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should, in expending the assistance, purchase only Amer-
ican-made equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In pro-
viding financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of
the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a)
by the Congress.
SEC. 508. If it has been finally determined by a court
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any
contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant
to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and in-
eligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 509. Except as otherwise specifically provided by
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 1999 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for
fiscal year 1999 in this Act, shall remain available through
September 30, 2000, for each such account for the purposes
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for
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approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance
with reprogramming guidelines.
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President
to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any of-
ficial background investigation report on any individual,
except when it is made known to the Federal official having
authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) such individual has given his or her express
written consent for such request not more than 6
months prior to the date of such request and during
the same presidential administration; or
(2) such request is required due to extraordinary
circumstances involving national security.
SEC. 511. PROVISIONS FOR STAFF DIRECTOR AND
GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMIS-
SION. (a) APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF SERVICE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 306c(f) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437c(f)) is
amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(1)(A) The Commission shall have a staff direc-
tor and a general counsel who shall be appointed by
an affirmative vote of not less than 4 members of the
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Commission. Subject to exception in subparagraph
(D), the staff director and general counsel shall, be-
ginning January 1, 1999, serve for terms of 6 years
and such terms may be renewed by an affirmative
vote of not less than 3 members of the Commission.
‘‘(B) The staff director and general counsel may
serve after the expiration of his or her term until his
or her successor has been appointed.
‘‘(C) An individual appointed to fill a vacancy
occurring other than by the expiration of a term of
office shall be appointed only for the unexpired term
of the staff director or general counsel he or she suc-
ceeds.
‘‘(D) The term of any individual appointed
prior to and serving on the date of enactment of this
Act as general counsel shall be until January 1, 2008
and shall not be subject to renewal under subpara-
graph (A) until such date.’’.
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING AUTHORITY
OF ACTING STAFF DIRECTOR OR GENERAL COUNSEL.—
Section 306(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437c(f)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
prohibit any individual serving as an acting staff di-
rector of the Commission from performing any func-
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tions of the staff director of the Commission or any
individual serving as an acting general counsel of the
Commission from performing any functions of the
general counsel of the Commission.’’.
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
SEC. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act
may be used to pay travel to the United States for the im-
mediate family of employees serving abroad in cases of
death or life threatening illness of said employee.
SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 1999 shall obligate or
expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin-
ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession,
or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the
Controlled Substances Act) by the officers and employees of
such department, agency, or instrumentality.
SEC. 603. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1345, any agen-
cy, department, or instrumentality of the United States
which provides or proposes to provide child care services
for Federal employees may reimburse any Federal employee
or any person employed to provide such services for travel,
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transportation, and subsistence expenses incurred for train-
ing classes, conferences, or other meetings in connection
with the provision of such services: Provided, That any per
diem allowance made pursuant to this section shall not ex-
ceed the rate specified in regulations prescribed pursuant
to section 5707 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year
in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946
(60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and
undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $8,100
except station wagons for which the maximum shall be
$9,100: Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not
to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to ex-
ceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided fur-
ther, That the limits set forth in this section may not be
exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehi-
cles purchased for demonstration under the provisions of the
Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and
Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, That the lim-
its set forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremen-
tal cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant
to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable conven-
tionally fueled vehicles.
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SEC. 605. Appropriations of the executive departments
and independent establishments for the current fiscal year
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the
activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance
with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.
SEC. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the current
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this
or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of
any officer or employee of the Government of the United
States (including any agency the majority of the stock of
which is owned by the Government of the United States)
whose post of duty is in the continental United States un-
less such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2)
is a person in the service of the United States on the date
of enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizenship,
has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of
the United States prior to such date and is actually resid-
ing in the United States; (3) is a person who owes alle-
giance to the United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Po-
land, South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet
Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the
United States for permanent residence; (5) is a South Viet-
namese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the
United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national
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of the People’s Republic of China who qualifies for adjust-
ment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection
Act of 1992: Provided, That for the purpose of this section,
an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered
prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section
with respect to his or her status have been complied with:
Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit
shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be
fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than
1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for,
any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That
any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to
the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action
by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply
to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the Phil-
ippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the
United States in a current defense effort, or to international
broadcasters employed by the United States Information
Agency, or to temporary employment of translators, or to
temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed
60 days) as a result of emergencies.
SEC. 607. Appropriations available to any department
or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex-
penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall
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also be available for payment to the General Services Ad-
ministration for charges for space and services and those
expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa-
cilities which constitute public improvements performed in
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat.
749), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat.
216), or other applicable law.
SEC. 608. In addition to funds provided in this or any
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.
Such funds shall be available until expended for the follow-
ing purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
and recycling programs as described in Executive
Order No. 12873 (October 20, 1993), including any
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of
the Executive order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental manage-
ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de-
velopment and implementation of hazardous waste
management and pollution prevention programs.
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(3) Other employee programs as authorized by
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed-
eral agency.
SEC. 609. Funds made available by this or any other
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for
rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses
are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds,
the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced.
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation for the current
fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid
to any person for the filling of any position for which he
or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not
to approve the nomination of said person.
SEC. 611. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi-
nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com-
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missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether
or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a
prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial
support from more than one agency or instrumentality.
SEC. 612. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be
available for employment of guards for all buildings and
areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under
the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such
guards shall have, with respect to such property, the powers
of special policemen provided by the first section of the Act
of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318),
and, as to property owned or occupied by the Postal Service,
the Postmaster General may take the same actions as the
Administrator of General Services may take under the pro-
visions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as
amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 318b), attach-
ing thereto penal consequences under the authority and
within the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June
1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).
SEC. 613. None of the funds made available pursuant
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement,
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly
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adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United
States.
SEC. 614. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no
part of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal year
ending on September 30, 1999, by this or any other Act,
may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee described
in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—
(1) during the period from the date of expiration
of the limitation imposed by section 614 of the Treas-
ury and General Government Appropriations Act,
1998, until the normal effective date of the applicable
wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal
year 1999, in an amount that exceeds the rate pay-
able for the applicable grade and step of the applica-
ble wage schedule in accordance with such section
614; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remainder
of fiscal year 1999, in an amount that exceeds, as a
result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable
under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of—
(A) the percentage adjustment taking effect
in fiscal year 1999 under section 5303 of title 5,
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the
General Schedule; and
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(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based comparabil-
ity payments taking effect in fiscal year 1999
under section 5304 of such title (whether by ad-
justment or otherwise), and the overall average
percentage of such payments which was effective
in fiscal year 1998 under such section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and
no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be
paid during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect
at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under
subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such em-
ployee.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable
to an employee who is covered by this section and who is
paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30,
1998, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by
the Office of Personnel Management.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
of premium pay for employees subject to this section may
not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30,
1998, except to the extent determined by the Office of Per-