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payments from the agencies employing such judges
to the revolving fund established under section
1304(e)’’; and
(ii) by striking the semicolon at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and
(B) by striking the matter following paragraph (2)
through ‘‘principles.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(4) At the request of the head of an agency to whom
a function has been delegated under subsection (a)(2), the Office
may provide assistance to the agency in performing such func-
tion. Such assistance shall, to the extent determined appro-
priate by the Director of the Office, be performed on a reimburs-
able basis through the revolving fund established under section
1304(e).’’.
SEC. 2. Subparagraph (B) of section 8348(a)(1) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘in making an allotment or assignment
made by an individual under section 8345(h) or 8465(b) of
this title,’’ after ‘‘law),’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘title 26;’’ and inserting ‘‘title 26 or section
8345(k) or 8469 of this title;’’.
SEC. 3. Section 4(a) of the Federal Workforce Restructuring
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–226; 108 Stat. 111) is amended—
(1) by deleting ‘‘FISCAL YEARS 1994 AND 1995’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof: ‘‘VOLUNTARY
SEPARATION
INCENTIVE
PAY-
MENTS.—’’; and
(2) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘and before October
1, 1995,’’.
SEC. 4. Title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the second section designated as section 3329 (as
added by section 4431(a) of Public Law 102–484)—
(A) by redesignating such section as section 3330; and
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f) The Office may, to the extent it determines appropriate,
charge such fees to agencies for services provided under this section
and for related Federal employment information. The Office shall
retain such fees to pay the costs of providing such services and
information.’’; and
(2) in the table of sections for chapter 33 by amending
the second item relating to section 3329 to read as follows:
‘‘3330. Government-wide list of vacant positions.’’.
SEC. 5. Section 1 under the subheading ‘‘General Provision’’
under the heading ‘‘Office of Personnel Management’’ under title
IV of the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102–141; 105 Stat. 861; 5 U.S.C.
5941 note), as amended by section 532 of the Treasury, Postal
Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public
Law 103–329; 108 Stat. 2413), is further amended by striking
‘‘1996’’ both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘1998’’.
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office
of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2
of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–
454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–
12), Public Law 103–424, and the Uniformed Services Employment
and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and
expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District
of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
$7,840,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $33,269,000: Provided,
That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written
certificate of the judge.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1996’’.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
THIS ACT
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year
unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under exist-
ing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to exist-
ing law.
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available to the General
Services Administration pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 shall be obligated
or expended after the date of enactment of this Act for the procure-
ment by contract of any guard, elevator operator, messenger or
custodial services if any permanent veterans preference employee
of the General Services Administration at said date, would be
terminated as a result of the procurement of such services, except
that such funds may be obligated or expended for the procurement
by contract of the covered services with sheltered workshops employ-
ing the severely handicapped under Public Law 92–28. Only if
such workshops decline to contract for the provision of the covered
services may the General Services Administration procure the serv-
ices by competitive contract, for a period not to exceed 5 years.
At such time as such competitive contract expires or is terminated
for any reason, the General Services Administration shall again
offer to contract for the services from a sheltered workshop prior
to offering such services for competitive procurement.
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SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this Act shall
be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Govern-
ment employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to
a Government employee would result in a decision, determination,
rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this Act shall
be available for the purpose of transferring control over the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center located at Glynco, Georgia, and
Artesia, New Mexico, out of the Treasury Department.
SEC. 506. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the
United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be available for the payment of the salary of any officer
or employee of the United States Postal Service, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to pro-
hibit or prevent, any officer or employee of the United States
Postal Service from having any direct oral or written commu-
nication or contact with any Member or committee of Congress
in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment
of such officer or employee or pertaining to the United States
Postal Service in any way, irrespective of whether such commu-
nication or contact is at the initiative of such officer or employee
or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member or
committee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes,
reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance of effi-
ciency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, trans-
fers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment
right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of
employment of, any officer or employee of the United States
Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to commit any of
the foregoing actions with respect to such officer or employee,
by reason of any communication or contact of such officer
or employee with any Member or committee of Congress as
described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
SEC. 508. The Office of Personnel Management may, during
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, accept donations of
supplies, services, land and equipment for the Federal Executive
Institute and Management Development Centers to assist in
enhancing the quality of Federal management.
SEC. 509. The United States Secret Service may, during the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, accept donations of money
to off-set costs incurred while protecting former Presidents and
spouses of former Presidents when the former President or spouse
travels for the purpose of making an appearance or speech for
a payment of money or any thing of value.
SEC. 512. Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other
Act, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and there-
after, no funds may be obligated or expended in any way to with-
draw the designation of the Virginia Inland Port at Front Royal,
Virginia, as a United States Customs Service port of entry.
SEC. 513. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position,
other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee
who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and
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has satisfactorily completed his period of active military or naval
service and has within ninety days after his release from such
service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a
period of not more than one year made application for restoration
to his former position and has been certified by the Office of Person-
nel Management as still qualified to perform the duties of his
former position and has not been restored thereto.
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing
or telephone lists to any person or any organization outside of
the Federal Government without the approval of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 515. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.—No funds
appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended by an entity
unless the entity agrees that in expending the assistance the entity
will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3,
1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American
Act’’).
SEC. 516. SENSE
OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING
NOTICE.—(a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PROD-
UCTS.—In the case of any equipment or products that may be
authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided under
this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving
such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only
American-made equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In providing finan-
cial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 517. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.—If it has been finally
determined by a court or Federal agency that any person inten-
tionally affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription,
or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold
in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United
States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or
subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursu-
ant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures
described in section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal
Regulations.
SEC. 518. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law,
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available
at the end of fiscal year 1996 from appropriations made available
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1996 in this Act, shall
remain available through September 30, 1997 for each such account
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be
submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds.
SEC. 519. Where appropriations in this Act are expendable
for travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has
been placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses
may not exceed the amount set forth therefore in the budget esti-
mates submitted for appropriations without the advance approval
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided,
That this section shall not apply to travel performed by uncompen-
sated officials of local boards and appeal boards in the Selective
Service System; to travel performed directly in connection with
care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Department