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
Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C.
318a and 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences
under the authority and within the limits provided in sec-
tion 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat.
281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).
SEC. 611. None of the funds made available pursuant
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement,
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the
United States.
SEC. 612. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year
2002, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any
prevailing 
rate 
employee 
described 
in 
section
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—
(1) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations
Act, 2001, until the normal effective date of the ap-
plicable wage survey adjustment that is to take ef-
fect in fiscal year 2002, in an amount that exceeds
the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of
the applicable wage schedule in accordance with
such section 613; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2002, in an amount that exceeds,
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate
payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum
of—
(A) the percentage adjustment taking ef-
fect in fiscal year 2002 under section 5303 of
title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
under the General Schedule; and
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year
2002 under section 5304 of such title (whether
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was
effective in fiscal year 2001 under such section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title,
may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a)
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would
be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli-
cable to such employee.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable
to an employee who is covered by this section and who
is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30,
2001, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by
the Office of Personnel Management.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
of premium pay for employees subject to this section may
not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30,
2001, except to the extent determined by the Office of
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose
of this section.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for
service performed after September 30, 2001.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the
basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary
or basic pay payable after the application of this section
shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by
this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be
payable were this section not in effect.
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees.
SEC. 613. During the period in which the head of
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian
employee of the Government appointed by the President
of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re-
decorate the office of such department head, agency head,
officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im-
provements for any such office, unless advance notice of
such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by
the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of
this section, the word ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite
of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any other
space used primarily by the individual or the use of which
is directly controlled by the individual.
SEC. 614. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi-
tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for
training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center
facilities.
SEC. 615. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, or section 609 of this Act, funds
made available for fiscal year 2002 by this or any other
Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na-
tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni-
cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart-
ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive
Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).
SEC. 616. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any
Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for
the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a
position of a confidential or policy-determining character
excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section
3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification
to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of
the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality
employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C
position was not created solely or primarily in order to
detail the employee to the White House.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
Federal employees or members of the armed services de-
tailed to or from—
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the National Security Agency;
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
(4) the offices within the Department of De-
fense for the collection of specialized national foreign
intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of
the Department of State;
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration of the Department of Justice, the De-
partment of Transportation, the Department of the
Treasury, and the Department of Energy per-
forming intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.