Union Calendar No. 70

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2403

[Report No. 103–127]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Treasury Departtember 30, 1994, 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 ExJUNE 14, 1993

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 70

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2403

[Report No. 103–127]

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 14, 1993

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the

United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of

the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, 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 1994, and for other purposes, namely:

3 TITLE I

4 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

5 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices

8 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury

9 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

10 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase

11 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased

12 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance

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

14 travel expenses; not to exceed $100,000 for official recep15 tion and representation expenses, of which $75,000 is for

16 such expenses of the international affairs function of the

17 Offices; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emer18 gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex19 pended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas20 ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; not

21 to exceed $488,000, to remain available until expended,

22 for repairs and improvements to the Main Treasury Build23 ing and Annex; $104,597,000.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

4 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

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

10 Treasury; $28,897,000, of which $300,000 shall remain

11 available until expended for the Inspectors General Audi12 tor Training Institute.

13 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En16 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve17 hicles; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and rep18 resentation expenses; $18,280,000.

19 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

20 (LIMITATION OF AVAILABILITY OF DEPOSITS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Forfeiture

22 Fund, as authorized by Public Law 102–393, not to ex23 ceed $14,770,000, to be derived from deposits in the

24 Fund.
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1 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

5 the Treasury, including purchase (not to exceed fifty-two

6 for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

7 for expenses for student athletic and related activities;

8 uniforms without regard to the general purchase price lim9 itation for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and

10 participating in firearms matches and presentation of

11 awards; for public awareness and enhancing community

12 support of law enforcement training; not to exceed $7,000

13 for official reception and representation expenses; room

14 and board for student interns; and services as authorized

15 by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That the Center is authorized

16 to accept gifts: Provided further, That notwithstanding

17 any other provision of law, students attending training at

18 any Federal Law Enforcement Training Center site shall

19 reside in on-Center or Center-provided housing, insofar as

20 available and in accordance with Center policy: Provided

21 further, That funds appropriated in this account shall be

22 available for State and local government law enforcement

23 training on a space-available basis; training of foreign law

24 enforcement officials on a space-available basis with reim25 bursement of actual costs to this appropriation; training
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1 of private sector security officials on a space available

2 basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this appropria3 tion; travel expenses of non-Federal personnel to attend

4 State and local course development meetings at the Cen5 ter: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal

6 Law Enforcement Training Center shall annually present

7 an award to be accompanied by a gift of intrinsic value

8 to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic

9 training program at the Center during the previous fiscal

10 year, to be funded by donations received through the Cen11 ter’s gift authority: Provided further, That the Federal

12 Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to pro13 vide short term medical services for students undergoing

14 training at the Center; $47,195,000.

15 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

16 RELATED EXPENSES

17 For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement

18 Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional

19 real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,

20 facility improvements, and related expenses, $7,712,000,

21 to remain available until expended.

22 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management

25 Service, $209,877,000, of which not to exceed $9,748,000,
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1 shall remain available until expended for systems mod2 ernization initiatives.

3 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To6 bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed

7 six hundred and fifty vehicles for police-type use for re8 placement only and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire

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

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

11 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an

12 assignment to the National Response Team during the in13 vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em14 ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain

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

16 for official reception and representation expenses; for

17 training of State and local law enforcement agencies with

18 or without reimbursement; provision of laboratory assist19 ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim20 bursement; $366,372,000, of which $22,000,000 shall be

21 available solely for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol

22 Administration Act during fiscal year 1994 and, of which

23 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay24 ment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C.

25 924(d)(2); and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for
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1 the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft

2 available for official use by a State or local law enforce3 ment agency if the conveyance will be used in drug-related

4 joint law enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alco5 hol, Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of over6 time salaries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other

7 similar costs of State and local law enforcement officers

8 that are incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of

9 Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That fees will

10 be collected by the Secretary of the Treasury or his dele11 gate pursuant to section 108 of this Act, of which not to

12 exceed $5,000,000 shall be retained and used for the spe13 cific purpose of offsetting costs of the Bureau’s Compli14 ance Alcohol Program, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.

15 3302(b), and any fees collected in excess of $5,000,000

16 shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treas17 ury: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated

18 shall be reduced by not more than $5,000,000 as fees are

19 collected pursuant to section 108 of this Act: Provided fur20 ther, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be

21 available to investigate or act upon applications for relief

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

23 Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall

24 be available for salaries or administrative expenses in con25 nection with consolidating or centralizing, within the De-
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1 partment of the Treasury, the records, or any portion

2 thereof, of acquisition and disposition of firearms main3 tained by Federal firearms licensees.

4 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the United States Customs

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

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

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

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

11 representation expenses; and awards of compensation to

12 informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the Unit13 ed States Customs Service; $1,315,917,000, of which such

14 sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Ac15 count, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the

16 Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as

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

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

19 available for payment for rental space in connection with

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

21 shall be for research: Provided, That uniforms may be pur22 chased without regard to the general purchase price limi23 tation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That

24 none of the funds made available by this Act shall be avail25 able for administrative expenses to pay any employee over-
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1 time pay in an amount in excess of $25,000: Provided fur2 ther, That the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s des3 ignee may waive this limitation in individual cases in order

4 to prevent excessive costs or to meet emergency require5 ments of the Service: Provided further, That no funds ap6 propriated by this Act may be used to reduce to single

7 eight-hour shifts at airports and that all current services

8 as provided by the Customs Service shall continue through

9 September 30, 1994: Provided further, That not less than

10 $750,000 shall be expended for additional part-time and

11 temporary positions in the Honolulu Customs District.

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR AND MARINE

13 INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

14 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

15 for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air16 craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine

17 Programs, including operational training and mission-re18 lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by

19 the air or marine interdiction programs: Provided, That

20 no aircraft or other related equipment shall be transferred

21 to any other Federal agency, Department, or office outside

22 of the Department of the Treasury during fiscal year 1994

23 $46,063,000.
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1 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, CUSTOMS P–3 DRUG

2 INTERDICTION PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses of operations, maintenance,

4 modifications to, spare parts and related equipment for

5 Customs P–3 surveillance aircraft for carrying out de6 fense-related drug interdiction purposes; $28,000,000.

7 AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS,

8 PROCUREMENT

9 For the procurement, construction, and modification

10 of aircraft and marine vessels, equipment, radar, spare

11 parts, and accessories therefor of the air and marine inter12 diction programs; $21,093,000, to remain available until

13 expended.

14 CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS

15 (TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)

16 Such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed

17 $1,406,000, for expenses for the provision of Customs

18 services at certain small airports or other facilities when

19 authorized by law and designated by the Secretary of the

20 Treasury, including expenditures for the salary and ex21 penses of individuals employed to provide such services,

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

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

24 for each of these airports or other facilities when author25 ized by law and designated by the Secretary of the Treas26 ury, and to remain available until expended.
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1 UNITED STATES MINT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Mint;

4 $54,770,000, including amounts for purchase and mainte5 nance of uniforms not to exceed $285 multiplied by the

6 number of employees of the agency who are required by

7 regulation or statute to wear a prescribed uniform in the

8 performance of official duties; and of which $1,517,000

9 shall remain available until expended for expansion and

10 improvements.

11 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

12 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

13 For necessary expenses connected with any public14 debt issues of the United States; $189,209,000.

15 PAYMENT OF GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT

16 For necessary expenses for ‘‘Payment of Government

17 Losses in Shipment’’, $500,000, to remain available until

18 expended.

19 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

20 ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

21 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv22 ice, not otherwise provided for; executive direction, man23 agement services, and internal audit and security; includ24 ing purchase (not to exceed 125 for replacement only, for

25 police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31

26 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
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1 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis2 sioner; $167,822,000, of which not to exceed $25,000 for

3 official reception and representation expenses; and of

4 which not to exceed $500,000 shall be for research.

5 PROCESSING TAX RETURNS AND ASSISTANCE

6 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv7 ice, not otherwise provided for; including processing tax

8 returns; revenue accounting; statistics of income; provid9 ing assistance to taxpayers; hire of passenger motor vehi10 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by

11 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by

12 the Commissioner; $1,696,853,000, of which $3,700,000

13 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program,

14 no amount of which shall be available for IRS administra15 tive costs; and of which not to exceed $1,000,000 for re16 search.

17 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

18 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv19 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and

20 enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em21 ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and

22 enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col23 lecting unpaid accounts; the purchase (for police-type use,

24 not to exceed 600, of which not to exceed 450 shall be

25 for replacement only), and hire of passenger motor vehi-
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1 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by

2 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by

3 the Commissioner: Provided, That additional amounts

4 above fiscal year 1993 levels for international tax enforce5 ment shall be used for the establishment and operation

6 of a task force comprised of senior Internal Revenue Serv7 ice Attorneys, accountants, and economists dedicated to

8 enforcement activities related to United States subsidi9 aries of foreign-controlled corporations that are in non10 compliance with the Internal Revenue Code: Provided fur11 ther, That additional amounts above fiscal year 1993 levels

12 for the information reporting program shall be used in13 stead for the examination of the tax returns of high14 income and high-asset taxpayers; $4,007,962,000 of which

15 not to exceed $1,000,000 is for research.

16 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

17 For necessary expenses for data processing and tele18 communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac19 tivities, including: returns processing and services; compli20 ance and enforcement; program support; and tax systems

21 modernization; and for the hire of passenger motor vehi22 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by

23 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by

24 the Commissioner: $1,402,629,000, of which not less than

25 $570,166,000 is for tax systems modernization, and of
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1 which not to exceed $60,000,000 shall remain available

2 until expended for other systems development projects:

3 Provided, That of the amounts provided for tax systems

4 modernization not to exceed $125,000,000 shall remain

5 available until expended: Provided further, That none of

6 the funds appropriated for tax systems modernization may

7 be obligated until the Commissioner of the Internal Reve8 nue Service reports to the Committees on Appropriations

9 of the House and Senate on the implementation of Tax

10 Systems Modernization.

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—INTERNAL REVENUE

12 SERVICE

13 SECTION 1. Not to exceed 4 per centum of any appro14 priation made available to the Internal Revenue Service

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

16 to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon

17 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap18 propriations.

19 SEC. 2. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute

20 and maintain a training program to insure that Internal

21 Revenue Service employees are trained in taxpayers’

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

23 cross-cultural relations.
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1 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret

4 Service, including purchase (not to exceed three hundred

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

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

7 training and assistance requested by State and local gov8 ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;

9 services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter10 mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District

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

12 other facilities on private or other property not in Govern13 ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per14 form protective functions; for payment of per diem and/

15 or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective

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

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

18 or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con19 ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen20 tation of awards; and for travel of Secret Service employ21 ees on protective missions without regard to the limita22 tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act: Pro23 vided, That approval is obtained in advance from the

24 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; for re25 pairs, alterations, and minor construction at the James
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1 J. Rowley Secret Service Training Center; for research

2 and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral

3 research in support of protective research and operations;

4 not to exceed $12,500 for official reception and represen5 tation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical

6 assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga7 nizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in ad8 vance for commercial accommodations as may be nec9 essary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms

10 without regard to the general purchase price limitation for

11 the current fiscal year; $457,360,000, of which not to ex12 ceed $300,000 shall be made available for the protection

13 at the one non-governmental property designated by the

14 President of the United States and $70,000 at the airport

15 facility used for travel en route to or from such property

16 under provisions of section 12 of the Presidential Protec17 tion Assistance Act of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note).

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

19 TREASURY

20 SECTION 101. Of the funds appropriated by this or

21 any other Act to the Internal Revenue Service, amounts

22 attributable to efficiency savings for fiscal year 1994 shall

23 be identified as such by the Commissioner during that fis24 cal year: Provided, That in the fiscal year when the sav25 ings are realized, the amount of efficiency savings shall
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1 be non-recurred from the Internal Revenue Service budget

2 base: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1994, the Inter3 nal Revenue Service shall identify persons found deserving

4 of cash awards and reward such employees as authorized

5 by sections 4501–4505 of title 5, United States Code: Pro6 vided further, That on an annual basis, the Internal Reve7 nue Service shall report to the House and Senate Appro8 priations Committees on the status of the program.

9 SEC. 102. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart10 ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow11 ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in12 cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of

13 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign

14 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the

15 general purchase price limitation for vehicles purchased

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

17 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing

18 of health and medical services to employees and their de19 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author20 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

21 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro22 priations in this Act for the Department of the Treasury

23 may be transferred between such appropriations. Notwith24 standing any authority to transfer funds between appro25 priations contained in this or any other Act, no transfer
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1 may increase or decrease any appropriation in this Act by

2 more than 2 per centum and any such proposed transfers

3 shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appro4 priations of the House and Senate.

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

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

7 underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue

8 Code of 1954 unless the conduct of officers and employees

9 of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such

10 collection complies with subsection (a) of section 805 (re11 lating to communications in connection with debt collec12 tion), and section 806 (relating to harassment or abuse),

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

14 1692).

15 SEC. 105. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing will

16 maintain and utilize the currency production capacity of

17 its Washington, DC facility at a level which at a minimum

18 equals its current 5 day, 3 shift per day output of approxi19 mately 5.2 billion notes: Provided, That the Federal Re20 serve System requirements exceed that level by an amount

21 which will enable the Bureau to also maintain and utilize

22 an operating expansion and emergency back-up capacity

23 at its Fort Worth, Texas facility. If production require24 ments fall below that level the Bureau may, upon advance

25 notice to the House Appropriations Committee, reallocate
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1 production between the two facilities in a way which best

2 utilizes the capacity of each and preserves the employment

3 security of the Bureau workforce.

4 SEC. 106. If necessary to retain employees with spe5 cialized skills who are serving on temporary appointments,

6 the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may extend such

7 appointments on an annual basis beyond four years.

8 SEC. 107. In the event of staffing reductions due to

9 a reduction in work requirements, the area of consider10 ation for any reduction-in-force to be effected shall include

11 the Washington, DC facility and the Ft. Worth, Texas fa12 cility. Lists of competing employees at each facility shall

13 be combined together, and bumping, retreat and reassign14 ment rights of employees at the same competitive level

15 shall be governed by this combined list. In order to insure

16 uniformity in administration, the Bureau shall adopt this

17 policy by a formal issuance. This policy shall prevail with

18 regard to all represented bargaining units unless one or

19 more unions specifically and in writing agree to another

20 policy or arrangement on behalf of the employees that any

21 such organization(s) represents.

22 SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Treasury or his dele23 gate (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec24 retary’’) shall establish and hereafter administer a pro25 gram requiring the payment of user fees for the processing
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1 of applications for certificates of label approval (or exemp2 tions therefrom) required by the Federal Alcohol Adminis3 tration Act (27 U.S.C., Chapter 8), and formula (and

4 statement of process) reviews or laboratory tests and anal5 yses performed under the authority of such Act and the

6 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations issued

7 thereunder with respect to distilled spirits, wine, and beer

8 or malt beverages. The Secretary is authorized to establish

9 procedures to implement the user fee program and to es10 tablish rates for such fees, but in no event shall the fee

11 be less than $50 for each application and $250 for each

12 formula (and statement of process) review or test analysis.

13 The fees provided for herein shall be effective for applica14 tions filed and for formula (and statement of process) re15 views or tests and analyses initiated 90 days from the date

16 of enactment of this Act.

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

18 Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

19 TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

20 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

21 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

22 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub23 section (c) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code;

24 $91,434,000: Provided, That mail for overseas voting and

25 mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That six-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall

2 continue at not less than the 1983 level: Provided further,

3 That none of the funds made available to the Postal Serv4 ice by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, regula5 tion, or policy of charging any officer or employee of any

6 State or local child support enforcement agency, or any

7 individual participating in a State or local program of

8 child support enforcement, a fee for information requested

9 or provided concerning an address of a postal customer:

10 Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this

11 Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and

12 other small post offices in the fiscal year ending on Sep13 tember 30, 1994.

14 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR

15 NONFUNDED LIABILITIES

16 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting

17 the liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the

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

19 2004, $38,803,000.

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro21 priations Act, 1994’’.
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1 TITLE III

2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

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

8 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

9 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount

10 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of

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

12 none of the funds made available for official expenses shall

13 be considered as taxable to the President.

14 THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

22 newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel

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

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

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

2 $38,914,000.

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; $7,925,000, to be expended and accounted

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

11 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

12 OPERATING EXPENSES

13 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,

14 heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,

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

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

17 official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to

18 be accounted for solely on his certificate; $324,000: Pro19 vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this

20 appropriation may be made to any department or agency

21 for expenses of carrying out such activities.

22 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President

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

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

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

6 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out

9 its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15

10 U.S.C. 1021); $3,420,000.

11 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel14 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

15 3109, and 3 U.S.C. 107; $5,122,000.

16 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the National Security

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

20 3109; $6,648,000.

21 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra24 tion; $24,850,000, including services as authorized by 5
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1 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger

2 motor vehicles.

3 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management

6 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,

7 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $56,539,000, of

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

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

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

11 shall be applied only to the objects for which appropria12 tions were made except as otherwise provided by law: Pro13 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this

14 Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be

15 used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural market16 ing orders or any activities or regulations under the provi17 sions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of

18 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none

19 of the funds made available for the Office of Management

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

21 of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except

22 for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and

23 Budget, before the Committee on Appropriations or the

24 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs or their subcommittees:

25 Provided further, That this proviso shall not apply to
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1 printed hearings released by the Committee on Appropria2 tions or the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

3 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

6 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to

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

8 official reception and representation expenses; for partici9 pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on

10 matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or

11 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim12 bursement; $5,800,000: Provided, That none of the funds

13 may be obligated or expended until the Director of the

14 Office of National Drug Control Policy submits to the

15 Committee on Appropriations of the House, a justification

16 for planned expenditures: Provided further, That the Of17 fice is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize

18 gifts, both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding

19 or facilitating the work of the Office.

20 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

21 For expenses necessary to enable the President to

22 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national

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

24 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, $86,000,000 for drug control activities:

7 Provided, That the Office of National Drug Control Policy

8 is authorized to transfer not less than $50,000,000 to the

9 following High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas in the

10 following amounts: New York, $7,000,000, Miami,

11 $7,000,000, Houston $7,000,000, Los Angeles,

12 $7,000,000, and the Southwest Border, $22,000,000: Pro13 vided further, That the Office of National Drug Control

14 Policy is authorized to transfer not less than $36,000,000

15 to State and local drug control entities for drug control

16 activities.

17 SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For activities authorized by Public Law 100–690,

20 $28,000,000, to be derived from deposits in the Special

21 Forfeiture Fund; of which $5,000,000, shall be trans22 ferred to the United States Customs Service; of which

23 $6,000,000 shall be transferred to the Internal Revenue

24 Service, Tax Law Enforcement for criminal investigations;

25 of which $4,000,000 shall be transferred to the Drug En26 forcement Agency for the enhancement of the El Paso In-
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1 telligence Center; or which $5,000,000, shall be trans2 ferred to the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Cen3 ter; and of which $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the

4 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and

5 $7,000,000 to be transferred to Federal agencies and de6 partments to support high priority drug control activities

7 consistent with the National Drug Control Strategy in

8 amounts to be determined by the Director.

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap10 propriations Act, 1994’’.

11 TITLE IV

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

13 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

14 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

15 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

16 The revenues and collections deposited into the Fund

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

18 Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as

19 amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), shall be available for nec20 essary expenses of real property management and related

21 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,

22 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased

23 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia;

24 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen25 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications
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1 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al2 location and transfer of space; contractual services inci3 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair

4 and alteration of federally owned buildings including

5 grounds, approaches and appurtenances; care and safe6 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition,

7 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur8 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law;

9 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con10 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre11 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or

12 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip13 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter14 est, taxes, and any other obligations for public buildings

15 acquired by installment purchase and purchase contract,

16 in the aggregate amount of $5,198,311,000, including

17 $307,994,000 of unobligated balances in the fund, of

18 which (1) not to exceed $833,176,000 shall remain avail19 able until expended for construction of additional projects

20 at locations and at maximum construction improvement

21 costs (including funds for sites and expenses) as follows:

22 New Construction:

23 Alabama:

24 Montgomery, U.S. Courthouse Annex,

25 $5,195,000
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1 Arkansas:

2 Little Rock, Old Law School Building Expan3 sion/Alteration, $14,098,000

4 California:

5 Sacramento, Federal Building and U.S. Court6 house, $146,002,500

7 San Jose, Federal Office Building, claim,

8 $1,866,000

9 Santa Ana, Federal Building and U.S. Court10 house, $151,200,000

11 District of Columbia:

12 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters

13 Building, $50,000,000

14 Florida:

15 Jacksonville, U.S. Courthouse, site acquisition

16 and design, $6,194,000

17 Tampa, U.S. Courthouse, $68,058,000

18 Indiana:

19 Hammond, U.S. Courthouse, $51,000,000

20 Iowa:

21 Burlington, Federal Parking Facility, design

22 and construction, $2,400,000

23 Maryland:

24 Beltsville, Department of Agriculture Federal

25 Building, $20,000,000
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1 Bowie, Bureau of the Census, Computer Cen2 ter, $27,915,000

3 Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties,

4 Food and Drug Administration, consolidation, site

5 acquisition, planning and design, construction,

6 $73,921,000

7 Massachusetts:

8 Boston, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,

9 $19,000,000

10 Missouri:

11 Cape Girardeau, Federal Office Building and

12 U.S. Courthouse, $3,900,000

13 Kansas City, U.S. Courthouse, $10,000,000

14 St. Louis, U.S. Courthouse, $10,000,000

15 Nebraska:

16 Omaha, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,

17 $9,553,000

18 New Jersey:

19 Newark, Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal

20 Building and U.S. Courthouse, escalation,

21 $4,381,200

22 New York:

23 Brooklyn, U.S. Courthouse, $30,000,000

24 North Carolina:
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1 Federal Research Park, Environmental Protec2 tion Agency Facility, $8,800,000

3 North Dakota:

4 Pembina, Border Station, $96,000

5 Ohio:

6 Youngstown, Federal Building and U.S. Court7 house, site acquisition and design, $4,725,000

8 Oregon:

9 Portland, U.S. Courthouse, $86,751,000

10 Pennsylvania:

11 Scranton, Federal Building and U.S. Court12 house Annex, site acquisition and design,

13 $12,340,000

14 Texas:

15 Laredo, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,

16 $3,047,000

17 Vermont:

18 Highgate Springs, Border Station, $6,851,000

19 Washington:

20 Lynden, Federal Building, claim, $357,000

21 Nonprospectus construction projects, $5,525,300:

22 Provided, That of the funds provided for nonprospectus

23 construction projects, funds shall remain available until

24 expended for the acquisition, lease, construction, and

25 equipping of three flexiplace work telecommuting centers,
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1 one of which shall be in southern Maryland, and one of

2 which shall be in northwestern Virginia: Provided further,

3 That each of the immediately foregoing limits of costs on

4 new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent

5 that savings are effected in other such projects, but by

6 not to exceed 10 per centum: Provided further, That all

7 funds for direct construction projects shall expire on Sep8 tember 30, 1995, and remain in the Federal Buildings

9 Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for de10 sign or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part

11 prior to such date: Provided further, That of the amount

12 made available under this heading for the Northern Vir13 ginia Naval Systems Commands, in Public Law 101–509,

14 $107,781,000, is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That

15 claims against the Government of less than $100,000 aris16 ing from direct construction projects, acquisitions of build17 ings and purchase contract projects pursuant to Public

18 Law 92–313, be liquidated with prior notification to the

19 Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate

20 to the extent savings are effected in other such projects;

21 (2) not to exceed $546,682,000, which shall remain avail22 able until expended, for repairs and alterations: Provided

23 further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re24 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be lim25 ited to the amount by project as follows, except each
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1 project may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10

2 per centum unless advance approval is obtained from the

3 Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate

4 of a greater amount:

5 Repairs and Alterations:

6 Alaska:

7 Juneau, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, esca8 lation, $4,082,000

9 California:

10 Richmond, SSA Service Center, $3,742,000

11 San Diego, Federal Building and U.S. Court12 house, $11,023,000

13 District of Columbia:

14 Central and West Heating Plants, $11,141,000

15 Federal Office Building 6, $56,500,000

16 Georgia:

17 Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr., Federal

18 Building, $10,063,000

19 Illinois:

20 Chicago, Federal Records Center, $3,379,000

21 Chicago, John C. Kluczynski Jr., Federal

22 Building, $13,414,000

23 Indiana:

24 Jeffersonville, Federal Center, $13,522,000

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

2 escalation, $4,645,000

3 Woodlawn, SSA Operations Building,

4 $14,892,000

5 Massachusetts:

6 Boston, John F. Kennedy Federal Building

7 (phase 3), $19,200,000

8 New Jersey:

9 Newark, Federal Building, 20 Washington

10 Place, $14,000,000

11 New York:

12 New York, Federal Building, 201 Varick St.,

13 $8,886,000

14 New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building

15 (phase 2), $14,171,000

16 Nationwide:

17 Elevators, $27,022,000

18 Energy Retrofit Projects, $36,700,000

19 Facade Alterations, $10,000,000:

20 Provided, That of the funds appropriated for Energy Ret21 rofit Projects, $6,000,000, may be used to procure and

22 install phosphoric acid fuel cells in GSA installations.

23 Minor Repairs and Alterations, $270,300,000: Pro24 vided, That additional projects for which prospectuses

25 have been fully approved may be funded under this cat-
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1 egory only if advance approval is obtained from the Com2 mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Pro3 vided further, That the difference between the funds ap4 propriated and expended on any projects in this or any

5 prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’,

6 may be transferred to Minor Repairs and Alterations or

7 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects:

8 Provided further, That all funds for repairs and alterations

9 prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 1995,

10 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds

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

12 have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date:

13 Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any

14 prior Act for Minor Repairs and Alterations may be used

15 to pay claims against the Government arising from any

16 projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or

17 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects;

18 (3) not to exceed $118,108,000 for installment acquisition

19 payments including payments on purchase contracts; (4)

20 not to exceed $2,124,373,000 for rental of space; (5) not

21 to exceed $1,231,085,000 for real property operations; (6)

22 not to exceed $156,613,000 for program direction and

23 centralized services; and (7) not to exceed $188,274,000

24 for design and construction services which shall remain

25 available until expended: Provided further, That of the
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1 funds available to the General Services Administration for

2 the Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. Courthouse; Burlington,

3 Iowa, Federal Parking Facility; Beltsville, Maryland, Fed4 eral Building; Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Courthouse;

5 Federal Research Park, North Carolina EPA Facility;

6 Youngstown, Ohio, Federal Building and U.S. Court7 house; and Scranton, Pennsylvania, Federal Building and

8 U.S. Courthouse, shall not be available for expenses in

9 connection with any construction, repair, alteration, and

10 acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by

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

12 been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex13 pended for each project for required expenses in connec14 tion with the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro15 vided further, That with regard to the Federal Building

16 in Beltsville, Maryland, upon repayment of the Federal

17 Buildings Fund for the cost of construction, title to said

18 property shall be vested in the United States Department

19 of Agriculture: Provided further, That for the purposes of

20 this authorization, buildings constructed pursuant to the

21 purchase contract authority of the Public Buildings

22 Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 602a), buildings occu23 pied pursuant to installment purchase contracts, and

24 buildings under the control of another department or

25 agency where alterations of such buildings are required
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1 in connection with the moving of such other department

2 or agency from buildings then, or thereafter to be, under

3 the control of the General Services Administration shall

4 be considered to be federally owned buildings: Provided

5 further, That none of the funds available to the General

6 Services Administration, except for the line-item construc7 tion and repairs and alterations projects in this Act shall

8 be available for expenses in connection with any construc9 tion, repair, alteration, and acquisition project for which

10 a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of

11 1959, as amended, has not been approved, except that

12 necessary funds may be expended for each project for re13 quired expenses in connection with the development of a

14 proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds avail15 able in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for

16 emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained

17 from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and

18 Senate: Provided further, That amounts necessary to pro19 vide reimbursable special services to other agencies under

20 section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administra21 tive Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.

22 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide such reimbursable

23 fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on pri24 vate or other property not in Government ownership or

25 control as may be appropriate to enable the United States
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1 Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant

2 to 18 U.S.C. 3056, as amended, shall be available from

3 such revenues and collections: Provided further, That reve4 nues and collections and any other sums accruing to this

5 Fund during fiscal year 1994, excluding reimbursements

6 under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Ad7 ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6))

8 in excess of $5,198,311,000 shall remain in the Fund and

9 shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized

10 in appropriations Acts.

11 FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE

12 OPERATING EXPENSES

13 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro14 vided for, necessary for property management activities,

15 utilization of excess and disposal of surplus personal prop16 erty, rehabilitation of personal property, transportation

17 management activities, transportation audits by in-house

18 personnel, procurement, and other related supply manage19 ment activities, including services as authorized by 5

20 U.S.C. 3109; $55,804,000.

21 INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SERVICE

22 OPERATING EXPENSES

23 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro24 vided for, necessary for carrying out Governmentwide and

25 internal responsibilities relating to automated data man-
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1 agement, telecommunications, information resources man2 agement, and related activities, including services as au3 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $45,675,000: Provided, That

4 none of the funds may be used to pay the operating costs

5 of the Information Security Oversight Office or any suc6 cessor organization.

7 FEDERAL PROPERTY RESOURCES SERVICE

8 OPERATING EXPENSES

9 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

10 for carrying out the functions of the Administrator with

11 respect to utilization of excess real property; the disposal

12 of surplus real property, the utilization survey, deed com13 pliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural

14 analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to ex15 cess and surplus real property, including services as au16 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $15,756,000.

17 GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for

20 Policy Direction, Board of Contract Appeals, and account21 ing, records management, and other support services inci22 dent to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United

23 States Court of Claims, and services authorized by 5

24 U.S.C. 3109, $31,435,000: Provided, That this appropria25 tion shall be available for general administrative and staff
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1 support services, subject to reimbursement by the applica2 ble organization or agencies pursuant to subsections (a)

3 and (b) of section 1535 of title 31, United States Code:

4 Provided further, That not less than $825,000 shall be

5 available for personnel and associated costs in support of

6 Congressional District and Senate State offices without

7 reimbursement from these offices: Provided further, That

8 not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official recep9 tion and representation expenses.

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

13 $34,925,000: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall

14 be available for payment for information and detection of

15 fraud against the Government, including payment for re16 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,

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

18 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens

19 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en20 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.

21 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

22 PRESIDENTS

23 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August

24 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public

25 Law 95–138; $2,833,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
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1 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary

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

3 out the provisions of such Acts.

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

5 ADMINISTRATION

6 SECTION. 1. The appropriate appropriation or fund

7 available to the General Services Administration shall be

8 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte9 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part

10 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu11 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).

12 SEC. 2. Funds available to the General Services Ad13 ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger

14 motor vehicles.

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

16 available in appropriations for operating expenses and sal17 aries and expenses, during the current fiscal year, may

18 be transferred between such appropriations for mandatory

19 program requirements. Any proposed transfers shall be

20 approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations

21 of the House and Senate.

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

23 available for fiscal year 1994 for Federal Buildings Fund

24 activities may be transferred between such activities only

25 to the extent necessary to meet program requirements.
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1 Any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by

2 the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen3 ate.

4 SEC. 5. The Administrator of General Services shall

5 immediately cease construction and archaeological exca6 vation on the pavilion portion of the Foley Square Federal

7 Building until such time as a plan is submitted to the

8 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for prior

9 approval. Such plan shall not result in the continued exhu10 mation of skeletal remains from the ‘‘Negro Burial

11 Ground’’ and shall be accompanied by a reprogramming

12 of sufficient funds but not more than $3,000,000 to mod13 ify the pavilion foundation of the Foley Square Federal

14 Building in New York, New York, prevent further deterio15 ration of the ‘‘Negro Burial Ground’’, and contain appro16 priate measures to memorialize the burial site. The Ad17 ministrator of General Services shall submit the plan to

18 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations

19 within 60 days of the enactment of this Act. Nothing in

20 this section shall prohibit the continued construction on

21 the tower portion of the Foley Square Federal Building

22 project.
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1 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

5 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza6 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re7 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

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

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

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

12 reception and representation expenses, and advances for

13 reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of Per14 sonnel Management and the Federal Bureau of Investiga15 tion for expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422

16 of January 9, 1953, as amended: Provided, That notwith17 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Director is hereby author18 ized to accept gifts of goods and services, which shall be

19 available only for hosting National Civil Service Apprecia20 tion Conferences. Goods and services provided in connec21 tion with the conference may include, but are not limited

22 to, food and refreshments; rental of seminar rooms, ban23 quet rooms, and facilities; and use of communications,

24 printing and other equipment. Awards of minimal intrinsic

25 value will be allowed. Gifts provided by an individual donor

26 shall not exceed 50 percent of the total value of the gifts
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1 provided at each location; $118,533,000, of which not to

2 exceed $1,000,000 shall be made available for the estab3 lishment of health promotion and disease prevention pro4 grams for Federal employees; and in addition $88,519,000

5 for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the ap6 propriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Manage7 ment without regard to other statutes, including direct

8 procurement of health benefits printing, for the retirement

9 and insurance programs, of which $5,981,000 shall be

10 transferred at such times as the Office of Personnel Man11 agement deems appropriate, and shall remain available

12 until expended for the costs of automating the retirement

13 recordkeeping systems, together with remaining amounts

14 authorized in previous Acts for the recordkeeping systems:

15 Provided further, That the provisions of this appropriation

16 shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds

17 as provided by section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United

18 States Code: Provided further, That, except as may be con19 sistent with regulations of the Office of Personnel Man20 agement prescribed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8902a(f)(1) and

21 (i), no payment may be made from the Employees Health

22 Benefits Fund to any physician, hospital, or other provider

23 of health care services or supplies who is, at the time such

24 services or supplies are provided to an individual covered

25 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, excluded,
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1 pursuant to section 1128 or 1128A of the Social Security

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7–1320a–7a), from participation in

3 any program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act

4 (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.): Provided further, That no part

5 of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex6 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Per7 sonnel Management established pursuant to Executive

8 Order 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like

9 purpose: Provided further, That the President’s Commis10 sion on White House Fellows, established by Executive

11 Order 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during the fiscal

12 year ending September 30, 1994, accept donations of

13 money, property, and personal services in connection with

14 the development of a publicity brochure to provide infor15 mation about the White House Fellows, except that no

16 such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimburse17 ment of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees

18 of such Commission: Provided further, That the Director

19 of the Office of Personnel Management may transfer from

20 this appropriation an amount to be determined, but not

21 exceed $300,000 to the National Advisory Council on the

22 Public Service as established by Public Law 101–363.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

6 General Act, as amended, including services as authorized

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

8 $4,253,000, and in addition, not to exceed $6,514,000 for

9 administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel

10 Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be

11 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office

12 of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector

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

15 and elsewhere.

16 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

17 HEALTH BENEFITS

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

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

21 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend22 ed, $4,146,480,000, to remain available until expended.

23 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

24 LIFE INSURANCE

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

2 $1,607,000 to remain available until expended.

3 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

4 DISABILITY FUND

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

10 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the

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

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

13 be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability

14 Fund.

15 ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL

16 RELATIONS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

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

21 $1,859,000, and additional amounts, not to exceed

22 $200,000, collected from the sale of publications shall be

23 credited to and used for the purposes of this appropria24 tion.
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1 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

2 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

7 28; $1,689,000.

8 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

11 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend12 ed; $23,564,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be

13 available for reception and representation expenses.

14 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

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

19 Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by

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

21 hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference

22 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;

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

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

2 the Government service, and compensation as authorized

3 by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

4 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

8 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza9 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re10 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

12 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi13 cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,

14 $24,674,000, together with not to exceed $1,989,000 for

15 administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals

16 to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and

17 Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys18 tems Protection Board.

19 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses in connection with National

22 Archives and Records Administration and related activi23 ties, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for

24 the review and declassification of documents, and for the

25 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $193,182,000, of which

26 $4,000,000 for allocations and grants for historical publi-
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1 cations and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, as

2 amended, shall remain available until expended: Provided,

3 That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to

4 use any excess funds available from the amount borrowed

5 for construction of the National Archives facility, for ex6 penses necessary to move into the facility.

7 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

10 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in

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

12 598, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–

13 194, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

14 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and

15 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex16 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex17 penses; $8,313,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31

18 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non19 Federal participants to attend an International Con20 ference on Ethics shall be credited to and merged with

21 this account, to be available for carrying out the Con22 ference without further appropriation.
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1 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

4 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan

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

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

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

10 District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger

11 motor vehicles; $7,992,000.

12 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting

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

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

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

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

19 Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

20 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

21 THIS ACT

22 SECTION 501. No part of any appropriation made

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

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

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

2 been approved by the Congress and appropriations made

3 therefor.

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

5 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

6 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

7 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation

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

10 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

11 of public record and available for public inspection, except

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

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

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

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

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

19 the extent that the Administrator of General Services or

20 his designee shall determine that a satisfactory quality and

21 sufficient quantity of hand or measuring tools produced

22 in the United States or its possessions cannot be procured

23 as and when needed from sources in the United States

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

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

4 used for evaluating foreign source end products against

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

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

9 General Services Administration pursuant to section

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

12 date of enactment of this Act for the procurement by con13 tract of any service which, before such date, was per14 formed by individuals in their capacity as employees of

15 the General Services Administration in any position of

16 guards, elevator operators, messengers, and custodians, at

17 said date, would be terminated as a result of the procure18 ment of such services, except that such funds may be obli19 gated or expended for the procurement by contract of the

20 covered services with sheltered workshops employing the

21 severely handicapped under Public Law 92–28.

22 SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

23 may be used for administrative expenses to close the Fed24 eral Information Center of the General Services Adminis25 tration located in Sacramento, California.
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1 SEC. 507. None of the funds made available by this

2 Act for the Department of the Treasury may be used for

3 the purpose of eliminating any existing requirement for

4 sureties on customs bonds.

5 SEC. 508. None of the funds made available by this

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

7 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac8 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would

9 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol10 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of

11 the 1930 Tariff Act.

12 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this

13 Act shall be available for the purpose of transferring con14 trol over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

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

16 New Mexico, out of the Treasury Department.

17 SEC. 510. No part of any appropriation contained in

18 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes

19 within the United States not heretofore authorized by the

20 Congress.

21 SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in

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

23 of any officer or employee of the United States Postal

24 Service, who—
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1 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat2 ens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee

3 of the United States Postal Service from having any

4 direct oral or written communication or contact with

5 any Member or committee of Congress in connection

6 with any matter pertaining to the employment of

7 such officer or employee or pertaining to the United

8 States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of

9 whether such communication or contact is at the ini10 tiative of such officer or employee or in response to

11 the request or inquiry of such Member or committee;

12 or

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

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

15 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion

16 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis17 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti18 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em19 ployment of, any officer or employee of the United

20 States Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to

21 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to

22 such officer or employee, by reason of any commu23 nication or contact of such officer or employee with

24 any Member or committee of Congress as described

25 in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
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1 SEC. 512. Funds under this Act shall be available as

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

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

4 an award for such achievement is otherwise payable, in

5 accordance with such sections. Such funds may not be

6 used for any purpose with respect to which the preceding

7 sentence relates beyond fiscal year 1994.

8 SEC. 513. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available to the Department of the Treasury

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

11 to contract out positions in, or downgrade the position

12 classifications of, members of the United States Mint Po13 lice Force and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Po14 lice Force, or for studying the feasibility of contracting

15 out such positions.

16 SEC. 514. The Office of Personnel Management may,

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

18 donations of supplies, services, and equipment for the Fed19 eral Executive Institute, the Federal Quality Institute,

20 and Executive Seminar Centers for the enhancement of

21 the morale and educational experience of attendees.

22 SEC. 515. No part of any appropriation contained in

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

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

25 procurement of stainless steel flatware not produced in the
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1 United States or its possessions, except to the extent that

2 the Administrator of General Services or his designee shall

3 determine that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quan4 tity of stainless steel flatware produced in the United

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

6 needed from sources in the United States or its posses7 sions or except in accordance with procedures provided by

8 section 6–104.4(b) of Armed Services Procurement Regu9 lations, dated January 1, 1969. This section shall be appli10 cable to all solicitations for bids issued after its enactment.

11 SEC. 516. The United States Secret Service may,

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

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

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

17 of money or any thing of value.

18 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available by this

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

21 States Customs Service port of entry.

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

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

24 processing capabilities from the Las Cruces, New Mexico

25 postal facility, and that every effort will be made by the
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1 Postal Service to recognize the rapid rate of population

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

3 New Mexico postal facility in order that mail processing

4 can be expedited and handled in Las Cruces.

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

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

7 in the SES upon reassignment or transfer.

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

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

10 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for11 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed

12 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com13 pleted his period of active military or naval service and

14 has within ninety days after his release from such service

15 or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a

16 period of not more than one year made application for res17 toration to his former position and has been certified by

18 the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to

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

20 restored thereto.

21 SEC. 521. None of the funds made available to the

22 United States Customs Service may be used to collect or

23 impose any land border processing fee at ports of entry

24 along the United States-Mexico border.
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1 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available by this

2 Act shall be used to plan, administer, or otherwise carry

3 out a move of the Internal Revenue Service’s Automated

4 Collection Unit from the borough of Manhattan, New

5 York City, New York, without prior approval of the House

6 and Senate Appropriations Committees.

7 SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

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

9 Bureau of the Public Debt in the Washington Metropoli10 tan Region on April 10, 1991, be used to separate, reduce

11 the grade or pay of, or carry out any other adverse person12 nel action against such individual for declining to accept

13 a directed reassignment to a position outside such region,

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

15 or functions to Parkersburg, West Virginia.

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

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

18 Act, declines an offer of another position in the Depart19 ment of the Treasury which is of at least equal pay and

20 which is within the Washington Metropolitan Region.

21 SEC. 524. In consideration of the Washington Metro22 politan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) modifying its

23 requirement for acquisition of General Services Adminis24 tration (GSA) property at the Suitland Federal Center in

25 Suitland, Maryland, GSA shall transfer to WMATA, at
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1 no cost, approximately sixteen (16) acres of GSA property

2 to allow WMATA to construct its proposed Suitland Met3 rorail Station and related surface facilities. GSA will bear

4 no additional costs, as a result of this transaction. The

5 property to be transferred is located at the northeast

6 quadrant of the intersection of Suitland Parkway at Silver

7 Hill Road and is the southeastern most portion of the

8 Suitland Federal Center Complex. It is bounded by Silver

9 Hill Road on the southeast, Suitland Parkway property

10 owned by the National Park Service on the southwest, the

11 existing stream valley between Suitland Parkway and the

12 historic Suitland House on the northwest and on the

13 northeast a line just south of and parallel to a line from

14 the Suitland House to the existing Federal Office Building

15 along Silver Hill Road at Randall Road.

16 SEC. 525. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any

17 other provision of law, including any other law which re18 quires that property of the United States be used for a

19 particular purpose, the Administrator of General Services

20 shall convey the property described in subsection (c) to

21 the State of Maryland.

22 (b) TERMS.—A conveyance of property under this

23 section shall be—

24 (1) by quitclaim deed;

25 (2) without monetary consideration; and
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1 (3) subject to such other terms and conditions

2 as the Administrator determines to be appropriate.

3 (c) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—The property referred

4 to in subsection (a) known as the ‘‘Chesapeake Bay Study

5 Site’’ is property located in the State of Maryland, Queen

6 Annes County, which—

7 (1) is part of the same land which, by quitclaim

8 deed dated August 25, 1970, and recorded among

9 the land records of Queen Annes County, Maryland,

10 at Liber 53, Folio 200, was granted and conveyed

11 by the State of Maryland, Maryland State Roads

12 Commission, to the United States of America.

13 (2) contains 55 acres more or less according to

14 a survey prepared by McCrone, Inc., in July 1968

15 and amended on May 26, 1992.

16 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this

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

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

19 organization outside of the Federal Government without

20 the approval of the House and Senate Committees Appro21 priations.

22 SEC. 527. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

23 of law, sick leave provided by section 6307 of title 5, Unit24 ed States Code, may be approved for purposes related to

25 the adoption of a child during fiscal year 1994.
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1 (b) Subsection (a) shall cease to be effective as of

2 September 30, 1994.

3 SEC. 528. The Administrator of the General Services

4 Administration, shall enter into an agreement to transfer

5 at no cost, to the City of Waltham, Massachusetts, title

6 to a parcel of land located at 424 Trapelo Road for the

7 purpose of establishing the New England Center for Envi8 ronmental Education by a nonprofit institution adjacent

9 to the site: Provided, That the Administrator and the city

10 of Waltham, shall mutually agree to the amount of land

11 to be transferred to the city for this purpose.

12 TITLE VI—GOVERNMENTWIDE GENERAL

13 PROVISIONS

14 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

15 SECTION 601. Funds appropriated in this or any

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

17 for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in

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

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

20 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under

21 this or any other Act for fiscal year 1994 shall obligate

22 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen23 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to

24 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en25 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal
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1 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances

2 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi3 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru4 mentality.

5 SEC. 603. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act

6 of September 13, 1982 (Public Law 97–258, 31 U.S.C.

7 1345), any agency, department or instrumentality of the

8 United States which provides or proposes to provide child

9 care services for Federal employees may reimburse any

10 Federal employee or any person employed to provide such

11 services for travel, transportation, and subsistence ex12 penses incurred for training classes, conferences or other

13 meetings in connection with the provision of such services:

14 Provided, That any per diem allowance made pursuant to

15 this section shall not exceed the rate specified in regula16 tions prescribed pursuant to section 5707 of title 5,

17 United States Code.

18 SEC. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

19 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year

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

21 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor

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

23 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at

24 $7,100 except station wagons for which the maximum

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

2 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi3 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec4 tion may not be exceeded by more than five percent for

5 electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration

6 under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle

7 Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:

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

9 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter10 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law

11 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled

12 vehicles.

13 SEC. 605. Appropriations of the executive depart14 ments and independent establishments for the current fis15 cal year available for expenses of travel or for the expenses

16 of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for

17 quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in ac18 cordance with 5 U.S.C. 5992–24.

19 SEC. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the cur20 rent fiscal year no part of any appropriation contained in

21 this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa22 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the

23 United States (including any agency the majority of the

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

25 States) whose post of duty is in the continental United
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1 States unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United

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

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

4 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be5 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and

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

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

8 from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, or the Baltic coun9 tries lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent

10 residence, or (5) South Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Lao11 tian refugees paroled in the United States after January

12 1, 1975, or (6) nationals of the People’s Republic of China

13 protected by Executive Order Number 12711 of April 11,

14 1990: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, an

15 affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered

16 prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section

17 with respect to his or her status have been complied with:

18 Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit

19 shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be

20 fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more

21 than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above

22 penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution

23 for any other provisions of existing law: Provided further,

24 That any payment made to any officer or employee con25 trary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable
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1 in action by the Federal Government. This section shall

2 not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, the Republic of

3 the Philippines or to nationals of those countries allied

4 with the United States in the current defense effort, or

5 to international broadcasters employed by the U.S. Infor6 mation Agency, or to temporary employment of trans7 lators, or to temporary employment in the field service

8 (not to exceed sixty days) as a result of emergencies.

9 SEC. 607. Appropriations available to any depart10 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec11 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex12 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General

13 Services Administration for charges for space and services

14 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build15 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements

16 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of

17 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments

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

19 SEC. 608. Funds made available by this or any other

20 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year

21 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of

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

23 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,

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

25 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
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1 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the

2 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the

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

4 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex5 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other

6 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be

7 correspondingly reduced.

8 SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the cur9 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall

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

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

12 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

13 SEC. 610. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of

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

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

16 be used by Federal agencies for any purpose for which

17 appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (in18 cluding the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing

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

20 is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations

21 of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits re22 ceived as exchanged allowances or proceeds of sales of per23 sonal property may be used in whole or part payment for

24 acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the
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1 manner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the

2 Treasury.

3 SEC. 611. No part of any appropriation contained in

4 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

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

6 similar groups (whether or not they are interagency enti7 ties) which do not have a prior and specific statutory ap8 proval to receive financial support from more than one

9 agency or instrumentality.

10 SEC. 612. Funds made available by this or any other

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

12 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and

13 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under

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

15 guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow16 ers of special policemen provided by the first section of

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

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

19 the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the

20 same actions as the Administrator of General Services

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

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

23 318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under

24 the authority and within the limits provided in section 4
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1 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281;

2 40 U.S.C. 318c).

3 SEC. 613. None of the funds made available pursuant

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

5 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis6 approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly

7 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the

8 United States.

9 SEC. 614. No part of any appropriation contained in,

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

11 be available for any agency to pay to the Administrator

12 of the General Services Administration a higher rate per

13 square foot for rental of space and services (established

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

15 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended) than

16 the rate per square foot established for the space and serv17 ices by the General Services Administration for the fiscal

18 year for which appropriations were granted.

19 SEC. 615. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision

20 of law, no part of any of the funds appropriated for the

21 fiscal year ending on September 30, 1994, by this or any

22 other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate em23 ployee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United

24 States Code—
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1 (A) during the period from the date of expira2 tion of the limitation imposed by section 616 of the

3 Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government

4 Appropriations Act, 1993, until the first day of the

5 first applicable pay period that begins on or after

6 July 1, 1994, in an amount that exceeds the rate

7 payable for the applicable grade and step of the ap8 plicable wage schedule in accordance with such sec9 tion 616; and

10 (B) during the period consisting of the remain11 der of fiscal year 1994, in an amount that exceeds,

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

13 payable under paragraph (1) by more than the per14 centage adjustment taking effect in fiscal year 1994

15 under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code (if

16 any) with respect to General Schedule positions lo17 cated within the boundaries of the wage area (or

18 local wage area, as applicable) of such prevailing

19 rate employee.

20 (2) If the application of paragraph (1)(B) with re21 spect to a particular wage area (or local wage area) would

22 cause more than 1 percentage limitation being applicable

23 with respect to such area, rates for prevailing rate employ24 ees (as described in paragraph (1)) within such area shall

25 be subject to such limitation or limitations as shall apply
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1 under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel

2 Management.

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

4 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or

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

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

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

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

9 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli10 cable to such employee.

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

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

13 is paid from a schedule that was not in existence on Sep14 tember 30, 1993, shall be determined under regulations

15 prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.

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

17 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may

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

19 1993, except to the extent determined by the Office of

20 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose

21 of this section.

22 (e) The provisions of this section shall apply with re23 spect to pay for services performed by any affected em24 ployee on or after October 1, 1993.
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1 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision

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

3 Code, and any rule or regulation, that provides premium

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

6 imposes any requirement or limitation, on the basis of a

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

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

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

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

13 payable were this section not in effect.

14 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may pre15 scribe any regulations which may be necessary to carry

16 out this section.

17 SEC. 616. During the period in which the head of

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

19 employee of the Government appointed by the President

20 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli21 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re22 decorate the office of such department head, agency head,

23 officer or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im24 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of

25 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by
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1 the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen2 ate. For the purposes of this section the word ‘‘office’’

3 shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi4 vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the

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

6 individual.

7 SEC. 617. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sec8 tions 112 and 113 of title 3, United States Code, each

9 Executive agency detailing any personnel shall submit a

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

11 and House Committees on Appropriations on all employ12 ees or members of the armed services detailed to Executive

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

14 person detailed and the agency to which each such person

15 is detailed.

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

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

19 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

20 (2) the National Security Agency;

21 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

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

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

2 the Department of State;

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

4 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu5 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad6 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De7 partment of the Treasury, the Department of Trans8 portation, and the Department of Energy perform9 ing intelligence functions; and

10 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

12 intended to apply to information on the use of personnel

13 detailed to or from the intelligence agencies which is cur14 rently being supplied to the Senate and House Intelligence

15 and Appropriations Committees by the executive branch

16 through budget justification materials and other reports.

17 (d) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Exec18 utive agency’’ has the same meaning as defined under sec19 tion 105 of title 5, United States Code (except that the

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

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

22 Executive Residence, and any office, council, or organiza23 tional unit of the Executive Office of the President.

24 SEC. 618. No funds appropriated in this or any other

25 Act for fiscal year 1994 may be used to implement or en-
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1 force the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355

2 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form

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

4 contain the following provisions:

5 ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do not su6 persede conflict with or otherwise alter the employee obli7 gations, rights or liabilities created by Executive Order

8 12356; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (gov9 erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10,

10 United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle11 blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress

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

13 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower

14 Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste,

15 fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intel16 ligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421

17 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confiden18 tial Government agents), and the statutes which protect

19 against disclosure that may compromise the national secu20 rity, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of

21 title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Sub22 versive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. section 783(b)).

23 The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc24 tions and liabilities created by said Executive Order and
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1 listed statutes are incorporated into this Agreement and

2 are controlling.’’.

3 SEC. 619. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

5 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con6 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose

7 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without

8 the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees

9 on Appropriations.

10 SEC. 620. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

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

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

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

14 under the procurement by the Administrator of General

15 Services known as ‘‘FTS2000’’ unless—

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

17 Administrator of General Services as part of the

18 procurement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; or

19 (2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of

20 the Administrator of General Services that—

21 (A) the agency’s requirements for such

22 procurement are unique and cannot be satisfied

23 by property and service procured by the Admin24 istrator of General Services as part of the pro25 curement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; and
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1 (B) the agency procurement, pursuant to

2 such delegation, would be cost-effective and

3 would not adversely affect the cost-effectiveness

4 of the FTS2000 procurement.

5 (b) After July 31, 1994, subsection (a) shall apply

6 only if the Administrator of General Services has reported

7 that the FTS2000 procurement is producing prices that

8 allow the Government to satisfy its requirements for such

9 procurement in the most cost-effective manner.

10 SEC. 621. (a) No amount of any grant made by a

11 Federal agency shall be used to finance the acquisition of

12 goods or services (including construction services) unless

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

14 receipt of such grant, to—

15 (1) specify in any announcement of the award16 ing of the contract for the procurement of the goods

17 and services involved (including construction serv18 ices) the amount of Federal funds that will be used

19 to finance the acquisition; and

20 (2) express the amount announced pursuant to

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

22 the planned acquisition.

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

24 to a procurement for goods or services (including construc-
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1 tion services) that has an aggregate value of less than

2 $500,000.

3 SEC. 622. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,

4 United States Code, or section 611 of this Act, funds

5 made available for fiscal year 1994 by this or any other

6 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na7 tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni8 cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart9 ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive

10 Order Numbered 12472 (April 3, 1984).

11 SEC. 623. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or

12 any other Act, during the fiscal year ending September

13 30, 1994, any department, division, bureau, or office may

14 use funds appropriated by this or any other Act to install

15 telephone lines, necessary equipment, and to pay monthly

16 charges, in any private residence or private apartment of

17 an employee who has been authorized to work at home

18 in accordance with guidelines issued by the Office of Per19 sonnel Management: Provided, That the head of the de20 partment, division, bureau, or office certifies that ade21 quate safeguards against private misuse exist, and that

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

23 mission.

24 SEC. 624. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

25 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any
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1 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for

2 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a

3 position of a confidential or policy-determining character

4 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section

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

6 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of

7 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality

8 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C

9 position was not created solely or primarily in order to

10 detail the employee to the White House.

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

12 Federal employees or members of the armed services de13 tailed to or from—

14 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

15 (2) the National Security Agency;

16 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

17 (4) the offices within the Department of De18 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign

19 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

20 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

21 the Department of State;

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

23 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu24 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad25 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De-
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1 partment of the Treasury, and the Department of

2 Energy performing intelligence functions; and

3 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

5 any other Act may be used to relocate the Department

6 of Justice Immigration Judges from offices located in

7 Phoenix, Arizona to new quarters in Florence, Arizona

8 without the prior approval of the House and Senate Com9 mittees on Appropriations.

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury, Postal Serv11 ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1994’’.