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‘‘(2) the term ‘official act’ means any decision,
action, or conduct regarding any question, matter,
proceeding, cause, suit, investigation, or prosecution
which may at any time be pending, or which may be
brought before any public official, in such official’s
official capacity, or in such official’s place of trust
or profit;
‘‘(3) the term ‘public official’ means—
‘‘(A) an officer or employee or person act-
ing for or on behalf of the United States, or
any department, agency, or branch of the Unit-
ed States Government in any official function,
under or by authority of any such department,
agency, or branch of Government;
‘‘(B) a juror;
‘‘(C) an officer or employee or person act-
ing for or on behalf of the government of any
State, or any political subdivision of a State, in
any official function, under or by the authority
of any such State or political subdivision; and
‘‘(D) any person who has been nominated
or appointed to a position described in subpara-
graph (A), (B), or (C), or has been officially in-
formed that he or she will be so nominated or
appointed; and
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‘‘(4) the term ‘State’ means a State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, and any
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United
States.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 1961(1)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting
‘‘section 220 (relating to narcotics and public corrup-
tion),’’ after ‘‘Section 201 (relating to bribery),’’.
(2) Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘section 220 (relating to
narcotics and public corruption),’’ after ‘‘section 201
(bribery of public officials and witnesses),’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 11 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the item for section
219 the following:
‘‘220. Narcotics and public corruption.’’.
TITLE X—FUNDING
SEC. 1001. REDUCTION IN OVERHEAD COSTS INCURRED IN
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH.
(a) CBO SCORING.—The Congressional Budget Of-
fice estimates that the reduction in overhead payments for
federally funded university research required by this sec-
tion will produce savings of $1,540,000,00 over 5 years
($150,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $310,000,000 for fis-
cal year 1995, $350,000,000 for fiscal year 1996,
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$360,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, and $370,000,000 for
fiscal year 1998).
(b) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other law, on
and after the date of the enactment of this Act, each head
of a Federal agency making a grant to or entering into
a contract with, an institution of higher education for re-
search and development, shall reduce the overhead pay-
ment rate under the grant or contract to 90 percent of
the current level and return the amount saved to the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
has the meaning stated in section 1201(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a));
and
(2) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means a depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Gov-
ernment (including an executive agency (as defined
in section 105 of title 5, United States Code)).
SEC. 1002. OVERHEAD EXPENSE REDUCTION.
(a) CBO SCORING.—The Congressional Budget Of-
fice estimates that the reduction in administrative costs
required by this section will produce savings of
$6,000,000,000 over 5 years ($1,200,000,000 in each of
fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998).
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(b) REDUCTION.—The overhead expenses identified
and reduced by the President in Executive Order 12837
are hereby reduced by an additional 5 percent. The reduc-
tion required by this section shall be taken from the total
of such expenses before the reduction by the President.
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