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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to
title I of Public Law 100–690; not to exceed $8,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; and for par-
ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services
on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or
public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
bursement; $34,838,000, of which $18,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended, consisting of $1,000,000
for policy research and evaluation and $17,000,000 for the
Counter-Drug 
Technology 
Assessment 
Center 
for
counternarcotics research and development projects, of
which $1,000,000 shall be obligated for State conferences
on model State drug laws: Provided, That the $17,000,000
for the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center shall
be available for transfer to other Federal departments or
agencies: Provided further, That the Office is authorized
to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and
personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work
of the Office: Provided further, That $2,500,000 of the
funds available for the salaries and expenses of the Office
of National Drug Control Policy may not be obligated
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until the Director reaches agreement with the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations on a final fiscal
year 1997 organizational plan: Provided further, That the
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to receive all un-
available collections transferred from the Special Forfeit-
ure Fund established by section 6073 of the Anti-Drug
Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1509) by the Director of
the Office of Drug Control Policy as a deposit into the
Treasury Forfeiture Fund (31 U.S.C. 9703(a)).
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas Program, $113,000,000 for drug control activities
consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which
$3,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Area in Lake County, Indiana;
of which $2,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for the Gulf Coast
States of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi; of which
$5,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Area dedicated to combating
methamphetamine use, production and trafficking in a five
State area including Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Da-
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kota, and Kansas; of which no less than $59,000,000 shall
be transferred to State and local entities for drug control
activities; and of which up to $54,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to
be determined by the Director: Provided, That the funds
made available under this head shall be obligated within
90 days of the date of enactment of this Act.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap-
propriations Act, 1997’’.
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
established by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–
28; $1,800,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend-
ed, $27,524,000, of which no less than $2,500,000 shall
be available for internal automated data processing sys-
tems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available
for reception and representation expenses.
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FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;
$21,588,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses
and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in
the Government service, and compensation as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account,
to be available without further appropriation for the costs
of carrying out these conferences.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
For additional expenses necessary to carry out the
purpose of the Fund established pursuant to section
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210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)),
$209,193,000, to be deposited into said Fund. The reve-
nues and collections deposited into the Fund shall be avail-
able for necessary expenses of real property management
and related activities not otherwise provided for, including
operation, maintenance, and protection of Federally owned
and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District
of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving gov-
ernmental agencies (including space adjustments and tele-
communications relocation expenses) in connection with
the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contrac-
tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings,
and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned build-
ings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances;
care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation,
demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and
sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise author-
ized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings
and sites; conversion and extension of Federally owned
buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by
contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (in-
cluding equipment for such buildings); and payment of
principal, interest, taxes, and any other obligations for
public buildings acquired by installment purchase and pur-
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chase 
contract, 
in 
the 
aggregate 
amount 
of
$5,364,392,000, of which (1) not to exceed $540,000,000
shall remain available until expended for construction of
additional projects at locations as follows: Fresno, Califor-
nia, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse; Denver, Colo-
rado, U.S. Courthouse; District of Columbia, U.S. Court-
house Annex; Miami, Florida, U.S. Courthouse; Orlando,
Florida, U.S. Courthouse; Covington, Kentucky, U.S.
Courthouse; London, Kentucky, U.S. Courthouse; Babb,
Montana, Piegan Border Station; Sweetgrass, Montana,
Border Station; Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Courthouse;
Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Courthouse; Cleveland, Ohio,
U.S. Courthouse; Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. Courthouse;
Portland, Oregon, Consolidated Law Enforcement Federal
Office Building; Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. Courthouse;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Department of Veterans Af-
fairs—Federal Complex, phase II; Columbia, South Caro-
lina, U.S. Courthouse; Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. Court-
house; Salt Lake City, Utah, Moss Courthouse Annex and
Alteration; Blaine, Washington, U.S. Border Station;
Oroville, Washington, U.S. Border Station; Seattle, Wash-
ington, U.S. Courthouse; and, Sumas, Washington, U.S.
Border Station, (Claim): Provided, That the total cost of
the immediately foregoing United States Courthouse or
United States Courthouse annex construction projects
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shall be reduced by no less than 10 percent from the pro-
spectus level estimate by improving design efficiencies,
curtailing planned interior finishes requiring more effi-
cient use of courtroom and library space, and by otherwise
limiting space requirements: Provided further, That each
of the immediately foregoing construction projects may
not exceed the original authorized level for site acquisition,
design, or construction, unless advanced approval is ob-
tained from the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That from funds available in
the Federal Buildings Fund, $20,000,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for environmental clean up activities
at the Southeast Federal Center in the District of Colum-
bia: Provided further, That all funds for direct construc-
tion projects shall expire on September 30, 1999, and re-
main in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds for
projects as to which funds for design or other funds have
been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: Pro-
vided further, That claims against the Government of less
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects,
acquisitions of buildings and purchase contract projects
pursuant to Public Law 92–313, be liquidated with prior
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate to the extent savings are effected in
other such projects; (2) not to exceed $635,000,000 shall
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remain available until expended, for repairs and alter-
ations which includes associated design and construction
services, as follows: District of Columbia, Ariel Rios Build-
ing; District of Columbia, Department of Justice Building
(Main), phase, 1; District of Columbia, Layfayette Build-
ing; District of Columbia, State Department Building;
Honolulu, Hawaii, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Fed-
eral Building and U.S. Courthouse; Chicago, Illinois, Ev-
erett M. Dirksen Federal Building; Chicago, Illinois, John
C. Kluczynski, Jr. Federal Building (IRS); Andover, Mas-
sachusetts, IRS Regional Service Center; Concord, New
Hampshire, J.C. Cleveland Federal Building; Camden,
New Jersey, U.S. Post Office-Courthouse; Albany, New
York, 
James 
T. 
Foley 
Post 
Office-Courthouse;
Brookhaven, New York, IRS Service Center; New York,
New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building; Scranton,
Pennsylvania, Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse; Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse;
Fort Worth, Texas, Federal Center; Nationwide repairs
and alterations: Security Upgrades; Chlorofluorocarbons
Program; Elevator Program; and, Energy Program: Pro-
vided further, That additional projects for which
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded
under this category only if advance approval is obtained
from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
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Senate: Provided further, That the amounts provided in
this or any prior Act for Repairs and Alterations may be
used to fund costs associated with implementing security
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum
standards for security in accordance with current law and
in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the
appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Pro-
vided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,
be limited to the originally authorized amount, except each
project may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10
percent when advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate of a
greater amount: Provided further, That the difference be-
tween the funds appropriated and expended on any
projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Re-
pairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic Re-
pairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases
in prospectus projects: Provided further, That such sums
as may be necessary shall be made available for ongoing
renovation and consolidation efforts at the National Vet-
erinary Services Laboratory and a biocontainment facility
at the National Animal Disease Center, as directed in
Public Law 104–52: Provided further, That all funds for
repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall expire on
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September 30, 1999, and remain in the Federal Buildings
Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for de-
sign or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part
prior to such date: Provided further, That the amount pro-
vided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations may be used to pay claims against the Government
arising from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and
Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in pro-
spectus projects: Provided further, That $5,700,000 of the
funds provided under this heading in Public Law 103–
329, for the IRS Service Center, Holtsville, New York,
shall be available until September 30, 1998; (3) not to
exceed $173,075,000 for installment acquisition payments
including payments on purchase contracts which shall re-
main available until expended; (4) not to exceed
$3,903,205,000, to remain available until expended, for
building operations, leasing activities, and rental of space,
of which up to $205,000,000 shall be available for security
enhancements; and (5) not to exceed $4,800,000 for the
development and acquisition of automatic data processing
equipment, software, and services for the Public Buildings
Service which shall remain available until September 30,
1999 for transfer to accounts and in amounts as necessary
to satisfy the requiremens of the Public Buildings Service:
Provided further, That funds available to the General Serv-
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ices Administration shall not be available for expenses in
connection with any construction, repair, alteration, and
acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by
the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not
been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex-
pended for each project for required expenses in connec-
tion with the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
vided further, That the Administrator is authorized in fis-
cal year 1997 and thereafter, to enter into and perform
such leases, contracts, or other transactions with any
agency or instrumentality of the United States, the several
States, or the District of Columbia, or with any person,
firm, association, or corporation, as may be necessary to
implement the trade center plan at the Federal Triangle
Project and is hereby granted all the rights and authori-
ties of the former Pennsylvania Avenue Development Cor-
poration (PADC) with regards to property transferred
from PADC to the General Services Administration in fis-
cal year 1996: Provided further, That for the purposes of
this authorization, buildings constructed pursuant to the
purchase contract authority of the Public Buildings
Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 602a), buildings occu-
pied pursuant to installment purchase contracts, and
buildings under the control of another department or
agency where alterations of such buildings are required
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in connection with the moving of such other department
or agency from buildings then, or thereafter to be, under
the control of the General Services Administration shall
be considered to be federally owned buildings: Provided
further, That funds available in the Federal Buildings
Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when ad-
vance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate: Provided further, That
amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services
to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as
amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide
such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and
other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
ment ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable
the United States Secret Service to perform its protective
functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, as amended, shall
be available from such revenues and collections: Provided
further, That revenues and collections and any other sums
accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 1997, excluding
reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of $5,364,392,000 shall re-
main in the Fund and shall not be available for expendi-
ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.
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POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activi-
ties associated with asset management activities; utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; transpor-
tation management activities; procurement and supply
management activities; Government-wide and internal re-
sponsibilities relating to automated data management,
telecommunications, information resources management,
and related technology activities; utilization survey, deed
compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cul-
tural analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining
to excess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy di-
rection; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records
management, and other support services incident to adju-
dication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States
Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; $109,091,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$33,274,000: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall
be available for payment for information and detection of
fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
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covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards
to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens
in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
PRESIDENTS
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August
25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public
Law 95–138, $2,180,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary
of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of such Acts.
EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential
Transition Act of 1963, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note),
$5,600,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund
available to the General Services Administration shall be
credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part
of rentals received from Government corporations pursu-
ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
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SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
made available for fiscal year 1997 for Federal Buildings
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and Senate.
SEC. 404. Section 10 of the General Services Admin-
istration General Provisions, Public Law 100–440, dated
September 22, 1988, is hereby repealed.
SEC. 405. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 1998 request for United
States Courthouse construction that does not meet the de-
sign guide standards for construction as established by the
General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference
of the United States, and the Office of Management and
Budget and does not reflect the priorities of the Judicial
Conference of the United States as set out in its approved
5-year construction plan: Provided, That the request must
be accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization
study of each facility to be replaced or expanded.
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SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to implement a plan for the Ronald Reagan Build-
ing (International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.) which
would permit the Woodrow Wilson Center to pay the Gen-
eral Services Administration less than the rate per square
foot assessment for space and services which is paid by
other Federal entities.
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency which does not pay the re-
quested rate per square foot assessment for space and
services as determined by the General Services Adminis-
tration in compliance with the Public Buildings Amend-
ments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92–313).
SEC. 408. The Administrator of the General Services
is directed to ensure that the materials used for the facade
on the United States Courthouse Annex, Savannah, Geor-
gia project are compatible with the existing Savannah
Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse fascade, in order to en-
sure compatibility of this new facility with the Savannah
historic district and to ensure that the Annex will not en-
danger the National Landmark status of the Savannah
historic district.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW
BOARD
For necessary expenses to carry out the John F. Ken-
nedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,
$2,150,000.
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,
$23,297,000, together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for
administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals
to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys-
tems Protection Board.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives (including the Informa-
tion Security Oversight Office) and records and related ac-
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tivities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary
for the review and declassification of documents, and for
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $195,109,000: Pro-
vided, That the Archivist of the United States is author-
ized to use any excess funds available from the amount
borrowed for construction of the National Archives facil-
ity, for expenses necessary to move into the facility.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 104–52, $4,500,000 are rescinded.
ARCHIVES FACILITIES AND PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities and presidential libraries, $9,500,000 to
remain available until expended.
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
COMMISSION
GRANTS PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
historical publications and records as authorized by 44
U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $4,000,000 to remain available
until expended.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978, as amended by Public Law 100–
598, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–
194, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; $8,078,000.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official
reception and representation expenses; advances for reim-
bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel
Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
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expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422 of Janu-
ary 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/
or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting
Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over-
night at his or her post of duty; $86,576,000; and in addi-
tion $93,486,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of
Personnel Management without regard to other statutes,
including direct procurement of printing materials for an-
nuitants, for the retirement and insurance programs, of
which $2,250,000 shall be transferred at such times as
the Office of Personnel Management deems appropriate,
and shall remain available until expended for the costs of
automating the retirement recordkeeping systems, to-
gether with remaining amounts authorized in previous
Acts for the recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the
provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the author-
ity to use applicable trust funds as provided by section
8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code: Provided
further, That, except as may be consistent with 5 U.S.C.
8902a(f)(1) and (i), no payment may be made from the
Employees Health Benefits Fund to any physician, hos-
pital, or other provider of health care services or supplies
who is, at the time such services or supplies are provided
to an individual covered under chapter 89 of title 5, Unit-
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ed States Code, excluded, pursuant to section 1128 or
1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7–
1320a–7a), from participation in any program under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.):
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall
be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Exam-
ining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management estab-
lished pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943,
or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further,
That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
lows, established by Executive Order 11183 of October 3,
1964, may, during the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997, accept donations of money, property, and personal
services in connection with the development of a publicity
brochure to provide information about the White House
Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted
for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the
salaries of employees of such Commission.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
SEC. 421. The first sentence of section 1304(e)(1)
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after ‘‘basis’’ the following ‘‘, including personnel manage-
ment services performed at the request of individual agen-
cies (which would otherwise be the responsibility of such
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agencies), or at the request of nonappropriated fund in-
strumentalities’’.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act, as amended, including services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$960,000; and in addition, not to exceed $8,645,000 for
administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel
Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office
of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere.
REVOLVING FUND
For reducing any accumulated deficit in the accounts
of the revolving fund established under 5 U.S.C. 1304(e),
$4,755,000.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES
HEALTH BENEFITS
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal
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Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend-
ed, such sums as may be necessary.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE
LIFE INSURANCE
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as
required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such
sums as may be necessary.
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For financing the unfunded liability of new and in-
creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc-
tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an-
nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv-
ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may
be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the
Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August
19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–75), may hereafter
be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
Fund.
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
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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 Reemploy-
ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including serv-
ices 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
Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
THIS ACT
SECTION 501. No part of any appropriation con-
tained in this Act shall remain available for obligation be-
yond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided
herein.
SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
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to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing 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 Serv-
ices Act of 1949 shall be obligated or expended after the
date of enactment of this Act for the procurement by con-
tract of any guard, elevator operator, messenger or custo-
dial services if any permanent veterans preference em-
ployee 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 employing the severely
handicapped under Public Law 92–28. Only if such work-
shops decline to contract for the provision of the covered
services may the General Services Administration procure
the services 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 Serv-
ices 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 Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy 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 con-
trol 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 threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee
of the United States Postal Service from having any
direct oral or written communication or contact with
any Member or committee of Congress in connection
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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 communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative 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 efficiency rating, denies promotion
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment 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 commu-
nication or contact of such officer or employee with
any Member or committee of Congress as described
in paragraph (1).
SEC. 508. The Office of Personnel Management may,
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, accept
donations of supplies, services, land, and equipment for
the Federal Executive Institute and Management Develop-
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ment 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, 1997, and
hereafter, accept donations of money to off-set costs in-
curred 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. 510. 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, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his period of active military or naval service and
has within 90 days after his release from such service or
from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year made application for restora-
tion to his former position and has been certified by the
Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per-
form the duties of his former position and has not been
restored thereto.
SEC. 511. 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
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organization outside of the Federal Government without
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations.
SEC. 512. 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 Amer-
ican Act’’).
SEC. 513. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip-
ment 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 assist-
ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only
American-made equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of
the assistance a notice describing the statement made in
subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 514. If it has been finally determined by a court
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
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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, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
SEC. 515. Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 1997 from
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
for fiscal year 1997 in this Act, shall remain available
through September 30, 1998, for each such account for
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such
funds.
SEC. 516. Where appropriations in this Act are ex-
pendable 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
in the budget estimates submitted for appropriations with-
out the advance approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That this section
shall not apply to travel performed by uncompensated offi-
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cials 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 De-
partment of Veterans Affairs; to travel of the Office of
Personnel Management in carrying out its observation re-
sponsibilities of the Voting Rights Act; or to payments to
interagency motor pools separately set forth in the budget
schedules.
SEC. 517. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or regulation during the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997, and thereafter:
(1) The authority of the special police officers
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in the
Washington, DC Metropolitan area, extends to
buildings and land under the custody and control of
the Bureau; to buildings and land acquired by or for
the Bureau through lease, unless otherwise provided
by the acquisition agency; to the streets, sidewalks
and open areas immediately adjacent to the Bureau
along Wallenberg Place (15th Street) and 14th
Street between Independence and Maine Avenues
and C and D Streets between 12th and 14th
Streets; to areas which include surrounding parking
facilities used by Bureau employees, including the
lots at 12th and C Streets, SW, Maine Avenue and
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Water Streets, SW, Maiden Lane, the Tidal Basin
and East Potomac Park; to the protection in transit
of United States securities, plates and dies used in
the production of United States securities, or other
products or implements of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing which the Director of that agency so
designates.
(2) The authority of the special police officers
of the United States Mint extends to the buildings
and land under the custody and control of the Mint;
to the streets, sidewalks and open areas in the vicin-
ity to such facilities; to surrounding parking facili-
ties used by Mint employees; and to the protection
in transit of bullion, coins, dies, and other property
and assets of, or in the custody of, the Mint.
(3) The exercise of police authority by Bureau
or Mint officers, with the exception of the exercise
of authority upon property under the custody and
control of the Bureau or the Mint, respectively, shall
be deemed supplementary to the Federal police force
with primary jurisdictional responsibility. This au-
thority shall be in addition to any other law enforce-
ment authority which has been provided to these of-
ficers under other provisions of law or regulations.
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SEC. 518. No funds appropriated by this Act shall
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative
expenses in connection with any health plan under the
Federal employees health benefit program which provides
any benefits or coverage for abortions.
SEC. 519. The provision of section 518 shall not
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the
result of an act of rape or incest.
SEC. 520. No part of any appropriation made avail-
able in this Act shall be used to implement Bureau of Al-
cohol, Tobacco and Firearms Ruling TD ATF–360; Re:
Notice Nos. 782, 780, 91F009P.
SEC. 521. Notwithstanding title 5, United States
Code, Personal Service Contractors (PSC) employed by
the Department of the Treasury for assignment in a coun-
try other than the United States, shall be considered as
Federal Government employees for purposes of making
available Federal employee health and life insurance.
SEC. 522. Section 5131 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (c); and by redes-
ignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
SEC. 523. Section 5112(i)(4) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subparagraph:
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‘‘(C) The Secretary may continue to mint and issue
coins in accordance with the specifications contained in
paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10) of subsection (a) and
paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection at the same time the
Secretary in minting and issuing other bullion and proof
gold coins under this subsection in accordance with such
program procedures and coin specifications, designs, vari-
eties, quantities, denominations, and inscriptions as the
Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion, may prescribe
from time to time.’’: Provided, That profits generated
from the sale of gold to the United States Mint for this
program shall be considered as a receipt to be deposited
into the General Fund of the Treasury.
SEC. 524. Section 5112 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(k) The Secretary may mint and issue bullion and
proof platinum coins in accordance with such specifica-
tions, designs, varieties, quantities, denominations, and in-
scriptions as the Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion,
may prescribe from time to time.’’: Provided, That the
Secretary is authorized to use Government platinum re-
serves stockpiled at the United States Mint as working
inventory and shall ensure that reserves utilized are re-
placed by the Mint.
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SEC. 525. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES
FOR EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES.—(a)
DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means the Internal Rev-
enue Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, and the United States Customs Service;
(2) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an employee
(as defined by section 2105 of title 5, United States
Code) who is employed by an agency, is serving
under an appointment without time limitation, and
has been currently employed for a continuous period
of at least 12 months, but does not include—
(A) any employee who, upon separation
and application, would then be eligible for an
immediate annuity under subchapter III of
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, or another retirement system for
employees of the agency;
(B) a reemployed annuitant under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, or another retirement
system for employees of the agency;
(C) an employee having a disability on the
basis of which such employee is or would be eli-
gible for disability retirement under the applica-
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ble retirement system referred to in subpara-
graph (A);
(D) an employee who is in receipt of a spe-
cific notice of involuntary separation for mis-
conduct or unacceptable performance;
(E) an employee who, upon completing an
additional period of service is referred to in sec-
tion 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Federal Workforce
Restructuring Act of 1994 (5 U.S.C. 5597
note), would qualify for a voluntary separation
incentive payment under section 3 of such Act;
(F) an employee who has previously re-
ceived any voluntary separation incentive pay-
ment by the Federal Government under this
section or any other authority and has not re-
paid such payment;
(G) an employee covered by statutory re-
employment rights who is on transfer to an-
other organization; or
(H) any employee who, during the twenty
four month period preceding the date of separa-
tion, has received a recruitment or relocation
bonus under section 5753 of title 5, United
States Code, or who, within the twelve month
period preceding the date of separation, re-
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ceived a retention allowable under section 5754
of title 5, United States Code.
(b) AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency,
prior to obligating any resources for voluntary sepa-
ration incentive payments, shall submit to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight of the House of Representatives a strate-
gic plan outlining the intended use of such incentive
payments and a proposed organizational chart for
the agency once such incentive payments have been
completed.
(2) CONTENTS.—The agency’s plan shall in-
clude—
(A) the positions and functions to be re-
duced or eliminated, identified by organizational
unit, geographic location, occupational category
and grade level;
(B) the number and amounts of voluntary
separation incentive payments to be offered;
and
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(C) a description of how the agency will
operate without the eliminated positions and
functions.
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A voluntary separation in-
centive payment under this section may be paid by
an agency to any employee only to the extent nec-
essary to eliminate the positions and functions iden-
tified by the strategic plan.
(2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—
A voluntary separation incentive payment—
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employees;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount
the employee would be entitled to receive
under section 5595(c) of title 5, United
States Code; or
(ii) an amount determined by the
agency head not to exceed $25,000;
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(D) may not be made except in the case of
any qualifying employee who voluntarily sepa-
rates (whether by retirement or resignation) be-
fore March 31, 1997;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation, of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(F) shall not be taken into account in de-
termining the amount of any severance pay to
which the employee may be entitled under sec-
tion 5595 of title 5, United States Code, based
on any other separation.
(d) ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any other
payments which it is required to make under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States
Code, an agency shall remit to the Office of Person-
nel Management for deposit in the Treasury of the
United States to the credit of the Civil Service Re-
tirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15
percent of the final basic pay of each employee of
the agency who is covered under subchapter III of
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States
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Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has
been paid under this section.
(2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of para-
graph (1), the term ‘‘final basic pay’’, with respect
to an employee, means the total amount of basic pay
which would be payable for a year of service by such
employee, computed using the employee’s final rate
of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a
full-time basis, with appropriate adjustment there-
for.
(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received a
voluntary separation incentive payment under this section
and accepts any employment for compensation with the
Government of the United States, or who works for any
agency of the United States Government through a per-
sonal services contract, within 5 years after the date of
the separation on which the payment is based shall be re-
quired to pay, prior to the individual’s first day of employ-
ment, the entire amount of the incentive payment to the
agency that paid the incentive payment.
(f) REDUCTION
OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEV-
ELS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of funded
employee positions in the agency shall be reduced by
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one position for each vacancy created by the separa-
tion of any employee who has received, or is due to
receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment
under this section. For the purposes of this sub-
section, positions shall be counted on a full-time-
equivalent basis.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The President, through
the Office of Management and Budget, shall monitor
the agency and take any action necessary to ensure
that the requirements of this subsection are met.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
October 1, 1996.
SEC. 525A. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES
FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—
(a) AUTHORITY.—The United States Agency for
International Development is authorized to offer voluntary
separation incentive payments to no more than 100 of its
employees in accordance with section 525 of this Act.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Section 525(a)(2)(A) of this Act
shall not apply to an employee of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development who, upon separation
and application, would be eligible for an immediate annu-
ity under sections 8336(d)(2) and 8414(b)(1)(B) of title
5, United States Code.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
on the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 526. That provisions of law governing procure-
ment or public contracts shall not be applicable to the pro-
curement of goods or services necessary for carrying out
Bureau of Engraving and Printing program and oper-
ation: Provided, That the authority contained in this provi-
sion shall expire on September 30, 1999.
SEC. 527. The United States Mint is hereby author-
ized to establish a demonstration project under the au-
thorities of title V, U.S.C., chapter 47: Provided, That the
Director of the United States Mint shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate; the Director shall serve on the basis of a six-year
contract, which may be renewed, so long as the Director’s
performance, as set forth in an annual performance agree-
ment with the Secretary of the Treasury, is satisfactory;
and the Director shall receive as basic compensation for
a calendar year an amount equal to the annual rate of
basic pay for level I of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5312 of title 5 and, in addition, may receive an an-
nual bonus awarded by the Secretary, based upon the Sec-
retary’s evaluation of the Director’s performance in ac-
cordance with the performance agreement.
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SEC. 528. (a) REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN ATTOR-
NEY FEES AND COSTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall pay from amounts appropriated in title I
of this Act under the heading, ‘‘Departmental Of-
fices, Salaries and Expenses’’, up to $500,000 to re-
imburse former employees of the White House Trav-
el Office whose employment in that Office was ter-
minated on May 19, 1993, for any attorney fees and
costs they incurred with respect to that termination.
(2) VERIFICATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary
shall pay an individual in full under paragraph (1)
upon submission by the individual of documentation
verifying the attorney fees and costs.
(3) NO INFERENCE OF LIABILITY.—Liability of
the United States shall not be inferred from enact-
ment of or payment under this subsection.
(b) LIMITATION ON FILING OF CLAIMS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall not pay any claim filed under
this section that is filed later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(c) REDUCTION.—The amount paid pursuant to this
section to an individual for attorney fees and costs de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be reduced by any amount
received before the date of the enactment of this Act, with-
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out obligation for repayment by the individual, for pay-
ment of such attorney fees and costs (including any
amount received from the funds appropriated for the indi-
vidual in the matter relating to the ‘‘Office of the General
Counsel’’ under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’ in
title I of the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994).
(d) PAYMENT IN FULL SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.—Payment under this sec-
tion, when accepted by an individual described in sub-
section (a), shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of,
or on behalf of, the individual against the United States
that arose out of the termination of the White House
Travel Office employment of that individual on May 19,
1993.
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President
to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any
official background investigation report on any individual,
except when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) such individual has given his or her express
written consent for such request not more than 6
months prior to the date of such request and during
the same presidential administration; or
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(2) such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security.
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
SECTION 601. Funds appropriated in this or any
other Act may be used to pay travel to the United States
for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in
cases of death or life threatening illness of said employee.
SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 1997 shall obligate
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi-
cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru-
mentality.
SEC. 603. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1345, any
agency, department or instrumentality of the United
States which provides or proposes to provide child care
services for Federal employees may reimburse any Federal
employee or any person employed to provide such services
for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses in-
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curred for training classes, conferences or other meetings
in connection with the provision of such services: Provided,
That any per diem allowance made pursuant to this sec-
tion shall not exceed the rate specified in regulations pre-
scribed pursuant to section 5707 of title 5, United States
Code.
SEC. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year
in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946
(60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor
vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement,
and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at
$8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum
shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex-
ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,
and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec-
tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under
the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re-
search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section
may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter-
native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law
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101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled
vehicles.
SEC. 605. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel or for the expenses
of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for
quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in ac-
cordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–24.
SEC. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the
United States (including any agency the majority of the
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United
States unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United
States, (2) is a person in the service of the United States
on the date of enactment of this Act who, being eligible
for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and
is actually residing in the United States, (3) is a person
who owes allegiance to the United States, (4) is an alien
from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the
former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States for permanent residence, (5)
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is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa-
roled in the United States after January 1, 1975, or (6)
is a national of the People’s Republic of China who
qualifys for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese
Student Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the
purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such
person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the
requirements of this section with respect to his or her sta-
tus have been complied with: Provided further, That any
person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony,
and, upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000
or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided
further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition
to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex-
isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to
any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this
section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov-
ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire-
land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na-
tionals of those countries allied with the United States in
the current defense effort, or to international broadcasters
employed by the United States Information Agency, or to
temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em-
ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as
a result of emergencies.
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SEC. 607. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General
Services Administration for charges for space and services
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements
performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of
1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments
of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.
SEC. 608. In addition to funds provided in this or
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.
Such funds shall be available until expended for the follow-
ing purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
and recycling programs as described in Executive
Order 12873 (October 20, 1993), including any such
programs adopted prior to the effective date of the
Executive Order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the
development and implementation of hazardous waste
management and pollution prevention programs.
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(3) Other employee programs as authorized by
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the
Federal agency.
SEC. 609. Funds made available by this or any other
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be
correspondingly reduced.
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation for the cur-
rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall
be paid to any person for the filling of any position for
which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has
voted not to approve the nomination of said person.
SEC. 611. For the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997, and thereafter, any department or agency to which
the Administrator of General Services has delegated the
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authority to operate, maintain or repair any building or
facility pursuant to section 205(d) of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended,
shall retain that portion of the GSA rental payment avail-
able for operation, maintenance or repair of the building
or facility, as determined by the Administrator, and ex-
pend such funds directly for the operation, maintenance
or repair of the building or facility. Any funds retained
under this section shall remain available until expended
for such purposes.
SEC. 612. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1306 of title
31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 1306. Use of foreign credits
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Foreign credits (including cur-
rencies) owed to or owned by the United States may be
used by any agency for any purpose for which appropria-
tions are made for the agency for the current fiscal year
(including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authoriz-
ing the use of such credits), but only when reimbursement
therefor is made to the Treasury from applicable appro-
priations of the agency.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION
TO REIMBURSEMENT REQUIRE-
MENT.—Credits described in subsection (a) that are re-
ceived as exchanged allowances, or as the proceeds of the
sale of personal property, may be used in whole or partial
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payment for the acquisition of similar items, to the extent
and in the manner authorized by law, without reimburse-
ment to the Treasury.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by this
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act and shall apply thereafter.
SEC. 613. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency
financing of boards, commissions, councils, committees, or
similar groups (whether or not they are interagency enti-
ties) which do not have a prior and specific statutory ap-
proval to receive financial support from more than one
agency or instrumentality.
SEC. 614. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the ‘‘Postal Service Fund’’ (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall
be available for employment of guards for all buildings and
areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under
the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such
guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow-
ers of special policemen provided by the first section of
the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40
U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied by
the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the
same actions as the Administrator of General Services
may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the
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‘‘(i)(1) An employee involuntarily separated from
service due to a reduction in force shall, upon written elec-
tion, be given credit for days of unused annual leave
standing to such employee’s credit under a formal leave
system as of the date of separation, if and to the extent
necessary in order to meet the minimum age and service
requirements for title to an annuity under this section or
section 8414.
‘‘(2) The Office shall prescribe any regulations which
may be necessary to carry out this subsection, including
regulations under which contributions to the Fund shall,
with respect to the days of leave for which credit is given
under this subsection, be made—
‘‘(A) by the employee, equal to the employee
contributions which would have been required for
those days if separation had not occurred; and
‘‘(B) by the agency from which separated, equal
to the Government contributions which would have
been required if separation had not occurred.
Contributions under the preceding sentence shall be deter-
mined based on the rate of basic pay last in effect before
separation.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered—
‘‘(A) to allow credit to be given for any leave
standing to the credit of the employee (other than
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by restoration) pursuant to subchapter III or IV of
chapter 63 or other similar authority;
‘‘(B) to permit or require the making of any
contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund with re-
spect to any period after the date of separation; or
‘‘(C) to make any days of annual leave cred-
itable for purposes of section 8410, any determina-
tion of average pay, or any computation of annuity.
‘‘(4)(A) The taking of a lump-sum payment under
section 5551 or other similar authority shall not make any
of the leave to which such payment relates unavailable for
purposes of this subsection.
‘‘(B) The use of any leave for purposes of this sub-
section shall not reduce the amount of leave for which a
lump-sum payment is payable under section 5551 or other
similar authority.
‘‘(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to sepa-
rations occurring on or after the date of the enactment
of this subsection and before July 1, 2002.’’.
SEC. 635. Section 207(e)(6)(B) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘level V of the Execu-
tive Schedule’’ and inserting ‘‘level 5 of the Senior Execu-
tive Service’’.
SEC. 636. REIMBURSEMENTS RELATING TO PROFES-
SIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.—(a) AUTHORITY.—Not-