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(2) any information to be provided in writing in response
to an oral or written request by such committee or subcommit-
tee for specific information for inclusion in the record of the
hearing.
(c) EXCEPTION.—The time periods established in subsections
(a) and (b) shall not apply to any specific testimony, or corrections,
if the Secretary of the Treasury—
(1) determines that special circumstances prevent compli-
ance; and
(2) submits to the committee or subcommittee involved
a written notification of such determination, including the
Secretary’s estimate of the time periods required for specific
testimony, information, or corrections.
SEC. 118. (a) NEW RATES OF BASIC PAY.—Section 501 of the
District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (Dis-
trict of Columbia Code, section 4–416), is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Interior’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘Treasury,’’ and inserting ‘‘Interior’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b)(3);
(3) in subsection (b)(3) (as redesignated)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or to officers and members of the
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) of this section’’ and
inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and
(4) by adding after subsection (b) the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c)(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of officers and
members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division,
serving in classes corresponding or similar to those in the salary
schedule in section 101 (District of Columbia Code, section 4–
406), shall be fixed in accordance with the following schedule of
rates:
‘‘SALARY SCHEDULE
Salary class and title
Service steps
Class 1: Private ..............
29,215
30,088
31,559
33,009
35,331
37,681
39,128
40,593
42,052
Class 4: Sergeant ............
39,769
41,747
43,728
45,718
47,715
49,713
Class 5: Lieutenant ........
45,148
47,411
49,663
51,924
54,180
Class 7: Captain .............
52,523
55,155
57,788
60,388
Class 8: Inspector ...........
60,886
63,918
66,977
70,029
Class 9: Deputy Chief ....
71,433
76,260
81,113
85,950
Class 10: Assistant Chief
84,694
90,324
95,967
Class 11: Chief of the
United States Secret
Service Uniformed Di-
vision ............................
98,383
104,923
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‘‘(2) Effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period
commencing on or after the first day of the month in which an
adjustment takes effect under section 5303 of title 5, United States
Code (or any subsequent similar provision of law), in the rates
of pay under the General Schedule (or any pay system that may
supersede such schedule), the annual rates of basic compensation
of officers and members of the United States Secret Service Uni-
formed Division shall be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury
by an amount equal to the percentage of such annual rate of
pay which corresponds to the overall percentage of the adjustment
made in the rates of pay under the General Schedule.
‘‘(3) Locality-based comparability payments authorized under
section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, shall be applicable
to the basic pay under this section, except locality-based comparabil-
ity payments may not be paid at a rate which, when added to
the rate of basic pay otherwise payable to the officer or member,
would cause the total to exceed the rate of basic pay payable
for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
‘‘(4) Basic pay, and any locality pay combined with basic pay
may not be paid by reason of any provision of this subsection
(disregarding any locality-based comparability payment payable
under Federal law) at a rate in excess of the rate of basic pay
payable for level V of the Executive Schedule contained in sub-
chapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(5) Any reference in any law to the salary schedule in section
101 (District of Columbia Code, section 4–406) with respect to
officers and members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division shall be considered to be a reference to the salary schedule
in paragraph (1) of this subsection as adjusted in accordance with
this subsection.
‘‘(6)(A) Except as otherwise permitted by or under law, no
allowance, differential, bonus, award, or other similar cash payment
under this title or under title 5, United States Code, may be
paid to an officer or member of the United States Secret Service
Uniformed Division in a calendar year if, or to the extent that,
when added to the total basic pay paid or payable to such officer
or member for service performed in such calendar year as an
officer or member, such payment would cause the total to exceed
the annual rate of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive
Schedule, as of the end of such calendar year.
‘‘(B) This paragraph shall not apply to any payment under
the following provisions of title 5, United States Code:
‘‘(i) Subchapter III or VII of chapter 55, or section 5596.
‘‘(ii) Chapter 57 (other than section 5753, 5754, or 5755).
‘‘(iii) Chapter 59 (other than section 5928).
‘‘(7)(A) Any amount which is not paid to an officer or member
of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division in a calendar
year because of the limitation under paragraph (6) shall be paid
to such officer or member in a lump sum at the beginning of
the following calendar year.
‘‘(B) Any amount paid under this paragraph in a calendar
year shall be taken into account for purposes of applying the limita-
tions under paragraph (6) with respect to such calendar year.
‘‘(8) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regula-
tions as may be necessary (consistent with section 5582 of title
5, United States Code) concerning how a lump-sum payment under
paragraph (7) shall be made with respect to any employee who
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dies before an amount payable to such employee under paragraph
(7) is made.’’.
(b) CONVERSION TO NEW SALARY SCHEDULE.—
(1)(A) Effective on the first day of the first pay period
beginning after the date of enactment of this section, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the rates of basic pay for
members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Divi-
sion in accordance with this paragraph.
(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), each officer and member
receiving basic compensation, immediately prior to the effective
date of this section, at one of the scheduled rates in the salary
schedule in section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and
Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958, as adjusted by law and as in
effect prior to the effective date of this section, shall be placed
in and receive basic compensation at the corresponding sched-
uled service step of the salary schedule under subsection (a)(4).
(C)(i) The Assistant Chief and the Chief of the United
States Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be placed in
and receive basic compensation in salary class 10 and salary
class 11, respectively, in the appropriate service step in the
new salary class in accordance with section 304 of the District
of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (District
of Columbia Code, section 4–413).
(ii) Each member whose position is to be converted to
the salary schedule under section 501(c) of the District of
Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (District
of Columbia Code, section 4–416(c)) as amended by this section,
in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, and who,
prior to the effective date of this section has earned, but has
not been credited with, an increase in his or her rate of pay
shall be afforded that increase before such member is placed
in the corresponding service step in the salary schedule under
section 501(c).
(2) Except in the cases of the Assistant Chief and the
Chief of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division,
the conversion of positions and individuals to appropriate
classes of the salary schedule under section 501(c) of the District
of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (District
of Columbia Code, section 4–416(c)) as amended by this section,
and the initial adjustments of rates of basic pay of those posi-
tions and individuals, in accordance with paragraph (1) of this
subsection, shall not be considered to be transfers or promotions
within the meaning of section 304 of the District of Columbia
Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (District of Columbia
Code, section 4–413).
(3) Each member whose position is converted to the salary
schedule under section 501(c) of the District of Columbia Police
and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (District of Columbia Code,
section 4–416(c)) as amended by this section, in accordance
with subsection (a) of this section, shall be granted credit
for purposes of such member’s first service step adjustment
under the salary schedule in such section 510(c) for all satisfac-
tory service performed by the member since the member’s last
increase in basic pay prior to the adjustment under that section.
(c) LIMITATION ON PAY PERIOD EARNINGS.—The Act of August
15, 1950 (64 Stat. 477), (District of Columbia Code, section 4–
1104), is amended—
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(1) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘any officer or member’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘an officer or member
of the Metropolitan Police force; or of the Fire Department
of the District of Columbia; or of the United States Park Police’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (h)(3) as subsection (i); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3)(A) no premium pay provided by this section shall be
paid to, and no compensatory time is authorized for, any officer
or member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Divi-
sion whose rate of basic pay, combined with any applicable
locality-based comparability payment, equals or exceeds the
lesser of—
‘‘(i) 150 percent of the minimum rate payable for grade
GS–15 of the General Schedule (including any applicable
locality-based comparability payment under section 5304
of title 5, United States Code or any similar provision
of law, and any applicable special rate of pay under section
5305 of title 5, United States Code or any similar provision
of law); or
‘‘(ii) the rate payable for level V of the Executive
Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title
5, United States Code.
‘‘(B) In the case of any officer or member of the United
States Secret Service Uniformed Division whose rate of basic
pay, combined with any applicable locality-based comparability
payment, is less than the lesser of—
‘‘(i) 150 percent of the minimum rate payable for grade
GS–15 of the General Schedule (including any applicable
locality-based comparability payment under section 5304
of title 5, United States Code or any similar provision
of law, and any applicable special rate of pay under section
5305 of title 5, United States Code or any similar provision
of law); or
‘‘(ii) the rate payable for level V of the Executive
Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title
5, United States Code,
such premium pay may be paid only to the extent that such
payment would not cause such officer or member’s aggregate
rate of compensation to exceed such lesser amount with respect
to any pay period.’’.
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—On the effective date of this section,
any existing special salary rates authorized for members of the
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division under section
5305 of title 5, United States Code (or any previous similar provision
of law) and any special rates of pay or special pay adjustments
under section 403, 404, or 405 of the Federal Law Enforcement
Pay Reform Act of 1990 applicable to members of the United States
Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be rendered inapplicable.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The Federal Law Enforcement
Pay Reform Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 1466) is amended by striking
subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1) of section 405.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section shall
become effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning
after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 119. Section 117 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in
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section 101(f) of division A of Public Law 104–208) is hereby
repealed.
SEC. 120. Based on results of industry response to the Request
for Proposals, in tax-year 1998, the Internal Revenue Service shall
initiate a pilot project which would pay qualified returns preparers,
electronic return originators, or transmitters who electronically for-
ward and file tax returns (form 1040 and related information
returns) properly formatted and accepted by the Internal Revenue
Service, up to $3.00 per return so filed if such payments are deter-
mined by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service to
be in the best interest of the Government: Provided, That the
payment may not be made unless the electronic filing service is
provided without charge to the taxpayer whose return is so filed:
Provided further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall use stand-
ard procurement processes to establish this pilot project and
through these processes, the Internal Revenue Service shall assure
the security of all electronic transmissions and the full protection
of the privacy of taxpayer data.
SEC. 121. Subsection (a) of section 5378 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, or his
designee, in his sole discretion shall fix the rates of basic pay
for positions within the police forces of the United States Mint
and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without regard to the
pay provisions of title 5, United States Code, except that no entry-
level police officer shall receive basic pay for a calendar year that
is less than the basic rate of pay for General Schedule GS–7
and no executive security official shall receive basic compensation
for a calendar year that exceeds the basic rate of pay for General
Schedule GS–15.’’.
SEC. 122. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to
receive all unavailable collections transferred from the Special For-
feiture Fund established by section 26073 of the Anti-Drug Abuse
Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1509) by the Director of the Office of
Drug Control Policy as a deposit into the Treasury Forfeiture Fund
(31 U.S.C. 9703(a)), to become available for obligation on October
1, 1998, as revenue available for purposes identified under 31
U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B).
(b) Paragraph (3)(C) of section 9703(g) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding after the last sentence of that para-
graph as amended by Public Law 104–208, the following sentence:
‘‘Unobligated balances remaining pursuant to section 4(B) of 9703(g)
shall also be carried forward.’’.
(c) Paragraph (4)(B) of section 9703(g) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, subject to subparagraph (C),’’ from
the first and only sentence of that paragraph.
SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall establish the port of Kodiak, Alaska
as a port of entry and United States Customs Service personnel
in Anchorage, Alaska shall serve such port of entry. There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to cover
the costs associated with the performance of customs functions
using such United States Customs Service personnel.
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used by the Inspector General to contract for advisory and
assistance services that has the meaning given such term in section
1105(g) of title 31, United States Code.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department Appropria-
tions Act, 1998’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $86,274,000:
Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind
shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery
and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the
1983 level: 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 address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of
the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or
close small rural and other small post offices in the fiscal year
ending on September 30, 1998.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appropriations
Act, 1998’’.
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 expense allow-
ance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized 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 authorized
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 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. 103); not to exceed $19,000 for official
entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation within the
Executive Office of the President; $51,199,000: Provided, That
$9,800,000 of the funds appropriated shall be available for
reimbursements to the White House Communications Agency.
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EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing,
improvement, heating and lighting, including electric power and
fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the White House and official
entertainment expenses of the President, $8,045,000, 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 Residence 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, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclu-
sive authority 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 account and remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall
require the national 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 reimbursable 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 within 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: Pro-
vided 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, including
the total amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that
consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the amount
of such total that consists of reimbursable political events, and
the portion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as
of the date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive
Residence shall: (1) implement a system for the tracking of expenses
related to reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that
includes a standard for the classification of any such expense as
political or nonpolitical; and (2) prepare and submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, by not later than December 1, 1997, a
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report setting forth a detailed description of such system and a
schedule for its implementation: Provided further, That no provision
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 Executive
Residence at the White House, $200,000, to remain available until
expended for renovation and relocation of the White House laundry,
to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105,
109, 110, and 112–114.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE OFFICIAL
RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide
assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned
functions, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C.
106, including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106,
which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $3,378,000.
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;
$334,000: Provided, That advances or repayments or transfers from
this appropriation may be made to any department or agency for
expenses of carrying out such activities.
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out its func-
tions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021),
$3,542,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 3 U.S.C.
107; $3,983,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,648,000.
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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107,
and hire of passenger motor vehicles $28,883,000, of which
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for a capital
investment plan which provides for the modernization of the
information technology infrastructure.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and
Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $57,440,000, of which not to exceed
$5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of chapter
35 of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided
in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the
objects for which appropriations were made except as otherwise
provided by law: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may
be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing
orders or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made available
for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be
expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony
of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, before the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations or the House and Senate Committees on Veterans’
Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That this proviso
shall not apply to printed hearings released by the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations or the House and Senate
Committees on Veterans’ Affairs.
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy; for research activities pursuant to title I of Public Law
100–690; not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and for participation in joint projects or in the
provision of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit,
research, or public organizations or agencies, with or without
reimbursement; $35,016,000, of which $17,000,000 shall remain
available until expended, consisting of $1,000,000 for policy research
and evaluation and $16,000,000 for the Counterdrug Technology
Assessment Center for counternarcotics research and development
projects: Provided, That the $16,000,000 for the Counterdrug Tech-
nology Assessment Center shall be available for transfer to other
Federal departments or agencies: Provided further, That the Office
is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both
real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the
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work of the Office: Provided further, That not before December
31, 1997, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
shall transfer all balances in the Special Forfeiture Fund estab-
lished by section 6073 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21
U.S.C. 1509) to the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (31 U.S.C. 9703(a)).
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy’s 
High 
Intensity 
Drug 
Trafficking 
Areas 
Program,
$159,007,000 for drug control activities consistent with the approved
strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas, of which $3,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
should the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
determine the location meets the designated criteria; of which
$7,300,000 shall be used for national efforts related to methamphet-
amine reduction; of which $1,500,000 shall be used for methamphet-
amine reduction efforts within the Rocky Mountain High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area; of which $6,000,000 shall be used for a
newly designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area in the three-
State area of Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia; of which
$1,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area in central Florida; of which no less than
$80,000,000 shall be transferred to State and local entities for
drug control activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days
of the date of enactment of this Act and up to $79,007,000 may
be transferred to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to
be determined by the Director: Provided, That funding shall be
provided for existing High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas at
no less than the fiscal year 1997 level.
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for
youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public Law 100–690,
as amended, $211,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such funds may be transferred to other Federal
departments and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided
further, That of the funds provided, $195,000,000 shall be to support
a national media campaign to reduce and prevent drug use among
young Americans: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
for the support of a national media campaign may be obligated
until the Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, submits
a strategy for approval to the Committees on Appropriations and
the Senate Judiciary Committee that includes: (1) guidelines to
ensure and certify that funds will supplement and not supplant
current anti-drug community based coalitions; (2) guidelines to
ensure and certify that funds will supplement and not supplant
current pro bono public service time donated by national and local
broadcasting networks; (3) guidelines to ensure and certify that
none of the funds will be used for partisan political purposes;
(4) guidelines to ensure and certify that no media campaigns to
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be funded pursuant to this campaign shall feature any elected
officials, persons seeking elected office, cabinet-level officials, or
other Federal officials employed pursuant to Schedule C of title
5, Code of Federal Regulations, section 213, absent advance notice
to the Committees on Appropriations and the Senate Judiciary
Committee; (5) a detailed implementation plan to be submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations and the Senate Judiciary
Committee for securing private sector contributions including but
not limited to in-kind contributions; (6) a detailed implementation
plan to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations and
the Senate Judiciary Committee of the qualifications necessary
for any organization, entity, or individual to receive funding for
or otherwise be provided broadcast media time; and (7) a system
to measure outcomes of success of the national media campaign:
Provided further, That the Director shall report to Congress quar-
terly on the obligation of funds as well as the specific parameters
of the national media campaign and report to Congress within
two years on the effectiveness of the national media campaign
based upon the measurable outcomes provided to Congress pre-
viously: Provided further, That of the funds provided for the support
of a national media campaign, $17,000,000 shall not be obligated
prior to September 30, 1998: Provided further, That of the funds
provided, $6,000,000 shall be used to continue the drug use reduc-
tion program for those involved in the criminal justice system:
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $10,000,000 shall
be to initiate a program of matching grants to drug-free commu-
nities, as authorized in the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Appropriations
Act, 1998’’.
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by the
Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–28, $1,940,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, $31,650,000,
of which no less than $3,800,000 shall be available for internal
automated data processing systems, and of which not to exceed
$5,000 shall be available for reception and representation expenses:
Provided, That of the amounts appropriated for salaries and
expenses, $750,000 shall be transferred to the General Accounting
Office for the sole purpose of entering into a contract with the
private sector for a management review, and technology and
performance audit, of the Federal Election Commission, and
$300,000 may be transferred to the Government Printing Office.
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FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal
Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan
Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire
of experts and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;
$22,039,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal Service
Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in
lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for
persons employed intermittently in the Government service, and
compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further,
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management relations
conferences shall be credited to and merged with this account,
to be available without further appropriation for the costs of carry-
ing out these conferences.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
To carry out the purpose of the Fund established pursuant
to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), the revenues and
collections deposited into the Fund shall be available for necessary
expenses of real property management and related activities not
otherwise provided for, including operation, maintenance, and
protection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of build-
ings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises;
moving governmental agencies (including space adjustments and
telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection with the
assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contractual services
incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and
alteration 
of 
federally 
owned 
buildings 
including 
grounds,
approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites;
maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition
of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings
and sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings;
preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or other-
wise; construction of new buildings (including equipment for such
buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga-
tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and
purchase contract, in the aggregate amount of $4,835,934,000, of
which: (1) $300,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for
repairs and alterations which includes associated design and
construction services: Provided, That additional projects for which
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded under this
category only if advance approval is obtained from the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Provided further, That
the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and
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Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs associated with implement-
ing security improvements to buildings necessary to meet the mini-
mum standards for security in accordance with current law and
in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate
Committees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That funds
made available in this Act or any previous Act for ‘‘Repairs and
Alterations’’ shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount
originally made available, except each project may be increased
by an amount not to exceed 10 percent when advance approval
is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate of a greater amount: Provided further, That the dif-
ference between the funds appropriated and expended on any
projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and
Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations
or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided
further, That all funds for repairs and alterations prospectus
projects shall expire on September 30, 2000 and remain in the
Federal Building Fund except funds for projects as to which funds
for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part
prior to such date: Provided further, That the amount provided
in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may
be used to pay claims against the Government arising from any
projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to
fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; (2) $142,542,000
for installment acquisition payments including payments on pur-
chase contracts which shall remain available until expended; (3)
$2,275,340,000 for rental of space which shall remain available
until expended; (4) $1,331,789,000 for building operations which
shall remain available until expended; and (5) $680,543,000 which
shall remain available until expended for projects and activities
previously requested and approved under this heading in prior
fiscal years: Provided further, That for the purposes of this
authorization, and hereafter, buildings constructed pursuant to the
purchase contract authority of the Public Buildings Amendments
of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 602a), buildings occupied pursuant to installment
purchase contracts, and buildings under the control of another
department or agency where alterations of such buildings are
required in connection with the moving of such other department
or agency from buildings then, or thereafter to be, under the control
of the General Services Administration shall be considered to be
federally owned buildings: Provided further, That funds available
in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency
repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Provided further, That
amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services to other
agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.
490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, light-
ing, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property
not in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate
to enable the United States Secret Service to perform its protective
functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, as amended, shall be available
from such revenues and collections: Provided further, That revenues
and collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during
fiscal year 1998, excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6)
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of $4,835,934,000 shall remain in
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the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as
authorized in appropriations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for,
for Government-wide policy and oversight activities associated with
asset management activities; utilization and donation of surplus
personal property; transportation; procurement and supply; Govern-
ment-wide and internal responsibilities relating to automated data
management, telecommunications, information resources manage-
ment, and related technology activities; utilization survey, deed
compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural
analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to excess and
surplus real property; agency-wide policy direction; Board of Con-
tract Appeals; accounting, records management, and other support
services incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the
United States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; $107,487,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,870,000: Provided, That
not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for payment for information
and detection of fraud against the Government, including payment
for recovery of stolen Government property: Provided further, That
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees
of other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of
efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector
General effectiveness.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958,
as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, $2,208,000:
Provided, That the Administrator of General Services shall transfer
to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary
to carry out the provisions of such Acts.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund available to
the General Services Administration shall be credited with the
cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and
improvement, included as part of rentals received from Government
corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Administra-
tion shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available
for fiscal year 1998 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may
be transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary
to meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed
transfers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate.