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SEC. 532. Section 312a(a) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439a(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking the ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (a)(3);
(2) by striking the period, and adding a semi-colon at
the end of paragraph (a)(4);
(3) by adding a new paragraph (a)(5) to read as follows:
‘‘(5) for donations to State and local candidates subject to the
provisions of State law; or’’; and
(4) by adding a new paragraph (a)(6) to read as follows:
‘‘(6) for any other lawful purpose unless prohibited by subsection
(b) of this section.’’.
SEC. 533. From funds made available in this Act under the
headings ‘‘White House Office’’, ‘‘Executive Residence at the White
House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Eco-
nomic Advisors’’, ‘‘Office of Policy Development’’, ‘‘National Security
Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Management and
Budget’’, ‘‘Office of National Drug Control Policy’’, ‘‘Special Assist-
ance to the President’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice Presi-
dent’’, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or
such other officer as the President may designate in writing), may,
fifteen days after giving notice to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such
appropriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged with
and available for the same time and for the same purposes as
the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, That the amount
of an appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 percent
by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount shall be trans-
ferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-
dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the Vice
President.
TITLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
SEC. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act may
be used to pay travel to the United States for the immediate
family of employees serving abroad in cases of death or life threat-
ening illness of said employee.
SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other
Act for fiscal year 2005 shall obligate or expend any such funds,
unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place,
and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy
designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the
illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as
defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the officers and
employees of such department, agency, or instrumentality.
SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with
section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), for the
purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambu-
lances, law enforcement, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is
hereby fixed at $8,100 except station wagons for which the max-
imum shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be exceeded
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by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to
exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further,
That the limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded
by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased
for demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid
Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section may
be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels
vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over the cost
of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.
SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive departments and
independent establishments for the current fiscal year available
for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned,
are hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-
living allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.
SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the current fiscal
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other
Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee
of the Government of the United States (including any agency
the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government
of the United States) whose post of duty is in the continental
United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United
States; (2) is a person in the service of the United States on
the date of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizen-
ship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of
the United States prior to such date and is actually residing in
the United States; (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the
United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam,
the countries of the former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries
lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence;
(5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled
in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national
of the People’s Republic of China who qualifies for adjustment
of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992:
Provided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed
by any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that
the requirements of this section with respect to his or her status
have been complied with: Provided further, That any person making
a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction,
shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more
than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause
shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other
provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment
made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this
section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government.
This section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the
Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those countries allied
with the United States in a current defense effort, or to inter-
national broadcasters employed by the United States Information
Agency, or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary
employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result
of emergencies.
SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any department or agency
during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including
maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for pay-
ment to the General Services Administration for charges for space
and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of
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buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements per-
formed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73
Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat.
216), or other applicable law.
SEC. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or any other
Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds
resulting from the sale of materials, including Federal records dis-
posed of pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling
or waste prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until
expended for the following purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and
recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13101
(September 14, 1998), including any such programs adopted
prior to the effective date of the Executive order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental management pro-
grams, including, but not limited to, the development and
implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution
prevention programs.
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as
deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.
SEC. 608. Funds made available by this or any other Act for
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corpora-
tions and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States
Code, shall be available, in addition to objects for which such
funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia;
services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified
under this head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable
to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in
the Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in the
event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subse-
quently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations
on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.
SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal
year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person
for the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated
after the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said
person.
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this or
any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards
(except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, commit-
tees, or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities)
which do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive
financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality.
SEC. 611. Funds made available by this or any other Act to
the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be available for
employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or occupied
by the Postal Service and under the charge and control of the
Postal Service, and such guards shall have, with respect to such
property, the powers of special policemen provided by the first
section of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281;
40 U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied by the
Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the same actions
as the Administrator of General Services may take under the provi-
sions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended
(62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 318b), attaching thereto penal
consequences under the authority and within the limits provided