Union Calendar No. 136
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2378
[Report No. 105–240]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Treasury Depart-
ment, the United States Postal Service, the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President, and certain Inde-
pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
AUGUST 5, 1997
Reported from the Committee on Appropriations; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 136
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2378
[Report No. 105–240]
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 5, 1997
Mr. KOLBE, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of
the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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
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fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other pur-
poses, 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 recep-
tion 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 Sec-
retary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on
his certificate; $113,410,000: Provided, That section
113(3) of the Fiscal Year 1997 Department of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, Public Law 104–208 (110 Stat.
3009–22) is amended by striking ‘‘12 months’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘2 years’’: Provided further, That
$200,000 are provided to conduct a comprehensive study
of gambling’s effects on bankruptcies in the United States.
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OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Professional
Responsibility, including purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $1,500,000: Provided, That the Under
Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement shall task the Of-
fice of Professional Responsibility to conduct a com-
prehensive review of integrity issues and other matters re-
lated to the vulnerability of the U.S. Customs Service to
corruption, to include examination of charges of profes-
sional misconduct and corruption as well as analysis of
the efficacy of departmental and bureau internal affairs
systems.
AUTOMATION ENHANCEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the development and acquisition of automatic
data processing equipment, software, and services for the
Department of the Treasury, $25,989,000, of which
$11,500,000 shall be available to the United States Cus-
toms Service for the Automated Commercial Environment
project, of which $5,600,000 shall be available to Depart-
mental Offices for the International Trade Data System,
and of which $8,789,000 shall be available to Depart-
mental Offices to modernize its information technology in-
frastructure and for business solution software: Provided,
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That these funds shall remain available until September
30, 1999: Provided further, That these funds shall be
transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to
satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support
or supplement Internal Revenue Service appropriations for
Information Systems: Provided further, That of the
$27,000,000 provided under this heading in Public Law
104–208, $12,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated for the International Trade Data System
may be obligated until the Department has submitted a
report on their system development plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the
$11,500,000 appropriated for the Automated Commercial
Environment may be obligated until the systems architec-
ture plan has been reviewed by the General Accounting
Office and approved by the Committees on Appropriations.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
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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 allo-
cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury; $30,927,000, of which $26,034
shall be transferred to the ‘‘Departmental Offices’’ appro-
priation for the reimbursement of Secret Service personnel
in accordance with section 117 of this Act.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $6,484,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1999.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement
personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement;
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$22,835,000: Provided, That funds appropriated in this
account may be used to procure personal service 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:
(a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $88,000,000;
of which $21,528,000 shall be available to the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, including $3,000,000 for
administering the Gang Resistance Education and Train-
ing program, $6,000,000 for firearms trafficking initia-
tives (including the Youth Crime Gun Initiative, Project
LEAD, and the National Tracing Center), $5,458,000 for
increased explosives inspections, $462,000 for laboratory
and investigative supplies, $5,000,000 for vehicles and
laboratory, communication, and information technology
equipment, and $1,608,000 for collection of information
on arson and explosives; of which $1,000,000 shall be
available to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network;
of which $16,837,000 shall be available to the United
States Secret Service, including $9,323,000 for expenses
related to White House Security, $5,000,000 for investiga-
tions of counterfeiting, and $2,514,000 for forensic sup-
port of investigations of missing and exploited children,
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of which $514,000 shall be available as a grant on Sep-
tember 30, 1998, for activities related to the investigations
of exploited children and shall remain available until ex-
pended; of which $43,635,000 shall be available for the
United States Customs Service, including $15,000,000 for
high energy container x-ray systems and automated
targeting systems, $4,000,000 for redeploying agents and
inspectors to high threat drug zones, $5,735,000 for lab-
oratory modernization, $10,000,000 for vehicle replace-
ment, $7,800,000 for automated license plate readers, and
$1,100,000 for construction of canopies for inspection of
outbound vehicles along the Southwest border; and of
which $5,000,000 shall be available to the Counterdrug
Technology Assessment Center for a program to transfer
technology to State and local law enforcement agencies.
(b) As authorized by section 32401, $8,000,000 to
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for dis-
bursement through grants, cooperative agreements, or
contracts to local governments for Gang Resistance Edu-
cation and Training: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tions 32401 and 310001, such funds shall be allocated to
State and local law enforcement and prevention organiza-
tions.
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(c) As authorized by section 180103, $1,000,000 to
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for special-
ized training for rural law enforcement officers.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment 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, without regard to the gen-
eral purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and relat-
ed activities; uniforms without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches and pres-
entation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing
community support of law enforcement training; not to ex-
ceed $9,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $64,663,000, of which
up to $13,034,000 for materials and support costs of Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training shall remain available
until September 30, 2000: Provided, That the Center is
authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both real
and personal, and to accept services, for authorized pur-
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poses, 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 not-
withstanding any other provision of law, students attend-
ing 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 Cen-
ter policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Di-
rector, for: training United States Postal Service law en-
forcement personnel and Postal police officers; State and
local government law enforcement training on a space-
available basis; training of foreign law enforcement offi-
cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac-
tual costs to this appropriation; training of private sector
security officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation; and travel ex-
penses of non-Federal personnel to attend course develop-
ment meetings and training at the Center: Provided fur-
ther, That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in
anticipation of reimbursements from agencies receiving
training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
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ter, 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 short term medical services for students under-
going 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, $32,548,000,
to remain available until expended.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary for the detection and inves-
tigation of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, including cooperative efforts with State and
local law enforcement, $73,794,000, of which $7,827,000
shall remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, 
$199,675,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$13,235,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2000 for information systems modernization initiatives:
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Provided, That beginning in fiscal year 1998 and there-
after, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse Federal Reserve banks in their capac-
ity as depositaries and fiscal agents for the United States
for all services required or directed by the Secretary of
the Treasury to be performed by such banks on behalf
of the Treasury or other Federal agencies.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed
650 vehicles for police-type use 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 subsist-
ence allowances to employees where an assignment to the
National Response Team during the investigation of a
bombing or arson incident requires an employee to work
16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight at his
or her post of duty; not to exceed $15,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; for training of State
and local law enforcement agencies with or without reim-
bursement, including training in connection with the train-
ing and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; and provision of laboratory assist-
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ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim-
bursement; $477,649,000; of which not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attor-
neys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of
which $1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of
any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for of-
ficial use by a State or local law enforcement agency if
the conveyance will be used in drug-related joint law en-
forcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms and for the payment of overtime salaries,
travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar costs
of State and local law enforcement officers that are in-
curred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the
functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies or Departments
in the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1998: Provided
further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for salaries or administrative expenses in connection
with consolidating or centralizing, within the Department
of the Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of
acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by Fed-
eral firearms licensees: Provided further, That no funds
appropriated herein shall be used to pay administrative
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expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee
of the United States to implement an amendment or
amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the defini-
tion of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove
any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on
January 1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act
upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabil-
ities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such
funds shall be available to investigate and act upon appli-
cations filed by corporations for relief from Federal fire-
arms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further,
That no funds in this Act may be used to provide ballistics
imaging equipment to any State or local authority who
has obtained similar equipment through a Federal grant
or subsidy unless the State or local authority agrees to
return that equipment or to repay that grant or subsidy
to the Federal Government: Provided further, That no
funds under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve
information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by
name or any personal identification code.
LABORATORY FACILITIES
For necessary expenses for construction of a new fa-
cility or facilities to house the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms National Laboratory Center and the Fire
Investigation Research and Development Center, not to
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exceed 185,000 occupiable square feet, to remain available
until expended $55,022,000: Provided, That these funds
shall not be available until a prospectus of authorization
for the Laboratory Facilities is approved by the House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
vehicles for police-type use and commercial operations;
hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for per-
sonal services abroad; not to exceed $30,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; and awards of com-
pensation to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced
by the United States Customs Service; $1,526,078,000,
of which such sums as become available in the Customs
User Fee Account, except sums subject to section
13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation
Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be
derived from that Account; of the total, not to exceed
$150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space
in connection with preclearance operations, and not to ex-
ceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for re-
search and not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available
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until expended for conducting special operations pursuant
to 19 U.S.C. 2081 and up to $6,000,000 shall be available
until expended for the procurement of automation infra-
structure items, including hardware, software, and instal-
lation: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the fiscal year aggregate over-
time limitation prescribed in subsection 5(c)(1) of the Act
of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall be
$30,000.
OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR
AND MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air-
craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine
Programs, including operational training and mission-re-
lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by
the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include the interdiction of
narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to Cus-
toms and other Federal, State, and local agencies in the
enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the
Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the Commis-
sioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal,
State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and
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emergency humanitarian efforts; $97,258,000, which shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That no air-
craft or other related equipment, with the exception of air-
craft which is one of a kind and has been identified as
excess to Customs requirements and aircraft which has
been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any
other Federal agency, Department, or office outside of the
Department of the Treasury, during fiscal year 1998 with-
out the prior approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS
(TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)
Beginning in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, such
sums as may be necessary for expenses for the provision
of Customs services at certain small airports or other fa-
cilities when authorized by law and designated by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, including expenditures for the sal-
ary and expenses of individuals employed to provide such
services, to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary
pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98–573 for each
of these airports or other facilities when authorized by law
and designated by the Secretary, and to remain available
until expended.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
For administrative expenses related to the collection
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law
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103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and
merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac-
count for such purposes.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States, $173,826,000, of which
$2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2000 for information systems modernization initiatives:
Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from the Gen-
eral Fund for fiscal year 1998 shall be reduced by not
more than $4,400,000 as definitive security issue fees and
Treasury Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are
collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1998 appro-
priation 
from 
the 
General 
Fund 
estimated 
at
$169,426,000, and in addition, $20,000, to be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the
Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for fi-
nancial management of the Fund, as authorized by section
102 of Public Law 101–380: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provisions of law, effective upon
enactment, the Bureau of the Public Debt shall be fully
and directly reimbursed by the funds described in Public
Law 101–136, title I, section 104, 103 Stat. 789 for costs
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and services performed by the Bureau in the administra-
tion of such funds.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, not otherwise provided for; including processing tax
returns; revenue accounting; providing tax law and ac-
count assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor-
respondence; matching information returns and tax re-
turns; management services; rent and utilities; and inspec-
tion; 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)); and services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined
by the Commissioner; $2,915,100,000, of which up to
$3,700,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly
Program, and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for
official reception and representation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and
enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em-
ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col-
lecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income and compli-
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ance research; the purchase (for police-type use, not to
exceed 850), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31
U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner, $3,108,300,000: Provided, That of the funds made
available under this heading in Public Law 104–208,
$10,000,000 are rescinded and in Public Law 104–52,
$4,500,000 are rescinded.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses for data processing and tele-
communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac-
tivities, including developmental information systems and
operational information systems; the hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $1,292,500,000, which shall
be available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That
under the heading ‘‘Information Systems’’ in Public Law
104–208 (110 Stat. 3009), the following is deleted: ‘‘of
which no less than $130,075,000 shall be available for Tax
Systems Modernization (TSM) development and deploy-
ment’’.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
For necessary expenses for the capital asset acquisi-
tion of information technology systems, including manage-
ment and related contractual costs of said acquisition, in-