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forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo-
sures to Congress or to an authorized official of an execu-
tive agency or the Department of Justice that are essential
to reporting a substantial violation of law.
SEC. 624. No part of any funds appropriated in this
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or
film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the
Congress itself.
SEC. 625. (a) IN GENERAL.—No later than Septem-
ber 30, 1998, the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall submit to the Congress a report that
provides—
(1) estimates of the total annual costs and ben-
efits
of
Federal
regulatory
programs,
including
quantitative and nonquantitative measures of regu-
latory costs and benefits;
(2) estimates of the costs and benefits (includ-
ing quantitative and nonquantitative measures) of
each rule that is likely to have a gross annual effect
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on the economy of $100,000,000 or more in in-
creased costs;
(3) an assessment of the direct and indirect im-
pacts of Federal rules on the private sector, State
and local government, and the Federal Government;
and
(4) recommendations from the Director and a
description of significant public comments to reform
or eliminate any Federal regulatory program or pro-
gram element that is inefficient, ineffective, or is not
a sound use of the Nation’s resources.
(b) Notice.—The Director shall provide public notice
and an opportunity to comment on the report under sub-
section (a) before the report is issued in final form.
SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act, may be used by an agency to provide
a Federal employee’s home address to any labor organiza-
tion except when it is made known to the Federal official
having authority to obligate or expend such funds that the
employee has authorized such disclosure or that such dis-
closure has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion.
SEC. 627. The Secretary of the Treasury is author-
ized to establish scientific certification standards for explo-
sives detection canines, and shall provide, on a reimburs-
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able basis, for the certification of explosives detection ca-
nines employed by Federal agencies, or other agencies pro-
viding explosives detection services at airports in the Unit-
ed States.
SEC. 628. None of the funds made available in this
Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-
public information such as mailing or telephone lists to
any person or any organization outside of the Federal
Government without the approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 629. Notwithstanding section 611, interagency
financing is authorized to carry out the purposes of the
National Bioethics Advisory Commission.
SEC. 630. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore
authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 631. None of the funds appropriated in this or
any other Act shall be used to acquire information tech-
nologies which do not comply with part 39.106 (Year 2000
compliance) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless
an agency’s Chief Information Officer determines that
non-compliance with part 39.106 is necessary to the func-
tion and operation of the requesting agency or the acquisi-
tion is required by a signed contract with the agency in
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effect before the date of enactment of this Act. Any waiver
granted by the Chief Information Officer shall be reported
to the Office of Management and Budget, and copies shall
be provided to Congress.
PERSONAL ALLOWANCE PARITY AMONG NAFTA PARTIES
SEC. 632. (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States
Trade Representative and the Secretary of the Treasury,
in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall ini-
tiate discussions with officials of the Governments of Mex-
ico and Canada to achieve parity in the duty-free personal
allowance structure of the United States, Mexico, and
Canada.
(b) REPORT.—The United States Trade Representa-
tive and the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Con-
gress within 90 days of enactment of this Act on the
progress that is being made to correct any disparity be-
tween the United States, Mexico, and Canada with respect
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
submit recommendations to Congress for appropriate leg-
islation.
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SEC. 633. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used for any tax-related mailing to any person if
the Social Security account number issued to any individ-
ual for purposes of section 205(c)(2)(A) of the Social Se-
curity Act is included—
(1) on the outside of such mailing; or
(2) as part of the contents of such mailing un-
less—
(A) the contents are in an envelope (or
other appropriate wrapper) which is sealed; and
(B) such number may not be viewed with-
out opening such envelope (or wrapper).
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘tax-related mail-
ing’’ means any mailing related to the administration of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
SEC. 634. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the United States Custom Service may be used
to allow the importation into the United States of any
good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or
manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as de-
termined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury, Postal Serv-
ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the
Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and
for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in-
cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build-
ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte-
nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com-
mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or
owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi-
cial business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official travel ex-
penses; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and
expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;
$114,794,000: Provided, That section 113(2) of the Fiscal
Year 1997 Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Pub-
lic Law 104–208 (110 Stat. 3009–22) is amended by strik-
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ing ‘‘12 months’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘2 years’’:
Provided further, That the Office of Foreign Assets Control
shall be funded at no less than $6,745,000: Provided further,
That chapter 9 of the fiscal year 1997 Supplemental Appro-
priations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for
Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, including those in Bosnia,
Public Law 105–18 (111 Stat. 195–96) is amended by in-
serting after the ‘‘County of Denver’’ in each instance ‘‘the
County of Arapahoe’’.
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Professional Re-
sponsibility, including purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $1,250,000.
AUTOMATION ENHANCEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $29,389,000, of which $15,000,000
shall be available to the United States Customs Service for
the Automated Commercial Environment project, of which
$5,600,000 shall be available to Departmental Offices for
the International Trade Data System, and of which
$8,789,000 shall be available to Departmental Offices to
modernize its information technology infrastructure and for
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business solution software: Provided, That these funds shall
remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and
in amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the
Department’s offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Pro-
vided further, That this transfer authority shall be in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided in this Act:
Provided further, That none of the funds shall be used to
support or supplement Internal Revenue Service appropria-
tions for Information Systems: Provided further, That of
the $27,000,000 provided under this heading in Public Law
104–208, $12,000,000 shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1999: Provided further, That none of the funds for
the International Trade Data System may be obligated
until the Department has submitted a report on their sys-
tem development plan to the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the funds appropriated for the
Automated Commercial Environment project may not be
obligated prior to September 1, 1998: Provided further,
That the funds appropriated for the Automated Commercial
Environment project may not be obligated until the Com-
missioner of Customs has submitted, and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate have approved,
a systems architecture plan and a milestone schedule for
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the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems architecture plan.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for offi-
cial travel expenses; including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury;
$29,719,000, of which $16,695 shall be transferred to the
‘‘Departmental Offices’’ appropriation for the reimburse-
ment of Secret Service personnel in accordance with section
116 of this Act.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $10,484,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1999.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
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cles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement person-
nel to attend meetings concerned with financial intelligence
activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; not
to exceed $14,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; and for assistance to Federal law enforcement
agencies, with or without reimbursement; $22,835,000: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated in this account may be used
to procure personal services contracts.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to
remain available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
(a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $119,995,000;
of which $24,023,000 shall be available to the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, including $3,000,000 for
administering the Gang Resistance Education and Train-
ing program, $6,000,000 for firearms trafficking initiatives
(including the Youth Crime Gun Initiative, Project LEAD,
and the National Tracing Center), $5,200,000 for
CEASEFIRE/IBIS, 
$8,215,000 
for 
vehicles, 
and
$1,608,000 for collection of information on arson and explo-
sives; of which $18,619,000 shall be available for the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center for construction of addi-
tional facilities; of which $3,000,000 shall be available to
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the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, including
$2,000,000 for the money laundering threat initiative and
$1,000,000 for the Secure Outreach/Encrypted Trans-
mission Program; of which $21,178,000 shall be available
to the United States Secret Service, including $15,664,000
for expenses related to White House Security, $3,000,000
for investigations of counterfeiting, and $2,514,000 for fo-
rensic and related support of investigations of missing and
exploited children; of which $44,635,000 shall be available
for the United 
States 
Customs 
Service, 
including
$15,000,000 for high energy container x-ray systems and
automated targeting systems, $5,735,000 for laboratory
modernization, 
$10,000,000 
for 
vehicle 
replacement,
$7,800,000 for automated license plate readers, $1,100,000
for construction of canopies for inspection of outbound vehi-
cles along the Southwest border, and $5,000,000 to acquire
vehicle and container inspection systems; and of which
$8,500,000 shall be available to funds appropriated to the
President, including $5,500,000 to the Counterdrug Tech-
nology Assessment Center for a program to transfer tech-
nology to State and local law enforcement agencies, and
$3,000,000 for the Rocky Mountain HIDTA;
(b) As authorized by section 32401, $10,000,000 to the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for disbursement
through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to local
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governments for Gang Resistance Education and Training:
Provided, That notwithstanding sections 32401 and
310001, such funds shall be allocated to State and local law
enforcement and prevention organizations;
(c) As authorized by section 180103, $1,000,000 to the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for specialized
training for rural law enforcement officers.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of
the Treasury, including materials and support costs of Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to exceed
52 for police-type use, without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
for expenses for student athletic and related activities; uni-
forms without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and par-
ticipating in firearms matches and presentation of awards;
for public awareness and enhancing community support of
law enforcement training; not to exceed $9,500 for official
reception and representation expenses; room and board for
student interns; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; $64,663,000, of which $2,819,000 shall be available
for fiber optics replacement; of which up to $13,034,000 for
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shall remain available until September 30, 2000 for infor-
mation systems modernization initiatives. Beginning in fis-
cal year 1998 and thereafter, there are appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to reimburse Federal Reserve
Banks in their capacity as depositaries and fiscal agents
for the United States for all services required or directed
by the Secretary of the Treasury to be performed by such
banks on behalf of the Treasury or other Federal agencies.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed
650 vehicles for police-type use for replacement only and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; services
of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by
the Director; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence
allowances to employees where an assignment to the Na-
tional Response Team during the investigation of a bomb-
ing or arson incident requires an employee to work 16 hours
or more per day or to remain overnight at his or her post
of duty; not to exceed $12,500 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; for training of State and local law
enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, in-
cluding training in connection with the training and acqui-
sition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants detec-
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tion; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and
local 
agencies, 
with 
or 
without 
reimbursement;
$473,490,000; of which $1,000,000 may be used for the
Youth Gun Crime Initiative; of which not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys’
fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of which
$1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of any vessel,
vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for official use by
a State or local law enforcement agency if the conveyance
will be used in drug-related joint law enforcement oper-
ations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
and for the payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel, train-
ing, equipment, and other similar costs of State and local
law enforcement officers that are incurred in joint oper-
ations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms:
Provided, That no funds made available by this or any
other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions,
or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
arms to other agencies or Departments in the fiscal year
ending on September 30, 1998: Provided further, That no
funds appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or
administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or
centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the
records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposi-
tion of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees:
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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 further, That
none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to
investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal
firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be available to investigate and
act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from
Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Pro-
vided further, That no funds in this Act may be used to
provide ballistics imaging equipment to any State or local
authority who has obtained similar equipment through a
Federal grant or subsidy unless the State or local authority
agrees to return that equipment or to repay that grant or
subsidy to the Federal Government: Provided further, That
prior to implementation of separation plans as authorized
by section 663 of Public Law 104–863, approval will be
sought from the House Committee on Government Reform
and Oversight and the Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may
be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pur-
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suant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal iden-
tification code.
LABORATORY FACILITIES
For necessary expenses for construction of a new facil-
ity or facilities to house the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms National Laboratory Center and the Fire Inves-
tigation Research and Development Center, not to exceed
185,000 occupiable square feet, $55,022,000 to remain
available until expended: Provided, That these funds shall
not be available until an authorized prospectus for the Lab-
oratory Facilities is approved by the House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Commit-
tee on Environment and Public Works.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase of up to 1,050 motor vehicles
of which 985 are for replacement only and of which 1,030
are for police-type use and commercial operations; hire of
motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal
services abroad; not to exceed $30,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; and awards of compensation
to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the Unit-
ed States Customs Service; $1,551,028,000, of which such
sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Account,
except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consoli-
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dated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19
U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of the
total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment
for rental space in connection with preclearance operations,
and not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until ex-
pended for research, not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for conducting special operations pur-
suant to 19 U.S.C. 2081, and up to $6,000,000 shall be
available until expended for the procurement of automation
infrastructure items, including hardware, software, and in-
stallation: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation for the
current fiscal year: Provided further, That prior to imple-
mentation of separation plans as authorized by section 663
of Public Law 104–863, approval will be sought from the
House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That $2,500,000 shall be available to fund
the Globe Trade and Research Program at the Montana
World Trade Center: Provided further, That notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the fiscal year aggregate
overtime limitation prescribed in subsection 5(c)(1) of the
Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall
be $30,000.
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OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND
MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft,
and other related equipment of the Air and Marine Pro-
grams, including operational training and mission-related
travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by the
air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include: the interdiction of
narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to Cus-
toms and other Federal, State, and local agencies in the
enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the Cus-
toms Service; and, at the discretion of the Commissioner
of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal, State,
and local agencies in other law enforcement and emergency
humanitarian efforts; $92,758,000, which shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That no aircraft or
other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft
which is one of a kind and has been identified as excess
to Customs requirements and aircraft which has been dam-
aged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other Fed-
eral agency, Department, or office outside of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, during fiscal year 1998 without the
prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations.
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CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS
(TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)
Such sums as may be necessary for expenses for the
provision of Customs services at certain small airports or
other facilities when authorized by law and designated by
the Secretary of the Treasury, including expenditures for
the salary and expenses of individuals employed to provide
such services, to be derived from fees collected by the Sec-
retary pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98–573 for
each of these airports or other facilities when authorized by
law and designated by the Secretary, and to remain avail-
able until expended.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
For administrative expenses related to the collection
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law
103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and merged with
the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account for such pur-
poses.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt
issues of the United States, $173,826,000, of which not to
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, and of which $2,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2000 for information
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systems modernization initiatives: Provided, That the sum
appropriated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year
1998 shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as defin-
itive security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Ac-
count Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a
final fiscal year 1998 appropriation from the General Fund
estimated at $169,426,000, and in addition, $20,000, to be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reim-
burse the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses
for financial management of the Fund, as authorized by
section 102 of Public Law 101–380: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, effective upon
enactment, the Bureau of the Public Debt shall be fully and
directly reimbursed by the funds described in Public Law
101–136, title I, section 104, 103 Stat. 789 for costs and
services performed by the Bureau in the administration of
such funds.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, not otherwise provided for; including processing tax re-
turns; revenue accounting; providing tax law and account
assistance to taxpayers by telephone and correspondence;
matching information returns and tax returns; manage-
ment services; rent and utilities; and inspection; including
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purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at
such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner;
$2,943,174,000, of which up to $3,700,000 shall be for the
Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and of which not
to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and en-
forcement litigation; technical rulings; examining employee
plans and exempt organizations; investigation and enforce-
ment activities; securing unfiled tax returns; collecting un-
paid accounts; statistics of income and compliance research;
the purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as
may be determined by the Commissioner, $3,153,722,000.
Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public
Law 104–208, $26,000,000 and in addition, $6,000,000 in
Public Law 104–52 are available in fiscal year 1998 for
the Year 2000 Century Date Change.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses for data processing and tele-
communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac-
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tivities, including developmental information systems and
operational information systems; the hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined
by the Commissioner, $1,272,487,000, which shall be avail-
able until September 30, 1999: Provided, That under the
heading ‘‘Information Systems’’ in Public Law 104–208
(110 Stat. 3009), the following is deleted: ‘‘of which no less
than $130,075,000 shall be available for Tax Systems Mod-
ernization (TSM) development and deployment’’: Provided
further, That the IRS will submit a reprogramming request,
of which no less than $102,500,000 is available for Year
2000 conversion.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
For necessary expenses for the capital asset acquisition
of information technology systems as they relate to the cen-
tury 
date 
change 
and 
data 
center 
consolidation;
$325,000,000, which shall remain available until September
30, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds are available
for obligation until September 1, 1998: Provided further,
That the systems acquired are in compliance with acquisi-
tion rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisi-
tion management practices of the Federal Government.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service
may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service
appropriation upon the advance approval of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
SEC. 103. The funds provided in this Act for the Inter-
nal Revenue Service shall be used to provide, as a mini-
mum, the fiscal year 1995 level of service, staffing, and
funding for Taxpayer Services.
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated by this title
shall be used in connection with the collection of any under-
payment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees of the
Internal Revenue Service in connection with such collection,
including any private sector employees under contract to
the Internal Revenue Service, complies with subsection (a)
of section 805 (relating to communications in connection
with debt collection), and section 806 (relating to harass-
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ment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
(15 U.S.C. 1692.)
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute
and enforce policies and procedures which will safeguard
the confidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 106. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line for taxpayers. The
Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement of
the IRS 1–800 help line service a priority and allocate re-
sources necessary to increase phone lines and staff to im-
prove the IRS 1–800 help line service.
SEC. 107. Hereafter, no field support reorganization
of the Internal Revenue Service shall be undertaken in Aber-
deen, South Dakota until the Internal Revenue Service toll-
free help phone line assistance program reaches at least an
80 percent service level. The Commissioner shall submit to
Congress a report and the GAO shall certify to Congress
that the 80 percent service level has been met.
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no reorganization of the field office structure of the Internal
Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division will result
in a reduction of criminal investigators in Wisconsin from
the 1996 level.
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SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act or any Act hereinafter enacted may be used by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to collect a tax liability by levy upon
a limited entry commercial fishing permit issued by a State
unless the Secretary first determines in writing and by
clear and convincing evidence that such levy will facilitate
the full collection of such tax liability.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase (not to exceed 705 vehicles for
police-type use, of which 675 shall be for replacement only),
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; train-
ing and assistance requested by State and local govern-
ments, which may be provided without reimbursement; serv-
ices of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined
by the Director; rental of buildings in the District of Colum-
bia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities
on private or other property not in Government ownership
or control, as may be necessary to perform protective func-
tions; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allow-
ances to employees where a protective assignment during
the actual day or days of the visit of a protectee require
an employee to work 16 hours per day or to remain over-
night at his or her post of duty; the conducting of and par-
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ticipating in firearms matches; presentation of awards; for
travel of Secret Service employees on protective missions
without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in
this or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance
from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;
for repairs, alterations, and minor construction at the
James J. Rowley Secret Service Training Center; for re-
search and development; for making grants to conduct be-
havioral research in support of protective research and op-
erations; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; for sponsorship of a conference for
the Women in Federal Law Enforcement, to be held during
fiscal year 1998; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical
assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga-
nizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in ad-
vance for commercial accommodations as may be necessary
to perform protective functions; and for uniforms without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year; not to exceed $6,568,000 for continued
White House security enhancements; not to exceed
$1,623,000 for fixed site and security maintenance; not to
exceed $2,830,000 for LAN replacement; not to exceed
$1,000,000 for year 2000 date conversion; not to exceed
$6,100,000 for FLEWUG/SNET which shall remain avail-
able until expended; not to exceed $6,700,000 for vehicle re-
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placement; and not to exceed $1,460,000 to provide tech-
nical assistance and to assess the effectiveness of new tech-
nology 
intended 
to 
combat 
identity-based 
crimes;
$570,809,000.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $9,176,000, to remain
available until expended for the Secret Service’s Head-
quarters Building and the James J. Rowley Training Cen-
ter.
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 Senate
report accompanying this Act.
SEC. 112. Appropriations to the Treasury Department
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance
for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries;
purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the general
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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 dependents
serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 113. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1998 in this Act for
the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act
shall be expended in a manner so as not to diminish en-
forcement 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 Enforcement
Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S.
Customs Service, and U.S. Secret Service may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations. No transfer may in-
crease or decrease any such appropriation by more than
2 percent and notice of any such transfer shall be approved
by the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate.
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices, Office of Inspector General, Financial Management
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Service, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred
between such appropriations. No transfer may increase or
decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent
and notice of any such transfer shall be transmitted in ad-
vance to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate.
SEC. 116. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay
from amounts transferred to the ‘‘Departmental Offices’’
appropriation, up to $16,695 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 provided to Con-
gress: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall
pay an individual in full upon submission by the individ-
ual 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 pro-
vision, when accepted, shall be in full satisfaction of all
claims of, or on behalf of, the individual Secret Service
agent who was the subject of said investigation.
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SEC. 117. (a)(1) Effective beginning on the date deter-
mined under paragraph (2), the compensation and other
emoluments attached to the Office of Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall be those that would then apply if Public 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.
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‘‘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
United States 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 simi-
lar 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 members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division shall be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury
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, except lo-
cality-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
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exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Exec-
utive Schedule.
‘‘(4) Pay may not be paid, by reason of any provision
of this subsection (disregarding any comparability payment
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 (District of Columbia Code, section 4–406)
with respect to officers and members of the United States
Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be considered to
be a reference to the salary schedule in paragraph (1) of
this subsection as adjusted in accordance with this sub-
section.
‘‘(6)(A) Except as otherwise permitted by or under
law, no allowance, differential, bonus, award, or other simi-
lar cash payment under this title or under title 5, United
States Code, may be paid to an officer or member of the
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division in a cal-
endar year if, or to the extent that, when added to the total
basic pay paid or payable to such officer or member for
service performed in such calendar year as an officer or
member, such payment would cause the total to exceed the
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annual rate of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive
Schedule, as of the end of such calendar year.
‘‘(B) This paragraph shall not apply to any payment
under the following provisions of title 5, United States
Code:
‘‘(i) Subchapter III or VII of chapter 55, or sec-
tion 5596.
‘‘(ii) Chapter 57 (other than section 5753, 5754,
or 5755).
‘‘(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
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 sec-
tion 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.’’.
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(b) CONVERSION TO NEW SALARY SCHEDULE.—
(1)(A) 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 in accordance
with this paragraph.
(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), each officer
and member receiving basic compensation, imme-
diately prior to the effective date of this section, 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 adjusted by law and
as in effect prior to the effective date of this section,
shall be placed in and receive basic compensation at
the corresponding scheduled service step of the salary
schedule under subsection (a)(4).
(C)(i) The Assistant Chief and the Chief of the
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in
salary class 10 and salary class 11, respectively, in
the appropriate service step in the new salary class
in accordance with section 304 of the District of Co-
lumbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act 1958 (Dis-
trict of Columbia Code, section 4–413).
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(ii) Each member whose position is to be con-
verted to the salary schedule under section 501(c) of
the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary
Act of 1958 (District of Columbia Code, section 4–
416(c)) as amended by this section, in accordance
with subsection (a) of this section, and who, prior to
the effective date of this section has earned, but has
not been credited with, an increase in his or her rate
of pay shall be afforded that increase before such
member is placed in the corresponding service step in
the salary schedule under section 501(c).
(2) Except in the cases of the Assistant Chief and
the Chief of the United States Secret Service Uni-
formed Division, the conversion of positions and indi-
viduals to appropriate classes of the salary schedule
under section 501(c) of the District of Columbia Po-
lice and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (District of
Columbia Code, section 4–416(c)) as amended by this
section, and the initial adjustments 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 the District of Columbia
Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (District of
Columbia Code, section 4–413).
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(3) Each member whose position is converted to
the salary schedule under section 501(c) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of
1958 (District of Columbia Code, section 4–416(c)) as
amended by this section, in accordance with sub-
section (a) of this section, shall be granted credit for
purposes of such member’s first service step adjust-
ment under the salary schedule in such section 510(c)
for all satisfactory service performed by the member
since the member’s last increase in basic pay prior to
the adjustment under that section.
(c) LIMITATION ON PAY PERIOD EARNINGS.—The Act
of August 15, 1950 (64 Stat. 477), (District of Columbia
Code, section 4–1104), is amended—
(1) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘any officer or
member’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘an of-
ficer or member of the Metropolitan 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
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(3)(A) no premium pay provided by this sec-
tion shall be paid to, and no compensatory time is
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authorized for, any officer or member of the United
States Secret Service Uniformed Division whose rate
of basic pay, combined with any applicable locality-
based comparability payment, equals or exceeds the
lesser of—
‘‘(i) 150 percent of the minimum rate pay-
able for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule
(including any applicable locality-based com-
parability payment under section 5304 of title 5,
United States Code or any similar provision of
law, and any applicable special rate of pay
under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code
or any similar provision of law); or
‘‘(ii) the rate payable for level V of the Ex-
ecutive Schedule contained in subchapter II of
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(B) In the case of any officer or member of the
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
whose rate of basic pay, combined with any applica-
ble locality-based comparability payment, is less than
the lesser of—
‘‘(i) 150 percent of the minimum rate pay-
able for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule
(including any applicable locality-based com-
parability payment under section 5304 of title 5,
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United States Code or any similar provision of
law, and any applicable special rate of pay
under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code
or any similar provision of law); or
‘‘(ii) the rate payable for level V of the Ex-
ecutive Schedule contained in subchapter II of
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code,
such premium pay may be paid only to the extent
that such payment would not cause such officer or
member’s aggregate rate of compensation to exceed
such lesser amount with respect to any pay period.’’.
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—On the effective date of this
section, any existing special salary rates authorized for
members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Di-
vision under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code (or
any previous similar provision of law) and any special
rates of pay or special pay adjustments under section 403,
404, or 405 of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform
Act of 1990 applicable to members of the United States Se-
cret Service Uniformed Division shall be rendered inap-
plicable.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The Federal Law En-
forcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 1466) is
amended by striking subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1) of section
405.
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section
shall become effective on the first day of the first pay period
beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 119. Section 117 of the Treasury, Postal Service,
and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (as con-
tained in section 101(f) of division A of Public Law 104–
208) is hereby repealed.
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish the port of Ko-
diak, Alaska as a port of entry and United States Customs
Service personnel in Anchorage, Alaska shall serve such port
of entry. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as necessary to cover the costs associated with the perform-
ance of customs functions using such United States Customs
Service personnel.
SEC. 121. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used by the Inspector General to contract for
advisory and assistance services that has the meaning given
such term in section 1105(g) of title 31, United States Code.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States
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Code, $86,274,000: Provided, That mail for overseas voting
and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided
further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail
shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Provided fur-
ther, 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 information requested
or provided concerning an address of a postal customer:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this
Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and
other small post offices in the fiscal year ending on Septem-
ber 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.
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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 consid-
ered as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as author-
ized 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 provided in that
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, peri-
odicals, 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 entertain-
ment expenses, to be available for allocation within the Ex-
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ecutive Office of the President; $51,199,000: Provided, That
$873,000 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 implementation
of all projects included in the systems architecture plan,
and an estimate of the funds required to support the fiscal
year 1998 capital investments associated with that plan:
Provided further, That $9,800,000 of the funds appro-
priated shall be available for reimbursements to the White
House Communications Agency in accordance with Public
Law 104–201.
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.
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House, $200,000, to remain
available until expended for renovation and relocation of
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the White House laundry, to be expended and accounted 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 spe-
cially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and
accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; $3,378,000: Provided, That $69,800
of the funds appropriated may not be obligated until the
Director of the Office of Administration has submitted, and
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate
have approved, a systems architecture plan, a milestone
schedule for the development and implementation of all
projects included in the systems architecture plan, and an
estimate of the funds required to support the fiscal year
1998 capital investments associated 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 offi-
cial entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
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counted for solely on his certificate; $334,000: Provided,
That advances or repayments or transfers from this appro-
priation may be made to any department or agency for ex-
penses 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.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Develop-
ment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
and 3 U.S.C. 107; $3,983,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil, 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 Administration,
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 $2,000,000 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate have approved,
a systems architecture plan, a milestone schedule 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 capital 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: Provided, That,
as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be
applied only to the objects for which appropriations were
made except as otherwise provided by law: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available for the Office of Man-
agement and Budget by this Act may be expended for the
altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses,
except for testimony of officials of the Office of Management
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and Budget, before the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations or the House and Senate Committees on
Veterans’ Affairs or their subcommittees.
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 participa-
tion in joint projects or in the provision of services on mat-
ters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public
organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement;
$36,016,000, of which $18,000,000 shall remain available
until expended, consisting of $1,000,000 for policy research
and evaluation and $17,000,000 for the Counter-Drug Tech-
nology Assessment Center for counternarcotics research and
development projects of which $1,000,000 shall be obligated
for state conferences on model State drug laws: Provided,
That the $17,000,000 for the Counter-Drug Technology As-
sessment Center shall be available for transfer to other Fed-
eral departments or agencies: Provided further, That the Of-
fice 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.
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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, $140,207,000 for drug control activities consistent
with the approved strategy for each of the designated High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than
$71,000,000 shall be transferred to State and local entities
for drug control activities, which shall be obligated within
120 days of the date of enactment of this Act and up to
$69,207,000 may be transferred to Federal agencies and de-
partments at a rate to be determined by the Director: Pro-
vided, That funding shall be provided for existing High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Areas at no less than the fiscal
year 1997 level.
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
For activities to support a national media campaign
for youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public Law
100–690, as amended, $145,300,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such funds may be trans-
ferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry
out such activities: Provided further, That of the amount
provided, $110,000,000 shall be to support a national
media campaign, to reduce and prevent drug use among
young Americans: Provided further, That none of the funds
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provided for the national media campaign may be obligated
until the Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy,
submits a strategy to the Committees on Appropriations
and the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Senate that includes (1) a certification, and guidelines to
ensure that funds will supplement and not supplant current
anti-drug community based coalitions; (2) a certification,
and guidelines to ensure that none of the funds will be used
for partisan political purposes; (3) a certification, and
guidelines to ensure that no media campaigns to be funded
pursuant to this campaign shall feature any elected offi-
cials, persons seeking elected office, cabinet-level officials, or
other Federal officials employed pursuant to Schedule C of
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, section 213, absent no-
tice to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Judici-
ary; (4) a detailed implementation plan to be submitted
to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees
on Appropriations and the Judiciary for securing private
sector contributions including but not limited to in-kind
contributions; (5) a detailed implementation plan to be sub-
mitted to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Judiciary of the quali-
fications necessary for any organization, entity, or individ-
ual to receive funding for or otherwise provided broadcast
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media time: Provided further, That the Director shall (1)
report to Congress quarterly on the obligation of funds as
well as the specific parameters of the national media cam-
paign and (2) report to Congress within two years on the
effectiveness of the national media campaign based upon
the measurable outcomes provided to Congress previously:
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 Commu-
nities Act of 1997: Provided further, That of the amount
provided, $10,000,000 shall be used to continue and expand
the methamphetamine reduction efforts: Provided further,
That of the amount provided, $6,000,000 shall be used to
establish a Federal Drug-Free Prison demonstration
project: Provided further, That of the amount provided
$9,300,000 shall be used to continue the reduction of drug
use program for those involved in the criminal justice sys-
tem.
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 Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled estab-
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lished by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–28,
$1,940,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended,
$29,000,000, of which no less than $2,500,000 shall be
available for internal automated data processing systems,
and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided, That the
General Accounting Office shall conduct a management re-
view, and technology and performance audit, of the Federal
Election Commission.
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; $22,039,000: Pro-
vided, That public members of the Federal 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 per-
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sons employed intermittently in the Government service,
and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds
received from fees charged to non-Federal participants at
labor-management relations conferences shall be credited to
and merged with this account, to be available without fur-
ther appropriation for the costs of carrying out these con-
ferences.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
To carry out the purpose of the Fund established pur-
suant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.
490(f)), 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 con-
nection 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-
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tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, pres-
ervation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of build-
ings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase build-
ings and sites; conversion and extension of federally owned
buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by
contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (in-
cluding 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 $4,885,934,000, of
which (1) $350,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for repairs and alterations which includes associ-
ated design and construction services:
Repairs and alterations;
Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $50,000,000; and
Basic Repairs and Alterations, $300,000,000:
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 fur-
ther, That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act
for Repairs and Alterations may be used to fund costs asso-
ciated with implementing security improvements to build-
ings necessary to meet the minimum standards for security
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in accordance with current law and in compliance with the
reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees
of the House and Senate: Provided further, That funds
made available in this Act or any previous Act for Repairs
and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to
the amount originally made available, except each project
may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent
when advance approval is obtained 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 Alter-
ations’’, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
projects: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and
alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September
30, 2000 and remain in the Federal Building Fund except
funds for projects as to which funds for design or other
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such
date: Provided further, That the amount provided in this
or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may
be used to pay claims against the Government arising from
any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’
or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects;
(2) $142,542,000 for installment acquisition payments in-
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cluding payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
available until expended; (3) $2,275,340,000 for rental of
space which shall remain available until expended; (4)
$1,331,789,000 for building operations which shall remain
available until expended; and (5) $680,543,000 which shall
remain available until expended for projects and activities
previously approved under this heading in prior fiscal
years: Provided further, That for the purposes of this au-
thorization, buildings constructed pursuant to the purchase
contract authority of the Public Buildings Amendments of
1972 (40 U.S.C. 602a), buildings occupied pursuant to in-
stallment purchase contracts, and buildings under the con-
trol 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 re-
pairs when advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Provided
further, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable
special services to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to
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provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths,
and other facilities on private or other property not in Gov-
ernment ownership or control as may be appropriate to en-
able the United States Secret Service to perform its protec-
tive functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, as amended,
shall be available from such revenues and collections: Pro-
vided further, That revenues and collections and any other
sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 1998, exclud-
ing 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 $4,885,934,000 shall remain
in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-
cept as authorized in appropriations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided
for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activities as-
sociated with asset management activities; utilization and
donation of surplus personal property; transportation; pro-
curement and supply; Government-wide and internal re-
sponsibilities relating to automated data management, tele-
communications, information resources management, and
related technology activities; utilization survey, deed com-
pliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural
analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to ex-
cess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy direc-
tion; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records man-
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agement, and other support services incident to adjudica-
tion of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court
of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; $104,487,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral 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 recovery of stolen Gov-
ernment 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 ef-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor 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 Administrator of
General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of such Acts.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund
available to the General Services Administration shall be
credited with the cost of operation, protection, maintenance,
upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rent-
als received from Government corporations pursuant to law
(40 U.S.C. 129).
SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration 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 requirements: Pro-
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance 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 Judi-
cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Man-
agement and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the priorities
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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 facility to
be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
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 determined
by the General Services Administration in compliance with
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law
92–313).
SEC. 406. Section 10 of the General Services Adminis-
tration General Provisions, Public Law 100–440, is hereby
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 technology
projects which have potential for Government-wide benefits
and savings, may be repaid to this Fund from any savings
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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, Georgia
project are compatible with the existing Savannah Federal
Building-U.S. Courthouse facade, in order to ensure com-
patibility of this new facility with the Savannah historic
district and to ensure that the Annex will not endanger the
National Landmark status of the Savannah historic dis-
trict.
SEC. 409. (a) The Act approved August 25, 1958, as
amended (Public Law 85–745; 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. Section 201(b) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481) as
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) The Administrator shall as far as practicable pro-
vide any of the services specified in subsection (a) of this
section to any other Federal agency, mixed ownership cor-
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poration (as defined in chapter 91 of title 31, United States
Code), or the District of Columbia, upon its request.’’.
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 termination of
the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review 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 Reform
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 vehicles, and direct
procurement of survey printing, $24,810,000, together with
not to exceed $2,430,000 for administrative expenses to ad-
judicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil
Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts deter-
mined by the Merit Systems Protection Board.