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available until expended for the Secret Service’s Head-
quarters Building and the James J. Rowley Training Cen-
ter.
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 Senate
report accompanying this Act.
SEC. 112. Appropriations to the Treasury Department
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including
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 dependents
serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109.
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SEC. 113. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1998 in this Act for
the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act
shall be expended in a manner so as not to diminish en-
forcement 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 Enforcement
Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S.
Customs Service, and U.S. Secret Service may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations. No transfer may in-
crease or decrease any such appropriation by more than
2 percent and notice of any such transfer shall be approved
by the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate.
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 transferred
between such appropriations. No transfer may increase or
decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent
and notice of any such transfer shall be transmitted in ad-
vance to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate.
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SEC. 116. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay
from amounts transferred to the ‘‘Departmental Offices’’
appropriation, up to $16,695 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 provided to Con-
gress: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall
pay an individual in full upon submission by the individ-
ual of documentation verifying the attorney fees and costs:
Provided further, That the liability of the 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 pro-
vision, when accepted, shall be in full satisfaction of all
claims of, or on behalf of, the individual Secret Service
agent who was the subject of said investigation.
SEC. 117. (a)(1) Effective beginning on the date deter-
mined under paragraph (2), the compensation and other
emoluments attached to the Office of Secretary of the Treas-
ury 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—
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(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).
(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.
RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR THE UNITED STATES SECRET
SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION.
SEC. 118. (a) NEW RATES OF BASIC PAY.—Section
501 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Sal-
ary Act of 1958, (District of Columbia Code, section 4–416),
is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Interior’’
and all that follows through ‘‘Treasury,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Interior’’;
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(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(b)(3);
(3) in subsection (b)(3) (as redesignated)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or to officers and members
of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) of this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and
(4) by adding after subsection (b) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of offi-
cers and members of the United States Secret Service Uni-
formed Division, serving in classes corresponding or similar
to those in the salary schedule in section 101 (District of
Columbia Code, section 4–406), 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
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
United States 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
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5303 of title 5, United States Code (or any subsequent simi-
lar 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 members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division 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, except lo-
cality-based comparability payments may not be paid at
a rate which, when added to the rate of basic pay otherwise
payable to the officer or member, would cause the total to
exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Exec-
utive Schedule.
‘‘(4) Pay may not be paid, by reason of any provision
of this subsection (disregarding any comparability payment
payable under Federal law), at a rate in excess of the rate
of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive Schedule
contained in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United
States Code.
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‘‘(iii) Chapter 59 (other than section 5928).
‘‘(7)(A) Any amount which is not paid to an officer
or member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division in a calendar year because of the limitation under
paragraph (6) shall be paid to such officer or member in
a lump sum at the beginning of the following calendar year.
‘‘(B) Any amount paid under this paragraph in a cal-
endar year shall be taken into account for purposes of ap-
plying the limitations under paragraph (6) with respect to
such calendar year.
‘‘(8) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
scribe regulations as may be necessary (consistent with sec-
tion 5582 of title 5, United States Code) concerning how
a lump-sum payment under paragraph (7) shall be made
with respect to any employee who dies before an amount
payable to such employee under paragraph (7) is made.’’.
(b) CONVERSION TO NEW SALARY SCHEDULE.—
(1)(A) Effective on the first day of the first pay
period beginning after the date of enactment of this
section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the
rates of basic pay for members of the United States
Secret Service Uniformed Division in accordance
with this paragraph.
(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), each officer
and member receiving basic compensation, imme-
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diately prior to the effective date of this section, at
one of the scheduled rates in the salary schedule in
section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and
Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958, as adjusted by law and
as in effect prior to the effective date of this section,
shall be placed in and receive basic compensation at
the corresponding scheduled service step of the salary
schedule under subsection (a)(4).
(C)(i) The Assistant Chief and the Chief of the
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in
salary class 10 and salary class 11, respectively, in
the appropriate service step in the new salary class
in accordance with section 304 of the District of Co-
lumbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act 1958 (Dis-
trict of Columbia Code, section 4–413).
(ii) Each member whose position is to be con-
verted to the salary schedule under section 501(c) of
the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary
Act of 1958 (District of Columbia Code, section 4–
416(c)) as amended by this section, in accordance
with subsection (a) of this section, and who, prior to
the effective date of this section has earned, but has
not been credited with, an increase in his or her rate
of pay shall be afforded that increase before such
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member is placed in the corresponding service step in
the salary schedule under section 501(c).
(2) Except in the cases of the Assistant Chief and
the Chief of the United States Secret Service Uni-
formed Division, the conversion of positions and indi-
viduals to appropriate classes of the salary schedule
under section 501(c) of the District of Columbia Po-
lice and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (District of
Columbia Code, section 4–416(c)) as amended by this
section, and the initial adjustments of rates of basic
pay of those positions and individuals, in accordance
with paragraph (1) of this subsection, shall not be
considered to be transfers or promotions within the
meaning of section 304 of the District of Columbia
Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (District of
Columbia Code, section 4–413).
(3) Each member whose position is converted to
the salary schedule under section 501(c) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of
1958 (District of Columbia Code, section 4–416(c)) as
amended by this section, in accordance with sub-
section (a) of this section, shall be granted credit for
purposes of such member’s first service step adjust-
ment under the salary schedule in such section 510(c)
for all satisfactory service performed by the member
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since the member’s last increase in basic pay prior to
the adjustment under that section.
(c) LIMITATION ON PAY PERIOD EARNINGS.—The Act
of August 15, 1950 (64 Stat. 477), (District of Columbia
Code, section 4–1104), is amended—
(1) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘any officer or
member’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘an of-
ficer or member of the Metropolitan 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
(including any applicable locality-based com-
parability payment under section 5304 of title 5,
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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.
‘‘(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 or
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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 Uniformed Di-
vision 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 adjustments under section 403,
404, or 405 of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform
Act of 1990 applicable to members of the United States Se-
cret Service Uniformed Division shall be rendered inap-
plicable.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The Federal Law En-
forcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 1466) is
amended by striking subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1) of section
405.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section
shall become effective on the first day of the first pay period
beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 119. Section 117 of the Treasury, Postal Service,
and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (as con-
tained in section 101(f) of division A of Public Law 104–
208) is hereby repealed.
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish the port of Ko-
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diak, Alaska as a port of entry and United States Customs
Service personnel in Anchorage, Alaska shall serve such port
of entry. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as necessary to cover the costs associated with the perform-
ance of customs functions using such United States Customs
Service personnel.
SEC. 121. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used by the Inspector General to contract for
advisory and assistance services that has the meaning given
such term in section 1105(g) of title 31, United States Code.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
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, $86,274,000: Provided, That mail for overseas 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: Provided fur-
ther, 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
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of child support enforcement, a fee for information 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 Septem-
ber 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.
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
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funds made available for official expenses shall be consid-
ered as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as author-
ized 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 provided in that
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, peri-
odicals, 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 entertain-
ment expenses, to be available for allocation within the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President; $51,199,000: Provided, That
$873,000 of the funds appropriated may not be obligated
until the Director of the Office of Administration has sub-
mitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate have approved, a systems architecture plan, a
milestone schedule for the development and implementation
of all projects included in the systems architecture plan,
and an estimate of the funds required to support the fiscal
year 1998 capital investments associated with that plan:
Provided further, That $9,800,000 of the funds appro-
priated shall be available for reimbursements to the White
House Communications Agency in accordance with Public
Law 104–201.
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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.
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House, $200,000, to remain
available until expended for renovation and relocation of
the White House laundry, to be expended and accounted 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 spe-
cially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and
accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; $3,378,000: Provided, That $69,800
of the funds appropriated may not be obligated until the
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Director of the Office of Administration has submitted, and
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate
have approved, a systems architecture plan, a milestone
schedule for the development and implementation of all
projects included in the systems architecture plan, and an
estimate of the funds required to support the fiscal year
1998 capital investments associated 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 offi-
cial entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
counted for solely on his certificate; $334,000: Provided,
That advances or repayments or transfers from this appro-
priation may be made to any department or agency for ex-
penses of carrying out such activities.
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), $3,542,000.
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OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Develop-
ment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
and 3 U.S.C. 107; $3,983,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$6,648,000.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3
U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles
$28,883,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for a capital investment plan which pro-
vides for the modernization of the information technology
infrastructure: Provided, That $2,000,000 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate have approved,
a systems architecture plan, a milestone schedule for the
development and implementation of all projects included in
the system architecture plan, and an estimate of the funds
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required to support the fiscal year 1998 capital investments
associated with that plan.
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, $57,240,000, 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 objects for which appropriations were
made except as otherwise provided by law: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available for the Office of Man-
agement and Budget by this Act may be expended for the
altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses,
except for testimony of officials of the Office of Management
and Budget, before the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations or the House and Senate Committees on
Veterans’ Affairs or their subcommittees.
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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; and for participa-
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tion in joint projects or in the provision of services on mat-
ters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public
organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement;
$36,016,000, of which $18,000,000 shall remain available
until expended, consisting of $1,000,000 for policy research
and evaluation and $17,000,000 for the Counter-Drug Tech-
nology Assessment Center for counternarcotics research and
development projects of which $1,000,000 shall be obligated
for state conferences on model State drug laws: Provided,
That the $17,000,000 for the Counter-Drug Technology As-
sessment Center shall be available for transfer to other Fed-
eral departments or agencies: Provided further, That the Of-
fice 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.
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, $140,207,000 for drug control activities consistent
with the approved strategy for each of the designated High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than
$71,000,000 shall be transferred to State and local entities
for drug control activities, which shall be obligated within
120 days of the date of enactment of this Act and up to
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$69,207,000 may be transferred to Federal agencies and de-
partments at a rate to be determined by the Director: Pro-
vided, That funding shall be provided for existing High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Areas at no less than the fiscal
year 1997 level.
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
For activities to support a national media campaign
for youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public Law
100–690, as amended, $145,300,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such funds may be trans-
ferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry
out such activities: Provided further, That of the amount
provided, $110,000,000 shall be to support a national
media campaign, to reduce and prevent drug use among
young Americans: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided for the national media campaign may be obligated
until the Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy,
submits a strategy to the Committees on Appropriations
and the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Senate that includes (1) a certification, and guidelines to
ensure that funds will supplement and not supplant current
anti-drug community based coalitions; (2) a certification,
and guidelines to ensure that none of the funds will be used
for partisan political purposes; (3) a certification, and
guidelines to ensure that no media campaigns to be funded
pursuant to this campaign shall feature any elected offi-
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cials, persons seeking elected office, cabinet-level officials, or
other Federal officials employed pursuant to Schedule C of
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, section 213, absent no-
tice to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Judici-
ary; (4) a detailed implementation plan to be submitted
to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees
on Appropriations and the Judiciary for securing private
sector contributions including but not limited to in-kind
contributions; (5) a detailed implementation plan to be sub-
mitted to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Judiciary of the quali-
fications necessary for any organization, entity, or individ-
ual to receive funding for or otherwise provided broadcast
media time: Provided further, That the Director shall (1)
report to Congress quarterly on the obligation of funds as
well as the specific parameters of the national media cam-
paign and (2) report to Congress within two years on the
effectiveness of the national media campaign based upon
the measurable outcomes provided to Congress previously:
Provided further, That of the amount provided, $10,000,000
shall be to initiate a program of matching grants to drug-
free communities, as authorized in the Drug-Free Commu-
nities Act of 1997: Provided further, That of the amount
provided, $10,000,000 shall be used to continue and expand
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the methamphetamine reduction efforts: Provided further,
That of the amount provided, $6,000,000 shall be used to
establish a Federal Drug-Free Prison demonstration
project: Provided further, That of the amount provided
$9,300,000 shall be used to continue the reduction of drug
use program for those involved in the criminal justice sys-
tem.
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 Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled estab-
lished by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–28,
$1,940,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended,
$29,000,000, of which no less than $2,500,000 shall be
available for internal automated data processing systems,
and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided, That the
General Accounting Office shall conduct a management re-
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view, and technology and performance audit, of the Federal
Election Commission.
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
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; $22,039,000: Pro-
vided, 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 per-
sons employed intermittently in the Government service,
and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 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 fur-
ther appropriation for the costs of carrying out these con-
ferences.
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
To carry out the purpose of the Fund established pur-
suant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.
490(f)), the revenues and collections deposited into the Fund
shall be available for necessary expenses of real property
management and related activities not otherwise provided
for, including operation, maintenance, and protection of
federally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in
the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises;
moving governmental agencies (including space adjust-
ments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in con-
nection with the assignment, allocation 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 appur-
tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, pres-
ervation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of build-
ings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase build-
ings and sites; conversion and extension of federally owned
buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by
contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (in-
cluding equipment for such buildings); and payment of
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principal, interest, and any other obligations for public
buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase
contract, in the aggregate amount of $4,885,934,000, of
which (1) $350,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for repairs and alterations which includes associ-
ated design and construction services:
Repairs and alterations;
Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $50,000,000; and
Basic Repairs and Alterations, $300,000,000:
Provided, That additional projects for which prospectuses
have been fully approved may be funded under this category
only if advance approval is obtained from the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act
for Repairs and Alterations may be used to fund costs asso-
ciated with implementing security improvements to build-
ings 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
made available in this Act or any previous Act for Repairs
and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to
the amount originally made available, except each project
may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent
when advance approval is obtained from the Committees
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on Appropriations of the House and Senate of a greater
amount: Provided further, That the difference between the
funds appropriated and expended on any projects in this
or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter-
ations’’, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
projects: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and
alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September
30, 2000 and remain in the Federal Building Fund except
funds for projects as to which funds for design or other
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such
date: Provided further, That the amount provided in this
or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may
be used to pay claims against the Government arising from
any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’
or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects;
(2) $142,542,000 for installment acquisition payments in-
cluding payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
available until expended; (3) $2,275,340,000 for rental of
space which shall remain available until expended; (4)
$1,331,789,000 for building operations which shall remain
available until expended; and (5) $680,543,000 which shall
remain available until expended for projects and activities
previously approved under this heading in prior fiscal
years: Provided further, That for the purposes of this au-
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thorization, buildings constructed pursuant to the purchase
contract authority of the Public Buildings Amendments of
1972 (40 U.S.C. 602a), buildings occupied pursuant to in-
stallment purchase contracts, and buildings under the con-
trol of another department or agency where alterations of
such buildings are required in connection with the moving
of such other department or agency from buildings then,
or thereafter to be, under the control of the General Services
Administration shall be considered to be federally owned
buildings: Provided further, That funds available in the
Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re-
pairs when advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Provided
further, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable
special services to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to
provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths,
and other facilities on private or other property not in Gov-
ernment ownership or control as may be appropriate to en-
able the United States Secret Service to perform its protec-
tive functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, as amended,
shall be available from such revenues and collections: Pro-
vided further, That revenues and collections and any other
sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 1998, exclud-
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ing reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of $4,885,934,000 shall remain
in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-
cept as authorized in appropriations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided
for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activities as-
sociated with asset management activities; utilization and
donation of surplus personal property; transportation; pro-
curement and supply; Government-wide and internal re-
sponsibilities relating to automated data management, tele-
communications, information resources management, and
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; $104,487,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,870,000:
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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, $2,208,000: 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 1998 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 1999 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 1999 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. Section 10 of the General Services Adminis-
tration General Provisions, Public Law 100–440, is hereby
repealed.
SEC. 407. Funds provided to other Government agen-
cies by the Information Technology Fund, GSA, 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. 408. The Administrator of the General Services
is directed to ensure that the materials used for the facade
on the United States Courthouse Annex, Savannah, Georgia
project are compatible with the existing Savannah Federal
Building-U.S. Courthouse facade, in order to ensure com-
patibility of this new facility with the Savannah historic
district and to ensure that the Annex will not endanger the
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National Landmark status of the Savannah historic dis-
trict.
SEC. 409. (a) The Act approved August 25, 1958, as
amended (Public Law 85–745; 3 U.S.C. 102 note), is
amended by striking section 2.
(b) Section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) Subject to
subsection (b), a’’ and inserting ‘‘A’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (b).
SEC. 410. Section 201(b) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481) as
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) The Administrator shall as far as practicable pro-
vide any of the services specified in subsection (a) of this
section to any other Federal agency, mixed ownership cor-
poration (as defined in chapter 91 of title 31, United States
Code), or the District of Columbia, upon its request.’’.
JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW
BOARD
For the necessary expenses to carry out the John F.
Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,
$1,600,000: Provided, That $100,000 shall be available only
for the purposes of the prompt and orderly termination of
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the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board,
to be concluded no later than September 30, 1998.
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct
procurement of survey printing, $24,810,000, together with
not to exceed $2,430,000 for administrative expenses to ad-
judicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil
Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts deter-
mined by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives (including the Informa-
tion Security Oversight Office) and records and related ac-
tivities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for
the review and declassification of documents, and for the
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $206,479,000: Provided,
That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to use
any excess funds available from the amount borrowed for
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construction of the National Archives facility, for expenses
necessary to provide adequate storage for holdings.
ARCHIVES FACILITIES AND PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities and presidential libraries, and to provide
adequate storage for holdings, $13,650,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $4,000,000 is for repairs and
restoration of the Truman Library in Independence, Mis-
souri, and of which $3,000,000 is for internal repairs to
the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library located
at the University of Texas at Austin.
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
COMMISSION
GRANTS PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
historical publications and records as authorized by 44
U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $5,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, as amended by Public Law 100–598,
and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–194,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental
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of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed
$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses;
$8,265,000.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by pri-
vate physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception
and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements
to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in-
curred under Executive Order 10422 of January 9, 1953,
as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence
allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities
require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post
of duty; $85,350,000; and in addition $91,236,000 for ad-
ministrative expenses, to be transferred from the appro-
priate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management
without regard to other statutes, including direct procure-