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ances 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 over-
night at his or her post of duty; the conducting of and par-
ticipating in firearms matches; presentation of awards; for
travel of Secret Service employees on protective missions
without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in
this or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance
from the Senate Committee on Appropriations; for research
and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral
research in support of protective research and operations;
not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical as-
sistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organi-
zations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in ad-
vance for commercial accommodations as may be necessary
to perform protective functions; and for uniforms without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year; $584,902,000: Provided, That the
$6,000,000 provided for the acquisition of the Armored Pri-
mary Limousines is not obligated before September 30,
1999: Provided further, That of the amount provided,
$7,860,000 shall not be available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1999: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided, funds are authorized to be used for year 2000 conver-
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sion costs pending the availability of funding through emer-
gency appropriation, pursuant to ‘‘Funds Appropriated to
the President, Information Technology Systems and Related
Expenses’’.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $8,068,000, to remain
available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec-
retary in connection with law enforcement activities of a
Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law en-
forcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the
Fund on September 30, 1999, shall be made in compliance
with reprogramming guidelines.
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
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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 1999 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 House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations. No 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, Financial Management
Service, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred
between such appropriations upon the advance approval of
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. No
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transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation
by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 115. The Secretary is authorized to promote the
benefits of and encourage the use of electronic tax adminis-
tration programs, as they become available, through the use
of mass communications and other means. Additionally, the
Secretary may implement procedures to pay appropriate
incentives to commercial concerns for electronic filing serv-
ices: Provided, That such 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 assure the security of all
electronic transmissions and the full protection of the pri-
vacy of taxpayer data.
SEC. 116. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
(BEP) and the Department of the Treasury shall award
a contract for Solicitation No. BEP–97–13 (TN) which will
permit an uninterrupted source of currency paper upon the
expiration of the contract for Solicitation 97–10 on Septem-
ber 5, 1999 unless otherwise directed by the Senate Commit-
tee on Appropriations.
SEC. 117. EXCEPTION TO IMMUNITY FROM ATTACH-
MENT OR EXECUTION. (a) Section 1610 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
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‘‘(f)(1)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including but not limited to section 208(f) of the Foreign
Missions Act (22 U.S.C. 4308(f)), and except as provided
in subparagraph (B), any property with respect to which
financial transactions are prohibited or regulated pursuant
to section 5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50
U.S.C. App. 5(b)), section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)), sections 202 and 203 of
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701–1702), or any other proclamation, order, regu-
lation, or license issued pursuant thereto, shall be subject
to execution or attachment in aid of execution of any judg-
ment relating to a claim for which a foreign state (includ-
ing any agency or instrumentality or such state) claiming
such property is not immune under section 1605(a)(7).
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply if, at the time
the property is expropriated or seized by the foreign state,
the property has been held in title by a natural person or,
if held in trust, has been held for the benefit of a natural
person or persons.
‘‘(2)(A) At the request of any party in whose favor a
judgment has been issued with respect to a claim for which
the foreign state is not immune under section 1605(a)(7),
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State
shall fully, promptly, and effectively assist any judgment
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creditor or any court that has issued any such judgment
in identifying, locating, and executing against the property
of that foreign state or any agency or instrumentality of
such state.
‘‘(B) In providing such assistance, the Secretaries—
‘‘(i) may provide such information to the court
under seal; and
‘‘(ii) shall provide the information in a manner
sufficient to allow the court to direct the United
States Marshall’s office to promptly and effectively
execute against that property.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1606 of title
28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘pu-
nitive damages’’ the following: ‘‘, except any action under
section 1605(a)(7) or 1610(f)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (a) and (b) 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 enactment of this Act.
SEC. 118. Section 921(a) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the explosive
in a fixed shotgun shell’’ and insert ‘‘an explosive’’;
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(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘the explosive
in a fixed metallic cartridge’’ and inserting ‘‘an ex-
plosive’’; and
(3) by striking paragraph (16) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(16) The term ‘antique firearm’—
‘‘(A) means any—
‘‘(i) firearm (including any firearm with a
matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar
type of ignition system) manufactured in or be-
fore 1898;
‘‘(ii) replica of any firearm described in
clause (i), if such replica—
‘‘(I) is not designed or redesigned for
using rimfire or conventional centerfire
fixed ammunition; or
‘‘(II) uses rimfire or conventional
centerfire fixed ammunition that is no
longer manufactured in the United States
and that is not readily available in the or-
dinary channels of commercial trade; and
‘‘(iii) muzzle loading rifle, muzzle loading
shotgun, or muzzle loading pistol, that—
‘‘(I) is designed to use black powder, or
a black powder substitute; and
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‘‘(II) cannot use fixed ammunition;
and
‘‘(B) does not include any—
‘‘(i) weapon that incorporates a firearm
frame or receiver;
‘‘(ii) firearm that is converted into a muzzle
loading weapon; or
‘‘(iii) muzzle loading weapon that can be
readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by re-
placing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any com-
bination thereof.’’.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 1999’’.
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 sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States
Code, $71,195,000, which shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds provided
shall be available for obligation until October 1, 1999: Pro-
vided further, 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
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of the funds made available to the Postal Service by this
Act shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, or pol-
icy of charging any officer or employee of any State or local
child support enforcement agency, or any individual par-
ticipating in a State or local program of child support en-
forcement, a fee for information requested or provided con-
cerning 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 of-
fices in the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1999.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 1999’’.
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
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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.
103); not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment ex-
penses, to be available for allocation within the Executive
Office of the President; $52,344,000.
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, $8,691,000, 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
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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-
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
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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,
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.