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FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of
the Treasury, including materials and support costs of
Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to
exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the gen-
eral purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and relat-
ed activities; uniforms without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches and pres-
entation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing
community support of law enforcement training; not to ex-
ceed $9,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $54,831,000, of which
up to $13,034,000 for materials and support costs of Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training shall remain available
until September 30, 1999: Provided, That the Center is
authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both real
and personal, and to accept services, for authorized pur-
poses, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which
shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Center
to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic
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training program at the Center during the previous fiscal
year, which shall be funded only by gifts received through
the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, students attend-
ing training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided
housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Cen-
ter policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Di-
rector, for: training United States Postal Service law en-
forcement personnel and Postal police officers; State and
local government law enforcement training on a space-
available basis; training of foreign law enforcement offi-
cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac-
tual costs to this appropriation; training of private sector
security officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation; and travel ex-
penses of non-Federal personnel to attend course develop-
ment meetings and training at the Center: Provided fur-
ther, That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in
anticipation of reimbursements from agencies receiving
training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal
year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available
at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the
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Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized
to provide short term medical services for students under-
going training at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional
real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,
facility improvements, and related expenses, $18,884,000,
to remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, 
$196,069,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$14,277,000 shall remain available until expended for sys-
tems modernization initiatives. In addition, $90,000, to be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to reim-
burse the Service for administrative and personnel ex-
penses for financial management of the Fund, as author-
ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380: Provided,
That none of the funds made available for systems mod-
ernization initiatives may not be obligated until the Com-
missioner of the Financial Management Service has sub-
mitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate have approved, a report that identifies,
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evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture plan.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed
650 vehicles for police-type use for replacement only and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; and serv-
ices of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Director; for payment of per diem and/or
subsistence allowances to employees where an assignment
to the National Response Team during the investigation
of a bombing or arson incident requires an employee to
work 16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight
at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $12,500 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; for training of
State and local law enforcement agencies with or without
reimbursement, including training in connection with the
training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; provision of laboratory assistance to
State and local agencies, with or without reimbursement;
$393,971,000, of which $12,011,000, to remain available
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until expended, shall be available for arson investigations,
with priority assigned to any arson, explosion or violence
against religious institutions; which not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attor-
neys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of
which $1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of
any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for of-
ficial use by a State or local law enforcement agency if
the conveyance will be used in drug-related joint law en-
forcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms and for the payment of overtime salaries,
travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar costs
of State and local law enforcement officers that are in-
curred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the
functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies or Departments
in the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1997: Provided
further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for salaries or administrative expenses in connection
with consolidating or centralizing, within the Department
of the Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of
acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by Fed-
eral firearms licensees: Provided further, That no funds
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appropriated herein shall be used to pay administrative
expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee
of the United States to implement an amendment or
amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the defini-
tion of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove
any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on
January 1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act
upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabil-
ities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such
funds shall be available to investigate and act upon appli-
cations filed by corporations for relief from Federal fire-
arms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further,
That no funds in this Act may be used to provide ballistics
imaging equipment to any State or local authority who
has obtained similar equipment through a Federal grant
or subsidy unless the State or local authority agrees to
return that equipment or to repay that grant or subsidy
to the Federal Government: Provided further, That no
funds available for separation incentive payments as au-
thorized by section 663 of this Act may be obligated with-
out the advance approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no
funds under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve
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information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by
name or any personal identification code.
LABORATORY FACILITIES
For necessary expenses for design of a new facility
or facilities, to house the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms National Laboratory Center and the Fire Inves-
tigation Research and Development Center, not to exceed
185,000 occupiable square feet, $6,978,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That these funds shall
not be available until a prospectus of authorization for the
Laboratory Facilities is approved by the House Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate
Committee on Environment and Public Works.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase of up to 1,000 motor vehicles
of which 960 are for replacement only, including 990 for
police-type use and commercial operations; hire of motor
vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal services
abroad; not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and awards of compensation to
informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the
United States Customs Service; $1,487,250,000; of which
$65,000,000 shall be available until expended for Oper-
ation Hardline; of which $28,000,000 shall remain avail-
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able until expended for acquisition of aircraft and related
operations and maintenance associated with Operation
Gateway; and of which such sums as become available in
the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to
section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Rec-
onciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)),
shall be derived from that Account; of the total, not to
exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental
space in connection with preclearance operations, and not
to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for
research and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available
until expended for conducting special operations pursuant
to 19 U.S.C. 2081 and up to $6,000,000 shall be available
until expended for the procurement of automation infra-
structure items, including hardware, software, and instal-
lation: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the United States
Custom Service shall implement the General Aviation Tel-
ephonic Entry program within 30 days of enactment of
this Act: Provided further, That no funds available for sep-
aration incentive payments as authorized by section 663
of this Act may be obligated without the advance approval
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That the Spirit of St. Louis Airport in
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St. Louis County, Missouri, shall be designated a port of
entry: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may
be used to provide less than 30 days public notice for any
change in apparel regulations: Provided further, That
$750,000 shall be available for additional part-time and
temporary positions in the Honolulu Customs District:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
$2,500,000 may be made available for the Western Hemi-
sphere Trade Center authorized by Public Law 103–182.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR AND MARINE
INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air-
craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine
Programs, including operational training and mission-re-
lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by
the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include: the interdiction
of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to
Customs and other Federal, State, and local agencies in
the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the
Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the Commis-
sioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal,
State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and
emergency humanitarian efforts; $83,363,000, which shall
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remain available until expended: Provided, That no air-
craft or other related equipment, with the exception of air-
craft which is one of a kind and has been identified as
excess to Customs requirements and aircraft which has
been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any
other Federal agency, Department, or office outside of the
Department of the Treasury, during fiscal year 1997 with-
out the prior approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS
(TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)
Such sums as may be necessary for expenses for the
provision of Customs services at certain small airports or
other facilities when authorized by law and designated by
the Secretary of the Treasury, including expenditures for
the salary and expenses of individuals employed to provide
such services, to be derived from fees collected by the Sec-
retary pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98–573 for
each of these airports or other facilities when authorized
by law and designated by the Secretary, and to remain
available until expended.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
For administrative expenses related to the collection
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law
103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor
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Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and
merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac-
count for such purposes.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States; $169,735,000: Provided,
That the sum appropriated herein from the General Fund
for fiscal year 1997 shall be reduced by not more than
$4,400,000 as definitive security issue fees and Treasury
Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are collected,
so as to result in a final fiscal year 1997 appropriation
from the General Fund estimated at $165,335,000.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, not otherwise provided for; including processing tax
returns; revenue accounting; providing assistance to tax-
payers, management services, and inspection; including
purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for po-
lice-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31
U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner; $1,779,840,000, of which up to $3,700,000 shall
be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and
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of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official recep-
tion and representation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and
enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em-
ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col-
lecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income and compli-
ance research; the purchase (for police-type use, not to
exceed 850), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31
U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner $4,104,211,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1999, for re-
search.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses for data processing and tele-
communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac-
tivities, including tax systems modernization and oper-
ational information systems; the hire of passenger motor
vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined
by the Commissioner, $1,323,075,000, of which no less
than $130,075,000 shall be available for Tax Systems
Modernization (TSM) development and deployment which
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shall be available until September 30, 1999, and of which
no less than $206,200,000 shall be available for TSM
Operational Systems: Provided, That none of the funds
made available for TSM Operational Systems shall be
available after July 31, 1997, unless the Department of
the Treasury has prepared a Request for Proposal which
could be used as a base for a solicitation of a contract
with an alternative or new Prime Contractor to manage,
integrate, test and implement the TSM program: Provided
further, That all activities associated with the development
of a request for proposal, contract solicitation, and con-
tract award for private sector assistance on TSM (both
operational systems and development and deployment sys-
tems), beyond private sector assistance which is currently
under contract, shall be conducted by the Department of
the Treasury’s Modernization Management Board: Pro-
vided further, That if the Internal Revenue Service deter-
mines that it is unable to meet deadlines established here-
in, the Secretary of the Treasury shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate of
the delay: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue
Service shall submit, by February 1, 1997, a timetable for
implementing, by October 1, 1997, recommendations
made by the General Accounting Office in its July 1995
report, entitled: ‘‘Tax Systems Modernization: Manage-
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ment and Technical Weaknesses Must Be Corrected If
Modernization Is To Succeed’’: Provided further, That the
Internal Revenue Service shall submit, by December 1,
1996, a schedule to transfer, not later than July 31, 1997,
a majority of Tax Systems Modernization development,
deployment, management, integration, and testing, from
the Internal Revenue Service to the private sector.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
Information 
Systems 
in 
Public 
Law 
104–52,
$115,000,000 are rescinded, in Public Law 103–123,
$17,447,000 are rescinded, in Public Law 102–393,
$15,000,000 are rescinded, and in Public Law 102–141,
$27,000,000 are rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SECTION 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appro-
priation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to insure that Internal Revenue
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
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ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
SEC. 103. The funds provided in this Act for the In-
ternal Revenue Service shall be used to provide as a mini-
mum, the fiscal year 1995 level of service, staffing, and
funding for Taxpayer Services.
SEC. 104. No funds available in this Act to the Inter-
nal Revenue Service for separation incentive payments as
authorized by section 663 of this Act may be obligated
without the advance approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
may proceed with its field support reorganization in fiscal
year 1997 after it submits its report, no earlier than
March 1, 1997, to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House and Senate only if the IRS maintains, in fiscal
year 1997, the current level of taxpayer service employees
that work on cases generated through walk in visits and
telephone calls to IRS offices.
SEC. 106. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line for taxpayers. The
Commissioner shall make the improvement of the IRS 1–
800 help line service a priority and allocate resources nec-
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essary to increase phone lines and staff to improve the
IRS 1–800 help line service.
SEC. 107. No funds made available by this Act, or
any other Act, to the Internal Revenue Service may be
used to pay for the design and printing of more than two
ink colors on the covers of income tax packages, and such
ink colors must be the same colors as used to print the
balance of the material in each package.
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no field support reorganization of the Internal Reve-
nue Service shall be undertaken in Aberdeen, South Da-
kota until the Internal Revenue Service toll-free help
phone line assistance program reaches at least an 80 per-
cent service level. The Commissioner shall submit to Con-
gress a report and the GAO shall certify to Congress that
the 80 percent service level has been met.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase (not to exceed 702 vehicles for
police-type use, of which 665 shall be for replacement
only), and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of air-
craft; training and assistance requested by State and local
governments, which may be provided without reimburse-
ment; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may
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be determined by the Director; rental of buildings in the
District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths,
and other facilities on private or other property not in
Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to
perform protective functions; for payment of per diem and/
or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective
assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of
a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day
or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen-
tation of awards; and for travel of Secret Service employ-
ees on protective missions without regard to the limita-
tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act: Pro-
vided, That approval is obtained in advance from the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; for re-
pairs, alterations, and minor construction at the James
J. Rowley Secret Service Training Center; for research
and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral
research in support of protective research and operations;
not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical
assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga-
nizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in ad-
vance for commercial accommodations as may be nec-
essary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms
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without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the current fiscal year: Provided further, That 3 U.S.C.
203(a) is amended by deleting ‘‘but not exceeding twelve
hundred in number’’; $528,262,000, of which $1,200,000
shall be available as a grant for activities related to the
investigations of missing and exploited children and shall
remain available until expended.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 104–52, $7,600,000 are rescinded.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $37,365,000, of
which $8,200,000 shall be available for the Rowley Secret
Service Training Center, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds previously provided under
the title, ‘‘Treasury Buildings and Annex Repair and Res-
toration,’’ for the Secret Service’s Headquarters Building,
shall be transferred to this account: Provided further, That
funds for the Rowley Secret Service Training Center shall
not be available until a prospectus authorizing such facili-
ties is approved in accordance with the Public Buildings
Act of 1959, as amended, except that funds may be ex-
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pended for required expenses in connection with the devel-
opment of a proposed prospectus.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
SECTION 111. Any obligation or expenditure by the
Secretary in connection with law enforcement activities of
a Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law
enforcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the
Fund on September 30, 1997, shall be made in compliance
with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House
and Senate reports accompanying this Act.
SEC. 112. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart-
ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in-
cluding 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 de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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SEC. 113. None of the funds appropriated by this
title shall be used in connection with the collection of any
underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees
of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such
collection, including any private sector employees under
contract to the Internal Revenue Service, complies with
subsection (a) of section 805 (relating to communications
in connection with debt collection), and section 806 (relat-
ing to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692).
SEC. 114. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute policies and procedures which will safeguard the con-
fidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 115. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco-
hol Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1997 in this Act
for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration
Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to diminish
enforcement efforts with respect to section 105 of the Fed-
eral Alcohol Administration Act.
SEC. 116. Paragraph (3)(C) of section 9703(g) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking in the third sentence ‘‘and at
the end of each fiscal year thereafter’’;
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(2) by inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘1994, 1995,
and 1996’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘At the end of fiscal year 1997, and at the
end of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall
reserve any amounts that are required to be retained
in the Fund to ensure the availability of amounts in
the subsequent fiscal year for purposes authorized
under subsection (a).’’
SEC. 117. Of the funds available to the Internal Reve-
nue Service, $13,000,000 shall be made available to con-
tinue the private sector debt collection program which was
initiated in fiscal year 1996 and $13,000,000 shall be
transferred to the Departmental Offices appropriation to
initiate a new private sector debt collection program: Pro-
vided, That the transfer provided herein shall be in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority contained in this Act.
SEC. 118. Section 923(j) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by striking the period after the last sen-
tence, and inserting the following: ‘‘, including the right
of a licensee to conduct ‘curios or relics’ firearms transfers
and business away from their business premises with an-
other licensee without regard as to whether the location
of where the business is conducted is located in the State
specified on the license of either licensee.’’.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE
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, $85,080,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas 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: Pro-
vided further, 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 of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
tion 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 September 30, 1997.
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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, $35,536,000.
TITLE 
III—EXECUTIVE 
OFFICE 
OF 
THE
PRESIDENT 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 funds made available for official expenses shall be
considered as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized 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;
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including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C.
105, which shall be expended and accounted for as pro-
vided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles,
newspapers, periodicals, 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 entertainment expenses, to be available for allo-
cation within the Executive Office of the President;
$40,193,000: Provided, That $420,000 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have ap-
proved, a report that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes
all computer systems investments planned for fiscal year
1997, a milestone schedule for the development and imple-
mentation of all projects included in the systems invest-
ment plan, and a systems architecture plan.
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, $7,827,000, to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 112–114.
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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
specially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; $3,280,000: Provided,
That $150,000 of the funds appropriated may not be obli-
gated until the Director of the Office of Administration
has submitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of
the House and Senate have approved, a report that identi-
fies, evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture 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
official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to
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be accounted for solely on his certificate; $324,000: Pro-
vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this
appropriation may be made to any department or agency
for expenses of carrying out such activities: Provided fur-
ther, That $8,000 of the funds appropriated may not be
obligated until the Director of the Office of Administration
has submitted for approval to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate a report that identifies,
evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture plan.
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), $3,439,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel-
opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, and 3 U.S.C. 107; $3,867,000: Provided, That
$45,000 of the funds appropriated may not be obligated
until the Director of the Office of Administration has sub-
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mitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate have approved, a report that identifies,
evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture plan.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $6,648,000: Provided, That $3,000 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have ap-
proved, a report that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes
all computer systems investments planned for fiscal year
1997, a milestone schedule for the development and imple-
mentation of all projects included in the systems invest-
ment plan, and a systems architecture plan.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, $26,100,000, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger
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motor vehicles: Provided, That $340,700 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have ap-
proved, a report that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes
all computer systems investments planned for fiscal year
1997, a milestone schedule for the development and imple-
mentation of all projects included in the systems invest-
ment plan, and a systems architecture 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, $55,573,000, 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 appropria-
tions were made except as otherwise provided by law: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this
Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be
used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural market-
ing orders or any activities or regulations under the provi-
sions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none
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of the funds made available for the Office of Management
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 Ap-
propriations or the House and Senate Committees on Vet-
erans’ Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further,
That this proviso shall not apply to printed hearings re-
leased by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations or the House and Senate Committees on Veter-
ans’ Affairs.
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 par-
ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services
on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or
public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
bursement; $35,838,000, of which $19,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended, consisting of $1,000,000
for policy research and evaluation and $18,000,000 for the
Counter-Drug 
Technology 
Assessment 
Center 
for
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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 Assessment Center shall
be available for transfer to other Federal departments or
agencies: Provided further, That the Office 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: Provided further, That not before January
31, 1997, the Director of the Office of National Drug Con-
trol Policy shall transfer all balances in the Special For-
feiture Fund established by section 6073 of the Anti-Drug
Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. § 1509) to the Treasury
Forfeiture Fund (31 U.S.C. 9703(a)).
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, $127,102,000 for drug control activities
consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which
$3,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Area in Lake County, Indiana;
of which $6,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for the Gulf Coast
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States of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi; of which
$8,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Area dedicated to combating
methamphetamine use, production and trafficking in a five
State area including Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Da-
kota, and Kansas; of which $3,000,000 shall be used for
a newly designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
in the State of Colorado; of which $3,000,000 shall be
used for a newly designated High Intensity Drug Traffick-
ing Area in the Pacific Northwest; of the total amount
appropriated, including transferred funds, no less than
$71,000,000 shall be transferred to State and local enti-
ties for drug control activities, and up to $69,207,000 may
be transferred to Federal agencies and departments at a
rate to be determined by the Director: Provided, That the
funds made available under this head shall be obligated
within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap-
propriations Act, 1997’’.
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 Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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established by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–
28; $1,800,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend-
ed, $28,165,000, of which no less than $2,500,000 shall
be available for internal automated data processing sys-
tems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available
for reception and representation expenses.
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;
$21,588,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral 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 persons employed intermittently in
the Government service, and compensation as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding
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31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account,
to be available without further appropriation for the costs
of carrying out these conferences.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For additional expenses necessary to carry out the
purpose of the Fund established pursuant to section
210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)),
$400,544,000, to be deposited into said Fund. The reve-
nues and collections deposited into the Fund shall be avail-
able 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 gov-
ernmental agencies (including space adjustments and tele-
communications relocation expenses) in connection with
the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contrac-
tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings,
and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned build-
ings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances;
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care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation,
demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and
sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise author-
ized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings
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
principal, interest, taxes, and any other obligations for
public buildings acquired by installment purchase and pur-
chase 
contract, 
in 
the 
aggregate 
amount 
of
$5,555,544,000 of which (1) not to exceed $657,711,000
shall remain available until expended for construction of
additional projects and at maximum construction improve-
ment costs (including funds for sites and expenses and as-
sociated design and construction services) as follows:
New Construction:
California:
Fresno, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,
$6,595,000
Colorado:
Denver, Rogers Federal Building-U.S. Court-
house, $9,545,000
District of Columbia:
U.S. Courthouse Annex, $5,703,000
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Florida:
Miami, U.S. Courthouse, $24,990,000
Orlando, U.S. Courthouse, $9,514,000
Kentucky:
Covington, U.S. Courthouse, $17,134,000
London, U.S. Courthouse, $13,732,000
Montana:
Babb, Piegan Border Station, $333,000
Sweetgrass, Border Station, $1,059,000
Nevada:
Las Vegas, U.S. Courthouse, $83,719,000
New York:
Brooklyn, U.S. Courthouse, $169,000,000
Ohio:
Cleveland, U.S. Courthouse, $128,559,000
Youngstown, U.S. Courthouse, $15,813,000
Oregon:
Portland, Consolidated Law Federal Office
Building, $4,750,000
Pennsylvania:
Erie, U.S. Courthouse Annex, $3,300,000
Philadelphia, DVA-Federal Complex, Phase II,
$13,765,000
South Carolina:
Columbia, U.S. Courthouse Annex, $43,848,000
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Texas:
Corpus Christi, U.S. Courthouse, $24,161,000
Utah:
Salt Lake City, Moss U.S. Courthouse Annex
and Alteration, $11,474,000
Washington:
Blaine, U.S. Border Station, $13,978,000
Oroville, U.S. Border Station, $1,452,000
Seattle, U.S. Courthouse, $16,853,000
Sumas, 
U.S. 
Border 
Station 
(Claim),
$1,177,000
Nationwide:
Non-prospectus 
construction 
projects,
$10,000,000
Security Enhancements, $27,256,000:
Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits
of costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to
the extent that savings are affected in other such projects,
but not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is
obtained from the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations of a greater amount: Provided further, That
the cost of future U.S. Courthouse annex projects shall
reflect savings through improving design efficiencies, cur-
tailing planned interior finishes, requiring more efficient
use of courtroom and library space, and by otherwise lim-
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iting space requirements: Provided further, That from
funds 
available 
in 
the 
Federal 
Buildings 
Fund,
$20,000,000 shall be available until expended for environ-
mental clean up activities at the Southeast Federal Center
in the District of Columbia and $81,000,000 shall be
available until expended for design and construction activi-
ties at the Consolidated Law Federal Office Building in
Portland, Oregon: Provided further, That from funds
available 
for 
non-prospectus 
construction 
projects,
$250,000 may be available until expended for the acquisi-
tion, lease, construction, and equipping of flexiplace work
telecommuting centers in West Virginia: Provided further,
That all funds for direct construction projects shall expire
on September 30, 1999: (2) not to exceed $639,000,000
shall remain available until expended, for repairs and al-
terations which includes associated design and construc-
tion services: Provided further, That funds in the Federal
Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for pro-
spectus projects, be limited to the amount by project as
follows, except each project may be increased by an
amount not to exceed 10 per centum unless advance ap-
proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and Senate of a greater amount:
Repairs and alterations:
District of Columbia:
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Ariel Rios Building, $62,740,000
Justice Department, Phase 1 of 3, $50,000,000
Lafayette Building, $5,166,000
Hawaii:
Honolulu, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, $4,140,000
Illinois:
Chicago, Everett M. Dirksen Federal Building,
$18,844,000
Chicago, John C. Kluczynski, Jr. Federal
Building (IRS), $13,414,000
Louisiana:
New Orleans, Customhouse, $3,500,000
Maryland:
Montgomery County, White Oak environmental
clean up activities, $10,000,000
Massachusetts:
Andover, 
IRS 
Regional 
Service 
Center,
$812,000
New Hampshire:
Concord, J.C. Cleveland Federal Building,
$8,251,000
New Jersey:
Camden, 
U.S. 
Post 
Office-Courthouse
$11,096,000
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New York:
Albany, James T. Foley Post Office-Court-
house, $3,880,000
Brookhaven, IRS Service Center, $2,272,000
New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building,
$13,651,000
Pennsylvania:
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, $23,456,000
Elevator Program, $10,000,000
Energy Program, $20,000,000
Security 
Enhancements, 
various 
buildings,
$2,700,000
Basic Repairs and Alterations, $345,000,000:
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
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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-
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 from funds
made available for Basic Repairs and Alterations,
$8,000,000 shall be made available for renovation of the
Agricultural Research Service Laboratory in Ames, Iowa,
which is currently occupied by the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service: Provided further, That from
funds made available for Basic Repairs and Alterations,
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$1,450,000 may be available for the renovation of the Pio-
neer Courthouse located at 520 SW Morrison, in Portland,
Oregon: Provided further, That from funds made available
for Basic Repairs and Alterations, $6,000,000 shall be
used for necessary expenses associated with ongoing con-
struction of the U.S. Courthouse in Montgomery, Ala-
bama: Provided further, That from funds made available
for Basic Repairs and Alterations, $100,000 shall be
transferred to the National Park Service ‘‘Construction’’
appropriation for restoration and maintenance of the
multi-purpose field at Wallenberg Place in Washington,
DC: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and alter-
ations prospectus projects shall expire on September 30,
1999, and remain in the Federal Buildings 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 Alter-
ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
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
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$173,075,000 for installment acquisition payments includ-
ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
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
$2,343,795,000 for rental of space which shall remain
available until expended; and (5) not to exceed
$1,552,651,000 for building operations which shall remain
available until expended and of which $8,000,000 shall be
transferred to the ‘‘Policy and Operations’’ appropriation:
Provided further, That funds available to the General Serv-
ices Administration 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 approved, except that necessary funds may be ex-
pended for each project for required expenses in connec-
tion with the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
vided further, That the Administrator of General Services
shall, at the earliest practicable date, initiate discussions
with the Smithsonian Institution on the feasibility of
transferring Federal Building 10B located at 600 Inde-
pendence Avenue SW., Washington, DC to the Smithso-
nian Institution at such price and under such terms and
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conditions as determined appropriate by the Administrator
and subject to the prior approval of the appropriate au-
thorizing and appropriations committees of the Congress:
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act under
the heading ‘‘Security Enhancements, various buildings’’
may be used, by project in accordance with an approved
prospectus: Provided further, That the Administrator is
authorized in fiscal 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 Fed-
eral Triangle Project and is hereby granted all the rights
and authorities of the former Pennsylvania Avenue Devel-
opment Corporation (PADC) with regard to property
transferred from the PADC to the General Services Ad-
ministration in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Adminis-
trator of General Services is hereby authorized to use all
funds transferred from the PADC or income earned on
PADC properties for activities associated with carrying
out the responsibilities of the PADC transferred to the
Administrator of General Services and that any such in-
come earned on or after April 1, 1996, shall be deposited
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to the Pennsylvania Avenue Activities account and shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That
any funds or income as may be deemed by the Adminis-
trator as excess to the amount needed to fulfill the PADC
responsibilities transferred to the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services, shall be applied to any outstanding debt,
with the exception of debt associated with the Ronald
Reagan Building and International Trade Center, in-
curred by the PADC in the course of acquiring real estate:
Provided further, That with respect to real property trans-
ferred from the PADC to the General Services Adminis-
tration pursuant to section 313 of Public Law 104–134,
Title III, General Provisions, the Administrator of General
Services is hereafter authorized and directed to make pay-
ments required by section 10(b) of the PADC Act of 1972,
Public Law 92–578 in the same manner as previously paid
by the PADC: 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-
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
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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
U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of $5,555,544,000 shall re-
main in the Fund and shall not be available for expendi-
ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activi-
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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; $110,173,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$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 payment for re-
covery 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
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in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced 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.
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, 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.
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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. 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
General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference
of the United States, and the Office of Management and
Budget and 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 request must
be accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization
study of each facility to be 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
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-
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tration in compliance with the Public Buildings Amend-
ments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92–313).
SEC. 406. 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 facade, 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. 407. (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 sub-
section:
‘‘(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
governments, and the private sector in accordance with
this subsection.
‘‘(2) The Administrator may make any telecommut-
ing 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
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shall give Federal employees priority in using the tele-
commuting centers.
‘‘(3)(A) The Administrator shall charge user fees for
the use of any telecommuting center. The amount of the
user fee shall approximate commercial charges for com-
parable 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 rea-
sonable cost of renovation and replacement of furniture,
fixtures, and equipment.
‘‘(B) Amounts received by the Administrator after
September 30, 1993, as user fees for use of any tele-
commuting center may be deposited into the Fund estab-
lished under subsection (f) of this section and may be used
by the Administrator to pay costs incurred in the estab-
lishment and operation 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
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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—
(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. 408. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Administrator of General Services is authorized
and directed 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.
SEC. 409. Section 2815 of Public Law 103–160, re-
lating to the conveyance of real property at the Iowa Army
Ammunition Plant, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘may convey
to’’ and inserting ‘‘shall convey, without reimburse-
ment and if requested by,’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following new subsection:
‘‘(b) USE OF WATER AND SEWER LINES.—As part
of the conveyance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
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permit the City to use existing water and sewer lines and
sewage system at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant for
a three-year period beginning on the date of the convey-
ance.’’.
SEC. 410. (a) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—
(1) ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.—
Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Administrator
of General Services (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall convey, with-
out compensation, to a nonprofit organization known
as the ‘‘Beaver County Corporation for Economic
Development’’ all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to those pieces or parcels of
land in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania, described
in subsection (b), together with all improvements
thereon and appurtenances thereto. The purpose of
the conveyance is to provide a site for economic de-
velopment in Hopewell Township.
(2) PROPERTY
DESCRIPTION.—The land re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) is the parcel of land in
the township of Hopewell, county of Beaver, Penn-
sylvania, bounded and described as follows:
(A) Beginning at the southwest corner at
a point common to Lot No. 1, same plan, lands
now or formerly of Frank and Catherine
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Wutter, and the easterly right-of-way line of
Pennsylvania Legislative Route No. 60 (Beaver
Valley Expressway); thence proceeding by the
easterly right-of-way of Pennsylvania Legisla-
tive Route No. 60 by the following three
courses and distances:
(i) North 17 degrees, 14 minutes, 20
seconds West, 213.10 feet to a point.
(ii) North 72 degrees, 45 minutes, 40
seconds East, 30.00 feet to a point.
(iii) North 17 degrees, 14 minutes, 20
seconds West, 252.91 feet to a point; on a
line dividing Lot No. 1 from the other part
of Lot No. 1, said part now called Lot No.
5, same plan; thence by last mentioned di-
viding line, North 78 degrees, 00 minutes,
00 seconds East; 135.58 feet to a point, a
cul-de-sac on Industrial Drive; thence by
said cul-de-sac and the southerly side of
Industrial Drive by the following courses
and distances:
(I) By a curve to the right hav-
ing a radius of 100.00 feet for an arc
distance of 243.401 feet to a point.
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(II) Thence by a curve to the
right having a radius of 100.00 feet
for an arc distance of 86.321 feet to
a point.
(III) Thence by 78 degrees, 00
minutes, 00 seconds East, 777.78 feet
to a point.
(IV) Thence, North 12 degrees,
00 minutes, 00 seconds West, 74.71
feet to a point.
(V) Thence by a curve to the
right, having a radius of 50.00 feet
for an arc distance of 78.54 feet to a
point.
(VI) Thence North 78 degrees,
00 minutes, 00 seconds East, 81.24
feet to a point.
(VII) Thence by a curve to the
right, having a radius of 415.00 feet
for an arc distance of 140.64 feet to
a point.
(VIII) Thence, South 82 degrees,
35 minutes, 01 second East, 125.00
feet to a point.
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(IX) Thence, South 7 degrees, 24
minutes, 59 seconds West, 5.00 feet
to a point.
(X) Thence by a curve to the
right, having a radius of 320.00 feet
for an arc distance of 256.85 feet to
a point.
(XI) Thence by a curve to the
right having a radius of 50.00 feet for
an arc distance of 44.18 feet to a
point on the northerly side of Airport
Road.
(B) Thence by the northerly side thereof
by the following:
(i) South 14 degrees, 01 minutes, 54
seconds, West, 56.94 feet to a point.
(ii) Thence by a curve to the right
having a radius of 225.00 feet for an arc
distance of 207.989 feet to a point.
(iii) Thence South 66 degrees, 59
minutes, 45 seconds West, 192.08 feet to
a point on the southern boundary of Lot
No. 1, which line is also the line dividing
Lot No. 1 from lands now or formerly, of
Frank and Catherine Wutter.
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(C) Thence by the same, South 75 degrees,
01 minutes, 00 seconds West, 1,351.23 feet to
a point at the place of beginning.
(3) DATE OF CONVEYANCE.—The date of the
conveyance of property required under paragraph
(1) shall be not later than the 90th day following the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(4) CONVEYANCE TERMS.—
(A) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The con-
veyance of property required under paragraph
(1) shall be subject to such terms and condi-
tions as may be determined by the Adminis-
trator to be necessary to safeguard the interests
of the United States. Such terms and condi-
tions shall be consistent with the terms and
conditions set forth in this section.
(B) QUITCLAIM DEED.—The conveyance of
property required under paragraph (1) shall be
by quitclaim deed.
(b) LIMITATION ON CONVEYANCE.—No part of any
land conveyed under subsection (a) may be used, during
the 30-year period beginning on the date of conveyance
for any purpose other than economic development.
(c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The property conveyed
under subsection (a) shall revert to the United
States on any date in the 30-year period beginning
on the date of such conveyance on which the prop-
erty is used for a purpose other than economic devel-
opment.
(2) ENFORCING
REVERSION.—The Adminis-
trator shall perform all acts necessary to enforce any
reversion of property to the United States under this
subsection.
(3) INVENTORY OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERV-
ICE.—Property that reverts to the United States
under this subsection shall be under the control of
the General Services Administration.
SEC. 411. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the land contained in block 111 in the Federal Dis-
trict, Denver, Colorado, obtained pursuant to paragraphs
(6) and (7) of section 12(b) of Public Law 94–204 (43
U.S.C. 1611 note) shall not be subject to condemnation
by any agency or instrumentality of the Federal Govern-
ment, without the consent of the owner of that land.
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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
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,
$23,923,000, together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for
administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals
to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys-
tems 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-
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tivities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary
for the review and declassification of documents, and for
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $196,963,000: Pro-
vided, That the Archivist of the United States is author-
ized to use any excess funds available from the amount
borrowed for construction of the National Archives facil-
ity, for expenses necessary to move into the facility.
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, $16,229,000 to remain
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, $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
Government Act of 1978, as amended by Public Law 100–
598, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–
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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.
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; $87,076,000, of which
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the estab-
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lishment of health promotion and disease prevention pro-
grams for Federal employees; and in addition $94,736,000
for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the ap-
propriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment without regard to other statutes, including direct
procurement of printing materials for annuitants, for the
retirement and insurance programs, of which $3,500,000
shall be transferred at such times as the Office of Person-
nel Management deems appropriate, and shall remain
available until expended for the costs of automating the
retirement recordkeeping systems, together with remain-
ing amounts authorized in previous Acts for the record-
keeping systems: Provided, That the provisions of this ap-
propriation 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 Bene-
fits Fund to any physician, hospital, or other provider of
health care services or supplies who is, at the time such
services or supplies 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
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(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
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’’.
SEC. 422. Paragraph (1) of section 8906(e) of title
5, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by striking the last sentence of that para-
graph and redesignating the remainder of that para-
graph as (1)(A);
(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (1)(A)
(as so designated) the following:
‘‘(B) During each pay period in which an en-
rollment continues under subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) employee and Government contribu-
tions required by this section shall be paid on
a current basis; and
‘‘(ii) if necessary, the head of the employ-
ing agency shall approve advance payment, re-
coverable in the same manner as under section
5524a(c), of a portion of basic pay sufficient to
pay current employee contributions.
‘‘(C) Each agency shall establish procedures for
accepting direct payments of employee contributions
for the purposes of this paragraph.’’.
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,
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$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.
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.
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-
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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; $8,116,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
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$33,781,000: 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. Section 5131 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (c); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c).
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-
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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.
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
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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
(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
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hereafter, accept donations of money to offset costs in-
curred while protecting former Presidents and spouses of
former Presidents when the former President or spouse
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.
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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
(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
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pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
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-
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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
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
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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
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
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expenses in connection with any health plan under the
Federal employees health benefit program which provides
any benefits or coverage for abortions.
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 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 re-
designating 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
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paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection at the same time the
Secretary in minting and issuing other bullion and proof
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. 526. (a) REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN ATTOR-
NEY FEES AND COSTS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall pay from amounts appropriated in title I
of this Act under the heading, ‘‘Departmental Of-
fices, Salaries and Expenses’’, up to $500,000 to re-
imburse former employees of the White House Trav-
el Office whose employment in that Office was ter-
minated on May 19, 1993, for any attorney fees and
costs they incurred with respect to that termination.
(2) VERIFICATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary
shall pay an individual in full under paragraph (1)
upon submission by the individual of documentation
verifying the attorney fees and costs.
(3) NO INFERENCE OF LIABILITY.—Liability of
the United States shall not be inferred from enact-
ment of or payment under this subsection.
(b) LIMITATION ON FILING OF CLAIMS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall not pay any claim filed under
this section that is filed later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(c) LIMITATION.—Payments under subsection (a)
shall not include attorney fees or costs incurred with re-
spect to any Congressional hearing or investigation into
the termination of employment of the former employees
of the White House Travel Office.
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(d) REDUCTION.—The amount paid pursuant to this
section to an individual for attorney fees and costs de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be reduced by any amount
received before the date of the enactment of this Act, with-
out obligation for repayment by the individual, for pay-
ment of such attorney fees and costs (including any
amount received from the funds appropriated for the indi-
vidual in the matter relating to the ‘‘Office of the General
Counsel’’ under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’ in
title I of the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994).
(e) PAYMENT
IN FULL SETTLEMENT
OF CLAIMS
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.—Payment under this sec-
tion, when accepted by an individual described in sub-
section (a), shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of,
or on behalf of, the individual against the United States
that arose out of the termination of the White House
Travel Office employment of that individual on May 19,
1993.
SEC. 527. 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 investigation report on any individual,
except when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
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(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 extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security.
SEC. 528. (a) CLOSING OF ALLEY.—The alley bisect-
ing the property on which a facility is being constructed
for use by the United States Government at 930 H Street,
N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, is closed to the
public, without regard to any contingencies.
(b) JURISDICTION.—The Administrator of General
Services shall have administrative jurisdiction over, and
shall hold title on behalf of the United States in, the alley,
property, and facility referred to in subsection (a).
SEC. 529. (a) COMMEMORATIVE COIN PROGRAM RE-
STRICTIONS.—Section 5112 of title 31, United States
Code, as amended by sections 524 and 530 of this Act,
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(m) COMMEMORATIVE COIN PROGRAM RESTRIC-
TIONS.—
‘‘(1) MAXIMUM NUMBER.—Beginning January
1, 1999, the Secretary may mint and issue com-
memorative coins under this section during any cal-
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endar year with respect to not more than 2 com-
memorative coin programs.
‘‘(2) MINTAGE LEVELS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), in carrying out any com-
memorative coin program, the Secretary shall
mint—
‘‘(i) not more than 750,000 clad half-
dollar coins;
‘‘(ii) not more than 500,000 silver
one-dollar coins; and
‘‘(iii) not more than 100,000 gold
five-dollar or ten-dollar coins.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If the Secretary deter-
mines, based on independent, market-based re-
search conducted by a designated recipient or-
ganization of a commemorative coin program,
that the mintage levels described in subpara-
graph (A) are not adequate to meet public de-
mand for that commemorative coin, the Sec-
retary may waive one or more of the require-
ments of subparagraph (A) with respect to that
commemorative coin program.
‘‘(C) DESIGNATED RECIPIENT ORGANIZA-
TION
DEFINED.—For purposes of this para-
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graph, the term ‘designated recipient organiza-
tion’ means any organization designated, under
any provision of law, as the recipient of any
surcharge imposed on the sale of any numis-
matic item.’’.
(b) RECOVERY OF MINT EXPENSES REQUIRED BE-
FORE PAYMENT OF SURCHARGES TO ANY RECIPIENT OR-
GANIZATION.—
(1) CLARIFICATION OF LAW RELATING TO DE-
POSIT OF SURCHARGES IN THE NUMISMATIC PUBLIC
ENTERPRISE FUND.—Section 5134(c)(2) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding amounts attributable to any surcharge im-
posed with respect to the sale of any numismatic
item’’ before the period.
(2) CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT OF SURCHARGES
TO
RECIPIENT
ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 5134 of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT OF SURCHARGES TO
RECIPIENT ORGANIZATIONS.—
‘‘(1) PAYMENT
OF
SURCHARGES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, no amount de-
rived from the proceeds of any surcharge imposed on
the sale of any numismatic item shall be paid from
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in accordance with generally accepted govern-
ment auditing standards by an independent
public accountant selected by the organization,
of all such payments to the organization begin-
ning in the first fiscal year of the organization
in which any such amount is received and con-
tinuing until all amounts received by such orga-
nization from the fund with respect to such sur-
charges are fully expended or placed in trust.
‘‘(B) MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
AN-
NUAL AUDITS.—At a minimum, each audit of a
designated recipient organization pursuant to
subparagraph (A) shall report—
‘‘(i) the amount of payments received
by the designated recipient organization
from the fund during the fiscal year of the
organization for which the audit is con-
ducted that are derived from the proceeds
of any surcharge imposed on the sale of
any numismatic item;
‘‘(ii) the amount expended by the des-
ignated recipient organization from the
proceeds of such surcharges during the fis-
cal year of the organization for which the
audit is conducted; and
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‘‘(iii) whether all expenditures by the
designated recipient organization during
the fiscal year of the organization for
which the audit is conducted from the pro-
ceeds of such surcharges were for author-
ized purposes.
‘‘(C) RESPONSIBILITY
OF
ORGANIZATION
TO
ACCOUNT
FOR
EXPENDITURES
OF
SUR-
CHARGES.—Each designated recipient organiza-
tion that receives any payment from the fund of
any amount derived from the proceeds of any
surcharge imposed on the sale of any numis-
matic item shall take appropriate steps, as a
condition for receiving any such payment, to en-
sure that the receipt of the payment and the ex-
penditure of the proceeds of such surcharge by
the organization in each fiscal year of the orga-
nization can be accounted for separately from
all other revenues and expenditures of the orga-
nization.
‘‘(D) SUBMISSION
OF
AUDIT
REPORT.—
Not later than 90 days after the end of any fis-
cal year of a designated recipient organization
for which an audit is required under subpara-
graph (A), the organization shall—
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‘‘(i) submit a copy of the report to the
Secretary of the Treasury; and
‘‘(ii) make a copy of the report avail-
able to the public.
‘‘(E) USE OF SURCHARGES FOR AUDITS.—
Any designated recipient organization that re-
ceives any payment from the fund of any
amount derived from the proceeds of any sur-
charge imposed on the sale of any numismatic
item may use the amount received to pay the
cost of an audit required under subparagraph
(A).
‘‘(F) WAIVER OF PARAGRAPH.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury may waive the applica-
tion of any subparagraph of this paragraph to
any designated recipient organization for any
fiscal year after taking into account the amount
of surcharges that such organization received or
expended during such year.
‘‘(G) NONAPPLICABILITY TO FEDERAL EN-
TITIES.—This paragraph shall not apply to any
Federal agency or department or any independ-
ent establishment in the executive branch that
receives any payment from the fund of any
amount derived from the proceeds of any sur-
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charge imposed on the sale of any numismatic
item.
‘‘(H) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
BOOKS
AND
RECORDS.—An organization that receives any
payment from the fund of any amount derived
from the proceeds of any surcharge imposed on
the sale of any numismatic item shall provide,
as a condition for receiving any such payment,
to the Inspector General of the Department of
the Treasury or the Comptroller General of the
United States, upon the request of such Inspec-
tor General or the Comptroller General, all
books, records, and work papers belonging to or
used by the organization, or by any independent
public accountant who audited the organization
in accordance with subparagraph (A), which
may relate to the receipt or expenditure of any
such amount by the organization.
‘‘(3) USE OF AGENTS OR ATTORNEYS TO IN-
FLUENCE COMMEMORATIVE COIN LEGISLATION.—No
portion of any payment from the fund to any des-
ignated recipient organization of any amount derived
from the proceeds of any surcharge imposed on the
sale of any numismatic item may be used, directly
or indirectly, by the organization to compensate any
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agent or attorney for services rendered to support or
influence in any way legislative action of the Con-
gress relating to such numismatic item.
‘‘(4) DESIGNATED
RECIPIENT
ORGANIZATION
DEFINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the
term ‘designated recipient organization’ means any
organization designated, under any provision of law,
as the recipient of any surcharge imposed on the
sale of any numismatic item.’’.
(3) SCOPE OF APPLICATION.—The amendments
made by this section shall apply with respect to the
proceeds of any surcharge imposed on the sale of
any numismatic item that are deposited in the Nu-
mismatic Public Enterprise Fund after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(4) REPEAL OF EXISTING RECIPIENT REPORT
REQUIREMENT.—Section 303 of Public Law 103–
186 (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is repealed.
(c) QUARTERLY
FINANCIAL
REPORTS.—Section
5134 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the 30th
day of each month following each calendar quarter
through and including the final period of sales with
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respect to any commemorative coin program author-
ized on or after the date of enactment of the Treas-
ury, Postal Service, and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 1997, the Mint shall submit to the
Congress a quarterly financial report in accordance
with this subsection.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each report submitted
under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to
the calendar quarter at issue—
‘‘(A) a detailed financial statement, pre-
pared in accordance with generally accepted ac-
counting principles, that includes financial in-
formation specific to that quarter, as well as cu-
mulative financial information relating to the
entire program;
‘‘(B) a detailed accounting of—
‘‘(i) all costs relating to marketing ef-
forts;
‘‘(ii) all funds projected for marketing
use;
‘‘(iii) all costs for employee travel re-
lating to the promotion of commemorative
coin programs;
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‘‘(iv) all numismatic items minted,
sold, not sold, and rejected during the pro-
duction process; and
‘‘(v) the costs of melting down all re-
jected and unsold products;
‘‘(C) adequate market-based research for
all commemorative coin programs; and
‘‘(D) a description of the efforts of the
Mint in keeping the sale price of numismatic
items as low as practicable.’’.
(d) CITIZENS
COMMEMORATIVE
COIN
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—
(1) FIXED
TERMS
FOR
MEMBERS.—Section
5135(a)(4) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) TERMS.—Each member appointed under
clause (i) or (iii) of paragraph (3)(A) shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 4 years.’’.
(2) CHAIRPERSON.—Section 5135(a) of title
31, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) CHAIRPERSON.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Chairperson of the Advisory
Committee shall be elected by the members of
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the Advisory Committee from among such
members.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The member appointed
pursuant to paragraph (3)(A)(ii) (or the alter-
nate to that member) may not serve as the
Chairperson of the Advisory Committee, begin-
ning on June 1, 1999.’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the date
of enactment of this Act.
TITLE VI—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
SECTION 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 threatening 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 1997 shall obligate
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances
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(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi-
cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru-
mentality.
SEC. 603. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1345, any
agency, department or instrumentality of the United
States which provides or proposes to provide child care
services for Federal employees may reimburse any Federal
employee or any person employed to provide such services
for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses in-
curred for training classes, conferences or other meetings
in connection with the provision of such services: Provided,
That any per diem allowance made pursuant to this sec-
tion shall not exceed the rate specified in regulations pre-
scribed pursuant to section 5707 of title 5, United States
Code.
SEC. 604. 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, ambulances, law enforcement,
and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at
$8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum
shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex-
ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,
and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi-
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cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec-
tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under
the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re-
search, 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 alter-
native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law
101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled
vehicles.
SEC. 605. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal 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 ac-
cordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–24.
SEC. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion 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
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on the date of enactment of this Act who, being eligible
for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be-
come 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 ad-
mitted to the United States for permanent residence, (5)
is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa-
roled in the United States after January 1, 1975, or (6)
is a national of the People’s Republic of China who
qualifys 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 sta-
tus 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 ex-
isting 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 Gov-
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ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire-
land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na-
tionals of those countries allied with the United States in
the current defense effort, or to international broadcasters
employed by the United States Information Agency, or to
temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em-
ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as
a result of emergencies.
SEC. 607. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General
Services Administration for charges for space and services
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements
performed 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. 608. In addition to funds provided in this or
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials,
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes:
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(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
and recycling programs as described in Executive
Order 12873 (October 20, 1993), including any such
programs adopted prior to the effective date of the
Executive Order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, 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. 609. Funds made available by this or any other
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
of the corporations 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 ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other
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funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be
correspondingly reduced.
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation for the cur-
rent 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. 611. For the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997, and thereafter, any department or agency to which
the Administrator of General Services has delegated the
authority to operate, maintain or repair any building or
facility pursuant to section 205(d) of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended,
shall retain that portion of the GSA rental payment avail-
able for operation, maintenance or repair of the building
or facility, as determined by the Administrator, and ex-
pend such funds directly for the operation, maintenance
or repair of the building or facility. Any funds retained
under this section shall remain available until expended
for such purposes.
SEC. 612. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1306 of title
31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 1306. Use of foreign credits
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Foreign credits (including cur-
rencies) owed to or owned by the United States may be
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used by any agency for any purpose for which appropria-
tions are made for the agency for the current fiscal year
(including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authoriz-
ing the use of such credits), but only when reimbursement
therefor is made to the Treasury from applicable appro-
priations of the agency.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION
TO REIMBURSEMENT REQUIRE-
MENT.—Credits described in subsection (a) that are re-
ceived as exchanged allowances, or as the proceeds of the
sale of personal property, may be used in whole or partial
payment for the acquisition of similar items, to the extent
and in the manner authorized by law, without reimburse-
ment to the Treasury.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by this
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act and shall apply thereafter.
SEC. 613. 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, committees, 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 instru-
mentality.
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SEC. 614. 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 pow-
ers 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 provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the
Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C.
318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under
the authority and within the limits provided in section 4
of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281;
40 U.S.C. 318c).
SEC. 615. None of the funds made available pursuant
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement,
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the Unit-
ed States.
SEC. 616. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
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no part of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal
year ending on September 30, 1997, by this or any other
Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee de-
scribed in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States
Code—
(1) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by section 616 of the
Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
Appropriations Act, 1996, until the normal effective
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that
is to take effect in fiscal year 1997, in an amount
that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable
grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in
accordance with such section 616; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 1997, in an amount that exceeds,
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate
payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum
of—
(A) the percentage adjustment taking ef-
fect in fiscal year 1997 under section 5303 of
title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
under the General Schedule; and
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based comparabil-
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ity payments taking effect in fiscal year 1997
under section 5304 of such title (whether by
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver-
age percentage of such payments which was ef-
fective in fiscal year 1996 under such section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title,
may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a)
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would
be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli-
cable to such employee.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable
to an employee who is covered by this section and who
is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30,
1996, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by
the Office of Personnel Management.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
of premium pay for employees subject to this section may
not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30,
1996, except to the extent determined by the Office of
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose
of this section.
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(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for
service performed after September 30, 1996.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision
of law (including section 8431 of title 5, United States
Code, and any rule or regulation that provides premium
pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee ben-
efit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that
imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a
rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay
payable after the application of this section shall be treat-
ed as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by
this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be
payable were this section not in effect.
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees.
SEC. 617. During the period in which the head of
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian
employee of the Government appointed by the President
of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re-
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decorate the office of such department head, agency head,
officer or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im-
provements for any such office, unless advance notice of
such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen-
ate. For the purposes of this section, the word ‘‘office’’
shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi-
vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the
individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the
individual.
SEC. 618. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 619. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, or section 613 of this Act, funds
made available for fiscal year 1997 by this or any other
Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na-
tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni-
cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart-
ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive
Order Numbered 12472 (April 3, 1984).
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SEC. 620. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any
Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for
the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a
position of a confidential or policy-determining character
excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section
3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification
to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of
the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality
employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C
position was not created solely or primarily in order to
detail the employee to the White House.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
Federal employees or members of the armed services de-
tailed to or from—
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the National Security Agency;
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
(4) the offices within the Department of De-
fense for the collection of specialized national foreign
intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of
the Department of State;
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu-
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reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration of the Department of Justice, the De-
partment of Transportation, the Department of the
Treasury, and the Department of Energy perform-
ing intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
SEC. 621. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 1997 shall obligate
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agency
or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to ad-
minister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure
that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and
sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are not
in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
SEC. 622. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act may be used to pay for the expenses of travel
of employees, including employees of the Executive Office
of the President, not directly responsible for the discharge
of official governmental tasks and duties: Provided, That
this restriction shall not apply to the family of the Presi-
dent, Members of Congress or their spouses, Heads of
State of a foreign country or their designees, persons pro-
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viding assistance to the President for official purposes, or
other individuals so designated by the President.
SEC. 623. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
President, or his designee, must certify to Congress, annu-
ally, that no person or persons with direct or indirect re-
sponsibility for administering the Executive Office of the
President’s Drug-Free Workplace Plan are themselves
subject to a program of individual random drug testing.
SEC. 624. (a) None of the funds made available in
this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended
for any employee training when it is made known to the
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that such employee training—
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the
performance of official duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in
some participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
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ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N–
915.022, dated September 2, 1988;
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the
workplace; or
(6) 
includes 
content 
related 
to 
human
immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary to
make employees more aware of the medical ramifica-
tions of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of
HIV-positive employees.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
SEC. 625. No funds appropriated in this or any other
Act for fiscal year 1997 may be used to implement or en-
force the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355
of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy,
form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does
not contain the following provisions: ‘‘These restrictions
are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with,
or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or li-
abilities created by Executive Order 12356; section 7211
of title 5, United States Code (governing disclosures to
Congress); section 1034 of title 10, United States Code,
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as amended by the Military Whistleblower Protection Act
(governing disclosure to Congress by members of the mili-
tary); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code,
as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (govern-
ing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public
health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Pro-
tection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing
disclosures that could expose confidential Government
agents); and the statutes which protect against disclosure
that may compromise the national security, including sec-
tions 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United
States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. section 783(b)). The definitions,
requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities
created by said Executive Order and listed statutes are
incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’:
Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding paragraph,
a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be exe-
cuted by a person connected with the conduct of an intel-
ligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an em-
ployee or officer of the United States Government, may
contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity
for which such document is to be used. Such form or
agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person
will not disclose any classified information received in the
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course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do
so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure
forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo-
sures to Congress or to an authorized official of an execu-
tive agency or the Department of Justice that are essential
to reporting a substantial violation of law.
SEC. 626. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
or any other Act may be expended by any Federal Agency
to procure any product or service subject to section 5124
of Public Law 104–106 and that will be available under
the procurement by the Administrator of General Services
known as ‘‘FTS2000’’ unless—
(1) such product or service is procured by the
Administrator of General Services as part of the
procurement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; or
(2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of
the Administrator of General Services that—
(A) that agency’s requirements for such
procurement are unique and cannot be satisfied
by property and service procured by the Admin-
istrator of General Services as part of the pro-
curement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; and
(B) the agency procurement, pursuant to
such delegation, would be cost-effective and
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would not adversely affect the cost-effectiveness
of the FTS2000 procurement.
(b) After December 31, 1998, subsection (a) shall
apply only if the Administrator of General Services has
reported that the FTS2000 procurement is producing
prices that allow the Government to satisfy its require-
ments for such procurement in the most cost-effective
manner.
SEC. 627. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law
103–356 is amended by deleting ‘‘October 1, 1999’’ and
inserting ‘‘October 1, 2001’’.
SEC. 628. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds made available
by this Act for the Department of the Treasury shall be
available for any activity or for paying the salary of any
Government employee where funding an activity or paying
a salary to a Government employee would result in a deci-
sion, determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would
permit the Secretary of the Treasury to make any loan
or extension of credit under section 5302 of title 31, Unit-
ed States Code, with respect to a single foreign entity or
government of a foreign country (including agencies or
other entities of that government)—
(1) with respect to a loan or extension of credit
for more than 60 days, unless the President certifies
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to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Banking
and Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives that—
(A) there is no projected cost (as that term
is defined in section 502 of the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990) to the United States from
the proposed loan or extension of credit; and
(B) any proposed obligation or expenditure
of United States funds to or on behalf of the
foreign government is adequately backed by an
assured source of repayment to ensure that all
United States funds will be repaid; and
(2) other than as provided by an Act of Con-
gress, if that loan or extension of credit would result
in expenditures and obligations, including contingent
obligations, aggregating more than $1,000,000,000
with respect to that foreign country for more than
180 days during the 12-month period beginning on
the date on which the first such action is taken.
(b) WAIVER OF LIMITATIONS.—The President may
exceed the dollar and time limitations in subsection (a)(2)
if he certifies in writing to the Congress that a financial
crisis in that foreign country poses a threat to vital United
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States economic interests or to the stability of the inter-
national financial system.
(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR A RESOLUTION OF
DISAPPROVAL.—A presidential certification pursuant to
subsection (b) shall not take effect, if the Congress, within
30 calendar days after receiving such certification, enacts
a joint resolution of disapproval, as described in paragraph
(5) of this subsection.
(1) REFERENCE
TO
COMMITTEES.—All joint
resolutions introduced in the Senate to disapprove
the certification shall be referred to the Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and in the
House of Representatives, to the appropriate com-
mittees.
(2) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEES.—(A) If the
committee of either House to which a resolution has
been referred has not reported it at the end of 15
days after its introduction, it is in order to move ei-
ther to discharge the committee from further consid-
eration of the joint resolution or to discharge the
committee from further consideration of any other
resolution introduced with respect to the same mat-
ter, except no motion to discharge shall be in order
after the committee has reported a joint resolution
with respect to the same matter.
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(B) A motion to discharge may be made only by
an individual favoring the resolution, and is privi-
leged in the Senate; and debate thereon shall be lim-
ited to not more than 1 hour, the time to be divided
in the Senate equally between, and controlled by, the
majority leader and the minority leader or their des-
ignees.
(3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.—
(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the consid-
eration of a resolution shall be privileged.
(B) Debate in the Senate on a resolution, and
all debatable motions and appeals in connection
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 4 hours,
to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
majority leader and the minority leader or their des-
ignees.
(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable mo-
tion or appeal in connection with a resolution shall
be limited to not more than 20 minutes, to be equal-
ly divided between, and controlled by, the mover and
the manager of the resolution, except that in the
event the manager of the resolution is in favor of
any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition
thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or
his designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may,
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from time under their control on the passage of a
resolution, allot additional time to any Senator dur-
ing the consideration of any debatable motion or ap-
peal.
(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit de-
bate on a resolution, debatable motion, or appeal is
not debatable. No amendment to, or motion to re-
commit, a resolution is in order in the Senate.
(4) In the case of a resolution, if prior to the
passage by one House of a resolution of that House,
that House receives a resolution with respect to the
same matter from the other House, then—
(A) the procedure in that House shall be
the same as if no resolution had been received
from the other House; but
(B) the vote on final passage shall be on
the resolution of the other House.
(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term
‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a joint resolution of
the 2 Houses of Congress, the matter after the re-
solving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That the Con-
gress disapproves the action of the President under
section 628(c) of the Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government Appropriations Act, 1997, no-
tice of which was submitted to the Congress on
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lllllll.’’, with the blank space being filled
with the appropriate date.
(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section—
(1) shall not apply to any action taken as part
of the program of assistance to Mexico announced
by the President on January 31, 1995; and
(2) shall remain in effect through fiscal year
1997.
SEC. 629. (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section
640 of Public Law 104–52 (109 Stat. 513) is amended
by striking ‘‘Service performed’’ and inserting ‘‘Hereafter,
service performed’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in Public
Law 104–52 on the date of its enactment.
SEC. 630. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no part of any appropriation contained in this Act
for any fiscal year shall be available for paying Sunday
premium or differential pay to any employee unless such
employee actually performed work during the time cor-
responding to such premium or differential pay.
SEC. 631. No part of any funds appropriated in this
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda
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purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or
film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the
Congress itself.
SEC. 632. (a) The United States Courthouse under
construction at 1030 Southwest 3d Avenue in Portland,
Oregon, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Mark O.
Hatfield United States Courthouse’’.
(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu-
ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the
courthouse referred to in section 901 shall be deemed to
be a reference to the ‘‘Mark O. Hatfield United States
Courthouse’’.
(c) This section shall take effect on January 2, 1997.
SEC. 633. SURVIVOR ANNUITY RESUMPTION UPON
TERMINATION OF MARRIAGE.—(a) AMENDMENTS.—
(1) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Sec-
tion 8341(e) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) If the annuity of a child under this subchapter
terminates under paragraph (3)(E) because of marriage,
then, if such marriage ends, such annuity shall resume
on the first day of the month in which it ends, but only
if—
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‘‘(A) any lump sum paid is returned to the
Fund; and
‘‘(B) that individual is not otherwise ineligible
for such annuity.’’.
(2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYS-
TEM.—Section 8443(b) of such title is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘If the annuity of
a child under this subchapter terminates under sub-
paragraph (E) because of marriage, then, if such
marriage ends, such annuity shall resume on the
first day of the month in which it ends, but only if
any lump sum paid is returned to the Fund, and
that individual is not otherwise ineligible for such
annuity.’’.
(3) FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES
HEALTH
BENE-
FITS.—Section 8908 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end of the following
new subsection:
‘‘(d) A surviving child whose survivor annuity under
section 8341(e) or 8443(b) was terminated and is later
restored under paragraph (4) of section 8341(e) or the
last sentence of section 8443(b) may, under regulations
prescribed by the Office, enroll in a health benefits plan
described by section 8903 or 8903a if such surviving child
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was covered by any such plan immediately before such an-
nuity was terminated.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to any termination of
marriage taking effect before, on, or after the date of en-
actment of this Act, except that benefits shall be payable
only with respect to amounts accruing for periods begin-
ning on the first day of the month beginning after the
later of such termination of marriage or such date of en-
actment.
SEC. 634. AVAILABILITY OF ANNUAL LEAVE FOR
EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY REDUCTION IN FORCE.—Sec-
tion 6302 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end of the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) An employee who is being involuntarily sepa-
rated from an agency due to a reduction in force or trans-
fer of function under subchapter I of chapter 35 may elect
to use annual leave to the employee’s credit to remain on
the agency’s rolls after the date the employee would other-
wise have been separated if, and only to the extent that,
such additional time in a pay status will enable the em-
ployee to qualify for an immediate annuity under section
8336, 8412, 8414, or to qualify to carry health benefits
coverage into retirement under section 8905(b).’’.
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SEC. 635. Section 207(e)(6)(B) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘level V of the Execu-
tive Schedule’’ and inserting ‘‘level 5 of the Senior Execu-
tive Service’’.
SEC. 636. REIMBURSEMENTS RELATING TO PROFES-
SIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.—(a) AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, amounts appro-
priated by this Act (or any other Act for fiscal year 1997
or any fiscal year thereafter) for salaries and expenses
may be used to reimburse any qualified employee for not
to exceed one-half the costs incurred by such employee for
professional liability insurance. A payment under this sec-
tion shall be contingent upon the submission of such infor-
mation or documentation as the employing agency may re-
quire.
(b) QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘qualified employee’’ means an agency
employee whose position is that of—
(1) a law enforcement officer; or
(2) a supervisor or management official.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means an Executive
agency, as defined by section 105 of title 5, United
States Code, and any agency of the Legislative
Branch of Government including any office or com-
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mittee of the Senate or the House of Representa-
tives;
(2) the term ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ means
an employee, the duties of whose position are pri-
marily the investigation, apprehension, prosecution,
or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of
offenses against the criminal laws of the United
States, including any law enforcement officer under
section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of such title 5, or
under section 4823 of title 22, United States Code;
(3) the terms ‘‘supervisor’’ and ‘‘management
official’’ have the respective meanings given them by
section 7103(a) of such title 5, and
(4) the term ‘‘professional liability insurance’’
means insurance which provides coverage for—
(A) legal liability for damages due to inju-
ries to other persons, damage to their property,
or other damage or loss to such other persons
(including the expenses of litigation and settle-
ment) resulting from or arising out of any
tortious act, error, or omission of the covered
individual (whether common law, statutory, or
constitutional) while in the performance of such
individual’s official duties as a qualified em-
ployee; and
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(B) the cost of legal representation for the
covered individual in connection with any ad-
ministrative or judicial proceeding (including
any investigation or disciplinary proceeding) re-
lating to any act, error, or omission of the cov-
ered individual while in the performance of such
individual’s official duties as a qualified em-
ployee, and other legal costs and fees relating
to any such administrative or judicial proceed-
ing.
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act and shall apply thereafter.
SEC. 637. For purposes of each provision of law
amended by section 704(a)(2) of the Ethics Reform Act
of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5318 note), no adjustment under sec-
tion 5303 of title 5, United States Code, shall be consid-
ered to have taken effect in fiscal year 1997 in the rates
of basic pay for the statutory pay systems.
SEC. 638. For FY 1997, the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized to use funds made available to the
FSLIC Resolution Fund under P.L. 103–327, not to ex-
ceed $26,100,000, to reimburse the Department of Jus-
tice for the reasonable expenses of litigation that are in-
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curred in the defense of claims against the U.S. arising
from FIRREA and its implementation.
SEC. 639. Section 608 of Public Law 104–52 is
amended in the first sentence by inserting before the pe-
riod, ‘‘, including Federal records disposed of pursuant to
a records schedule’’.
SEC. 640. In reviewing and analyzing the contracting
out, outsourcing or privatization of business and adminis-
trative functions, and in implementing 40 U.S.C. sections
1413 and 1423, and other provisions, in title LI of the
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1996
(the Information Technology Management Reform Act)—
(1) the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget and the heads of the executive agencies
may have studies, analyses, reviews and other man-
agement assistance performed by the private sector;
(2) the reviews, analyses, and studies called for
by 40 U.S.C. section 1413(b)(2) (B) and (C) shall
be completed and reported to the Agency Head with-
in 180 days, or less measured from when a study
analysis or review is initiated unless the Agency
Head determines additional time is needed;
(3) in accordance with principles and rules gov-
erning organizational conflicts of interest, persons
involved in a particular study may not compete for
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any work that is to be or is outsourced as a result
of that study; and
(4) this section will apply with respect to stud-
ies occurring on or after the date of enactment of
this subsection and completed before September 1,
1999 and the Comptroller General of the United
States shall review and provide an assessment of
this program by January 1, 1999.
SEC. 641. (a) SECTION 1—AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS.—Section 8(a)(1) of the Whistleblower
Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note, Public Law
101–12, April 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 34, as amended Public
Law 103–424, Section 1, October 29, 1994, 108 Stat.
4361), is amended by striking the words: ‘‘1993, 1994,
1995, 1996, and 1997,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002’’.
(b) SECTION 2—EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall
take effect on October 1, 1998.
SEC. 642. (a) SECTION 1.—AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS.—Section 8(a)(1) of the Whistleblower
Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note; Public Law
103–424; 103 Stat. 34) is amended by striking out:
‘‘1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997,’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002’’.
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(b) SECTION 2—EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall
take effect on October 1, 1998.
SEC. 643. MODIFICATIONS OF NATIONAL COMMIS-
SION
ON RESTRUCTURING
THE INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE.—(a) QUORUM.—Paragraph (4) of section
637(b) of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Gov-
ernment Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–52,
109 Stat. 510) is amended by striking ‘‘Seven’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Nine’’.
(b) CO-CHAIRS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section
637(b) of such Act is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘a Chairman’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Co-Chairs’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘Chairman’’ in the heading
and inserting ‘‘Co-Chairs’’.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(A) Para-
graph (5)(B) of section 637(b) of such Act is
amended by striking ‘‘a Chairman’’ and inserting
‘‘Co-Chairs’’.
(B) Subsections (b)(4), (d)(1)(B), (d)(3), and
(e)(1) of section 637 of such Act are each amended
by striking ‘‘Chairman’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘Co-Chairs’’.
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(c) GIFTS.—Section 637(d) of such Act is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use,
and dispose of gifts or donations of services or prop-
erty in carrying out its duties under this section.’’
(d) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Section 637(f)(2) of such
Act is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’.
(e) TIME FOR FILING REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 637(g)
of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘one year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘15 months’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (A)
of section 637(c)(1) of such Act is amended by striking
‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘15 months’’.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect as if included in the provisions
of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government
Appropriations Act, 1996.
SEC. 644. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(a) of title
39, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000
a year’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000 a year’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-
fect at the beginning of the next applicable pay period be-
ginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 645. (a) IN GENERAL.—No later than Septem-
ber 30, 1997, the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall submit to the Congress a report that
provides—
(1) estimates of the total annual costs and ben-
efits of Federal regulatory programs, including
quantitative and nonquantitative measures of regu-
latory costs and benefits;
(2) estimates of the costs and benefits (includ-
ing quantitative and nonquantitative measures) of
each rule that is likely to have a gross annual effect
on the economy of $100,000,000 or more in in-
creased costs;
(3) an assessment of the direct and indirect im-
pacts of Federal rules on the private sector, State
and local government, and the Federal Government;
and
(4) recommendations from the Director and a
description of significant public comments to reform
or eliminate any Federal regulatory program or pro-
gram element that is inefficient, ineffective, or is not
a sound use of the Nation’s resources.
(b) NOTICE.—The Director shall provide public no-
tice and an opportunity to comment on the report under
subsection (a) before the report is issued in final form.
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SEC. 646. Subsection (b) of section 404 of Public
Law 103–356 is amended by deleting ‘‘September 30,
1997’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1999’’.
SEC. 647. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary shall, on behalf of the United States,
transfer to the University of Miami, without charge, title
to the real property and improvements that as of the date
of the enactment of this Act constitute the Federal facility
known as the Perrine Primate Center, subject to the con-
dition that, during the 10-year period beginning on the
date of the transfer—
(1) the University will provide for the continued
use of the real property and improvements as an
animal research facility, including primates, and
such use will be the exclusive use of the property
(with such incidental exceptions as the Secretary
may approve); or
(2) the real property and improvements will be
used for research-related purposes other than the
purpose specified in paragraph (1) (or for both of
such purposes), if the Secretary and the University
enter into an agreement accordingly.
(b) The conveyance under subsection (a) shall not be-
come effective unless the conveyance specifies that, if the
University of Miami engages in a material breach of the
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conditions specified in such subsection, title to the real
property and improvements involved reverts to the United
States at the election of the Secretary.
(c) The real property referred to in subsections (a)
and (b) is located in the county of Dade in the State of
Florida, and is a parcel consisting of the northernmost
30 acre-parcel of the area. The exact acreage and legal
description used for purposes of the transfer under sub-
section (a) shall be in accordance with a survey that is
satisfactory to the Secretary.
(d) For the purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services; and
(2) the term ‘‘University of Miami’’ means the
University of Miami located in the State of Florida.
SEC. 648. (a) INCREASED PENALTIES FOR COUN-
TERFEITING VIOLATIONS.—Sections 474 and 474A of
title 18, United States Code, are amended by striking
‘‘class C felony’’ each place that term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘class B felony’’.
(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR PRODUCTION, SALE,
TRANSPORTATION, POSSESSION OF FICTITIOUS FINAN-
CIAL INSTRUMENTS PURPORTING TO BE THOSE OF THE
STATES, OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, AND OF PRIVATE
ORGANIZATIONS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 25 of title 18, Unit-
ed States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 513, the following new section:
‘‘§ 514. Fictitious obligations
‘‘(a) Whoever, with the intent to defraud—
‘‘(1) draws, prints, processes, produces, pub-
lishes, or otherwise makes, or attempts or causes the
same, within the United States;
‘‘(2) passes, utters, presents, offers, brokers, is-
sues, sells, or attempts or causes the same, or with
like intent possesses, within the United States; or
‘‘(3) utilizes interstate or foreign commerce, in-
cluding the use of the mails or wire, radio, or other
electronic communication, to transmit, transport,
ship, move, transfer, or attempts or causes the same,
to, from, or through the United States,
any false or fictitious instrument, document, or other item
appearing, representing, purporting, or contriving through
scheme or artifice, to be an actual security or other finan-
cial instrument issued under the authority of the United
States, a foreign government, a State or other political
subdivision of the United States, or an organization, shall
be guilty of a class B felony.
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‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, any term used in
this section that is defined in section 513(c) has the same
meaning given such term in section 513(c).
‘‘(c) The United States Secret Service, in addition to
any other agency having such authority, shall have author-
ity to investigate offenses under this section.’’.
(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 513 the following:
‘‘514. Fictitious obligations.’’.
(c) PERIOD
OF EFFECT.—This section and the
amendments made by this section shall become effective
on the date of enactment of this Act and shall remain in
effect during each fiscal year following that date of enact-
ment.
SEC. 649. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee’s
home address to any labor organization except when it is
made known to the Federal official having authority to
obligate or expend such funds that the employee has au-
thorized such disclosure or that such disclosure has been
ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 650. (a) No later than 45 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each
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Federal department or agency that uses administratively
uncontrollable overtime in the pay of any employee shall—
(1) conduct an audit on the use of administra-
tively uncontrollable overtime by employees of such
department or agency, which shall include—
(A) an examination of the policies, extent,
costs, and other relevant aspects of the use of
administratively uncontrollable overtime at the
department or agency; and
(B) a determination of whether the eligi-
bility criteria of the department or agency and
payment of administratively uncontrollable over-
time comply with Federal statutory and regu-
latory requirements; and
(2) submit a report of the findings and conclu-
sions of such audit to—
(A) the Office of Personnel Management;
(B) the Governmental Affairs Committee
of the Senate; and
(C) the Government Reform and Oversight
Committee of the House of Representatives.
(b) No later than 30 days after the submission of the
report under subsection (a), the Office of Personnel Man-
agement shall issue revised guidelines to all Federal de-
partments and agencies that—
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(1) limit the use of administratively uncontrol-
lable overtime to employees meeting the statutory in-
tent of section 5545(c)(2) of title 5, United States
Code; and
(2) expressly prohibit the use of administra-
tively uncontrollable overtime for—
(A) customary or routine work duties; and
(B) work duties that are primarily admin-
istrative in nature, or occur in noncompelling
circumstances.
SEC. 651. Notwithstanding section 8116 of title 5,
United States Code, and in addition to any payment made
under 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., beginning in fiscal year 1997
and thereafter, the head of any department or agency is
authorized to pay from appropriations made available to
the department or agency a death gratuity to the personal
representative (as that term is defined by applicable law)
of a civilian employee of that department or agency whose
death resulted from an injury sustained in the line of duty
on or after August 2, 1990: Provided, That payments
made pursuant to this section, in combination with the
payments made pursuant to sections 8133(f) and 8134(a)
of such title 5 and section 312 of Public Law 103–332
(108 Stat. 2537), may not exceed a total of $10,000 per
employee.
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SEC. 653. (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of
the Treasury is authorized to establish scientific certifi-
cation standards for explosives detection canines, and shall
provide, on a reimbursable basis, for the certification of
explosives detection canines employed by Federal agencies,
or other agencies providing explosives detection services at
airports in the United States.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
SEC. 654. NATIONAL REPOSITORY FOR INFORMA-
TION ON EXPLOSIVES INCIDENTS AND ARSON.
(a) Section 846 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by—
(1) designating the existing section as sub-
section (a); and
(2) by adding the following new subsection
(b) to read as follows:
‘‘(b) The Secretary is authorized to establish a
national repository of information on incidents in-
volving arson and the suspected criminal misuse of
explosives. All Federal agencies having information
concerning such incidents shall report the informa-
tion to the Secretary pursuant to such regulations as
deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this
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subsection. The repository shall also contain infor-
mation on incidents voluntarily reported to the Sec-
retary by State and local authorities.’’.
(b) There is authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of this subsection.
SEC. 655. Section 5(c)(1) of Public Law 102–259 (20
U.S.C. 5603(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(C) a Trustee may serve after the expiration
of the Trustee’s term until a successor has been cho-
sen.’’.
SEC. 656. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, may directly transfer to Indian tribes in
North and South Dakota portable housing units at the
Grand Forks Air Force base in North Dakota which have
been declared excess by the Department of Defense and
requested for transfer by the Department of the Interior.
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SEC. 657. Section 922(q) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(q)(1) The Congress finds and declares that—
‘‘(A) crime, particularly crime involving drugs
and guns, is a pervasive, nationwide problem;
‘‘(B) crime at the local level is exacerbated by
the interstate movement of drugs, guns, and crimi-
nal gangs;
‘‘(C) firearms and ammunition move easily in
interstate commerce and have been found in increas-
ing numbers in and around schools, as documented
in numerous hearings in both the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
‘‘(D) in fact, even before the sale of a firearm,
the gun, its component parts, ammunition, and the
raw materials from which they are made have con-
siderably moved in interstate commerce;
‘‘(E) while criminals freely move from State to
State, ordinary citizens and foreign visitors may fear
to travel to or through certain parts of the country
due to concern about violent crime and gun violence,
and parents may decline to send their children to
school for the same reason;
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‘‘(F) the occurrence of violent crime in school
zones has resulted in a decline in the quality of edu-
cation in our country;
‘‘(G) this decline in the quality of education has
an adverse impact on interstate commerce and the
foreign commerce of the United States;
‘‘(H) States, localities, and school systems find
it almost impossible to handle gun-related crime by
themselves—even States, localities, and school sys-
tems that have made strong efforts to prevent, de-
tect, and punish gun-related crime find their efforts
unavailing due in part to the failure or inability of
other States or localities to take strong measures;
and
‘‘(I) the Congress has the power, under the
interstate commerce clause and other provisions of
the Constitution, to enact measures to ensure the in-
tegrity and safety of the Nation’s schools by enact-
ment of this subsection.
‘‘(2)(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual know-
ingly to possess a firearm that has moved in or that other-
wise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that
the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe,
is a school zone.
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‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the posses-
sion of a firearm—
‘‘(i) on private property not part of school
grounds;
‘‘(ii) if the individual possessing the firearm is
licensed to do so by the State in which the school
zone is located or a political subdivision of the State,
and the law of the State or political subdivision re-
quires that, before an individual obtains such a li-
cense, the law enforcement authorities of the State
or political subdivision verify that the individual is
qualified under law to receive the license;
‘‘(iii) that is—
‘‘(I) not loaded; and
‘‘(II) in a locked container, or a locked
firearms rack that is on a motor vehicle;
‘‘(iv) by an individual for use in a program ap-
proved by a school in the school zone;
‘‘(v) by an individual in accordance with a con-
tract entered into between a school in the school
zone and the individual or an employer of the indi-
vidual;
‘‘(vi) by a law enforcement officer acting in his
or her official capacity; or
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‘‘(vii) that is unloaded and is possessed by an
individual while traversing school premises for the
purpose of gaining access to public or private lands
open to hunting, if the entry on school premises is
authorized by school authorities.
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), it
shall be unlawful for any person, knowingly or with reck-
less disregard for the safety of another, to discharge or
attempt to discharge a firearm that has moved in or that
otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place
that the person knows is a school zone.
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the dis-
charge of a firearm—
‘‘(i) on private property not part of school
grounds;
‘‘(ii) as part of a program approved by a school
in the school zone, by an individual who is partici-
pating in the program;
‘‘(iii) by an individual in accordance with a con-
tract entered into between a school in a school zone
and the individual or an employer of the individual;
or
‘‘(iv) by a law enforcement officer acting in his
or her official capacity.
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‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as
preempting or preventing a State or local government
from enacting a statute establishing gun free school zones
as provided in this subsection.’’.
SEC. 658. GUN BAN FOR INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF A
MISDEMEANOR CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE.
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 921(a) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(33)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph
(C), the term ‘misdemeanor crime of domestic vio-
lence’ means an offense that—
‘‘(i) is a misdemeanor under Federal or
State law; and
‘‘(ii) has, as an element, the use or at-
tempted use of physical force, or the threatened
use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current
or former spouse, parent, or guardian of the
victim, by a person with whom the victim
shares a child in common, by a person who is
cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim
as a spouse, parent, or guardian, or by a person
similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guard-
ian of the victim.
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‘‘(B)(i) A person shall not be considered to have
been convicted of such an offense for purposes of
this chapter, unless—
‘‘(I) the person was represented by counsel
in the case, or knowingly and intelligently
waived the right to counsel in the case; and
(II) in the case of a prosecution for an of-
fense described in this paragraph for which a
person was entitled to a jury trial in the juris-
diction in which the case was tried, either
(aa) the case was tried by a jury, or
(bb) the person knowingly and intel-
ligently waived the right to have the case
tried by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise.
‘‘(ii) A person shall not be considered to have
been convicted of such an offense for purposes of
this chapter if the conviction has been expunged or
set aside, or is an offense for which the person has
been pardoned or has had civil rights restored (if the
law of the applicable jurisdiction provides for the
loss of civil rights under such an offense) unless the
pardon, expungement, or restoration of civil rights
expressly provides that the person may not ship,
transport, possess, or receive firearms.’’.
(b)PROHIBITIONS.—
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(1) Section 922(d) of such title is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (7);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (8) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the
following:
‘‘(9) has been convicted in any court of a mis-
demeanor crime of domestic violence.’’.
(2) Section 922(g) of such title is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of
paragrph (7);
(B) by striking the comma at the end of
paragraph (8) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the
following:
‘‘(9) who has been convicted in any court of a
misdemeanor crime of domestic violence,’’.
(3) Section 922(s)(3)(B)(i) of such title is
amended by inserting ‘‘, and has not been convicted
in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic vi-
olence’’ before this semicolon.
(c) GOVERNMENT ENTITIES NOT EXCEPTED.—
Section 925(a)(1) of such title is amended by inserting
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‘‘sections 922(d)(9) and 922(g)(9) and’’ after ‘‘except
for’’.
SEC. 659. THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN.
TITLE I—ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT FUNDS FOR THE
THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Thrift Savings Invest-
ment Funds Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 102. ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT FUNDS FOR THE
THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN.
Section 8438 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(5)
through (8) as paragraphs (6) through (9), re-
spectively;
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) the term ‘International Stock Index Invest-
ment Fund’ means the International Stock Index In-
vestment 
Fund 
established 
under 
subsection
(b)(1)(E);’’;
(C) in paragraph (8) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) by strik-
ing out ‘‘and’’ at the end thereof;
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(D) in paragraph (9) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph)—
(i) 
by 
striking 
out 
‘‘paragraph
(7)(D)’’ in each place it appears and in-
serting in each such place ‘‘paragraph
(8)(D)’’; and
(ii) by striking out the period and in-
serting in lieu thereof a semicolon and
‘‘and’’; and
(E) by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(10) the term ‘Small Capitalization Stock
Index Investment Fund’ means the Small Capitaliza-
tion Stock Index Investment Fund established under
subsection (b)(1)(D).’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in subparagraph (B) by striking
out ‘‘and’’ at the end thereof;
(ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking
out the period and inserting in lieu thereof
a semicolon; and
(iii) by adding at the end thereof the
following new subparagraphs:
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‘‘(D) a Small Capitalization Stock Index
Investment Fund as provided in paragraph (3);
and
‘‘(E) an International Stock Index Invest-
ment Fund as provided in paragraph (4).’’; and
(B) by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new paragraphs:
‘‘(3)(A) The Board shall select an index which
is a commonly recognized index comprised of com-
mon stock the aggregate market value of which rep-
resents the United States equity markets excluding
the common stocks included in the Common Stock
Index Investment Fund.
‘‘(B) The Small Capitalization Stock Index In-
vestment Fund shall be invested in a portfolio de-
signed to replicate the performance of the index in
subparagraph (A). The portfolio shall be designed
such that, to the extent practicable, the percentage
of the Small Capitalization Stock Index Investment
Fund that is invested in each stock is the same as
the percentage determined by dividing the aggregate
market value of all shares of that stock by the ag-
gregate market value of all shares of all stocks in-
cluded in such index.
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‘‘(4)(A) The Board shall select an index which
is a commonly recognized index comprised of stock
the aggregate market value of which is a reasonably
complete representation of the international equity
markets excluding the United States equity markets.
‘‘(B) The International Stock Index Investment
Fund shall be invested in a portfolio designed to rep-
licate the performance of the index in subparagraph
(A). The portfolio shall be designed such that, to the
extent practicable, the percentage of the Inter-
national Stock Index Investment Fund that is in-
vested in each stock is the same as the percentage
determined by dividing the aggregate market value
of all shares of that stock by the aggregate market
value of all shares of all stocks included in such
index.’’.
SEC. 103. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INVESTMENT RISK.
Section 8439(d) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘Each employee, Member, former
employee, or former Member who elects to invest in the
Common Stock Index Investment Fund or the Fixed In-
come Investment Fund described in paragraphs (1) and
(3),’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Each employee, Mem-
ber, former employee, or former Member who elects to in-
vest in the Common Stock Index Investment Fund, the
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Fixed Income Investment Fund, the International Stock
Index Investment Fund, or the Small Capitalization Stock
Index Investment Fund, defined in paragraphs (1), (3),
(5), and (10),’’.
SEC. 104. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title shall take effect on the date of enactment
of this Act, and the Funds established under this title
shall be offered for investment at the earliest practicable
election period (described in section 8432(b) of title 5,
United States Code) as determined by the Executive Di-
rector in regulations.
TITLE II—THRIFT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS LIQUIDITY
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Thrift Savings Plan
Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 202. NOTICE TO SPOUSES FOR IN-SERVICE WITHDRAW-
ALS; DE MINIMUS ACCOUNTS; CIVIL SERVICE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS.
Section 8351(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (5)—
(A) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by striking out ‘‘An election,
change of election, or modification (relat-
ing to the commencement date of a de-
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ferred annuity)’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘An election or change of election’’;
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or withdrawal’’ after
‘‘and a loan’’;
(iii) by inserting ‘‘and (h)’’ after
‘‘8433(g)’’;
(iv) by striking out ‘‘the election,
change of election, or modification’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘the election or
change of election’’; and
(v) by inserting ‘‘or withdrawal’’ after
‘‘for such loan’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (D)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or withdrawals’’ after
‘‘of loans’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or (h)’’ after
‘‘8433(g)’’; and
(2) in paragraph (6)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘$3,500 or less’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘less than an amount
that the Executive Director prescribes by regu-
lation’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘unless the employee
or Member elects, at such time and otherwise in
such manner as the Executive Director pre-
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Service pursuant to this section, including all
appropriate transfers, shall occur—
(i) no earlier than the date the appointment under
paragraph (1) is made; and
(ii) no later than 60 days after the date the ap-
pointment under paragraph (1) is made.
(B) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
PERSON-
NEL.—
(i) CONSULTATION.—Decisions concerning which
personnel are to be transferred pursuant to subparagraph
(A) shall be made by the Governors (within the meaning
of section 102(3) of title 39, United States Code) in con-
sultation with the Inspector General appointed under
paragraph (1).
(ii) 
TRANSFERRED
PERSONNEL.—Personnel
transferred pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall, to the
extent not inconsistent with other provisions of this sub-
section, be transferred in accordance with applicable laws
and regulations relating to the transfer of functions with-
in the United States Postal Service, except that, notwith-
standing any provision of section 1003(b) of title 39,
United States Code, as amended by this section, the clas-
sification and compensation of such personnel shall not
be reduced, by reason of having been transferred, for 1
year after being so transferred.
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tions from the Director with respect to such ac-
quisition.
‘‘(B) COMMENT PERIOD.—The comments
and recommendations of the Director under
subparagraph (A) with respect to any acquisi-
tion subject to such subparagraph shall be
transmitted to the Board not later than 30 days
after the receipt by the Director of the notice
relating to such acquisition (or such shorter pe-
riod as the Board may specify if the Board ad-
vises the Director that an emergency exists that
requires expeditious action).
‘‘(5) EXAMINATION.—
‘‘(A) SCOPE.—The Board shall consult
with the Director, as appropriate, in establish-
ing the scope of an examination by the Board
of a bank holding company that directly or indi-
rectly controls a savings association.
‘‘(B) ACCESS TO INSPECTION REPORTS.—
Upon the request of the Director, the Board
shall furnish the Director with a copy of any in-
spection report, additional examination mate-
rials, or supervisory information relating to any
bank holding company that directly or indirectly
controls a savings association.
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(B) the availability of credit to small busi-
nesses;
(C) the range of credit options available to
small businesses, such as those available from
insured depository institutions and other pro-
viders of credit;
(D) the types of credit products used to fi-
nance small business operations, including the
use of traditional loans, leases, lines of credit,
home equity loans, credit cards, and other
sources of financing;
(E) the credit needs of small businesses,
including, if appropriate, the extent to which
such needs differ, based upon product type, size
of business, cash flow requirements, character-
istics of ownership or investors, or other aspects
of such business;
(F) the types of risks to creditors in pro-
viding credit to small businesses; and
(G) such other factors as the Board deems
appropriate.
(b) USE OF EXISTING DATA.—The studies required
by this section shall not increase the regulatory or paper-
work burden on regulated financial institutions, other
sources of small business credit, or small businesses.
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offer or any applicable criteria bearing on credit
worthiness or insurability or does not furnish
any required collateral;
‘‘(D) the consumer has a right to prohibit
information contained in the consumer’s file
with any consumer reporting agency from being
used in connection with any credit or insurance
transaction that is not initiated by the
consumer; and
‘‘(E) the consumer may exercise the right
referred to in subparagraph (D) by notifying a
notification system established under section
604(e).
‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE
OF
ADDRESS
AND
TELE-
PHONE NUMBER.—A statement under paragraph (1)
shall include the address and toll-free telephone
number of the appropriate notification system estab-
lished under section 604(e).
‘‘(3) MAINTAINING CRITERIA ON FILE.—A per-
son who makes an offer of credit or insurance to a
consumer under a credit or insurance transaction
described in paragraph (1) shall maintain on file the
criteria used to select the consumer to receive the
offer, all criteria bearing on credit worthiness or in-
surability, as applicable, that are the basis for deter-