IIA
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3756
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 18, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
AN ACT
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, 1997, and for other
purposes.
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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
Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,
the Executive Office of the President, and certain Inde-
pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997, 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 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; $108,447,000: Provided, That up to
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$500,000 shall be made available to implement section
528 of this Act.
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, $27,100,000, of which
$15,000,000 shall be available to the United States Cus-
toms Service for the Automated Commercial Environment
project, and of which $5,600,000 shall be available to the
United States Customs Service for the International
Trade Data System: Provided, That these funds shall re-
main 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, 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 shall be used
to support or supplement Internal Revenue Service appro-
priations for Information Systems and Tax Systems Mod-
ernization: Provided further, That none of the funds avail-
able for the Automated Commercial Environment or the
International Trade Data System may be obligated with-
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out the advance approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
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 allo-
cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury; $29,319,000.
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Professional
Responsibility, including purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles, up to $3,000,000, to be derived through
transfer from the United States Customs Service, salaries
and expenses appropriation: Provided, That none of the
funds shall be obligated without the advance approval of
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
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TREASURY BUILDINGS AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms National Laboratory Center and the
Fire Investigation Research and Development Center, and
the Rowley Secret Service Training Center, $22,892,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms National
Laboratory Center and the Fire Investigation Research
and Development Center and the Rowley Secret Service
Training Center shall not be available until a prospectus
authorizing such facilities is approved by the House Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Provided
further, That funds previously made available under this
title for the Secret Service Headquarter’s building shall
be transferred to the Secret Service Acquisition, Construc-
tion, Improvement and Related Expenses appropriation.
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-
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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;
$22,387,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Director of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network may procure up to $500,000 in spe-
cialized, unique, or novel automatic data processing equip-
ment, ancillary equipment, software, services, and related
resources from commercial vendors without regard to oth-
erwise applicable procurement laws and regulations and
without full and open competition, utilizing procedures
best suited under the circumstances of the procurement
to efficiently fulfill the agency’s requirements: Provided
further, That funds appropriated in this account may be
used to procure personal services contracts.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Forfeiture
Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to
exceed $7,500,000 shall be made available for the develop-
ment of a Federal wireless communication system, to be
derived from deposits in the Fund: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to receive all un-
available collections transferred from the Special Forfeit-
ure Fund established by section 6073 of the Anti-Drug
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Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1509) by the Director of
the Office of Drug Control Policy as a deposit into the
Treasury Forfeiture Fund (31 U.S.C. 9703(a)).
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), $89,800,000,
of which $15,005,000 shall be available to the United
States Customs Service; of which $47,624,000 shall be
available to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
of which $2,500,000 shall be available for administering
the Gang Resistance Education and Training program, of
which $3,662,000 shall be available for ballistics tech-
nologies, and of which $41,462,000 shall be available to
enhance training and purchase equipment and services; of
which $5,971,000 shall be available to the Secretary as
authorized by section 732 of Public Law 104–132; of
which $1,000,000 shall be available to the Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network; of which $20,200,000 shall
be available to the United States Secret Service, of which
no less than $1,000,000 shall be available for a grant for
activities related to the investigations of missing and ex-
ploited children.
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(b) As authorized by section 32401, $7,200,000, for
disbursement 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
only to the affected State and local law enforcement and
prevention organizations participating in such projects.
TREASURY FRANCHISE FUND
There is hereby established in the Treasury a fran-
chise fund pilot, as authorized by section 403 of Public
Law 103–356, to be available as provided in such section
for expenses and equipment necessary for the maintenance
and operation of such financial and administrative support
services as the Secretary determines may be performed
more advantageously as central services: Provided, That
any inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to
the services to be provided by such fund, either on hand
or on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obliga-
tions, and any appropriations made for the purpose of pro-
viding capital, shall be used to capitalize such fund: Pro-
vided further, That such fund shall be reimbursed or cred-
ited with the payments, including advanced payments,
from applicable appropriations and funds available to the
Department and other Federal agencies for which such ad-
ministrative and financial services are performed, at rates
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which will recover all expenses of operation, including ac-
crued leave, depreciation of fund plant and equipment,
amortization of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) soft-
ware and systems, and an amount necessary to maintain
a reasonable operating reserve, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That such fund shall provide
services on a competitive basis: Provided further, That an
amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total annual income
to such fund may be retained in the fund for fiscal year
1997 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available
until expended, to be used for the acquisition of capital
equipment and for the improvement and implementation
of Treasury financial management, ADP, and other sup-
port systems: Provided further, That no later than 30 days
after the end of each fiscal year, amounts in excess of this
reserve limitation shall be deposited as miscellaneous re-
ceipts in the Treasury: Provided further, That such fran-
chise fund pilot shall terminate pursuant to section 403(f)
of Public Law 103–356.
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
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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; $51,681,000, of which
$9,423,000 for materials and support costs of Federal law
enforcement basic training shall remain available until
September 30, 1999: Provided, That the Center is author-
ized to accept and use gifts of property, both real and per-
sonal, and to accept services, for authorized purposes, in-
cluding funding of a gift of intrinsic value which shall be
awarded annually by the Director of the Center to the out-
standing student who graduated from a basic training pro-
gram 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 re-
side in on-Center or Center-provided housing, insofar as
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available and in accordance with Center policy: Provided
further, That funds appropriated in this account shall be
available for training United States Postal Service law en-
forcement personnel and Postal police officers, at the dis-
cretion of the Director; State and local government 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 appropria-
tion; 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 person-
nel to attend course development meetings and training
at the Center: Provided further, That the Center is author-
ized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements
from agencies receiving training at the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center, except that total obligations
at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budg-
etary resources available at the end of the fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing 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
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real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,
facility improvements, and related expenses, $18,884,000,
to remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, 
$191,799,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$14,277,000 shall remain available until expended for sys-
tems modernization initiatives. In addition, $90,000, to be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to reim-
burse the Service for administrative and personnel ex-
penses for financial management of the Fund, as author-
ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380: Provided,
That none of the funds made available for systems mod-
ernization initiatives may not be obligated until the Com-
missioner of the Financial Management Service has sub-
mitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate have approved, a report that identifies,
evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture plan.
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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; and serv-
ices of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Director; for payment of per diem and/or
subsistence 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 $12,500 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; for training of
State and local law enforcement agencies with or without
reimbursement, including training in connection with the
training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; provision of laboratory assistance to
State and local agencies, with or without reimbursement;
$389,982,000, of which $12,011,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be available for arson investigations,
with priority assigned to any arson involving religious in-
stitutions; which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18
U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of which $1,000,000 shall be avail-
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able for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment,
or aircraft available for official use by a State or local law
enforcement agency if the conveyance will be used in drug-
related joint law enforcement 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 offi-
cers that are incurred in joint operations with the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no
funds made available by this or any other Act may be used
to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies
or Departments in the fiscal year ending on September
30, 1997: Provided further, That no funds appropriated
herein shall be available for salaries or administrative ex-
penses in connection with consolidating or centralizing,
within the Department of the Treasury, the records, or
any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of fire-
arms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Provided
further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used
to pay administrative 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 definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR
178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication
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5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be
available to investigate or act upon applications for relief
from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c)
and the inability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms to process or act upon such applications for fel-
ons convicted of a violent crime, firearms violations, or
drug-related crimes shall not be subject to judicial review:
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to in-
vestigate and act upon applications filed by corporations
for relief from Federal firearms 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
State or local authorities who have obtained similar equip-
ment through a Federal grant or subsidy: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
aircraft owned and operated by the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms shall be transferred to the United
States Customs Service: Provided further, That no funds
under this heading shall be available to conduct a reduc-
tion in force: Provided further, That no funds available for
separation incentive payments as authorized by section
525 of this Act may be obligated without the advance ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may
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be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pur-
suant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal
identification code.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase of up to 1,000 motor vehicles
of which 960 are for replacement only, including 990 for
police-type use and commercial operations; hire of motor
vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal services
abroad; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and awards of compensation to
informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the
United States Customs Service; $1,489,224,000 (in-
creased by $500,000) (reduced by $500,000) (reduced by
$2,000,000); of which $65,000,000 shall be available until
expended for Operation Hardline; of which $28,000,000
shall be available until expended for expenses associated
with Operation Gateway; of which up to $3,000,000 shall
be available for transfer to the Office of Professional Re-
sponsibility; and 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 Rec-
onciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)),
shall be derived from that Account; of the total, not to
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exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental
space in connection with preclearance operations, and not
to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for
research and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available
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 the United States
Custom Service shall implement the General Aviation Tel-
ephonic Entry program within 30 days of enactment of
this Act: Provided further, That no funds under this head-
ing shall be available to conduct a reduction in force: Pro-
vided further, That no funds available for separation in-
centive payments as authorized by section 525 of this Act
may be obligated without the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Spirit of St. Louis Airport in St.
Louis County, Missouri, shall be designated a port of
entry: Provided further, that no funds under this Act may
be used to provide less than 30 days public notice for any
change in apparel regulations.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 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
Customs 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
emergency humanitarian efforts; $83,363,000, 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 1997 with-
out the prior approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
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AIR INTERDICTION PROCUREMENT
For the purchase and restoration of aircraft, marine
vessels and air surveillance equipment for the Customs air
and marine interdiction programs, $28,000,000: Provided,
That such resources shall not be available until September
30, 1997, and shall remain available until expended.
CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS
(TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)
Such sums as may be necessary for expenses for the
provision of Customs services at certain small airports or
other facilities when authorized by law and designated by
the Secretary of the Treasury, including expenditures for
the salary and expenses of individuals employed to provide
such services, to be derived from fees collected by the Sec-
retary 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
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.
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BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States; $169,735,000: Provided,
That the sum appropriated herein from the General Fund
for fiscal year 1997 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 1997 appropriation
from the General Fund estimated at $165,335,000.
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 assistance to tax-
payers, management services, and inspection; including
purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for po-
lice-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 Commis-
sioner; $1,722,985,000, 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 recep-
tion and representation expenses.
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TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
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-
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; $4,052,586,000.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS
For necessary expenses for data processing and tele-
communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac-
tivities, including tax systems modernization (modernized
developmental systems), modernized operational systems,
services and compliance, and support systems; the hire of
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may
be determined by the Commissioner; $1,077,450,000, of
which $424,500,000 shall be available for tax systems
modernization program activities: Provided, That none of
the funds made available for tax systems modernization
shall be available until the Internal Revenue Service estab-
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lishes a restructured contractual relationship with a com-
mercial sector company to manage, integrate, test, and im-
plement all portions of the tax systems modernization pro-
gram, except that funds up to $59,100,000 may be used
to support a Government Program Management Office,
not to exceed a total staffing of 50 individuals, and other
necessary Program Management activities: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available for tax sys-
tems modernization may be used by the Internal Revenue
Service to carry out activities associated with the develop-
ment of a request for proposal and contract award, except
that funds shall be available for the sharing of data and
information and general oversight of the process by the
Associate Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service
for Modernization, and such funds as may be necessary
shall be transferred to the Department of Defense which
will conduct all technical activities associated with the de-
velopment of a request for proposal and contract award:
Provided further, That none of these funds may be used
to support in excess of 150 full-time equivalent positions
in support of tax systems modernization: Provided further,
That these funds shall remain available until September
30, 1999.
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
Tax Systems Modernization in Public Law 104–52,
$100,000,000 are rescinded, in Public Law 103–329,
$51,685,000 are rescinded, in Public Law 102–393,
$2,421,000 are rescinded, and in Public Law 102–141,
$20,341,000 are rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SECTION 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appro-
priation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to insure that Internal Revenue
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
SEC. 103. The funds provided in this Act for the In-
ternal Revenue Service shall be used to provide as a mini-
mum, the fiscal year 1995 level of service, staffing, and
funding for Taxpayer Services.
SEC. 104. No funds available in this Act to the Inter-
nal Revenue Service for separation incentive payments as
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authorized by section 525 of this Act may be obligated
without the advance approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall con-
tract with an independent accounting firm to determine
the revenue losses (if any) which would result from imple-
menting H.R. 2450, as introduced in the 104th Congress.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase (not to exceed 702 vehicles for
police-type use, of which 665 shall be for replacement
only), and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of air-
craft; training and assistance requested by State and local
governments, which may be provided without reimburse-
ment; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may
be determined by the Director; rental of buildings in the
District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths,
and other facilities on private or other property not in
Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to
perform protective functions; for payment of per diem and/
or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective
assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of
a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day
or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con-
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ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen-
tation of awards; and for travel of Secret Service employ-
ees on protective missions without regard to the limita-
tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act: Pro-
vided, That approval is obtained in advance from the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; for re-
pairs, alterations, and minor construction at the James
J. Rowley Secret Service Training Center; for research
and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral
research in support of protective research and operations;
not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical
assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga-
nizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in ad-
vance for commercial accommodations as may be nec-
essary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the current fiscal year: Provided further, That 3 U.S.C.
203(a) is amended by deleting ‘‘but not exceeding twelve
hundred in number’’; $528,368,000, of which $1,200,000
shall be available as a grant for activities related to the
investigations of missing and exploited children: Provided
further, That resources made available as a grant for ac-
tivities related to the investigations of missing and ex-
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ploited children shall not be available until September 30,
1997, and shall remain available until expended.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $31,298,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That funds pre-
viously provided under the title, ‘‘Treasury Buildings and
Annex Repair and Restoration,’’ for the Secret Service’s
Headquarters Building, shall be transferred to this ac-
count.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
SECTION 111. Any obligation or expenditure by the
Secretary in connection with law enforcement activities of
a Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law
enforcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the
Fund on September 30, 1997, shall be made in compliance
with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House
and Senate reports accompanying this Act.
SEC. 112. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart-
ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in-
cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
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countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 113. None of the funds appropriated by this
title shall be used in connection with the collection of any
underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees
of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such
collection, including any private sector employees under
contract to the Internal Revenue Service, compiles with
subsection (a) of section 805 (relating to communications
in connection with debt collection), and section 806 (relat-
ing to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692).
SEC. 114. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute policies and procedures which will safeguard the con-
fidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 115. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco-
hol Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1997 in this Act
for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration
Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to diminish
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enforcement efforts with respect to section 105 of the Fed-
eral Alcohol Administration Act.
SEC. 116. Paragraph (3)(C) of section 9703(g) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking in the third sentence ‘‘and at
the end of each fiscal year thereafter’’;
(2) by inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘1994, 1995,
and 1996’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘At the end of fiscal year 1997, and at the
end of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall
reserve any amounts that are required to be retained
in the Fund to ensure the availability of amounts in
the subsequent fiscal year for purposes authorized
under subsection (a).’’
SEC. 117. Of the funds available to the Internal Reve-
nue Service, $13,000,000 shall be made available to con-
tinue the private sector debt collection program which was
initiated in fiscal year 1996 and $13,000,000 shall be
transferred to the Departmental Offices appropriation to
initiate a new private sector debt collection program: Pro-
vided, That the transfer provided herein shall be in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority contained in this Act.
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PRIORITY
PLACEMENT, JOB
PLACEMENT, RETRAINING,
AND
COUNSELING
PROGRAMS
FOR
U.S. TREASURY
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY A REDUC-
TION IN FORCE
SEC. 118. (a) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) For the purposes of this section, the term
‘‘agency’’ means the United States Department of
the Treasury.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the term
‘‘eligible employee’’ means any employee of the agen-
cy who—
(A) is scheduled to be separated from serv-
ice due to a reduction in force under—
(i) regulations prescribed under sec-
tion 3502 of title 5, United States Code; or
(ii) procedures established under sec-
tion 3595 of title 5, United States Code; or
(B) is separated from service due to such
a reduction in force, but does not include—
(i) an employee separated from service
for cause on charges of misconduct or de-
linquency; or
(ii) an employee who, at the time of
separation, meets the age and service re-
quirements for an immediate annuity
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under subchapter III of chapter 83 or
chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) PRIORITY PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—Not later
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the U.S. Department of the Treasury shall establish a pri-
ority placement program for eligible employees.
(c) The priority placement program established under
subsection (b) shall include provisions under which a va-
cant position shall not be filled by the appointment or
transfer of any individual from outside of the agency if—
(1) there is then available any eligible employee
who applies for the position within 30 days of the
agency issuing a job announcement and is qualified
(or can be trained or retrained to become qualified
within 90 days of assuming the position) for the po-
sition; and
(2) the position is within the same commuting
area as the eligible employee’s last-held position or
residence.
(d) JOB PLACEMENT AND COUNSELING SERVICES.—
The head of the agency may establish a program to pro-
vide job placement and counseling services to eligible em-
ployees and their families.
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(1) TYPES
OF
SERVICES.—A program estab-
lished under subsection (d) may include, is not lim-
ited to, such services as—
(A) career and personal counseling;
(B) training and job search skills; and
(C) job placement assistance, including as-
sistance provided through cooperative arrange-
ments with State and local employment services
offices.
(e) REFERRAL OF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES TO PRI-
VATE SECTOR CONTRACTORS.—Any contract related to
the Internal Revenue Services’ Tax Systems Moderniza-
tion program shall contain a provision requiring that the
contractor, in hiring employees for the performance of the
contract, shall obtain referrals of eligible employees, who
consent to such referral, from the priority placement or
job placement programs established under this section.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE 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
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States Code, $85,080,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
vided 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 enforcement
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local
program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
tion requested or provided concerning an address 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, 1997.
TITLE 
III—EXECUTIVE 
OFFICE 
OF 
THE
PRESIDENT 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
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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
considered as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized 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;
including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C.
105, which shall be expended and accounted for as pro-
vided 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 expenses, to be available for allo-
cation within the Executive Office of the President;
$40,193,000: Provided, That $420,000 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have ap-
proved, a report that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes
all computer systems investments planned for fiscal year
1997, a milestone schedule for the development and imple-
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mentation of all projects included in the systems invest-
ment plan, and a systems architecture plan.
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, $7,827,000, to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 112–114.
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
specially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; $3,280,000: Provided,
That $150,000 of the funds appropriated may not be obli-
gated until the Director of the Office of Administration
has submitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of
the House and Senate have approved, a report that identi-
fies, evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
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ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture plan.
OPERATING EXPENSES
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
official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to
be accounted for solely on his certificate; $324,000: Pro-
vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this
appropriation may be made to any department or agency
for expenses of carrying out such activities: Provided fur-
ther, That $8,000 of the funds appropriated may not be
obligated until the Director of the Office of Administration
has submitted for approval to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate a report that identifies,
evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture plan.
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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), $3,439,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel-
opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, and 3 U.S.C. 107; $3,867,000: Provided, That
$45,000 of the funds appropriated may not be obligated
until the Director of the Office of Administration has sub-
mitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate have approved, a report that identifies,
evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture plan.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $6,648,000: Provided, That $3,000 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
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Office of Administration has submitted, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have ap-
proved, a report that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes
all computer systems investments planned for fiscal year
1997, a milestone schedule for the development and imple-
mentation of all projects included in the systems invest-
ment plan, and a systems architecture plan.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, $26,100,000, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles: Provided, That $340,700 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have ap-
proved, a report that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes
all computer systems investments planned for fiscal year
1997, a milestone schedule for the development and imple-
mentation of all projects included in the systems invest-
ment plan, and a systems architecture plan.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $55,573,000, of
which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry
out the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35: Provided,
That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations
shall be applied only to the objects for which appropria-
tions were made except as otherwise provided by law: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this
Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be
used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural market-
ing orders or any activities or regulations under the provi-
sions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 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 witnesses, except
for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and
Budget, before the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations or the House and Senate Committees on Vet-
erans’ Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further,
That this proviso shall not apply to printed hearings re-
leased by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations or the House and Senate Committees on Veter-
ans’ Affairs.