In the Senate of the United States,
September 17, 1997.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2378) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,
the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independ-
ent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998,
and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 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, 1998, and
for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in-
cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build-
ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte-
nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com-
mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or
owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi-
cial business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official travel ex-
penses; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and
expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;
$114,794,000: Provided, That section 113(2) of the Fiscal
Year 1997 Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Pub-
lic Law 104–208 (110 Stat. 3009–22) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘12 months’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘2 years’’:
Provided further, That the Office of Foreign Assets Control
shall be funded at no less than $6,745,000: Provided further,
That chapter 9 of the fiscal year 1997 Supplemental Appro-
priations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for
Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, including those in Bosnia,
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Public Law 105–18 (111 Stat. 195–96) is amended by in-
serting after the ‘‘County of Denver’’ in each instance ‘‘the
County of Arapahoe’’.
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Professional Re-
sponsibility, including purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $1,250,000.
AUTOMATION ENHANCEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $29,389,000, of which $15,000,000
shall be available to the United States Customs Service for
the Automated Commercial Environment project, of which
$5,600,000 shall be available to Departmental Offices for
the International Trade Data System, and of which
$8,789,000 shall be available to Departmental Offices to
modernize its information technology infrastructure and for
business solution software: Provided, That these funds shall
remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and
in amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the
Department’s offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Pro-
vided further, That this transfer authority shall be in addi-
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tion to any other transfer authority provided in this Act:
Provided further, That none of the funds shall be used to
support or supplement Internal Revenue Service appropria-
tions for Information Systems: Provided further, That of
the $27,000,000 provided under this heading in Public Law
104–208, $12,000,000 shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1999: Provided further, That none of the funds for
the International Trade Data System may be obligated
until the Department has submitted a report on their sys-
tem development plan to the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the funds appropriated for the
Automated Commercial Environment project may not be
obligated prior to September 1, 1998: Provided further,
That the funds appropriated for the Automated Commercial
Environment project may not be obligated until the Com-
missioner of Customs has submitted, and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate have approved,
a systems architecture plan and a milestone schedule for
the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems architecture plan.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for offi-
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cial travel expenses; including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury;
$29,719,000, of which $16,695 shall be transferred to the
‘‘Departmental Offices’’ appropriation for the reimburse-
ment of Secret Service personnel in accordance with section
116 of this Act.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $10,484,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1999.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement person-
nel to attend meetings concerned with financial intelligence
activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; not
to exceed $14,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; and for assistance to Federal law enforcement
agencies, with or without reimbursement; $22,835,000: Pro-
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vided, That 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:
(a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $119,995,000;
of which $24,023,000 shall be available to the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, including $3,000,000 for
administering the Gang Resistance Education and Train-
ing program, $6,000,000 for firearms trafficking initiatives
(including the Youth Crime Gun Initiative, Project LEAD,
and the National Tracing Center), $5,200,000 for
CEASEFIRE/IBIS, 
$8,215,000 
for 
vehicles, 
and
$1,608,000 for collection of information on arson and explo-
sives; of which $18,619,000 shall be available for the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center for construction of addi-
tional facilities; of which $3,000,000 shall be available to
the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, including
$2,000,000 for the money laundering threat initiative and
$1,000,000 for the Secure Outreach/Encrypted Trans-
mission Program; of which $21,178,000 shall be available
to the United States Secret Service, including $15,664,000
for expenses related to White House Security, $3,000,000
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for investigations of counterfeiting, and $2,514,000 for fo-
rensic and related support of investigations of missing and
exploited children; of which $44,635,000 shall be available
for the United 
States 
Customs 
Service, 
including
$15,000,000 for high energy container x-ray systems and
automated targeting systems, $5,735,000 for laboratory
modernization, 
$10,000,000 
for 
vehicle 
replacement,
$7,800,000 for automated license plate readers, $1,100,000
for construction of canopies for inspection of outbound vehi-
cles along the Southwest border, and $5,000,000 to acquire
vehicle and container inspection systems; and of which
$8,500,000 shall be available to funds appropriated to the
President, including $5,500,000 to the Counterdrug Tech-
nology Assessment Center for a program to transfer tech-
nology to State and local law enforcement agencies, and
$3,000,000 for the Rocky Mountain HIDTA;
(b) As authorized by section 32401, $10,000,000 to the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for disbursement
through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to local
governments for Gang Resistance Education and Training:
Provided, That notwithstanding sections 32401 and
310001, such funds shall be allocated to State and local law
enforcement and prevention organizations;
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(c) As authorized by section 180103, $1,000,000 to the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for specialized
training for rural law enforcement officers.
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 Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to exceed
52 for police-type use, without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
for expenses for student athletic and related activities; uni-
forms without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and par-
ticipating in firearms matches and presentation of awards;
for public awareness and enhancing 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; $64,663,000, of which $2,819,000 shall be available
for fiber optics replacement; of which up to $13,034,000 for
materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement
basic training shall remain available until September 30,
2000: Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept and
use gifts of property, both real and personal, and to accept
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services, for authorized purposes, including funding of a gift
of intrinsic value which shall be awarded annually by the
Director of the Center to the outstanding student who grad-
uated 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 fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, stu-
dents attending 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 Center policy: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated in this account shall be available, at the discretion
of the Director, for: training United States Postal Service
law enforcement personnel and Postal police officers; State
and local government law enforcement training on a space-
available basis; training of foreign law enforcement officials
on a space-available basis with reimbursement of actual
costs to this appropriation; training of private sector secu-
rity officials on a space-available basis with reimbursement
of actual costs to this appropriation; and travel expenses
of non-Federal personnel to attend course development meet-
ings and training at the Center: Provided further, That the
Center is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of
reimbursements from agencies receiving training at the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except that
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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 short term medical
services for students undergoing training at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center, for ongoing maintenance, facility improve-
ments, and related expenses, $13,930,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary for the detection and investiga-
tion of individuals involved in organized crime drug traf-
ficking, including cooperative efforts with State and local
law enforcement, $73,794,000, of which $7,827,000 shall re-
main available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, $202,490,000, of which not to exceed $13,235,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2000 for infor-
mation systems modernization initiatives. Beginning in fis-
cal year 1998 and thereafter, there are appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to reimburse Federal Reserve
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Banks in their capacity as depositaries and fiscal agents
for the United States for all services required or directed
by the Secretary of the Treasury to be performed by such
banks on behalf of the Treasury or other Federal agencies.
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
650 vehicles for police-type use 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 Na-
tional Response Team during the investigation of a bomb-
ing or arson incident requires an employee to work 16 hours
or more per day or to remain overnight at his or her post
of duty; not to exceed $12,500 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; for training of State and local law
enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, in-
cluding training in connection with the training and acqui-
sition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants detec-
tion; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and
local 
agencies, 
with 
or 
without 
reimbursement;
$473,490,000; of which $1,000,000 may be used for the
Youth Gun Crime Initiative; of which not to exceed
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$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys’
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 official use by
a State or local law enforcement agency if the conveyance
will be used in drug-related joint law enforcement oper-
ations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
and for the payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel, train-
ing, equipment, and other similar costs of State and local
law enforcement officers that are incurred in joint oper-
ations 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 functions, missions,
or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
arms to other agencies or Departments in the fiscal year
ending on September 30, 1998: Provided further, That no
funds appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or
administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or
centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the
records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposi-
tion of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees:
Provided 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 implement
an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to
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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 further, 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 fur-
ther, That such funds shall be available to investigate and
act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from
Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Pro-
vided 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 Government: Provided further, That
prior to implementation of separation plans as authorized
by section 663 of Public Law 104–863, approval will be
sought from the House Committee on Government Reform
and Oversight and the Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may
be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pur-
suant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal iden-
tification code.
LABORATORY FACILITIES
For necessary expenses for construction of a new facil-
ity or facilities to house the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
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Firearms National Laboratory Center and the Fire Inves-
tigation Research and Development Center, not to exceed
185,000 occupiable square feet, $55,022,000 to remain
available until expended: Provided, That these funds shall
not be available until an authorized prospectus for the Lab-
oratory Facilities is approved by the House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Commit-
tee on Environment and Public Works.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase of up to 1,050 motor vehicles
of which 985 are for replacement only and of which 1,030
are for police-type use and commercial operations; hire of
motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal
services abroad; not to exceed $30,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; and awards of compensation
to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the Unit-
ed States Customs Service; $1,551,028,000, of which such
sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Account,
except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consoli-
dated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19
U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of the
total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment
for rental space in connection with preclearance operations,
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and not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until ex-
pended for research, not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for conducting special operations pur-
suant to 19 U.S.C. 2081, and up to $6,000,000 shall be
available until expended for the procurement of automation
infrastructure items, including hardware, software, and in-
stallation: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation for the
current fiscal year: Provided further, That prior to imple-
mentation of separation plans as authorized by section 663
of Public Law 104–863, approval will be sought from the
House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That $2,500,000 shall be available to fund
the Globe Trade and Research Program at the Montana
World Trade Center: Provided further, That notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the fiscal year aggregate
overtime limitation prescribed in subsection 5(c)(1) of the
Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall
be $30,000.
OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND
MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft,
and other related equipment of the Air and Marine Pro-
grams, including operational training and mission-related
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travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by the
air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include: the interdiction of
narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to Cus-
toms and other Federal, State, and local agencies in the
enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the Cus-
toms Service; and, at the discretion of the Commissioner
of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal, State,
and local agencies in other law enforcement and emergency
humanitarian efforts; $92,758,000, which shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That no aircraft or
other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft
which is one of a kind and has been identified as excess
to Customs requirements and aircraft which has been dam-
aged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other Fed-
eral agency, Department, or office outside of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, during fiscal year 1998 without the
prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations.
CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS
(TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)
Such sums as may be necessary for expenses for the
provision of Customs services at certain small airports or
other facilities when authorized by law and designated by
the Secretary of the Treasury, including expenditures for
the salary and expenses of individuals employed to provide
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such services, to be derived from fees collected by the Sec-
retary pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98–573 for
each of these airports or other facilities when authorized by
law and designated by the Secretary, and to remain avail-
able until expended.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
For administrative expenses related to the collection
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law
103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and merged with
the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account for such pur-
poses.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt
issues of the United States, $173,826,000, of which not to
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, and of which $2,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2000 for information
systems modernization initiatives: Provided, That the sum
appropriated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year
1998 shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as defin-
itive security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Ac-
count Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a
final fiscal year 1998 appropriation from the General Fund
estimated at $169,426,000, 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 expenses
for financial management of the Fund, as authorized by
section 102 of Public Law 101–380: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, effective upon
enactment, the Bureau of the Public Debt shall be fully and
directly reimbursed by the funds described in Public Law
101–136, title I, section 104, 103 Stat. 789 for costs and
services performed by the Bureau in the administration of
such funds.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, not otherwise provided for; including processing tax re-
turns; revenue accounting; providing tax law and account
assistance to taxpayers by telephone and correspondence;
matching information returns and tax returns; manage-
ment services; rent and utilities; and inspection; including
purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at
such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner;
$2,943,174,000, of which up to $3,700,000 shall be for the
Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and of which not
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to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and en-
forcement litigation; technical rulings; examining employee
plans and exempt organizations; investigation and enforce-
ment activities; securing unfiled tax returns; collecting un-
paid accounts; statistics of income and compliance research;
the purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) 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, $3,153,722,000.
Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public
Law 104–208, $26,000,000 and in addition, $6,000,000 in
Public Law 104–52 are available in fiscal year 1998 for
the Year 2000 Century Date Change.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses for data processing and tele-
communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac-
tivities, including developmental information systems and
operational information systems; the hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined
by the Commissioner, $1,272,487,000, which shall be avail-
able until September 30, 1999: Provided, That under the
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heading ‘‘Information Systems’’ in Public Law 104–208
(110 Stat. 3009), the following is deleted: ‘‘of which no less
than $130,075,000 shall be available for Tax Systems Mod-
ernization (TSM) development and deployment’’: Provided
further, That the IRS will submit a reprogramming request,
of which no less than $102,500,000 is available for Year
2000 conversion.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
For necessary expenses for the capital asset acquisition
of information technology systems as they relate to the cen-
tury 
date 
change 
and 
data 
center 
consolidation;
$325,000,000, which shall remain available until September
30, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds are available
for obligation until September 1, 1998: Provided further,
That the systems acquired are in compliance with acquisi-
tion rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisi-
tion management practices of the Federal Government.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service
may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service
appropriation upon the advance approval of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue
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Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
SEC. 103. The funds provided in this Act for the Inter-
nal Revenue Service shall be used to provide, as a mini-
mum, the fiscal year 1995 level of service, staffing, and
funding for Taxpayer Services.
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated by this title
shall be used in connection with the collection of any under-
payment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees of the
Internal Revenue Service in connection with such collection,
including any private sector employees under contract to
the Internal Revenue Service, complies with subsection (a)
of section 805 (relating to communications in connection
with debt collection), and section 806 (relating to harass-
ment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
(15 U.S.C. 1692.)
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute
and enforce policies and procedures which will safeguard
the confidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 106. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line for taxpayers. The
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Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement of
the IRS 1–800 help line service a priority and allocate re-
sources necessary to increase phone lines and staff to im-
prove the IRS 1–800 help line service.
SEC. 107. Hereafter, no field support reorganization
of the Internal Revenue Service shall be undertaken in Aber-
deen, South Dakota until the Internal Revenue Service toll-
free help phone line assistance program reaches at least an
80 percent service level. The Commissioner shall submit to
Congress a report and the GAO shall certify to Congress
that the 80 percent service level has been met.
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no reorganization of the field office structure of the Internal
Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division will result
in a reduction of criminal investigators in Wisconsin from
the 1996 level.
SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act or any Act hereinafter enacted may be used by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to collect a tax liability by levy upon
a limited entry commercial fishing permit issued by a State
unless the Secretary first determines in writing and by
clear and convincing evidence that such levy will facilitate
the full collection of such tax liability.
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UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase (not to exceed 705 vehicles for
police-type use, of which 675 shall be for replacement only),
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; train-
ing and assistance requested by State and local govern-
ments, which may be provided without reimbursement; serv-
ices of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined
by the Director; rental of buildings in the District of Colum-
bia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities
on private or other property not in Government ownership
or control, as may be necessary to perform protective func-
tions; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allow-
ances to employees where a protective assignment during
the actual day or days of the visit of a protectee require
an employee to work 16 hours per day or to remain over-
night at his or her post of duty; the conducting of and par-
ticipating in firearms matches; presentation 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 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;
for repairs, alterations, and minor construction at the
James J. Rowley Secret Service Training Center; for re-
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search and development; for making grants to conduct be-
havioral research in support of protective research and op-
erations; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; for sponsorship of a conference for
the Women in Federal Law Enforcement, to be held during
fiscal year 1998; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical
assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga-
nizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in ad-
vance for commercial accommodations as may be necessary
to perform protective functions; and for uniforms without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year; not to exceed $6,568,000 for continued
White House security enhancements; not to exceed
$1,623,000 for fixed site and security maintenance; not to
exceed $2,830,000 for LAN replacement; not to exceed
$1,000,000 for year 2000 date conversion; not to exceed
$6,100,000 for FLEWUG/SNET which shall remain avail-
able until expended; not to exceed $6,700,000 for vehicle re-
placement; and not to exceed $1,460,000 to provide tech-
nical assistance and to assess the effectiveness of new tech-
nology 
intended 
to 
combat 
identity-based 
crimes;
$570,809,000.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $9,176,000, to remain
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‘‘(5) Any reference in any law to the salary schedule
in section 101 (District of Columbia Code, section 4–406)
with respect to officers and members of the United States
Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be considered to
be a reference to the salary schedule in paragraph (1) of
this subsection as adjusted in accordance with this sub-
section.
‘‘(6)(A) Except as otherwise permitted by or under
law, no allowance, differential, bonus, award, or other simi-
lar cash payment under this title or under title 5, United
States Code, may be paid to an officer or member of the
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division in a cal-
endar year if, or to the extent that, when added to the total
basic pay paid or payable to such officer or member for
service performed in such calendar year as an officer or
member, such payment would cause the total to exceed the
annual rate of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive
Schedule, as of the end of such calendar year.
‘‘(B) This paragraph shall not apply to any payment
under the following provisions of title 5, United States
Code:
‘‘(i) Subchapter III or VII of chapter 55, or sec-
tion 5596.
‘‘(ii) Chapter 57 (other than section 5753, 5754,
or 5755).