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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
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections
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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
(2) such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security.
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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
under the heading ‘‘Federal Election Commission—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ for internal automated data process-
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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
date of the enactment of this Act may be re-
appointed as a member of the Commission after
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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.
CERTAIN HISTORIC U.S. ORIGIN FIREARMS IMPORTS
SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act or any other Act may be expended
or obligated by a department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States to pay administrative expenses or to
compensate an officer or employee of the United States
in connection with the denial of an application for the im-
portation of military firearms (or ammunition, compo-
nents, parts, accessories, and attachments for such fire-
arms) submitted under section 38(b)(1)(B) of the Arms
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Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B), as added
by section 8142(a) of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 1988), if the application meets the other-
wise applicable requirements of sections 178.112 and
178.113 of title 27, Code of Federal Regulations (as in
effect on January 1, 1996), and the application is not for
the importation of articles on the United States Munitions
Import List from a proscribed country. For purposes of
the preceding sentence, the term ‘‘proscribed country’’
means a country with respect to which the proscriptions
contained in section 47.52 of title 27, Code of Federal
Regulations, apply.
SEC. 519. No funds appropriated for the United
States Postal Service under this or any other Act may be
expended by the Postal Service to expand the Global Pack-
age Link Service.
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
SECTION 601. Funds appropriated in this or any
other Act may be used to pay travel to the United States
for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in
cases of death or life threatening illness of said employee.
SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 1998 shall obligate
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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
vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement,
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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-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the
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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
imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided
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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.
SEC. 608. In addition to funds provided in this or
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
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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
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
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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
the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such
guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow-
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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
United 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-
scribed in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States
Code—
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(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-
age percentage of such payments which was ef-
fective in fiscal year 1997 under such section.
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(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
Code, and any rule or regulation that provides premium
pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee ben-
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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
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen-
ate. For the purposes of this section, the word ‘‘office’’
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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
position of a confidential or policy-determining character
excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section
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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
Treasury, and the Department of Energy perform-
ing intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
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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.
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
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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;
(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
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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-
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
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agents); and the statutes which protect against disclosure
that may compromise the national security, including sec-
tions 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United
States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 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
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-
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tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or
film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the
Congress itself.
SEC. 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
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
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(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-
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-
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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
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,
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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.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury, Postal Serv-
ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998’’.