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to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave
system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under
section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli-
gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor-
tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official
duties.
SEC. 634. None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year may be
used for any system to implement section 922(t) of title
18, United States Code, unless the system allows, in con-
nection with a person’s delivery of a firearm to a Federal
firearms licensee as collateral for a loan, the background
check to be performed at the time the collateral is offered
for delivery to such licensee: Provided, That the licensee
notifies local law enforcement within 48 hours of the li-
censee receiving a denial on the person offering the collat-
eral: Provided further, That the provisions of section
922(t) shall apply at the time of the redemption of the
firearm.
SEC. 635. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage.
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(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract
with—
(1) any of the following religious plans:
(A) Providence Health Plan;
(B) Personal Care’s HMO;
(C) Care Choices;
(D) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and
(E) Yellowstone Community Health Plan;
and
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of
religious beliefs.
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the
individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
SEC. 636. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year
2000 by this or any other Act to any department or agen-
cy, which is a member of the Joint Financial Management
Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be available to fi-
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nance an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative
costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed a
total of $800,000 including the salary of the Executive
Director and staff support.
SEC. 637. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 610 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to the
‘‘Policy and Operations’’ account, General Services Ad-
ministration, with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for
fiscal year 2000 by this or any other Act, including rebates
from charge card and other contracts. These funds shall
be administered by the Administrator of General Services
to support Government-wide financial, information tech-
nology, procurement, and other management innovations,
initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation
with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the
Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council
and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro-
gram for financial management initiatives and the Chief
Information Officers Council for information technology
initiatives). The total funds transferred shall not exceed
$7,000,000. Such transfers may only be made 15 days fol-
lowing notification of the House and Senate Committees
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on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT
SEC. 638. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(c)(1) There shall be within the Executive Office of
the President a Chief Financial Officer, who shall be des-
ignated or appointed by the President from among individ-
uals meeting the standards described in subsection (a)(3).
The position of Chief Financial Officer established under
this paragraph may be so established in any Office (in-
cluding the Office of Administrator) of the Executive
Office of the President.
‘‘(2) The Chief Financial Officer designated or ap-
pointed under this subsection shall, to the extent that the
President determines appropriate and in the interest of
the United States, have the same authority and perform
the same functions as apply in the case of a Chief Finan-
cial Officer of an agency described in subsection (b).
‘‘(3) The President shall submit to Congress notifica-
tion with respect to any provision of section 902 that the
President determines shall not apply to a Chief Financial
Officer designated or appointed under this subsection.
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‘‘(4) The President may designate an employee of the
Executive Office of the President (other than the Chief
Financial Officer), who shall be deemed ‘the head of the
agency’ for purposes of carrying out section 902, with re-
spect to the Executive Office of the President.’’.
(b) PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall communicate in writing, to the Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives, Chairman of the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives, and the Chairman of the
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a plan
for implementation of the provisions of, and amendments
made by this section.
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The Chief Fi-
nancial Officer designated or appointed under section
901(c) of title 31, United States Code (as added by sub-
section (a)), shall be so designated or appointed not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) PAY.—The Chief Financial Officer designated or
appointed under such section shall receive basic pay at the
rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
(e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—(1) The President
may transfer such offices, functions, powers, or duties
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thereof, as the President determines are properly related
to the functions of the Chief Financial Officer under sec-
tion 901(c) of title 31, United States Code (as added by
subsection (a)).
(2) The personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, prop-
erty, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations,
authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed,
held, used, arising from, available or to be made available,
of any office the functions, powers, or duties of which are
transferred under paragraph (1) shall also be so trans-
ferred.
(f) SEPARATE BUDGET REQUEST.—Section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after paragraph (30) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(31) a separate statement of the amount of
appropriations requested for the Chief Financial Of-
ficer in the Executive Office of the President.’’.
(g) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
Section 503(a) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘respectively.’’
and inserting ‘‘respectively (excluding any officer
designated or appointed under section 901(c)).’’; and