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SEC. 633. (a) SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMPS.—In order
to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to fund-
ing for breast-cancer research, the United States Postal
Service shall establish a special rate of postage for first-
class mail under this section.
(b) HIGHER RATE.—The rate of postage established
under this section—
(1) shall be 1 cent higher than the rate that
would otherwise apply;
(2) may be established without regard to any
procedures under chapter 36 of title 39, United States
Code, and notwithstanding any other provision of
law; and
(3) shall be offered as an alternative to the rate
that would otherwise apply.
The use of the rate of postage established under this section
shall be voluntary on the part of postal patrons.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) PAYMENTS.—The amounts attributable
to the 1-cent differential established under this
section shall be paid by the United States Postal
Service to the Department of Health and Human
Services.
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(B) USE.—Amounts paid under subpara-
graph (A) shall be used for breast-cancer research
and related activities to carry out the purposes
of this section.
(C) FREQUENCY OF PAYMENTS.—Payments
under subparagraph (A) shall be paid to the De-
partment of Health and Human Services no less
than twice in each calendar year.
(2) AMOUNTS
ATTRIBUTABLE
TO
THE
1-CENT
DIFFERENTIAL.—For purposes of this subsection, the
term ‘‘amounts attributable to the 1-cent differential
established under this section’’ means, as determined
by the United States Postal Service under regulations
that it shall prescribe—
(A) the total amount of revenues received by
the United States Postal Service that it would
not have received but for the enactment of this
section, reduced by
(B) an amount sufficient to cover reason-
able administrative and other costs of the United
States Postal Service attributable to carrying out
this section.
(d) SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMPS.—The United States
Postal Service may provide for the design and sale of spe-
cial postage stamps to carry out this section.
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(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that—
(1) nothing in this section should directly or in-
directly cause a net decrease in total funds received
by the Department of Health and Human Services or
any other agency or instrumentality of the Govern-
ment (or any component or other aspect thereof)
below the level that would otherwise have been antici-
pated absent this section; and
(2) nothing in this section should affect regular
first-class rates or any other regular rate of postage.
(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Postmaster General shall
include in each annual report rendered under section 2402
of title 39, United States Code, information concerning the
operation of this section.
SEC. 634. JUDICIAL SALARIES. (a) JUDICIAL COST-OF-
LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 461(a) of title 28, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) Effective on the same date that the rates of basic
pay under the General Schedule are adjusted pursuant to
section 5303 of title 5, each salary rate which is subject
to adjustment under this section shall be adjusted by the
same percentage amount as provided for under section 5303
of title 5, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or if
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midway between multiples of $100, to the next higher mul-
tiple of $100).’’.
(b) AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENTS WITHOUT CONGRES-
SIONAL ACTION.—Section 140 of the resolution entitled ‘‘A
Joint Resolution making further continuing appropriations
for the fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.’’, approved
December 15, 1981 (Public Law 97–92; 95 Stat. 1200; 28
U.S.C. 461 note) is repealed.
SEC. 635. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS TO
PROVIDE FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES TO FURNISH COMMER-
CIALLY AVAILABLE PROPERTY OR SERVICES TO OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), none of the funds appropriated by this or any other
Act may be used by the Office of Management and Budget,
or any other agency, to publish, promulgate, or enforce any
policy, regulation, or circular, or any rule or authority in
any other form, that would permit any Federal agency to
provide a commercially available property or service to any
other department or agency of Government unless the pol-
icy, regulation, circular, or other rule or authority meets
the requirements prescribed under subsection (b).
(b)(1) Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall prescribe regulations applicable to
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any policy regulation, circular, or other rule or authority
referred to in subsection (a).
(2) the requirements prescribed under paragraph (1)
shall include the following—
(A) a requirement for a comparison between the
cost of providing the property or service concerned
through the agency concerned and the cost of provid-
ing such property or service through the private sec-
tor;
(B) a requirement for cost and performance
benchmarks relating to the property or service pro-
vided relative to comparable services provided by
other Government agencies and contractors in order
to permit effective oversight of the cost and provision
of such property or service by the agency concerned
or the Office of Management and Budget;
(C) the regulation would not apply to contin-
gency operations associated with national security or
a national emergency; and
(D) the regulation would not apply if the goods
are to be produced or services are to be performed by
a private sector source at a Government-owned facil-
ity that is operated by the private sector source.
SEC. 636. Section 302(g)(1) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(g)(1)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Senator,’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘candidate,’’ the following:
‘‘and by the Republican and Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committees’’.
SEC. 637. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relat-
ing to cost-of-living adjustments for Members of Congress)
during fiscal year 1998.
SEC. 638. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING IM-
PORTS OF FISH TAKEN OR RETAINED IN A MANNER INCON-
SISTENT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS.
(a) It is the sense of the Senate that the United States, as
a signatory to the International Convention for the Con-
servation of Atlantic Tunas, should implement as fully as
possible the recommendations of the International Commis-
sion for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
(b) It is the sense of the Senate that fish taken and
retained in a manner and under circumstances that are
inconsistent with the recommendations of the ICCAT made
pursuant to article VIII of the Convention and adopted by
the Secretary of Commerce should be prohibited entry into
the United States.
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SEC. 639. PROHIBITION OF COMPUTER GAME PRO-
GRAMS.—
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, ‘‘agency’’
means agency as defined under section 105 of title 5,
United States Code.
(2) REMOVAL
OF
EXISTING
COMPUTER
GAME
PROGRAMS.—Not later 180 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the head of each agency shall take
such actions as necessary to remove any computer
game program not required for the official business of
the agency from any agency computer equipment.
(3) PROHIBITION
OF
INSTALLATION
OF
COM-
PUTER GAME PROGRAMS.—The head of each agency
shall prohibit the installation of any computer game
program not required for the official business of the
agency into any agency computer equipment.
(4) PROHIBITION
OF
AGENCY
ACCEPTANCE
OF
COMPUTER EQUIPMENT WITH COMPUTER GAME PRO-
GRAMS.—
(A) Title III of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 is amended
by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 317. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘informa-
tion technology’ has the meaning given such term under sec-
tion 5002(3) of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C.
1401).
‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—The head of an executive agency
may not accept delivery of information technology that is
loaded with game programs not required for an official pur-
pose under the terms of the contract under which informa-
tion technology is delivered.
‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The head of an executive agency may
waive the application of this section with respect to any
particular procurement of information technology, if the
head of the agency—
‘‘(1) conducts a cost-benefit analysis and deter-
mines that the costs of compliance with this section
outweighs the benefits of compliance; and
‘‘(2) submits a certification of such determina-
tion, with supporting documentation to the Con-
gress.’’.
(B) The table of contents in section 2(b) of
the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949 is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 316 the following:
‘‘Sec. 317. Restrictions on certain information technology.’’.
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(C) The amendments made by this section
shall take effect 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 640. (a) The congressional ethics committees shall
provide for voluntary reporting by Members of Congress on
the financial disclosure reports filed under title I of the Eth-
ics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) on such
Members’ participation in—
(1) the Civil Service Retirement System under
chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code; and
(2) the Federal Employees Retirement System
under chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) In this section, the terms ‘‘congressional ethics com-
mittees’’ and ‘‘Members of Congress’’ have the meanings
given such terms under section 109 of the Ethics in Govern-
ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
(c) This section shall apply to fiscal year 1998 and
each fiscal year thereafter.
SEC. 641. (a) A Federal employee shall be separated
from service and barred from reemployment in the Federal
service, if—
(1) the employee is convicted of a violation or at-
tempted violation of section 201 of title 18, United
States Code; and
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(2) such violation or attempted violation related
to conduct prohibited under section 1010(a) of the
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21
U.S.C. 960(a)).
(b) This section shall apply during fiscal year 1998
and each fiscal year thereafter.
SEC. 642. (a) COORDINATION OF COUNTERDRUG IN-
TELLIGENCE CENTERS
AND ACTIVITIES.—(1) Not later
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan
to improve coordination, and eliminate unnecessary dupli-
cation, among the counterdrug intelligence centers and
counterdrug activities of the Federal Government, including
the centers and activities of the following departments and
agencies:
(A) The Department of Defense, including the
Defense Intelligence Agency.
(B) The Department of the Treasury, including
the United States Customs Service.
(C) The Central Intelligence Agency.
(D) The Coast Guard.
(E) The Drug Enforcement Administration.
(F) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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(2) The purpose of the plan under paragraph (1) is
to maximize the effectiveness of the centers and activities
referred to in that paragraph in achieving the objectives of
the national drug control strategy. In order to maximize
such effectiveness, the plan shall—
(A) articulate clear and specific mission state-
ments for each counterdrug intelligence center and ac-
tivity, including the manner in which responsibility
for counterdrug intelligence activities will be allocated
among the counterdrug intelligence centers;
(B) specify the relationship between such centers;
(C) specify the means by which proper oversight
of such centers will be assured;
(D) specify the means by which counterdrug in-
telligence will be forwarded effectively to all levels of
officials responsible for United States counterdrug
policy; and
(E) specify mechanisms to ensure that State and
local law enforcement agencies are apprised of
counterdrug intelligence in a manner which—
(i) facilitates effective counterdrug activities
by such agencies; and
(ii) provides such agencies with the infor-
mation necessary to ensure the safety of officials
of such agencies in their counterdrug activities.
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(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following:
(1) The Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select Commit-
tee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(2) The Committee on International Relations,
the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
SEC. 643. PERSONAL ALLOWANCE PARITY AMONG
NAFTA PARTIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States
Trade Representative and the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall initiate
discussions with officials of the Governments of Mexico and
Canada to achieve parity in the duty-free personal allow-
ance structure of the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
(b) REPORT.—The United States Trade Representative
and the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress
within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on
the progress that is being made to correct any disparity
between the United States, Mexico, and Canada with re-
spect to duty-free personal allowances.
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—If parity with respect to
duty-free personal allowances between the United States,
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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 sub-
mit recommendations to Congress for appropriate legisla-
tion and action.
SEC. 644. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative ex-
penses in connection with any health plan under the Fed-
eral employees health benefit program which provides any
benefits or coverage for abortions.
SEC. 645. The provision of section 644 shall not apply
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus
were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an
act of rape or incest.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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