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Union Calendar No. 132
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2490
[Report No. 106–231]
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, 2000, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 13, 1999
Mr. KOLBE, 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, 2000, 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,
2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury
Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance
of official business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official
travel expenses; not to exceed $150,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be
allocated and expended under the direction of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on
his certificate, $134,206,000.
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the De-
partment of the Treasury, $31,017,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be
transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to
satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support
or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropria-
tions for Information Systems.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended; not to exceed
$2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo-
cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury, $30,716,000.
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended; including pur-
chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
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type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for
Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official
travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General
for Tax Administration, $112,207,000.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $23,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK;
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement
personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$29,656,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That
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funds appropriated in this account may be used to procure
personal services contracts.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to
remain available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
(1) As authorized by section 190001(e),
$122,000,000; of which $26,800,000 shall be avail-
able to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
arms, including $3,000,000 for administering the
Gang Resistance Education and Training program;
of which $4,200,000 shall be available to the United
States Secret Service for forensic and related sup-
port of investigations of missing and exploited chil-
dren, of which $2,200,000 shall be available as a
grant for activities related to the investigations of
exploited children and shall remain available until
expended; of which $64,000,000 shall be available
for the United States Customs Service; and of which
$27,000,000 shall be available for Interagency
Crime and Drug Enforcement.
(2) 
As 
authorized 
by 
section 
32401,
$10,000,000 to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms for disbursement through grants, coopera-
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tive agreements, or contracts to local governments
for Gang Resistance Education and Training: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding sections 32401 and
310001, such funds shall be allocated to State and
local law enforcement and prevention organizations.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of
the Treasury, including materials and support costs of
Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to
exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the gen-
eral purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and re-
lated activities; uniforms without regard to the general
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the
conducting of and participating in firearms matches and
presentation of awards; for public awareness and enhanc-
ing community support of law enforcement training; not
to exceed $9,500 for official reception and representation
expenses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $82,827,000, of which
up to $16,511,000 for materials and support costs of Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training shall remain available
until September 30, 2002: Provided, That the Center is
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authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both real
and personal, and to accept services, for authorized pur-
poses, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which
shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Center
to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic
training program at the Center during the previous fiscal
year, which shall be funded only by gifts received through
the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, students attend-
ing training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided
housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Cen-
ter policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Di-
rector, for the following: training United States Postal
Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police offi-
cers; State and local government law enforcement training
on a space-available basis; training of foreign law enforce-
ment officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation, except that re-
imbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law en-
forcement training activities in foreign countries under-
taken pursuant to section 801 of the Antiterrorism and
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Public Law 104–
32; training of private sector security officials on a space-
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available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this
appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal per-
sonnel to attend course development meetings and training
sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Cen-
ter is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim-
bursements from agencies receiving training sponsored by
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except
that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall
not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end
of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide
training for the Gang Resistance Education and Training
program to Federal and non-Federal personnel at any fa-
cility in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide
short-term medical services for students undergoing train-
ing at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional
real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,
facility improvements, and related expenses, $24,310,000,
to remain available until expended.
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INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary for the detection and inves-
tigation of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, including cooperative efforts with State and
local law enforcement, $48,900,000, of which $7,827,000
shall remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, 
$201,320,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$10,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2002, for information systems modernization initiatives.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms; including purchase of not to exceed
812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for
replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates
as may be determined by the Director; for payment of per
diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an
assignment to the National Response Team during the in-
vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em-
ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain
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overnight at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $15,000
for official reception and representation expenses; for
training of State and local law enforcement agencies with
or without reimbursement, including training in connec-
tion with the training and acquisition of canines for explo-
sives and fire accelerants detection; and provision of lab-
oratory assistance to State and local agencies, with or
without reimbursement, $567,059,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of at-
torneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of
which $1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of
any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for of-
ficial use by a State or local law enforcement agency if
the conveyance will be used in joint law enforcement oper-
ations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
and for the payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel,
training, equipment, supplies, and other similar costs of
State and local law enforcement personnel, including
sworn officers and support personnel, that are incurred
in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made available by
this or any other Act may be used to transfer the func-
tions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms to other agencies or Departments in
fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That no funds appro-
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priated herein shall be available for salaries or administra-
tive expenses in connection with consolidating or central-
izing, within the Department of the Treasury, the records,
or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of
firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Pro-
vided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be
used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation
of any officer or employee of the United States to imple-
ment an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118
or to change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR
178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication
5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be
available to investigate or act upon applications for relief
from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c):
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to in-
vestigate and act upon applications filed by corporations
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18
U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds in this Act
may be used to provide ballistics imaging equipment to
any State or local authority who has obtained similar
equipment through a Federal grant or subsidy unless the
State or local authority agrees to return that equipment
or to repay that grant or subsidy to the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may
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be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pur-
suant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal
identification code.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service; including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of
which 1,030 are for police-type use and commercial oper-
ations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals
for personal services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; and awards
of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act
enforced by the United States Customs Service,
$1,708,089,000, of which such sums as become available
in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject
to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budg-
et Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C.
58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account, and of
which $3,000,000 shall be derived only from the Harbor
Services Fund; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall
be available for payment for rental space in connection
with preclearance operations; not to exceed $4,000,000
shall be available until expended for research; not to ex-
ceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for con-
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ducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081;
not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until expended
for the procurement of automation infrastructure items,
including hardware, software, and installation; and not to
exceed $5,000,000, shall be available until expended, for
repairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may
be purchased without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal
year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in sub-
section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19
U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall be $30,000.
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND
MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air-
craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine
Programs; including operational training and mission-re-
lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by
the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include the following: the
interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of
support to Customs and other Federal, State, and local
agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en-
forced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of
the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance
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to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforce-
ment and emergency humanitarian efforts, $109,413,000,
which shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the ex-
ception of aircraft that is one of a kind and has been iden-
tified as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft that
has been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to
any other Federal agency, department, or office outside
of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal year
2000 without the prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States, $181,319,000, of which
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro-
priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2000
shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive
security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account
Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the General Fund es-
timated at $176,919,000, and in addition, $20,000, to be
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derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reim-
burse the Bureau for administrative and personnel ex-
penses for financial management of the Fund, as author-
ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law
and account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor-
respondence; programs to match information returns and
tax returns; management services; rent and utilities; and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
as 
may 
be 
determined 
by 
the 
Commissioner,
$3,270,098,000, of which up to $3,700,000 shall be for
the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and of which
not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and
representation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro-
viding litigation support; issuing technical rulings; exam-
ining employee plans and exempt organizations; con-
ducting criminal investigation and enforcement activities;
securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts;
compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance
research; purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850)
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and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b));
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
as 
may 
be 
determined 
by 
the 
Commissioner,
$3,301,136,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2002, for research.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE
For funding essential earned income tax credit com-
pliance and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section
5702 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law
105–33), 
$144,000,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the Social Security
Administration for the costs of implementing section 1090
of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for information systems and telecommunications sup-
port, including developmental information systems and
operational information systems; the hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $1,394,540,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue
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Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service; including purchase of not to exceed 777 vehicles
for police-type use, of which 739 shall be for replacement
only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft;
training and assistance requested by State and local gov-
ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;
services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District
of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and
other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per-
form protective functions; for payment of per diem and/
or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective
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assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of
a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day
or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen-
tation of awards; for travel of Secret Service employees
on protective missions without regard to the limitations
on such expenditures in this or any other Act if approval
is obtained in advance from the Committees on Appropria-
tions; for research and development; for making grants to
conduct behavioral research in support of protective re-
search and operations; not to exceed $20,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed
$50,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to
foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit inves-
tigations; for payment in advance for commercial accom-
modations as may be necessary to perform protective func-
tions; and for uniforms without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year,
$662,312,000: Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided
for protective travel shall remain available until September
30, 2001.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $4,923,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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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, 2000, shall be
made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.
SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2000 in this
Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis-
tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to
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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, and United States Secret
Service may be transferred between such appropriations
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such
appropriation by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices, Office of Inspector General, Financial Management
Service, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer
may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more
than 2 percent.
SEC. 115. Of the funds available for the purchase of
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase
by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De-
partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That
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the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant
Secretary for Management.
SEC. 116. (a) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRA-
TION.—During the period from October 1, 1999 through
January 1, 2003, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration is authorized to offer voluntary separation
incentives in order to provide the necessary flexibility to
carry out the plan to establish and reorganize the Office
of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’).
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘em-
ployee’’ means an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105)
who is employed by the Office serving under an appoint-
ment without time limitation, and has been currently em-
ployed by the Office or the Internal Revenue Service or
the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the
Treasury for a continuous period of at least 3 years, but
does not include—
(1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, or another retirement system;
(2) an employee having a disability on the basis
of which such employee is or would be eligible for
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disability retirement under the applicable retirement
system referred to in paragraph (1);
(3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific
notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or
unacceptable performance;
(4) an employee who has previously received
any voluntary separation incentive payment by the
Federal Government under this section or any other
authority and has not repaid such payment;
(5) an employee covered by statutory reemploy-
ment rights who is on transfer to another organiza-
tion; or
(6) any employee who, during the 24-month pe-
riod preceding the date of separation, has received a
recruitment or relocation bonus under 5 U.S.C.
5753 or who, within the 12-month period preceding
the date of separation, received a retention allowance
under 5 U.S.C. 5754.
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration may pay voluntary
separation incentive payments under this section to
any employee to the extent necessary to organize the
Office so as to perform the duties specified in the
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Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform
Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–206).
(2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—
A voluntary separation incentive payment—
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations
available for the payment of the basic pay of
the employees of the Office;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount
the employee would be entitled to receive
under 5 U.S.C. 5595(c); or
(ii) an amount determined by the
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Ad-
ministration, not to exceed $25,000;
(D) may not be made except in the case of
any qualifying employee who voluntarily sepa-
rates (whether by retirement or resignation) be-
fore January 1, 2003;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation, of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(F) shall not be taken into account in de-
termining the amount of any severance pay to
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which the employee may be entitled under 5
U.S.C. 5595 based on any other separation.
(d) ADDITIONAL OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL
FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO THE RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any other
payments that it is required to make under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5,
United States Code, the Office shall remit to the Of-
fice of Personnel Management for deposit in the
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an
amount equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of
each employee who is covered under subchapter III
of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States
Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has
been paid under this section.
(2) DEFINITION.—In paragraph (1), the term
‘‘final basic pay’’, with respect to an employee,
means the total amount of basic pay that would be
payable for a year of service by such employee, com-
puted using the employee’s final rate of basic pay,
and, if last serving on other than a full-time basis,
with appropriate adjustment therefor.
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(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received a
voluntary separation incentive payment under this section
and accepts any employment for compensation with the
United States Government, or who works for any agency
of the United States Government through a personal serv-
ices contract, within 5 years after the date of the separa-
tion on which the payment is based, shall be required to
pay, prior to the individual’s first day of employment, the
entire amount of the incentive payment to the Office.
(f) EFFECT ON OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYMENT
LEVELS.—
(1) INTENDED EFFECT.—Voluntary separations
under this section are not intended to necessarily re-
duce the total number of full-time equivalent posi-
tions in the Office.
(2) USE
OF
VOLUNTARY
SEPARATIONS.—The
Office may redeploy or use the full-time equivalent
positions vacated by voluntary separations under
this section to make other positions available to
more critical locations or more critical occupations.
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
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or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
SEC. 118. (a) Subsection (c) of section 5547 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to regulations prescribed by the Of-
fice of Personnel Management, if premium pay for a pay
period consists (in whole or in part) of premium pay for
protective services, then—
‘‘(i) premium pay for such pay period shall be
payable without regard to the limitation under para-
graph (2); except that
‘‘(ii) premium pay shall not be payable to the
extent that the aggregate of the employee’s basic
pay and premium pay for the year would otherwise
exceed the annual equivalent of the limitation that
(but for clause (i)) would otherwise apply under
paragraph (2).
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph—
‘‘(i) the term ‘protective services’ refers to pro-
tective functions authorized by section 3056(a) of
title 18 or section 37(a)(3) of title I of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2709(a)(3)); and
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‘‘(ii) the term ‘premium pay’ refers to premium
pay under the provisions of law cited in the first
sentence of subsection (a).’’.
(b) This section and the amendment made by this
section—
(1) shall take effect on the first day of the first
pay period beginning on or after the later of October
1, 1999, or the 180th day after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and
(2) shall apply with respect to premium pay for
service performed in any pay period beginning on or
after the effective date of this section.
SEC. 119. (a) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CHICAGO FINANCIAL
CENTER OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE.—
During the period from October 1, 1999, through January
31, 2000, the Commissioner of the Financial Management
Service (FMS) of the Department of the Treasury is au-
thorized to offer voluntary separation incentives in order
to provide the necessary flexibility to carry out the closure
of the Chicago Financial Center (CFC) in a manner which
the Commissioner shall deem most efficient, equitable to
employees, and cost effective to the Government.
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘em-
ployee’’ means an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105)
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who is employed by FMS at CFC under an appointment
without time limitation, and has been so employed con-
tinuously for a period of at least 3 years, but does not
include—
(1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code,or another retirement system;
(2) an employee with a disability on the basis
of which such employee is or would be eligible for
disability retirement under the retirement systems
referred to in paragraph (1) or another retirement
system for employees of the Government;
(3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific
notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or
unacceptable performance;
(4) an employee who has previously received
any voluntary separation incentive payment from an
agency or instrumentality of the Government of the
United States under any authority and has not re-
paid such payment;
(5) an employee covered by statutory reemploy-
ment rights who is on transfer to another organiza-
tion; or
(6) an employee who during the 24-month pe-
riod preceding the date of separation has received
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and not repaid a recruitment or relocation bonus
under section 5753 of title 5, United States Code,
or who, within the twelve month period preceding
the date of separation, has received and not repaid
a retention allowance under section 5754 of that
title.
(c) AGENCY PLAN; APPROVAL.—
(1) The Secretary, Department of the Treasury,
prior to obligating any resources for voluntary sepa-
ration incentive payments, shall submit to the Office
of Management and Budget a strategic plan out-
lining the intended use of such incentive payments
and a proposed organizational chart for the agency
once such incentive payments have been completed.
(2) The agency’s plan under subsection (1)
shall include—
(A) the specific positions and functions to
be reduced or eliminated;
(B) a proposed coverage for offers of in-
centives;
(C) the time period during which incentives
may be paid;
(D) the number and amounts of voluntary
separation incentive payments to be offered;
and
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(E) a description of how the agency will
operate without the eliminated positions and
functions.
(3) The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall review the agency’s plan and ap-
prove or disapprove such plan, and may make appro-
priate modifications in the plan including waivers of
the reduction in agency employment levels required
by this Act.
(d) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) A voluntary separation incentive payment
under this Act may be paid by the agency head to
an employee only in accordance with the strategic
plan under section (c).
(2) A voluntary incentive payment—
(A) shall be offered to agency employees on
the basis of organizational unit, occupational
series or level, geographic location, other non-
personal factors, or an appropriate combination
of such factors;
(B) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
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(i) an amount equal to the amount
the employee would be entitled to receive
under section 5595(c) of title 5, United
States Code, if the employee were entitled
to payment under such section (without
adjustment for any previous payment
made); or
(ii) an amount determined by the
agency head, not to exceed $25,000;
(D) may be made only in the case of an
employee who voluntarily separates (whether by
retirement or resignation) under the provisions
of this Act;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation of any
other type of Government benefit;
(F) shall not be taken into account in de-
termining the amount of any severance pay to
which the employee may be entitled under sec-
tion 5595 of title 5, United States Code, based
on any other separation; and
(G) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employee.
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(e) ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENTS.—Payments under
this section may be made to any qualifying employee who
voluntarily separates, whether by retirement or resigna-
tion, between October 1, 1999, and January 31, 2000.
(f) EFFECT ON SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received a
voluntary separation incentive payment under this section
and accepts any employment for compensation with any
agency or instrumentality of the Government of the
United States within 5 years after the date of the separa-
tion on which the payment is based shall be required to
pay, prior to the individual’s first day of employment, the
entire amount of the incentive payment to FMS.
(g) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) In addition to any other payments which it
is required to make under subchapter III of chapter
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code,
FMS shall remit to the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an
amount equal to 15 percent of the final annual basis
pay for each employee covered under subchapter III
of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5 United States
Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has
been paid under this section.
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(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term
‘‘final basic pay’’ with respect to an employee,
means the total amount of basic pay which would be
payable for a year of service by such employee, com-
puted using the employee’s final rate of basic pay,
and, if last serving on other than a full-time basis,
with appropriate adjustment therefor.
(h) REDUCTION
OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEV-
ELS.—
(1) The total number of funded employee posi-
tions in the agency shall be reduced by one position
for each vacancy created by the separation of any
employee who has received, or is due to receive, a
voluntary separation incentive payment under this
Act. For the purposes of this subsection, positions
shall be counted on a full-time equivalent basis.
(2) The President, through the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, shall monitor the agency and
take any action necessary to ensure that the require-
ments of this section are met.
(3) At the request of the Secretary, Department
of the Treasury, the Office of Management and
Budget may waive the reduction in total number of
funded employee positions required by subsection (1)
if it believes the agency plan required by section (c)
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satisfactorily demonstrates that the positions would
better be used to reallocate occupations or reshape
the workforce and to produce a more cost-effective
result.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
States Code, $93,436,000, of which $64,436,000 shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 2000: Provided,
That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall
continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery
and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than
the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be
used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charg-
ing any officer or employee of any State or local child sup-
port enforcement agency, or any individual participating
in a State or local program of child support enforcement,
a fee for information requested or provided concerning an
address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consoli-
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date or close small rural and other small post offices in
fiscal year 2000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE
HOUSE OFFICE
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102; $250,000: Provided, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
considered as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law; including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;
subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers,
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periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed
$100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided
by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official
entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with-
in the Executive Office of the President, $52,444,000:
Provided, That $10,313,000 of the funds appropriated
shall be available for reimbursements to the White House
Communications Agency.
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at
the White House and official entertainment expenses of
the President, $9,260,000, to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114.
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
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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
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
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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
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, $810,000, to re-
main available until expended for required maintenance,
safety and health issues, and continued preventative main-
tenance.
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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; $3,617,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,
heating, and lighting, including electric power and fix-
tures, of the official residence of the Vice President; the
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed
$90,000 for official entertainment expenses of the Vice
President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate;
$345,000: Provided, That advances or repayments or
transfers from this appropriation may be made to any de-
partment or agency for expenses of carrying out such ac-
tivities.
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), $3,840,000.
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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, $4,032,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $6,997,000.
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,
$39,448,000, of which $8,806,000 shall be available for
a capital investment plan which provides for the continued
modernization of the information technology infrastruc-
ture.
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,
$63,495,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
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available to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title
44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided in
31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only
to the objects for which appropriations 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 marketing orders or any activi-
ties 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 Management 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 Management and Budget, before the Com-
mittees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’
Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That the
preceding proviso shall not apply to printed hearings re-
leased by the Committees on Appropriations or the Com-
mittees on Veterans’ Affairs.
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
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tion Act of 1998 (title VII of division C of Public Law
105–277); not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and for participation in joint
projects or in the provision of services on matters of mu-
tual interest with nonprofit, research, or public organiza-
tions or agencies, with or without reimbursement;
$52,221,000, of which $31,350,000 shall remain available
until expended, consisting of $2,100,000 for policy re-
search and evaluation, of which $1,000,000 is for the Na-
tional Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, $16,000,000
for the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center for
counternarcotics research and development projects, and
$13,250,000 for the continued operation of the technology
transfer program: Provided, That the $16,000,000 for the
Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center shall be avail-
able for transfer to other Federal departments or agencies:
Provided further, That the Office is authorized to accept,
hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal,
public and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the
purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office.
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas Program, $192,000,000 for drug control activities
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consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which
no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and
local entities for drug control activities, which shall be ob-
ligated within 120 days of the date of enactment of this
Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be transferred
to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to be deter-
mined by the Director: Provided further, That, of this lat-
ter amount, $1,800,000 shall be used for auditing services:
Provided further, That, hereafter, of the amount appro-
priated for fiscal year 2000 or any succeeding fiscal year
for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program,
the funds to be obligated or expended during such fiscal
year for programs addressing the treatment and preven-
tion of drug use shall not be less than the funds obligated
or expended for such programs during fiscal year 1999
without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations.
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public
Law 105–277, $225,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to
other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such
activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided,
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$195,000,000 shall be to support a national media cam-
paign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media Campaign
Act of 1998: Provided further, That of the funds provided,
$30,000,000 shall be to continue a program of matching
grants to drug-free communities, as authorized in the
Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997.
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
For expenses necessary to enable the President to
meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national
interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or
abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by
3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap-
propriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
established by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–
28, $2,674,000.
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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend-
ed, $38,152,000, of which no less than $4,866,500 shall
be available for internal automated data processing sys-
tems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available
for reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
$23,828,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses
and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in
the Government service, and compensation as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
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ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account,
to be available without further appropriation for the costs
of carrying out these conferences.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
To carry out the purpose of the Federal Buildings
Fund established pursuant to section 210(f) of the Fed-
eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,
as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), the revenues and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia;
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci-
dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair
and alteration of federally owned buildings, including
grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe-
guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition,
and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur-
chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law;
acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con-
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version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre-
liminary planning and design of projects by contract or
otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip-
ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter-
est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired
by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag-
gregate amount of $5,245,906,000, of which: (1)
$8,000,000 shall remain available until expended for con-
struction of nonprospectus construction projects; (2)
$559,869,000 shall remain available until expended for re-
pairs and alterations, which includes associated design and
construction services: Provided, That funds made available
in any previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for
Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be
limited to the amount identified for each project, except
each project may be increased by an amount not to exceed
10 percent unless advance approval is obtained from the
Committee on Appropriations of a greater amount: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts provided in this or any
prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to
fund costs associated with implementing security improve-
ments to buildings necessary to meet the minimum stand-
ards for security in accordance with current law and in
compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the ap-
propriate Committees of the House and Senate: Provided
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further, That the difference between the funds appro-
priated and expended on any projects in this or any prior
Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may
be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used
to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Pro-
vided further, That all funds for repairs and alterations
prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2001,
and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund, except funds
for projects as to which funds for design or other funds
have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date:
Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any
prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used
to pay claims against the Government arising from any
projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or
used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects:
Provided further, That the General Services Administra-
tion is directed to use funds available for Repairs and Al-
terations to undertake the first construction phase of the
project to renovate the Department of the Interior Head-
quarters Building located in Washington, D.C.; (3)
$205,668,000 for installment acquisition payments includ-
ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
available until expended; (4) $2,782,186,000 for rental of
space which shall remain available until expended; and (5)
$1,590,183,000 for building operations which shall remain
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available until expended, of which $1,974,000 shall be
available until expended for acquisition, lease, construc-
tion, and equipping of flexiplace telecommuting centers,
including $150,000 for the center in Winchester, Virginia,
and $200,000 for the center in Woodbridge, Virginia: Pro-
vided further, That funds available to the General Services
Administration shall not be available for expenses of any
construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for
which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings
Act of 1959, as amended, has not been approved, except
that necessary funds may be expended for each project
for required expenses for the development of a proposed
prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in the
Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency
repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services
to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as
amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide
such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and
other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
ment ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable
the United States Secret Service to perform its protective
functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available
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from such revenues and collections: Provided further, That
revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to
this Fund during fiscal year 2000, excluding reimburse-
ments under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
490(f)(6)) in excess of $5,245,906,000 shall remain in the
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as
authorized in appropriations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activi-
ties associated with asset management activities; utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; transpor-
tation; procurement and supply; Government-wide respon-
sibilities relating to automated data management, tele-
communications, information resources management, and
related technology activities; utilization survey, deed com-
pliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural
analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to ex-
cess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy direc-
tion; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records man-
agement, and other support services incident to adjudica-
tion of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court
of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and
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representation 
expenses, 
$110,448,000, 
of 
which
$12,758,000 shall remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$33,317,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall
be available for payment for information and detection of
fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards
to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens
in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
PRESIDENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August
25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public
Law 95–138, $2,241,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary
of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of such Acts.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund
available to the General Services Administration shall be
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credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part
of rentals received from Government corporations pursu-
ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
made available for fiscal year 2000 for Federal Buildings
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 2001 request for United
States Courthouse construction that (1) does not meet the
design guide standards for construction as established and
approved by the General Services Administration, the Ju-
dicial Conference of the United States, and the Office of
Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the pri-
orities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as
set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided,
That the fiscal year 2001 request must be accompanied
by a standardized courtroom utilization study of each fa-
cility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
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SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per
square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in compli-
ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972
(Public Law 92–313).
SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agen-
cies by the Information Technology Fund, General Serv-
ices Administration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections
5124(b) and 5128 of Public Law 104–106, Information
Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, for per-
formance of pilot information technology projects which
have potential for Government-wide benefits and savings,
may be repaid to this Fund from any savings actually in-
curred by these projects or other funding, to the extent
feasible.
SEC. 407. From funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects
and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
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ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 408. Funds made available for new construction
projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund,
Limitations on Availability of Revenue’’ in Public Law
104–208 shall remain available until expended so long as
funds for design or other funds have been obligated in
whole or in part prior to September 30, 1999.
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 Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,
$27,586,000 together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for
administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals
to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys-
tems Protection Board.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLAR-
SHIP
AND EXCELLENCE
IN NATIONAL ENVIRON-
MENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be
available for the purposes of Public Law 102–252,
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998,
$1,250,000, to remain available until expended.
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,
$180,398,000: 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.
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REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $13,518,000, to remain available until expended.
RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING FUND
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is hereby es-
tablished in the Treasury a revolving fund to be available
for expenses and equipment necessary to provide for stor-
age and related services for all temporary and pre-archival
Federal records, which are to be stored or stored at Fed-
eral National and Regional Records Centers by agencies
and other instrumentalities of the Federal government.
The Fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation
for expenses necessary for operation 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, equip-
ment, receivables and other assets from other Fed-
eral entities that were used to provide for storage
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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
accounts as payment for providing personnel, storage, ma-
terials, 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
accrued annual leave, worker’s compensation, depreciation
of capitalized equipment and shelving, and amortization
of information technology software and systems.
(d) FUNDS RETURNED TO 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
income may be retained in the Fund as an operating
reserve or for the replacement or acquisition of cap-
ital equipment, including shelving, and the improve-
ment and implementation of the financial manage-
ment, information technology, and other support
systems of the National Archives and Records Ad-
ministration.
(2) Funds in excess of the 4 percent at the
close of each fiscal year shall be returned to the
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Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous re-
ceipts.
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The National Ar-
chives and Records Administration shall provide quarterly
reports to the Committees on Appropriations and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives on the oper-
ation of the 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, $6,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading in Public Law 105–277, $4,000,000
are rescinded: Provided further, That the Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 (as con-
tained in division A, section 101(h), of the Omnibus Con-
solidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)) is amended in title IV,
under the heading ‘‘National Historical Publications and
Records Commission, Grants Program’’ by striking the
proviso.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
74SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Re-
form Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and
representation expenses, $9,114,000.
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 Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans
by private 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 reim-
bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel
Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of
January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem
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and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting
Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over-
night at his or her post of duty, $90,584,000; and in addi-
tion $95,486,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of
Personnel Management without regard to other statutes,
including direct procurement of printed materials, for the
retirement and insurance programs, of which $4,000,000
shall remain available until expended for the cost of auto-
mating the retirement recordkeeping systems: Provided,
That the provisions of this appropriation 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 appro-
priation shall be available for salaries and expenses of the
Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment 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 Executive Order No.
11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2000,
accept donations of money, property, and personal services
in connection with the development of a publicity brochure
to provide information about the White House Fellows, ex-
cept that no such donations shall be accepted for travel
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or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the salaries
of employees of such Commission.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act, as amended, including services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$960,000; and in addition, not to exceed $9,645,000 for
administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and provide
other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s
retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred
from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, as determined by the Inspector Gen-
eral: 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 re-
spect 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 amend-
ed, such sums as may be necessary.
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GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE
LIFE INSURANCE
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect 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 Oc-
tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an-
nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv-
ice Retirement 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 here-
after be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
ability 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 Reemploy-
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ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and
expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; $9,740,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$36,489,000: 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 procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
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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
of transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia,
New Mexico, out of the Department of the Treasury.
SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his period of active military or naval service, and
has within 90 days after his release from such service or
from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora-
tion to his former position and has been certified by the
Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per-
form the duties of his former position and has not been
restored thereto.
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SEC. 506. No funds appropriated pursuant to this
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply
with sections 2 through 4 of the Buy American Act (41
U.S.C. 10a–10c).
SEC. 507. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip-
ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the
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-
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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.
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 2000 from
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
for fiscal year 2000 in this Act, shall remain available
through September 30, 2001, 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
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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
(2) such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security.
SEC. 513. Notwithstanding section 515 of Public Law
104–208, 50 percent of the unobligated balances available
to the White House Office, Salaries and Expenses appro-
priations in fiscal year 1997, shall remain available
through September 30, 2000, for the purposes of satis-
fying the conditions of section 515 of the Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act, 1999.
SEC. 514. 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.
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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 2000 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
$8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum
shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex-
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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
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United
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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 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
to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex-
isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to
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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,
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
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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
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
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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 for the cur-
rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall
be paid to any person for the filling of any position for
which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has
voted not to approve the nomination of said person.
SEC. 610. 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) that do not
have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive fi-
nancial support from more than one agency or instrumen-
tality.
SEC. 611. 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
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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
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. 612. 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. 613. (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
2000, 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 614 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations
Act, 1999, until the normal effective date of the ap-
plicable wage survey adjustment that is to take ef-
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fect in fiscal year 2000, in an amount that exceeds
the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of
the applicable wage schedule in accordance with
such section 614; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2000, 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 2000 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
2000 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 1999 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)
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is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would
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,
1999, 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,
1999, 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, 1999.
(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.
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(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by
this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be
payable were this section not in effect.
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may 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. 614. 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. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
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and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose
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. 616. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds
made available for fiscal year 2000 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. 617. (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
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the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality
employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C
position was not created solely or primarily in order to
detail the employee to the White House.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
Federal employees or members of the armed services 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. 618. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
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this or any other Act for fiscal year 2000 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 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. 619. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act may be used to pay for the expenses of travel
of employees, including employees of the Executive Office
of the President, not directly responsible for the discharge
of official governmental tasks and duties: Provided, That
this restriction shall not apply to the family of the Presi-
dent, Members of Congress or their spouses, Heads of
State of a foreign country or their designees, persons pro-
viding assistance to the President for official purposes, or
other individuals so designated by the President.
SEC. 620. None of the funds appropriated in this or
any other Act shall be used to acquire information tech-
nologies which do not comply with part 39.106 (Year 2000
compliance) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless
an agency’s Chief Information Officer determines that
noncompliance with part 39.106 is necessary to the func-
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tion and operation of the requesting agency or the acquisi-
tion is required by a signed contract with the agency in
effect before the date of enactment of this Act. Any waiver
granted by the Chief Information Officer shall be reported
to the Office of Management and Budget, and copies shall
be provided to Congress.
SEC. 621. 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. 622. 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
or pertaining to the department or agency of such
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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 of 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. 623. Section 627(b) of the Treasury and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained
in section 101(h) of division A of Public Law 105–277)
is amended by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and inserting
the following: ‘‘Effective on the date of the enactment of
this Act and thereafter, and notwithstanding’’.
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SEC. 624. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
President, or his designee, must certify to Congress, annu-
ally, that no person or persons with direct or indirect re-
sponsibility for administering the Executive Office of the
President’s Drug-Free Workplace Plan are themselves
subject to a program of individual random drug testing.
SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for
any employee training that—
(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
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(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. 626. No funds appropriated in this or any other
Act for fiscal year 2000 may be used to implement or en-
force the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355
of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy,
form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does
not contain the following provisions: ‘‘These restrictions
are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with,
or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or li-
abilities created by Executive Order No. 12958; section
7211 of title 5, United States Code (governing disclosures
to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, United States Code,
as amended by the Military Whistleblower Protection Act
(governing disclosure to Congress by members of the mili-
tary); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code,
as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (gov-
erning disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or pub-
lic health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities
Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing
disclosures that could expose confidential Government
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agents); and the statutes which protect against disclosure
that may compromise the national security, including sec-
tions 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United
States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, require-
ments, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created
by said Executive order and listed statutes are incor-
porated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a
nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be exe-
cuted by a person connected with the conduct of an intel-
ligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an em-
ployee or officer of the United States Government, 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. 627. No part of any funds appropriated in this
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
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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. 628. (a) IN GENERAL.—For calendar year
2001, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall prepare and submit to Congress, with the
budget submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code, an accounting statement and associated re-
port containing—
(1) an estimate of the total annual costs and
benefits (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable
effects) of Federal rules and paperwork, to the ex-
tent feasible—
(A) in the aggregate;
(B) by agency and agency program; and
(C) by major rule;
(2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation
on State, local, and tribal government, small busi-
ness, wages, and economic growth; and
(3) recommendations for reform.
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(b) NOTICE.—The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall provide public notice and an oppor-
tunity to comment on the statement and report under sub-
section (a) before the statement and report are submitted
to Congress.
(c) GUIDELINES.—To implement this section, the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue
guidelines to agencies to standardize—
(1) measures of costs and benefits; and
(2) the format of accounting statements.
(d) PEER REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall provide for independent
and external peer review of the guidelines and each ac-
counting statement and associated report under this sec-
tion. Such peer review shall not be subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
SEC. 629. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act, may be used by an agency to provide
a Federal employee’s home address to any labor organiza-
tion except when the employee has authorized such disclo-
sure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court
of competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 630. The Secretary of the Treasury is author-
ized to establish scientific certification standards for explo-
sives detection canines, and shall provide, on a reimburs-