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approves the action of the President under section
llll(b) of the Treasury and Post Office Appro-
priations Act for Fiscal Year 1996, notice of which
was submitted to the Congress on lllllll.’’,
with the first blank space being filled with the appro-
priate section, and the second blank space being filled
with the appropriate date.
(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section—
(1) shall not apply to any action taken as part
of the program of assistance to Mexico announced by
the President on January 31, 1995; and
(2) shall remain in effect through fiscal year
1996.
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SEC. 637. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relat-
ing to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress)
during fiscal year 1996.
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SEC. 638. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the United States Customs Service shall transfer, without
consideration, to the National Warplane Museum in Gen-
eseo, New York, 2 seized and forfeited A–37 Dragonfly jets
for display and museum purposes.
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SEC. 639. EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—An organization described in sec-
tion 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which
engages in lobbying activities shall not be eligible for the
receipt of Federal funds constituting an award, grant, or
loan.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 551(1) of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.
(2) CLIENT.—The term ‘‘client’’ means any per-
son or entity that employs or retains another person
for financial or other compensation to conduct lobby-
ing activities on behalf of that person or entity. A
person or entity whose employees act as lobbyists on
its own behalf is both a client and an employer of
such employees. In the case of a coalition or associa-
tion that employs or retains other persons to conduct
lobbying activities, the client is the coalition or asso-
ciation and not its individual members.
(3) COVERED EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIAL.—
The term ‘‘covered executive branch official’’ means—
(A) the President;
(B) the Vice President;
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(C) any officer or employee, or any other
individual functioning in the capacity of such
an officer or employee, in the Executive Office of
the President;
(D) any officer or employee serving in a po-
sition in level I, II, III, IV, or V of the Executive
Schedule, as designated by statute or Executive
order;
(E) any member of the uniformed services
whose pay grade is at or above O–7 under sec-
tion 201 of title 37, United States Code; and
(F) any officer or employee serving in a po-
sition of a confidential, policy-determining, pol-
icy-making, or policy-advocating character de-
scribed in section 7511(b)(2) of title 5, United
States Code.
(4) COVERED LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OFFICIAL.—
The 
term 
‘‘covered 
legislative 
branch 
official’’
means—
(A) a Member of Congress;
(B) an elected officer of either House of
Congress;
(C) any employee of, or any other individ-
ual functioning in the capacity of an employee
of—
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(i) a Member of Congress;
(ii) a committee of either House of
Congress;
(iii) the leadership staff of the House of
Representatives or the leadership staff of the
Senate;
(iv) a joint committee of Congress; and
(v) a working group or caucus orga-
nized to provide legislative services or other
assistance to Members of Congress; and
(D) any other legislative branch employee
serving in a position described under section
109(13) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978
(5 U.S.C. App.).
(5) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means
any individual who is an officer, employee, partner,
director, or proprietor of a person or entity, but does
not include—
(A) independent contractors; or
(B) volunteers who receive no financial or
other compensation from the person or entity for
their services.
(6) FOREIGN ENTITY.—The term ‘‘foreign entity’’
means a foreign principal (as defined in section 1(b)
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of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22
U.S.C. 611(b)).
(7) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘lobbying
activities’’ means lobbying contacts and efforts in
support of such contacts, including preparation and
planning activities, research and other background
work that is intended, at the time it is performed, for
use in contacts, and coordination with the lobbying
activities of others.
(8) LOBBYING CONTACT.—
(A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘lobbying con-
tact’’ means any oral or written communication
(including an electronic communication) to a
covered executive branch official or a covered leg-
islative branch official that is made on behalf of
a client with regard to—
(i) the formulation, modification, or
adoption of Federal legislation (including
legislative proposals);
(ii) the formulation, modification, or
adoption of a Federal rule, regulation, Ex-
ecutive order, or any other program, policy,
or position of the United States Govern-
ment;
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(iii) the administration or execution of
a Federal program or policy (including the
negotiation, award, or administration of a
Federal contract, grant, loan, permit, or li-
cense); or
(iv) the nomination or confirmation of
a person for a position subject to confirma-
tion by the Senate.
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘‘lobbying con-
tact’’ does not include a communication that
is—
(i) made by a public official acting in
the public official’s official capacity;
(ii) made by a representative of a
media organization if the purpose of the
communication is gathering and dissemi-
nating news and information to the public;
(iii) made in a speech, article, publica-
tion or other material that is distributed
and made available to the public, or
through radio, television, cable television, or
other medium of mass communication;
(iv) made on behalf of a government of
a foreign country or a foreign political
party and disclosed under the Foreign
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Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C.
611 et seq.);
(v) a request for a meeting, a request
for the status of an action, or any other
similar administrative request, if the re-
quest does not include an attempt to influ-
ence a covered executive branch official or a
covered legislative branch official;
(vi) made in the course of participa-
tion in an advisory committee subject to the
Federal Advisory Committee Act;
(vii) testimony given before a commit-
tee, subcommittee, or task force of the Con-
gress, or submitted for inclusion in the pub-
lic record of a hearing conducted by such
committee, subcommittee, or task force;
(viii) information provided in writing
in response to an oral or written request by
a covered executive branch official or a cov-
ered legislative branch official for specific
information;
(ix) required by subpoena, civil inves-
tigative demand, or otherwise compelled by
statute, regulation, or other action of the
Congress or an agency;
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(x) made in response to a notice in the
Federal Register, Commerce Business Daily,
or other similar publication soliciting com-
munications from the public and directed to
the agency official specifically designated in
the notice to receive such communications;
(xi) not possible to report without dis-
closing information, the unauthorized dis-
closure of which is prohibited by law;
(xii) made to an official in an agency
with regard to—
(I) a judicial proceeding or a
criminal or civil law enforcement in-
quiry, investigation, or proceeding; or
(II) a filing or proceeding that the
Government is specifically required by
statute or regulation to maintain or
conduct on a confidential basis,
if that agency is charged with responsibility
for such proceeding, inquiry, investigation,
or filing;
(xiii) made in compliance with written
agency procedures regarding an adjudica-
tion conducted by the agency under section
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554 of title 5, United States Code, or sub-
stantially similar provisions;
(xiv) a written comment filed in the
course of a public proceeding or any other
communication that is made on the record
in a public proceeding;
(xv) a petition for agency action made
in writing and required to be a matter of
public record pursuant to established agency
procedures;
(xvi) made on behalf of an individual
with regard to that individual’s benefits,
employment, or other personal matters in-
volving only that individual, except that
this clause does not apply to any commu-
nication with—
(I) a covered executive branch offi-
cial, or
(II) a covered legislative branch
official (other than the individual’s
elected Members of Congress or employ-
ees who work under such Members’ di-
rect supervision),
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with respect to the formulation, modifica-
tion, or adoption of private legislation for
the relief of that individual;
(xvii) a disclosure by an individual
that is protected under the amendments
made by the Whistleblower Protection Act of
1989, under the Inspector General Act of
1978, or under another provision of law;
(xviii) made by—
(I) a church, its integrated auxil-
iary, or a convention or association of
churches that is exempt from filing a
Federal income tax return under para-
graph 2(A)(i) of section 6033(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or
(II) a religious order that is ex-
empt from filing a Federal income tax
return under paragraph (2)(A)(iii) of
such section 6033(a); and
(xix) between—
(I) officials of a self-regulatory or-
ganization (as defined in section
3(a)(26) of the Securities Exchange
Act) that is registered with or estab-
lished by the Securities and Exchange
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Commission as required by that Act or
a similar organization that is des-
ignated by or registered with the Com-
modities Future Trading Commission
as provided under the Commodity Ex-
change Act; and
(II) the Securities and Exchange
Commission or the Commodities Fu-
ture Trading Commission, respectively;
relating to the regulatory responsibilities of
such organization under that Act.
(9) LOBBYING FIRM.—The term ‘‘lobbying firm’’
means a person or entity that has 1 or more employ-
ees who are lobbyists on behalf of a client other than
that person or entity. The term also includes a self-
employed individual who is a lobbyist.
(10) LOBBYIST.—The term ‘‘lobbyist’’ means any
individual who is employed or retained by a client
for financial or other compensation for services that
include more than one lobbying contact, other than an
individual whose lobbying activities constitute less
than 20 percent of the time engaged in the services
provided by such individual to that client over a six
month period.
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(11) MEDIA ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘media
organization’’ means a person or entity engaged in
disseminating information to the general public
through a newspaper, magazine, other publication,
radio, television, cable television, or other medium of
mass communication.
(12) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—The term ‘‘Mem-
ber of Congress’’ means a Senator or a Representative
in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Con-
gress.
(13) ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘organization’’
means a person or entity other than an individual.
(14) PERSON OR ENTITY.—The term ‘‘person or
entity’’ means any individual, corporation, company,
foundation, association, labor organization, firm,
partnership, society, joint stock company, group of or-
ganizations, or State or local government.
(15) PUBLIC OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘public offi-
cial’’ means any elected official, appointed official, or
employee of—
(A) a Federal, State, or local unit of gov-
ernment in the United States other than—
(i) a college or university;
(ii) a government-sponsored enterprise
(as defined in section 3(8) of the Congres-
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sional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974);
(iii) a public utility that provides gas,
electricity, water, or communications;
(iv) a guaranty agency (as defined in
section 435(j) of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085(j))), including any
affiliate of such an agency; or
(v) an agency of any State functioning
as a student loan secondary market pursu-
ant to section 435(d)(1)(F) of the Higher
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C.
1085(d)(1)(F));
(B) a Government corporation (as defined
in section 9101 of title 31, United States Code);
(C) an organization of State or local elected
or appointed officials other than officials of an
entity described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or
(v) of subparagraph (A);
(D) an Indian tribe (as defined in section
4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e));
(E) a national or State political party or
any organizational unit thereof; or
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(F) a national, regional, or local unit of
any foreign government.
(16) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of
the several States, the District of Columbia, and any
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United
States.
(c) CONSTRUCTION AND EFFECT.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to affect the application of the Inter-
nal Revenue laws of the United States.
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—This section shall not apply to or-
ganizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code with gross annual revenues of less than
$10,000,000, including the amounts of Federal funds re-
ceived as grants, awards, or loans.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall become effec-
tive on January 1, 1997.
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SEC. 640. (a) This section may be cited as the ‘‘Prohi-
bition of Cigarette Sales to Minors in Federal Buildings
and Lands Act’’.
(b) The Congress finds that—
(1) cigarette smoking and the use of smokeless to-
bacco products continue to represent major health
hazards to the Nation, causing more than 420,000
deaths each year;
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(2) cigarette smoking continues to be the single
most preventable cause of death and disability in the
United States;
(3) tobacco products contain hazardous addi-
tives, gases, and other chemical constituents dan-
gerous to health;
(4) the use of tobacco products costs the United
States more than $50,000,000,000 in direct health
care costs, with more than $21,000,000,000 of these
costs being paid by government funds;
(5) tobacco products contain nicotine, a poison-
ous, addictive drug;
(6) all States prohibit the sale of tobacco prod-
ucts to minors, but enforcement has been ineffective or
nonexistent and tobacco products remain one of the
least regulated consumer products in the United
States;
(7) over the past decade, little or no progress has
been made in reducing tobacco use among teenagers
and recently, teenage smoking rates appear to be ris-
ing;
(8) more than two-thirds of smokers smoke their
first cigarette before the age of 14, and 90 percent of
adult smokers did so by age 18;
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(9) 516,000,000 packs of cigarettes are consumed
by minors annually, at least half of which are ille-
gally sold to minors;
(10) reliable studies indicate that tobacco use is
a gateway to illicit drug use; and
(11) the Federal Government has a major policy
setting role in ensuring that the use of tobacco prod-
ucts among minors is discouraged to the maximum
extent possible.
(c) As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means—
(A) an Executive agency as defined in sec-
tion 105 of title 5, United States Code; and
(B) each entity specified in subparagraphs
(B) through (H) of section 5721(1) of title 5,
United States Code;
(2) the term ‘‘Federal building’’ means—
(A) any building or other structure owned
in whole or in part by the United States or any
Federal agency, including any such structure oc-
cupied by a Federal agency under a lease agree-
ment; and
(B) includes the real property on which
such building is located;
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(3) the term ‘‘minor’’ means an individual
under the age of 18 years; and
(4) the term ‘‘tobacco product’’ means cigarettes,
cigars, little cigars, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco,
snuff, and chewing tobacco.
(d)(1) No later than 45 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services and
the head of each Federal agency shall promulgate regula-
tions that prohibit—
(A) the sale of tobacco products in vending ma-
chines located in or around any Federal building
under the jurisdiction of the Administrator or such
agency head; and
(B) the distribution of free samples of tobacco
products in or around any Federal building under the
jurisdiction of the Administrator or such agency head.
(2) The Administrator of General Services or the head
of an agency, as appropriate, may designate areas not sub-
ject to the provisions of paragraph (1), if such area also
prohibits the presence of minors.
(3) The provisions of this subsection shall be carried
out—
(A) by the Administrator of General Services for
any Federal building which is maintained, leased, or
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has title of ownership vested in the General Services
Administration; or
(B) by the head of a Federal agency for any Fed-
eral building which is maintained, leased, or has title
of ownership vested in such agency.
(e) No later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Administrator of General Services and each
head of an agency shall prepare and submit, to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, a report that shall contain—
(1) verification that the Administrator or such
head of an agency is in compliance with this section;
and
(2) a detailed list of the location of all tobacco
product vending machines located in Federal build-
ings under the administration of the Administrator
or such head of an agency.
(f)(1) No later than 45 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Senate Committee on Rules and Ad-
ministration and the House of Representatives Committee
on House Administration, after consultation with the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol, shall promulgate regulations under
the Senate and House of Representatives rulemaking au-
thority that prohibit the sale of tobacco products in vending
machines in the Capitol Buildings.
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(2) Such committees may designate areas where such
prohibition shall not apply, if such area also prohibits the
presence of minors.
(3) For the purpose of this section the term ‘‘Capitol
Buildings’’ shall have the same meaning as such term is
defined under section 16(a)(1) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
to define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds,
to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193m(1)).
(g) Nothing in this section shall be construed as re-
stricting the authority of the Administrator of General
Services or the head of an agency to limit tobacco product
use in or around any Federal building, except as provided
under subsection (d)(1).
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SEC. 641. It is the sense of the Senate that the General
Services Administration should increase use of direct deliv-
ery for high-dollar value supplies and only stock items that
are profitable, that after these changes are implemented, the
General Services Administration should phase out the sup-
ply depots that are no longer economically justifiable or
needed.
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SEC. 642. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON RESTRUCTURING THE
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) While the budget for the Internal Revenue
Service (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘IRS’’) has risen
from $2.5 billion in fiscal year 1979 to $7.5 billion
in fiscal year 1996, tax returns processing has not be-
come significantly faster, tax collection rates have not
significantly increased, and the accuracy and timeli-
ness of taxpayer assistance has not significantly im-
proved.
(2) To date, the Tax Systems Modernization
(TSM) program has cost the taxpayers $2.5 billion,
with an estimated cost of $8 billion. Despite this in-
vestment, modernization efforts were recently de-
scribed by the GAO as ‘‘chaotic’’ and ‘‘ad hoc’’.
(3) While the IRS maintains that TSM will in-
crease efficiency and thus revenues, Congress has had
to appropriate additional funds in recent years for
compliance initiatives in order to increase tax reve-
nues.
(4) Because TSM has not been implemented, the
IRS continues to rely on paper returns, processing a
total of 14 billion pieces of paper every tax season.
This results in an extremely inefficient system.
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(D) Two members appointed by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, one from Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives and one
from private life.
(E) Two members appointed by the Minor-
ity Leader of the House of Representatives, one
from Members of the House of Representatives
and one from private life.
The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service
shall be an ex officio member of the Commission.
(3) CHAIRMAN.—The Commission shall elect a
Chairman from among its members.
(4) MEETING; QUORUM; VACANCIES.—After its
initial meeting, the Commission shall meet upon the
call of the Chairman or a majority of its members.
Seven members of the Commission shall constitute a
quorum. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not
affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same man-
ner in which the original appointment was made.
(5) APPOINTMENT; INITIAL MEETING.—
(A) APPOINTMENT.—It is the sense of the
Congress that members of the Committee should
be appointed not more than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this section.
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(B) INITIAL
MEETING.—If, after 60 days
from the date of the enactment of this section,
seven or more members of the Commission have
been appointed, members who have been ap-
pointed may meet and select a Chairman who
thereafter shall have the authority to begin the
operations of the Commission, including the hir-
ing of staff.
(c) FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The functions of the Commis-
sion shall be—
(A) to conduct, for a period of one year
from the date of its first meeting, the review de-
scribed in paragraph (2), and
(B) to submit to the Congress a final report
of the results of the review, including rec-
ommendations for restructuring the IRS.
(2) REVIEW.—The Commission shall review—
(A) the present practices of the IRS, espe-
cially with respect to—
(i) its organizational structure;
(ii) its paper processing and return
processing activities;
(iii) its infrastructure; and
(iv) the collection process;
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(B) requirements for improvement in the
following areas:
(i) 
making 
returns 
processing
‘‘paperless’’;
(ii) modernizing IRS operations;
(iii) improving the collections process
without major personnel increases or in-
creased funding;
(iv) 
improving 
taxpayer 
accounts
management;
(v) improving the accuracy of informa-
tion requested by taxpayers in order to file
their returns; and
(vi) changing the culture of the IRS to
make the organization more efficient, pro-
ductive, and customer-oriented;
(C) whether the IRS could be replaced with
a quasi-governmental agency with tangible in-
centives for internally managing its programs
and activities and for modernizing its activities,
and
(D) whether the IRS could perform other
collection, information, and financial service
functions of the Federal Government.
(d) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Commission or, on
the authorization of the Commission, any subcommit-
tee or member thereof, may, for the purpose of carry-
ing out the provisions of this section—
(i) hold such hearings and sit and act at
such times and places, take such testimony, re-
ceive such evidence, administer such oaths, and
(ii) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the
attendance and testimony of such witnesses and
the production of such books, records, correspond-
ence, memoranda, papers, and documents,
as the Commission or such designated subcommittee
or designated member may deem advisable.
(B) Subpoenas issued under subparagraph
(A)(ii) may be issued under the signature of the
Chairman of the Commission, the chairman of any
designated subcommittee, or any designated member,
and may be served by any person designated by such
Chairman, subcommittee chairman, or member. The
provisions of sections 102 through 104 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 192–194)
shall apply in the case of any failure of any witness
to comply with any subpoena or to testify when sum-
moned under authority of this section.
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(2) CONTRACTING.—The Commission may, to
such extent and in such amounts as are provided in
appropriation Acts, enter into contracts to enable the
Commission to discharge its duties under this section.
(3) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—
The Commission is authorized to secure directly from
any executive department, bureau, agency, board,
commission, office, independent establishment, or in-
strumentality of the Government information, sugges-
tions, estimates, and statistics for the purposes of this
section. Each such department, bureau, agency, board,
commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality
shall, to the extent authorized by law, furnish such in-
formation, suggestions, estimates, and statistics di-
rectly to the Commission, upon request made by the
Chairman.
(4) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—(A)
The Secretary of State is authorized on a reimburs-
able or nonreimbursable basis to provided the Com-
mission with administrative services, funds, facilities,
staff, and other support services for the performance
of the Commission’s functions.
(B) The Administrator of General Services shall
provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis
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such administrative support services as the Commis-
sion may request.
(C) In addition to the assistance set forth in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B), departments and agencies of
the United States are authorized to provide to the
Commission such services, funds, facilities, staff, and
other support services as they may deem advisable
and as may be authorized by law.
(5) POSTAL
SERVICES.—The Commission may
use the United States mails in the same manner and
under the same conditions as departments and agen-
cies of the United States.
(e) STAFF OF THE COMMISSION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman, in accordance
with rules agreed upon by the Commission, may ap-
point and fix the compensation of a staff director and
such other personnel as may be necessary to enable
the Commission to carry out its functions, without re-
gard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
governing appointments in the competitive service,
and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating
to classification and General Schedule pay rates, ex-
cept that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection
may exceed the equivalent of that payable to a person
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occupying a position at level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States
Code. Any Federal Government employee may be de-
tailed to the Commission without reimbursement from
the Commission, and such detailee shall retain the
rights, status, and privileges of his or her regular em-
ployment without interruption.
(2) CONSULTANT SERVICES.—The Commission is
authorized to procure the services of experts and con-
sultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5,
United States Code, but at rates not to exceed the
daily rate paid a person occupying a position at level
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of
title 5, United States Code.
(f) COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.—
(1) COMPENSATION.—(A) Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), each member of the Commission
may be compensated at not to exceed the daily equiv-
alent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a
position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each
day during which that member is engaged in the ac-
tual performance of the duties of the Commission.
(B) Members of the Commission who are officers
or employees of the United States or Members of Con-
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gress shall receive no additional pay on account of
their service on the Commission.
(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—While away from their
homes or regular places of business in the perform-
ance of services for the Commission, members of the
Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, includ-
ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same man-
ner as persons employed intermittently in the Govern-
ment service are allowed expenses under section
5703(b) of title 5, United States Code.
(g) FINAL REPORT OF COMMISSION; TERMINATION.—
(1) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than one year
after the date of the first meeting of the Commission,
the Commission shall submit to the Congress its final
report, as described in subsection (c)(2).
(2) TERMINATION.—(A) The Commission, and
all the authorities of this section, shall terminate on
the date which is 60 days after the date on which a
final report is required to be transmitted under para-
graph (1).
(B) The Commission may use the 60-day period
referred to in subparagraph (A) for the purpose of
concluding its activities, including providing testi-
mony to committees of Congress concerning its final
report and disseminating that report.
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SEC. 643. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF LEASING OF BORDER
STATIONS.
The Administrator of the General Services Adminis-
tration shall, within six months of enactment of this legisla-
tion, report to Congress on the feasibility of leasing agree-
ments with State and local governments and private spon-
sors for the construction of border stations on the borders
of the United States with Canada and Mexico whereby—
(1) lease payments shall not exceed 30 years for
payment of the purchase price and interest;
(2) the obligation of the United States under
such an agreement shall be limited to the current fis-
cal year for which payments are due without regard
to section 3328(a)(1)(B) of title 31, United States
Code;
(3) an agreement entered into under such provi-
sions shall provide for the title to the property and
facilities to vest in the United States on or before the
expiration of the contract term, on fulfillment of the
terms and conditions of the agreement.
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SEC. 644. ENERGY SAVINGS AT FEDERAL FACILITIES.
(a) REDUCTION IN FACILITIES ENERGY COSTS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency for
which funds are made available under this Act shall
take all actions necessary to achieve during fiscal
year 1996 a 5 percent reduction, from fiscal year
1995 levels, in the energy costs of the facilities used
by the agency.
(2) COOPERATION BY GENERAL SERVICES ADMIN-
ISTRATION.—In the case of facilities under the ad-
ministrative jurisdiction of the General Services Ad-
ministration and occupied by another agency and for
which the Administrator of General Services delegates
operation and maintenance to the head of the agency,
the Administrator shall assist the head of the agency
in achieving the reduction in the energy costs of the
facilities required by paragraph (1) by entering into
contracts to promote energy savings and by other
means.
(b) USE OF COST SAVINGS.—An amount equal to the
amount of cost savings realized by an agency under sub-
section (a) shall remain available for obligation through the
end of fiscal year 1997, without further authorization or
appropriation, as follows:
(1) CONSERVATION MEASURES.—Fifty percent of
the amount shall remain available for the implemen-
tation of additional energy conservation measures
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and for water conservation measures at such facilities
used by the agency as are designated by the head of
the agency.
(2) OTHER
PURPOSES.—Fifty percent of the
amount shall remain available for use by the agency
for such purposes as are designated by the head of the
agency, consistent with applicable law.
(c) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31,
1996, the head of each agency described in subsection
(a) shall submit a report to Congress specifying the
results of the actions taken under subsection (a) and
providing any recommendations concerning how to
further reduce energy costs and energy consumption
in the future.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report shall—
(A) specify the total energy costs of the fa-
cilities used by the agency;
(B) identify the reductions achieved; and
(C) specify the actions that resulted in the
reductions.
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SEC. 645. (a) Section 6304(f) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘described in
paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘for an individual de-
scribed in subparagraphs (B) through (E) of para-
graph (1)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) For purposes of applying any limitation on accu-
mulation under this section with respect to any annual
leave for an individual described in paragraph (1)(A)—
‘‘(A) ‘30 days’ in subsection (a) shall be deemed
to read ‘60 days’; and
‘‘(B) ‘45 days’ in subsection (b) shall be deemed
to read ‘60 days’.’’.
(b)(1) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect January 1, 1996.
(2) Any individual serving in a position in the Senior
Executive Service on December 31, 1995 may retain any
annual leave accrued as of that date until the leave is used
by that individual.
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SEC. 646. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FEDERAL PROPERTY IN
NEW JERSEY.
The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act transfer-
ring certain Federal property to the city of Hoboken, New
Jersey’’, approved September 27, 1982 (Public Law 97–268;
96 Stat. 1140), is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the
end; and
(2) by striking ‘‘Stat. 220), and’’ in subsection
(b) and all that follows through ‘‘New Jersey; concur-
rent with’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Stat. 220);
concurrent with’’.
Ω140æPage 86, after line 17 insert:
SEC. 647. Service performed during the period Janu-
ary 1, 1984, through December 31, 1986, which would, if
performed after that period, be considered service as a law
enforcement officer, as defined in section 8401(17)
(A)(i)(II) and (B) of title 5, United States Code, shall be
deemed service as a law enforcement officer for the purposes
of chapter 84 of such title.
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SEC. 648. It is the sense of the Senate that:
(1) The General Services Administration and the
Federal Aviation Administration should review and
reform current personnel rules and labor agreements
regarding federal assistance when relocating because
of a change of duty station.
(2) The Senate is concerned about reports that,
under FAA and GSA rules, employees at the Denver,
Colorado, ATCT and TRACON were permitted to
claim personal housing relocation allowances in con-
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nection with their transfer from FAA facilities at
Stapleton Field to the new Denver International Air-
port, even in some cases where an employee’s new
home was farther from the new job site than the em-
ployee’s former home.
(3) The FAA should immediately investigate this
misuse of public funds at Denver International Air-
port and reform their personnel rules to end this kind
of abuse.
Attest:
Secretary.
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