104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2020
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, 1996, 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-
pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1996, 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 $2,950,000 to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1998, shall be available for infor-
mation technology modernization requirements; not to ex-
ceed $150,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;
$104,000,500.
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, hire of passenger motor
vehicles; not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel ex-
penses; not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex-
pended under the direction of the Inspector General of the
Treasury; $29,319,000.
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 personnel to attend
meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities,
law enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed
$14,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
$20,273,000: 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.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of
the Treasury, including materials and support costs of
Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to
exceed fifty-two for police-type use) 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 $7,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That the Cen-
ter is authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both
real and personal, and to accept services, for authorized
purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value
which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the
Center to the outstanding student who graduated from a
basic training program at the Center during the previous
fiscal year, which shall be funded only by gifts received
through the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, students at-
tending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-pro-
vided housing, insofar as 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 enforcement personnel and Post-
al police officers, at the discretion of the Director; State
and local government law enforcement training on a space-
available basis; training of foreign law enforcement offi-
cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac-
tual costs to this appropriation (except that the Director
may waive reimbursement and may pay travel expenses,
not to exceed 75 percent of the total training and travel
cost, when the Director determines that it is in the public
interest to do so); training of private sector security offi-
cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac-
tual costs to this appropriation; travel expenses of non-
Federal personnel to attend State and local course devel-
opment meetings at the Center: Provided further, That the
Center is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of
reimbursements from agencies receiving training at the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except that
total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not ex-
ceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Center is authorized
to obligate funds to provide for site security and expansion
of antiterrorism training facilities: Provided further, That
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author-
ized to provide short term medical services for students
undergoing training at the Center; $36,070,000, of which
$8,666,000 for materials and support costs of Federal law
enforcement basic training shall remain available until
September 30, 1998.
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, $8,163,000,
to remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, 
$181,837,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$14,277,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1988 for systems modernization initiatives. In addition,
$90,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund, to reimburse the Service for administrative and per-
sonnel expenses for financial management of the Fund,
as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.
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
six hundred and fifty vehicles for police-type use for re-
placement only and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire
of aircraft; and services of expert witnesses at such rates
as may be determined by the Director; for payment of per
diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an
assignment to the National Response Team during the in-
vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em-
ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain
overnight at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $10,000
for official reception and representation expenses; for
training of State and local law enforcement agencies with
or without reimbursement; provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim-
bursement; $391,035,000, of which not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attor-
neys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of
which $1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of
any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for of-
ficial use by a State or local law enforcement agency if
the conveyance will be used in drug-related joint law en-
forcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms and for the payment of overtime salaries,
travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar costs
of State and local law enforcement officers that are in-
curred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able by this or any other Act may be used to implement
any reorganization of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms or transfer of the Bureau’s functions, missions,
or activities to other agencies or Departments in the fiscal
year ending on September 30, 1996: Provided further,
That no funds appropriated herein shall be available for
salaries or administrative expenses in connection with con-
solidating or centralizing, within the Department of the
Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisi-
tion and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal
firearms licensees: Provided further, That no funds appro-
priated 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 amend-
ments 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 without publishing prior notice in the Federal
Register and allowing for public comment: 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):
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. section 925(c).
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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; 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; $1,392,429,000, of which
such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee
Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the
Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that
Account; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be
available for payment for rental space in connection with
preclearance operations, and not to exceed $4,000,000
shall be available until expended for research: Provided,
That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal
year: Provided further, That the Commissioner of the Cus-
toms Service designate a single individual to be port direc-
tor of all United States Government activities at two ports
of entry, one on the southern border and one on the north-
ern border.
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.
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 or 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; $60,993,000 of which
$5,644,000 shall remain available until expended; in addi-
tion, $19,733,000 shall be transferred from the Customs
Air and Marine Interdiction Programs, Procurement Ac-
count to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception
of aircraft 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 1996,
without the prior approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS
(TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)
Such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed
$1,406,000, 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 ex-
penses of individuals employed to provide such services,
to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary of the
Treasury pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98–573
for each of these airports or other facilities when author-
ized by law and designated by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, and to remain available until expended.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States; $180,065,000: Provided,
That the sum appropriated herein from the General Fund
for fiscal year 1996 shall be reduced by not more than
$600,000 as definitive security issue fees are collected and
not more than $9,465,000 as Treasury Direct Investor Ac-
count Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in
a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation from the General
Fund estimated at $170,000,000.
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: $1,682,742,000, of which $3,700,000 shall be for
the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, no amount
of which shall be available for IRS administrative costs,
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 $4,254,476,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1998 for re-
search: Provided, That $13,000,000 shall be used to initi-
ate a program to utilize private sector debt collection agen-
cies in the collection activities of the Internal Revenue
Service in compliance with section 104 of this Act.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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; and for the
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
as 
may 
be 
determined 
by 
the 
Commissioner;
$1,571,616,000, of which up to $185,000,000 for tax and
information systems development projects shall remain
available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated for tax systems modernization,
$70,000,000 may not be obligated until the Commissioner
of the Internal Revenue Service reports to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate on the imple-
mentation of Tax Systems Modernization.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SECTION 1. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro-
priation made available to the Internal Revenue Service
for the current fiscal year by this Act may be transferred
to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, the Internal Revenue Service
is authorized to transfer such sums as may be necessary
between appropriations with advance approval of the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees: Provided
further, That no funds shall be transferred from the ‘‘Tax
Law Enforcement’’ account during fiscal year 1996.
SEC. 2. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute
and maintain a training program to insure that Internal
Revenue Service employees are trained in taxpayers’
rights, in dealing courteously with the taxpayers, and in
cross-cultural relations.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase (not to exceed 665 vehicles for
police-type use for replacement only) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance re-
quested by State and local governments, which may be
provided without reimbursement; services of expert wit-
nesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director;
rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, and fenc-
ing, 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 em-
ployees where a protective assignment during the actual
cation within the Executive Office of the President;
$39,459,000.
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; $7,522,000, to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 112–114.
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
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.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President
to provide assistance to the President in connection with