H. R. 2020
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five
An Act
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Serv-
ice, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies,
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the Treasury Department, the
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President,
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex;
hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and
improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for
the performance of official business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for
official travel expenses; not to exceed $2,950,000 to remain available
until expended for information technology modernization require-
ments; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted
for solely on his certificate; $105,929,000, of which up to $500,000
shall be available to reimburse the District of Columbia Metropoli-
tan Police Department for personnel costs incurred by the Metropoli-
tan Police Department between May 19, 1995 and September 30,
1995 as a result of the closing to vehicular traffic of Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest and other streets in the vicinity of the White
House: Provided, That section 640 of title VI of the Treasury,
Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995
(Public Law 103–329, 108 Stat. 2432), is amended by adding at
the end thereof the following new sentence: ‘‘This section shall
not apply to any claim where the employee has received any com-
pensation for overtime hours worked during the period covered
by the claim under any other provision of law, including, but not
limited to, 5 U.S.C. 5545(c), or to any claim for compensation
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for time spent commuting between the employee’s residence and
duty station.’’.
TREASURY BUILDINGS AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury
Building and Annex, and the Secret Service Headquarters Building,
$21,491,000, to remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed
$2,000,000 for official travel expenses; not to exceed $100,000 for
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General of the
Treasury; $29,319,000.
TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as
authorized by Public Law 102–393, not to exceed $10,000,000, to
be derived from deposits in the Fund.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel expenses
of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend meetings con-
cerned with financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and
financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; $22,198,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Director of the Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network may procure up to $500,000 in
specialized, unique or novel automatic data processing equipment,
ancillary equipment, software, services, and related resources from
commercial vendors without regard to otherwise applicable procure-
ment laws and regulations and without full and open competition,
utilizing procedures best suited under the circumstances of the
procurement to efficiently fulfill the agency’s requirements: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated in this account may be
used to procure personal services contracts.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center, as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, includ-
ing materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic
training; purchase (not to exceed fifty-two for police-type use) and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic
and related activities; uniforms without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the conducting
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of and participating in firearms matches and presentation of
awards; for public awareness and enhancing community support
of law enforcement training; not to exceed $7,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; room and board for student
interns; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided,
That the Center is authorized to accept and use gifts of property,
both real and personal, and to accept services, for authorized pur-
poses, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which shall
be awarded annually by the Director of the Center to the outstand-
ing student who graduated from a basic training program at the
Center during the previous fiscal year, which shall be funded only
by gifts received through the Center’s gift authority: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, students
attending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ter site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided housing, insofar
as available and in accordance with Center policy: Provided further,
That funds appropriated in this account shall be available for
training United States Postal Service law enforcement personnel
and Postal police officers, at the discretion of the Director; State
and local government law enforcement training on a space-available
basis; training of foreign law enforcement officials on a space-
available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this appropria-
tion; training of private sector security officials on a space-available
basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation;
travel expenses of non-Federal personnel to attend State and local
course development meetings at the Center: Provided further, That
the Center is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of
reimbursements from agencies receiving training at the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center, except that total obligations
at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary
resources available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further,
That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized
to provide short term medical services for students undergoing
training at the Center; $36,070,000, of which $8,666,000 for mate-
rials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic training
shall remain available until September 30, 1998.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED
EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center,
for acquisition of necessary additional real property and facilities,
and for ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, and related
expenses, $9,663,000, to remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service,
$184,300,000, of which not to exceed $14,277,000 shall remain
available until expended for systems modernization initiatives. In
addition, $90,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund, to reimburse the Service for administrative and personnel
expenses for financial management of the Fund, as authorized
by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.
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BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed six hundred and
fifty vehicles for police-type use for replacement only and hire
of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; and services of expert
witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director;
for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees
where an assignment to the National Response Team during the
investigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an employee
to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight at
his or her post of duty; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; for training of State and local law
enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement; provision
of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies, with or without
reimbursement; $377,971,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000
shall be available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided
by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of which $1,000,000 shall be available
for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft
available for official use by a State or local law enforcement agency
if the conveyance will be used in drug-related joint law enforcement
operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and
for the payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel, training, equip-
ment, and other similar costs of State and local law enforcement
officers that are incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able by this or any other Act may be used to implement any
reorganization of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
or transfer of the Bureau’s functions, missions, or activities to
other agencies or Departments in the fiscal year ending on Septem-
ber 30, 1996: Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein
shall be available for salaries or administrative expenses in connec-
tion with consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of
the Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition
and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licens-
ees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall
be used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of
any officer or employee of the United States to implement an
amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the
definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any
item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1,
1994: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein
shall be available to investigate or act upon applications for relief
from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided
further, That such funds shall be available to investigate and act
upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal fire-
arms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. section 925(c).
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs Service,
including purchase of up to 1,000 motor vehicles of which 960
are for replacement only, including 990 for police-type use and
commercial operations; hire of motor vehicles; not to exceed $20,000