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(3) PROPERTY
RETURNED
TO
THE
GENERAL
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.—Any property that re-
verts to the United States under this subsection shall
be under the jurisdiction, custody and control of the
General Services Administration shall be available for
use or disposition by the Administrator in accordance
with applicable Federal law.
SEC. 412. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, funds made available for fiscal year
2000 by this or any other Act to any department or agency,
which is a member of the Joint Financial Management Im-
provement Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance
an appropriate share of JFMIP salaries and administra-
tive costs.
SEC. 413. The Administrator of General Services may
provide from Government-wide credit card rebates, up to
$3,000,000 in support of the Joint Financial Management
Improvement Program as approved by the Chief Financial
Officers Council.
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
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3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct
procurement of survey printing, $27,422,000 together with
not to exceed $2,430,000 for administrative expenses to ad-
judicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil
Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts deter-
mined by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives (including the Informa-
tion Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal
records and related activities, as provided by law, and for
expenses necessary for the review and declassification of
documents, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$179,738,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United
States is authorized to use any excess funds available from
the amount borrowed for construction of the National Ar-
chives facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate
storage for holdings.
ARCHIVES FACILITIES REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $21,518,000, to remain available until expended.
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RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING FUND
(a) There is hereby established in the Treasury a re-
volving fund to be available for expenses and equipment
necessary to provide for storage and related services for all
temporary and pre-archival Federal records, which are to
be stored or stored at Federal National and Regional
Records Centers by agencies and other instrumentalities of
the Federal government. The Fund shall be available with-
out fiscal year limitation for expenses necessary for oper-
ation of these activities.
(b) START-UP CAPITAL.—
(1) There is appropriated $22,000,000 as initial
capitalization of the Fund.
(2) In addition, the initial capital of the Fund
shall include the fair and reasonable value at the
Fund’s inception of the inventories, equipment, re-
ceivables, and other assets, less the liabilities, trans-
ferred to the Fund. The Archivist of the United States
is authorized to accept inventories, equipment, receiv-
ables and other assets from other Federal entities that
were used to provide for storage and related services
for temporary and pre-archival Federal records.
(c) USER CHARGES.—The Fund shall be credited with
user charges received from other Federal government ac-
counts as payment for providing personnel, storage, mate-
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rials, supplies, equipment, and services as authorized by
subsection (a). Such payments may be made in advance
or by way of reimbursement. The rates charged will return
in full the expenses of operation, including reserves for ac-
crued annual leave, worker’s compensation, depreciation of
capitalized equipment and shelving, and amortization of
information technology software and systems.
(d) FUNDS RETURNED TO MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.—
(1) In addition to funds appropriated to and as-
sets transferred to the Fund in subsection (b), an
amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total annual in-
come may be retained in the Fund as an operating
reserve or for the replacement or acquisition of capital
equipment, including shelving, and the improvement
and implementation of NARA’s financial manage-
ment, information technology, and other support sys-
tems.
(2) Funds in excess of the 4 percent at the close
of each fiscal year shall be returned to the Treasury
of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The National Ar-
chives and Records Administration shall provide quarterly
reports to the Committees on Appropriations and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
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priations and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives on the operation of the Records Center Revolv-
ing Fund.
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
COMMISSION
GRANTS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
historical publications and records as authorized by 44
U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $6,250,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading in Public Law 105–277, $3,800,000 are
rescinded: Provided further, That the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in di-
vision A, section 101(h), of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public
Law 105–277)) is amended in Title IV, under the heading
‘‘National Historical Publications and Records Commis-
sion, Grants Program’’ by striking the proviso.
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform
Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia
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and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to
exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $9,071,000.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by pri-
vate physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception
and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements
to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in-
curred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9,
1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsist-
ence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act ac-
tivities require an employee to remain overnight at his or
her post of duty, $91,584,000; and in addition $95,486,000
for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the ap-
propriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management
without regard to other statutes, including direct procure-
ment of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance
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programs, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available until
expended for the cost of automating the retirement record-
keeping systems: Provided, That the provisions of this ap-
propriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable
trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and
8909(g) of title 5, United States Code: Provided further,
That no part of this appropriation shall be available for
salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the
Office of Personnel Management established pursuant to
Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor
unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s
Commission on White House Fellows, established by Execu-
tive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, accept donations of
money, property, and personal services in connection with
the development of a publicity brochure to provide informa-
tion about the White House Fellows, except that no such
donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of
travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Com-
mission.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act, as amended, including services as authorized by 5
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U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $960,000;
and in addition, not to exceed $9,645,000 for administra-
tive expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other over-
sight of the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement
and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appro-
priate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management,
as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the
Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in
the District of Columbia and elsewhere.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES
HEALTH BENEFITS
For payment of Government contributions with respect
to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title
5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees
Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, such sums
as may be necessary.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE
INSURANCE
For payment of Government contributions with respect
to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required
by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as
may be necessary.
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
FUND
For financing the unfunded liability of new and in-
creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Octo-
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ber 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities
under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retire-
ment and Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary:
Provided, That annuities authorized by the Act of May 29,
1944, as amended, and the Act of August 19, 1950, as
amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may hereafter be paid out
of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
(Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of
1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public Law 103–424, and the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of
1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for
witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
$9,689,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
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$34,179,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
THIS ACT
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of
the Tariff Act of 1930.
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available in fiscal year 2000 for the purpose
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whose post of duty is in the continental United States un-
less such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2)
is a person in the service of the United States on the date
of enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizenship,
has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of
the United States prior to such date and is actually resid-
ing in the United States; (3) is a person who owes alle-
giance to the United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Po-
land, South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet
Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the
United States for permanent residence; (5) is a South Viet-
namese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the
United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national
of the People’s Republic of China who qualifies for adjust-
ment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection
Act of 1992: Provided, That for the purpose of this section,
an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered
prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section
with respect to his or her status have been complied with:
Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit
shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be
fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than
1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for,
any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That