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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2378
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 17, 1997
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
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, 1998, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Ω1æThat the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other pur-
poses, 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;
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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; $113,410,000: Provided, That section
113(3) of the Fiscal Year 1997 Department of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, Public Law 104–208 (110 Stat.
3009–22) is amended by striking ‘‘12 months’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘2 years’’: Provided further, That
$200,000 are provided to conduct a comprehensive study
of gambling’s effects on bankruptcies in the United States.
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Professional
Responsibility, including purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $1,500,000: Provided, That the Under
Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement shall task the Of-
fice of Professional Responsibility to conduct a com-
prehensive review of integrity issues and other matters re-
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lated to the vulnerability of the U.S. Customs Service to
corruption, to include examination of charges of profes-
sional misconduct and corruption as well as analysis of
the efficacy of departmental and bureau internal affairs
systems.
AUTOMATION ENHANCEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the development and acquisition of automatic
data processing equipment, software, and services for the
Department of the Treasury, $25,989,000, of which
$11,500,000 shall be available to the United States Cus-
toms Service for the Automated Commercial Environment
project, of which $5,600,000 shall be available to Depart-
mental Offices for the International Trade Data System,
and of which $8,789,000 shall be available to Depart-
mental Offices to modernize its information technology in-
frastructure and for business solution software: Provided,
That these funds shall remain available until September
30, 1999: Provided further, 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
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or supplement Internal Revenue Service appropriations 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 Sep-
tember 30, 1999: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated for the International Trade Data System
may be obligated until the Department has submitted a
report on their system development plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the
$11,500,000 appropriated for the Automated Commercial
Environment may be obligated until the systems architec-
ture plan has been reviewed by the General Accounting
Office and approved by the Committees on Appropriations.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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;
$30,927,000
(reduced
by
$1,000,000), of which $26,034 shall be transferred to the
‘‘Departmental Offices’’ appropriation for the reimburse-
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ment of Secret Service personnel in accordance with sec-
tion 117 of this Act.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $6,484,000, 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 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;
$22,835,000: Provided, That funds appropriated in this
account may be used to procure personal service 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:
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(a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $88,000,000;
of which $21,528,000 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 initia-
tives (including the Youth Crime Gun Initiative, Project
LEAD, and the National Tracing Center), $5,458,000 for
increased explosives inspections, $462,000 for laboratory
and investigative supplies, $5,000,000 for vehicles and
laboratory, communication, and information technology
equipment, and $1,608,000 for collection of information
on arson and explosives; of which $1,000,000 shall be
available to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network;
of which $16,837,000 shall be available to the United
States Secret Service, including $9,323,000 for expenses
related to White House Security, $5,000,000 for investiga-
tions of counterfeiting, and $2,514,000 for forensic sup-
port of investigations of missing and exploited children,
of which $514,000 shall be available as a grant on Sep-
tember 30, 1998, for activities related to the investigations
of exploited children and shall remain available until ex-
pended; of which $43,635,000 shall be available for the
United States Customs Service, including $15,000,000 for
high energy container x-ray systems and automated
targeting systems, $4,000,000 for redeploying agents and
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inspectors to high threat drug zones, $5,735,000 for lab-
oratory modernization, $10,000,000 for vehicle replace-
ment, $7,800,000 for automated license plate readers, and
$1,100,000 for construction of canopies for inspection of
outbound vehicles along the Southwest border; and of
which $5,000,000 shall be available to the Counterdrug
Technology Assessment Center for a program to transfer
technology to State and local law enforcement agencies.
(b) As authorized by section 32401, $8,000,000 to
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for dis-
bursement through grants, cooperative agreements, or
contracts to local governments for Gang Resistance Edu-
cation and Training: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tions 32401 and 310001, such funds shall be allocated to
State and local law enforcement and prevention organiza-
tions.
(c) As authorized by section 180103, $1,000,000 to
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for special-
ized 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
Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to
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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 relat-
ed activities; uniforms without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches and pres-
entation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing
community support of law enforcement training; not to ex-
ceed $9,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $64,663,000, of which
up to $13,034,000 for materials and support costs of Fed-
eral 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 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
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housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Cen-
ter policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Di-
rector, for: training United States Postal Service law en-
forcement personnel and Postal police officers; State and
local government law enforcement training on a space-
available basis; training of foreign law enforcement offi-
cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac-
tual costs to this appropriation; training of private sector
security officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation; and travel ex-
penses of non-Federal personnel to attend course develop-
ment meetings and training at the Center: Provided fur-
ther, That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in
anticipation of reimbursements from agencies receiving
training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ter, 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 short term medical services for students under-
going training at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional
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real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,
facility improvements, and related expenses, $32,548,000,
to remain available until expended.
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, $73,794,000, of which $7,827,000
shall remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service,
$199,675,000,
of
which
not
to
exceed
$13,235,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2000 for information systems modernization initiatives:
Provided, That beginning in fiscal year 1998 and there-
after, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse Federal Reserve banks in their capac-
ity 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.
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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 subsist-
ence allowances to employees where an assignment to the
National Response Team during the investigation of a
bombing 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 $15,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; for training of State
and local law enforcement agencies with or without reim-
bursement, including training in connection with the train-
ing and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; and provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim-
bursement; $477,649,000 (increased by $1,000,000); of
which not to exceed $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 enforce-
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ment agency if the conveyance will be used in drug-related
joint law enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of over-
time salaries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other
similar costs of State and local law enforcement officers
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 functions, missions, or activities of the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 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 ex-
penses in connection with consolidating or centralizing,
within the Department of the Treasury, the records, or
any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of fire-
arms 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
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
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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
be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pur-
suant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal
identification code.
LABORATORY FACILITIES
For necessary expenses for construction of a new fa-
cility or facilities to house the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms National Laboratory Center and the Fire
Investigation Research and Development Center, not to
exceed 185,000 occupiable square feet, to remain available
until expended $55,022,000: Provided, That these funds
shall not be available until a prospectus of authorization
for the Laboratory Facilities is approved by the House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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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 for police-type use and commercial operations;
hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for per-
sonal services abroad; not to exceed $30,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; and awards of com-
pensation to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced
by the United States Customs Service; $1,526,078,000,
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 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, and not to ex-
ceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for re-
search and not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available
until expended for conducting special operations pursuant
to 19 U.S.C. 2081 and up to $6,000,000 shall be available
until expended for the procurement of automation infra-
structure items, including hardware, software, and instal-
lation: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without
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regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year.
OPERATIONS, 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 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
Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the Commis-
sioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal,
State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and
emergency humanitarian efforts; $97,258,000, which shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That no air-
craft or other related equipment, with the exception of air-
craft which is one of a kind and has been identified as
excess to Customs requirements and aircraft which has
been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any
other Federal agency, Department, or office outside of the
Department of the Treasury, during fiscal year 1998 with-
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out the prior approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS
(TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)
Beginning in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, such
sums as may be necessary for expenses for the provision
of Customs services at certain small airports or other fa-
cilities when authorized by law and designated by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, including expenditures for the sal-
ary and expenses of individuals employed to provide such
services, to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary
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 available
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
Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and
merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac-
count for such purposes.
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
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$2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2000 for information systems modernization initiatives:
Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from the Gen-
eral Fund for fiscal year 1998 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 1998 appro-
priation
from
the
General
Fund
estimated
at
$169,426,000, and in addition, $20,000, to be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the
Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for fi-
nancial management of the Fund, as authorized by section
102 of Public Law 101–380: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 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 administra-
tion 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
returns; revenue accounting; providing tax law and ac-
count assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor-
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respondence; matching information returns and tax re-
turns; management services; rent and utilities; and inspec-
tion; including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replace-
ment 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; $2,915,100,000, 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
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and
enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em-
ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col-
lecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income and compli-
ance 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 Commis-
sioner, $3,108,300,000: Provided, That of the funds made
available under this heading in Public Law 104–208,
$10,000,000 are rescinded and in Public Law 104–52,
$4,500,000 are rescinded.
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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 au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $1,292,500,000, which shall
be available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That
under the 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 Modernization (TSM) development and deploy-
ment’’.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
For necessary expenses for the capital asset acquisi-
tion of information technology systems, including manage-
ment and related contractual costs of said acquisition, in-
cluding contractual costs associated with operations as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $326,000,000, which shall re-
main available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That
none of these funds is available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1998: Provided further, That none of these
funds shall be obligated until the Internal Revenue Service
and the Department of the Treasury submits to Congress
for approval, a plan for expenditure that: (1) implements
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the Internal Revenue Service’s Modernization Blueprint
submitted to Congress on May 15, 1997; (2) meets the
information systems investment guidelines established by
the Office of Management and Budget in the fiscal year
1998 budget; (3) has been reviewed and approved by the
Internal Revenue Service’s Investment Review Board, the
Office of Management and Budget, and the Department
of the Treasury’s Modernization Management Board, and
has been reviewed by the General Accounting Office; (4)
meets the requirements of the May 15, 1997 Internal Rev-
enue Service’s Systems Life Cycle program; and (5) is in
compliance with acquisition rules, requirements, guide-
lines, and systems acquisition management practices of
the Federal Government.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the
House and Senate 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.
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SEC. 103. The funds provided in this Act for the In-
ternal 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
underpayment 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 (relat-
ing to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692.)
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute policies and procedures which will safeguard the con-
fidentiality of taxpayer information.
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;
training and assistance requested by State and local gov-
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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
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 House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations; for repairs, alterations, and
minor construction at the James J. Rowley Secret Service
Training Center; for research and development; for mak-
ing grants to conduct behavioral research in support of
protective research and operations; 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
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equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in
counterfeit investigations; for payment in advance for
commercial accommodations as may be necessary to per-
form protective functions; and for uniforms without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year; $555,736,000.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $5,775,000, to re-
main available until expended for the Secret Service’s
Headquarters Building.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
SEC. 111. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec-
retary in connection with law enforcement activities of a
Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law en-
forcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the
Fund on September 30, 1998, shall be made in compliance
with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House
and Senate reports accompanying this Act.
SEC. 112. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart-
ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in-
cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
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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. 113. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1998 in this
Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis-
tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to
diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105
of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
SEC. 114. 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,
U.S. Customs Service, and U.S. Secret Service may be
transferred between such appropriations upon the advance
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such
appropriation by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
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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 House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. No transfer may increase or decrease any such ap-
propriation by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 116. (a) The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
and the Department of the Treasury shall not award a
contract for Solicitation No. BEP–97–13(TN) or Solicita-
tion No. BEP–96–13(TN) until the General Accounting
Office (GAO) has completed a comprehensive analysis of
the optimum circumstances for government procurement
of distinctive currency paper. The GAO shall report its
findings to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations no later than August 1, 1998.
(b) The contractual term of the distinctive currency
paper ‘‘bridge’’ contract shall not exceed 24 months, and
the contract shall not be effective until the Secretary of
the Department of the Treasury certifies that the price
under the terms of any ‘‘bridge’’ contract is fair and rea-
sonable and that the terms of any ‘‘bridge’’ contract are
customary and appropriate according to Federal procure-
ment regulations. In addition, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on
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the price and profit levels of any ‘‘bridge’’ contract at the
time of certification.
SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay
from amounts transferred to the ‘‘Departmental Offices’’
appropriation, up to $26,034 to reimburse Secret Service
personnel for any attorney fees and costs they incurred
with respect to investigation by the Department of the
Treasury, Inspector General concerning testimony pro-
vided to Congress: Provided, That the Secretary of the
Treasury shall pay an individual in full upon submission
by the individual of documentation verifying the attorney
fees and costs: Provided further, That the liability of the
United States shall not be inferred from enactment of or
payment under this provision: Provided further, That the
Secretary of the Treasury shall not pay any claim filed
under this section that is filed later than 120 days after
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
payment under this provision, when accepted, shall be in
full satisfaction of all claims of, or on behalf of, the indi-
vidual Secret Service agent who was the subject of said
investigation.
SEC. 118. (a)(1) Effective beginning on the date de-
termined under paragraph (2), the compensation and
other emoluments attached to the Office of Secretary of
the Treasury shall be those that would then apply if Public
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Law 103–2 (107 Stat. 4; 31 U.S.C. 301 note) had never
been enacted.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall become effective on the later
of—
(A) the day after the date on which the individ-
ual holding the Office of Secretary of the Treasury
on January 1, 1997, ceases to hold that office; or
(B) the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to
affect the compensation or emoluments due to any individ-
ual in connection with any period preceding the date deter-
mined under paragraph (2).
(b) Subsection (b) of the first section of the public
law referred to in subsection (a)(1) of this section shall
not apply in the case of any appointment the consent of
the Senate to which occurs on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(c) This section shall not be limited (for purposes of
determining whether a provision of this section applies or
continues to apply) to fiscal year 1998.
SEC. 119. (a) REQUIREMENT OF ADVANCE SUBMIS-
SION OF TREASURY TESTIMONY.—During the fiscal year
covered by this Act, any officer or employee of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury who is scheduled to testify before
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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resentatives or the Senate, or any of its subcommittees,
shall, not less than 7 calendar days (excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, and Federal legal public holidays) preceding the
scheduled date of the testimony, submit to the committee
or subcommittee—
(1) a written statement of the testimony to be
presented, regardless of whether such statement is
to be submitted for inclusion in the record of the
hearing; and
(2) any other written information to be submit-
ted for inclusion in the record of the hearing.
(b) LIMITATION ON TREASURY CLEARANCE PROC-
ESS.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for any clearance process within the Department
of the Treasury that could cause a submission beyond the
specified time, as officially transmitted by the committee,
of—
(1) any corrections to the transcript copy of
testimony given before the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives or the Senate,
or any of its subcommittees; or
(2) any information to be provided in writing in
response to an oral or written request by such com-
mittee or subcommittee for specific information for
inclusion in the record of the hearing.
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(b) EXCEPTION.—The time periods established in
subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any specific tes-
timony, or corrections, if the Secretary of the Treasury—
(1) determines that special circumstances pre-
vent compliance; and
(2) submits to the committee or subcommittee
involved a written notification of such determination,
including the Secretary’s estimate of the time peri-
ods required for specific testimony, information, or
corrections.
SEC. 120. (a) NEW RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR UNIT-
ED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION.—
Section 501 of the District of Columbia Police and Fire-
men’s Salary Act of 1958, as amended (D.C. Code, sec.
4–416), is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Interior’’
and all that follows through ‘‘Treasury,’’ and insert-
ing instead ‘‘Interior’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b)(3);
(3) in subsection (b)(3) (as redesignated)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or to officers and mem-
bers of the United States Secret Service Uni-
formed Division’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) and insert-
ing instead ‘‘this subsection’’;
(4) by adding after subsection (b) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of of-
ficers and members of the United States Secret Service
Uniformed Division, serving in classes corresponding or
similar to those in the salary schedule in section 101, shall
be fixed in accordance with the following schedule of rates:
‘‘SALARY SCHEDULE
‘‘Salary class and title
Service Steps
‘‘Class 1: Private ........
29,215
30,088
31,559
33,009
35,331
37,681
39,128
40,593
42,052
‘‘Class 4: Sergeant .....
39,769
41,747
43,728
45,718
47,715
49,713
‘‘Class 5: Lieutenant ..
45,148
47,411
49,663
51,924
54,180
‘‘Class 7: Captain .......
52,523
55,155
57,788
60,388
‘‘Class 8: Inspector .....
60,886
63,918
66,977
70,029
‘‘Class 9: Deputy Chief
71,433
76,260
81,113
85,950
‘‘Class 10: Assistant
Chief .......................
84,694
90,324
95,967
‘‘Class 11: Chief of the
U.S. Secret Service
Uniformed Division
98,383
104,923
‘‘(2) Effective at the beginning of the first applicable
pay period commencing on or after the first day of the
month in which an adjustment takes effect under section
5303 of title 5, United States Code (or any subsequent
similar provision of law), in the rates of pay under the
General Schedule (or any subsequent similar provision of
law), in the rates of pay under the General Schedule (or
any pay system that may supersede such schedule), the
annual rates of basic compensation of officers and mem-
bers of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Divi-
sion shall be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury
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by an amount equal to the percentage of such annual rate
of pay which corresponds to the overall percentage of the
adjustment made in the rates of pay under the General
Schedule.
‘‘(3) Locality-based comparability payments author-
ized under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code,
shall be applicable to the basic pay under this section.
However, locality-based comparability payments may not
be paid at a rate which, when added to the rate of basic
pay otherwise payable to the officer or member, would
cause the total to exceed the rate of basic pay payable
for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
‘‘(4) Pay may not be paid, by reason of any provision
of this subsection (disregarding any comparability pay-
ment payable under Federal law), at a rate in excess of
the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive
Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title
5, United States Code.
‘‘(5) Any reference in any law to the salary schedule
in section 101 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 para-
graph (1) of this subsection as adjusted in accordance with
this subsection.
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‘‘(6)(A) Except as otherwise permitted by or under
law, no allowance, differential, bonus, award, or other
similar cash payment under this title or under title 5,
United Stated Code, may be paid to an officer or member
of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
in a calendar 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
section 5596;
‘‘(ii) Chapter 57 (other than section 5753,
5754, or 5755); or
‘‘(iii) chapter 59 (other than section 5928).
‘‘(7)(A) Any amount which is not paid to an officer
or member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division in a calendar year because of the limitation under
paragraph (6) shall be paid to such officer or member in
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a lump sum at the beginning of the following calendar
year.
‘‘(B) Any amount paid under this paragraph in a cal-
endar year shall be taken into account for purposes of ap-
plying the limitations under paragraph (6) with respect
to such calendar year.
‘‘(8) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
scribe regulations as may be necessary (consistent with
section 5582 of title 5, United States Code) concerning
how a lump-sum payment under paragraph (7) shall be
made with respect to any employee who dies before an
amount payable to such employee under paragraph (7) is
made.’’.
(b) CONVERSION TO NEW SALARY SCHEDULE.—
(1) Effective on the first day of the first pay
period beginning after the date of enactment of this
section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the
rates of basic pay for members of the United States
Secret Service Uniformed Division as follows: Each
officer and member receiving basic compensation,
immediately prior to the effective date of this sec-
tion, at one of the scheduled rates in the salary
schedule in section 101 of the District of Columbia
Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958, as ad-
justed by law and as in effect prior to the effective
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date of this section, shall be placed in and receive
basic compensation at the corresponding scheduled
service step of the salary schedule outlined in section
501(c) of such Act as added by subsection (a) of this
section; except that (A) the Assistant Chief and the
Chief of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division shall be placed in and receive basic com-
pensation in salary class 10 and salary class 11, re-
spectively, in the appropriate service step in the new
salary class in accordance such section 501(c), and
(B) each member whose position is to be converted
to the salary schedule under such section 501(c),
and who, prior to the effective date of this section
has earned, but has not been credited with, an in-
crease in his or her rate of pay shall be afforded
that increase before he or she is placed in the cor-
responding service step in the salary schedule under
such section 501(c).
(2) Except in the cases of the Assistant Chief
and the Chief of the United States Secret Service
Uniformed Division, the conversion of positions and
individuals to appropriate classes of the salary
schedule under section 501(c) of the District of Co-
lumbia Police and Fireman’s Salary Act of 1958
(D.C. Code, sec. 4–416(c)), as amended by sub-
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section (a) of this section, and the initial adjust-
ments of rates of basic pay of those positions and
individuals, in accordance with paragraph (1) of this
subsection, shall not be considered to be transfers or
promotions within the meaning of section 304 of
such Act.
(3) Each member whose position is converted to
the salary schedule under such section 501(c) shall
be granted credit for purposes of his or her first
service step adjustment under the salary schedule in
such section 501(c) for all satisfactory service per-
formed by the member since his or her last increase
in basic pay prior to the adjustment under that sec-
tion.
(c) LIMITATION ON PAY PERIOD EARNINGS.—The
first section of the Act of August 15, 1950 (64 Stat. 447),
as amended (D.C. Code, section 4–1104), is amended—
(1) in subsection (h), by striking the phrase
‘‘any officer or member’’ each place it appears and
inserting instead ‘‘an officer or member of the Met-
ropolitan Police force, of the Fire Department of the
District of Columbia, or of the United States Park
Police’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (h)(3) as sub-
section (i); and
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(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sections 405(b)(1)
and 405(c)(1) of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Re-
form Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 1466) are hereby repealed.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section
shall become effective on the first day of the first pay pe-
riod beginning after the date of enactment.
SEC. 121. Section 117 of the Treasury, Postal Serv-
ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997
(as contained in section 101(f) of division A of Public Law
104–208) is hereby repealed.
SEC. 122. In tax-year 1998, and each tax-year there-
after, the Internal Revenue Service shall pay qualified
transmitters who electronically forward and file tax re-
turns (form 1040 and related information returns) prop-
erly formatted and accepted by the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, up to $3.00 per return so filed: Provided, That the
transmitter provides the necessary electronic filing service
without charge to the taxpayer whose return is so filed:
Provided further, That in those instances where the trans-
mitter receives a tax return from an electronic return
originator (ERO) and/or a paid preparer, the transmitter
may only accept the payment from the Internal Revenue
Service if the ERO and/or the paid preparer has certified
to the Internal Revenue Service that no fee was charged
to the taxpayer for electronic filing of the return: Provided
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further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall reduce
its paper returns processing seasonal workforce commen-
surate with any increase in electronic filing resulting from
this initiative.
SEC. 123. Subsection (a) of section 5378, title 5
U.S.C., is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Department of the Treas-
ury, or his designee, shall fix the rates of basic pay for
positions within the police forces of the United States
Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
except that no entry-level police officer shall receive basic
pay for a calendar year that is less than the basic rate
of pay for General Schedule GS–7 and no executive secu-
rity official shall receive basic compensation for a calendar
year that exceeds the basic rate of pay for General Sched-
ule GS–15.’’.
SEC. 124. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, paragraph (3)(A) of section 9703(g) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1996, and 1997’’;
(2) by inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and 1996’’; and
(3) by adding at the end of the first sentence
of (3)(A) the following new sentence: ‘‘No further
transfers from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund will be
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made to the Special Forfeiture Fund after those
amounts transferred from excess unobligated bal-
ances at the end of fiscal year 1996.’’.
(b) Paragraph (3)(C) of section 9703(g) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by adding after the last sentence of that
paragraph as amended by Public Law 104–208, the
following sentence: ‘‘Unobligated balances remaining
pursuant to section 4(B) of 9703(g) shall also be
carried forward.’’.
(c) Paragraph (4)(B) of section 9703(g) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘, subject to subparagraph (C),’’
from the first and only sentence of that paragraph.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department,
Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR REVENUE
FORGONE
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, $86,274,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
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Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
vided 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 charging any officer or
employee of any State or local child support enforcement
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local
program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
tion 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 consolidate or close
small rural and other small post offices in the fiscal year
ending on September 30, 1998.
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR
NONFUNDED LIABILITIES
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting
the liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the
Employees’ Compensation Fund pursuant to 39 United
States Code 2004, $34,850,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 1998’’.
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TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE
HOUSE OFFICE
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102; $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;
including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C.
105, which shall be expended and accounted for as pro-
vided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles,
newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel
(not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); not to exceed $19,000
for official entertainment expenses, to be available for allo-
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cation within the Executive Office of the President;
$51,199,000: Provided, That $873,000 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have ap-
proved, a systems architecture plan, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems architecture plan, and an estimate
of the funds required to support the fiscal year 1998 cap-
ital investments associated with that plan: Provided fur-
ther, That $9,800,000 of the funds appropriated shall be
available for reimbursements to the White House Commu-
nications 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, $8,045,000, to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 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
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of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable politi-
cal 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
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not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under
section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, by not later than 90 days
after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a re-
port setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses 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 official and cer-
emonial 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 (1) implement a system for the tracking of expenses
related to reimbursable events within the Executive Resi-
dence that includes a standard for the classification of any
such expense as political or nonpolitical; and (2) prepare
and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, by not later
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than December 1, 1997, a report setting forth a detailed
description of such system and a schedule for its imple-
mentation: Provided further, That no provision of this
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
chapter 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, $200,000, to re-
main available until expended for renovation and reloca-
tion of the White House laundry, to be expended and ac-
counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 112–
114.
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; $3,378,000: Provided,
That $69,800 of the funds appropriated may not be obli-
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gated until the Director of the Office of Administration
has submitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of
the House and Senate have approved, a systems architec-
ture plan, a milestone schedule for the development and
implementation of all projects included in the systems ar-
chitecture plan, and an estimate of the funds required to
support the fiscal year 1998 capital investments associ-
ated with that plan.
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,
heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,
of the official residence of the Vice President, the hire of
passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $90,000 for
official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to
be accounted for solely on his certificate; $334,000: Pro-
vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this
appropriation may be made to any department or agency
for expenses of carrying out such activities.
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out
its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15
U.S.C. 1021), $3,542,000.
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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; $3,983,000: Provided, That
$30,000 of the funds appropriated may not be obligated
until the Director of the Office of Administration has sub-
mitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate have approved, a systems architecture
plan, a milestone schedule for the development and imple-
mentation of all projects included in the system architec-
ture plan, and an estimate of the funds required to sup-
port the fiscal year 1998 capital investments associated
with that plan.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $6,648,000.
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
$28,883,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available
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until expended for a capital investment plan which pro-
vides for the modernization of the information technology
infrastructure: Provided, That $2,023,000 of the funds
appropriated may not be obligated until the Director of
the Office of Administration has submitted, and the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have
approved, a systems architecture plan, a milestone sched-
ule for the development and implementation of all projects
included in the system architecture plan, and an estimate
of the funds required to support the fiscal year 1998 cap-
ital investments associated with that plan.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $57,240,000, of
which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry
out the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35 including
$200,000 to be used under those provisions to coordinate
implementation of chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code
(popularly known as the Congressional Review Act): Pro-
vided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropria-
tions shall be applied only to the objects for which appro-
priations were made except as otherwise provided by law:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in
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this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may
be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural mar-
keting orders or any activities or regulations under the
provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That
none of the funds made available for the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget by this Act may be expended for the
altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses,
except for testimony of officials of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, before the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations or the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Veterans’ Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided
further, That this proviso shall not apply to printed hear-
ings released by the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations or the House and Senate Committees on Vet-
erans’ 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
title I of Public Law 100–690; not to exceed $8,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; and for par-
ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services
on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or
public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
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bursement; $43,516,000, of which $25,500,000 shall re-
main available until expended, consisting of $1,000,000
for policy research and evaluation and $24,500,000 for the
Counter-Drug
Technology
Assessment
Center
for
counternarcotics research and development projects of
which $1,000,000 shall be obligated for state conferences
on model State drug laws and of which $7,500,000 shall
be available for a program to transfer technology to State
and local law enforcement agencies: Provided, That the
$24,500,000 for the Counter-Drug Technology Assess-
ment Center shall be available for transfer to other Fed-
eral departments or agencies: Provided further, That the
Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize
gifts, both real and personal, 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, $146,207,000 for drug control activities
consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which
$5,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Area in the three State area of
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
and
West
Virginia;
of
which
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$1,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Area in central Florida; of which
no less than $77,000,000 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 and up to $69,207,000 may be transferred to Federal
agencies and departments at a rate to be determined by
the Director: Provided, That funding shall be provided for
existing High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas at no less
than the fiscal year 1997 level.
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and other purposes, as authorized by
Public Law 100–690, as amended, $205,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such funds
may be transferred to other Federal departments and
agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further,
That of the amount provided, $195,000,000 shall be to
support a national media campaign, to reduce and prevent
drug use among young Americans: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided for the support of a national
media campaign may be obligated until the Director, Of-
fice of National Drug Control Policy, submits a strategy
for approval to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate that includes (1)
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a certification that funds will supplement and not supplant
current anti-drug community based coalitions; (2) a cer-
tification that none of the funds will be used for partisan
political purposes; (3) an implementation plan for securing
private sector contributions including, but not limited to,
in-kind contributions; and (4) a system to measure out-
comes of success of the national media campaign: Provided
further, That of the funds provided for the support of a
national media campaign, $46,000,000 shall not be obli-
gated prior to September 30, 1998: Provided further, That
of the amount provided, $10,000,000 shall be to initiate
a program of matching grants to drug-free communities,
as authorized in the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap-
propriations Act, 1998’’.
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, $1,940,000.
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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend-
ed, $30,350,000, of which no less than $2,500,000 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: Provided, That
of the amounts appropriated for salaries and expenses,
$750,000 shall be transferred to the General Accounting
Office for the sole purpose of entering into a contract with
the private sector for a management review, and tech-
nology and performance audit, of the Federal Election
Commission, and $300,000 may be transferred to the Gov-
ernment Printing Office.
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 as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference
rooms
in
the
District
of
Columbia
and
elsewhere;
$21,803,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
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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-
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
The revenues and collections deposited into the Fund
shall be available for necessary 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 agencies (including space adjust-
ments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in
connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer of
space; contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing
buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally
owned buildings including grounds, approaches and appur-
tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance,
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preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of
buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as oth-
erwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to pur-
chase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of fed-
erally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design
of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new
buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and
payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations
for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and
purchase
contract,
in
the
aggregate
amount
of
$4,835,934,000, of which (1) $300,000,000 shall remain
available until expended, for Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations which includes associated design and construction
services: Provided, That additional projects for which
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded
under this category only if advance approval is obtained
from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate: Provided 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
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the 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
further, That funds made available in this Act or any pre-
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vious Act for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus
projects, be limited to the amount originally made avail-
able, except each project may be increased by an amount
not to exceed 10 percent when advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate of a greater amount: Provided further,
That the difference between the funds appropriated and
expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under
the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be trans-
ferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund
authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided fur-
ther, 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; (2)
$142,542,000 for installment acquisition payments includ-
ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
available until expended; (3) $3,607,129,000, to remain
available until expended, for building operations, leasing
activities, and rental of space; and (4) $680,543,000
which shall remain available until expended for projects
and activities previously requested and approved under
this heading in prior fiscal years: Provided further, That
for the purposes of this authorization, and hereafter,
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buildings constructed pursuant to the purchase contract
authority of the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972
(40 U.S.C. 602a), buildings occupied pursuant to install-
ment purchase contracts, and buildings under the control
of another department or agency where alterations of such
buildings are required in connection with the moving of
such other department or agency from buildings then, or
thereafter to be, under the control of the General Services
Administration shall be considered to be federally owned
buildings: 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 of the House and Senate: Pro-
vided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim-
bursable 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, light-
ing, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other
property not in Government 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, as amended, shall be available from such revenues
and collections: Provided further, That revenues and col-
lections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during
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fiscal year 1998, excluding reimbursements 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
$4,835,934,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not
be available for expenditure except as authorized in appro-
priations 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 and in-
ternal responsibilities relating to automated data manage-
ment, telecommunications, information resources manage-
ment, and related technology activities; utilization survey,
deed compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and
cultural analysis, and land use planning functions pertain-
ing to excess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy
direction; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records
management, and other support services incident to adju-
dication 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 recep-
tion and representation expenses; $107,487,000.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$33,870,000: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 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
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, $2,208,000: 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
credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part
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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 1998 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
of the House and Senate.
SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 1999 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 1999 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 which 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. Section 10 of the General Services Admin-
istration General Provisions, Public Law 100–440, is here-
by repealed.
SEC. 407. Funds provided to other Government agen-
cies by the Information Technology Fund, GSA, 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 performance of pilot information tech-
nology projects which have potential for Government-wide
benefits and savings, may be repaid to this Fund from
any savings actually incurred by these projects or other
funding, to the extent feasible.
SEC. 408. The Administrator of the General Services
is directed to ensure that the materials used for the facade
on the United States Courthouse Annex, Savannah, Geor-
gia project are compatible with the existing Savannah
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Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse facade, in order to en-
sure compatibility of this new facility with the Savannah
historic district and to ensure that the Annex will not en-
danger the National Landmark status of the Savannah
historic district.
SEC. 409. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide
retirement, clerical assistants, and free mailing privileges
to former Presidents of the United States, and for other
purposes’’, approved August 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102
note), is amended by striking section 2.
(b) Section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) Subject to
subsection (b), a’’ and inserting ‘‘A’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (b).
SEC. 410. There is hereby appropriated to the Gen-
eral Services Administration such sums as may be nec-
essary to repay debts to the United States Treasury in-
curred pursuant to section 6 of the Pennsylvania Avenue
Development Corporation Act of 1972, as amended (Pub-
lic Law 92–578, 86 Stat. 1266, 40 U.S.C. 875), and in
addition such amounts as are necessary for payment of
interest and premiums, if any, related to such debts.
SEC. 411. From funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Reve-
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nue,’’
claims
against
the
Government
of
less
than
$250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac-
quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef-
fected in other construction projects with prior notification
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate.
SEC. 412. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Administrator of General Serv-
ices shall sell the property described in subsection (b)
through a process of competitive bidding, in accordance
with procedures and requirements applicable to such a sale
under section 203(e) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(e)).
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—The property referred
to in subsection (a) is the property known as the Bakers-
field Federal Building, located at 800 Truxton Avenue in
Bakersfield, California, including the land on which the
building is situated and all improvements to such building
and land.
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
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available
for
purposes
of
Public
Law
102–259,
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended.
JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW
BOARD
For the necessary expenses to carry out the John F.
Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,
$1,600,000: Provided, That $100,000 shall be available
only for the purposes of the prompt and orderly termi-
nation of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Re-
view Board, to be concluded no later than September 30,
1998.
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,
$25,290,000, 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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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 records and related ac-
tivities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary
for the review and declassification of documents, and for
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $202,354,000: Pro-
vided, That the Archivist of the United States is author-
ized to use any excess funds available from the amount
borrowed for construction of the National Archives facil-
ity, for expenses necessary to provide adequate storage for
holdings.
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities and presidential libraries, and to provide
adequate storage for holdings, $10,650,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1999.
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
COMMISSION
GRANTS PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
historical publications and records as authorized by 44
U.S.C. 2504, as amended. $5,500,000, to remain available
until expended.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978, as amended by Public Law 100–
598, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–
194, 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 vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; $8,078,000.
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 10422 of Janu-
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ary 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 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; $85,350,000; and in addi-
tion $91,236,000 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: Provided, That the
provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the author-
ity to use applicable trust funds as provided by section
8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code: Provided
further, That, except as may be consistent with 5 U.S.C.
8902a(f)(1) and (i), no payment may be made from the
Employees Health Benefits Fund to any physician, hos-
pital, or other provider of health care services or supplies
who is, at the time such services or supplies are provided
to an individual covered under chapter 89 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code, excluded, pursuant to section 1128 or
1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7–
1320a-7a), from participation in any program under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.):
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall
be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Exam-
ining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management estab-
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lished pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943,
or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further,
That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
lows, established by Executive Order 11183 of October 3,
1964, may, during the fiscal year ending September 30,
1998, 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, except that no such donations shall be accepted
for travel 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 $8,645,000 for
administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel
Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office
of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere.
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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.
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. 771–75), may hereafter
be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
Fund.
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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-
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; $8,116,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$33,921,000: 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, 1998’’.
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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.
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 1998 and hereafter,
for the purpose of transferring control over the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center located at Glynco,
Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the Treasury
Department.
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SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in
this 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
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
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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. 506. The Office of Personnel Management may,
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and
hereafter, accept donations of supplies, services, land, and
equipment for the Federal Executive Institute and Man-
agement Development Centers to assist in enhancing the
quality of Federal management.
SEC. 507. 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. 508. 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 Act of March 3, 1933
(41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer-
ican Act’’).
SEC.
509.
(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. 510. 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
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pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
SEC. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 1998 from
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
for fiscal year 1998 in this Act, shall remain available
through September 30, 1999, for each such account for
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such
funds.
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President
to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any
official background investigation report on any individual,
except when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) such individual has given his or her express
written consent for such request not more than 6
months prior to the date of such request and during
the same presidential administration; or
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(2) such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security.
SEC. 513. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no part of any appropriation contained or otherwise
made available in this Act for any fiscal year shall be avail-
able for paying Sunday premium or night differential pay
to any employee unless such employee actually performed
work during the time corresponding to such premium or
differential pay, except that differential pay may be paid
to an employee in a paid leave status if that employee is
permanently assigned to work a shift entitled to such pay
and has been in night differential pay status for a mini-
mum of 26 weeks immediately prior to the date of paid
leave.
SEC. 514. In addition to any other amount appro-
priated for the salaries and expenses of the Federal Elec-
tion Commission in this Act, for necessary expenses of the
Commission for internal automated data processing sys-
tems, $4,200,000, to remain available until expended ex-
cept that such amount shall not be available for obligation
until the conditions set forth in section 515(a) (requiring
the filling of Commission vacancies and prohibiting the re-
appointment of Commission members) have been satisfied.
SEC. 515. (a) CONDITIONS ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS
FOR FEC.—The additional amount provided in this Act
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under the heading ‘‘Federal Election Commission—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ for internal automated data process-
ing systems of the Federal Election Commission shall not
be available for obligation until—
(1) all vacancies that existed in the membership
of the Commission as of July 15, 1997, have been
filled; and
(2) there is enacted into law a prohibition on
the reappointment of members of the Commission.
(b) PROHIBITING REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 306(a)(2)(A) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
437c(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘for terms of
6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for a single term of 6
years’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION RULE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to in-
dividuals appointed as members of the Federal
Election Commission on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(B) TREATMENT
OF
CURRENT
COMMIS-
SIONERS.—No individual serving as a member
of the Federal Election Commission as of the
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date of the enactment of this Act may be re-
appointed as a member of the Commission after
the expiration of the individual’s current term
of service.
(3)
COORDINATION
OF
PROVISIONS.—The
amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be consid-
ered to satisfy the condition set forth in subsection
(a)(2).
SEC. 516. 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. 517. The provision of section 516 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.
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
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this or any other Act for fiscal year 1998 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. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1345, any
agency, department, or instrumentality of the United
States which provides or proposes to provide child care
services for Federal employees may reimburse any Federal
employee or any person employed to provide such services
for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses in-
curred for training classes, conferences, or other meetings
in connection with the provision of such services: Provided,
That any per diem allowance made pursuant to this sec-
tion shall not exceed the rate specified in regulations pre-
scribed pursuant to section 5707 of title 5, United States
Code.
SEC. 604. 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
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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-
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. 605. 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. 5922–24.
SEC. 606. 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-
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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
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
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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
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
the 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. 607. 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.
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SEC. 608. 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-
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 12873 (October 20, 1993), 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. 609. 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
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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-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be
correspondingly reduced.
SEC. 610. 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. 611. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality.
SEC. 612. 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
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the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such
guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow-
ers of special policemen provided by the first section of
the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40
U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied by
the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the
same actions as the Administrator of General Services
may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the
Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C.
318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under
the authority and within the limits provided in section 4
of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281;
40 U.S.C. 318c).
SEC. 613. 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 Unit-
ed States.
SEC. 614. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
no part of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal
year ending on September 30, 1998, by this or any other
Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee de-
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scribed 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 616 of the
Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
Appropriations Act, 1997, until the normal effective
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that
is to take effect in fiscal year 1998, in an amount
that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable
grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in
accordance with such section 616; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 1998, 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 1998 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 comparabil-
ity payments taking effect in fiscal year 1998
under section 5304 of such title (whether by
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver-
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age percentage of such payments which was ef-
fective in fiscal year 1997 under such section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title,
may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a)
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would
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,
1997, 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,
1997, 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, 1997.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision
of law (including section 8431 of title 5, United States
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Code, and any rule or regulation that provides premium
pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee ben-
efit) that requires any deduction or contribution, 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 treat-
ed as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by
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. 615. 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
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the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen-
ate. For the purposes of this section, the word ‘‘office’’
shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi-
vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the
individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the
individual.
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, or section 611 of this Act, funds
made available for fiscal year 1998 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 Numbered 12472 (April 3, 1984).
SEC. 618. (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
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position of a confidential or policy-determining character
excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section
3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification
to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of
the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality
employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C
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
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Treasury, and the Department of Energy perform-
ing intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
SEC. 619. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 1998 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. 620. 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.
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SEC. 621. 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. 622. (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;
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(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the
workplace; or
(6)
includes
content
related
to
human
immunodeficiency virus-acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary to
make employees more aware of the medical ramifica-
tions of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of
HIV-positive employees.
(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. 623. No funds appropriated in this or any other
Act for fiscal year 1998 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 12356; 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-
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tary); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code,
as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (govern-
ing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public
health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Pro-
tection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing
disclosures that could expose confidential Government
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. section 783(b)). The definitions,
requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities
created by said Executive Order and listed statutes are
incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’:
Provided, 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
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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
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-
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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
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
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RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR THE UNITED STATES SECRET
SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION.
SEC. 118. (a) NEW RATES OF BASIC PAY.—Section
501 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Sal-
ary Act of 1958, (District of Columbia Code, section 4–416),
is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Interior’’
and all that follows through ‘‘Treasury,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Interior’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(b)(3);
(3) in subsection (b)(3) (as redesignated)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or to officers and members
of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) of this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and
(4) by adding after subsection (b) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of offi-
cers and members of the United States Secret Service Uni-
formed Division, serving in classes corresponding or similar
to those in the salary schedule in section 101 (District of
Columbia Code, section 4–406), shall be fixed in accordance
with the following schedule of rates:
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SEC. 643. PERSONAL ALLOWANCE PARITY AMONG
NAFTA PARTIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States
Trade Representative and the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall initiate
discussions with officials of the Governments of Mexico and
Canada to achieve parity in the duty-free personal allow-
ance structure of the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
(b) REPORT.—The United States Trade Representative
and the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress
within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on
the progress that is being made to correct any disparity
between the United States, Mexico, and Canada with re-
spect to duty-free personal allowances.
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—If parity with respect to
duty-free personal allowances between the United States,
Mexico, and Canada is not achieved within 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Trade
Representative and the Secretary of the Treasury shall sub-
mit recommendations to Congress for appropriate legisla-
tion and action.
SEC. 644. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative ex-
penses in connection with any health plan under the Fed-
eral employees health benefit program which provides any
benefits or coverage for abortions.