted for appropria9 tions without the advance approval of the House and Sen10 ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this

11 section shall not apply to travel performed by uncompen12 sated officials of local boards and appeal boards in the

13 Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in

14 connection with care and treatment of medical bene15 ficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel

16 of the Office of Personnel Management in carrying out

17 its observation responsibilities of the Voting Rights Act;

18 or to payments to interagency motor pools separately set

19 forth in the budget schedules.

20 SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of law

21 or regulation: (1) The authority of the special police offi22 cers of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in the

23 Washington, DC Metropolitan area, extends to buildings

24 and land under the custody and control of the Bureau;

25 to buildings and land acquired by or for the Bureau
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1 through lease, unless otherwise provided by the acquisition

2 agency; to the streets, sidewalks and open areas imme3 diately adjacent to the Bureau along Wallenberg Place

4 (15th Street) and 14th Street between Independence and

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

6 14th Streets; to areas which include surrounding parking

7 facilities used by Bureau employees, including the lots at

8 12th and C Streets, SW, Maine Avenue and Water

9 Streets, SW, Maiden Lane, the Tidal Basin and East Po10 tomac Park; to the protection in transit of United States

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

12 States securities, or other products or implements of the

13 Bureau of Engraving and Printing which the Director of

14 that agency so designates; (2) The exercise of police au15 thority by Bureau officers, with the exception of the exer16 cise of authority upon property under the custody and con17 trol of the Bureau, shall be deemed supplementary to the

18 Federal police force with primary jurisdictional respon19 sibility. This authority shall be in addition to any other

20 law enforcement authority which has been provided to

21 these officers under other provisions of law or regulations.

22 SEC. 521. Section 5378 of Title 5, United States

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

24 the maximum rate payable for GS–14.’’
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1 SEC. 522. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

3 United States, a United States Mint Public Enterprise

4 Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’) Subchapter III of chapter 51 of subtitle

5 IV of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding

6 at the end thereof the following new section: ‘‘SEC. 5136

7 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND.’’

8 There shall be established in the Treasury of the United

9 States, a United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund (the

10 ‘‘Fund’’) for fiscal year 1996 and hereafter: Provided, That

11 all receipts from Mint operations and programs, including

12 the production and sale of numismatic items, the produc13 tion and sale of circulating coinage, the protection of Gov14 ernment assets, and gifts and bequests of property, real

15 or personal shall be deposited into the Fund and shall be

16 available without fiscal year limitations: Provided further,

17 That all expenses incurred by the Secretary of the Treas18 ury for operations and programs of the United States

19 Mint that the Secretary of the Treasury determines, in

20 the Secretary’s sole discretion, to be ordinary and reason21 able incidents of Mint operations and programs, and any

22 expense incurred pursuant to any obligation or other com23 mitment of Mint operations and programs that was en24 tered into before the establishment of the Fund, shall be

25 paid out of the Fund: Provided further, That not to exceed
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1 6.2415 percent of the nominal value of the coins minted,

2 shall be paid out of the Fund for the circulating coin oper3 ations and programs previously provided for by appropria4 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury

5 may borrow such funds from the General Fund as may

6 be necessary to meet existing liabilities and obligations in7 curred prior to the receipt of revenues into the Fund and:

8 Provided further, That the General Fund shall be reim9 bursed for such funds by the Fund within one year of the

10 date of the loan and: Provided further, That the Fund may

11 retain receipts from the Federal Reserve System from the

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

13 Fund;–and: Provided further, That the Secretary of Treas14 ury shall transfer to the Fund all assets and liabilities of

15 the Mint operations and programs, including all Numis16 matic Public Enterprise Fund assets and liabilities, all re17 ceivables, unpaid obligations and unobligated balances

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

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

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

21 Bullion Depository: Provided further, That the Numis22 matic Public Enterprise Fund, the Coinage Profit Fund

23 and the Coinage Metal Fund shall cease to exist as sepa24 rate funds as their activities and functions are subsumed

25 under and subject to the Fund, and the requirements of
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1 31 USC 5134(c)(4), (c)(5)(B), and (d) and (e) of the Nu2 mismatic Public Enterprise Fund shall apply to the Fund:

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

4 the Treasury determines appropriate, but not less than an5 nually, any amount in the Fund that is determined to be

6 in excess of the amount required by the Fund shall be

7 transferred to the Treasury for deposit as miscellaneous

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

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

10 assets utilized in, the production, administration, distribu11 tion, marketing, purchase, sale, and management of coin12 age, numismatic items, the protection and safeguarding

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

14 of the Mint, and the Fund; and (2) includes capital, per15 sonnel salaries and compensation, functions relating to op16 erations, marketing, distribution, promotion, advertising,

17 official reception and representation, the acquisition or re18 placement of equipment, the renovation or modernization

19 of facilities, and the construction or acquisition of new

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

21 item’’ means includes any medal, proof coin, uncirculated

22 coin, bullion coin, or other coin specifically designated by

23 statute as a numismatic item, including numismatic col24 lectible other monetary issuances and products and acces25 sories related to any such medal, coin,–or item: Provided
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1 further, That provisions of law governing procurement or

2 public contracts shall not be applicable to the procurement

3 of goods or services necessary for carrying out Mint pro4 grams and operations and such programs and operations

5 shall also be exempt from all government personnel regula6 tions, ceilings, and full-time equivalent controls.

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

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

9 at the end’’.

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

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

12 expenses in connection with any health plan under the

13 Federal employees health benefit program which provides

14 any benefits or coverage for abortions.

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

16 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered

17 if the fetus were carried to term.

18 SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of

19 law, the Administrator of General Services shall delegate

20 the authority to procure automatic data processing equip21 ment for the Tax Systems Modernization Program to the

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

23 the Office of Management and Budget shall have the au24 thority to revoke such delegation upon the written rec25 ommendation of the Administrator that the Secretary’s
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1 actions under such delegation are inconsistent with the

2 goals of economic and efficient procurement and utiliza3 tion of automatic data processing equipment: Provided

4 further, That for all other purposes, a procurement con5 ducted under such delegation shall be treated as if made

6 under a delegation by the Administrator pursuant to 40

7 U.S.C. 759.

8 SEC. 527. RELIEF OF CERTAIN PERIODICAL PUBLI9 CATIONS.—For mail classification purposes under section

10 3626 of title 39, United States Code, and any regulations

11 of the United States Postal Service for the administration

12 of that section, a weekly second-class periodical publica13 tion which—

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

15 applicable laws of the State where it is published;

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

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

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

19 subsection 3626(g) of that title; and

20 (iii) the pages of which were customarily se21 cured by 2 staples before March 19, 1989;

22 shall not be considered to be a bound publication solely

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

24 that date.
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1 SEC. 528. None of the funds in this Act may be obli2 gated or expended for employee training that does not

3 meet identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities

4 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.

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

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

7 an individual employed by the Bureau of the Public Debt

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

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

10 out any other adverse personnel action against such indi11 vidual for declining to accept a directed reassignment to

12 a position outside such region, pursuant to a transfer of

13 any such Bureau’s operations or functions to Parkersburg,

14 West Virginia.

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

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

17 offer of another position in the Department of the Treas18 ury which is of at least equal pay and which is within the

19 Washington metropolitan region.

20 TITLE VI—GOVERNMENTWIDE GENERAL

21 PROVISIONS

22 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

23 SECTION 601. Funds appropriated in this or any

24 other Act may be used to pay travel to the United States
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1 for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in

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

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

4 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

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

6 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen7 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to

8 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en9 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal

10 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances

11 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi12 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru13 mentality.

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

15 agency, department or instrumentality of the United

16 States which provides or proposes to provide child care

17 services for Federal employees may reimburse any Federal

18 employee or any person employed to provide such services

19 for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses in20 curred for training classes, conferences or other meetings

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

22 That any per diem allowance made pursuant to this sec23 tion shall not exceed the rate specified in regulations pre24 scribed pursuant to section 5707 of title 5, United States

25 Code.
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1 SEC. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

2 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year

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

4 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor

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

6 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at

7 $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum

8 shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex9 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,

10 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi11 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec12 tion may not be exceeded by more than five percent for

13 electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration

14 under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle

15 Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:

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

17 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter18 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law

19 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled

20 vehicles.

21 SEC. 605. Appropriations of the executive depart22 ments and independent establishments for the current fis23 cal year available for expenses of travel or for the expenses

24 of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for
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1 quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in ac2 cordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–24.

3 SEC. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the cur4 rent fiscal year no part of any appropriation contained in

5 this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa6 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the

7 United States (including any agency the majority of the

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

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

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

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

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

13 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be14 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and

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

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

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

18 former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad19 mitted to the United States for permanent residence, or

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

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

22 (6) nationals of the People’s Republic of China that qual23 ify for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu24 dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur25 pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person
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1 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require2 ments of this section with respect to his or her status have

3 been complied with: Provided further, That any person

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

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

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

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

8 to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex9 isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to

10 any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this

11 section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov12 ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire13 land, Israel, the Republic of the Philippines or to nationals

14 of those countries allied with the United States in the cur15 rent defense effort, or to international broadcasters em16 ployed by the United States Information Agency, or to

17 temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em18 ployment in the field service (not to exceed sixty days) as

19 a result of emergencies.

20 SEC. 607. Appropriations available to any depart21 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec22 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex23 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General

24 Services Administration for charges for space and services

25 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
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1 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements

2 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of

3 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments

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

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

6 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re7 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials

8 recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.

9 Such funds shall be available until expended for the follow10 ing purposes:

11 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention

12 and recycling programs as described in Executive

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

14 programs adopted prior to the effective date of the

15 Executive Order.

16 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man17 agement programs, including but not limited to, the

18 development and implementation of hazardous waste

19 management and pollution prevention programs.

20 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by

21 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the

22 Federal agency.

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

24 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year

25 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
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1 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition

2 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,

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

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

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

6 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the

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

8 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex9 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other

10 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be

11 correspondingly reduced.

12 SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation for the cur13 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall

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

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

16 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

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

18 Administrator of General Services has delegated the au19 thority to operate, maintain or repair any building or facil20 ity pursuant to section 205(d) of the Federal Property and

21 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, shall

22 retain that portion of the GSA rental payment available

23 for operation, maintenance or repair of the building or fa24 cility, as determined by the Administrator, and expend

25 such funds directly for the operation, maintenance or re-
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1 pair of the building or facility. Any funds retained under

2 this section shall remain available until expended for such

3 purposes.

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

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

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

7 be used by Federal agencies for any purpose for which

8 appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (in9 cluding the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing

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

11 is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations

12 of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits re13 ceived as exchanged allowances or proceeds of sales of per14 sonal property may be used in whole or part payment for

15 acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the man16 ner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the

17 Treasury.

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

19 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

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

21 similar groups (whether or not they are interagency enti22 ties) which do not have a prior and specific statutory ap23 proval to receive financial support from more than one

24 agency or instrumentality.
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1 SEC. 614. Funds made available by this or any other

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

3 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and

4 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under

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

6 guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow7 ers of special policemen provided by the first section of

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

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

10 the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the

11 same actions as the Administrator of General Services

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

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

14 318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under

15 the authority and within the limits provided in section 4

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

17 40 U.S.C. 318c).

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

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

20 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis21 approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly

22 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the Unit23 ed States.

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

25 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
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1 no part of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal

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

3 Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee de4 scribed in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States

5 Code—

6 (1) during the period from the date of expira7 tion of the limitation imposed by section 617 of the

8 Treasury, Postal Service and General Government

9 Appropriations Act, 1995, until the normal effective

10 date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that

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

12 that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable

13 grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in

14 accordance with such section 617; and

15 (2) during the period consisting of the remain16 der of fiscal year 1996, in an amount that exceeds,

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

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

19 of—

20 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef21 fect in fiscal year 1996 under section 5303 of

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

23 under the General Schedule; and

24 (B) the difference between the overall aver25 age percentage of the locality-based comparabil-
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1 ity payments taking effect in fiscal year 1996

2 under section 5304 of such title (whether by

3 adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver4 age percentage of such payments which was ef5 fective in fiscal year 1995 under such section.

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

7 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or

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

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

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

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

12 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli13 cable to such employee.

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

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

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

17 1995, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by

18 the Office of Personnel Management.

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

20 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may

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

22 1995, except to the extent determined by the Office of

23 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose

24 of this section.
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1 (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for

2 service performed after September 30, 1995.

3 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision

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

5 Code, and any rule or regulation that provides premium

6 pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee ben7 efit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that

8 imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a

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

10 payable after the application of this section shall be treat11 ed as the rate of salary or basic pay.

12 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per13 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by

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

15 payable were this section not in effect.

16 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide

17 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section

18 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary

19 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ20 ees.

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

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

23 employee of the Government appointed by the President

24 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli25 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re-
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1 decorate the office of such department head, agency head,

2 officer or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im3 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of

4 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by

5 the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen6 ate. For the purposes of this section, the word ‘‘office’’

7 shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi8 vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the

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

10 individual.

11 SEC. 618. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

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

15 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without

16 the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees

17 on Appropriations.

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

19 Federal agency shall be used to finance the acquisition of

20 goods or services (including construction services) unless

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

22 receipt of such grant, to—

23 (1) specify in any announcement of the award24 ing of the contract for the procurement of the goods

25 and services involved (including construction serv-
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1 ices) the amount of Federal funds that will be used

2 to finance the acquisition; and

3 (2) express the amount announced pursuant to

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

5 the planned acquisition.

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

7 to a procurement for goods or services (including construc8 tion services) that has an aggregate value of less than

9 $500,000.

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

11 United States Code, funds made available for fiscal year

12 1996 by this or any other Act shall be available for the

13 interagency funding of national security and emergency

14 preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit

15 multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as

16 provided by Executive Order Numbered 12472 (April 3,

17 1984).

18 SEC. 621. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or

19 any other Act, during the fiscal year ending September

20 30, 1996, and hereafter, any department, division, bureau,

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

22 Act to install telephone lines, and necessary equipment,

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

24 private apartment of an employee who has been authorized

25 to work at home in accordance with guidelines issued by
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1 the Office of Personnel Management: Provided, That the

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

3 that adequate safeguards against private misuse exist, and

4 that the service is necessary for direct support of the agen5 cy’s mission.

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

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

8 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for

9 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a

10 position of a confidential or policy-determining character

11 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section

12 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification

13 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of

14 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality

15 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C

16 position was not created solely or primarily in order to

17 detail the employee to the White House.

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

19 Federal employees or members of the armed services de20 tailed to or from—

21 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

22 (2) the National Security Agency;

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

3 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

4 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

5 the Department of State;

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

7 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu8 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad9 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De10 partment of Transportation, the Department of the

11 Treasury, and the Department of Energy perform12 ing intelligence functions; and

13 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

15 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

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

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

18 or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to ad19 minister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure

20 that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and

21 sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are not

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

23 as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

24 of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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1 SEC. 624. No part of any appropriation contained in

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

3 of employees, including employees of the Executive Office

4 of the President, not directly responsible for the discharge

5 of official governmental tasks and duties: Provided, That

6 this restriction shall not apply to the family of the Presi7 dent, Members of Congress or their spouses, Heads of

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

9 providing assistance to the President for official purposes,

10 or other individuals so designated by the President.

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

12 President, or his designee, must certify to Congress, annu13 ally, that no person or persons with direct or indirect re14 sponsibility for administering the Executive Office of the

15 President’s Drug-Free Workplace Plan are themselves

16 subject to a program of individual random drug testing.

17 SEC. 626. (a) Beginning in fiscal year 1996 and

18 thereafter, for each Federal agency, except the Depart19 ment of Defense (which has separate authority), and ex20 cept as provided in Public Law 102–393, title IV, section

21 13 (40 U.S.C. 490g) with respect to the Fund established

22 pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 490(f), an amount equal to 50 per23 cent of—

24 (1) the amount of each utility rebate received

25 by the agency for energy efficiency and water con-
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1 servation measures, which the agency has imple2 mented; and

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

4 measured energy savings resulting from energy-sav5 ings performance contracts

6 may be retained and credited to accounts that fund energy

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

8 and shall remain available until expended for additional

9 specific energy efficiency or water conservation projects or

10 activities, including improvements and retrofits, facility

11 surveys, additional or improved utility metering, and em12 ployee training and awareness programs, as authorized by

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

14 486).

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

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

17 of savings from energy-savings performance contracts,

18 shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury

19 at the end of the fiscal year in which received.

20 SEC. 627. Notwithstanding any other provision of

21 law, there is hereby established a Commission which shall

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

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

24 That the Commission shall be composed of nine Members

25 appointed from individuals who possess extensive leader-
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1 ship experience in and knowledge of State, local, and tribal

2 governments and intergovernmental relations, including

3 State and local elected officials, as follows: (1) three Mem4 bers appointed by the Speaker of the House of Represent5 atives, in consultation with the minority leader of the

6 House of Representatives; (2) three Members appointed

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

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

9 appointed by the President: Provided further, That ap10 pointments may be made under this section without re11 gard to section 5311(b) of title 5, United States Code:

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

13 Commission shall be appointed for the life of the Commis14 sion and a vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in

15 the manner in which the original appointment was made:

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

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

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

19 States may not receive additional pay, allowances or bene20 fits by reason of their service on the Commission; and (3)

21 Each Member of the Commission may receive travel ex22 penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in ac23 cordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United

24 States Code: Provided further, That the Commission shall

25 convene its first meeting by not later than 15 days after
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1 the date of the completion of appointment of the Members

2 of the Commission: Provided further, That the Commission

3 shall report on Federal mandates as specified in sections

4 302 (a), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of Public Law 104–4: Pro5 vided further, That the Commission shall have all authori6 ties specified under section 303 of Public Law 104–4: Pro7 vided further, That the term ‘‘Federal mandate’’ shall have

8 the same meaning as specified in section 305 of Public

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

10 Provided further, That the Commission shall terminate 90

11 days after making the final report identified above.

12 SEC. 628. The amounts otherwise provided in tis Act

13 under the heading ‘‘General Services Administration—

14 Federal Buildings Fund—Limitations on Availability of

15 Revenue’’ for the fololwoing purpsoes are each reduced by

16 $65,764,000:

17 (1) Aggregate amount available from the Fund.

18 (2) Total Amount available from the Fund for

19 construction of additional projects.

20 (3) Amount available for new construction,

21 Maryland, Montgomery and Prince George’s Coun22 ties, Food and Drug Administration, Phase II.

23 (4) Amount in excess of which revenues and

24 collections accruing to the Fund shall remain in the

25 Fund.
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1 SEC. 629. None of the funds made available in this

2 Act may be obligated or expended for any employee train3 ing when it is made known to the Federal official having

4 authority to obligate or expend such funds that such em5 ployee training—

6 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl7 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the

8 performance of official duties;

9 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev10 els of emotional response or psychological stress in

11 some participants;

12 (3) does not require prior employee notification

13 of the content and methods to be used in the train14 ing and written end of course evaluations;

15 (4) contains any methods or content associated

16 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or

17 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em18 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N–

19 915.022, dated September 2, 1988;

20 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par21 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the

22 workplace; or

23 (6) includes content related to human

24 immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency

25 syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary to
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1 make employees more aware of the medical ramifica2 tions of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of

3 HIV-positive employees.

4 SEC. 630. No amount made available in this Act may

5 be used for the salaries or expenses of any employee, in6 cluding any employee of the Executive Office of the Presi7 dent, in connection with the obligation or expenditure of

8 funds in the exchange stabilization fund when it is made

9 known to the Federal official to whom such amounts are

10 made available in this Act that such obligation or expendi11 ture is for the purpose of bolstering any foreign currency.

12 SEC. 631. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sec13 tions 112 and 113 of title 3, United States Code, each Exec14 utive agency detailing any personnel shall submit on an

15 annual basis in each fiscal year to the Senate and House

16 Committees on Appropriations on all employees or members

17 of the armed services detailed to Executive agencies, listing

18 the grade, position, and offices of each person detailed and

19 the agency to which each such person is detailed.

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

21 Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed

22 to or from—

23 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

24 (2) the National Security Agency;

25 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
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1 (4) the offices within the Department of Defense

2 for the collection of specialized national foreign intel3 ligence through reconnaissance programs;

4 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

5 the Department of State;

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

7 Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau

8 of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Adminis9 tration of the Department of Justice, the Department

10 of the Treasury, the Department of Transportation,

11 and the Department of Energy performing intel12 ligence functions; and

13 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

15 intended to apply to information on the use of personnel

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

18 and Appropriations Committees by the executive branch

19 through budget justification materials and other reports.

20 (d) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘Executive

21 agency’’ has the same meaning as defined under section 105

22 of title 5, United States Code (except that the provisions

23 of section 104(2) of title 5, United States Code, shall not

24 apply), and includes the White House Office, the Executive
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1 Residence, and any office, council, or organizational unit

2 of the Executive Office of the President.

3 SEC. 632. No funds appropriated in this or any other

4 Act for fiscal year 1996 may be used to implement or en5 force the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355 of

6 the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form or

7 agreement if such policy, form or agreement does not con8 tain the following provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are con9 sistent with and do not supersede, conflict with or otherwise

10 alter the employee obligations, rights or liabilities created

11 by Executive Order 12356; section 7211 of title 5, United

12 States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section

13 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the

14 Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure

15 to Congress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8)

16 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistle17 blower Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality,

18 waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the

19 Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C.

20 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose con21 fidential Government agents), and the statutes which pro22 tect against disclosure that may compromise the national

23 security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of

24 title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subver25 sive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. section 783(b)). The
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1 definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions and

2 liabilities created by said Executive Order and listed stat3 utes are incorporated into this agreement and are control4 ling’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding para5 graph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to

6 be executed by a person connected with the conduct of an

7 intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an

8 employee or officer of the United States Government, may

9 contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity

10 for which such document is to be used. Such form or agree11 ment shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not

12 disclose any classified information received in the course

13 of such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by

14 the United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms

15 must also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures

16 to Congress or to an authorized official of an executive agen17 cy or the Department of Justice that are essential to report18 ing a substantial violation of law.

19 SEC. 633. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

20 or any other Act may be expended by any Federal Agency

21 to procure any product or service that is subject to the pro22 visions of Public Law 89–306 and that will be available

23 under the procurement by the Administrator of General

24 Services known as ‘‘FTS2000’’ unless—
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1 (1) such product or service is procured by the

2 Administrator of General Services as part of the pro3 curement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; or

4 (2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of

5 the Administrator of General Services that—

6 (A) that agency’s requirements for such pro7 curement are unique and cannot be satisfied by

8 property and service procured by the Adminis9 trator of General Services as part of the procure10 ment known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; and

11 (B) the agency procurement, pursuant to

12 such delegation, would be cost-effective and

13 would not adversely affect the cost-effectiveness of

14 the FTS2000 procurement.

15 (b) After July 31, 1996, subsection (a) shall apply only

16 if the Administrator of General Services has reported that

17 the FTS2000 procurement is producing prices that allow

18 the Government to satisfy its requirements for such procure19 ment in the most cost-effective manner.

20 SEC. 634. (a) Section 4–607(18) of title 4 of the Dis21 trict of Columbia Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘the

22 United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, the Unit23 ed States Secret Service Division,’’ after ‘‘average pay of

24 a member who was an officer or member of’’.
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1 (b) Section 4–622 of title 4 of the District of Columbia

2 Code, is amended—

3 (A) in subsection (b)(1)(A) by striking out ‘‘Of

4 the basis upon which the annuity, relief, or retirement

5 compensation being received by such former member

6 at the time of death was computed’’ and inserting in

7 lieu thereof ‘‘Of the adjusted average pay of such

8 former member’’;

9 (B) in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii), by striking out

10 ‘‘The basis upon which the former member’s annuity

11 at the time of death was computed’’ and inserting in

12 lieu thereof ‘‘The adjusted average pay of the former

13 member’’; and

14 (C) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking out the

15 colon after ‘‘United States Secret Service Division’’

16 through clause (iii) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘, 75

17 percent of the adjusted average pay of the former

18 member, divided by the number of eligible children;

19 or’’.

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury, Postal Serv21 ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 1995.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.

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