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(e) The provisions of this section shall apply with respect to
pay for services performed by any affected employee on or after
October 1, 1993.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law
(including section 8431 of title 5, United States Code, and any
rule or regulation, that provides premium pay, retirement, life
insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires any deduc-
tion or contribution, or that imposes any requirement or limitation,
on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary
or basic pay payable after the application of this section shall
be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit or
require the payment to any employee covered by this section at
a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this section
not in effect.
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe any
regulations which may be necessary to carry out this section.
SEC. 616. During the period in which the head of any depart-
ment or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the
Government appointed by the President of the United States, holds
office, no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000
to furnish or redecorate the office of such department head, agency
head, officer or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improve-
ments for any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing
or redecoration is expressly approved by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate. For the purposes of this section
the word ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of offices assigned
to the individual, as well as any other space used primarily by
the individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the
individual.
SEC. 617. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 112
and 113 of title 3, United States Code, each Executive agency
detailing any personnel shall submit a report on an annual basis
in each fiscal year to the Senate and House Committees on Appro-
priations on all employees or members of the armed services
detailed to Executive agencies, listing the grade, position, and offices
of each person detailed and the agency to which each such person
is detailed.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal
employees or members of the armed services detailed to or from—
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the National Security Agency;
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
(4) the offices within the Department of Defense for the
collection of specialized national foreign intelligence through
reconnaissance programs;
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Depart-
ment of State;
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, Air
Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department
of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, the Department
of Transportation, and the Department of Energy performing
intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
(c) The exemptions in part (b) of this section are not intended
to apply to information on the use of personnel detailed to or
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from the intelligence agencies which is currently being supplied
to the Senate and House Intelligence and Appropriations Commit-
tees by the executive branch through budget justification materials
and other reports.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive agency’’
has the same meaning as defined under section 105 of title 5,
United States Code (except that the provisions of section 104(2)
of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply), and includes the
White House Office, the Executive Residence, and any office, council,
or organizational unit of the Executive Office of the President.
SEC. 618. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act
for fiscal year 1994 may be used to implement or enforce the
agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355 of the Government
or any other nondisclosure policy, form or agreement if such policy,
form or agreement does not contain the following provisions:
‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do not supersede
conflict with or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights
or liabilities created by Executive Order 12356; section 7211 of
title 5, United States Code (governing disclosures to Congress);
section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the
Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Con-
gress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5,
United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection
Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public
health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act
of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could
expose confidential Government agents), and the statutes which
protect against disclosure that may compromise the national secu-
rity, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18,
United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. section 783(b)). The definitions, requirements,
obligations, rights, sanctions and liabilities created by said Execu-
tive Order and listed statutes are incorporated into this Agreement
and are controlling.’’.
SEC. 619. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no execu-
tive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any addi-
tional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations,
to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement
training without the advance approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 620. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any
other Act may be expended by any Federal agency to procure
any product or service that is subject to the provisions of Public
Law 89–306 and that will be available under the procurement
by the Administrator of General Services known as ‘‘FTS2000’’
unless—
(1) such product or service is procured by the Administrator
of General Services as part of the procurement known as
‘‘FTS2000’’; or
(2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of the
Administrator of General Services that—
(A) the agency’s requirements for such procurement
are unique and cannot be satisfied by property and service
procured by the Administrator of General Services as part
of the procurement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; and
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(B) the agency procurement, pursuant to such delega-
tion, would be cost-effective and would not adversely affect
the cost-effectiveness of the FTS2000 procurement.
(b) After July 31, 1994, subsection (a) shall apply only if the
Administrator of General Services has reported that the FTS2000
procurement is producing prices that allow the Government to
satisfy its requirements for such procurement in the most cost-
effective manner.
SEC. 620A. Subsections (c) and (d) of section 3726 of title
31, United States Code, are amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) Expenses of transportation audit postpayment contracts
and contract administration, and the expenses of all other transpor-
tation audit and audit-related functions conferred upon the
Administrator of General Services, shall be financed from overpay-
ments collected from carriers on transportation bills paid by the
Government and other similar type refunds, not to exceed collec-
tions. Payment to any contractor for audit services shall not exceed
50 percent of the overpayment identified by contract audit.
‘‘(d) At least annually, and as determined by the Administrator,
after making adequate provision for expense of refunds to carriers,
transportation audit postpayment contracts, contract administra-
tion, and other expenses authorized in subsection (c), overpayments
collected by the General Services Administration shall be trans-
ferred to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. A report of receipts,
disbursements, and transfers (to miscellaneous receipts) pursuant
to this section shall be made annually in connection with the
budget estimates to the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget and to the Congress.’’.
SEC. 621. (a) No amount of any grant made by a Federal
agency shall be used to finance the acquisition of goods or services
(including construction services) unless the recipient of the grant
agrees, as a condition for the receipt of such grant, to—
(1) specify in any announcement of the awarding of the
contract for the procurement of the goods and services involved
(including construction services) the amount of Federal funds
that will be used to finance the acquisition; and
(2) express the amount announced pursuant to paragraph
(1) as a percentage of the total costs of the planned acquisition.
(b) The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to a
procurement for goods or services (including construction services)
that has an aggregate value of less than $500,000.
SEC. 622. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United
States Code, or section 611 of this Act, funds made available for
fiscal year 1994 by this or any other Act shall be available for
the interagency funding of national security and emergency
preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit multiple
Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive
Order Numbered 12472 (April 3, 1984).
SEC. 623. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or any other
Act, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, any depart-
ment, division, bureau, or office may use funds appropriated by
this or any other Act to install telephone lines, necessary equipment,
and to pay monthly charges, in any private residence or private
apartment of an employee who has been authorized to work at
home in accordance with guidelines issued by the Office of Personnel
Management: Provided, That the head of the department, division,
bureau, or office certifies that adequate safeguards against private
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misuse exist, and that the service is necessary for direct support
of the agency’s mission.
SEC. 624. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any
other Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal department,
agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries or expenses of
any employee appointed to a position of a confidential or policy-
determining character excepted from the competitive service
pursuant to section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without
a certification to the Office of Personnel Management from the
head of the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality
employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position
was not created solely or primarily in order to detail the employee
to the White House.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal
employees or members of the armed services detailed to or from—
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the National Security Agency;
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
(4) the offices within the Department of Defense for the
collection of specialized national foreign intelligence through
reconnaissance programs;
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Depart-
ment of State;
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, Air
Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department
of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department
of Energy performing intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
SEC. 625. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other
Act may be used to relocate the Department of Justice Immigration
Judges from offices located in Phoenix, Arizona to new quarters
in Florence, Arizona without the prior approval of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 626. None of the funds made available in this Act for
‘‘Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents’’ may be used
for partisan political activities.
SEC. 627. Section 635 of the Public Law 102–393 is amended
in paragraph (c)(2) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’.
SEC. 628. Section 404 of the Federal Employees Pay Com-
parability Act of 1990 is amended by striking ‘‘Washington, DC–
MD–VA Metropolitan Statistical Area’’ and inserting in its place,
‘‘Washington-Baltimore DC–MD–VA–WV Consolidated Metropoli-
tan Statistical Area’’.
SEC. 629. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other
Act for fiscal year 1994 shall obligate or expend any such funds,
unless such department, agency or instrumentality has in place
by July 1, 1994, and will continue to administer in good faith,
a written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are
free from discrimination and sexual harassment and that all of
its workplaces are not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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TITLE VII—REVENUE FORGONE REFORM
SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS
SEC. 701. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the
‘‘Revenue Forgone Reform Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this title
is as follows:
Sec. 701. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 702. References.
Sec. 703. Repeal of authorization of appropriations for mail sent at reduced rates
of postage.
Sec. 704. Establishing reduced rates of postage.
Sec. 705. Eligibility of certain mailings for reduced rates of postage.
Sec. 706. Provisions relating to rates for books and certain other materials.
Sec. 707. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 708. Technical corrections.
REFERENCES
SEC. 702. Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever
in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of
an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of title 39, United States Code.
REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MAIL SENT AT
REDUCED RATES OF POSTAGE
SEC. 703. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2401(c) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘if sections’’ through ‘‘had not been
enacted’’ and inserting ‘‘if sections 3217 and 3403 through
3406 had not been enacted’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘such sections and Acts.’’ and inserting
‘‘such sections.’’; and
(2) in the second sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘(i)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘volume;’’ through ‘‘schedules.’’ and
inserting ‘‘volume.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to appropriations for fiscal years beginning
after September 30, 1993.
ESTABLISHING REDUCED RATES OF POSTAGE
SEC. 704. (a) RATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3626(a) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, rates of
postage for a class of mail or kind of mailer under former section
4358, 4452(b), 4452(c), 4454(b), or 4454(c) of this title shall be
established in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
chapter.
‘‘(2) For the purpose of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘costs attributable’, as used with respect
to a class of mail or kind of mailer, means the direct and
indirect postal costs attributable to such class of mail or kind
of mailer (excluding any other costs of the Postal Service);
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‘‘§ 3642. Special authority relating to reduced-rate categories
of mail
‘‘(a) In order to permit the timely implementation of section
3626(a)(3), the Postal Service may establish temporary rates of
postage for any class of mail or kind of mailer referred to in
section 3626(a)(3)(A).
‘‘(b) Any exercise of authority under this section shall be in
conformance with the requirements of section 3626(a), subject to
the following:
‘‘(1) All attributable costs and institutional-costs contribu-
tions assumed shall be the same as those which were assumed
for purposes of the then most recent proceedings under sub-
chapter II pursuant to which rates of postage for the class
of mail or kind of mailer involved were last adjusted.
‘‘(2) Any temporary rate established under this section
shall take effect upon such date as the Postal Service may
determine, except that—
‘‘(A) such a rate may take effect only after 10 days’
notice in the Federal Register; and
‘‘(B) no such rate may take effect after September
30, 1998.
‘‘(3) A temporary rate under this section may remain in
effect no longer than the last day of the fiscal year in which
it first takes effect.
‘‘(4) Authority under this section may not be exercised
in a manner that would result in more than 1 change taking
effect under this section, during the same fiscal year, in the
rates of postage for a particular class of mail or kind of mailer,
except as provided in paragraph (5).
‘‘(5) Nothing in paragraph (4) shall prevent an adjustment
under this section in rates for a class of mail or kind of mailer
with respect to which any rates took effect under this section
earlier in the same fiscal year if—
‘‘(A) the rates established for such class of mail or
kind of mailer by the earlier adjustment are superseded
by new rates established under subchapter II; and
‘‘(B) authority under this paragraph has not previously
been exercised with respect to such class of mail or kind
of mailer based on the new rates referred to in subpara-
graph (A).
‘‘(c) The Postal Service may prescribe any regulations which
may be necessary to carry out this section, including provisions
governing the coordination of adjustments under this section with
any other adjustments under this title.
‘‘(d) Notwithstanding any provision of section 3626(a)(3)(B) or
subsection (a) of this section, any temporary rates established under
this section for non-letter-shaped mail under former section 4452(b)
or 4452(c) of this title shall not be lower than the rates in effect
for such mail on September 30, 1993.’’.
(3) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) SECTION 3626.—Section 3626(i) is repealed.
(B) SECTION 3627.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Section 3627 is amended—
(I) by striking ‘‘sent at a free or reduced rate
under section 3217, 3403–3406, 3626, or 3629 of
this title,’’ and inserting ‘‘sent free of postage under
section 3217 or 3403–3406’’; and
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(II) in the section heading by striking ‘‘AND
REDUCED’’.
(ii) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents
for chapter 36 is amended—
(I) by striking the item relating to section
3627 and inserting the following:
‘‘3627. Adjusting free rates.’’;
and
(II) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 3641 the following:
‘‘3642. Special authority relating to reduced-rate categories of mail.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2401 is amended—
(A) by striking subsections (d) through (f);
(B) by redesignating subsections (g) through (i) as sub-
sections (e) through (g), respectively;
(C) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated by subpara-
graph (B)) by striking the second sentence;
(D) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated by subpara-
graph (B)) by striking ‘‘subsections (b) and (d) of this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and
(E) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
‘‘(d) As reimbursement to the Postal Service for losses which
it incurred as a result of insufficient amounts appropriated under
section 2401(c) for fiscal years 1991 through 1993, and to com-
pensate for the additional revenues it is estimated the Postal Service
would have received under the provisions of section 3626(a), for
the period beginning on October 1, 1993, and ending on Septem-
ber 30, 1998, if the fraction specified in subclause (VI) of section
3626(a)(3)(B)(ii) were applied with respect to such period (instead
of the respective fractions specified in subclauses (I) through (V)
thereof), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Postal
Service $29,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1994 through 2035.’’.
(2) RATEMAKING LIMITATIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), rates of postage may not be established, under sub-
chapter II of chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code,
in a manner designed to allow the United States Postal
Service to receive through revenues any portion of the
additional revenues (referred to in section 2401(d) of such
title, as amended by paragraph (1)(E)) for which amounts
are authorized to be appropriated under such section
2401(d).
(B) EXCEPTION.—If Congress fails to appropriate an
amount authorized under section 2401(d) of title 39, United
States Code (as amended by paragraph (1)(E)), rates for
the various classes of mail may be adjusted in accordance
with the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 36 of such
title (excluding section 3627 thereof) such that the resulting
increase in revenues will equal the amount that Congress
so failed to appropriate.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—
(1) RATES.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to rates for mail sent after September 30,
1993.
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(2) AUTHORIZATION.—The amendments made by subsection
(b) shall apply with respect to appropriations for fiscal years
beginning after September 30, 1993.
ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN MAILINGS FOR REDUCED RATES OF POSTAGE
SEC. 705. (a) ADVERTISING.—Section 3626(j)(1) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period and inserting
‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) any product or service (other than any to which
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) relates), if—
‘‘(i) the sale of such product or the providing of such
service is not substantially related (aside from the need,
on the part of the organization promoting such product
or service, for income or funds or the use it makes of
the profits derived) to the exercise or performance by the
organization of one or more of the purposes constituting
the basis for the organization’s authorization to mail at
such rates; or
‘‘(ii) the mail matter involved is part of a cooperative
mailing (as defined under regulations of the Postal Service)
with any person or organization not authorized to mail
at the rates for mail under former section 4452(b) or 4452(c)
of this title;
except that—
‘‘(I) any determination under clause (i) that a product
or service is not substantially related to a particular pur-
pose shall be made under regulations which shall be pre-
scribed by the Postal Service and which shall be consistent
with standards established by the Internal Revenue Service
and the courts with respect to subsections (a) and (c) of
section 513 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
‘‘(II) clause (i) shall not apply if the product involved
is a periodical publication described in subsection (m)(2)
(including a subscription to receive any such publication).’’.
(b) PRODUCTS.—Section 3626 is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(m)(1) In the administration of this section, the rates for
mail under former section 4452(b) or 4452(c) of this title shall
not apply to mail consisting of products, unless such products—
‘‘(A) were received by the organization as gifts or contribu-
tions; or
‘‘(B) are low cost articles (as defined by section 513(h)(2)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a periodical
publication of a qualified nonprofit organization.’’.
(c) 
CERTIFICATION; 
VERIFICATION.—Section 
3626(j)(3) 
is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)(A)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) The Postal Service shall establish procedures to carry
out this paragraph, including procedures for mailer certification
of compliance with the conditions specified in paragraph (1)(D)
or subsection (m), as applicable, and verification of such compli-
ance.’’.
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(d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to mail sent, and the rates for mail sent, after
December 31, 1993.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO RATES FOR BOOKS AND CERTAIN OTHER
MATERIALS
SEC. 706. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3683(b) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(b) The rates of postage under former section 4554(b)(1) of
this title shall not be effective except with respect to mailings
which—
‘‘(1) constitute materials specified in former section
4554(b)(2) of this title; and
‘‘(2) are sent between—
‘‘(A) an institution, organization, or association listed
in subparagraph (A) or (B) of such former section 4554(b)(1)
and any other such institution, organization, or association;
‘‘(B) an institution, organization, or association referred
to in subparagraph (A) and any individual (other than
an individual having a financial interest in the sale, pro-
motion, or distribution of the materials involved);
‘‘(C) an institution, organization, or association referred
to in subparagraph (A) and a qualified nonprofit organiza-
tion (as defined in former section 4452(d) of this title)
that is not such an institution, organization, or association;
or
‘‘(D) an institution, organization, or association referred
to in subparagraph (A) and a publisher, if such institution,
organization, or association has placed an order to purchase
such materials for delivery to such institution, organization,
or association.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to mail sent after September 30, 1993.
SENSE OF CONGRESS
SEC. 707. It is the sense of the Congress that any legislation,
enacted after September 30, 1994, which would have the effect
of expanding the classes of mail or kinds of mailers eligible for
reduced rates of postage should provide for sufficient funding to
ensure that neither any losses to the United States Postal Service
nor any increase in the rates of postage for any of the other
classes of mail or kinds of mailers will result.
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
SEC. 708. (a) SECTION 410.—Section 410(b) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
(2) in the first paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘Chapter’’ and
inserting ‘‘chapter’’, and by striking the period and inserting
‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by designating the second paragraph (9) as paragraph
(10).
(b) SECTION 3202.—Section 3202(a) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
and
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(2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a
period.
(c) SECTION 3601.—Section 3601(a) is amended by striking
‘‘concent’’ and inserting ‘‘consent’’.
(d) SECTION 3625.—Section 3625(d) is amended by striking
‘‘section 3268’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3628’’.
(e) SECTION 3626.—Section 3626 is amended by redesignating
the second subsection (k) as subsection (l).
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 801. Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any
other Act, the Administration may establish the National Partner-
ship Council with interagency assistance from the Office of Person-
nel Management, the Office of Management and Budget, and the
Federal Labor Relations Authority, subject to authorization.
SEC. 802. Not to exceed 50 per centum of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 1994 from appropria-
tions made available for salaries and expenses made for one fiscal
year in this Act, shall remain available through September 30,
1995 for each such account for such purposes and in such amounts
as approved in advance by the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations: Provided, That not to exceed 2 per centum
of the funds so carried over may be used to pay cash awards
to employees, as authorized by law, and not to exceed 3 per centum
of the funds may be used for employee training programs.
SEC. 803. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) laboratory project authorized
by Public Law 100–202, may be sited on the ‘‘new’’ campus in
the Atlanta, Georgia area authorized by Public Law 102–393.
SEC. 804. Part of the site to be utilized for the new United
States Courthouse in Montgomery, Alabama, is owned and occupied
by Troy State University which is under a consent decree with
the Department of Justice that severely limits its geographic loca-
tion. Therefore, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Administrator of General Services is authorized to pay replacement
costs for the site and improvements to be acquired.