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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury
Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance
of official business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official
travel expenses; not to exceed $150,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be
allocated and expended under the direction of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on
his certificate; $113,410,000: Provided, That section
113(3) of the Fiscal Year 1997 Department of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, Public Law 104–208 (110 Stat.
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3009–22) is amended by striking ‘‘12 months’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘2 years’’: Provided further, That
$200,000 are provided to conduct a comprehensive study
of gambling’s effects on bankruptcies in the United States.
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Professional
Responsibility, including purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $1,500,000: Provided, That the Under
Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement shall task the Of-
fice of Professional Responsibility to conduct a com-
prehensive review of integrity issues and other matters re-
lated to the vulnerability of the U.S. Customs Service to
corruption, to include examination of charges of profes-
sional misconduct and corruption as well as analysis of
the efficacy of departmental and bureau internal affairs
systems.
AUTOMATION ENHANCEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the development and acquisition of automatic
data processing equipment, software, and services for the
Department of the Treasury, $25,989,000, of which
$11,500,000 shall be available to the United States Cus-
toms Service for the Automated Commercial Environment
project, of which $5,600,000 shall be available to Depart-
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mental Offices for the International Trade Data System,
and of which $8,789,000 shall be available to Depart-
mental Offices to modernize its information technology in-
frastructure and for business solution software: Provided,
That these funds shall remain available until September
30, 1999: Provided further, That these funds shall be
transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to
satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support
or supplement Internal Revenue Service appropriations for
Information Systems: Provided further, That of the
$27,000,000 provided under this heading in Public Law
104–208, $12,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated for the International Trade Data System
may be obligated until the Department has submitted a
report on their system development plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the
$11,500,000 appropriated for the Automated Commercial
Environment may be obligated until the systems architec-
ture plan has been reviewed by the General Accounting
Office and approved by the Committees on Appropriations.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed
$2,000,000 for official travel expenses; including hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo-
cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury; $30,927,000 (reduced by
$1,000,000), of which $26,034 shall be transferred to the
‘‘Departmental Offices’’ appropriation for the reimburse-
ment of Secret Service personnel in accordance with sec-
tion 117 of this Act.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $6,484,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1999.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement
personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in-
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telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement;
$22,835,000: Provided, That funds appropriated in this
account may be used to procure personal service contracts.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to
remain available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
(a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $88,000,000;
of which $21,528,000 shall be available to the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, including $3,000,000 for
administering the Gang Resistance Education and Train-
ing program, $6,000,000 for firearms trafficking initia-
tives (including the Youth Crime Gun Initiative, Project
LEAD, and the National Tracing Center), $5,458,000 for
increased explosives inspections, $462,000 for laboratory
and investigative supplies, $5,000,000 for vehicles and
laboratory, communication, and information technology
equipment, and $1,608,000 for collection of information
on arson and explosives; of which $1,000,000 shall be
available to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network;
of which $16,837,000 shall be available to the United
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States Secret Service, including $9,323,000 for expenses
related to White House Security, $5,000,000 for investiga-
tions of counterfeiting, and $2,514,000 for forensic sup-
port of investigations of missing and exploited children,
of which $514,000 shall be available as a grant on Sep-
tember 30, 1998, for activities related to the investigations
of exploited children and shall remain available until ex-
pended; of which $43,635,000 shall be available for the
United States Customs Service, including $15,000,000 for
high energy container x-ray systems and automated
targeting systems, $4,000,000 for redeploying agents and
inspectors to high threat drug zones, $5,735,000 for lab-
oratory modernization, $10,000,000 for vehicle replace-
ment, $7,800,000 for automated license plate readers, and
$1,100,000 for construction of canopies for inspection of
outbound vehicles along the Southwest border; and of
which $5,000,000 shall be available to the Counterdrug
Technology Assessment Center for a program to transfer
technology to State and local law enforcement agencies.
(b) As authorized by section 32401, $8,000,000 to
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for dis-
bursement through grants, cooperative agreements, or
contracts to local governments for Gang Resistance Edu-
cation and Training: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tions 32401 and 310001, such funds shall be allocated to
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State and local law enforcement and prevention organiza-
tions.
(c) As authorized by section 180103, $1,000,000 to
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for special-
ized training for rural law enforcement officers.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of
the Treasury, including materials and support costs of
Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to
exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the gen-
eral purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and relat-
ed activities; uniforms without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches and pres-
entation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing
community support of law enforcement training; not to ex-
ceed $9,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $64,663,000, of which
up to $13,034,000 for materials and support costs of Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training shall remain available
until September 30, 2000: Provided, That the Center is
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authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both real
and personal, and to accept services, for authorized pur-
poses, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which
shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Center
to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic
training program at the Center during the previous fiscal
year, which shall be funded only by gifts received through
the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, students attend-
ing training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided
housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Cen-
ter policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Di-
rector, for: training United States Postal Service law en-
forcement personnel and Postal police officers; State and
local government law enforcement training on a space-
available basis; training of foreign law enforcement offi-
cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac-
tual costs to this appropriation; training of private sector
security officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation; and travel ex-
penses of non-Federal personnel to attend course develop-
ment meetings and training at the Center: Provided fur-
ther, That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in
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anticipation of reimbursements from agencies receiving
training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal
year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available
at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized
to provide short term medical services for students under-
going training at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional
real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,
facility improvements, and related expenses, $32,548,000,
to remain available until expended.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary for the detection and inves-
tigation of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, including cooperative efforts with State and
local law enforcement, $73,794,000, of which $7,827,000
shall remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, 
$199,675,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
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$13,235,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2000 for information systems modernization initiatives:
Provided, That beginning in fiscal year 1998 and there-
after, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse Federal Reserve banks in their capac-
ity as depositaries and fiscal agents for the United States
for all services required or directed by the Secretary of
the Treasury to be performed by such banks on behalf
of the Treasury or other Federal agencies.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed
650 vehicles for police-type use for replacement only and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; services
of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined
by the Director; for payment of per diem and/or subsist-
ence allowances to employees where an assignment to the
National Response Team during the investigation of a
bombing or arson incident requires an employee to work
16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight at his
or her post of duty; not to exceed $15,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; for training of State
and local law enforcement agencies with or without reim-
bursement, including training in connection with the train-
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ing and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; and provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim-
bursement; $477,649,000 (increased by $1,000,000); of
which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the
payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C.
924(d)(2); and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for
the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft
available for official use by a State or local law enforce-
ment agency if the conveyance will be used in drug-related
joint law enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of over-
time salaries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other
similar costs of State and local law enforcement officers
that are incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds
made available by this or any other Act may be used to
transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies
or Departments in the fiscal year ending on September
30, 1998: Provided further, That no funds appropriated
herein shall be available for salaries or administrative ex-
penses in connection with consolidating or centralizing,
within the Department of the Treasury, the records, or
any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of fire-
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arms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Provided
further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used
to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any
officer or employee of the United States to implement an
amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to
change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR
178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication
5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be
available to investigate or act upon applications for relief
from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c):
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to in-
vestigate and act upon applications filed by corporations
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18
U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds in this Act
may be used to provide ballistics imaging equipment to
any State or local authority who has obtained similar
equipment through a Federal grant or subsidy unless the
State or local authority agrees to return that equipment
or to repay that grant or subsidy to the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may
be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pur-
suant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal
identification code.
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LABORATORY FACILITIES
For necessary expenses for construction of a new fa-
cility or facilities to house the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms National Laboratory Center and the Fire
Investigation Research and Development Center, not to
exceed 185,000 occupiable square feet, to remain available
until expended $55,022,000: Provided, That these funds
shall not be available until a prospectus of authorization
for the Laboratory Facilities is approved by the House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
vehicles for police-type use and commercial operations;
hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for per-
sonal services abroad; not to exceed $30,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; and awards of com-
pensation to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced
by the United States Customs Service; $1,526,078,000,
of which such sums as become available in the Customs
User Fee Account, except sums subject to section
13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation
Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be
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derived from that Account; of the total, not to exceed
$150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space
in connection with preclearance operations, and not to ex-
ceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for re-
search and not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available
until expended for conducting special operations pursuant
to 19 U.S.C. 2081 and up to $6,000,000 shall be available
until expended for the procurement of automation infra-
structure items, including hardware, software, and instal-
lation: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year.
OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR
AND MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air-
craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine
Programs, including operational training and mission-re-
lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by
the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include the interdiction of
narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to Cus-
toms and other Federal, State, and local agencies in the
enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the
Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the Commis-
sioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal,
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State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and
emergency humanitarian efforts; $97,258,000, which shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That no air-
craft or other related equipment, with the exception of air-
craft which is one of a kind and has been identified as
excess to Customs requirements and aircraft which has
been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any
other Federal agency, Department, or office outside of the
Department of the Treasury, during fiscal year 1998 with-
out the prior approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS
(TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)
Beginning in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, such
sums as may be necessary for expenses for the provision
of Customs services at certain small airports or other fa-
cilities when authorized by law and designated by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, including expenditures for the sal-
ary and expenses of individuals employed to provide such
services, to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary
pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98–573 for each
of these airports or other facilities when authorized by law
and designated by the Secretary, and to remain available
until expended.
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HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
For administrative expenses related to the collection
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law
103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and
merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac-
count for such purposes.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States, $173,826,000, of which
$2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2000 for information systems modernization initiatives:
Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from the Gen-
eral Fund for fiscal year 1998 shall be reduced by not
more than $4,400,000 as definitive security issue fees and
Treasury Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are
collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1998 appro-
priation 
from 
the 
General 
Fund 
estimated 
at
$169,426,000, and in addition, $20,000, to be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the
Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for fi-
nancial management of the Fund, as authorized by section
102 of Public Law 101–380: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provisions of law, effective upon
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enactment, the Bureau of the Public Debt shall be fully
and directly reimbursed by the funds described in Public
Law 101–136, title I, section 104, 103 Stat. 789 for costs
and services performed by the Bureau in the administra-
tion of such funds.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, not otherwise provided for; including processing tax
returns; revenue accounting; providing tax law and ac-
count assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor-
respondence; matching information returns and tax re-
turns; management services; rent and utilities; and inspec-
tion; including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replace-
ment only for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor
vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined
by the Commissioner; $2,915,100,000, of which up to
$3,700,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly
Program, and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for
official reception and representation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and
enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em-
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ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col-
lecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income and compli-
ance research; the purchase (for police-type use, not to
exceed 850), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31
U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner, $3,108,300,000: Provided, That of the funds made
available under this heading in Public Law 104–208,
$10,000,000 are rescinded and in Public Law 104–52,
$4,500,000 are rescinded.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses for data processing and tele-
communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac-
tivities, including developmental information systems and
operational information systems; the hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $1,292,500,000, which shall
be available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That
under the heading ‘‘Information Systems’’ in Public Law
104–208 (110 Stat. 3009), the following is deleted: ‘‘of
which no less than $130,075,000 shall be available for Tax
Systems Modernization (TSM) development and deploy-
ment’’.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
For necessary expenses for the capital asset acquisi-
tion of information technology systems, including manage-
ment and related contractual costs of said acquisition, in-
cluding contractual costs associated with operations as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $326,000,000, which shall re-
main available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That
none of these funds is available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1998: Provided further, That none of these
funds shall be obligated until the Internal Revenue Service
and the Department of the Treasury submits to Congress
for approval, a plan for expenditure that: (1) implements
the Internal Revenue Service’s Modernization Blueprint
submitted to Congress on May 15, 1997; (2) meets the
information systems investment guidelines established by
the Office of Management and Budget in the fiscal year
1998 budget; (3) has been reviewed and approved by the
Internal Revenue Service’s Investment Review Board, the
Office of Management and Budget, and the Department
of the Treasury’s Modernization Management Board, and
has been reviewed by the General Accounting Office; (4)
meets the requirements of the May 15, 1997 Internal Rev-
enue Service’s Systems Life Cycle program; and (5) is in
compliance with acquisition rules, requirements, guide-
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lines, and systems acquisition management practices of
the Federal Government.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
SEC. 103. The funds provided in this Act for the In-
ternal Revenue Service shall be used to provide, as a mini-
mum, the fiscal year 1995 level of service, staffing, and
funding for Taxpayer Services.
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated by this
title shall be used in connection with the collection of any
underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees
of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such
collection, including any private sector employees under
contract to the Internal Revenue Service, complies with
subsection (a) of section 805 (relating to communications
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in connection with debt collection), and section 806 (relat-
ing to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692.)
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute policies and procedures which will safeguard the con-
fidentiality of taxpayer information.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase not to exceed 705 vehicles for
police-type use, of which 675 shall be for replacement only,
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft;
training and assistance requested by State and local gov-
ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;
services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District
of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and
other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per-
form protective functions; for payment of per diem and/
or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective
assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of
a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day
or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen-
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tation of awards; for travel of Secret Service employees
on protective missions without regard to the limitations
on such expenditures in this or any other Act if approval
is obtained in advance from the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations; for repairs, alterations, and
minor construction at the James J. Rowley Secret Service
Training Center; for research and development; for mak-
ing grants to conduct behavioral research in support of
protective research and operations; not to exceed $20,000
for official reception and representation expenses; for
sponsorship of a conference for the Women in Federal
Law Enforcement, to be held during fiscal year 1998; not
to exceed $50,000 to provide technical assistance and
equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in
counterfeit investigations; for payment in advance for
commercial accommodations as may be necessary to per-
form protective functions; and for uniforms without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year; $555,736,000.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $5,775,000, to re-
main available until expended for the Secret Service’s
Headquarters Building.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
SEC. 111. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec-
retary in connection with law enforcement activities of a
Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law en-
forcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the
Fund on September 30, 1998, shall be made in compliance
with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House
and Senate reports accompanying this Act.
SEC. 112. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart-
ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in-
cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 113. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1998 in this
Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis-
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tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to
diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105
of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforce-
ment Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
U.S. Customs Service, and U.S. Secret Service may be
transferred between such appropriations upon the advance
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such
appropriation by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices, Office of Inspector General, Financial Management
Service, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations upon the advance ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. No transfer may increase or decrease any such ap-
propriation by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 116. (a) The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
and the Department of the Treasury shall not award a
contract for Solicitation No. BEP–97–13(TN) or Solicita-
tion No. BEP–96–13(TN) until the General Accounting
Office (GAO) has completed a comprehensive analysis of
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the optimum circumstances for government procurement
of distinctive currency paper. The GAO shall report its
findings to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations no later than August 1, 1998.
(b) The contractual term of the distinctive currency
paper ‘‘bridge’’ contract shall not exceed 24 months, and
the contract shall not be effective until the Secretary of
the Department of the Treasury certifies that the price
under the terms of any ‘‘bridge’’ contract is fair and rea-
sonable and that the terms of any ‘‘bridge’’ contract are
customary and appropriate according to Federal procure-
ment regulations. In addition, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on
the price and profit levels of any ‘‘bridge’’ contract at the
time of certification.
SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay
from amounts transferred to the ‘‘Departmental Offices’’
appropriation, up to $26,034 to reimburse Secret Service
personnel for any attorney fees and costs they incurred
with respect to investigation by the Department of the
Treasury, Inspector General concerning testimony pro-
vided to Congress: Provided, That the Secretary of the
Treasury shall pay an individual in full upon submission
by the individual of documentation verifying the attorney
fees and costs: Provided further, That the liability of the
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United States shall not be inferred from enactment of or
payment under this provision: Provided further, That the
Secretary of the Treasury shall not pay any claim filed
under this section that is filed later than 120 days after
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
payment under this provision, when accepted, shall be in
full satisfaction of all claims of, or on behalf of, the indi-
vidual Secret Service agent who was the subject of said
investigation.
SEC. 118. (a)(1) Effective beginning on the date de-
termined under paragraph (2), the compensation and
other emoluments attached to the Office of Secretary of
the Treasury shall be those that would then apply if Public
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).
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(b) Subsection (b) of the first section of the public
law referred to in subsection (a)(1) of this section shall
not apply in the case of any appointment the consent of
the Senate to which occurs on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(c) This section shall not be limited (for purposes of
determining whether a provision of this section applies or
continues to apply) to fiscal year 1998.
SEC. 119. (a) REQUIREMENT OF ADVANCE SUBMIS-
SION OF TREASURY TESTIMONY.—During the fiscal year
covered by this Act, any officer or employee of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury who is scheduled to testify before
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate, or any of its subcommittees,
shall, not less than 7 calendar days (excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, and Federal legal public holidays) preceding the
scheduled date of the testimony, submit to the committee
or subcommittee—
(1) a written statement of the testimony to be
presented, regardless of whether such statement is
to be submitted for inclusion in the record of the
hearing; and
(2) any other written information to be submit-
ted for inclusion in the record of the hearing.
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(b) LIMITATION ON TREASURY CLEARANCE PROC-
ESS.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for any clearance process within the Department
of the Treasury that could cause a submission beyond the
specified time, as officially transmitted by the committee,
of—
(1) any corrections to the transcript copy of
testimony given before the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives or the Senate,
or any of its subcommittees; or
(2) any information to be provided in writing in
response to an oral or written request by such com-
mittee or subcommittee for specific information for
inclusion in the record of the hearing.
(b) EXCEPTION.—The time periods established in
subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any specific tes-
timony, or corrections, if the Secretary of the Treasury—
(1) determines that special circumstances pre-
vent compliance; and
(2) submits to the committee or subcommittee
involved a written notification of such determination,
including the Secretary’s estimate of the time peri-
ods required for specific testimony, information, or
corrections.
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SEC. 120. (a) NEW RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR UNIT-
ED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION.—
Section 501 of the District of Columbia Police and Fire-
men’s Salary Act of 1958, as amended (D.C. Code, sec.
4–416), is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Interior’’
and all that follows through ‘‘Treasury,’’ and insert-
ing instead ‘‘Interior’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b)(3);
(3) in subsection (b)(3) (as redesignated)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or to officers and mem-
bers of the United States Secret Service Uni-
formed Division’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) and insert-
ing instead ‘‘this subsection’’;
(4) by adding after subsection (b) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of of-
ficers and members of the United States Secret Service
Uniformed Division, serving in classes corresponding or
similar to those in the salary schedule in section 101, shall
be fixed in accordance with the following schedule of rates:
‘‘SALARY SCHEDULE
‘‘Salary class and title
Service Steps
‘‘Class 1: Private ........
29,215
30,088
31,559
33,009
35,331
37,681
39,128
40,593
42,052
‘‘Class 4: Sergeant .....
39,769
41,747
43,728
45,718
47,715
49,713
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‘‘SALARY SCHEDULE—Continued
‘‘Salary class and title
Service Steps
‘‘Class 5: Lieutenant ..
45,148
47,411
49,663
51,924
54,180
‘‘Class 7: Captain .......
52,523
55,155
57,788
60,388
‘‘Class 8: Inspector .....
60,886
63,918
66,977
70,029
‘‘Class 9: Deputy Chief
71,433
76,260
81,113
85,950
‘‘Class 10: Assistant
Chief .......................
84,694
90,324
95,967
‘‘Class 11: Chief of the
U.S. Secret Service
Uniformed Division
98,383
104,923
‘‘(2) Effective at the beginning of the first applicable
pay period commencing on or after the first day of the
month in which an adjustment takes effect under section
5303 of title 5, United States Code (or any subsequent
similar provision of law), in the rates of pay under the
General Schedule (or any subsequent similar provision of
law), in the rates of pay under the General Schedule (or
any pay system that may supersede such schedule), the
annual rates of basic compensation of officers and mem-
bers of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Divi-
sion shall be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury
by an amount equal to the percentage of such annual rate
of pay which corresponds to the overall percentage of the
adjustment made in the rates of pay under the General
Schedule.
‘‘(3) Locality-based comparability payments author-
ized under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code,
shall be applicable to the basic pay under this section.
However, locality-based comparability payments may not
be paid at a rate which, when added to the rate of basic
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formed by the member since his or her last increase
in basic pay prior to the adjustment under that sec-
tion.
(c) LIMITATION ON PAY PERIOD EARNINGS.—The
first section of the Act of August 15, 1950 (64 Stat. 447),
as amended (D.C. Code, section 4–1104), is amended—
(1) in subsection (h), by striking the phrase
‘‘any officer or member’’ each place it appears and
inserting instead ‘‘an officer or member of the Met-
ropolitan Police force, of the Fire Department of the
District of Columbia, or of the United States Park
Police’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (h)(3) as sub-
section (i); and
(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
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 (in-
cluding any applicable locality-based comparability
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payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States
Code or any similar provision of law, and any appli-
cable 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 Exec-
utive 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, 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
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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 Uni-
formed Division 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 adjustment under
sections 403–405 of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay
Reform Act of 1990, as amended, applicable to members
of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
shall be rendered inapplicable.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sections 405(b)(1)
and 405(c)(1) of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Re-
form Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 1466) are hereby repealed.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section
shall become effective on the first day of the first pay pe-
riod beginning after the date of enactment.
SEC. 121. Section 117 of the Treasury, Postal Serv-
ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997
(as contained in section 101(f) of division A of Public Law
104–208) is hereby repealed.
SEC. 122. In tax-year 1998, and each tax-year there-
after, the Internal Revenue Service shall pay qualified
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transmitters who electronically forward and file tax re-
turns (form 1040 and related information returns) prop-
erly formatted and accepted by the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, up to $3.00 per return so filed: Provided, That the
transmitter provides the necessary electronic filing service
without charge to the taxpayer whose return is so filed:
Provided further, That in those instances where the trans-
mitter receives a tax return from an electronic return
originator (ERO) and/or a paid preparer, the transmitter
may only accept the payment from the Internal Revenue
Service if the ERO and/or the paid preparer has certified
to the Internal Revenue Service that no fee was charged
to the taxpayer for electronic filing of the return: Provided
further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall reduce
its paper returns processing seasonal workforce commen-
surate with any increase in electronic filing resulting from
this initiative.
SEC. 123. Subsection (a) of section 5378, title 5
U.S.C., is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Department of the Treas-
ury, or his designee, shall fix the rates of basic pay for
positions within the police forces of the United States
Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
except that no entry-level police officer shall receive basic
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pay for a calendar year that is less than the basic rate
of pay for General Schedule GS–7 and no executive secu-
rity official shall receive basic compensation for a calendar
year that exceeds the basic rate of pay for General Sched-
ule GS–15.’’.
SEC. 124. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, paragraph (3)(A) of section 9703(g) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1996, and 1997’’;
(2) by inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and 1996’’; and
(3) by adding at the end of the first sentence
of (3)(A) the following new sentence: ‘‘No further
transfers from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund will be
made to the Special Forfeiture Fund after those
amounts transferred from excess unobligated bal-
ances at the end of fiscal year 1996.’’.
(b) Paragraph (3)(C) of section 9703(g) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by adding after the last sentence of that
paragraph as amended by Public Law 104–208, the
following sentence: ‘‘Unobligated balances remaining
pursuant to section 4(B) of 9703(g) shall also be
carried forward.’’.
(c) Paragraph (4)(B) of section 9703(g) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘, subject to subparagraph (C),’’
from the first and only sentence of that paragraph.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department,
Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR REVENUE
FORGONE
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
States Code, $86,274,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to
the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement
any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or
employee of any State or local child support enforcement
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local
program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
tion requested or provided concerning an address of a
postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close
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small rural and other small post offices in the fiscal year
ending on September 30, 1998.
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR
NONFUNDED LIABILITIES
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting
the liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the
Employees’ Compensation Fund pursuant to 39 United
States Code 2004, $34,850,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 1998’’.
TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE
HOUSE OFFICE
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102; $250,000: Provided, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
considered as taxable to the President.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;
including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C.
105, which shall be expended and accounted for as pro-
vided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles,
newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel
(not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); not to exceed $19,000
for official entertainment expenses, to be available for allo-
cation within the Executive Office of the President;
$51,199,000: Provided, That $873,000 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have ap-
proved, a systems architecture plan, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems architecture plan, and an estimate
of the funds required to support the fiscal year 1998 cap-
ital investments associated with that plan: Provided fur-
ther, That $9,800,000 of the funds appropriated shall be
available for reimbursements to the White House Commu-
nications Agency.
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EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at
the White House and official entertainment expenses of
the President, $8,045,000, to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 112–114.
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable politi-
cal event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments
shall be credited to this account and remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require the national committee of the political party
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of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be
separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such
committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That
the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice
of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days
after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess
penalties and other charges on any such amount that is
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under
section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, by not later than 90 days
after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a re-
port setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of
the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year,
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including the total amount of such expenses, the amount
of such total that consists of reimbursable official and cer-
emonial events, the amount of such total that consists of
reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such
amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the
report: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall (1) implement a system for the tracking of expenses
related to reimbursable events within the Executive Resi-
dence that includes a standard for the classification of any
such expense as political or nonpolitical; and (2) prepare
and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, by not later
than December 1, 1997, a report setting forth a detailed
description of such system and a schedule for its imple-
mentation: Provided further, That no provision of this
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States
Code.
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Executive Residence at the White House, $200,000, to re-
main available until expended for renovation and reloca-
tion of the White House laundry, to be expended and ac-
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counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 112–
114.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President
to provide assistance to the President in connection with
specially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; $3,378,000: Provided,
That $69,800 of the funds appropriated may not be obli-
gated until the Director of the Office of Administration
has submitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of
the House and Senate have approved, a systems architec-
ture plan, a milestone schedule for the development and
implementation of all projects included in the systems ar-
chitecture plan, and an estimate of the funds required to
support the fiscal year 1998 capital investments associ-
ated with that plan.
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,
heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,
of the official residence of the Vice President, the hire of
passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $90,000 for
100
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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.
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—
101
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(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’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 17,
1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.