In the Senate of the United States,
September 3 (legislative day, August 31), 1998.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4104) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,
the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independ-
ent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999,
and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 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, 1999, and
for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in-
cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build-
ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte-
nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com-
mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or
owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi-
cial business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official travel ex-
penses; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and
expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;
$120,671,000: Provided, That the Office of Foreign Assets
Control shall be funded at no less than $6,560,800: Provided
further, That of the amount provided, funds are authorized
to be used for year 2000 conversion costs pending the avail-
ability of funding through emergency appropriation, pursu-
ant to ‘‘Funds Appropriated to the President, Information
Technology Systems and Related Expenses’’.
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AUTOMATION ENHANCEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $28,990,000, of which $8,000,000
shall be available to the United States Customs Service for
the Customs Modernization project, of which $5,400,000
shall be available to the Departmental Offices for the Inter-
national Trade Data System, and of which $15,590,000
shall be available to the Departmental Offices to modernize
its information technology infrastructure, for modernizing
Treasury’s human resource systems, and for business solu-
tion software: Provided, That these funds shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That these funds
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
fices, bureaus, and other organizations, Provided further,
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any
other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated shall be used to
support or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appro-
priations for Information Systems: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated for the Customs Moderniza-
tion project may be transferred to the United States Cus-
toms Service or obligated until the Treasury’s Chief Infor-
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mation Officer, through the Treasury Investment Review
Board, concurs on the plan and milestone schedule for the
deployment of the system: Provided further, That none of
the funds made available for the Customs Modernization
project may be obligated for any major system investments
prior to the development of an architecture which is compli-
ant with the Treasury Information Systems Architecture
Framework (TISAF) and the General Accounting Office
certifies to Congress the establishment of measures to enforce
compliance with the architecture: Provided further, That of
the amount provided, $8,000,000 shall not be available for
obligation until September 30, 1999.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for offi-
cial travel expenses; including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury;
$30,678,000.
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TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $27,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds
provided shall be available for obligation until September
30, 1999.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement person-
nel to attend meetings concerned with financial intelligence
activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; not
to exceed $14,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; and for assistance to Federal law enforcement
agencies, with or without reimbursement; $23,670,000: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated in this account may be used
to procure personal services contracts: Provided further,
That of the funds provided, $600,000 shall be provided for
the Gateway program.
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VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to
remain available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
(1) As authorized by section 190001(e), $117,761,000;
of which $1,800,000 shall be available to the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms for lab equipment; of which
$1,400,000 shall be available to the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including $800,000 for cyberpayment
studies, $100,000 for money laundering regulations,
$300,000 for Suspicious Activity Reporting form data anal-
ysis, and $200,000 for training for Federal, State and local
law enforcement; of which $158,000 shall be available to
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for equip-
ment replacement needs; $15,403,000 shall be available to
the United States Secret Service, including $5,000,000 for
counterfeiting investigations, $7,732,000 for the 2000 can-
didate/nominee protection program, and $2,671,000 for fo-
rensic and related support of investigations of missing and
exploited children, of which $671,000 shall be available as
a grant for activities related to the investigations of ex-
ploited children and shall remain available until expended;
of which $45,000,000 shall be available for the Interagency
Law Enforcement for interagency crime and drug enforce-