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related technology activities; utilization survey, deed com-
pliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural
analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to ex-
cess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy direc-
tion; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records man-
agement, and other support services incident to adjudica-
tion of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court
of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; $106,494,000: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated from this Act or any other Act shall
be available to convert the Old Post Office at 1100 Pennsyl-
vania Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C. from office
use to any other use until a comprehensive plan, which shall
include street-level retail use, has been approved by the Sen-
ate Committee on Appropriations: Provided further, That
no funds from this Act or any other Act shall be available
to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise the
leasehold rights of the existing lease with private parties
at the Old Post Office prior to the approval of the com-
prehensive plan by the Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $32,000,000:
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Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for
payment for information and detection of fraud against the
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Gov-
ernment property: Provided further, That not to exceed
$2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other
Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor General effectiveness.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
PRESIDENTS
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August
25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law
95–138, $2,241,000: Provided, That the Administrator of
General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of such Acts.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund
available to the General Services Administration shall be
credited with the cost of operation, protection, maintenance,
upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rent-
als received from Government corporations pursuant to law
(40 U.S.C. 129).
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SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made
available for fiscal year 1999 for Federal Buildings Fund
activities may be transferred between such activities only
to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro-
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate.
SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 2000 request for United
States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet the
design guide standards for construction as established and
approved by the General Services Administration, the Judi-
cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Man-
agement and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the priorities
of the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out
in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That
the fiscal year 2000 request must be accompanied by a
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to
be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any
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other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency which does not pay the rate per
square foot assessment for space and services as determined
by the General Services Administration in compliance with
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law
92–313).
SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agen-
cies by the Information Technology Fund, General Services
Administration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b)
and 5128 of Public Law 104–106, Information Technology
Management Reform Act of 1996, for performance of pilot
information technology projects which have potential for
Government-wide benefits and savings, may be repaid to
this Fund from any savings actually incurred by these
projects or other funding, to the extent feasible.
SEC. 407. From funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Revenue’’,
claims against the Government of less than $250,000 aris-
ing from direct construction projects and acquisition of
buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other
construction projects with prior notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
SEC. 408. From the funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Reve-
nue’’, in addition to amounts provided in budget activities
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above, up to $5,000,000 shall be available for the demoli-
tion, cleanup and conveyance of the property at block 35
and lot 2 of block 36 in Anchorage, Alaska: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall, not later than 18 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, demolish and remove
all buildings, structures and other fixtures on the property
at block 35 and lot 2 of block 36, Anchorage Original Town-
site East Addition, Anchorage, Alaska, excluding any por-
tion dedicated for use by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention: Provided further, That the remediation of
said parcel shall include the removal of all asbestos, lead
and any other contamination, and restoration of the prop-
erty, to the extent practicable, to an undeveloped condition:
Provided further, That upon completion of the activities re-
quired for the demolition and removal of buildings, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator
of General Services shall convey to the municipality of An-
chorage, without reimbursement, all right, title, and interest
of the United States to the property.
SEC. 409. The Administrator of General Services may
convey, without consideration, to the City of Racine, Wis-
consin all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to a parcel of excess real property, including improve-
ments thereon, that is located on 2310 Center Street, com-
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mencing at the intersection of the North line of 24th Street
and the center line of Center Street, being the point of the
beginning; thence Northerly along the center line of Center
Street, 426 feet to the South line of 23rd Street extended
East; thence Westerly along the South line of 23rd street
extended East; 325 feet to the West line of Franklin Street
extended South; thence southerly along the West line of
Franklin Street extended South to a point on the North line
of 24th Street; thence Easterly along the North line of 24th
Street to the point of beginning located in Racine, Wiscon-
sin and which contains the U.S. Army Reserve Center.
SEC. 410. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HEAD-
QUARTERS. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of Gen-
eral Services shall—
(1) enter into an operating lease to acquire space
for the Department of Transportation headquarters;
and
(2) commence procurement of the lease not later
than November 1, 1998:
Provided, That the annual rent payment does not exceed
$55,000,000.
(b) TERMS.—The authority granted in subsection (a)
is effective only to the extent that the lease acquisition meets
the guidelines for operating leases set forth in the joint
statement of the managers for the conference report to the