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sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist-
ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only
American-made equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of
the assistance a notice describing the statement made in
subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 508. If it has been finally determined by a court
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive
any contract or subcontract made with funds provided
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
SEC. 509. No funds appropriated by this Act shall
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative
expenses in connection with any health plan under the
Federal employees health benefit program which provides
any benefits or coverage for abortions.
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SEC. 510. The provision of section 509 shall not
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the
result of an act of rape or incest.
SEC. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2002 from
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
for fiscal year 2002 in this Act, shall remain available
through September 30, 2003, for each such account for
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap-
proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance
with reprogramming guidelines.
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President
to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any
official background investigation report on any individual,
except when—
(1) such individual has given his or her express
written consent for such request not more than 6
months prior to the date of such request and during
the same presidential administration; or
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(2) such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security.
SEC. 513. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422)
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 514. For the purpose of resolving litigation and
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made
available to the Office pursuant to court approval.
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or em-
ployee of the Office of Management and Budget who
makes apportionments under subchapter II of chapter 15
of title 31, United States code, that prevent the expendi-
ture or obligation by December 31, 2001, of at least 75
percent of the appropriations made for fiscal year 2002
to carry out the Agricultural Trade Development and As-
sistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), the Food
for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o), and section
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416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1431(b)).
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
SEC. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other
Act may be used to pay travel to the United States for
the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases
of death or life threatening illness of said employee.
SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2002 shall obligate
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi-
cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru-
mentality.
SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year
in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946
(60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor
vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement,
and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at
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$8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum
shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex-
ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,
and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec-
tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under
the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re-
search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section
may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter-
native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law
101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled
vehicles.
SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available
for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.
SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the
United States (including any agency the majority of the
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stock of which is owned by the Government of the United
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United
States unless 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 the enactment of this Act who, being eligible
for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and
is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person
who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien
from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the
former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5)
is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa-
roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6)
is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali-
fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu-
dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur-
pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-
ments 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
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to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex-
isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to
any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this
section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov-
ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire-
land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na-
tionals of those countries allied with the United States in
a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters
employed by the United States Information Agency, or to
temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em-
ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as
a result of emergencies.
SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General
Services Administration for charges for space and services
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements
performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of
1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments
of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.
SEC. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials,
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including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
and recycling programs as described in Executive
Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including
any such programs adopted prior to the effective
date of the Executive order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the
development and implementation of hazardous waste
management and pollution prevention programs.
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the
Federal agency.
SEC. 608. Funds made available by this or any other
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the
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Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be
correspondingly reduced.
SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality.
SEC. 610. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall
be available for employment of guards for all buildings and
areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under
the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such
guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow-
ers of special policemen provided by the first section of
the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40
U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied by
the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the
same actions as the Administrator of General Services
may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the
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Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C.
318a and 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences
under the authority and within the limits provided in sec-
tion 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat.
281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).
SEC. 611. None of the funds made available pursuant
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement,
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the
United States.
SEC. 612. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year
2002, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any
prevailing 
rate 
employee 
described 
in 
section
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—
(1) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations
Act, 2001, until the normal effective date of the ap-
plicable wage survey adjustment that is to take ef-
fect in fiscal year 2002, in an amount that exceeds
the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of
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the applicable wage schedule in accordance with
such section 613; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2002, in an amount that exceeds,
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate
payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum
of—
(A) the percentage adjustment taking ef-
fect in fiscal year 2002 under section 5303 of
title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
under the General Schedule; and
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year
2002 under section 5304 of such title (whether
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was
effective in fiscal year 2001 under such section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title,
may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a)
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would
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be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli-
cable to such employee.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable
to an employee who is covered by this section and who
is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30,
2001, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by
the Office of Personnel Management.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
of premium pay for employees subject to this section may
not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30,
2001, except to the extent determined by the Office of
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose
of this section.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for
service performed after September 30, 2001.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
tion, 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 per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by
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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 provide
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees.
SEC. 613. During the period in which the head of
any department 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 obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re-
decorate the office of such department head, agency head,
officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im-
provements for any such office, unless advance notice of
such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by
the Committees on Appropriations. 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. 614. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose
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of conducting Federal law enforcement training without
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi-
tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for
training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center
facilities.
SEC. 615. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, or section 609 of this Act, funds
made available for fiscal year 2002 by this or any other
Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na-
tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni-
cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart-
ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive
Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).
SEC. 616. (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
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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 de-
tailed 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 De-
fense for the collection of specialized national foreign
intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of
the Department of State;
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration of the Department of Justice, the De-
partment of Transportation, the Department of the
Treasury, and the Department of Energy per-
forming intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
SEC. 617. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2002 shall obligate
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
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cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure 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.
SEC. 618. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the United States Customs Service may be used
to allow the importation into the United States of any
good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or
manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as de-
termined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
SEC. 619. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal
Government, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any
direct oral or written communication or contact with
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the
Congress in connection with any matter pertaining
to the employment of such other officer or employee
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or pertaining to the department or agency of such
other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,
committee, or subcommittee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any other officer or employee of the
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to
commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to
such other officer or employee, by reason of any
communication or contact of such other officer or
employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
committee of the Congress as described in paragraph
(1).
SEC. 620. (a) None of the funds made available in
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for
any employee training that—
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(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the
performance of official duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in
some participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N–
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the
workplace.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
SEC. 621. No funds appropriated in this or any other
Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements
in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or
any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such
policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following
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provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do
not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the em-
ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu-
tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, U.S.C. (gov-
erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10,
United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle-
blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress
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 Intel-
ligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421
et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confiden-
tial 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 Sub-
versive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The
definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions,
and liabilities created by said Executive order and listed
statutes are incorporated into this agreement and are con-
trolling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding
paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that
is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct
of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other
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than an employee or officer of the United States Govern-
ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular
activity for which such document is to be used. Such form
or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person
will not disclose any classified information received in the
course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do
so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure
forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo-
sures to Congress or to an authorized official of an execu-
tive agency or the Department of Justice that are essential
to reporting a substantial violation of law.
SEC. 622. No part of any funds appropriated in this
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or
film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the
Congress itself.
SEC. 623. None of the funds appropriated by this or
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization
except when the employee has authorized such disclosure
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or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 624. None of the funds made available in this
Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-
public information such as mailing or telephone lists to
any person or any organization outside of the Federal
Government without the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations.
SEC. 625. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore
authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 626. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’—
(1) means an Executive agency as defined
under section 105 of title 5, United States Code;
(2) includes a military department as defined
under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service,
and the Postal Rate Commission; and
(3) shall not include the General Accounting
Office.
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort
to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave
system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under
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section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli-
gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor-
tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official
duties.
SEC. 627. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 609 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year
2002 by this or any other Act to any department or agen-
cy, which is a member of the Joint Financial Management
Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be available to fi-
nance an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative
costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed a
total of $800,000 including the salary of the Executive
Director and staff support.
SEC. 628. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 609 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to the
‘‘Policy and Operations’’ account, General Services Ad-
ministration, with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for
fiscal year 2002 by this or any other Act, including rebates
from charge card and other contracts. These funds shall
be administered by the Administrator of General Services
to support Government-wide financial, information tech-
nology, procurement, and other management innovations,
initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of
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the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation
with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the
Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council
and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro-
gram for financial management initiatives, the Chief In-
formation Officers Council for information technology ini-
tiatives, and the Procurement Executives Council for pro-
curement initiatives). The total funds transferred shall not
exceed $17,000,000. Such transfers may only be made 15
days following notification of the Committees on Appro-
priations by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget.
SEC. 629. (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with reg-
ulations promulgated by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment, an Executive agency which provides or proposes to
provide child care services for Federal employees may use
appropriated funds (otherwise available to such agency for
salaries and expenses) to provide child care, in a Federal
or leased facility, or through contract, for civilian employ-
ees of such agency.
(b) AFFORDABILITY.—Amounts so provided with re-
spect to any such facility or contractor shall be applied
to improve the affordability of child care for lower income
Federal employees using or seeking to use the child care
services offered by such facility or contractor.
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(c) ADVANCES.—Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324,
amounts paid to licensed or regulated child care providers
may be in advance of services rendered, covering agreed
upon periods, as appropriate.
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning given such term
by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but does
not include the General Accounting Office.
(e) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds made avail-
able in this or any other Act may be used to implement
the provisions of this section absent advance notification
to the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 630. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location
in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at
the location.
SEC. 631. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, or section 609 of this Act, funds
made available for fiscal year 2002 by this or any other
Act shall be available for the interagency funding of spe-
cific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to
carry out the purposes of the National Science and Tech-
nology Council (authorized by Executive Order No.
12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments,
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agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the
budget of and resources connected with the National
Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, the House Committee on Science; and the
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation 90 days after enactment of this Act.
SEC. 632. Any request for proposals, solicitation,
grant application, form, notification, press release, or
other publications involving the distribution of Federal
funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds and
the amount provided. This provision shall apply to direct
payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State
receiving Federal funds.
SEC. 633. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law
103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note) is amended by striking
‘‘October 1, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2002’’.
SEC. 634. Section 3 of Public Law 93–346 as amend-
ed (3 U.S.C. 111 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘, utilities
(including electrical) for,’’ after ‘‘military staffing’’.
SEC. 635. Section 6 of Public Law 93–346 as amend-
ed (3 U.S.C. 111 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘, or for
use at official functions in or about,’’ after ‘‘about’’.
SEC. 636. During fiscal year 2002 and thereafter, the
head of an entity named in 3 U.S.C. 112 may, with respect
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to civilian personnel of any branch of the Federal govern-
ment performing duties in such entity, exercise authority
comparable to the authority that may by law (including
chapter 57 and sections 8344 and 8468 of title 5, United
States Code) be exercised with respect to the employees
of an Executive agency (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105) by
the head of such Executive agency, and the authority
granted by this section shall be in addition to any other
authority available by law.
SEC. 637. Each Executive agency covered by section
630 of the Treasury and General Government Appropria-
tions Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(h) of division
A of Public Law 105–277) shall submit a report 60 days
after the close of fiscal year 2001 to the Office of Per-
sonnel Management regarding its efforts to implement the
intent of such section 630. The Office of Personnel Man-
agement shall prepare a summary of the information re-
ceived and shall submit the summary report to the House
Committee on Appropriations 90 days after the close of
fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 638. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY
MONITORING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ON USE OF
INTERNET.—None of the funds made available in this or
any other Act may be used by any Federal agency—
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(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate
list, derived from any means, that includes the col-
lection of any personally identifiable information re-
lating to an individual’s access to or use of any Fed-
eral government Internet site of the agency; or
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregate list, derived
from any means, that includes the collection of any
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental
Internet site.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in
subsection (a) shall not apply to—
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not
identify particular persons;
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information;
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with
applicable law; or
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1)
that is a system security action taken by the oper-
ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident
to the rendition of the Internet site services or to the
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protection of the rights or property of the provider
of the Internet site.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities
provided in law.
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial
condition, management practices and policies and
compliance with applicable standards as provided in
law.
SEC. 639. (a) Section 8335(a) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking the period at the end
of the first sentence and inserting: ‘‘or completes the age
and service requirements for an annuity under section
8336, whichever occurs later.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) takes ef-
fect on the date of enactment with regard to any individual
subject to chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, who
is employed as an air traffic controller on that date.
SEC. 640. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 4507 the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘§ 4507a. Awarding of ranks to other senior career
employees
‘‘(a) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘senior
career employee’ means an individual appointed to a posi-
tion classified above GS–15 and paid under section 5376
who is not serving—
‘‘(1) under a time-limited appointment; or
‘‘(2) in a position that is excepted from the
competitive service because of its confidential or pol-
icy-making character.
‘‘(b) Each agency employing senior career employees
shall submit annually to the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment recommendations of senior career employees in the
agency to be awarded the rank of Meritorious Senior Pro-
fessional or Distinguished Senior Professional, which may
be awarded by the President for sustained accomplishment
or sustained extraordinary accomplishment, respectively.
‘‘(c) The recommendations shall be made, reviewed,
and awarded under the same terms and conditions (to the
extent determined by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment) that apply to rank awards for members of the Sen-
ior Executive Service under section 4507.’’.
(b) REGULATIONS.—Section 4506 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the agency awards
program’’ and inserting ‘‘the awards programs’’.
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 4507 the
following:
‘‘4507a. Awarding of ranks to other senior career employees.’’.
SEC. 641. Section 640(c) of the Treasury and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law
106–58; 2 U.S.C. 437g note) is amended by striking ‘‘vio-
lations occurring between January 1, 2000 and December
31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘violations that relate to report-
ing periods that begin on or after January 1, 2000, and
that end on or before December 31, 2003’’.
SEC. 642. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage.
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract
with—
(1) any of the following religious plans:
(A) Personal Care’s HMO;
(B) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of
religious beliefs.