H. R. 2490
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Serv-
ice, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies,
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the Treasury Department, the
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President,
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex;
hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and
improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for
the performance of official business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for
official travel expenses; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended
under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be
accounted for solely on his certificate, $134,034,000.
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data processing
equipment, software, and services for the Department of the
Treasury, $43,961,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and in
amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Depart-
ment’s offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further,
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other
transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supplement
the Internal Revenue Service appropriations for Information Sys-
tems.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel expenses,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed
$100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to
be allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury, $30,716,000.
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for
Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replace-
ment only for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles
(31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax
Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses;
and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of
the Inspector General for Tax Administration, $112,207,000.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury
Building and Annex, $23,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel expenses
of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend meetings con-
cerned with financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and
financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law
enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $27,818,000,
of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2002: Provided, That funds appropriated in this
account may be used to procure personal services contracts.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
(1) As authorized by section 190001(e), $119,000,000; of
which $27,920,000 shall be available to the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms, including $3,000,000 for administering
the Gang Resistance Education and Training program; of which
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$4,200,000 shall be available to the United States Secret Service
for forensic and related support of investigations of missing
and exploited children, of which $2,200,000 shall be available
as a grant for activities related to the investigations of exploited
children and shall remain available until expended; of which
$61,000,000 shall be available for the United States Customs
Service; of which $1,863,000 shall be available for the Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network; of which $9,200,000 shall be
available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center;
and of which $14,817,000 shall be available for Interagency
Crime and Drug Enforcement.
(2) As authorized by section 32401, $13,000,000 to the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for disbursement
through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to local
governments for Gang Resistance Education and Training: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding sections 32401 and 310001, such
funds shall be allocated to State and local law enforcement
and prevention organizations.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury,
including materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement
basic training; purchase (not to exceed 52 for police-type use, with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation) and hire of
passenger motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and
related activities; uniforms without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and
participating in firearms matches and presentation of awards; for
public awareness and enhancing community support of law enforce-
ment training; not to exceed $9,500 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; room and board for student interns; and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $84,027,000, of which
up to $16,511,000 for materials and support costs of Federal law
enforcement basic training shall remain available until September
30, 2002: Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept and
use gifts of property, both real and personal, and to accept services,
for authorized purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic
value which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the
Center to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic
training program at the Center during the previous fiscal year,
which shall be funded only by gifts received through the Center’s
gift authority: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, students attending training at any Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center site shall reside in on-Center or
Center-provided housing, insofar as available and in accordance
with Center policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Director,
for the following: training United States Postal Service law enforce-
ment personnel and Postal police officers; State and local govern-
ment law enforcement training on a space-available basis; training
of foreign law enforcement officials on a space-available basis with
reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation, except that
reimbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law enforcement
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training activities in foreign countries undertaken pursuant to sec-
tion 801 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
of 1996, Public Law 104–32; training of private sector security
officials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of actual
costs to this appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal
personnel to attend course development meetings and training spon-
sored by the Center: Provided further, That the Center is authorized
to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies
receiving training sponsored by the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, except that total obligations at the end of the
fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available
at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide training
for the Gang Resistance Education and Training program to Federal
and non-Federal personnel at any facility in partnership with the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided further, That
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to
provide short-term medical services for students undergoing
training at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED
EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center,
for acquisition of necessary additional real property and facilities,
and for ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, and related
expenses, $21,611,000, to remain available until expended.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary for the detection and investigation of
individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking, including
cooperative efforts with State and local law enforcement,
$61,083,000, of which $7,827,000 shall remain available until
expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service,
$201,320,000, of which not to exceed $10,635,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2002, for information systems mod-
ernization initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed 812 vehicles for
police-type use, of which 650 shall be for replacement only, and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; services of expert
witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director;
for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees
where an assignment to the National Response Team during the