103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2403

AN ACT

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 Ex-
103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2403

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the

United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of

the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 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 Inde7 pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,

8 1994, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

3 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices

6 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury

7 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

8 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase

9 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased

10 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance

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

12 travel expenses; not to exceed $100,000 for official recep13 tion and representation expenses, of which $75,000 is for

14 such expenses of the international affairs function of the

15 Offices; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emer16 gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex17 pended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas18 ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; not

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

20 for repairs and improvements to the Main Treasury Build21 ing and Annex; $104,597,000.

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

25 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
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1 General Act of 1978, as amended, hire of passenger motor

2 vehicles; not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel ex3 penses; not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emer4 gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex5 pended under the direction of the Inspector General of the

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

7 available until expended for the Inspectors General Audi8 tor Training Institute.

9 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En12 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve13 hicles; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and rep14 resentation expenses; $18,280,000.

15 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

16 (LIMITATION OF AVAILABILITY OF DEPOSITS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Forfeiture

18 Fund, as authorized by Public Law 102–393, not to ex19 ceed $14,770,000, to be derived from deposits in the

20 Fund.

21 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce24 ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of

25 the Treasury, including purchase (not to exceed fifty-two
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1 for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

2 for expenses for student athletic and related activities;

3 uniforms without regard to the general purchase price lim4 itation for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and

5 participating in firearms matches and presentation of

6 awards; for public awareness and enhancing community

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

8 for official reception and representation expenses; room

9 and board for student interns; and services as authorized

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

11 to accept gifts: Provided further, That notwithstanding

12 any other provision of law, students attending training at

13 any Federal Law Enforcement Training Center site shall

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

15 available and in accordance with Center policy: Provided

16 further, That funds appropriated in this account shall be

17 available for State and local government law enforcement

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

19 enforcement officials on a space-available basis with reim20 bursement of actual costs to this appropriation; training

21 of private sector security officials on a space available

22 basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this appropria23 tion; travel expenses of non-Federal personnel to attend

24 State and local course development meetings at the Cen25 ter: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal
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1 Law Enforcement Training Center shall annually present

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

3 to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic

4 training program at the Center during the previous fiscal

5 year, to be funded by donations received through the Cen6 ter’s gift authority: Provided further, That the Federal

7 Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to pro8 vide short term medical services for students undergoing

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

10 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

11 RELATED EXPENSES

12 For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement

13 Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional

14 real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,

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

16 to remain available until expended.

17 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management

20 Service, $209,877,000, of which not to exceed $9,748,000,

21 shall remain available until expended for systems mod22 ernization initiatives.
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1 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To4 bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed

5 six hundred and fifty vehicles for police-type use for re6 placement only and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire

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

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

9 diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an

10 assignment to the National Response Team during the in11 vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em12 ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain

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

14 for official reception and representation expenses; for

15 training of State and local law enforcement agencies with

16 or without reimbursement; provision of laboratory assist17 ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim18 bursement; $364,245,000, of which $22,000,000 shall be

19 available solely for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol

20 Administration Act during fiscal year 1994 and, of which

21 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay22 ment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C.

23 924(d)(2); and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for

24 the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft

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

2 joint law enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alco3 hol, Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of over4 time salaries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other

5 similar costs of State and local law enforcement officers

6 that are incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of

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

8 be collected by the Secretary of the Treasury or his dele9 gate pursuant to section 108 of this Act, of which not to

10 exceed $5,000,000 shall be retained and used for the spe11 cific purpose of offsetting costs of the Bureau’s Compli12 ance Alcohol Program, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.

13 3302(b), and any fees collected in excess of $5,000,000

14 shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treas15 ury: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated

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

17 collected pursuant to section 108 of this Act: Provided fur18 ther, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be

19 available to investigate or act upon applications for relief

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

21 Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall

22 be available for salaries or administrative expenses in con23 nection with consolidating or centralizing, within the De24 partment of the Treasury, the records, or any portion
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1 thereof, of acquisition and disposition of firearms main2 tained by Federal firearms licensees.

3 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the United States Customs

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

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

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

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

10 representation expenses; and awards of compensation to

11 informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the Unit12 ed States Customs Service; $1,311,819,000, of which such

13 sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Ac14 count, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the

15 Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as

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

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

18 available for payment for rental space in connection with

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

20 shall be for research: Provided, That uniforms may be pur21 chased without regard to the general purchase price limi22 tation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That

23 none of the funds made available by this Act shall be avail24 able for administrative expenses to pay any employee over25 time pay in an amount in excess of $25,000: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s des2 ignee may waive this limitation in individual cases in order

3 to prevent excessive costs or to meet emergency require4 ments of the Service: Provided further, That no funds ap5 propriated by this Act may be used to reduce to single

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

7 as provided by the Customs Service shall continue through

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

9 $750,000 shall be expended for additional part-time and

10 temporary positions in the Honolulu Customs District.

11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR AND MARINE

12 INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

13 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

14 for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air15 craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine

16 Programs, including operational training and mission-re17 lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by

18 the air or marine interdiction programs: Provided, That

19 no aircraft or other related equipment shall be transferred

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

21 of the Department of the Treasury during fiscal year 1994

22 $46,063,000.

23 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, CUSTOMS P–3 DRUG

24 INTERDICTION PROGRAM

25 For necessary expenses of operations, maintenance,

26 modifications to, spare parts and related equipment for
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1 Customs P–3 surveillance aircraft for carrying out de2 fense-related drug interdiction purposes; $28,000,000.

3 AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS,

4 PROCUREMENT

5 For the procurement, construction, and modification

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

7 parts, and accessories therefor of the air and marine inter8 diction programs; $21,093,000, to remain available until

9 expended.

10 CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS

11 (TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)

12 Such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed

13 $1,406,000, for expenses for the provision of Customs

14 services at certain small airports or other facilities when

15 authorized by law and designated by the Secretary of the

16 Treasury, including expenditures for the salary and ex17 penses of individuals employed to provide such services,

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

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

20 for each of these airports or other facilities when author21 ized by law and designated by the Secretary of the Treas22 ury, and to remain available until expended.

23 UNITED STATES MINT

24 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

25 For necessary expenses of the United States Mint;

26 $54,770,000, including amounts for purchase and mainte-
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1 nance of uniforms not to exceed $285 multiplied by the

2 number of employees of the agency who are required by

3 regulation or statute to wear a prescribed uniform in the

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

5 shall remain available until expended for expansion and

6 improvements.

7 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

8 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

9 For necessary expenses connected with any public10 debt issues of the United States; $189,209,000.

11 PAYMENT OF GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN SHIPMENT

12 For necessary expenses for ‘‘Payment of Government

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

14 expended.

15 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

16 ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

17 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv18 ice, not otherwise provided for; executive direction, man19 agement services, and internal audit and security; includ20 ing purchase (not to exceed 125 for replacement only, for

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

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

23 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis24 sioner; $167,822,000, of which not to exceed $25,000 for

25 official reception and representation expenses; and of

26 which not to exceed $500,000 shall be for research.
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1 PROCESSING TAX RETURNS AND ASSISTANCE

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

4 returns; revenue accounting; statistics of income; provid5 ing assistance to taxpayers; hire of passenger motor vehi6 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by

7 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by

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

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

10 no amount of which shall be available for IRS administra11 tive costs; and of which not to exceed $1,000,000 for re12 search.

13 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

14 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv15 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and

16 enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em17 ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and

18 enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col19 lecting unpaid accounts; the purchase (for police-type use,

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

21 for replacement only), and 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: Provided, That additional amounts

25 above fiscal year 1993 levels for international tax enforce-
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1 ment shall be used for the establishment and operation

2 of a task force comprised of senior Internal Revenue Serv3 ice Attorneys, accountants, and economists dedicated to

4 enforcement activities related to United States subsidi5 aries of foreign-controlled corporations that are in non6 compliance with the Internal Revenue Code: Provided fur7 ther, That additional amounts above fiscal year 1993 levels

8 for the information reporting program shall be used in9 stead for the examination of the tax returns of high10 income and high-asset taxpayers; $4,007,962,000 of which

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

12 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

13 For necessary expenses for data processing and tele14 communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac15 tivities, including: returns processing and services; compli16 ance and enforcement; program support; and tax systems

17 modernization; and for the hire of passenger motor vehi18 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by

19 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by

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

21 $570,166,000 is for tax systems modernization, and of

22 which not to exceed $60,000,000 shall remain available

23 until expended for other systems development projects:

24 Provided, That of the amounts provided for tax systems

25 modernization not to exceed $125,000,000 shall remain
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1 available until expended: Provided further, That none of

2 the funds appropriated for tax systems modernization may

3 be obligated until the Commissioner of the Internal Reve4 nue Service reports to the Committees on Appropriations

5 of the House and Senate on the implementation of Tax

6 Systems Modernization.

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—INTERNAL REVENUE

8 SERVICE

9 SECTION 1. Not to exceed 4 per centum of any appro10 priation made available to the Internal Revenue Service

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

12 to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon

13 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on

14 Appropriations.

15 SEC. 2. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute

16 and maintain a training program to insure that Internal

17 Revenue Service employees are trained in taxpayers’

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

19 cross-cultural relations.

20 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret

23 Service, including purchase (not to exceed three hundred

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

25 only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft;
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1 training and assistance requested by State and local gov2 ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;

3 services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter4 mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District

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

6 other facilities on private or other property not in Govern7 ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per8 form protective functions; for payment of per diem and/

9 or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective

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

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

12 or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con13 ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen14 tation of awards; and for travel of Secret Service employ15 ees on protective missions without regard to the limita16 tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act: Pro17 vided, That approval is obtained in advance from the

18 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; for re19 pairs, alterations, and minor construction at the James

20 J. Rowley Secret Service Training Center; for research

21 and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral

22 research in support of protective research and operations;

23 not to exceed $12,500 for official reception and represen24 tation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical

25 assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga-
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1 nizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in ad2 vance for commercial accommodations as may be nec3 essary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms

4 without regard to the general purchase price limitation for

5 the current fiscal year; $457,360,000, of which not to ex6 ceed $300,000 shall be made available for the protection

7 at the one non-governmental property designated by the

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

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

10 under provisions of section 12 of the Presidential Protec11 tion Assistance Act of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note).

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

13 TREASURY

14 SECTION 101. Of the funds appropriated by this or

15 any other Act to the Internal Revenue Service, amounts

16 attributable to efficiency savings for fiscal year 1994 shall

17 be identified as such by the Commissioner during that fis18 cal year: Provided, That in the fiscal year when the sav19 ings are realized, the amount of efficiency savings shall

20 be non-recurred from the Internal Revenue Service budget

21 base: Provided further, That on an annual basis, the Inter22 nal Revenue Service shall report to the House and Senate

23 Appropriations Committees on the status of the program.

24 SEC. 102. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart25 ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow-
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1 ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in2 cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of

3 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign

4 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the

5 general purchase price limitation for vehicles purchased

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

7 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing

8 of health and medical services to employees and their de9 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author10 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

11 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro12 priations in this Act for the Department of the Treasury

13 may be transferred between such appropriations. Notwith14 standing any authority to transfer funds between appro15 priations contained in this or any other Act, no transfer

16 may increase or decrease any appropriation in this Act by

17 more than 2 per centum and any such proposed transfers

18 shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appro19 priations of the House and Senate.

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

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

22 underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue

23 Code of 1954 unless the conduct of officers and employees

24 of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such

25 collection complies with subsection (a) of section 805 (re-
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1 lating to communications in connection with debt collec2 tion), and section 806 (relating to harassment or abuse),

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

4 1692).

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

6 maintain and utilize the currency production capacity of

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

8 equals its current 5 day, 3 shift per day output of approxi9 mately 5.2 billion notes: Provided, That the Federal Re10 serve System requirements exceed that level by an amount

11 which will enable the Bureau to also maintain and utilize

12 an operating expansion and emergency back-up capacity

13 at its Fort Worth, Texas facility. If production require14 ments fall below that level the Bureau may, upon advance

15 notice to the House Appropriations Committee, reallocate

16 production between the two facilities in a way which best

17 utilizes the capacity of each and preserves the employment

18 security of the Bureau workforce.

19 SEC. 106. If necessary to retain employees with spe20 cialized skills who are serving on temporary appointments,

21 the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may extend such

22 appointments on an annual basis beyond four years.

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

24 a reduction in work requirements, the area of consider25 ation for any reduction-in-force to be effected shall include
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1 the Washington, DC facility and the Ft. Worth, Texas fa2 cility. Lists of competing employees at each facility shall

3 be combined together, and bumping, retreat and reassign4 ment rights of employees at the same competitive level

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

6 uniformity in administration, the Bureau shall adopt this

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

8 regard to all represented bargaining units unless one or

9 more unions specifically and in writing agree to another

10 policy or arrangement on behalf of the employees that any

11 such organization(s) represents.

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

13 Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

14 TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE

15 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

16 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

17 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub18 section (c) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code;

19 $91,434,000: Provided, That mail for overseas voting and

20 mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided fur21 ther, That six-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall

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

23 That none of the funds made available to the Postal Serv24 ice by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, regula25 tion, or policy of charging any officer or employee of any
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1 State or local child support enforcement agency, or any

2 individual participating in a State or local program of

3 child support enforcement, a fee for information requested

4 or provided concerning an address of a postal customer:

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

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

7 other small post offices in the fiscal year ending on Sep8 tember 30, 1994.

9 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR

10 NONFUNDED LIABILITIES

11 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting

12 the liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the

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

14 2004, $38,803,000.

15 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro16 priations Act, 1994’’.

17 TITLE III

18 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND

19 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

20 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

21 For compensation of the President, including an ex22 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au23 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102; $250,000: Provided, That none

24 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

25 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount
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1 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of

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

3 none of the funds made available for official expenses shall

4 be considered as taxable to the President.

5 THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the White House as au8 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for

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

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

11 105, which shall be expended and accounted for as pro12 vided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles,

13 newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel

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

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

16 for official entertainment expenses, to be available for allo17 cation within the Executive Office of the President;

18 $38,914,000.

19 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re22 furnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including

23 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at

24 the White House and official entertainment expenses of
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1 the President; $7,925,000, to be expended and accounted

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

3 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,

6 heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,

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

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

9 official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to

10 be accounted for solely on his certificate; $324,000: Pro11 vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this

12 appropriation may be made to any department or agency

13 for expenses of carrying out such activities.

14 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President

17 to provide assistance to the President in connection with

18 specially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5

19 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex20 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex21 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and

22 hire of passenger motor vehicles; $3,270,000.
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1 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out

4 its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15

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

6 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

10 3109, and 3 U.S.C. 107; $5,122,000.

11 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the National Security

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

15 3109; $6,648,000.

16 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra19 tion; $24,850,000, including services as authorized by 5

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

21 motor vehicles.

22 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management

25 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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1 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $56,539,000, of

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

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

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

5 shall be applied only to the objects for which appropria6 tions were made except as otherwise provided by law: Pro7 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this

8 Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be

9 used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural market10 ing orders or any activities or regulations under the provi11 sions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of

12 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none

13 of the funds made available for the Office of Management

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

15 of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except

16 for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and

17 Budget, before the Committee on Appropriations or the

18 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs or their subcommittees:

19 Provided further, That this proviso shall not apply to

20 printed hearings released by the Committee on Appropria21 tions or the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

22 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

25 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to
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1 title I of Public Law 100–690; not to exceed $8,000 for

2 official reception and representation expenses; for partici3 pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on

4 matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or

5 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim6 bursement; $5,800,000: Provided, That none of the funds

7 may be obligated or expended until the Director of the

8 Office of National Drug Control Policy submits to the

9 Committee on Appropriations of the House, a justification

10 for planned expenditures: Provided further, That the Of11 fice is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize

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

13 or facilitating the work of the Office.

14 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

15 For expenses necessary to enable the President to

16 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national

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

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

19 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

20 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

23 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking

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

25 Provided, That the Office of National Drug Control Policy

26 is authorized to transfer not less than $50,000,000 to the
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1 following High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas in the

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

3 $7,000,000, Houston $7,000,000, Los Angeles,

4 $7,000,000, and the Southwest Border, $22,000,000: Pro5 vided further, That the Office of National Drug Control

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

7 to State and local drug control entities for drug control

8 activities.

9 SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For activities authorized by Public Law 100–690,

12 $28,000,000, to be derived from deposits in the Special

13 Forfeiture Fund; of which $5,000,000, shall be trans14 ferred to the United States Customs Service; of which

15 $6,000,000 shall be transferred to the Internal Revenue

16 Service, Tax Law Enforcement for criminal investigations;

17 of which $4,000,000 shall be transferred to the Drug En18 forcement Agency for the enhancement of the El Paso In19 telligence Center; or which $5,000,000, shall be trans20 ferred to the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Cen21 ter; and of which $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the

22 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and

23 $7,000,000 to be transferred to Federal agencies and de24 partments to support high priority drug control activities

25 consistent with the National Drug Control Strategy in

26 amounts to be determined by the Director.
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office

2 Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

3 TITLE IV

4 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

5 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

6 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

7 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

8 The revenues and collections deposited into the Fund

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

10 Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as

11 amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), shall be available for nec12 essary expenses of real property management and related

13 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,

14 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased

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

16 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen17 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications

18 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al19 location and transfer of space; contractual services inci20 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair

21 and alteration of federally owned buildings including

22 grounds, approaches and appurtenances; care and safe23 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition,

24 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur25 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law;
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1 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con2 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre3 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or

4 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip5 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter6 est, taxes, and any other obligations for public buildings

7 acquired by installment purchase and purchase contract,

8 in the aggregate amount of $5,185,611,000, including

9 $295,294,000 of unobligated balances in the fund, of

10 which (1) not to exceed $820,476,000 shall remain avail11 able until expended for construction of additional projects

12 at locations and at maximum construction improvement

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

14 New Construction:

15 Alabama:

16 Montgomery, U.S. Courthouse Annex,

17 $5,091,000

18 Arkansas:

19 Little Rock, Old Law School Building Expan20 sion/Alteration, $13,816,040

21 California:

22 Sacramento, Federal Building and U.S. Court23 house, $143,082,450

24 San Jose, Federal Office Building, claim,

25 $1,828,680
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1 Santa Ana, Federal Building and U.S. Court2 house, $148,176,000

3 District of Columbia:

4 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters

5 Building, $50,000,000

6 Florida:

7 Jacksonville, U.S. Courthouse, site acquisition

8 and design, $6,070,120

9 Tampa, U.S. Courthouse, $66,696,840

10 Indiana:

11 Hammond, U.S. Courthouse, $49,980,000

12 Iowa:

13 Burlington, Federal Parking Facility, design

14 and construction, $2,400,000

15 Maryland:

16 Beltsville, Department of Agriculture Federal

17 Building, $20,000,000

18 Bowie, Bureau of the Census, Computer Cen19 ter, $27,915,000

20 Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties,

21 Food and Drug Administration, consolidation, site

22 acquisition, planning and design, construction,

23 $73,921,000

24 Massachusetts:
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1 Boston, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,

2 $18,620,000

3 Missouri:

4 Cape Girardeau, Federal Office Building and

5 U.S. Courthouse, $3,822,000

6 Kansas City, U.S. Courthouse, $9,800,000

7 St. Louis, U.S. Courthouse, $9,800,000

8 Nebraska:

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

10 $9,361,940

11 New Jersey:

12 Newark, Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal

13 Building and U.S. Courthouse, escalation,

14 $4,293,576

15 New York:

16 Brooklyn, U.S. Courthouse, $29,400,000

17 North Carolina:

18 Federal Research Park, Environmental Protec19 tion Agency Facility, $8,800,000

20 North Dakota:

21 Pembina, Border Station, $96,000

22 Ohio:

23 Youngstown, Federal Building and U.S. Court24 house, site acquisition and design, $4,630,500

25 Oregon:
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1 Portland, U.S. Courthouse, $85,015,980

2 Pennsylvania:

3 Scranton, Federal Building and U.S. Court4 house Annex, site acquisition and design,

5 $12,093,200

6 Texas:

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

8 $2,986,060

9 Vermont:

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

11 Washington:

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

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

14 Provided, That of the funds provided for nonprospectus

15 construction projects, funds shall remain available until

16 expended for the acquisition, lease, construction, and

17 equipping of three flexiplace work telecommuting centers,

18 one of which shall be in southern Maryland, and one of

19 which shall be in northwestern Virginia: Provided further,

20 That each of the immediately foregoing limits of costs on

21 new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent

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

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

24 funds for direct construction projects shall expire on Sep25 tember 30, 1995, and remain in the Federal Buildings
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1 Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for de2 sign or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part

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

4 made available under this heading for the Northern Vir5 ginia Naval Systems Commands, in Public Law 101–509,

6 $107,781,000, is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That

7 claims against the Government of less than $100,000 aris8 ing from direct construction projects, acquisitions of build9 ings and purchase contract projects pursuant to Public

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

11 Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate

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

13 (2) not to exceed $546,682,000, which shall remain avail14 able until expended, for repairs and alterations: Provided

15 further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re16 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be lim17 ited to the amount by project as follows, except each

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

19 per centum unless advance approval is obtained from the

20 Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate

21 of a greater amount:

22 Repairs and Alterations:

23 Alaska:

24 Juneau, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, esca25 lation, $4,082,000
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1 California:

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

3 San Diego, Federal Building and U.S. Court4 house, $11,023,000

5 District of Columbia:

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

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

8 Georgia:

9 Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr., Federal

10 Building, $10,063,000

11 Illinois:

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

13 Chicago, John C. Kluczynski Jr., Federal

14 Building, $13,414,000

15 Indiana:

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

17 Maryland:

18 Baltimore, George H. Fallon Federal Building,

19 escalation, $4,645,000

20 Woodlawn, SSA Operations Building,

21 $14,892,000

22 Massachusetts:

23 Boston, John F. Kennedy Federal Building

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

25 New Jersey:
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1 Newark, Federal Building, 20 Washington

2 Place, $14,000,000

3 New York:

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

5 $8,886,000

6 New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building

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

8 Nationwide:

9 Elevators, $27,022,000

10 Energy Retrofit Projects, $36,700,000

11 Facade Alterations, $10,000,000:

12 Provided, That of the funds appropriated for Energy Ret13 rofit Projects, $6,000,000, may be used to procure and

14 install phosphoric acid fuel cells in GSA installations.

15 Minor Repairs and Alterations, $270,300,000: Pro16 vided, That additional projects for which prospectuses

17 have been fully approved may be funded under this cat18 egory only if advance approval is obtained from the Com19 mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Pro20 vided further, That the difference between the funds ap21 propriated and expended on any projects in this or any

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

23 may be transferred to Minor Repairs and Alterations or

24 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects:

25 Provided further, That all funds for repairs and alterations
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1 prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 1995,

2 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds

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

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

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

6 prior Act for Minor Repairs and Alterations may be used

7 to pay claims against the Government arising from any

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

9 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects;

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

11 payments including payments on purchase contracts; (4)

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

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

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

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

16 for design and construction services which shall remain

17 available until expended: Provided further, That of the

18 funds available to the General Services Administration for

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

20 Iowa, Federal Parking Facility; Beltsville, Maryland, Fed21 eral Building; Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Courthouse;

22 Federal Research Park, North Carolina EPA Facility;

23 Youngstown, Ohio, Federal Building and U.S. Court24 house; and Scranton, Pennsylvania, Federal Building and

25 U.S. Courthouse, shall not be available for expenses in
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1 connection with any construction, repair, alteration, and

2 acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by

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

4 been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex5 pended for each project for required expenses in connec6 tion with the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro7 vided further, That with regard to the Federal Building

8 in Beltsville, Maryland, upon repayment of the Federal

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

10 property shall be vested in the United States Department

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

12 this authorization, buildings constructed pursuant to the

13 purchase contract authority of the Public Buildings

14 Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 602a), buildings occu15 pied pursuant to installment purchase contracts, and

16 buildings under the control of another department or

17 agency where alterations of such buildings are required

18 in connection with the moving of such other department

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

20 the control of the General Services Administration shall

21 be considered to be federally owned buildings: Provided

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

23 Services Administration, except for the line-item construc24 tion and repairs and alterations projects in this Act shall

25 be available for expenses in connection with any construc-
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1 tion, repair, alteration, and acquisition project for which

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

3 1959, as amended, has not been approved, except that

4 necessary funds may be expended for each project for re5 quired expenses in connection with the development of a

6 proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds avail7 able in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for

8 emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained

9 from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and

10 Senate: Provided further, That amounts necessary to pro11 vide reimbursable special services to other agencies under

12 section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administra13 tive Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.

14 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide such reimbursable

15 fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on pri16 vate or other property not in Government ownership or

17 control as may be appropriate to enable the United States

18 Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant

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

20 such revenues and collections: Provided further, That reve21 nues and collections and any other sums accruing to this

22 Fund during fiscal year 1994, excluding reimbursements

23 under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Ad24 ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6))

25 in excess of $5,185,611,000 shall remain in the Fund and
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1 shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized

2 in appropriations Acts.

3 FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro6 vided for, necessary for property management activities,

7 utilization of excess and disposal of surplus personal prop8 erty, rehabilitation of personal property, transportation

9 management activities, transportation audits by in-house

10 personnel, procurement, and other related supply manage11 ment activities, including services as authorized by 5

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

13 INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SERVICE

14 OPERATING EXPENSES

15 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro16 vided for, necessary for carrying out Governmentwide and

17 internal responsibilities relating to automated data man18 agement, telecommunications, information resources man19 agement, and related activities, including services as au20 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $45,675,000: Provided, That

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

22 of the Information Security Oversight Office or any suc23 cessor organization.
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1 FEDERAL PROPERTY RESOURCES SERVICE

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

4 for carrying out the functions of the Administrator with

5 respect to utilization of excess real property; the disposal

6 of surplus real property, the utilization survey, deed com7 pliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural

8 analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to ex9 cess and surplus real property, including services as au10 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $15,756,000.

11 GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for

14 Policy Direction, Board of Contract Appeals, and account15 ing, records management, and other support services inci16 dent to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United

17 States Court of Claims, and services authorized by 5

18 U.S.C. 3109, $31,435,000: Provided, That this appropria19 tion shall be available for general administrative and staff

20 support services, subject to reimbursement by the applica21 ble organization or agencies pursuant to subsections (a)

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

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

24 available for personnel and associated costs in support of

25 Congressional District and Senate State offices without
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1 reimbursement from these offices: Provided further, That

2 not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official recep3 tion and representation expenses.

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

7 $34,925,000: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall

8 be available for payment for information and detection of

9 fraud against the Government, including payment for re10 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,

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

12 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens

13 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en14 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.

15 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

16 PRESIDENTS

17 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August

18 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public

19 Law 95–138; $2,833,000: Provided, That the Adminis20 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary

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

22 out the provisions of such Acts.
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SECTION. 1. The appropriate appropriation or fund

4 available to the General Services Administration shall be

5 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte6 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part

7 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu8 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).

9 SEC. 2. Funds available to the General Services Ad10 ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger

11 motor vehicles.

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

13 available in appropriations for operating expenses and sal14 aries and expenses, during the current fiscal year, may

15 be transferred between such appropriations for mandatory

16 program requirements. Any proposed transfers shall be

17 approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations

18 of the House and Senate.

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

20 available for fiscal year 1994 for Federal Buildings Fund

21 activities may be transferred between such activities only

22 to the extent necessary to meet program requirements.

23 Any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by

24 the Committees on Appropriations of the House and

25 Senate.
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1 SEC. 5. The Administrator of General Services shall

2 immediately cease construction and archaeological exca3 vation on the pavilion portion of the Foley Square Federal

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

5 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for prior

6 approval. Such plan shall not result in the continued exhu7 mation of skeletal remains from the ‘‘Negro Burial

8 Ground’’ and shall be accompanied by a reprogramming

9 of sufficient funds but not more than $3,000,000 to mod10 ify the pavilion foundation of the Foley Square Federal

11 Building in New York, New York, prevent further deterio12 ration of the ‘‘Negro Burial Ground’’, and contain appro13 priate measures to memorialize the burial site. The Ad14 ministrator of General Services shall submit the plan to

15 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations

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

17 this section shall prohibit the continued construction on

18 the tower portion of the Foley Square Federal Building

19 project.

20 SEC. 6. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide re21 tirement, clerical assistants, and free mailing privileges to

22 former Presidents of the United States, and for other pur23 poses’’, approved August 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note),

24 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2. The entitlements of a former President

2 under subsections (b) and (c) of the first section shall be

3 available—

4 ‘‘(1) in the case of an individual who is a

5 former President on the effective date of this sec6 tion, for 5 years, commencing on such effective date;

7 and

8 ‘‘(2) in the case of an individual who becomes

9 a former President after such effective date, for 4

10 years and 6 months, commencing at the expiration

11 of the period for which services and facilities are au12 thorized to be provided under section 4 of the Presi13 dential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102

14 note).’’.

15 (b) Section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, is

16 amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘A former President’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘(a) Subject to subsection (b), a former President’’; and

19 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub20 section:

21 ‘‘(b) Subsection (a) shall cease to apply—

22 ‘‘(1) 5 years after the effective date of this sub23 section, in the case of any individual who, on such

24 effective date—
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1 ‘‘(A) is a former President (including any

2 individual who might become entitled to the

3 mailing privilege under subsection (a) as the

4 surviving spouse of such a former President); or

5 ‘‘(B) is the surviving spouse of a former

6 President; and

7 ‘‘(2) 4 years and 6 months after the expiration

8 of the period for which services and facilities are au9 thorized to be provided under section 4 of the Presi10 dential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note),

11 in the case of an individual who becomes a former

12 President after such effective date (including any

13 surviving spouse of such individual, as described in

14 the parenthetical matter in paragraph (1)(A)).’’.

15 (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)

16 shall take effect on October 1, 1993.

17 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

21 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza22 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re23 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

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

26 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of
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1 passenger motor vehicles, not to exceed $2,500 for official

2 reception and representation expenses, and advances for

3 reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of Per4 sonnel Management and the Federal Bureau of Investiga5 tion for expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422

6 of January 9, 1953, as amended: Provided, That notwith7 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Director is hereby author8 ized to accept gifts of goods and services, which shall be

9 available only for hosting National Civil Service Apprecia10 tion Conferences. Goods and services provided in connec11 tion with the conference may include, but are not limited

12 to, food and refreshments; rental of seminar rooms, ban13 quet rooms, and facilities; and use of communications,

14 printing and other equipment. Awards of minimal intrinsic

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

16 shall not exceed 50 percent of the total value of the gifts

17 provided at each location; $118,533,000, of which not to

18 exceed $1,000,000 shall be made available for the estab19 lishment of health promotion and disease prevention pro20 grams for Federal employees; and in addition $88,519,000

21 for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the ap22 propriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Manage23 ment without regard to other statutes, including direct

24 procurement of health benefits printing, for the retirement

25 and insurance programs, of which $5,981,000 shall be
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1 transferred at such times as the Office of Personnel Man2 agement deems appropriate, and shall remain available

3 until expended for the costs of automating the retirement

4 recordkeeping systems, together with remaining amounts

5 authorized in previous Acts for the recordkeeping systems:

6 Provided further, That the provisions of this appropriation

7 shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds

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

9 States Code: Provided further, That, except as may be con10 sistent with regulations of the Office of Personnel Man11 agement prescribed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8902a(f)(1) and

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

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

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

15 services or supplies are provided to an individual covered

16 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, excluded,

17 pursuant to section 1128 or 1128A of the Social Security

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

19 any program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act

20 (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.): Provided further, That no part

21 of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex22 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Per23 sonnel Management established pursuant to Executive

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

25 purpose: Provided further, That the President’s Commis-
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1 sion on White House Fellows, established by Executive

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

3 year ending September 30, 1994, accept donations of

4 money, property, and personal services in connection with

5 the development of a publicity brochure to provide infor6 mation about the White House Fellows, except that no

7 such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimburse8 ment of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees

9 of such Commission: Provided further, That the Director

10 of the Office of Personnel Management may transfer from

11 this appropriation an amount to be determined, but not

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

13 Public Service as established by Public Law 101–363.

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

18 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

19 General Act, as amended, including services as authorized

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

21 $4,253,000, and in addition, not to exceed $6,514,000 for

22 administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel

23 Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be

24 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office

25 of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector

26 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
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1 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia

2 and elsewhere.

3 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

4 HEALTH BENEFITS

5 For payment of Government contributions with re6 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89

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

8 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend9 ed, $4,146,480,000, to remain available until expended.

10 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

11 LIFE INSURANCE

12 For payment of Government contributions with re13 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as

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

15 $1,607,000 to remain available until expended.

16 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

17 DISABILITY FUND

18 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in19 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc20 tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an21 nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv22 ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may

23 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the

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

25 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–75), may hereafter
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1 be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability

2 Fund.

3 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

4 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur7 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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

9 28; $1,689,000.

10 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

13 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend14 ed; $23,564,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be

15 available for reception and representation expenses.

16 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

19 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga20 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service

21 Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by

22 5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference

24 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;

25 $21,341,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
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1 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses

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

3 (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in

4 the Government service, and compensation as authorized

5 by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

6 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

10 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza11 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re12 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

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

14 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi15 cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,

16 $24,674,000, together with not to exceed $1,989,000 for

17 administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals

18 to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and

19 Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys20 tems Protection Board.

21 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

22 OPERATING EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses in connection with National

24 Archives and Records Administration and related activi25 ties, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for

26 the review and declassification of documents, and for the
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1 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $193,182,000, of which

2 $4,000,000 for allocations and grants for historical publi3 cations and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, as

4 amended, shall remain available until expended: Provided,

5 That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to

6 use any excess funds available from the amount borrowed

7 for construction of the National Archives facility, for ex8 penses necessary to move into the facility.

9 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

12 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in

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

14 598, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–

15 194, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

16 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and

17 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex18 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex19 penses; $8,313,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31

20 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non21 Federal participants to attend an International Con22 ference on Ethics shall be credited to and merged with

23 this account, to be available for carrying out the Con24 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 on Ap21 propriations.

22 SEC. 527. The Administrator of the General Services

23 Administration, shall enter into an agreement to transfer

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

25 to a parcel of land located at 424 Trapelo Road for the
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1 purpose of establishing the New England Center for Envi2 ronmental Education by a nonprofit institution adjacent

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

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

5 to be transferred to the city for this purpose.

6 SEC. 528. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.

7 No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be

8 expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in ex9 pending the assistance the entity will comply with sections

10 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1993 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

11 10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

12 SEC. 529. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD13 ING NOTICE.

14 (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

15 AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or prod16 ucts that may be authorized to be purchased with financial

17 assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the

18 Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in

19 expending the assistance, purchase only American-made

20 equipment and products.

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

22 providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec23 retary of Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the

24 assistance a notice describing the statement made in sub25 section (a) by the Congress.
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1 SEC. 530. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.

2 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

3 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear4 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

5 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

6 to the United States that is not made in the United

7 States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any con8 tract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant

9 to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and

10 ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through

11 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

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

26 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances
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1 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi2 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru3 mentality.

4 SEC. 603. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act

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

6 1345), any agency, department or instrumentality of the

7 United States which provides or proposes to provide child

8 care services for Federal employees may reimburse any

9 Federal employee or any person employed to provide such

10 services for travel, transportation, and subsistence ex11 penses incurred for training classes, conferences or other

12 meetings in connection with the provision of such services:

13 Provided, That any per diem allowance made pursuant to

14 this section shall not exceed the rate specified in regula15 tions prescribed pursuant to section 5707 of title 5,

16 United States Code.

17 SEC. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

18 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year

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

20 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor

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

22 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at

23 $7,100 except station wagons for which the maximum

24 shall be $8,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex25 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,
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1 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi2 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec3 tion may not be exceeded by more than five percent for

4 electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration

5 under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle

6 Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:

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

8 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter9 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law

10 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled

11 vehicles.

12 SEC. 605. Appropriations of the executive depart13 ments and independent establishments for the current fis14 cal year available for expenses of travel or for the expenses

15 of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for

16 quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in ac17 cordance with 5 U.S.C. 5992–24.

18 SEC. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the cur19 rent fiscal year no part of any appropriation contained in

20 this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa21 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the

22 United States (including any agency the majority of the

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

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

25 States unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United
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1 States, (2) is a person in the service of the United States

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

3 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be4 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and

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

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

7 from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, or the Baltic coun8 tries lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent

9 residence, or (5) South Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Lao10 tian refugees paroled in the United States after January

11 1, 1975, or (6) nationals of the People’s Republic of China

12 protected by Executive Order Number 12711 of April 11,

13 1990: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, an

14 affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered

15 prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section

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

17 Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit

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

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

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

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

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

23 That any payment made to any officer or employee con24 trary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable

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

2 the Philippines or to nationals of those countries allied

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

4 to international broadcasters employed by the U.S. Infor5 mation Agency, or to temporary employment of trans6 lators, or to temporary employment in the field service

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

8 SEC. 607. Appropriations available to any depart9 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec10 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex11 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General

12 Services Administration for charges for space and services

13 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build14 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements

15 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of

16 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments

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

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

19 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year

20 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of

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

22 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,

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

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

25 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
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1 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the

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

3 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex4 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other

5 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be

6 correspondingly reduced.

7 SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the cur8 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall

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

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

11 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

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

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

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

15 be used by Federal agencies for any purpose for which

16 appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (in17 cluding the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing

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

19 is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations

20 of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits re21 ceived as exchanged allowances or proceeds of sales of per22 sonal property may be used in whole or part payment for

23 acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the

24 manner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the

25 Treasury.
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1 SEC. 611. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

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

4 similar groups (whether or not they are interagency enti5 ties) which do not have a prior and specific statutory ap6 proval to receive financial support from more than one

7 agency or instrumentality.

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

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

10 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and

11 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under

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

13 guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow14 ers of special policemen provided by the first section of

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

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

17 the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the

18 same actions as the Administrator of General Services

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

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

21 318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under

22 the authority and within the limits provided in section 4

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

24 40 U.S.C. 318c).
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1 SEC. 613. None of the funds made available pursuant

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

3 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis4 approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly

5 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the

6 United States.

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

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

9 be available for any agency to pay to the Administrator

10 of the General Services Administration a higher rate per

11 square foot for rental of space and services (established

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

13 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended) than

14 the rate per square foot established for the space and serv15 ices by the General Services Administration for the fiscal

16 year for which appropriations were granted.

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

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

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

20 other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate em21 ployee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United

22 States Code—

23 (A) during the period from the date of expira24 tion of the limitation imposed by section 616 of the

25 Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government
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1 Appropriations Act, 1993, until the first day of the

2 first applicable pay period that begins on or after

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

4 payable for the applicable grade and step of the ap5 plicable wage schedule in accordance with such sec6 tion 616; and

7 (B) during the period consisting of the remain8 der of fiscal year 1994, in an amount that exceeds,

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

10 payable under paragraph (1) by more than the per11 centage adjustment taking effect in fiscal year 1994

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

13 any) with respect to General Schedule positions lo14 cated within the boundaries of the wage area (or

15 local wage area, as applicable) of such prevailing

16 rate employee.

17 (2) If the application of paragraph (1)(B) with re18 spect to a particular wage area (or local wage area) would

19 cause more than 1 percentage limitation being applicable

20 with respect to such area, rates for prevailing rate employ21 ees (as described in paragraph (1)) within such area shall

22 be subject to such limitation or limitations as shall apply

23 under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel

24 Management.
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1 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no

2 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or

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

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

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

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

7 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli8 cable to such employee.

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

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

11 is paid from a schedule that was not in existence on Sep12 tember 30, 1993, shall be determined under regulations

13 prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.

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

15 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may

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

17 1993, except to the extent determined by the Office of

18 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose

19 of this section.

20 (e) The provisions of this section shall apply with re21 spect to pay for services performed by any affected em22 ployee on or after October 1, 1993.

23 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision

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

25 Code, and any rule or regulation, that provides premium
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1 pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee ben2 efit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that

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

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

5 payable after the application of this section shall be treat6 ed as the rate of salary or basic pay.

7 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per8 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by

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

10 payable were this section not in effect.

11 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may pre12 scribe any regulations which may be necessary to carry

13 out this section.

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

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

16 employee of the Government appointed by the President

17 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli18 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re19 decorate the office of such department head, agency head,

20 officer or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im21 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of

22 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by

23 the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen24 ate. For the purposes of this section the word ‘‘office’’

25 shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi-
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1 vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the

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

3 individual.

4 SEC. 617. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sec5 tions 112 and 113 of title 3, United States Code, each

6 Executive agency detailing any personnel shall submit a

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

8 and House Committees on Appropriations on all employ9 ees or members of the armed services detailed to Executive

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

11 person detailed and the agency to which each such person

12 is detailed.

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

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

16 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

17 (2) the National Security Agency;

18 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

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

21 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

22 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

23 the Department of State;

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

25 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu-
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1 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad2 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De3 partment of the Treasury, the Department of Trans4 portation, and the Department of Energy perform5 ing intelligence functions; and

6 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

8 intended to apply to information on the use of personnel

9 detailed to or from the intelligence agencies which is cur10 rently being supplied to the Senate and House Intelligence

11 and Appropriations Committees by the executive branch

12 through budget justification materials and other reports.

13 (d) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Exec14 utive agency’’ has the same meaning as defined under sec15 tion 105 of title 5, United States Code (except that the

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

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

18 Executive Residence, and any office, council, or organiza19 tional unit of the Executive Office of the President.

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

21 Act for fiscal year 1994 may be used to implement or en22 force the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355

23 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form

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

25 contain the following provisions:
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1 ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do not su2 persede conflict with or otherwise alter the employee obli3 gations, rights or liabilities created by Executive Order

4 12356; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (gov5 erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10,

6 United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle7 blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress

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

9 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower

10 Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste,

11 fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intel12 ligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421

13 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confiden14 tial Government agents), and the statutes which protect

15 against disclosure that may compromise the national secu16 rity, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of

17 title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Sub18 versive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. section 783(b)).

19 The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc20 tions and liabilities created by said Executive Order and

21 listed statutes are incorporated into this Agreement and

22 are controlling.’’.

23 SEC. 619. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

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

2 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without

3 the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees

4 on Appropriations.

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

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

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

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

9 under the procurement by the Administrator of General

10 Services known as ‘‘FTS2000’’ unless—

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

12 Administrator of General Services as part of the

13 procurement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; or

14 (2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of

15 the Administrator of General Services that—

16 (A) the agency’s requirements for such

17 procurement are unique and cannot be satisfied

18 by property and service procured by the Admin19 istrator of General Services as part of the pro20 curement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; and

21 (B) the agency procurement, pursuant to

22 such delegation, would be cost-effective and

23 would not adversely affect the cost-effectiveness

24 of the FTS2000 procurement.
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1 (b) After July 31, 1994, subsection (a) shall apply

2 only if the Administrator of General Services has reported

3 that the FTS2000 procurement is producing prices that

4 allow the Government to satisfy its requirements for such

5 procurement in the most cost-effective manner.

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

7 Federal agency shall be used to finance the acquisition of

8 goods or services (including construction services) unless

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

10 receipt of such grant, to—

11 (1) specify in any announcement of the award12 ing of the contract for the procurement of the goods

13 and services involved (including construction serv14 ices) the amount of Federal funds that will be used

15 to finance the acquisition; and

16 (2) express the amount announced pursuant to

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

18 the planned acquisition.

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

20 to a procurement for goods or services (including construc21 tion services) that has an aggregate value of less than

22 $500,000.

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

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

25 made available for fiscal year 1994 by this or any other
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1 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na2 tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni3 cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart4 ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive

5 Order Numbered 12472 (April 3, 1984).

6 SEC. 623. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or

7 any other Act, during the fiscal year ending September

8 30, 1994, any department, division, bureau, or office may

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

10 telephone lines, necessary equipment, and to pay monthly

11 charges, in any private residence or private apartment of

12 an employee who has been authorized to work at home

13 in accordance with guidelines issued by the Office of Per14 sonnel Management: Provided, That the head of the de15 partment, division, bureau, or office certifies that ade16 quate safeguards against private misuse exist, and that

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

18 mission.

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

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

21 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for

22 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a

23 position of a confidential or policy-determining character

24 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section

25 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification
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1 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of

2 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality

3 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C

4 position was not created solely or primarily in order to

5 detail the employee to the White House.

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

7 Federal employees or members of the armed services de8 tailed to or from—

9 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

10 (2) the National Security Agency;

11 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

12 (4) the offices within the Department of De13 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign

14 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

15 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

16 the Department of State;

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

18 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu19 reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad20 ministration of the Department of Justice, the De21 partment of the Treasury, and the Department of

22 Energy performing intelligence functions; and

23 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

25 any other Act may be used to relocate the Department
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1 of Justice Immigration Judges from offices located in

2 Phoenix, Arizona to new quarters in Florence, Arizona

3 without the prior approval of the House and Senate Com4 mittees on Appropriations.

5 SEC. 626. None of the funds made available in this

6 act for ‘‘Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presi7 dents’’ may be used for partisan political activities.

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury, Postal Serv9 ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 22, 1993.

Attest:

Clerk.

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