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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 Reorga-
nization 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; $22,586,000: Pro-
vided, 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 per-
sons employed intermittently in the Government service,
and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided 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 fur-
ther appropriation for the costs of carrying out these con-
ferences.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
To carry out the purpose of the Fund established pur-
suant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.
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490(f)), the $508,752,000 to be deposited into the Fund. The
revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall be
available for necessary expenses of real property manage-
ment and related activities not otherwise provided for, in-
cluding operation, maintenance, and protection of federally
owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the Dis-
trict 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; contrac-
tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings,
and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned build-
ings 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
otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip-
ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter-
est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired
by installment purchase and purchase contract, in the ag-
gregate 
amount 
of 
$5,648,680,000, 
of 
which: 
(1)
$538,652,000 shall remain available until expended for con-
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struction of additional projects at locations and at maxi-
mum construction improvement costs (including funds for
sites and expenses and associated design and construction
services) as follows:
New construction:
Arkansas:
Little 
Rock, 
U.S. 
courthouse,
$3,436,000
California:
San 
Diego, 
U.S. 
courthouse,
$15,400,000
San Jose, U.S. courthouse, $10,800,000
Colorado:
Denver, U.S. courthouse, $83,959,000
District of Columbia:
Southeast Federal Center remediation,
$10,000,000
Florida:
Jacksonville, 
U.S. 
courthouse,
$86,010,000
Orlando, U.S. courthouse, $1,930,000
Georgia:
Savannah, 
U.S. 
courthouse,
$46,462,000
Massachusetts:
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Springfield, 
U.S. 
courthouse,
$5,563,000
Michigan:
Sault Sainte Marie, border station,
$572,000
Mississippi:
Biloxi-Gulfport 
U.S. 
courthouse,
$7,543,000
Missouri:
Cape 
Girardeau 
U.S. 
courthouse,
$2,196,000
Montana:
Babb, 
Piegan 
border 
station,
$6,165,000
New York:
Brooklyn, 
U.S. 
courthouse,
$152,626,000
New York U.S. Mission to the United
Nations, $3,163,000
Oregon:
Eugene, U.S. courthouse, $7,190,000
Tennessee:
Greenville, 
U.S. 
courthouse,
$28,229,000
Texas:
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Laredo, U.S. courthouse, $28,105,000
West Virginia:
Wheeling, U.S. courthouse, $29,303,000
Nationwide:
Nonprospectus, $10,000,000:
Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits of
costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to the
extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but
not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is ob-
tained from the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations of a greater amount: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law in order to rescind
a General Services Administration property sale, the Gen-
eral Services Administration is authorized to re-acquire
that parcel of land on Block 111, East Denver, Denver, Col-
orado, which was sold at public auction by the Federal gov-
ernment to its present owner pursuant to paragraphs (6)
and (7) of section 12 of Public Law 94–204 (43 U.S.C. 1611
note) at a price equivalent to the 1988 auction sale price
plus the amount of cumulative consumer price index, pur-
suant to the methodology as used in Public Law 104–42,
Sec. 107(a), from the closing date of the sale until the date
of re-acquisition by the Federal government, offset by any
net income received from the property by the present owner
since the 1988 sale: Provided further, That the funds pro-
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vided in Public Law 102–393 for Hilo, Hawaii shall be
expended for the planning and design of the Mauna Kea
Astronomy Educational Center, notwithstanding Public
Law 103–123, and of the funds provided not more than
$475,000 is to be disbursed in this fiscal year: Provided
further, That of the amount provided, $14,105,000 for the
design of the Department of Transportation headquarters
building shall not be available for obligation by the Admin-
istrator of General Services until the Secretary of the De-
partment of Transportation approves airport landing
rights for British Airways at Denver International Airport,
Denver, Colorado and certifies that he has received a guar-
antee for year-round commercially viable landing and take
off slots for the U.S. carrier authorized to serve the Char-
lotte-London (Gatwick) route: Provided further, That all
funds for direct construction projects shall expire on Sep-
tember 30, 2000, and remain in the Federal Buildings
Fund except for funds for projects as to which funds for
design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in
part prior to such date; (2) $668,031,000 shall remain
available until expended, for repairs and alterations which
includes associated design and construction services: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided, $323,800,000
shall not be available for obligation until September 30,
1999: Provided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings
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Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus
projects, be limited to the amount by project as follows, ex-
cept each project may be increased by an amount not to
exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is obtained from
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of a
greater amount:
Repairs and alterations:
California:
San 
Francisco, 
Appraisers 
Building,
$29,778,000
Colorado:
Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, Building
25, $29,351,000
District of Columbia:
Federal Office Building, 10B, $13,844,000
Interstate Commerce Commission, Connect-
ing Wing Complex, Customs Building, Phase 3/
3, $83,959,000
Old Executive Office Building, $25,210,000
Department of State, Phase 1, $29,779,000
New York:
Brookhaven, 
Internal 
Revenue 
Service,
Service Center, $20,019,000
New York, U.S. Courthouse, 40 Foley
Square, $4,782,000
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Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia, Byrne-Green, Federal Build-
ing-U.S. Courthouse, $11,212,000
Virginia:
Reston, J.W. Powell Building, $9,151,000
Nationwide:
Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $25,000,000
Energy Programs, $25,000,000
Design Program, $16,710,000
Basic 
Repairs 
and 
Alteration,
$344,236,000:
Provided further, 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 Alterations’’ may be used to
fund costs associated with implementing security improve-
ments to buildings necessary to meet the minimum stand-
ards for security in accordance with current law and in
compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the ap-
propriate Committees of the House and Senate: Provided
further, That funds made available in this Act or any pre-
vious Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ shall, for prospec-
tus projects, be limited to the amount originally made
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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 difference between the funds appropriated and ex-
pended 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
Buildings 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 of the
amount provided, $100,000 shall be used to address the
lighting issues at the Byrne-Green Federal Courthouse in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Provided further, That of the
amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs
and Alterations, $1,600,000 shall be provided to complete
the alterations required at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Court-
house: Provided further, That of the amount provided in
this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations,
$1,100,000 may be used to provide a new fence surrounding
the Suitland Federal Complex in Suitland, Maryland: Pro-
vided further, That the amount provided in this or any
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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; (3)
$215,764,000 for installment acquisition payments includ-
ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
available until expended; (4) $2,583,261,000 for rental of
space which shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided, $51,667,000
shall not be available for obligation until September 30,
1999; and (5) $1,554,772,000 for building operations which
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That of the amount provided $31,095,000 shall not be avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 1999: Provided fur-
ther, That funds available to the General Services Adminis-
tration shall not be available for expenses of any construc-
tion, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which
a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of
1959, as amended, has not been approved, except that nec-
essary funds may be expended for each project for required
expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
vided further, That for the purposes of this authorization,
and hereafter, buildings constructed pursuant to the pur-
chase contract authority of the Public Buildings Amend-
ments of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 602a), buildings occupied pursu-
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ant to installment purchase contracts, and buildings under
the control of another department or agency where alter-
ations of such buildings are required in connection with
the moving of such other department or agency from build-
ings then, or thereafter to be, under the control of the Gen-
eral Services Administration shall be considered to be feder-
ally owned buildings: Provided further, That funds avail-
able 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 reim-
bursable special services to other agencies under section
210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and
amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting,
guard booths, and other facilities on private or other prop-
erty 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 the remaining bal-
ances and associated assets and liabilities of the Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Activities account are hereby transferred to
the Federal Buildings Fund to be effective October 1, 1998,
and that all income earned after that effective date that
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would otherwise have been deposited to the Pennsylvania
Avenue Activities account shall thereafter be deposited to
the Federal Buildings Fund, to be available for the purposes
authorized by Public Laws 104–134 and 104–208, notwith-
standing subsection 210(f)(2) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act, as amended: Provided further,
That of the amount provided, $475,000 shall be made avail-
able for the 1999 Women’s World Cup Soccer event: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided, $475,000 shall
be made available for the 1999 World Alpine Ski Cham-
pionships: Provided further, That revenues and collections
and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal
year 1999, excluding reimbursements under section
210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of
$5,648,680,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be
available for expenditure except as authorized in appro-
priations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided
for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activities as-
sociated with asset management activities; utilization and
donation of surplus personal property; transportation; pro-
curement and supply; Government-wide and internal re-
sponsibilities relating to automated data management, tele-
communications, information resources management, and
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related technology activities; utilization survey, deed com-
pliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural
analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to ex-
cess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy direc-
tion; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records man-
agement, and other support services incident to adjudica-
tion 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 represen-
tation expenses; $106,494,000: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated from this Act or any other Act shall
be available to convert the Old Post Office at 1100 Pennsyl-
vania Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C. from office
use to any other use until a comprehensive plan, which shall
include street-level retail use, has been approved by the Sen-
ate Committee on Appropriations: Provided further, That
no funds from this Act or any other Act shall be available
to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise the
leasehold rights of the existing lease with private parties
at the Old Post Office prior to the approval of the com-
prehensive plan by the Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $32,000,000:
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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 Gov-
ernment 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 ef-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor 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, $2,241,000: Provided, That the Administrator of
General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provi-
sions 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 rent-
als received from Government corporations pursuant to law
(40 U.S.C. 129).
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SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made
available for fiscal year 1999 for Federal Buildings Fund
activities may be transferred between such activities only
to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro-
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate.
SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 2000 request for United
States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet the
design guide standards for construction as established and
approved by the General Services Administration, the Judi-
cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Man-
agement and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the priorities
of the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out
in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That
the fiscal year 2000 request must be accompanied by a
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to
be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any
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other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency which does not pay the rate per
square foot assessment for space and services as determined
by the General Services Administration in compliance with
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law
92–313).
SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agen-
cies by the Information Technology Fund, General Services
Administration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b)
and 5128 of Public Law 104–106, Information Technology
Management Reform Act of 1996, for performance of pilot
information technology projects which have potential for
Government-wide benefits and savings, may be repaid to
this Fund from any savings actually incurred by these
projects or other funding, to the extent feasible.
SEC. 407. From funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Revenue’’,
claims against the Government of less than $250,000 aris-
ing from direct construction projects and acquisition of
buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other
construction projects with prior notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
SEC. 408. From the funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Reve-
nue’’, in addition to amounts provided in budget activities
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above, up to $5,000,000 shall be available for the demoli-
tion, cleanup and conveyance of the property at block 35
and lot 2 of block 36 in Anchorage, Alaska: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall, not later than 18 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, demolish and remove
all buildings, structures and other fixtures on the property
at block 35 and lot 2 of block 36, Anchorage Original Town-
site East Addition, Anchorage, Alaska, excluding any por-
tion dedicated for use by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention: Provided further, That the remediation of
said parcel shall include the removal of all asbestos, lead
and any other contamination, and restoration of the prop-
erty, to the extent practicable, to an undeveloped condition:
Provided further, That upon completion of the activities re-
quired for the demolition and removal of buildings, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator
of General Services shall convey to the municipality of An-
chorage, without reimbursement, all right, title, and interest
of the United States to the property.
SEC. 409. The Administrator of General Services may
convey, without consideration, to the City of Racine, Wis-
consin all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to a parcel of excess real property, including improve-
ments thereon, that is located on 2310 Center Street, com-
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mencing at the intersection of the North line of 24th Street
and the center line of Center Street, being the point of the
beginning; thence Northerly along the center line of Center
Street, 426 feet to the South line of 23rd Street extended
East; thence Westerly along the South line of 23rd street
extended East; 325 feet to the West line of Franklin Street
extended South; thence southerly along the West line of
Franklin Street extended South to a point on the North line
of 24th Street; thence Easterly along the North line of 24th
Street to the point of beginning located in Racine, Wiscon-
sin and which contains the U.S. Army Reserve Center.
SEC. 410. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HEAD-
QUARTERS. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of Gen-
eral Services shall—
(1) enter into an operating lease to acquire space
for the Department of Transportation headquarters;
and
(2) commence procurement of the lease not later
than November 1, 1998:
Provided, That the annual rent payment does not exceed
$55,000,000.
(b) TERMS.—The authority granted in subsection (a)
is effective only to the extent that the lease acquisition meets
the guidelines for operating leases set forth in the joint
statement of the managers for the conference report to the