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That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
programming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. 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 
official background investigation report on any individual, 
except when— 
(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 extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
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available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 
to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal employees health benefits program which provides 
any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), 
shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Govern-
ment of information technology (as defined in section 
11101 of title 40, United States Code), that is a commer-
cial item (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 
SEC. 616. Section 5112 of title 31, United States 
Code (as amended by Public Law 110–161), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (r) 
as subsection (s), and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ each place it 
appears in subsection (s)(5) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (1)) and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 
commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 
non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 
to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 
or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 
person or entity is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 618. LIFE
INSURANCE
FOR
TAX
COURT 
JUDGES AGE 65 OR OVER. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 
7472 of title 26, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after the word ‘‘imposed’’ where it appears in the 
second sentence the following phrase ‘‘after April 24, 
1999, that is incurred’’. 
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