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individual involved possesses unique abilities and is the only
qualified applicant available for the position.
(D) Employment under a personal services contract with
the Government of the United States shall be included in
the term ‘‘employment’’ with respect to paragraph (1), but shall
be excluded with respect to paragraph (2).
(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, the General Services Administra-
tion shall remit to the Office of Personnel Management for
deposit in the Treasury to the credit of the Civil Service Retire-
ment and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 percent of
the final annual basic pay for each employee 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 last serving on other than a full-time
basis, with appropriate adjustment therefor.
(h) REDUCTION OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEVELS.—
(1) The total number of funded employee positions in the
agency shall be reduced by one position for each vacancy created
by the separation of any employee who has received, or is
due to receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment under
this section. For the purposes of this subsection positions shall
be counted on a full-time equivalent basis.
(2) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall monitor the agency and take any action necessary to
ensure that the requirement of this subsection is met.
(3) At the request of the Administrator of General Services,
the Office of Management and Budget may waive the applica-
tion of paragraph (1) if he or she determines that the plan
required 
by 
subsection 
(c) 
satisfactorily 
demonstrates
downsizing or other restructuring within GSA that would
produce a cost-effective result.
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit
Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor
vehicles, and direct procurement of survey printing, $27,586,000
together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for administrative expenses
to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil
Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined
by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND
EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence
in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be available for the
purposes of Public Law 102–252, $2,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and
Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $1,250,000, to remain available
until expended.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in connection with the administration
of the National Archives (including the Information Security Over-
sight Office) and archived Federal records and related activities,
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review
and declassification of documents, and for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $180,398,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the
United States is authorized to use any excess funds available from
the amount borrowed for construction of the National Archives
facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate storage for
holdings.
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facili-
ties, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $22,418,000,
to remain available until expended.
RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING FUND
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is hereby established in
the Treasury a revolving fund to be available for expenses and
equipment necessary to provide for storage and related services
for all temporary and pre-archival Federal records, which are to
be stored or stored at Federal National and Regional Records Cen-
ters by agencies and other instrumentalities of the Federal Govern-
ment. The Fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation
for expenses necessary for operation of these activities.
(b) START-UP CAPITAL.—
(1) There is appropriated $22,000,000 as initial capitaliza-
tion of the Fund.
(2) In addition, the initial capital of the Fund shall include
the fair and reasonable value at the Fund’s inception of the
inventories, equipment, receivables, and other assets, less the
liabilities, transferred to the Fund. The Archivist of the United
States is authorized to accept inventories, equipment, receiv-
ables and other assets from other Federal entities that were
used to provide for storage and related services for temporary
and pre-archival Federal records.
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(c) USER CHARGES.—The Fund shall be credited with user
charges received from other Federal Government accounts as pay-
ment for providing personnel, storage, materials, supplies, equip-
ment, and services as authorized by subsection (a). Such payments
may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement. The rates
charged will return in full the expenses of operation, including
reserves for accrued annual leave, worker’s compensation, deprecia-
tion of capitalized equipment and shelving, and amortization of
information technology software and systems.
(d) FUNDS RETURNED
TO MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS
OF
THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.—
(1) In addition to funds appropriated to and assets trans-
ferred to the Fund in subsection (b), an amount not to exceed
4 percent of the total annual income may be retained in the
Fund as an operating reserve or for the replacement or acquisi-
tion of capital equipment, including shelving, and the improve-
ment and implementation of the financial management,
information technology, and other support systems of the
National Archives and Records Administration.
(2) Funds in excess of the 4 percent at the close of each
fiscal year shall be returned to the Treasury of the United
States as miscellaneous receipts.
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The National Archives and
Records Administration shall provide quarterly reports to the
Committees on Appropriations and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations and Government
Reform of the House of Representatives on the operation of the
Records Center Revolving Fund.
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION
GRANTS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical
publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, as
amended, $6,250,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law
105–277, $2,000,000 are rescinded: Provided further, That the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 (as
contained in division A, section 101(h), of the Omnibus Consolidated
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law
105–277)) is amended in title IV, under the heading ‘‘National
Historical Publications and Records Commission, Grants Program’’
by striking the proviso.
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office
of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act
of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor
vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, $9,114,000.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office
of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations
performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;
hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official
reception and representation expenses; advances for reimburse-
ments to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred
under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended;
and payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to
employees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee
to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, $90,584,000; and
in addition $95,486,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel
Management without regard to other statutes, including direct
procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance
programs, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available until
expended for the cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping
systems: Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall
not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided
by sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and 8909(g) of title 5, United States Code:
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of
the Office of Personnel Management established pursuant to Execu-
tive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of
like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s Commission
on White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183
of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2000, accept donations
of money, property, and personal services in connection with the
development of a publicity brochure to provide information about
the White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall
be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or
for the salaries of employees of such Commission.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act, as
amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire
of passenger motor vehicles, $960,000; and in addition, not to exceed
$9,645,000 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and
provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s
retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the
appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management,
as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the
Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere.