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‘‘(C) In promulgating a regulation under this para-
graph, the Commission shall provide methods (other than
requiring a signature on the document being filed) for
verifying designations, statements, and reports covered by
the regulation. Any document verified under any of the
methods shall be treated for all purposes (including pen-
alties for perjury) in the same manner as a document
verified by signature.’’.
ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES FOR IMPOSITION OF
PENALTIES FOR REPORTING VIOLATIONS
SEC. 640. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309(a)(4) of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
437g(a)(4)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘clause
(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) and subparagraph
(C)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(C)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the
case of a violation of any requirement under this Act relat-
ing to the reporting of receipts or disbursements, the Com-
mission may—
‘‘(I) find that a person committed such a viola-
tion on the basis of information obtained pursuant
to the procedures described in paragraphs (1) and
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‘‘(II) based on such finding, require the person
to pay a civil money penalty in an amount deter-
mined under a schedule of penalties which is estab-
lished and published by the Commission and which
takes into account the amount of the violation in-
volved, the existence of previous violations by the
person, and such other factors as the Commission
considers appropriate.
‘‘(ii) The Commission may not make any determina-
tion adverse to a person under clause (i) until the person
has been given written notice and an opportunity for the
determination to be made on the record.
‘‘(iii) Any person against whom an adverse deter-
mination is made under this subparagraph may obtain a
review of such determination in the district court of the
United States for the district in which the person is found,
resides, or transacts business, by filing in such court (prior
to the expiration of the 30–day period which begins on
the date the person receives notification of the determina-
tion) a written petition requesting that the determination
be modified or set aside.’’
(b)
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
309(a)(6)(A) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(6)(A)) is
amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)(A)’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (4)’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to violations occurring
on or after January 1, 2000.
CHANGE IN CERTAIN REPORTING FROM A CALENDAR
YEAR BASIS TO AN ELECTION CYCLE BASIS
SEC. 641. section 304(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
434(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or election cycle, in the
case of an authorized committee of a candidate for Federal
office)’’ after ‘‘calendar year’’ each place it appears in
paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), and (7).
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE
SEC. 642. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 636 of the
Treasury Postal Service, and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 1997 (5 U.S.C. prec. 5941 note) is amended
in the first sentence by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting
‘‘shall, subject to the availability of appropriations,’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1999, or the
date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later.
SEC. 643. IN GENERAL.—Hereafter, an Executive
agency which provides or proposes to provide child care
services for Federal employees may use appropriated
funds (otherwise available to such agency for salaries) to
provide child care, in a Federal or leased facility, or
through contract, for civilian employees of such agency.
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(b) AFFORDABILITY.—Amounts so provided with re-
spect to any such facility or contractor shall be applied
to improve the affordability of child care for lower income
Federal employees using or seeking to use the child care
services offered by such facility or contractor.
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man-
agement shall, within 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, issue regulations necessary to carry out
this section.
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning given such term
by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but does
not include the General Accounting Office.
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT
SEC. 644. (a) INCREASE IN ANNUAL COMPENSA-
TION.—Section 102 of title 3, United States Code, is
amended
by
striking
‘‘$200,000’’
and
inserting
‘‘$400,000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall take effect at noon on January 20, 2001.
CUSTOMS COMMISSIONER’S PAY CLASSIFICATION
SEC. 645. (a) section 5315 of title 5, United States
Code, as amended, is amended by deleting the position of
‘‘Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury’’.
(b) section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, as
amended, is amended by adding the position of ‘‘Commis-
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sioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury’’ after
‘‘Administrator, Research and Special Programs Adminis-
tration’’.
SEC. 646. Effective October 1, 1999, all personnel
of the General Accounting Office employed or maintained
to carry out functions of the Joint Financial Management
Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be transferred to
the General Services Administration. The Director of the
Office of Personnel Management shall provide to the Gen-
eral Services Administration one permanent Senior Execu-
tive Service allocation for the position of the Executive Di-
rector of the JFMIP. Personnel transferred pursuant to
this section shall not be separated or reduced in classifica-
tion or compensation for 1 year after any such transfer,
except for cause.
SEC. 647. (a) None of the funds made available in
this or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year may
be obligated or expended for any new construction, renova-
tion, alteration to existing facilities, or other improvement,
at the Border Patrol Academy, located in Charleston,
South Carolina.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not prevent any obligation
or expenditure, approved in advance by the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
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Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, for minor im-
provements.
(c) No appropriated funds may be used to continue
operating the Border Patrol Academy, located in Charles-
ton, South Carolina, after September 30, 2004.
SEC. 648. It is the sense of the Congress that there
should continue to be parity between the adjustments in
the compensation of members of the uniformed services
and the adjustments in the compensation of civilian em-
ployees of the United States.
SEC. 649. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any
prohibition on women breastfeeding their children in Fed-
eral buildings or on Federal property.
SEC. 650. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the United States Customs Service
to admit for importation into the United States any item
of children’s sleepwear that does not have affixed to it the
label required by the flammability standards issued by the
Consumer Product Safety Commission under the Flam-
mable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1191 et seq.) and in effect
on September 9, 1996.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Treasury Department, the United Postal Service, the Exec-
utive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agen-
cies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in-
cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build-
ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte-
nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com-
mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or
owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi-
cial business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official travel ex-
penses; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and
expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
$133,168,000.
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DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $35,561,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, 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 transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supple-
ment the Internal Revenue Service appropriations for In-
formation Systems.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for offi-
cial travel expenses; including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury,
$30,483,000.
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INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not
to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may
be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses;
not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the di-
rection of the Inspector General for Tax Administration,
$111,340,000.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement per-
sonnel to attend meetings concerned with financial intel-
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ligence 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,
$27,681,000: Provided, That funds appropriated in this ac-
count may be used to procure personal services contracts.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to
remain available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
(1) 
As 
authorized 
by 
section 
190001(e),
$181,000,000; of which $17,847,000 shall be available
to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, in-
cluding $3,000,000 for administering the Gang Re-
sistance 
Education 
and 
Training 
program,
$1,608,000 for an explosives repository clearinghouse,
$12,600,000 for the integrated violence reduction
strategy, and $639,000 for building security; of which
$21,950,000 shall be available to the United States
Secret Service, including $5,854,000 for the protective
program, $2,014,000 for the protective research pro-
gram, 
$5,886,000 
for 
the 
workspace 
program,
$5,000,000 for counterfeiting investigations, and
$3,196,000 for forensic and related support of inves-
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tigations of missing and exploited children, of which
$1,196,000 shall be available as a grant for activities
related to the investigations of exploited children and
shall remain available until expended; of which
$52,774,000 shall be available for the United States
Customs Service, including $4,300,000 for conducting
pre-hiring polygraph examinations, $2,000,000 for
technology for the detection of undeclared outbound
currency, $9,000,000 for non-intrusive mobile per-
sonal inspection technology, $4,952,000 for land bor-
der automation equipment, $8,000,000 for agent and
inspector relocation: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall
not be available for obligation until September 30,
2000, 
$5,735,000 
for 
laboratory 
modernization,
$2,400,000 
for 
cybersmuggling, 
$5,430,000 
for
Hardline/Gateway equipment, $2,500,000 for the
training program, $3,640,000 to maintain fiscal year
1998 equipment, and $4,817,000 for investigative
counter-narcotics and money laundering operations;
of which $28,366,000 shall be available for Inter-
agency Crime and Drug Enforcement; of which
$1,863,000 shall be available for the Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network, including $600,000 for GATE-
WAY, $300,000 to expand data mining technology,
$500,000 to continue the magnitude of money laun-
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dering study, $200,000 to enhance electronic filing of
SARS and other BSA databases, and $263,000 for
technical 
advances 
for 
GATEWAY; 
of 
which
$9,200,000 shall be available to the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center for construction of two
firearms ranges at the Artesia Center: Provided, That
these funds shall not be available for obligation until
September 30, 2000; and of which $49,000,000 shall
be available to the Office of National Drug Control
Policy Special Forfeiture Fund to support a national
media campaign, as authorized in the Drug-Free
Media Campaign Act of 1998: Provided further, That
these funds shall not be available for obligation until
September 30, 2000;
(2) As authorized by section 32401, $13,000,000
to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for
disbursement through grants, cooperative agreements,
or contracts to local governments for Gang Resistance
Education and Training: Provided, That notwith-
standing sections 32401 and 310001, such funds shall
be allocated to State and local law enforcement and
prevention organizations.
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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 Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to exceed
52 for police-type use, without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
for expenses for student athletic and related activities; uni-
forms without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and par-
ticipating in firearms matches and presentation of awards;
for public awareness and enhancing community support of
law enforcement training; not to exceed $9,500 for official
reception and representation expenses; room and board for
student interns; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $80,114,000, of which up to $16,511,000 for materials
and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic training
shall remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided,
That the Center 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
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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-provided
housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Center
policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this
account shall be available, at the discretion of the Director,
for the following: training United States Postal Service law
enforcement personnel and Postal police officers; 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 appropriation, except that reimbursement may
be waived by the Secretary for law enforcement training
activities in foreign countries undertaken pursuant to sec-
tion 801 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty
Act of 1996, Public Law 104–32; training of private sector
security officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation; and travel ex-
penses of non-Federal personnel to attend course develop-
ment meetings and training sponsored by the Center: Pro-
vided further, That the Center is authorized to obligate
funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies re-
ceiving training sponsored by the Federal Law Enforcement
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Training Center, except that total obligations at the end
of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources
available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further,
That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is au-
thorized to provide training for the Gang Resistance Edu-
cation and Training program to Federal and non-Federal
personnel at any facility in partnership with the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided further, That
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author-
ized to provide short-term medical services for students un-
dergoing training at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center, for acquisition of necessary additional real
property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, facil-
ity improvements, and related expenses, $21,611,000, to re-
main available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, $200,054,000, of which not to exceed $10,635,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2002, for infor-
mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses.
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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
812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for
replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire
of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may
be determined by the Director; for payment of per diem
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an assign-
ment to the National Response Team during the investiga-
tion of a bombing or arson incident requires an employee
to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight
at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $15,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; for training of State
and local law enforcement agencies with or without reim-
bursement, including training in connection with the train-
ing and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; and provision of laboratory assistance
to State and local agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$570,345,000, of which $39,320,000 may be used for the
Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative, of which
$1,120,000 shall be provided for the purpose of expanding
the program to include Las Vegas, Nevada; of 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
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which $1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of any
vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for official
use by a State or local law enforcement agency if the con-
veyance will be used in joint law enforcement operations
with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and for
the payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel, training,
equipment, supplies, and other similar costs of State and
local law enforcement personnel, including sworn officers
and support personnel, that are incurred in joint operations
with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Pro-
vided, That no funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or ac-
tivities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to
other agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2000: Provided
further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for salaries or administrative expenses in connection
with consolidating or centralizing, within the Department
of the Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of ac-
quisition and disposition of firearms maintained by Fed-
eral firearms licensees: Provided further, That no funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay administrative ex-
penses 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
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from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January
1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated 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 investigate and act upon applications
filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms dis-
abilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no
funds in this Act may be used to provide ballistics imaging
equipment to any State or local authority who has obtained
similar equipment through a Federal grant or subsidy un-
less the State or local authority agrees to return that equip-
ment or to repay that grant or subsidy to the Federal Gov-
ernment: 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.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of which
1,030 are for police-type use and commercial operations;
hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for per-
sonal services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for official re-
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ception and representation expenses; and awards of com-
pensation to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced
by the United States Customs Service, $1,670,747,000, 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 Budget 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; not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be
available until expended for research, of which $900,000
shall be provided to a land grant university in North and/
or South Dakota to conduct a research program on the bi-
lateral United States/Canadian bilateral trade of agricul-
tural commodities and products; of which $100,000 shall
be provided for the child pornography tipline; of which
$200,000 shall be for Project Alert; not to exceed $5,000,000
shall be available until expended for conducting special op-
erations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081, and; up to $8,000,000
shall be available until expended for the procurement of au-
tomation infrastructure items, including hardware, soft-
ware, and installation; up to $5,400,000, to be available
until expended, may be transferred to the Treasury-wide
Systems and Capital Investments Programs account for an
international trade data system; and up to $5,000,000, to
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remain available until expended, for repairs to Customs fa-
cilities: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the Hector Inter-
national Airport in Fargo, North Dakota shall be des-
ignated an International Port of Entry: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal
year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in subsection
5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and
267) shall be $30,000.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AUTHORITY)
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 Mainte-
nance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and merged with
the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account for such pur-
poses.
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND
MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft,
and other related equipment of the Air and Marine Pro-
grams, including operational training and mission-related
travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by the
air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
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grams, the operations of which include the following: 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 en-
forced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the
Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to
Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement
and emergency humanitarian efforts, $108,688,000, which
shall 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 Depart-
ment of the Treasury, during fiscal year 2000 without the
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt
issues of the United States, $181,383,000, of which not to
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, and of which not to exceed
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for sys-
tems modernization: Provided, That the sum appropriated
herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2000 shall be
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reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive security
issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account Mainte-
nance fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year
2000 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at
$176,983,000, and in addition, $20,000, to be derived from
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau
for administrative and personnel expenses for financial
management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of
Public Law 101–380.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
for tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law and
account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor-
respondence; programs to match information returns and
tax returns; management services; rent and utilities; and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as
may be determined by the Commissioner, $3,291,945,000,
of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling
for the Elderly Program, and of which not to exceed $25,000
shall be for official reception and representation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
for determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing
litigation support; issuing technical rulings; examining em-
ployee plans and exempt organizations; conducting crimi-
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nal investigation and enforcement activities; securing
unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts; compiling
statistics of income and conducting compliance research;
purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and 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, $3,305,090,000, of
which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2002, for research and, of which not to exceed
$150,000 shall be for official reception and representation
expenses associated with hosting the Inter-American Center
of Tax Administration (CIAT) 2000 Conference.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE
For funding essential earned income tax credit compli-
ance and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section
5702 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–
33), $144,000,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 may
be used to reimburse the Social Security Administration for
the costs of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Re-
lief Act of 1997.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
for information systems and telecommunications support,
including developmental information systems and oper-
ational information systems; the hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by
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5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Commissioner, $1,450,100,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure 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 Internal Revenue Service shall institute
and enforce policies and procedures which will safeguard
the confidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.
The Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement
of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a
priority and allocate resources necessary to increase phone
lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1–
800 help line service.
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SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no reorganization of the field office structure of the Internal
Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division will re-
sult in a reduction of criminal investigators in Wisconsin
and South Dakota from the 1996 level.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase of not to exceed 739 vehicles
for police-type use, of which 675 shall be for replacement
only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft;
training and assistance requested by State and local gov-
ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;
services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter-
mined 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 pro-
tective functions; for payment of per diem and/or subsist-
ence 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 conducting of and
participating in firearms matches; presentation of awards;
for travel of Secret Service employees on protective missions
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without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in
this or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance
from the Committees on Appropriations; for research and
development; for making grants to conduct behavioral re-
search in support of protective research and operations; not
to exceed $20,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical assist-
ance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organiza-
tions in counterfeit investigations; for payment in advance
for commercial accommodations as may be necessary to per-
form protective functions; and for uniforms without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current fis-
cal year, $638,816,000.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $4,923,000, to remain
available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury in connection with law enforcement
activities of a Federal agency or a Department of the Treas-
ury law enforcement organization in accordance with 31
U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining
in the Fund on September 30, 2000, shall be made in com-
pliance with reprogramming guidelines.
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SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
including 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. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2000 in this Act for
the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act
shall be expended in a manner so as not to diminish en-
forcement efforts with respect to section 105 of the Federal
Alcohol Administration Act.
SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, United
States Customs Service, and United States Secret Service
may be transferred between such appropriations upon the
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No
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transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation
by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration, Financial Management Serv-
ice, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations upon the advance approval of
the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may in-
crease or decrease any such appropriation by more than
2 percent.
SEC. 115. Of the funds available for the purchase of
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by
the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Depart-
mental vehicle management principles: Provided, That the
Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant Sec-
retary for Management.
SEC. 116. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAY-
MENTS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE TREAS-
URY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION. Dur-
ing the period from October 1, 1999 through January 1,
2003, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion is authorized to offer voluntary separation incentives
in order to provide the necessary flexibility to carry out
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the plan to establish and reorganize the Office of the Treas-
ury Inspector General for Tax Administration (‘‘the Office’’
hereafter).
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘employee’’
means an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105) who is
employed by the Office serving under an appointment with-
out time limitation, and has been currently employed by
the Office or the Internal Revenue Service or the Office of
Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury for
a continuous period of at least 3 years, but does not
include—
(1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, or another retirement system;
(2) an employee having a disability on the basis
of which such employee is or would be eligible for dis-
ability retirement under the applicable retirement
system referred to in paragraph (1);
(3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific
notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or
unacceptable performance;
(4) an employee who has previously received any
voluntary separation incentive payment by the Fed-
eral Government under this section or any other au-
thority and has not repaid such payment;
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(5) an employee covered by statutory reemploy-
ment rights who is on transfer to another organiza-
tion; or
(6) any employee who, during the 24-month pe-
riod preceding the date of separation, has received a
recruitment or relocation bonus under 5 U.S.C. 5753
or who, within the 12-month period preceding the
date of separation, received a retention allowance
under 5 U.S.C. 5754.
(b) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARATION
INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration may pay voluntary sepa-
ration incentive payments under this section to any
employee to the extent necessary to organize the Office
so as to perform the duties specified in the Internal
Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of
1998, Pub. L. 105–206.
(2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—A
voluntary separation incentive payment—
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations
available for the payment of the basic pay of the
employees of the Office;
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(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount the
employee would be entitled to receive under
5 U.S.C. 5595(c); or
(ii) an amount determined by the
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Admin-
istration, not to exceed $25,000;
(D) may not be made except in the case of
any qualifying employee who voluntarily sepa-
rates (whether by retirement or resignation) be-
fore January 1, 2003;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation, of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(F) shall not be taken into account in deter-
mining the amount of any severance pay to
which the employee may be entitled under 5
U.S.C. 5595 based on any other separation.
(c) ADDITIONAL OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other pay-
ments which it is required to make under subchapter
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, the Office shall remit to the Office of Per-
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sonnel Management for deposit in the Treasury of the
United States to the credit of the Civil Service Retire-
ment and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15
percent of the final basic pay of each employee who
is covered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chap-
ter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to whom a vol-
untary separation incentive has been paid under this
section.
(2) DEFINITION.—In paragraph (1), the term
‘‘final basic pay’’, with respect to an employee, means
the total amount of basic pay which would be payable
for a year of service by such employee, computed
using the employee’s final rate of basic pay, and, if
last serving on other than a full-time basis, with ap-
propriate adjustment therefor.
(d) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH THE
GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received a vol-
untary separation incentive payment under this section
and accepts any employment for compensation with the
Government of the United States, or who works for any
agency of the United States Government through a personal
services contract, within 5 years after the date of the separa-
tion on which the payment is based, shall be required to
pay, prior to the individual’s first day of employment, the
entire amount of the incentive payment to the Office.
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(e) EFFECT ON OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPECTOR
GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYMENT LEV-
ELS.—
(1) INTENDED EFFECT.—Voluntary separations
under this section are not intended to necessarily re-
duce the total number of full-time equivalent positions
in the Office.
(2) USE OF VOLUNTARY SEPARATIONS.—The Of-
fice may redeploy or use the full-time equivalent posi-
tions vacated by voluntary separations under this sec-
tion to make other positions available to more critical
locations or more critical occupations.
SEC. 117. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAY-
MENTS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CHICAGO FINANCIAL CEN-
TER OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE. (a) AU-
THORITY.—During the period from October 1, 1999 through
January 31, 2000, the Commissioner of the Financial Man-
agement Service (FMS) of the Department of the Treasury
is authorized to offer voluntary separation incentives in
order to provide the necessary flexibility to carry out the
closure of the Chicago Financial Center (CFC) in a manner
which the Commissioner shall deem most efficient, equitable
to employees, and cost effective to the Government.
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘employee’’
means an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105) who is
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employed by FMS at CFC under an appointment without
time limitation, and has been so employed continuously for
a period of at least 3 years, but does not include—
(1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, or another retirement system;
(2) an employee with a disability on the basis of
which such employee is or would be eligible for dis-
ability retirement under the retirement systems re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) or another retirement sys-
tem for employees of the Government;
(3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific
notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or
unacceptable performance;
(4) an employee who has previously received any
voluntary separation incentive payment from an
agency or instrumentality of the Government of the
United States under any authority and has not re-
paid such payment;
(5) an employee covered by statutory reemploy-
ment rights who is on transfer to another organiza-
tion; or
(6) an employee who during the 24 month period
preceding the date of separation has received and not
repaid a recruitment or relocation bonus under sec-
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tion 5753 of Title 5, United States Code, or who,
within the twelve month period preceding the date of
separation, has received and not repaid a retention
allowance under section 5754 of that Title.
(c) AGENCY PLAN; APPROVAL.—
(1) The Secretary, Department of the Treasury,
prior to obligating any resources for voluntary sepa-
ration incentive payments, shall submit to the Office
of Management and Budget a strategic plan outlining
the intended use of such incentive payments and a
proposed organizational chart for the agency once
such incentive payments have been completed.
(2) The agency’s plan under subsection (1) shall
include—
(A) the specific positions and functions to
be reduced or eliminated;
(B) a proposed coverage for offers of incen-
tives;
(C) the time period during which incentives
may be paid;
(D) the number and amounts of voluntary
separation incentive payments to be offered; and
(E) a description of how the agency will op-
erate without the eliminated positions and func-
tions.
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(3) The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall review the agency’s plan and ap-
prove or disapprove such plan, and may make appro-
priate modifications in the plan including waivers of
the reduction in agency employment levels required
by this Act.
(d) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARATION
INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) A voluntary separation incentive payment
under this Act may be paid by the agency head to an
employee only in accordance with the strategic plan
under section (c).
(2) A voluntary incentive payment—
(A) shall be offered to agency employees on
the basis of organizational unit, occupational se-
ries or level, geographic location, other nonper-
sonal factors, or an appropriate combination of
such factors;
(B) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount the
employee would be entitled to receive under
section 5595(c) of title 5, United States
Code, if the employee were entitled to pay-
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ment under such section (without adjust-
ment for any previous payment made); or
(ii) an amount determined by the
agency head, not to exceed $25,000;
(D) may be made only in the case of an em-
ployee who voluntarily separates (whether by re-
tirement or resignation) under the provisions of
this Act;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation of any
other type of Government benefit;
(F) shall not be taken into account in deter-
mining the amount of any severance pay to
which the employee may be entitled under section
5595 of title 5, United States Code, based on any
other separation; and
(G) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employee.
(e) ELIGIBILITY
FOR PAYMENTS.—Payments under
this section may be made to any qualifying employee who
voluntarily separates, whether by retirement or resignation,
between October 1, 1999 and January 31, 2000.
(f) EFFECT ON SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH THE
GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received a vol-
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untary separation incentive payment under this section
and accepts any employment for compensation with any
agency or instrumentality of the Government of the United
States within 5 years after the date of the separation on
which the payment is based shall be required to pay, prior
to the individual’s first day of employment, the entire
amount of the incentive payment to FMS.
(g) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) In addition to any other payments which it
is required to make under subchapter III of chapter
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, FMS
shall remit to the office of Personnel Management for
deposit in the Treasury to the credit of Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to
15 percent of the final annual basic pay for each em-
ployee covered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or
chapter 84 of title 5 United States Code, to whom a
voluntary separation incentive has been paid under
this section.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term
‘‘final basic pay’’ with respect to an employee, means
the total amount of basic pay which would be payable
for a year of service by such employee, computed
using the employee’s final rate of basic pay, and, if
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last serving on other than a full-time basis, with ap-
propriate adjustment therefor.
(h) REDUCTION OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEVELS.—
(1) The total number of funded employee posi-
tions in the agency shall be reduced by one position
for each vacancy created by the separation of any em-
ployee who has received, or is due to receive, a vol-
untary separation incentive payment under this Act.
For the purposes of this subsection, positions shall be
counted on a full-time equivalent basis.
(2) The President, through the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, shall monitor the agency and take
any action necessary to ensure that the requirement
of this section are met.
(3) At the request of the Secretary, Department
of the Treasury, the Office of Management and Budg-
et may waive the reduction in total number of funded
employee positions required by subsection (1) if it be-
lieves the agency plan required by section (c) satisfac-
torily demonstrates that the positions would better be
used to reallocate occupations or reshape the work-
force and to produce a more cost-effective result.
SEC. 118. ENFORCEMENT
OF CERTAIN ANTI-TER-
RORISM JUDGMENTS. (a) DEFINITION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1603(b) of title 28,
United States Code, is amended—
(A) in paragraph (3) by striking the period
and inserting a semicolon and ‘‘and’’;
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2),
and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), re-
spectively;
(C) by striking ‘‘(b)’’ through ‘‘entity—’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) An ‘agency or instrumentality of a foreign state’
means—
‘‘(1) any entity—’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) for purposes of sections 1605(a)(7) and
1610 (a)(7) and (f), any entity as defined under sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), and sub-
paragraph (C) of paragraph (1) shall not apply.’’.
(2) 
TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—Section 1391(f)(3) of title 28, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1603(b)’’ and inserting
‘‘1603(b)(1)’’.
(b) ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS.—Section 1610(f)
of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
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(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘(in-
cluding any agency or instrumentality or such
state)’’ and inserting ‘‘(including any agency or
instrumentality of such state)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
moneys due from or payable by the United States (includ-
ing any agency, subdivision or instrumentality thereof) to
any state against which a judgment is pending under sec-
tion 1605(a)(7) shall be subject to attachment and execu-
tion, in like manner and to the same extent as if the United
States were a private person.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), upon deter-
mining on an asset-by-asset basis that a waiver is necessary
in the national security interest, the President may waive
this subsection in connection with (and prior to the enforce-
ment of) any judicial order directing attachment in aid of
execution or execution against the principal office of a for-
eign mission to the United States used for diplomatic or
related purposes, or any funds held by or in the name of
such foreign mission determined by the President to be nec-
essary to satisfy actual operating expenses of such principal
office.
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‘‘(B) A waiver under this paragraph shall not apply
to—
‘‘(i) the principal office of a foreign mission if
such office has been used for any nondiplomatic pur-
pose (including as commercial rental property) by ei-
ther the foreign state or by the United States, or to
the proceeds of such nondiplomatic purpose; or
‘‘(ii) if any asset of such principal office is sold
or otherwise transferred for value to a third party, the
proceeds of such sale or transfer.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sec-
tion 117(d) of the Treasury Department Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–492) is
repealed.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to any claim for which a foreign state
is not immune under section 1605(a)(7) of title 28, United
States Code, arising before, on, or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 119. Provided further, That the Customs Service
Commissioner shall utilize $50,000,000 to hire 500 new
Customs inspectors, agents, appropriate equipment and in-
telligence support within the funds available under the Cus-
toms Service headings in the bill, in addition to funds pro-
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vided to the Customs Service under the Fiscal Year 1999
Emergency Drug Supplemental.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE II—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, $93,436,000, of which $64,436,000 shall not be avail-
able for obligation until October 1, 2000: 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 en-
forcement 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 consolidate
or close small rural and other small post offices in the fiscal
year ending on September 30, 2000.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT 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 consid-
ered as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as author-
ized 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; subsist-
ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall
be expended and accounted for as provided 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.
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103); not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment ex-
penses, to be available for allocation within the Executive
Office of the President, $52,444,000.
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, $9,260,000, to be expended and accounted for as
provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114.
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary:
Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the
Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for
reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au-
thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided
further, That the Executive Residence shall require each
person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in
advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event,
and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
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ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na-
tional committee of the political party of the President to
maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political
events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year:
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure
that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs-
able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted
to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such
expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with-
in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided
further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount
that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance
with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an
outstanding debt on a United States Government claim
under section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided
further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to
the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90
days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act,
a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses
of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year,
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including the total amount of such expenses, the amount
of such total that consists of reimbursable official and cere-
monial events, the amount of such total that consists of re-
imbursable political events, and the portion of each such
amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the re-
port: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall
maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to
reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that in-
cludes a standard for the classification of any such expense
as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no pro-
vision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the
Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement
of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States
Code.
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House, $810,000, to remain
available until expended for required maintenance, safety
and health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.
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 spe-
cially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as
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(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable
to an employee who is covered by this section and who is
paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30,
1999, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by
the Office of Personnel Management.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
of premium pay for employees subject to this section may
not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30,
1999, except to the extent determined by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this
section.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for
service performed after September 30, 1999.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of
law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution,
or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis
of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic
pay payable after the application of this section shall be
treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by this
section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable
were this section not in effect.
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for the criteria described in clause (ii)(I)
and the criteria described in clause (ii)(II)
with respect employed former recipients.
‘‘(iv) FOOD
STAMP
MEASURES.—Not
less than $50,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated for a fiscal year under subpara-
graph (F) shall be used to award grants to
States under this paragraph for that fiscal
year based on scores for the criteria de-
scribed in clause (ii)(III).
‘‘(v) MEDICAID
AND
SCHIP 
CRI-
TERIA.—Not less than $50,000,000 of the
amount appropriated for a fiscal year
under subparagraph (F) shall be used to
award grants to States under this para-
graph for that fiscal year based on scores
for 
the 
criteria 
described 
in 
clause
(ii)(IV).’’.
(b) DATA COLLECTION
AND REPORTING.—Section
411(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) REPORT ON OUTCOME OF WELFARE REFORM
FOR STATES NOT PARTICIPATING IN BONUS GRANTS
UNDER SECTION 403(a)(4).—