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Union Calendar No. 345
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5120
[Report No. 107–575]
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 15, 2002
Mr. ISTOOK, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of
the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other
purposes.
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
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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,
2003, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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 $3,500,000 for official
travel expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain avail-
able until expended for information technology moderniza-
tion requirements; not to exceed $150,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; not to exceed
$258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na-
ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of
the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for
solely on his certificate, $187,241,000: Provided, That of
these amounts $2,900,000 is available for grants to State
and local law enforcement groups to help fight money
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laundering: Provided further, That of these amounts,
$5,893,000 shall be for the Treasury-wide Financial
Statement Audit Program, of which such amounts as may
be necessary may be transferred to accounts of the De-
partment’s offices and bureaus to conduct audits: Pro-
vided further, That this transfer authority shall be in addi-
tion to any other provided in this Act.
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, $68,828,000, 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.
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, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official
travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles;
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and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended
under the direction of the Inspector General of the Treas-
ury, $35,424,000.
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, including purchase (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 Ad-
ministration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel
expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and
expended under the direction of the Inspector General for
Tax Administration, $123,962,000.
AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For necessary expenses to administer the Air Trans-
portation Stabilization Board established by section 102
of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization
Act (Public Law 107–42), $6,041,000, to remain available
until expended.
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TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $32,932,000, to remain
available until expended.
EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
To develop and implement programs to expand access
to financial services for low- and moderate-income individ-
uals, $4,000,000, such funds to become available upon au-
thorization of this program as provided by law and to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of these
funds, such sums as may be necessary may be transferred
to accounts of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and
other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of
the funds shall be used to provide real property, auto-
mated teller machines or any other equipment for use by
any financial institution: Provided further, That none of
the funds shall be used to support any program or activity
that incurs costs in excess of $100 for each participant
who is expected to establish an account: Provided further,
That none of the funds shall be used for any program or
activity that does not provide at least $0.50 in non-Fed-
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eral matching funds for each $1.00 received from the Ex-
panded Access to Financial Services account.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Sec-
retary, $33,000,000, to remain available until expended,
to reimburse any Department of the Treasury organiza-
tion for the costs of providing support to counter, inves-
tigate, or prosecute unexpected threats or acts of ter-
rorism, including payment of rewards in connection with
these activities: Provided, That any Federal agency may
be reimbursed for costs of responding to the United States
Secret Service’s request to provide security at National
Special Security Events: Provided further, That any
amount provided under this heading shall be available only
after notice of its proposed use has been transmitted to
the Committees on Appropriations in accordance with
guidelines for reprogramming and transfer of funds and
such amount has been apportioned pursuant to 31 U.S.C.
1513.
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-
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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,
$51,444,000, of which not to exceed $3,400,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2005; and of which
$8,338,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2004: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account
may be used to procure personal services contracts.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law 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 $11,500 for official reception and representation
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expenses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $152,951,000, of which
$650,000 shall be available for an interagency effort to
establish written standards on accreditation of Federal law
enforcement training; and of which up to $24,266,000 for
materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement
basic training shall remain available until September 30,
2005, and of which up to 20 percent of the $24,266,000
also shall be available for travel, room and board costs
for participating agency basic training during the first
quarter of a fiscal year, subject to full reimbursement by
the benefitting agency: Provided, That the Center is au-
thorized to accept and use gifts of property, both real and
personal, and to accept services, for authorized purposes,
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 the Center
is authorized to accept detailees from other Federal agen-
cies, on a non-reimbursable basis, to staff the accredita-
tion function: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, students attending training at any
Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided
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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 Center, except that total obligations at the end of the
fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources avail-
able at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That
the Center is authorized to provide training for the Gang
Resistance Education and Training program to Federal
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and non-Federal personnel at any facility in partnership
with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Pro-
vided further, That the 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, $31,800,000,
to remain available until expended.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and
convict offenders involved in organized crime drug traf-
ficking, including cooperative efforts with State and local
law enforcement, as it relates to the Treasury Department
law enforcement violations such as money laundering, vio-
lent crime, and smuggling, $110,594,000.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, $220,664,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2005, for infor-
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mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses.
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
822 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 a
major investigative assignment requires an employee to
work 16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight
at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $20,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; for training of
State and local law enforcement agencies with or without
reimbursement, including training in connection with the
training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; not to exceed $50,000 for coopera-
tive research and development programs for Laboratory
Services and Fire Research Center activities; and provi-
sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies,
with or without reimbursement, $891,034,000; of which
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not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay-
ment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C.
924(d)(2); of which up to $2,000,000 shall be available
for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or air-
craft available for official use by a State or local law en-
forcement agency if the conveyance will be used in joint
law enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime
salaries including Social Security and Medicare, 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; of which $13,000,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be available for disbursements
through grants, cooperative agreements or contracts to
local governments for Gang Resistance Education and
Training; and of which $3,200,000 for new headquarters
shall remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided,
That no funds made available by this or any other Act
may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or activi-
ties of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to
other agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2003: Pro-
vided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be
available for salaries or administrative expenses in connec-
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tion with consolidating or centralizing, within the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof,
of acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by
Federal firearms licensees: Provided further, That no
funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay administra-
tive expenses or the compensation of any officer or em-
ployee of the United States to implement an amendment
or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the defi-
nition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove
any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on
January 1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act
upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabil-
ities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such
funds shall be available to investigate and act upon appli-
cations filed by corporations for relief from Federal fire-
arms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further,
That no funds under this Act may be used to electronically
retrieve information gathered pursuant 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 1,535 motor
vehicles, of which 550 are for replacement only and of
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which 1,500 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,
$2,496,165,000, 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 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall
be derived from that Account; 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 less than $100,000 shall be available to promote public
awareness of the child pornography tipline; not to exceed
$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 re-
pairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may
be purchased without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
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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.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses related to the collection
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law
103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and
merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac-
count for such purposes.
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
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the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance
to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforce-
ment and emergency humanitarian efforts, $190,000,000,
which shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the ex-
ception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been
identified as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft
which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be trans-
ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office
outside of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal
year 2003 without the prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations.
AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION
For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs
automated systems, $439,332,000, to remain available
until expended, of which not less than $316,900,000 shall
be for the development of the Automated Commercial En-
vironment: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading may be obligated for the Automated
Commercial Environment until the United States Customs
Service prepares and submits to the Committees on Ap-
propriations a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the
capital planning and investment control review require-
ments established by the Office of Management and Budg-
et, including OMB Circular A–11, part 3; (2) complies
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with the United States Customs Service’s Enterprise In-
formation Systems Architecture; (3) complies with the ac-
quisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems ac-
quisition management practices of the Federal Govern-
ment; (4) is reviewed and approved by the Customs Invest-
ment Review Board, the Department of the Treasury, and
the Office of Management and Budget; and (5) is reviewed
by the General Accounting Office: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may
be obligated for the Automated Commercial Environment
until such expenditure plan has been approved by the
Committees on Appropriations.
UNITED STATES MINT
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate
amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during
fiscal year 2003 under such section 5136 for circulating
coinage and protective service capital investments of the
United States Mint shall not exceed $34,900,000.
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BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States, $173,073,000, 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 2003
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 2003 appropriation from the General Fund es-
timated at $168,673,000. In addition, $40,000, to be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse
the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for
financial management of the Fund, as authorized by sec-
tion 1012 of Public Law 101–380.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing
and account services, shared services support, general
management and administration; and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined
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by the Commissioner, $3,955,777,000, of which up to
$3,950,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly
Program, of which $9,000,000 shall be available for low-
income taxpayer clinic grants, 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; conducting criminal investigation
and enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns;
collecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document match-
ing program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt
identification, referral and settlement; compiling statistics
of income and conducting compliance research; purchase
(for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of pas-
senger 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, $3,729,072,000 of
which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2005, for research.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE
For funding essential earned income tax credit com-
pliance and error reduction initiatives, $146,000,000, of
which not to exceed $10,000,000 may be used to reim-
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burse 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, $1,632,444,000, which shall
remain available until September 30, 2004.
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, $436,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2005, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
nology systems, including management and related con-
tractual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual
costs associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided, That none of these funds may be obli-
gated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the
Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees ap-
prove, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital
planning and investment control review requirements es-
tablished by the Office of Management and Budget, in-
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cluding Circular A–11 part 3; (2) complies with the Inter-
nal Revenue Service’s enterprise architecture, including
the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Inter-
nal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology;
(4) is approved by the Internal Revenue Service, the De-
partment of the Treasury, and the Office of Management
and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the General Ac-
counting Office; and (6) complies with the acquisition
rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition
management practices of the Federal Government.
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.
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SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.
The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve-
ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv-
ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase
phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue
Service 1–800 help line service.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase of not to exceed 610 vehicles
for police-type use for replacement only, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of American-made side-
car compatible motorcycles; hire of aircraft; services of ex-
pert witnesses at such rates as may be determined 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 Government ownership or
control, as may be necessary to perform protective func-
tions; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allow-
ances 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 over-
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night at his or her post of duty; the conducting of and
participating in firearms matches; presentation of awards;
for travel of Secret Service employees on protective mis-
sions without regard to the limitations on such expendi-
tures in this or any other Act if approval is obtained in
advance from the Committees on Appropriations; for re-
search and development; for making grants to conduct be-
havioral research in support of protective research and op-
erations; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; not to exceed $100,000 to pro-
vide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law en-
forcement organizations in counterfeit investigations; for
payment in advance for commercial accommodations as
may be necessary to perform protective functions; and for
uniforms without regard to the general purchase price lim-
itation for the current fiscal year, $1,017,892,000, of
which $1,633,000 shall be available for forensic and re-
lated support of investigations of missing and exploited
children, and of which $4,000,000 shall be available as
a grant for activities related to the investigations of ex-
ploited children and shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided for protective
travel shall remain available until September 30, 2004;
Provided further, That funds appropriated in this account
shall be available, at the discretion of the Director, for
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the following: training United States Postal Service law
enforcement personnel and Postal police officers, training
Federal law enforcement officers, training State and local
government law enforcement officers on a space-available
basis with or without reimbursement of actual costs to this
appropriation, training private sector security officials on
a space-available basis with reimbursement of actual costs
to this appropriation, and training foreign law enforce-
ment officers on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the United States Secret Service is authorized
to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from
agencies and entities receiving training sponsored by the
James J. Rowley Training Center, except that total obliga-
tions 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 James J. Rowley Training Cen-
ter is authorized to provide short-term medical services for
students undergoing training at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $3,519,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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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, 2003, 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 2003 in this
Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis-
tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to
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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, Interagency Crime and
Drug Enforcement, and United States Secret Service may
be transferred between such appropriations upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 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-
fice—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General,
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Fi-
nancial Management Service, and Bureau of the Public
Debt, 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. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
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vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation
by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 116. 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. 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. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Financial Man-
agement Service, to the Debt Services Account as nec-
essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That
such amounts shall be reimbursed to such Salaries and
Expenses account from debt collections received in the
Debt Services Account.
SEC. 119. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119
(5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘4
years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’.
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SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum without the explicit approval of the House Com-
mittee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SEC. 121. None of the funds appropriated or made
available by this Act may be used for the production of
Customs Declarations that do not inquire whether the pas-
senger had been in the proximity of livestock.
SEC. 122. The Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center is directed to establish an accrediting body that
will include representatives from the Federal law enforce-
ment community, as well as non-Federal accreditation ex-
perts involved in law enforcement training. The purpose
of this body will be to establish standards for measuring
and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law
enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 2003’’.
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
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States Code, $60,014,000, of which $31,014,000 shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 2003: 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 2003.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 2003’’.
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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, $450,000: 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
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entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with-
in the Executive Office of the President, $50,715,000:
Provided, That $8,650,000 of the funds appropriated shall
be available for reimbursements to the White House Com-
munications Agency.
OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Se-
curity, pursuant to Executive Order 13288, $24,061,000:
Provided, That the Office of Homeland Security shall sub-
mit a report identifying estimated obligations for each
function assigned to this Office pursuant to Executive
Order 13288 to the House Committee on Appropriations
no later than November 1, 2002.
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, $12,228,000, 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-
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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
shall be credited to this account and remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require the national committee of the political party
of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be
separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such
committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That
the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice
of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days
after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess
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penalties and other charges on any such amount that is
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under
section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit
to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than
90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this
Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex-
penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding
fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses,
the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi-
cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that
consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion
of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the
date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive
Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex-
penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive
Residence that includes a standard for the classification
of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided
further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con-
strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other
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applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter
37 of title 31, United States Code.
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Executive Residence at the White House, $1,200,000, to
remain available until expended, for projects for required
maintenance, safety and health issues, and continued pre-
ventative maintenance.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND
THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE
PRESIDENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President
to provide assistance to the President in connection with
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $3,160,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,
heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,
of the official residence of the Vice President; the hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for
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official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to
be accounted for solely on his certificate, $324,000: Pro-
vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this
appropriation may be made to any department or agency
for expenses of carrying out such activities.
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic
Advisors in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $3,763,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel-
opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
and 3 U.S.C. 107, $3,251,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $7,803,000.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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$92,681,000, of which $17,495,000 shall remain available
until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin-
ued modernization of the information technology infra-
structure within the Executive Office of the President:
Provided, That the Executive Office of the President shall
submit a report to the House Committee on Appropria-
tions that includes a current description of: (1) the Enter-
prise Architecture, as defined in OMB Circular A–130 and
the Federal Chief Information Officers Council guidance;
(2) the Information Technology (IT) Human Capital Plan;
(3) the capital investment plan for implementing the En-
terprise Architecture; and (4) the IT capital planning and
investment control process: Provided further, That this re-
port shall be reviewed and approved by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, and reviewed by the General Ac-
counting Office.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles
and 
services 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
3109,
$61,492,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
available to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title
44, United States Code, and of which not to exceed $3,000
shall be available for official representation expenses: Pro-
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vided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropria-
tions shall be applied only to the objects for which appro-
priations were made except as otherwise provided by law:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in
this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may
be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural mar-
keting orders or any activities or regulations under the
provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That
none of the funds made available for the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget by this Act may be expended for the
altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses,
except for testimony of officials of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, before the Committees on Appropria-
tions or the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs or their sub-
committees: Provided further, That the preceding shall not
apply to printed hearings released by the Committees on
Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in
this Act may be available to pay the salary or expenses
of any employee of the Office of Management and Budget
who, after February 15, 2003, calculates, prepares, or ap-
proves any tabular or other material that proposes the
sub-allocation of budget authority or outlays by the Com-
mittees on Appropriations among their subcommittees.
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ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in support of interagency
projects that enable the Federal Government to expand
its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the
development and implementation of innovative uses of the
Internet and other electronic methods $5,000,000 to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That these funds
may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the
purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That such trans-
fers may not be made until 10 days after a proposed
spending plan and justification for each project to be un-
dertaken has been submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations.
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION REFORM AND
RELATED EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the implementation of
election administration reform, and related expenses,
$200,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amount shall not be available for obliga-
tion until the enactment of legislation that establishes pro-
grams for improving the administration of elections: Pro-