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Scranton, Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse,
$10,610,000
Rhode Island:
Providence, Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse,
$8,209,000
Texas:
Fort Worth, Federal Center, $11,259,000
Nationwide:
Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $43,533,000
Elevator Program, $17,100,000
Energy Program, $20,000,000
Security 
Enhancements, 
various 
buildings,
$2,686,000
Basic Repairs and Alterations, $360,000,000:
Provided further, 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 further, That the amounts provided in
this or any prior Act for Repairs and Alterations may be
used to fund costs associated 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: Pro-
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vided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,
be limited to the originally authorized amount, except each
project may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10
percent when advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate of a
greater amount: Provided further, That the difference be-
tween the funds appropriated and expended on any
projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Re-
pairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic Re-
pairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases
in prospectus projects:–Provided further, That such sums
as may be necessary shall be made available for ongoing
renovation and consolidation efforts at the National Vet-
erinary Services Laboratory and a biocontainment facility
at the National Animal Disease Center, as directed in
Public Law 104–52: Provided further, That all funds for
repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall expire on
September 30, 1999, 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 the amount pro-
vided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations may be used to pay claims against the Government
arising from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and
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Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in pro-
spectus projects: Provided further, That $5,700,000 of the
funds provided under this heading in Public Law 103–
329, for the IRS Service Center, Holtsville, New York,
shall be available until September 30, 1998; (3) not to
exceed $173,075,000 for installment acquisition payments
including payments on purchase contracts which shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That up
to $1,500,000 shall be available for a design prospectus of
the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse located at 811
Grand Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri; (4) not to exceed
$3,903,205,000, to remain available until expended, for
building operations, leasing activities, and rental of space,
of which up to $205,000,000 shall be available for security
enhancements; (4) not to exceed $2,343,795,000 for rental
of space which shall remain available until expended; and
(5) not to exceed $1,532,465,000 for building operations
which shall remain available until expended and (5) not
to exceed $4,800,000 for the development and acquisition
of automatic data processing equipment, software, and
services for the Public Buildings Service which shall re-
main available until September 30, 1999 for transfer to
accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the re-
quirements of the Public Buildings Service: Provided fur-
ther, That funds available to the General Services Admin-
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istration shall not be available for expenses in connection
with any construction, repair, alteration, and acquisition
project for which a prospectus, if required by the Public
Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not been ap-
proved, except that necessary funds may be expended for
each project for required expenses in connection with the
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further,
That funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Secu-
rity Enhancements, various buildings’’ may be used, by
project in accordance with an approved prospectus:–Pro-
vided further, That the Administrator is authorized in fis-
cal year 1997 and thereafter, to enter into and perform
such leases, contracts, or other transactions with any
agency or instrumentality of the United States, the several
States, or the District of Columbia, or with any person,
firm, association, or corporation, as may be necessary to
implement the trade center plan at the Federal Triangle
Project and is hereby granted all the rights and authori-
ties of the former Pennsylvania Avenue Development Cor-
poration (PADC) with regards to property transferred
from PADC to the General Services Administration in fis-
cal year 1996: Provided further, That for the purposes of
this authorization, buildings constructed pursuant to the
purchase contract authority of the Public Buildings
Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 602a), buildings occu-
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pied pursuant to installment purchase contracts, and
buildings under the control 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 repairs when ad-
vance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro-
priations 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 Govern-
ment ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable
the United States Secret Service to perform its protective
functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, as amended, shall
be available from such revenues and collections: Provided
further, That revenues and collections and any other sums
accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 1997, excluding
reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
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U.S.C. 
490(f)(6)) 
in 
excess 
of 
$5,364,392,000
$5,412,361,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be
available for expenditure except as authorized in appro-
priations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activi-
ties associated with asset management activities; utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; transpor-
tation management activities; procurement and supply
management activities; Government-wide and internal re-
sponsibilities relating to automated data management,
telecommunications, information resources management,
and related technology activities; utilization survey, deed
compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cul-
tural analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining
to excess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy di-
rection; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records
management, and other support services incident to adju-
dication 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 recep-
tion 
and 
representation 
expenses; 
$109,091,000
$110,173,000.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$33,274,000 $33,863,000: Provided, That not to exceed
$5,000 shall be available for payment for information and
detection of fraud against the Government, including pay-
ment for recovery of stolen Government 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 efforts and initiatives resulting
in enhanced Office of Inspector 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, $2,180,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary
of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of such Acts.
EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential
Transition Act of 1963, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note),
$5,600,000.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund
available to the General Services Administration shall be
credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part
of rentals received from Government corporations pursu-
ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
made available for fiscal year 1997 for Federal Buildings
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and Senate.
SEC. 404. Section 10 of the General Services Admin-
istration General Provisions, Public Law 100–440, dated
September 22, 1988, is hereby repealed.
SEC. 405. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 1998 request for United
States Courthouse construction that does not meet the de-
sign guide standards for construction as established by the
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General Services Administration, Administration and the
Judicial Conference of the United States,–and the Office
of Management and Budget and does not reflect the prior-
ities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as
set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided,
That the request must be accompanied by a standardized
courtroom utilization study of each facility to be replaced
or expanded.
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to implement a plan for the Ronald Reagan Build-
ing (International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.) which
would permit the Woodrow Wilson Center to pay the Gen-
eral Services Administration less than the rate per square
foot assessment for space and services which is paid by
other Federal entities.
SEC. 407. 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
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency which does not pay the re-
quested rate per square foot assessment for space and
services as determined by the General Services Adminis-
tration in compliance with the Public Buildings Amend-
ments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92–313).
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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, Geor-
gia project are compatible with the existing Savannah
Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse fascade, in order to en-
sure compatibility of this new facility with the Savannah
historic district and to ensure that the Annex will not en-
danger the National Landmark status of the Savannah
historic district.
SEC. 409. (a) Section 210 of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(l)(1) The Administrator may establish, acquire space
for, and equip flexiplace work telecommuting centers (in
this subsection referred to as ‘telecommuting centers’) for
use by employees of Federal agencies, State and local gov-
ernments, and the private sector in accordance with this
subsection.
‘‘(2) The Administrator may make any telecommuting
center available for use by individuals who are not Federal
employees to the extent the center is not being fully utilized
by Federal employees. The Administrator shall give Federal
employees priority in using the telecommuting centers.
‘‘(3)(A) The Administrator shall charge user fees for
the use of any telecommuting center. The amount of the user
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fee shall approximate commercial charges for comparable
space and services except that in no instance shall such fee
be less than that necessary to pay the cost of establishing
and operating the center, including the reasonable cost of
renovation and replacement of furniture, fixtures, and
equipment.
‘‘(B) Amounts received by the Administrator after Sep-
tember 30, 1993, as user fees for use of any telecommuting
center may be deposited into the Fund established under
subsection (f) of this section and may be used by the Admin-
istrator to pay costs incurred in the establishment and oper-
ation of the center.
‘‘(4) The Administrator may provide guidance, assist-
ance, and oversight to any person regarding establishment
and operation of alternative workplace arrangements, such
as telecommuting, hoteling, virtual offices, and other dis-
tributive work arrangements.
‘‘(5) In considering whether to acquire any space,
quarters, buildings, or other facilities for use by employees
of any executive agency, the head of that agency shall con-
sider whether the need for the facilities can be met using
alternative workplace arrangements referred to in para-
graph (4).
(b) Section 13 of the Public Building Act of 1959, as
amended, (107 Stat. 438; 40 U.S.C. 612) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘(xi)’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘(xii)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘and (x)’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘(x) telecommuting centers and (xi)’’.
SEC. 410. Section 6 of the General Services Adminis-
tration General Provisions, Public Law 103–123, dated Oc-
tober 28, 1993, is hereby repealed.
SEC. 411. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Administrator of General Services is authorized and di-
rected to acquire the land bounded by S.W. First Avenue,
S.W. Second Avenue, S.W. Main Street, and S.W. Madison
Street, Portland, Oregon, for the purposes of constructing
the proposed Law Enforcement Center on the site.
JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW
BOARD
For necessary expenses to carry out the John F. Ken-
nedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,
$2,150,000.
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 Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5
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U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,
$23,297,000 $24,549,000, together with not to exceed
$2,430,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate re-
tirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined
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, $195,109,000
$198,964,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United
States is authorized to use any excess funds available from
the amount borrowed for construction of the National Ar-
chives facility, for expenses necessary to move into the fa-
cility.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 104–52, $4,500,000 are rescinded.
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ARCHIVES FACILITIES AND PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities and presidential libraries, $9,500,000 and
to provide adequate storage for holdings, $18,229,000 to re-
main available until expended.
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, $4,000,000 $5,000,000 to re-
main 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
Government 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 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; $8,078,000.
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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 Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans
by private 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 reim-
bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel
Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422 of Janu-
ary 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 over-
night at his or her post of duty; $86,576,000 $87,076,000,
of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the
establishment of health promotion and disease prevention
programs 
for 
Federal 
employees; and in addition
$93,486,000 $94,736,000 for administrative expenses, to
be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Of-
fice of Personnel Management without regard to other
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statutes, including direct procurement of printing mate-
rials for annuitants, for the retirement and insurance pro-
grams, of which $2,250,000 $3,500,000 shall be trans-
ferred at such times as the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment deems appropriate, and shall remain available until
expended for the costs of automating the retirement rec-
ordkeeping systems, together with remaining amounts au-
thorized in previous Acts for the recordkeeping systems:
Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall
not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as
provided by section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States
Code: Provided further, That, except as may be consistent
with 5 U.S.C. 8902a(f)(1) and (i), no payment may be
made from the Employees Health Benefits Fund to any
physician, hospital, or other provider of health care serv-
ices or supplies who is, at the time such services or sup-
plies are provided to an individual covered under chapter
89 of title 5, United States Code, excluded, pursuant to
section 1128 or 1128A of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320a–7–1320a–7a), from participation in any
program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395 et seq.): Provided further, That no part of
this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-
penses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management established pursuant to Executive
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Order 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like
purpose: Provided further, That the President’s Commis-
sion on White House Fellows, established by Executive
Order 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1997, accept donations of
money, property, and personal services in connection with
the development of a publicity brochure to provide infor-
mation about the White House Fellows, except that no
such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimburse-
ment of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees
of such Commission.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
SEC. 421. The first sentence of section 1304(e)(1)
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after ‘‘basis’’ the following ‘‘, including personnel manage-
ment services performed at the request of individual agen-
cies (which would otherwise be the responsibility of such
agencies), or at the request of nonappropriated fund in-
strumentalities’’.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act, as amended, including services as authorized
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by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$960,000; and in addition, not to exceed $8,645,000 for
administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel
Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office
of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere.
REVOLVING FUND
For reducing any accumulated deficit in the accounts
of the revolving fund established under 5 U.S.C. 1304(e),
$4,755,000 $5,000,000.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES
HEALTH BENEFITS
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal
Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend-
ed, such sums as may be necessary.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE
LIFE INSURANCE
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as
required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such
sums as may be necessary.
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PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For financing the unfunded liability of new and in-
creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc-
tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an-
nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv-
ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may
be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the
Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August
19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–75), may hereafter
be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
Fund.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of
1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection
Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public Law 103–424,
and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy-
ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and
expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; $7,840,000 $8,116,000.
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$33,269,000 $34,293,000: Provided, That travel expenses
of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of
the judge.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
THIS ACT
SECTION 501. No part of any appropriation con-
tained in this Act shall remain available for obligation be-
yond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided
herein.
SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available to the
General
Services
Administration
pursuant
to
section
210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
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ices Act of 1949 shall be obligated or expended after the
date of enactment of this Act for the procurement by con-
tract of any guard, elevator operator, messenger or custo-
dial services if any permanent veterans preference em-
ployee of the General Services Administration at said date,
would be terminated as a result of the procurement of
such services, except that such funds may be obligated or
expended for the procurement by contract of the covered
services with sheltered workshops employing the severely
handicapped under Public Law 92–28. Only if such work-
shops decline to contract for the provision of the covered
services may the General Services Administration procure
the services by competitive contract, for a period not to
exceed 5 years. At such time as such competitive contract
expires or is terminated for any reason, the General Serv-
ices Administration shall again offer to contract for the
services from a sheltered workshop prior to offering such
services for competitive procurement.
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of
the Tariff Act of 1930.
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SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available for the purpose of transferring con-
trol over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out
of the Treasury Department.
SEC. 506. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not heretofore authorized by the
Congress.
SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for the payment of the salary
of any officer or employee of the United States Postal
Service, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee
of the United States Postal Service from having any
direct oral or written communication or contact with
any Member or committee of Congress in connection
with any matter pertaining to the employment of
such officer or employee or pertaining to the United
States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such officer or employee or in response to
the request or inquiry of such Member or committee;
or
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(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any officer or employee of the United
States Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to
commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to
such officer or employee, by reason of any commu-
nication or contact of such officer or employee with
any Member or committee of Congress as described
in paragraph (1).
SEC. 508. The Office of Personnel Management may,
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, accept
donations of supplies, services, land, and equipment for
the Federal Executive Institute and Management Develop-
ment Centers to assist in enhancing the quality of Federal
management.
SEC. 509. The United States Secret Service may,
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and
hereafter, accept donations of money to off-set costs in-
curred while protecting former Presidents and spouses of
former Presidents when the former President or spouse
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travels for the purpose of making an appearance or speech
for a payment of money or any thing of value.
SEC. 510. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his period of active military or naval service and
has within 90 days after his release from such service or
from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year made application for restora-
tion to his former position and has been certified by the
Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per-
form the duties of his former position and has not been
restored thereto.
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to provide any non-public information
such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any
organization outside of the Federal Government without
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations.
SEC. 512. No funds appropriated pursuant to this
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply
with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933
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(41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer-
ican Act’’).
SEC. 513. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip-
ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the
sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist-
ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only
American-made equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of
the assistance a notice describing the statement made in
subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 514. If it has been finally determined by a court
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive
any contract or subcontract made with funds provided
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
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SEC. 515. Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 1997 from
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
for fiscal year 1997 in this Act, shall remain available
through September 30, 1998, for each such account for
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such
funds.
SEC. 516. Where appropriations in this Act are ex-
pendable for travel expenses of employees and no specific
limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for
such travel expenses may not exceed the amount set forth
in the budget estimates submitted for appropriations with-
out the advance approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That this section
shall not apply to travel performed by uncompensated offi-
cials of local boards and appeal boards in the Selective
Service System; to travel performed directly in connection
with care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs; to travel of the Office of
Personnel Management in carrying out its observation re-
sponsibilities of the Voting Rights Act; or to payments to
interagency motor pools separately set forth in the budget
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schedules: Provided further, That this provision does not
apply to accounts that do not contain an object identifica-
tion for travel.
SEC. 517. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or regulation during the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997, and thereafter:
(1) The authority of the special police officers
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in the
Washington, DC Metropolitan area, extends to
buildings and land under the custody and control of
the Bureau; to buildings and land acquired by or for
the Bureau through lease, unless otherwise provided
by the acquisition agency; to the streets, sidewalks
and open areas immediately adjacent to the Bureau
along Wallenberg Place (15th Street) and 14th
Street between Independence and Maine Avenues
and C and D Streets between 12th and 14th
Streets; to areas which include surrounding parking
facilities used by Bureau employees, including the
lots at 12th and C Streets, SW, Maine Avenue and
Water Streets, SW, Maiden Lane, the Tidal Basin
and East Potomac Park; to the protection in transit
of United States securities, plates and dies used in
the production of United States securities, or other
products or implements of the Bureau of Engraving
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and Printing which the Director of that agency so
designates.
(2) The authority of the special police officers
of the United States Mint extends to the buildings
and land under the custody and control of the Mint;
to the streets, sidewalks and open areas in the vicin-
ity to such facilities; to surrounding parking facili-
ties used by Mint employees; and to the protection
in transit of bullion, coins, dies, and other property
and assets of, or in the custody of, the Mint.
(3) The exercise of police authority by Bureau
or Mint officers, with the exception of the exercise
of authority upon property under the custody and
control of the Bureau or the Mint, respectively, shall
be deemed supplementary to the Federal police force
with primary jurisdictional responsibility. This au-
thority shall be in addition to any other law enforce-
ment authority which has been provided to these of-
ficers under other provisions of law or regulations.
SEC. 518. No funds appropriated by this Act shall
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative
expenses in connection with any health plan under the
Federal employees health benefit program which provides
any benefits or coverage for abortions.
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SEC. 519. The provision of section 518 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.
SEC. 520. No part of any appropriation made avail-
able in this Act shall be used to implement Bureau of Al-
cohol, Tobacco and Firearms Ruling TD ATF–360; Re:
Notice Nos. 782, 780, 91F009P.
SEC. 521. Notwithstanding title 5, United States
Code, Personal Service Contractors (PSC) employed by
the Department of the Treasury for assignment in a coun-
try other than the United States, shall be considered as
Federal Government employees for purposes of making
available Federal employee health and life insurance.
SEC. 522. Section 5131 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (c); and by redes-
ignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
SEC. 523. Section 5112(i)(4) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) The Secretary may continue to mint and issue
coins in accordance with the specifications contained in
paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10) of subsection (a) and
paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection at the same time the
Secretary in minting and issuing other bullion and proof
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gold coins under this subsection in accordance with such
program procedures and coin specifications, designs, vari-
eties, quantities, denominations, and inscriptions as the
Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion, may prescribe
from time to time.’’: Provided, That profits generated
from the sale of gold to the United States Mint for this
program shall be considered as a receipt to be deposited
into the General Fund of the Treasury.
SEC. 524. Section 5112 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(k) The Secretary may mint and issue bullion and
proof platinum coins in accordance with such specifica-
tions, designs, varieties, quantities, denominations, and in-
scriptions as the Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion,
may prescribe from time to time.’’: Provided, That the
Secretary is authorized to use Government platinum re-
serves stockpiled at the United States Mint as working
inventory and shall ensure that reserves utilized are re-
placed by the Mint.
SEC. 525. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES
FOR EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES.—(a)
DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section—
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(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means the Internal Rev-
enue Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, and the United States Customs Service;
(2) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an employee
(as defined by section 2105 of title 5, United States
Code) who is employed by an agency, is serving
under an appointment without time limitation, and
has been currently employed for a continuous period
of at least 12 months 3 years, but does not in-
clude—
(A) any employee who, upon separation
and application, would then be eligible for an
immediate annuity under subchapter III of
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, or another retirement system for
employees of the agency;
(B) (A) a reemployed annuitant under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, or another retirement
system for employees of the agency;
(C) (B) an employee having a disability on
the basis of which such employee is or would be
eligible for disability retirement under the appli-
cable retirement system referred to in subpara-
graph (A) subchapter III of chapter 83 or chap-
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ter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another
retirement system for employees of the agency;
(D) (C) an employee who is in receipt of
a specific notice of involuntary separation for
misconduct or unacceptable performance;
(E) (D) an employee who, upon completing
an additional period of service is as referred to
in 
section 
3(b)(2)(B)(ii) 
of 
the 
Federal
Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 (5 U.S.C.
5597 note), would qualify for a voluntary sepa-
ration incentive payment under section 3 of
such Act;
(F) (E) an employee who has previously
received any voluntary separation incentive pay-
ment by the Federal Government under this
section or any other authority and has not re-
paid such payment;
(G) (F) an employee covered by statutory
reemployment rights who is on transfer to an-
other organization; or
(H) (G) any employee who, during the
twenty four month period preceding the date of
separation, has received a recruitment or relo-
cation bonus under section 5753 of title 5,
United States Code, or who, within the twelve
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month period preceding the date of separation,
received a retention allowable allowance under
section 5754 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency,
prior to obligating any resources for voluntary sepa-
ration incentive payments, shall submit to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight of the House of Representatives a strate-
gic plan outlining the intended use of such incentive
payments and a proposed organizational chart for
the agency once such incentive payments have been
completed.
(2) CONTENTS.—The agency’s plan shall in-
clude—
(A) the positions and functions to be re-
duced or eliminated, identified by organizational
unit, geographic location, occupational category
and grade level;
(B) the number and amounts of voluntary
separation incentive payments to be offered;
and
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(C) a description of how the agency will
operate without the eliminated positions and
functions.
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A voluntary separation in-
centive payment under this section may be paid by
an agency to any employee only to the extent nec-
essary to eliminate the positions and functions iden-
tified by the strategic plan.
(2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—
A voluntary separation incentive payment—
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employees;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount
the employee would be entitled to receive
under section 5595(c) of title 5, United
States Code; or
(ii) an amount determined by the
agency head not to exceed $25,000;
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(D) may not be made except in the case of
any qualifying employee who voluntarily sepa-
rates (whether by retirement or resignation) be-
fore March 31, 1997;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation, of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(F) shall not be taken into account in de-
termining the amount of any severance pay to
which the employee may be entitled under sec-
tion 5595 of title 5, United States Code, based
on any other separation.
(d) ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any other
payments which it is required to make under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States
Code, an agency shall remit to the Office of Person-
nel Management for deposit in the Treasury of the
United States to the credit of the Civil Service Re-
tirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15
percent of the final basic pay of each employee of
the agency who is covered under subchapter III of
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States
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Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has
been paid under this section.
(2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of para-
graph (1), the term ‘‘final basic pay’’, with respect
to an employee, means the total amount of basic pay
which would be payable for a year of service by such
employee, computed using the employee’s final rate
of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a
full-time basis, with appropriate adjustment there-
for.
(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received a
voluntary separation incentive payment under this section
and accepts any employment for compensation with the
Government of the United States, or who works for any
agency of the United States Government through a per-
sonal services contract, within 5 years after the date of
the separation on which the payment is based shall be re-
quired to pay, prior to the individual’s first day of employ-
ment, the entire amount of the incentive payment to the
agency that paid the incentive payment.
(f) REDUCTION
OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEV-
ELS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of funded
employee positions in the agency shall be reduced by
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one position for each vacancy created by the separa-
tion of any employee who has received, or is due to
receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment
under this section. For the purposes of this sub-
section, positions shall be counted on a full-time-
equivalent basis.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The President, through
the Office of Management and Budget, shall monitor
the agency and take any action necessary to ensure
that the requirements of this subsection are met.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
October 1, 1996.
SEC. 525A. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES
FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—
(a) AUTHORITY.—The United States Agency for
International Development is authorized to offer voluntary
separation incentive payments to no more than 100 of its
employees in accordance with section 525 of this Act.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Section 525(a)(2)(A) of this Act
shall not apply to an employee of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development who, upon separation
and application, would be eligible for an immediate annu-
ity under sections 8336(d)(2) and 8414(b)(1)(B) of title
5, United States Code.