any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or
film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the
Congress itself.
SEC. 625. (a) IN GENERAL.—No later than Septem-
ber 30, 1998, the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall submit to the Congress a report that
provides—
(1) estimates of the total annual costs and ben-
efits of Federal regulatory programs, including
quantitative and nonquantitative measures of regu-
latory costs and benefits;
(2) estimates of the costs and benefits (includ-
ing quantitative and nonquantitative measures) of
each rule that is likely to have a gross annual effect
on the economy of $100,000,000 or more in in-
creased costs;
(3) an assessment of the direct and indirect im-
pacts of Federal rules on the private sector, State
and local government, and the Federal Government;
and
(4) recommendations from the Director and a
description of significant public comments to reform
or eliminate any Federal regulatory program or pro-
gram element that is inefficient, ineffective, or is not
a sound use of the Nation’s resources.
(b) Notice.—The Director shall provide public notice
and an opportunity to comment on the report under sub-
section (a) before the report is issued in final form.
SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act, may be used by an agency to provide
a Federal employee’s home address to any labor organiza-
tion except when it is made known to the Federal official
having authority to obligate or expend such funds that the
employee has authorized such disclosure or that such dis-
closure has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion.
SEC. 627. The Secretary of the Treasury is author-
ized to establish scientific certification standards for explo-
sives detection canines, and shall provide, on a reimburs-
able basis, for the certification of explosives detection ca-
nines employed by Federal agencies, or other agencies pro-
viding explosives detection services at airports in the Unit-
ed States.
SEC. 628. None of the funds made available in this
Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-
public information such as mailing or telephone lists to
any person or any organization outside of the Federal
Government without the approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 629. Notwithstanding section 611, interagency
financing is authorized to carry out the purposes of the
National Bioethics Advisory Commission.
SEC. 630. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore
authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 631. None of the funds appropriated in this or
any other Act shall be used to acquire information tech-
nologies which do not comply with part 39.106 (Year 2000
compliance) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless
an agency’s Chief Information Officer determines that
non-compliance with part 39.106 is necessary to the func-
tion and operation of the requesting agency or the acquisi-
tion is required by a signed contract with the agency in
effect before the date of enactment of this Act. Any waiver
granted by the Chief Information Officer shall be reported
to the Office of Management and Budget, and copies shall
be provided to Congress.
PERSONAL ALLOWANCE PARITY AMONG NAFTA PARTIES
SEC. 632. (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States
Trade Representative and the Secretary of the Treasury,
in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall ini-
tiate discussions with officials of the Governments of Mex-
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ico and Canada to achieve parity in the duty-free personal
allowance structure of the United States, Mexico, and
Canada.
(b) REPORT.—The United States Trade Representa-
tive and the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Con-
gress within 90 days of enactment of this Act on the
progress that is being made to correct any disparity be-
tween the United States, Mexico, and Canada with respect
to duty-free personal allowances.
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—If parity with respect to
duty-free personal allowances between the United States,
Mexico, and Canada is not achieved within 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Trade
Representative and the Secretary of the Treasury shall
submit recommendations to Congress for appropriate leg-
islation.
SEC. 633. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used for any tax-related mailing to any person if
the Social Security account number issued to any individ-
ual for purposes of section 205(c)(2)(A) of the Social Se-
curity Act is included—
(1) on the outside of such mailing; or
(2) as part of the contents of such mailing un-
less—
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(A) the contents are in an envelope (or
other appropriate wrapper) which is sealed; and
(B) such number may not be viewed with-
out opening such envelope (or wrapper).
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘tax-related mail-
ing’’ means any mailing related to the administration of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
SEC. 634. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the United States Custom Service may be used
to allow the importation into the United States of any
good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or
manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as de-
termined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury, Postal Serv-
ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 17,
1997.
Attest:
Clerk.