Calendar No. 510
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3756
[Report No. 104–330]
AN ACT
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, 1997, and for other purposes.
JULY 23, 1996
Reported with amendments
II
Calendar No. 510
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3756
[Report No. 104–330]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 18, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
JULY 23, 1996
Reported by Mr. SHELBY, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
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.
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-
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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 $111,348,000: Provided, That
up to $500,000 shall be made available to implement sec-
tion 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
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$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 Departmental offices for
the International Trade Data System: Provided, That
these funds shall remain available until September 30,
1999: Provided further, That these funds shall be trans-
ferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy
the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus,
and other organizations: Provided further, That this trans-
fer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none
of the funds shall be used to support or supplement Inter-
nal Revenue Service appropriations for Information Sys-
tems and Tax Systems Modernization:–Provided further,
That none of the funds available for the Automated Com-
mercial Environment or the International Trade Data
System may be obligated without the advance approval of
the House and Senate Committees 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
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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 $30,153,000.
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.
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
$43,684,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That funds for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
arms National Laboratory Center and the Fire Investiga-
tion Research and Development Center and the Rowley
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Secret Service Training Center shall not be available until
a prospectus authorizing such facilities is approved by the
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure:
Provided further, That funds previously made available
under this title for the Secret Service Headquarter’s build-
ing shall be transferred to the Secret Service Acquisition,
Construction, Improvement and Related Expenses appro-
priation.
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;
$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
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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 For necessary expenses
of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as authorized by Public
Law 102–393, not to exceed $10,000,000, to be derived from
deposits in the fund: Provided, That the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized to receive all unavailable collections
transferred from the Special Forfeiture Fund established
by section 6073 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21
U.S.C. 1509) by the Director of the Office of Drug Con-
trol 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:
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(a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $89,800,000
$112,000,000, of which $15,005,000 $38,900,000 shall be
available to the United States Customs Service; of which
$47,624,000 $31,450,000 shall be available to the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, of which $2,500,000
$3,000,000 shall be available for administering the Gang
Resistance Education and Training program, of which
$3,662,000 $4,150,000 shall be available for ballistics tech-
nologies, including the purchase, maintenance and upgrad-
ing of equipment and of which $41,462,000 $29,500,000
shall be available to enhance training and purchase equip-
ment 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 $24,500,000 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 exploited children; of which
$3,150,000 shall be available to the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center until expended; and of which
$13,000,000 shall be available to the Federal Drug Control
Programs, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program
only if additional areas are designated and consultation
has been completed with the Committees on Appropriation.
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(b) As authorized by section 32401, $7,200,000
$8,000,000, for disbursement through grants, cooperative
agreements or contracts, to local governments for Gang
Resistance Education and Training: Provided, That not-
withstanding sections 32401 and 310001, such funds shall
be allocated only to the affected State and local law en-
forcement 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-
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ministrative and financial services are performed, at rates
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
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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; $51,681,000 $52,242,000,
of which $9,423,000 $9,884,000 for materials and support
costs of Federal law enforcement basic training shall re-
main available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That
the Center is authorized to accept and use gifts of prop-
erty, both real and personal, and to accept services, for
authorized purposes, including funding of a gift of intrin-
sic 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 fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, stu-
dents attending training at any Federal Law Enforcement
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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 appro-
priated in this account shall be available for training Unit-
ed States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and
Postal police officers, at the discretion of the Director;
State and local government law enforcement training on
a space-available basis; training of foreign law enforce-
ment officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation; training of pri-
vate 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 at the Center: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated in this account shall
be available, at the discretion of the Director, for: training
United States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and
Postal police officers; State and local government law en-
forcement 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;
training of private sector security officials on a space-avail-
able basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this appro-
priation; and travel expenses of non-Federal personnel to
attend course development meetings and training at the
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Center: Provided further, That the Center is authorized to
obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from
agencies receiving training at the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, except that total obligations at the
end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary re-
sources available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided
further, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ter 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, $18,884,000
$19,884,000, to remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, $191,799,000 $196,338,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $14,277,000 shall remain available until expended for
systems modernization initiatives. In addition, $90,000, to
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to re-
imburse the Service for administrative and personnel ex-
penses for financial management of the Fund, as author-
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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.
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
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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 $395,597,000, of which $12,011,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be available for arson
investigations, with priority assigned to any arson involv-
ing arson, explosion or violence against religious institu-
tions; which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available
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-
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
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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
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
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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 and spare parts owned and operated by the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shall be trans-
ferred to the United States Customs Service:–Provided
further, That no funds under this heading shall be avail-
able to conduct a reduction 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 approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations: 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 design of a new facility or
facilities, to house the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
arms National Laboratory Center and the Fire Investiga-
tion Research and Development Center, not to exceed
185,000 occupiable square feet, $6,978,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall not
be available until a prospectus of authorization for the Lab-
oratory Facilities is approved by the House Committee on
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Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Commit-
tee on Environment and Public Works.
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 $30,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; and awards of com-
pensation to informers, as authorized by any Act en-
forced 
by 
the 
United 
States 
Customs 
Service;
$1,489,224,000 (increased 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 Responsibility $1,421,543,000; 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 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
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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 ex-
pended 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 infrastruc-
ture items, including hardware, software, and installation:
Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year:–Provided further, That the United States Cus-
tom Service shall implement the General Aviation Tele-
phonic Entry program within 30 days of enactment of this
Act: Provided further, That no funds under this heading
shall be available to conduct a reduction 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 approval of the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That the Spirit of St. Louis Airport in St. Louis
County, Missouri, shall be designated a port of entry:–Pro-
vided further, That no funds under this Act may be used
to provide less than 30 days public notice for any change
in apparel regulations: Provided further, That $750,000
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shall be available for additional part-time and temporary
positions in the Honolulu Customs District.
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-
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out the prior approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
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
$45,000,000: 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
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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; $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 $1,728,840,000, of which up to
$3,700,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly
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Program, and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for
official reception and representation expenses.
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, $4,085,355,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1999 for research.
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
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$1,240,473,000, of which $424,500,000 $402,473,000 shall
be available for tax systems modernization program activi-
ties: Provided, That of the funds appropriated for non-Tax
Systems Modernization, $200,000,000, and $66,000,000 of
the funds appropriated for Tax Systems Modernization
may not be obligated until the Secretary of the Treasury
consults with the Committees on Appropriations and pro-
vides criteria explaining the needs and priorities of the re-
spective programs, as well as, the deficiencies identified by
the General Accounting Office: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available for tax systems modernization
shall be available until the Internal Revenue Service estab-
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 to include sup-
port from the Internal Revenue Service’s Integration Sup-
port Contractor and Federal Research and Development
Center: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available for tax systems modernization may be used by
the Internal Revenue Service to carry out activities associ-
ated with the development of a request for proposal and
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contract award, with a commercial sector company to man-
age, integrate, test and implement all portions of the tax
systems modernization program without the approval of the
Department of the Treasury’s Modernization Management
Board which shall assure that an adequate planning and
business case analysis has been conducted and that the Gen-
eral Accounting Office’s ‘‘Best Practices’’ for strategic infor-
mation management have been followed except that funds
shall be available for activities related to submission to and
review by the Department’s Modernization Management
Board except that funds shall be available for the sharing
of data and information and general oversight of the proc-
ess by the Associate Commissioner of the Internal Reve-
nue Service for Modernization, and such funds as may be
necessary shall be transferred to the Department of De-
fense which will conduct all technical activities associated
with the development of a request for proposal and con-
tract award: Provided further, That none of these funds
may be used to support in excess of 150 full-time equiva-
lent positions in support of tax systems modernization:
Provided further, That funds up to $2,000,000 may be used
to support the Department’s Modernization Management
Board: 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 Information Systems in Public
Law 104–52, $100,000,000 $120,000,000 are rescinded, in
Public Law 103–329, $51,685,000 $45,000,000 are re-
scinded, in Public Law 102–393, $2,421,000 are re-
scinded, and in Public Law 102–141, $20,341,000
$7,026,000 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.
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SEC. 104. No funds available in this Act to the Inter-
nal Revenue Service for separation incentive payments as
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
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a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day
or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con-
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 $519,265,000, of
which $1,200,000 shall be available as a grant for activi-
ties related to the investigations of missing and exploited
children:–Provided further, That resources made available
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as a grant for activities related to the investigations of
missing and exploited children shall not be available until
September 30, 1997, and shall remain available until ex-
pended.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $31,298,000
$29,165,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That funds previously provided under the title, ‘‘Treasury
Buildings and Annex Repair and Restoration,’’ for the Se-
cret Service’s Headquarters Building, shall be transferred
to this account.
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-
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cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
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
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for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration
Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to diminish
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.
SEC. 119. Section 923(j) of title 18, U.S.C., is amended
by striking the period after the last sentence, and inserting
the following: ‘‘, including the right of a licensee to conduct
‘curios or relics’ firearms transfers and business away from
their business premises with another licensee without regard
as to whether the location of where the business is conducted
is located in the State specified on the license of either li-
censee.’’.
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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
States Code, $85,080,000 $90,433,000: Provided, That
mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall con-
tinue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and
rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the
1983 level: Provided 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 information requested or provided concerning an ad-
dress of a postal customer: Provided further, That none
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consoli-
date or close small rural and other small post offices in
the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1997.
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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
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