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TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States
Code, $93,436,000, of which $64,436,000 shall not be avail-
able for obligation until October 1, 2000: Provided, That
mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall con-
tinue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and
rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the
1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to
implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any
officer or employee of any State or local child support en-
forcement agency, or any individual participating in a
State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee
for information requested or provided concerning an ad-
dress of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of
the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate
or close small rural and other small post offices in the fiscal
year ending on September 30, 2000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 2000’’.
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TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE
HOUSE OFFICE
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102; $250,000: Provided, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title
31, United States Code: Provided further, That none of the
funds made available for official expenses shall be consid-
ered as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as author-
ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist-
ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall
be expended and accounted for as provided in that section;
hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals,
teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000
to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C.
103); not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment ex-
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penses, to be available for allocation within the Executive
Office of the President, $52,444,000.
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at
the White House and official entertainment expenses of the
President, $9,260,000, to be expended and accounted for as
provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114.
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary:
Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the
Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for
reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au-
thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided
further, That the Executive Residence shall require each
person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in
advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event,
and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na-
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tional committee of the political party of the President to
maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political
events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year:
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure
that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs-
able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted
to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such
expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with-
in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided
further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount
that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance
with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an
outstanding debt on a United States Government claim
under section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided
further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to
the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90
days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act,
a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses
of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year,
including the total amount of such expenses, the amount
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of such total that consists of reimbursable official and cere-
monial events, the amount of such total that consists of re-
imbursable political events, and the portion of each such
amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the re-
port: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall
maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to
reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that in-
cludes a standard for the classification of any such expense
as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no pro-
vision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the
Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement
of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States
Code.
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House, $810,000, to remain
available until expended for required maintenance, safety
and health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to
provide assistance to the President in connection with spe-
cially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and
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accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; $3,617,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,
heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,
of the official residence of the Vice President, the hire of
passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $90,000 for offi-
cial entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
counted for solely on his certificate; $345,000: Provided,
That advances or repayments or transfers from this appro-
priation may be made to any department or agency for ex-
penses of carrying out such activities.
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out
its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1021), $3,840,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Develop-
ment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
and 3 U.S.C. 107; $4,032,000.
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$6,997,000.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3
U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles
$39,198,000, of which $8,806,000 shall be available for a
capital investment plan which provides for the continued
modernization of the information technology infrastructure.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$63,495,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
available to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title
44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided in 31
U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the
objects for which appropriations were made except as other-
wise provided by law: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Management
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and Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any
agricultural marketing orders or any activities or regula-
tions under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available for the Office
of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended
for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-
nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, before the Committees on Appropria-
tions or the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs or their sub-
committees: Provided further, That the preceding shall not
apply to printed hearings released by the Committees on
Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs:
Provided further, That from within existing funds provided
under this heading, the President may establish a National
Intellectual Property Coordination Center.
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 Division
C, title VII, of Public Law 105–277; not to exceed $8,000
for official reception and representation expenses; and for
participation 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-
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bursement; $21,963,000, of which up to $600,000 shall be
available for the evaluation of the Drug-Free Communities
Act: Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold,
administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public
and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose
of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office.
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology
Assessment Center, $31,100,000, which shall remain avail-
able until expended, consisting of $2,100,000 for policy re-
search and evaluation, $16,000,000 for counternarcotics re-
search and development projects, and $13,000,000 for the
continued operation of the technology transfer program:
Provided, That the $16,000,000 for counternarcotics re-
search and development projects shall be available for trans-
fer to other Federal departments or agencies.
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 Area Pro-
gram, $205,277,000 for drug control activities consistent
with the approved strategy for each of the designated High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which $7,000,000 shall
be used for methamphetamine programs above the sums al-
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located in fiscal year 1999, $5,000,000 shall be used for
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas that are designated
after July 1, 1999 and $5,000,000 to be used at the discre-
tion of the Office of National Drug Control Policy with no
less than half of the $7,000,000 going to areas solely dedi-
cated to fighting methamphetamine usage, of which no less
than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti-
ties for drug control activities, which shall be obligated
within 120 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided, That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal
agencies and departments at a rate to be determined by the
Director: Provided further, That of this latter amount,
$1,800,000 shall be used for auditing services: Provided fur-
ther, That, hereafter, of the amount appropriated for fiscal
year 2000 or any succeeding fiscal year for the High Inten-
sity Drug Trafficking Area Program, the funds to be obli-
gated or expended during such fiscal year for programs ad-
dressing the treatment or prevention of drug use as part
of the approved strategy for a designated High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) shall not be less than the
funds obligated or expended for such programs during fiscal
year 1999 for each designated HIDTA: Provided further,
That Campbell County and Uinta County are hereby des-
ignated as part of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area for the State of Wyoming.
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SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public
Law 105–277, $127,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to
other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such
activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided,
$96,500,000 shall be to support a national media cam-
paign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media Campaign Act
of 1998: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
for the support of the national media campaign may be
obligated until ONDCP has submitted for written approval
to the Committee on Appropriations the evaluation and re-
sults of phase II of the campaign: Provided further, That
of the funds provided, $30,000,000 shall be to continue a
program of matching grants to drug-free communities, as
authorized in the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall
be available to the Director for transfer as grants to State
and local agencies or non-profit organizations for the Na-
tional Drug Court Institute.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Appro-
priations Act, 2000’’.
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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 Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled estab-
lished by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–28,
$2,657,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended,
$38,175,000, of which no less than $4,866,500 shall be
available for internal automated data processing systems,
and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for re-
ception and representation expenses.
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 authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants, hire
of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $23,681,000:
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Provided, That public members of the Federal Service Im-
passes 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 partici-
pants at labor-management relations conferences 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
To carry out the purpose of the Fund established pur-
suant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.
490(f)), the revenues and collections deposited into the Fund
shall be available 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 governmental agencies (including space adjust-
ments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in con-
nection with the assignment, allocation and transfer of
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space; contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing
buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally
owned buildings including grounds, approaches and appur-
tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, pres-
ervation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of build-
ings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase build-
ings 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, and any other obligations for public
buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase
contract; in the aggregate amount of $5,244,478,000, of
which: (1) $76,979,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for construction of additional projects at locations
and at maximum construction improvement costs (includ-
ing funds for sites and expenses and associated design and
construction services) as follows:
New construction:
Maryland:
Montgomery County, FDA Consolidation,
$35,000,000
Michigan:
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Sault 
Sainte 
Marie, 
Border 
Station,
$8,263,000
Montana:
Roosville, Border Station, $753,000
Sweetgrass, Border Station, $11,480,000
Texas:
Fort Hancock, Border Station, $277,000
Washington:
Oroville, Border Station, $11,206,000
Nationwide:
Non-prospectus, $10,000,000:
Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits of
costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to the
extent that savings effected in other such projects, but not
to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is obtained
from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater
amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct con-
struction projects shall expire on September 30, 2001, and
remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for 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 of the funds provided for non-prospectus
construction, $1,974,000 shall be available until expended
for acquisition, lease, construction, and equipping of
flexiplace telecommuting centers: Provided further, That of
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the amount provided under this heading in Public Law
104–208, $20,782,000 are rescinded and shall remain in
the Fund; (2) $607,869,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for repairs and alterations which includes associ-
ated design and construction services: Provided, That funds
made available in this Act or any previous Act in the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for
prospectus projects, be limited to the amount by project as
follows, except each project may be increased by an amount
not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater
amount:
Repairs and alterations:
Alabama:
Montgomery, Frank M. Johnson, Jr., Fed-
eral Building—U.S. Courthouse, $11,606,000
Alaska:
Anchorage, Federal Building—U.S. Court-
house Annex, $21,098,000
California:
Menlo Park, USGS Building 1, $6,831,000
Menlo Park, USGS Building 2, $5,284,000
Sacramento, Moss Federal Building—U.S.
Courthouse, $7,948,000
District of Columbia:
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Interior Building (Phase 1) $1,100,000
Main 
Justice 
Building 
(Phase 
2),
$47,226,000
State Department Building (Phase 2),
$10,511,000
Maryland:
Baltimore, 
Metro 
West 
Building,
$36,705,000
Woodlawn, Social Security Administration
Annex, $25,890,000
Minnesota:
Ft. Snelling, Bishop H. Whipple Federal
Building, $10,989,000
New Mexico:
Albuquerque, Federal Building—500 Gold
Avenue, $8,537,000
Ohio:
Cleveland, Celebrezze Federal Building,
$7,234,000
Nationwide:
Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $16,000,000
Energy Program, $16,000,000
Design Program, $17,715,000
Elevators—Various Buildings, $24,195,000
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Basic 
Repairs 
and 
Alterations,
$333,000,000:
Provided 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: 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 reprogram-
ming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the House
and Senate: Provided further, That the difference between
the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in
this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Al-
terations’’, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
projects: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and
alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September
30, 2001, and remain 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: Provided further, That the amount provided in this
or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may
be used to pay claims against the Government arising from
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any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’
or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects
and $1,600,000 shall be available for the repairs and alter-
ations of the Kansas City Federal Courthouse at 811 Grand
Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri and $1,250,000 shall be
available for the repairs and alteration of the Federal
Courthouse at 40 Center Street, New York, New York; (3)
$205,668,000 for installment acquisition payments includ-
ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
available until expended; (4) $2,782,186,000 for rental of
space which shall remain available until expended; and (5)
$1,590,183,000 for building operations which shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That funds
available to the General Services Administration shall not
be available for expenses of any construction, repair, alter-
ation and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if re-
quired by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended,
has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be
expended for each project for required expenses for the devel-
opment of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, That
funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be ex-
pended for emergency repairs when advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable
special services to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of
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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 Gov-
ernment ownership or control as may be appropriate to en-
able the United States Secret Service to perform its protec-
tive functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be avail-
able from such revenues and collections: Provided further,
That of the amount provided, $475,000 shall be available
for the Plains States De-population Symposium: Provided
further, That revenues and collections and any other sums
accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2000, excluding
reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
490(f)(6)) in excess of $5,244,478,000 shall remain in the
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as
authorized in appropriations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided
for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activities as-
sociated with asset management activities; utilization and
donation of surplus personal property; transportation; pro-
curement and supply; Government-wide responsibilities re-
lating to automated data management, telecommunications,
information resources management, and related technology
activities; utilization survey, deed compliance inspection,
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appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, and land
use planning functions pertaining to excess and surplus
real property; agency-wide policy direction; Board of Con-
tract Appeals; accounting, records management, and other
support services incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal
Claims by the United States Court of Federal Claims; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed
$5,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
$120,198,000, of which $12,758,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided,
$2,750,000 shall be available for GSA to enter into a memo-
randum of understanding with the North Dakota State
University to establish a Virtual Archive Storage Terminal.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,858,000:
Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for
payment for information and detection of fraud against the
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Gov-
ernment 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 ef-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor General effectiveness.
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ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
PRESIDENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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, $2,241,000: Provided, That the Administrator of
General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of such Acts.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund
available to the General Services Administration shall be
credited with the cost of operation, protection, maintenance,
upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rent-
als received from Government corporations pursuant to law
(40 U.S.C. 129).
SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made
available for fiscal year 2000 for Federal Buildings Fund
activities may be transferred between such activities only
to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro-
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance by the Committees on Appropriations.
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SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 2001 request for United
States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet the
design guide standards for construction as established and
approved by the General Services Administration, the Judi-
cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Man-
agement and Budget; and (2) 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 fiscal year 2001 request must be accompanied by a
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to
be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
SEC. 405. 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 rate per
square foot assessment for space and services as determined
by the General Services Administration in compliance with
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law
92–313).
SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agen-
cies by the Information Technology Fund, General Services
Administration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b)
and 5128 of Public Law 104–106, Information Technology
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Management Reform Act of 1996, for performance of pilot
information technology projects which have potential for
Government-wide benefits and savings, may be repaid to
this Fund from any savings actually incurred by these
projects or other funding, to the extent feasible.
SEC. 407. From funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Revenue’’,
claims against the Government of less than $250,000 aris-
ing from direct construction projects and acquisition of
buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other
construction projects with prior notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
SEC. 408. Funds made available for new construction
projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limi-
tations on Availability of Revenue’’ in Public Law 104–
208 shall remain available until expended so long as funds
for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or
in part prior to September 30, 1999.
SEC. 409. The Federal building located at 220 East
Rosser Avenue in Bismarck, North Dakota, is hereby des-
ignated as the ‘‘William L. Guy Federal Building, Post Of-
fice and United States Courthouse’’. Any reference in a law,
map, regulation, document, paper or other record of the
United States to the Federal building herein referred to
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘William L. Guy
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Federal Building, Post Office and United States Court-
house’’.
SEC. 410. From the funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’, $59,203,500 shall not be available for
rental of space and $59,203,500 shall not be available for
building operations: Provided, That the amounts provided
under this heading for rental of space, building operations
and in aggregate amount for the Federal Buildings Fund,
are reduced accordingly.
SEC. 411. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO THE COLUMBIA
HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN. (a) ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL
SERVICES.—Subject to subsection (f) and such terms and
conditions as the Administrator of General Services (in this
section referred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall require in
accordance with this section, the Administrator shall convey
to the Columbia Hospital for Women (formerly Columbia
Hospital for Women and Lying-In Asylum; in this section
referred to as ‘‘Columbia Hospital’’), located in Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, for $14,000,000 plus accrued
interest to be paid in accordance with the terms set forth
in subsection (d), all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to those pieces or parcels of land in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, described in subsection (b), together with
all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto. The
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purpose of this conveyance is to enable the expansion by
Columbia Hospital of its Ambulatory Care Center, Betty
Ford Breast Center, and the Columbia Hospital Center for
Teen Health and Reproductive Toxicology Center.
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The land referred to in sub-
section (a) was conveyed to the United States of
America by deed dated May 2, 1888, from David
Fergusson, widower, recorded in liber 1314, folio 102,
of the land records of the District of Columbia, and
is that portion of square numbered 25 in the city of
Washington in the District of Columbia which was
not previously conveyed to such hospital by the Act of
June 28, 1952 (66 Stat. 287; chapter 486).
(2) PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION.—The property is
more particularly described as square 25, lot 803, or
as follows: all that piece or parcel of land situated
and lying in the city of Washington in the District
of Columbia and known as part of square numbered
25, as laid down and distinguished on the plat or
plan of said city as follows: beginning for the same
at the northeast corner of the square being the corner
formed by the intersection of the west line of Twenty-
fourth Street Northwest, with the south line of north
M Street Northwest and running thence south with
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the line of said Twenty-fourth Street Northwest for
the distance of two hundred and thirty-one feet ten
inches, thence running west and parallel with said M
Street Northwest for the distance of two hundred and
thirty feet six inches and running thence north and
parallel with the line of said Twenty-fourth Street
Northwest for the distance of two hundred and thirty-
one feet ten inches to the line of said M Street North-
west and running thence east with the line of said M
Street Northwest to the place of beginning two hun-
dred and thirty feet and six inches together with all
the improvements, ways, easements, rights, privileges,
and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any-
wise appertaining.
(c) DATE OF CONVEYANCE.—
(1) DATE.—The date of the conveyance of prop-
erty required under subsection (a) shall be the date
upon which the Administrator receives from Columbia
Hospital written notice of its exercise of the purchase
option granted by this section, which notice shall be
accompanied by the first of 30 equal installment pay-
ments of $869,000 toward the total purchase price of
$14,000,000, plus accrued interest.
(2) DEADLINE
FOR
CONVEYANCE
OF
PROP-
ERTY.—Written notification and payment of the first
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installment payment from Columbia Hospital under
paragraph (1) shall be ineffective, and the purchase
option granted Columbia Hospital under this section
shall lapse, if that written notification and install-
ment payment are not received by the Administrator
before the date which is 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this section.
(3) QUITCLAIM DEED.—Any conveyance of prop-
erty to Columbia Hospital under this section shall be
by quitclaim deed.
(d) CONVEYANCE TERMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance of property
required under subsection (a) shall be consistent with
the terms and conditions set forth in this section and
such other terms and conditions as the Administrator
deems to be in the interest of the United States,
including—
(A) the provision for the prepayment of the
full purchase price if mutually acceptable to the
parties;
(B) restrictions on the use of the described
land for use of the purposes set out in subsection
(a);
(C) the conditions under which the de-
scribed land or interests therein may be sold, as-
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signed, or otherwise conveyed in order to facili-
tate financing to fulfill its intended use; and
(D) the consequences in the event of default
by Columbia Hospital for failing to pay all in-
stallments payments toward the total purchase
price when due, including revision of the de-
scribed property to the United States.
(2) PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE.—Columbia
Hospital shall pay the total purchase price of
$14,000,000, plus accrued interest over the term at a
rate of 4.5 percent annually, in equal installments of
$869,000, for 29 years following the date of convey-
ance of the property and receipt of the initial install-
ment of $869,000 by the Administrator under sub-
section (c)(1). Unless the full purchase price, plus ac-
crued interest, is prepaid, the total amount paid for
the property after 30 years will be $26,070,000.
(e) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—Amounts
received by the United States as payments under this sec-
tion shall be paid into the fund established by section 210(f)
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act
of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), and may be expended by the
Administrator for real property management and related
activities not otherwise provided for, without further au-
thorization.
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(f) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The property conveyed under
subsection (a) shall revert to the United States, to-
gether with any improvements thereon—
(A) 1 year from the date on which Colum-
bia Hospital defaults in paying to the United
States an annual installment payment of
$869,000, when due; or
(B) immediately upon any attempt by Co-
lumbia Hospital to assign, sell, or convey the de-
scribed property before the United States has re-
ceived full purchase price, plus accrued interest.
The Columbia Hospital shall execute and provide to
the Administrator such written instruments and as-
surances as the Administrator may reasonably request
to protect the interests of the United States under this
subsection.
(2) RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—The
Administrator may release, upon request, any restric-
tion imposed on the use of described property for the
purposes of paragraph (1), and release any rever-
sionary interest of the United States in the property
conveyed under this subsection only upon receipt by
the United States of full payment of the purchase
price specified under subsection (d)(2).
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‘‘(4) The terms ‘Federal contractor’ and ‘Federal
employee’ mean a contractor and an employee, respec-
tively, of an Executive agency, as defined in such sec-
tion 702.’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Attest:
Secretary.