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preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit
multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as
provided by Executive Order Numbered 12472 (April 3,
1984).
SEC. 621. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or
any other Act, during the fiscal year ending September
30, 1996, and hereafter, any department, division, bureau,
or office may use funds appropriated by this or any other
Act to install telephone lines, and necessary equipment,
and to pay monthly charges, in any private residence or
private apartment of an employee who has been authorized
to work at home in accordance with guidelines issued by
the Office of Personnel Management: Provided, That the
head of the department, division, bureau, or office certifies
that adequate safeguards against private misuse exist, and
that the service is necessary for direct support of the agen-
cy’s mission.
SEC. 622. (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
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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 perform-
ing intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
SEC. 623. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
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this or any other Act for fiscal year 1996 shall obligate
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agency
or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to ad-
minister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure
that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and
sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are not
in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
SEC. 624. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act may be used to pay for the expenses of travel
of employees, including employees of the Executive Office
of the President, not directly responsible for the discharge
of official governmental tasks and duties: Provided, That
this restriction shall not apply to the family of the Presi-
dent, Members of Congress or their spouses, Heads of
State of a foreign country or their designee(s), persons
providing assistance to the President for official purposes,
or other individuals so designated by the President.
SEC. 625. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
President, or his designee, must certify to Congress, annu-
ally, that no person or persons with direct or indirect re-
sponsibility for administering the Executive Office of the
President’s Drug-Free Workplace Plan are themselves
subject to a program of individual random drug testing.
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SEC. 626. (a) Beginning in fiscal year 1996 and
thereafter, for each Federal agency, except the Depart-
ment of Defense (which has separate authority), an
amount equal to 50 percent of—
(1) the amount of each utility rebate received
by the agency for energy efficiency and water con-
servation measures, which the agency has imple-
mented; and
(2) the amount of the agency’s share of the
measured energy savings resulting from energy-sav-
ings performance contracts
may be retained and credited to accounts that fund energy
and water conservation activities at the agency’s facilities,
and shall remain available until expended for additional
specific energy efficiency or water conservation projects or
activities, including improvements and retrofits, facility
surveys, additional or improved utility metering, and em-
ployee training and awareness programs, as authorized by
section 152(f) of the Energy Policy Act (Public Law 102–
486).
(b) The remaining 50 percent of each rebate, and the
remaining 50 percent of the amount of the agency’s share
of savings from energy-savings performance contracts,
shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury
at the end of the fiscal year in which received.
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SEC. 627. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, there is hereby established a Commission which shall
be known as the ‘‘Commission on Federal Mandates’’
(hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’): Provided,
That the Commission shall be composed of nine Members
appointed from individuals who possess extensive leader-
ship experience in and knowledge of State, local, and tribal
governments and intergovernmental relations, including
State and local elected officials, as follows: (1) three Mem-
bers appointed by the Speaker of the House of Represent-
atives, in consultation with the minority leader of the
House of Representatives; (2) three Members appointed
by the majority leader of the Senate, in consultation with
the minority leader of the Senate: and (3) three Members
appointed by the President: Provided further, That ap-
pointments may be made under this section without re-
gard to section 5311(b) of title 5, United States Code:
Provided further, That in general, each member of the
Commission shall be appointed for the life of the Commis-
sion and a vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in
the manner in which the original appointment was made:
Provided further, That (1) Members of the Commission
shall serve without pay; (2) Members of the Commission
who are full-time officers or employees of the United
States may not receive additional pay, allowances or bene-
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fits by reason of their service on the Commission; and (3)
Each Member of the Commission may receive travel ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in ac-
cordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United
States Code: Provided further, That the Commission shall
convene its first meeting by not later than 15 days after
the date of the completion of appointment of the Members
of the Commission: Provided further, That the Commission
shall report on Federal mandates as specified in sections
302 (a), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of Public Law 104–4: Pro-
vided further, That the Commission shall have all authori-
ties specified under section 303 of Public Law 104–4: Pro-
vided further, That the term ‘‘Federal mandate’’ shall have
the same meaning as specified in section 305 of Public
Law 104–4, notwithstanding sections 3 and 4 of that law:
Provided further, That the Commission shall terminate 90
days after making the final report identified above.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury, Postal Serv-
ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
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