Calendar No. 157
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2020
[Report No. 104–121]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Treasury Depart-
ment, the United States Postal Service, the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President, and certain Inde-
pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
JULY 20 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations
JULY 27 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 157
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2020
[Report No. 104–121]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 20 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
JULY 27 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Reported by Mr. SHELBY, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of
the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other
purposes.
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
Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,
the Executive Office of the President, and certain Inde-
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pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1996, and for other purposes, 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 $2,950,000 to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1998, shall be available expended
for information technology modernization requirements;
not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and
expended under the direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;
$104,000,500 $105,929,000.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and annex, $7,684,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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COUNTER-DRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER
SALARIES, EXPENSES, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For salaries, expenses, research and development ac-
tivities of the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center,
$20,500,000, of which $20,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for counternarcotics research and develop-
ment projects and shall be available for transfer to other
Federal departments or agencies by the Under Secretary for
Enforcement, after consultation with the Chief Scientist of
the Center.
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of High Intensity Drug Traf-
ficking Areas for drug control activities consistent with an
annual strategy approved by the Under Secretary for En-
forcement for each of the designated High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Areas, $110,000,000, of which no less than
$55,000,000 shall be transferred to State and local entities
for drug control activities; and of which up to $55,000,000
may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments at
a rate to be determined by the Under Secretary for Enforce-
ment: Provided, That the funds made available under this
heading shall be obligated within 120 days of the date of
enactment of this Act.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, hire of passenger motor
vehicles; not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel ex-
penses; not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex-
pended under the direction of the Inspector General of the
Treasury; $29,319,000 $30,067,000.
TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Forfeiture
Fund, as authorized by Public Law 102–393, not to exceed
$15,000,000, to be derived from deposits in the Fund.
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 personnel to attend
meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities,
law enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed
$14,000 for official reception and representation expenses
$20,273,000: Provided,That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Director of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network may procure up to $500,000 in spe-
cialized, unique or novel automatic data processing equip-
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ment, ancillary equipment, software, services, and related
resources from commercial vendors without regard to oth-
erwise applicable procurement laws and regulations and
without full and open competition, utilizing procedures
best suited under the circumstances of the procurement
to efficiently fulfill the agency’s requirements: Provided
further, That funds appropriated in this account may be
used to procure personal services contracts $22,198,000.
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 fifty-two for police-type use) 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 $7,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That the Cen-
ter is authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both
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real and personal, and to accept services, for authorized
purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value
which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the
Center to the outstanding student who 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
notwithstanding any other provision of law, students at-
tending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-pro-
vided housing, insofar as available and in accordance with
Center policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated
in this account shall be available for training United
States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Post-
al police officers, at the discretion of the Director; 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 (except that the Director
may waive reimbursement and may pay travel expenses,
not to exceed 75 percent of the total training and travel
cost, when the Director determines that it is in the public
interest to do so); training of private sector security offi-
cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac-
tual costs to this appropriation; travel expenses of non-
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Federal personnel to attend State and local course devel-
opment meetings at the Center: Provided further, That the
Center is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of
reimbursements from agencies receiving training at the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except that
total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not ex-
ceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Center is authorized
to obligate funds to provide for site security and expansion
of antiterrorism training facilities: Provided further, That
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author-
ized to provide short term medical services for students
undergoing 
training 
at 
the 
Center; 
$36,070,000
$34,006,000, of which $8,666,000 for materials and sup-
port costs of Federal law enforcement basic training shall
remain available until September 30, 1998.
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, $8,163,000
$9,663,000, to remain available until expended.
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, $181,837,000 $186,070,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $14,277,000 shall remain available until September
30, 1988 expended for systems modernization initiatives.
In addition, $90,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to reimburse the Service for adminis-
trative and personnel expenses for financial management
of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law
101–380.
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
six hundred and fifty vehicles for police-type use for re-
placement only and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire
of aircraft; and services of expert witnesses at such rates
as may be determined by the Director; for payment of per
diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an
assignment to the National Response Team during the in-
vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em-
ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain
overnight at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $10,000
for official reception and representation expenses; for
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training of State and local law enforcement agencies with
or without reimbursement; provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim-
bursement; $391,035,000 $377,971,000, 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 enforcement agency
if the conveyance will be used in drug-related joint law
enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime sala-
ries, 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 imple-
ment a÷ny reorganization of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms or transfer of the Bureau’s functions,
missions, or activities to other agencies or Departments
in the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1996: Provided
further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for salaries or administrative expenses in connection
with consolidating or centralizing, within the Department
of the Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of
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acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by Fed-
eral 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 defini-
tion 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 without publishing prior notice in the
Federal Register and allowing for public comment: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein
shall be available to investigate or act upon applications
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18
U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be
available to investigate and act upon applications filed by
corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities
under 18 U.S.C. section 925(c).
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase of up to 1,000 motor vehicles
of which 960 are for replacement only, including 990 for
police-type use and commercial operations; hire of motor
vehicles; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and awards of compensation to
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informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the
United 
States 
Customs 
Service; 
$1,392,429,000
$1,387,153,000, 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 Rec-
onciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)),
shall be derived from that Account; of the total, not to
exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental
space in connection with preclearance operations, and not
to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for
research: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation for the
current fiscal year: Provided further, That the Commis-
sioner of the Customs Service designate a single individual
to be port director of all United States Government activi-
ties at two ports of entry, one on the southern border and
one
on
the
northern
border
Provided further, That
$750,000 shall be available for additional part-time and
temporary positions in the Honolulu Customs District.
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.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 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 or demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include: the interdiction
of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to
Customs and other Federal, State, and local agencies in
the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the
Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the Commis-
sioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal,
State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and
emergency humanitarian efforts; $60,993,000 $68,543,000
which of which $5,644,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended; in addition, $19,733,000 shall be transferred from
the Customs Air and Marine Interdiction Programs, Pro-
curement Account to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, with
the exception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has
been identified as excess to Customs requirements, and
aircraft which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be
transferred to any other Federal agency, Department, or
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office outside of the Department of the Treasury, during
fiscal year 1996, without the prior approval of the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS
(TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)
Such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed
$1,406,000, for expenses for the provision of Customs
services at certain small airports or other facilities when
authorized by law and designated by the Secretary of the
Treasury, including expenditures for the salary and ex-
penses of individuals employed to provide such services,
to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary of the
Treasury pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98–573
for each of these airports or other facilities when author-
ized by law and designated by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, and to remain available until expended.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States; $180,065,000: Provided,
That the sum appropriated herein from the General Fund
for fiscal year 1996 shall be reduced by not more than
$600,000 as definitive security issue fees are collected and
not more than $9,465,000 as Treasury Direct Investor Ac-
count Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in
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a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation from the General
Fund estimated at $170,000,000.
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 assistance to tax-
payers, management services, and inspection; including
purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only, for po-
lice-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 Commis-
sioner: 
$1,682,742,000
$1,767,309,000, 
of 
which
$3,700,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly
Program, no amount of which shall be available for IRS
administrative costs, and of which not to exceed $25,000
shall be for official reception and representation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and
enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em-
ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col-
lecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income and compli-
ance research; the purchase (for police-type use, not to
exceed 850), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31
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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 $4,254,476,000 $4,097,294,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September
30, 1998 for research: Provided, That $13,000,000 shall
be used to initiate a program to utilize private sector coun-
sel law firms and debt collection agencies in the collection
activities of the Internal Revenue Service in compliance
with section 104 of this Act.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses for data processing and tele-
communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac-
tivities, including: tax systems modernization (modernized
developmental systems), modernized operational systems,
services and compliance, and support systems; and for the
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;
$1,575,216,000 $1,442,605,000, of which no less than
$670,000,000 shall be available for tax systems moderniza-
tion activities, of which up to $185,000,000 for tax and
information systems development projects shall remain
available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the
funds
appropriated
for
tax
systems
modernization,
$70,000,000 may not be obligated until the Commissioner
of the Internal Revenue Service reports to the Committees
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on Appropriations of the House and Senate on the imple-
mentation of Tax Systems Modernization Provided, That
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service shall
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and the Senate a report that (1) identifies, evaluates, and
prioritizes all systems investments planned for fiscal year
1996, using explicit decision criteria, and (2) explains in
detail and provides a completion schedule for all actions
being taken by the Internal Revenue Service to successfully
mitigate deficiencies recently identified by the General Ac-
counting Office in the Internal Revenue Service’s business
strategy, management and technical infrastructure, and the
management process in place to implement its tax system
modernization: Provided further, That not later than 30
days after the submission of the Commissioner’s report the
General Accounting Office shall provide the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and the Senate an independent
assessment of that report: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated for tax systems modernization, ex-
cept those funds needed to operate and maintain current
systems, shall be available for obligation until expressly ap-
proved by the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and the Senate.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SECTION 1. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro-
priation made available to the Internal Revenue Service
for the current fiscal year by this Act may be transferred
to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, the Internal Revenue Service
is authorized to transfer such sums as may be necessary
between appropriations with advance approval of the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees:–Provided
further, That no funds shall be transferred from the ‘‘Tax
Law Enforcement’’ account during fiscal year 1996.
SEC. 2. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute
and maintain a training program to insure that Internal
Revenue Service employees are trained in taxpayers’
rights, in dealing courteously with the taxpayers, and in
cross-cultural relations.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase (not to exceed 665 vehicles for
police-type use for replacement only) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance re-
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quested by State and local governments, which may be
provided without reimbursement; services of expert wit-
nesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director;
rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, and fenc-
ing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private
or other property not in Government ownership or control,
as may be necessary to perform protective functions; for
payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to em-
ployees 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 conducting of and participating
in firearms matches; presentation of awards; and for trav-
el of Secret Service employees on protective missions with-
out regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this
or any other Act: Provided, That approval is obtained in
advance from the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations; for repairs, alterations, and minor construc-
tion at the James J. Rowley Secret Service Training Cen-
ter; for research and development; for making grants to
conduct behavioral research in support of protective re-
search and operations; not to exceed $12,500 for official
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed
$50,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to
foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit inves-
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tigations; for payment in advance for commercial accom-
modations as may be necessary to perform protective func-
tions; and for uniforms without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year;
$542,461,000 $534,502,000.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
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), $51,686,000,
of which: $33,865,000 shall be available to the United
States Customs Service for expenses associated with ‘‘Op-
eration Hardline’’; $2,221,000 to the Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network; $3,100,000 to the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms for the development and dis-
semination
of
ballistic
technologies
as
part
of
the
‘‘Ceasefire’’ program; $10,000,000 to the United States
Secret Service; and $2,500,000 to the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia; and
(a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $68,300,000,
of which: $17,500,000 shall be available to the United States
Customs Service for expenses associated with ‘‘Operation
Hardline’’; of which $2,500,000 shall be available to the Fi-
nancial Crimes Enforcement Network; of which $24,700,000
shall be available to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
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Firearms, of which no less than $21,200,000 shall be avail-
able to annualize the salaries and related costs for the fiscal
year 1995 counter-terrorism initiative, and of which no less
than $3,500,000 shall be available for administering the
Gang Resistance Education and Training program; of
which $21,600,000 and up to an additional 150 full-time
equivalent positions which shall be in addition to those
funded in the ‘‘salaries and expenses’’ account and which
shall be available to the United States Secret Service to sup-
port White House security and anti-counterfeiting activi-
ties, and of which no less than $1,600,000 shall be available
for enhancing forensics technology to aid missing and ex-
ploited children investigations; and of which $2,000,000
shall be available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center; and
(b) As authorized by section 32401, $12,200,000
$7,200,000, for disbursement through grants, cooperative
agreements or contracts, to local governments for Gang
Resistance Education and Training: Provided, That not-
withstanding sections 32401 and 310001, such funds shall
be allocated only to the affected State and local law en-
forcement and prevention organizations participating in
such projects.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
SECTION 101. Any obligation or expenditure by the
Secretary in connection with law enforcement activities of
a Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law
enforcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the
Fund on September 30, 1996, shall be made in compliance
with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House
and Senate reports accompanying this Act.
SEC. 102. 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 limitation 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. 103. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro-
priations in this Act for the Department of the Treasury
may be transferred between such appropriations. Notwith-
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standing any authority to transfer funds between appro-
priations contained in this or any other Act, no transfer
may increase or decrease any appropriation in this Act by
more than 2 per centum and any such proposed transfers
shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate.
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated by this
title shall be used in connection with the collection of any
underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees
of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such
collection, including any private sector employees under
contract to the Internal Revenue Service, complies with
subsection (a) of section 805 (relating to communications
in connection with debt collection), and section 806 (relat-
ing to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692).
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute policies and procedures which will safeguard the con-
fidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 106. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1996 in this
Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis-
tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to
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diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105
of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
Customs personnel funded through reimbursement from the
Puerto Rico Trust Fund shall not be reduced as the result
of work force reductions required under Executive order or
other guidance to Executive branch agencies in fiscal year
1996.
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized
in fiscal year 1996 and hereafter, to use Treasury Depart-
ment aircraft, with or without reimbursement, to assist bu-
reaus within the Department of the Treasury or other Fed-
eral agencies, Departments or offices outside of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury to provide emergency law enforcement
support to protect human life, property, public health, or
safety.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
States Code; $85,080,000: Provided, That mail for over-
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seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
Provided further, That six-day delivery and rural delivery
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to
the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement
any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or
employee of any State or local child support enforcement
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local
program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
tion requested or provided concerning an address of a
postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close
small rural and other small post offices in the fiscal year
ending on September 30, 1996.
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 U.S.C.
2004, $36,828,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 1996’’.
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TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
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 of the United States Code: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available for official expenses shall
be considered as taxable to the President.
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;
including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C.
105, which shall be expended and accounted for as pro-
vided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles,
newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel
(not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); not to exceed $19,000
for official entertainment expenses, to be available for allo-
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appropriation may be made to any department or agency
for expenses of carrying out such activities.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE 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; $3,175,000 $3,280,000.
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out
its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1021), $3,439,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel-
opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, and 3 U.S.C. 107; $3,867,000.
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; $6,459,000 $6,648,000.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion; $25,736,000 $25,560,000, including services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire
of passenger motor vehicles.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $55,426,000, of
which no more than $6,631,000 shall be available for the
Office of National Security and International Affairs, no
more than $6,699,000 shall be available for the Office of
General
Government
and
Finance,
no
more
than
$7,368,000 shall be available for the Office of Natural Re-
sources, Energy and Science, no more than $4,085,000
shall be available for the Office of Health and Personnel,
no more than $3,867,000 shall be available for the Office
of Human Resources, no more than $2,325,000 shall be
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available for the Office of Federal Financial Management,
no more than $5,198,000 shall be available for the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, no more than
$2,407,000 shall be available for the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy, no more than $16,912,000 shall be
available for the Office of the Director, the Office of the
Deputy Director, the Office of the Deputy Director for
Management, the Office of Communications, the Office of
the General Counsel, the Office of Legislative Affairs, the
Office of Economic Policy, the Office of Administration,
the Legislative Reference Division, and the Budget Review
Division $55,907,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000
shall be available to carry out the provisions of 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35: Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C.
1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the ob-
jects for which appropriations were made except as other-
wise provided by law: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget may be used for the purpose of review-
ing any agricultural marketing orders or any activities or
regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural Mar-
keting Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available for
the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may
be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual
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testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of
the Office of Management and Budget, before the Com-
mittee on Appropriations or the Committee on Veterans’
Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That this
proviso shall not apply to printed hearings released by the
Committee on Appropriations or the Committee on Veter-
ans’ Affairs: Provided further, That the Director of Office
of Management and Budget shall submit to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations (1) an analysis for
the period of 30 fiscal years beginning with fiscal year
1996, of the estimated levels of total budget outlays and total
new budget authority, the estimated revenues to be received,
the estimated surplus or deficit, if any, for each major Fed-
eral entitlement program for each fiscal year in such period:
Provided further, That no funds shall be obligated for sala-
ries and expenses after 60 days of the date of enactment
of this Act if the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget has not submitted such analysis to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to such date.
INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE
For necessary expenses of the Information Security
Oversight Office, $1,482,000.
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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to
title I of Public Law 100–690; not to exceed $8,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; for partici-
pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on
matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or
public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
bursement; $20,062,000, of which $10,200,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be available to the Counter-
Drug Technology Assessment Center for counternarcotics
research and development projects and shall be available
for transfer to other Federal departments or agencies, and
of which $600,000 shall be transferred to the Drug En-
forcement Administration for the El Paso Intelligence
Center: Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept,
hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal,
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the
Office.
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
For expenses necessary to enable the President to
meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national
interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or
abroad during the current fiscal year; $1,000,000.
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FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas Program, $104,000,000 for drug control activities
consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which
no less than $52,000,000 shall be transferred to State and
local entities for drug control activities; and of which up
to $52,000,000 may be transferred to Federal agencies
and departments at a rate to be determined by the Direc-
tor; and of which up to $3,000,000 may be available to
the Director for transfer to Federal agencies, or State and
local entities, or non-profit organizations to support spe-
cial demonstration projects that provide systematic pro-
gramming to reduce drug use and trafficking in des-
ignated targeted areas: Provided, That the funds made
available under this head shall be obligated within 90 days
of the date of enactment of this Act,–except those funds
made available to the Director to support special dem-
onstration projects which shall be obligated by June 1,
1996.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap-
propriations Act, 1996’’.
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TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
established by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–
28; $1,682,000 $1,800,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend-
ed; $26,521,000, of which no less than $1,500,000 shall
be available for internal automated data processing sys-
tems $28,517,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be
available for reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated for automated
data processing systems may be obligated until the Chair-
man of the Federal Election Commission provides to the
House Committee on Appropriations a systems require-
ments analysis on the development of such a system.
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
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nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;
$19,742,000 $21,398,000: Provided, That public members
of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel
expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized
by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermit-
tently in the Government service, and compensation as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management
relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with
this account, to be available without further appropriation
for the costs of carrying out these conferences.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
The revenues and collections deposited into For addi-
tional expenses necessary to carry out the purpose of the
Fund established pursuant to section 210(f) of the Fed-
eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,
as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $86,000,000, to be depos-
ited into said Fund shall be available for necessary ex-
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penses of real property management and related activities
not otherwise provided for, including operation, mainte-
nance, and protection of Federally owned and leased build-
ings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; res-
toration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies
(including space adjustments and telecommunications re-
location expenses) in connection with the assignment, allo-
cation and transfer of space; contractual services incident
to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and
alteration of federally owned buildings including grounds,
approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of
sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip-
ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con-
demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition
of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and
extension of Federally owned buildings; preliminary plan-
ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con-
struction of new buildings (including equipment for such
buildings); and payment of principal, interest, taxes, and
any other obligations for public buildings acquired by in-
stallment purchase and purchase contract, in the aggre-
gate amount of $5,066,822,000 $5,087,819,000, of which
(1) not to exceed $367,777,000 $573,872,000 shall remain
available until expended for construction of additional
projects at locations and at maximum construction im-
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provement costs (including funds for sites and expenses
and associated design and construction services) as fol-
lows:
New Construction:
Colorado:
Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, U.S.
Geological Survey Lab Building, $10,321,000
Florida:
Tallahassee,
U.S.
Courthouse
Annex,
$9,606,000
Georgia:
Savannah,
U.S.
Courthouse
Annex,
$1,039,000
Louisiana:
Lafayette,
Federal
Building
and
U.S.
Courthouse, $11,826,000
Maryland:
Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties,
Food and Drug Administration, $65,764,000
Nebraska:
Omaha, Federal Building and U.S. Court-
house, $21,370,000
Nevada:
Las Vegas, U.S. Courthouse, $38,404,000
New Mexico:
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Albuquerque, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, $2,450,000
New York:
Brooklyn, U.S. Courthouse, $49,040,000
Central Islip, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, $75,641,000
North Dakota:
Pembina, Border Station, $4,445,000
Ohio:
Youngstown, U.S. Courthouse, $6,974,000
Pennsylvania:
Scranton,
Federal
Building
and
U.S.
Courthouse Annex, $9,638,000
South Carolina:
Columbia,
U.S.
Courthouse
Annex,
$1,425,000
Texas:
Austin,
Veterans
Affairs
Annex,
$3,176,000
Brownsville, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, $10,981,000
Washington:
Blaine, U.S. Border Station, $6,168,000
Point
Roberts,
U.S.
Border
Station,
$1,406,000
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West Virginia:
Martinsburg,
Internal
Revenue
Service
Computer Center, $25,363,000
Non-Prospectus
Projects
Program,
$12,740,000:
New Construction:
Colorado:
Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, U.S. Ge-
ological Survey Lab Building, $25,802,000
Florida:
Tallahassee, 
U.S. 
Courthouse 
Annex,
$24,015,000
Georgia:
Savannah, 
U.S. 
Courthouse 
Annex,
$2,597,000
Louisiana:
Lafayette, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, $29,565,000
Maryland:
Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties,
Food and Drug Administration, $87,000,000
Nebraska:
Omaha, Federal Building and U.S. Court-
house, $53,424,000
New Mexico:
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Albuquerque, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, $6,126,000
New York:
Central Islip, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, $189,102,000
North Dakota:
Pembina, Border Station, $11,113,000
Pennsylvania:
Scranton, 
Federal 
Building 
and 
U.S.
Courthouse Annex, $24,095,000
South Carolina:
Columbia, 
U.S. 
Courthouse 
Annex,
$3,562,000
Texas:
Austin, Veterans Affairs Annex, $7,940,000
Brownsville, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, $27,452,000
Washington:
Point 
Roberts, 
U.S. 
Border 
Station,
$3,516,000
Seattle, U.S. Courthouse, $8,305,000
West Virginia:
Martinsburg, 
Internal 
Revenue 
Service
Computer Center, $63,408,000
Non-prospectus Projects Program, $6,850,000:
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Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits
of costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to
the extent that savings are effected in other such projects,
but not to exceed 10 per centum unless advanced approval
is obtained from the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further,
That the $6,000,000 under the heading of non-prospectus
construction projects, made available in Public Laws 102–
393 and 103–123 for the acquisition, lease, construction
and equipping of flexiplace work telecommuting centers,
is hereby increased by $5,000,000 from funds made avail-
able in this Act for non-prospectus construction projects,
all of which shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That of the $5,000,000 made available by
this Act, half shall be used for telecommuting centers in
the
State
of
Virginia
and
half
shall
be
used
for
telecommuting centers in the State of Maryland: Provided
further, That of the funds made available for the District
of Columbia, Southeast Federal Center, under the heading,
‘‘Real Property Activities, Federal Buildings Fund, Limi-
tations on Availability of Revenue’’ in Public Law 101–
509, $55,000,000 are rescinded: Provided further, That the
limitation on the availability of revenue contained in such
Act is reduced by $55,000,000: Provided further, That all
funds for direct construction projects shall expire on Sep-
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tember 30, 1997, and remain in the Federal Buildings
Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for de-
sign or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part
prior to such date: Provided further, That claims against
the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct
construction projects, acquisitions of buildings and pur-
chase contract projects pursuant to Public Law 92–313,
be liquidated with prior notification to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and Senate to the extent sav-
ings are effected in other such projects; (2) not to exceed
$713,086,000 $627,000,000 shall remain available until
expended, for repairs and alterations which includes asso-
ciated design and construction services: Provided further,
That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for
Repairs and Alterations may be used to fund costs associ-
ated with implementing security improvements to buildings
necessary to meet the minimum standards for security in
accordance with current law and in compliance with the
reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees
of the House and Senate: Provided further, That funds in
the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations
shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount
by project as follows, except each project may be increased
by an amount not to exceed 10 per centum unless advance
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approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House and Senate of a greater amount:
Repairs and Alterations:
Arkansas:
Little Rock, Federal Building, $7,551,000
California:
Sacramento, Federal Building (2800 Cottage
Way), $13,636,000
Colorado:
Lakewood, Denver Federal Center Building 25,
$29,351,000
District of Columbia:
Heating Plant Stacks, $11,141,000
Lafayette Building, $33,157,000
ICC/Connecting Wing Complex/Customs (phase
2/3), $58,275,000
Treasury Department Building, Repair and Al-
teration, $7,194,000
White House, Roof Repair and Restoration,
$2,220,000
Illinois:
Chicago, Federal Center, $45,971,000
Maryland:
Woodlawn,
SSA
East
High-Low
Buildings,
$17,422,000