Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 Inde-
pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2000, 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 $150,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be
allocated and expended under the direction of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on
his certificate, $134,206,000.
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the De-
partment of the Treasury, $31,017,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be
transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to
satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support
or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropria-
tions for Information Systems: Provided, That, of the total
amount provided under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be
for grants authorized in part 2 of subchapter III of chap-
ter 53 of title 31, United States Code (relating to money
laundering and related financial crimes).
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; not to exceed
$2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo-
cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury, $30,716,000.
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended; including pur-
chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for
Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official
travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General
for Tax Administration, $112,207,000.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $23,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK;
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement
personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$29,656,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That
funds appropriated in this account may be used to procure
personal services contracts.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to
remain available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
(1) As authorized by section 190001(e),
$122,000,000; of which $26,800,000 shall be avail-
able to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
arms, including $3,000,000 for administering the
Gang Resistance Education and Training program;
of which $4,200,000 shall be available to the United
States Secret Service for forensic and related sup-
port of investigations of missing and exploited chil-
dren, of which $2,200,000 shall be available as a
grant for activities related to the investigations of
exploited children and shall remain available until
expended; of which $64,000,000 shall be available
for the United States Customs Service; and of which
$27,000,000 shall be available for Interagency
Crime and Drug Enforcement.
(2) 
As 
authorized 
by 
section 
32401,
$10,000,000 to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms for disbursement through grants, coopera-
tive agreements, or contracts to local governments
for Gang Resistance Education and Training: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding sections 32401 and
310001, such funds shall be allocated to State and
local law enforcement and prevention organizations.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of
the Treasury, including materials and support costs of
Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to
exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the gen-
eral purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and re-
lated activities; uniforms without regard to the general
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the
conducting of and participating in firearms matches and
presentation of awards; for public awareness and enhanc-
ing community support of law enforcement training; not
to exceed $9,500 for official reception and representation
expenses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $82,827,000, of which
up to $16,511,000 for materials and support costs of Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training shall remain available
until September 30, 2002: 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 outstanding 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 further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, students attend-
ing training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided
housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Cen-
ter policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Di-
rector, for the following: training United States Postal
Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police offi-
cers; State and local government law enforcement training
on a space-available basis; training of foreign law enforce-
ment officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation, except that re-
imbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law en-
forcement training activities in foreign countries under-
taken pursuant to section 801 of the Antiterrorism and
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Public Law 104–
32; training of private sector security officials on a space-
available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this
appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal per-
sonnel to attend course development meetings and training
sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Cen-
ter is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim-
bursements from agencies receiving training sponsored by
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
training for the Gang Resistance Education and Training
program to Federal and non-Federal personnel at any fa-
cility in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide
short-term medical services for students undergoing train-
ing at the Center.
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, $24,310,000,
to remain available until expended.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary for the detection and inves-
tigation of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, including cooperative efforts with State and
local law enforcement, $48,900,000, of which $7,827,000
shall remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, 
$201,320,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$10,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2002, for information systems modernization initiatives.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms; including purchase of not to exceed
812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for
replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire of aircraft; 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 in-
vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em-
ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain
overnight at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $15,000
for official reception and representation expenses; for
training of State and local law enforcement agencies with
or without reimbursement, including training in connec-
tion with the training and acquisition of canines for explo-
sives and fire accelerants detection; and provision of lab-
oratory assistance to State and local agencies, with or
without reimbursement, $567,059,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of at-
torneys’ 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 of-
ficial use by a State or local law enforcement agency if
the conveyance will be used in joint law enforcement oper-
ations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
and for the payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel,
training, equipment, supplies, and other similar costs of
State and local law enforcement personnel, including
sworn officers and support personnel, that are incurred
in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made available by
this or any other Act may be used to transfer the func-
tions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms to other agencies or Departments in
fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That no funds appro-
priated herein shall be available for salaries or administra-
tive expenses in connection with consolidating or central-
izing, within the Department of the Treasury, the records,
or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of
firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Pro-
vided 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 imple-
ment 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 fur-
ther, 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 in-
vestigate and act upon applications filed by corporations
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18
U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds in this Act
may be used to provide ballistics imaging equipment to
any State or local authority who has obtained similar
equipment through a Federal grant or subsidy unless the
State or local authority agrees to return that equipment
or to repay that grant or subsidy to the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may
be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pur-
suant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal
identification code.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service; including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of
which 1,030 are for police-type use and commercial oper-
ations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals
for personal services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; and awards
of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act
enforced by the United States Customs Service,
$1,708,089,000, of which such sums as become available
in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject
to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budg-
et Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C.
58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account, and of
which $3,000,000 shall be derived only from the Harbor
Services Fund; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall
be available for payment for rental space in connection
with preclearance operations; not to exceed $4,000,000
shall be available until expended for research; not to ex-
ceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for con-
ducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081;
not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until expended
for the procurement of automation infrastructure items,
including hardware, software, and installation; and not to
exceed $5,000,000, shall be available until expended, for
repairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may
be purchased without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal
year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in sub-
section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19
U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall be $30,000.
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND
MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air-
craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine
Programs; including operational training and mission-re-
lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by
the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include the following: the
interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of
support to Customs and other Federal, State, and local
agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en-
forced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of
the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance
to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforce-
ment and emergency humanitarian efforts, $109,413,000,
which shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the ex-
ception of aircraft that is one of a kind and has been iden-
tified as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft that
has been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to
any other Federal agency, department, or office outside
of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal year
2000 without the prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States, $181,319,000, of which
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro-
priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2000
shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive
security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account
Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the General Fund es-
timated at $176,919,000, and in addition, $20,000, to be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reim-
burse the Bureau for administrative and personnel ex-
penses for financial management of the Fund, as author-
ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law
and account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor-
respondence; programs to match information returns and
tax returns; management services; rent and utilities; and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
as 
may 
be 
determined 
by 
the 
Commissioner,
$3,270,098,000, of which up to $3,700,000 shall be for
the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and of which
not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and
representation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro-
viding litigation support; issuing technical rulings; exam-
ining employee plans and exempt organizations; con-
ducting criminal investigation and enforcement activities;
securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts;
compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance
research; purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850)
and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b));
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
as 
may 
be 
determined 
by 
the 
Commissioner,
$3,301,136,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2002, for research.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE
For funding essential earned income tax credit com-
pliance and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section
5702 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law
105–33), 
$144,000,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the Social Security
Administration for the costs of implementing section 1090
of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for information systems and telecommunications sup-
port, including developmental information systems and
operational information systems; the hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $1,394,540,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service; including purchase of not to exceed 777 vehicles
for police-type use, of which 739 shall be for replacement
only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft;
training and assistance requested by State and local gov-
ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;
services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District
of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and
other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per-
form protective functions; for payment of per diem and/
or subsistence allowances 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 overnight at his or her post of duty; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen-
tation 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 Committees on Appropria-
tions; for research and development; for making grants to
conduct behavioral research in support of protective re-
search and operations; not to exceed $20,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed
$50,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to
foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit inves-
tigations; for payment in advance for commercial accom-
modations as may be necessary to perform protective func-
tions; and for uniforms without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year,
$662,312,000: Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided
for protective travel shall remain available until September
30, 2001.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $4,923,000, to re-
main available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury in connection with law enforcement
activities of a Federal agency or a Department of the
Treasury law enforcement organization in accordance with
31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances re-
maining in the Fund on September 30, 2000, 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
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 Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2000 in this
Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis-
tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to
diminish enforcement 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 Enforce-
ment 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 Committees on Appro-
priations. 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 trans-
ferred between such appropriations upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer
may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more
than 2 percent.
SEC. 115. Of the funds available for the purchase of
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase
by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De-
partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That
the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant
Secretary for Management.
SEC. 116. (a) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRA-
TION.—During the period from October 1, 1999 through
January 1, 2003, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration is authorized to offer voluntary separation
incentives in order to provide the necessary flexibility to
carry out the plan to establish and reorganize the Office
of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’).
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘em-
ployee’’ means an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105)
who is employed by the Office serving under an appoint-
ment without time limitation, and has been currently em-
ployed by the Office or the Internal Revenue Service or
the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the
Treasury for a continuous period of at least 3 years, but
does not include—
(1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, or another retirement system;
(2) an employee having a disability on the basis
of which such employee is or would be eligible for
disability retirement under the applicable retirement
system referred to in paragraph (1);
(3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific
notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or
unacceptable performance;
(4) an employee who has previously received
any voluntary separation incentive payment by the
Federal Government under this section or any other
authority and has not repaid such payment;
(5) an employee covered by statutory reemploy-
ment rights who is on transfer to another organiza-
tion; or
(6) any employee who, during the 24–month pe-
riod preceding the date of separation, has received a
recruitment or relocation bonus under 5 U.S.C.
5753 or who, within the 12–month period preceding
the date of separation, received a retention allowance
under 5 U.S.C. 5754.
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration may pay voluntary
separation incentive payments under this section to
any employee to the extent necessary to organize the
Office so as to perform the duties specified in the
Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform
Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–206).
(2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—
A voluntary separation incentive payment—
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations
available for the payment of the basic pay of
the employees of the Office;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount
the employee would be entitled to receive
under 5 U.S.C. 5595(c); or
(ii) an amount determined by the
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Ad-
ministration, not to exceed $25,000;
(D) may not be made except in the case of
any qualifying employee who voluntarily sepa-
rates (whether by retirement or resignation) be-
fore January 1, 2003;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation, of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(F) shall not be taken into account in de-
termining the amount of any severance pay to
which the employee may be entitled under 5
U.S.C. 5595 based on any other separation.
(d) ADDITIONAL OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL
FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO THE RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any other
payments that it is required to make under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5,
United States Code, the Office shall remit to the Of-
fice of Personnel Management for deposit in the
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an
amount equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of
each employee who is covered under subchapter III
of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States
Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has
been paid under this section.
(2) DEFINITION.—In paragraph (1), the term
‘‘final basic pay’’, with respect to an employee,
means the total amount of basic pay that would be
payable for a year of service by such employee, com-
puted using the employee’s final rate of basic pay,
and, if last serving on other than a full-time basis,
with appropriate adjustment therefor.
(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received a
voluntary separation incentive payment under this section
and accepts any employment for compensation with the
United States Government, or who works for any agency
of the United States Government through a personal serv-
ices contract, within 5 years after the date of the separa-
tion on which the payment is based, shall be required to
pay, prior to the individual’s first day of employment, the
entire amount of the incentive payment to the Office.
(f) EFFECT ON OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYMENT
LEVELS.—
(1) INTENDED EFFECT.—Voluntary separations
under this section are not intended to necessarily re-
duce the total number of full-time equivalent posi-
tions in the Office.
(2) USE
OF
VOLUNTARY
SEPARATIONS.—The
Office may redeploy or use the full-time equivalent
positions vacated by voluntary separations under
this section to make other positions available to
more critical locations or more critical occupations.
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
SEC. 118. (a) Subsection (c) of section 5547 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to regulations prescribed by the Of-
fice of Personnel Management, if premium pay for a pay
period consists (in whole or in part) of premium pay for
protective services, then—
‘‘(i) premium pay for such pay period shall be
payable without regard to the limitation under para-
graph (2); except that
‘‘(ii) premium pay shall not be payable to the
extent that the aggregate of the employee’s basic
pay and premium pay for the year would otherwise
exceed the annual equivalent of the limitation that
(but for clause (i)) would otherwise apply under
paragraph (2).
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph—
‘‘(i) the term ‘protective services’ refers to pro-
tective functions authorized by section 3056(a) of
title 18 or section 37(a)(3) of title I of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2709(a)(3)); and
‘‘(ii) the term ‘premium pay’ refers to premium
pay under the provisions of law cited in the first
sentence of subsection (a).’’.
(b) This section and the amendment made by this
section—
(1) shall take effect on the first day of the first
pay period beginning on or after the later of October
1, 1999, or the 180th day after the date of the en-
actment of this Act; and
(2) shall apply with respect to premium pay for
service performed in any pay period beginning on or
after the effective date of this section.
SEC. 119. (a) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CHICAGO FINANCIAL
CENTER OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE.—
During the period from October 1, 1999, through January
31, 2000, the Commissioner of the Financial Management
Service (FMS) of the Department of the Treasury is au-
thorized to offer voluntary separation incentives in order
to provide the necessary flexibility to carry out the closure
of the Chicago Financial Center (CFC) in a manner which
the Commissioner shall deem most efficient, equitable to
employees, and cost effective to the Government.
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘em-
ployee’’ means an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105)
who is employed by FMS at CFC under an appointment
without time limitation, and has been so employed con-
tinuously for a period of at least 3 years, but does not
include—
(1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code,or another retirement system;
(2) an employee with a disability on the basis
of which such employee is or would be eligible for
disability retirement under the retirement systems
referred to in paragraph (1) or another retirement
system for employees of the Government;
(3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific
notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or
unacceptable performance;
(4) an employee who has previously received
any voluntary separation incentive payment from an
agency or instrumentality of the Government of the
United States under any authority and has not re-
paid such payment;
(5) an employee covered by statutory reemploy-
ment rights who is on transfer to another organiza-
tion; or
(6) an employee who during the 24–month pe-
riod preceding the date of separation has received
and not repaid a recruitment or relocation bonus
under section 5753 of title 5, United States Code,
or who, within the 12–month period preceding the
date of separation, has received and not repaid a re-
tention allowance under section 5754 of that title.
(c) AGENCY PLAN; APPROVAL.—
(1) The Secretary, Department of the Treasury,
prior to obligating any resources for voluntary sepa-
ration incentive payments, shall submit to the Office
of Management and Budget a strategic plan out-
lining the intended use of such incentive payments
and a proposed organizational chart for the agency
once such incentive payments have been completed.
(2) The agency’s plan under subsection (1)
shall include—
(A) the specific positions and functions to
be reduced or eliminated;
(B) a proposed coverage for offers of in-
centives;
(C) the time period during which incentives
may be paid;
(D) the number and amounts of voluntary
separation incentive payments to be offered;
and
(E) a description of how the agency will
operate without the eliminated positions and
functions.
(3) The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall review the agency’s plan and ap-
prove or disapprove such plan, and may make appro-
priate modifications in the plan including waivers of
the reduction in agency employment levels required
by this Act.
(d) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) A voluntary separation incentive payment
under this Act may be paid by the agency head to
an employee only in accordance with the strategic
plan under section (c).
(2) A voluntary incentive payment—
(A) shall be offered to agency employees on
the basis of organizational unit, occupational
series or level, geographic location, other non-
personal factors, or an appropriate combination
of such factors;
(B) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount
the employee would be entitled to receive
under section 5595(c) of title 5, United
States Code, if the employee were entitled
to payment under such section (without
adjustment for any previous payment
made); or
(ii) an amount determined by the
agency head, not to exceed $25,000;
(D) may be made only in the case of an
employee who voluntarily separates (whether by
retirement or resignation) under the provisions
of this Act;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation of any
other type of Government benefit;
(F) shall not be taken into account in de-
termining the amount of any severance pay to
which the employee may be entitled under sec-
tion 5595 of title 5, United States Code, based
on any other separation; and
(G) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employee.
(e) ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENTS.—Payments under
this section may be made to any qualifying employee who
voluntarily separates, whether by retirement or resigna-
tion, between October 1, 1999, and January 31, 2000.
(f) EFFECT ON SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received a
voluntary separation incentive payment under this section
and accepts any employment for compensation with any
agency or instrumentality of the Government of the
United States within 5 years after the date of the separa-
tion on which the payment is based shall be required to
pay, prior to the individual’s first day of employment, the
entire amount of the incentive payment to FMS.
(g) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) In addition to any other payments which it
is required to make under subchapter III of chapter
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code,
FMS shall remit to the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an
amount equal to 15 percent of the final annual basis
pay for each employee covered under subchapter III
of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5 United States
Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has
been paid under this section.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term
‘‘final basic pay’’ with respect to an employee,
means the total amount of basic pay which would be
payable for a year of service by such employee, com-
puted using the employee’s final rate of basic pay,
and, if last serving on other than a full-time basis,
with appropriate adjustment therefor.
(h) REDUCTION
OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEV-
ELS.—
(1) The total number of funded employee posi-
tions in the agency shall be reduced by one position
for each vacancy created by the separation of any
employee who has received, or is due to receive, a
voluntary separation incentive payment under this
Act. For the purposes of this subsection, positions
shall be counted on a full-time equivalent basis.
(2) The President, through the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, shall monitor the agency and
take any action necessary to ensure that the require-
ments of this section are met.
(3) At the request of the Secretary, Department
of the Treasury, the Office of Management and
Budget may waive the reduction in total number of
funded employee positions required by subsection (1)
if it believes the agency plan required by section (c)
satisfactorily demonstrates that the positions would
better be used to reallocate occupations or reshape
the workforce and to produce a more cost-effective
result.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT 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, $93,436,000, of which $64,436,000 shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 2000: Provided,
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 of the funds
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be
used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charg-
ing any officer or employee of any State or local child sup-
port enforcement agency, or any individual participating
in a State or local program of child support enforcement,
a fee for information requested or provided concerning an
address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consoli-
date or close small rural and other small post offices in
fiscal year 2000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 2000’’.
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 funds made available for official expenses shall be
considered as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized 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;
subsistence 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); and not to exceed $19,000 for official
entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with-
in the Executive Office of the President, $52,444,000:
Provided, That $10,313,000 of the funds appropriated
shall be available for reimbursements to the White House
Communications Agency.
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, $9,260,000, 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 nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments