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for acquiring the Federal site, construction, and related services
for building the new Federal archival facility, other related costs
for improvement of the combined site which may also indirectly
benefit the Georgia State Archives facility, and other necessary
expenses.
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, $6,436,000, 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 Government Act
of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 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 exceed $1,500 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, $10,117,000.
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 Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 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 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 reimburse-
ments to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred
under Executive Order No. 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, $99,636,000, of
which $3,200,000 shall remain available until expended for the
cost of the governmentwide human resources data network project;
and in addition $115,928,000 for administrative expenses, to be
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management without regard to other statutes, including
direct procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and
insurance programs, of which $21,777,000 shall remain available
until expended for the cost of automating the retirement record-
keeping systems: Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation
shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as
provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8909(g), and 9004(f)(1)(A) and
(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no
part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and
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expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel
Management established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358
of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided
further, That the President’s Commission on White House Fellows,
established by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may,
during fiscal year 2002, accept donations of money, property, and
personal services in connection with the development of a publicity
brochure to provide information about the White House Fellows,
except that no such donations shall be accepted for travel or
reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees
of such Commission.
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 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire
of passenger motor vehicles, $1,498,000; and in addition, not to
exceed $10,016,000 for administrative expenses to audit, inves-
tigate, and provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel
Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel
Management, as determined by the Inspector General: Provided,
That the Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH
BENEFITS
For payment of Government contributions with respect 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 amended, such sums as may be necessary.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE
INSURANCE
For payment of Government contributions with respect to
employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required by chapter
87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary.
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND
For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased
annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 1969,
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under special Acts
to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund,
such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That annuities author-
ized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of
August 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may hereafter
be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
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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 Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including
services 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;
$11,891,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,305,000: 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 Appropria-
tions Act, 2002’’.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
THIS ACT
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year
unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant 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 existing Executive order issued pursuant
to existing law.
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act shall
be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Govern-
ment employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to
a Government employee would result in a decision, determination,
rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this Act shall
be available in fiscal year 2002 for the purpose of transferring
control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located
at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the Department
of the Treasury.
SEC. 505. 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, formerly held by an employee
who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and
has satisfactorily completed 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 period of
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not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his former
position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment as still qualified to perform the duties of his former position
and has not been restored thereto.
SEC. 506. 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 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known
as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
SEC. 507. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment 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 assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only
American-made equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In providing finan-
cial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 508. 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 inscription 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, suspension, and
ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409
of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 509. 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.
SEC. 510. The provision of section 509 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. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law,
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available
at the end of fiscal year 2002 from appropriations made available
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2002 in this Act, shall
remain available through September 30, 2003, for each such account
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior
to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these
requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guide-
lines.
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used by the Executive Office of the President to request from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official background inves-
tigation report on any individual, except when—
(1) such individual has given his or her express written
consent for such request not more than 6 months prior to
the date of such request and during the same presidential
administration; or
(2) such request is required due to extraordinary cir-
cumstances involving national security.
SEC. 513. The cost accounting standards promulgated under
section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (Public