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HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to implement the health insurance
tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–
210), $70,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be trans-
ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a
training program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service
employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in dealing courteously
with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural relations.
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and
enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the confiden-
tiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to
the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facili-
ties and increased manpower to provide sufficient and effective
1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall con-
tinue to make the improvement of the Internal Revenue Service
1–800 help line service a priority and allocate resources necessary
to increase phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue
Service 1–800 help line service.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service,
including purchase of not to exceed 610 vehicles for police-type
use for replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
purchase of American-made side-car compatible motorcycles; hire
of aircraft; training and assistance requested by State and local
governments, which may be provided without reimbursement; serv-
ices of expert witnesses at such rates as may 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 over-
night at his or her post of duty; the conducting of and participating
in firearms matches; presentation of awards; for travel of Secret
Service employees on protective missions without regard to the
limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if approval
is obtained in advance from the Committees on Appropriations;
for research and development; for making grants to conduct behav-
ioral research in support of protective research and operations;
not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; not to exceed $100,000 to provide technical assistance
and equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in counter-
feit investigations; for payment in advance for commercial accom-
modations as may be necessary to perform protective functions;
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and for uniforms without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year, $1,029,150,000, of which
$1,633,000 shall be available for forensic and related support of
investigations of missing and exploited children, and of which
$4,583,000 shall be available as a grant for activities related to
the investigations of exploited children and shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided for
protective travel shall remain available until September 30, 2004.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, and
improvement of facilities, $3,519,000, to remain available until
expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary of
the Treasury 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 unobli-
gated balances remaining in the Fund on September 30, 2003,
shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.
SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance,
repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor
vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles
without regard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles
purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering
into contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
of health and medical services to employees and their dependents
serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109.
SEC. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms for fiscal year 2003 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 Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in
this Act made available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms, United States Customs Service, Interagency
Crime and Drug Enforcement, and United States Secret Service
may be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance
approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may
increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in
this Act made available to the Departmental Offices—Salaries and
Expenses, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General
for Tax Administration, Financial Management Service, and Bureau
of the Public Debt, may be transferred between such appropriations
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
No transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by
more than 2 percent.
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SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be trans-
ferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on
Appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such
appropriation by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 116. Of the funds available for the purchase of law enforce-
ment vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the Secretary of
the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the respective Treasury
bureau is consistent with Departmental vehicle management prin-
ciples: Provided, That the Secretary may delegate this authority
to the Assistant Secretary for Management.
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or other-
wise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal
Reserve note.
SEC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds
from ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Financial Management Service, to
the Debt Services Account as necessary to cover the costs of debt
collection: Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed to
such Salaries and Expenses account from debt collections received
in the Debt Services Account.
SEC. 119. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 (5 U.S.C.
3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘4 years’’ and inserting
‘‘5 years’’.
SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used by the United
States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit
approval of the House Committee on Financial Services and the
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SEC. 121. None of the funds appropriated or made available
by this Act may be used for the production of Customs Declarations
that do not inquire whether the passenger had been in the proximity
of livestock.
SEC. 122. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is
directed to establish an accrediting body that will include represent-
atives from the Federal law enforcement community, as well as
non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law enforcement
training. The purpose of this body will be to establish standards
for measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal
law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
SEC. 123. The Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997
(as contained in section 101(f) of division A of Public Law 104–
208), under the heading ‘‘Treasury Franchise Fund’’, as amended
by section 120 of the Treasury Department Appropriations Act,
2001 (enacted pursuant to section 1(a)(3) of Public Law 106–554),
is further amended by striking ‘‘until October 1, 2002’’ and inserting
‘‘until October 1, 2004’’.
SEC. 125. AMENDMENT TO JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC
SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT.—For fiscal year 2003
and thereafter, section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public
Service Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) INVESTMENT OF FUND ASSETS.—
‘‘(1) At the request of the Center, it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in full the amounts
appropriated to the fund. Such investments may be made only
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in interest-bearing obligations of the United States issued
directly to the fund.
‘‘(2) The purposes for which obligations of the United States
may be issued under chapter 31 of title 31 are hereby extended
to authorize the issuance at par of special obligations directly
to the fund. Such special obligations shall bear interest at
a rate equal to the average rate of interest, computed as to
the end of the calendar month next preceding the date of
such issue, borne by all marketable interest-bearing obligations
of the United States then forming a part of the public debt;
except that where such average rate is not a multiple of one-
eighth of 1 per centum, the rate of interest of such special
obligations shall be the multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum
next lower than such average rate. All requests of the Center
to the Secretary of the Treasury provided for in this section
shall be binding upon the Secretary.’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY TO SELL OBLIGATIONS.—At the request of the
Center, the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem any obligation
issued directly to the fund. Obligations issued to the fund under
subsection (b)(2) shall be redeemed at par plus accrued interest.
Any other obligations issued directly to the fund shall be redeemed
at the market price.’’.
SEC. 126. AMENDMENT TO JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOW-
SHIP ACT.—For fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, section 811 of the
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Act (20 U.S.C. 4510) is
amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED.—
‘‘(1) At the request of the Trust Fund, it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in full the
amounts appropriated and contributed to the fund. Such invest-
ments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of
the United States issued directly to the fund.
‘‘(2) The purposes for which obligations of the United States
may be issued under chapter 31 of title 31 are hereby extended
to authorize the issuance at par of special obligations directly
to the fund. Such special obligations shall bear interest at
a rate equal to the average rate of interest, computed as to
the end of the calendar month next preceding the date of
such issue, borne by all marketable interest-bearing obligations
of the United States then forming a part of the public debt;
except that where such average rate is not a multiple of one-
eighth of 1 per centum, the rate of interest of such special
obligations shall be the multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum
next lower than such average rate. All requests of the Trust
Fund to the Secretary of the Treasury provided for in this
section shall be binding upon the Secretary.’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
‘‘(c) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS ACQUIRED BY FUND.—At the request
of the Trust Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem
any obligation issued directly to the fund. Obligations issued to
the fund under subsection (b)(2) shall be redeemed at par plus
accrued interest. Any other obligations issued directly to the fund
shall be redeemed at the market price.’’.
SEC. 127. AUTHORITY
FOR
THE
CREATION
OF
INTEGRATED
BORDER INSPECTION AREAS
AND DESIGNATION
OF FOREIGN LAW
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ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. (a) CREATION
OF INTEGRATED BORDER
INSPECTION AREAS.—
(1) The Commissioner of Customs, in consultation with
the Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA), shall
seek to establish Integrated Border Inspection Areas (IBIAs),
i.e., areas on either side of the United States-Canada border
in which the United States Customs officers can inspect vehicles
entering the United States from Canada before they enter
the United States, or Canadian officers can inspect vehicles
entering Canada from the United States before they enter
Canada. This may include, where appropriate, employment of
reverse inspection techniques.
(2) The Commissioner of Customs, in consultation with
the Administrator of the General Services Administration when
appropriate, shall endeavor to carry out the IBIA program
in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts on the sur-
rounding community.
(b) Section 1401(i) of title 19, United States Code, is amended
by inserting ‘‘, including foreign law enforcement officers,’’ after
‘‘or other person’’.
(c) Section 1629 of title 19, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (a) by inserting ‘‘, or subsequent to their
exit from,’’ after ‘‘prior to their arrival in’’;
(2) in paragraph (c) by inserting ‘‘or exportation’’ after
‘‘relating to the importation’’ and by inserting ‘‘or exit’’ after
‘‘port of entry’’;
(3) in paragraph (e), by—
(A) inserting ‘‘and agriculture inspection’’ after ‘‘cus-
toms’’ in each instance where reference is currently made
to ‘‘customs officers’’ or ‘‘customs officials’’ in this sub-
section;
(B) inserting ‘‘and the Secretary of Agriculture’’ after
‘‘in coordination with the Secretary’’;
(C) inserting ‘‘or that have gone directly from that
country to the United States’’ after ‘‘to that country from
the United States’’;
(D) inserting ‘‘or exportation’’ after ‘‘governing the
importation’’;
(E) deleting ‘‘and’’ and inserting a comma (‘‘,’’) after
‘‘such functions’’;
(F) inserting ‘‘, and enjoy such privileges and immuni-
ties’’ after ‘‘such duties’’;
(G) inserting ‘‘or are afforded’’ after ‘‘authorized to
perform’’; and
(H) 
deleting 
‘‘under 
reciprocal 
agreement’’ 
and
inserting ‘‘by treaty, agreement or law’’.
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) Persons designated to perform the duties of an officer
of the Customs Service pursuant to section 1401 (i) of this title
shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities as an
officer of the Customs Service with respect to any actions taken
by the designated person in the performance of such duties.’’.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department Appropria-
tions Act, 2003’’.
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TITLE II—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 subsections (c) and
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $60,014,000,
of which $31,014,000 shall not be available for obligation until
October 1, 2003: Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail
for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided further, That
6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not
less than the 1983 level: Provided 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 information requested or provided
concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate
or close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal year
2003.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appropriations
Act, 2003’’.
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 expense allow-
ance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by 3 U.S.C.
102, $450,000: 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 authorized
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; subsistence expenses as author-
ized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted
for as provided 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); and not to exceed $19,000 for official entertain-
ment expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive
Office of the President, $50,715,000: Provided, That $8,650,000
of the funds appropriated shall be available for reimbursements
to the White House Communications Agency.
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OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security,
pursuant to Executive Order No. 13288, $19,398,000: Provided,
That the Office of Homeland Security shall submit a report identi-
fying estimated obligations for each function assigned to this Office
pursuant to Executive Order No. 13288 to the Committees on
Appropriations no later than November 1, 2002.
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing,
improvement, heating, and lighting, including electric power and
fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the White House and official
entertainment expenses of the President, $12,228,000, to be
expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109,
110, and 112–114.
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at
the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That
all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclu-
sive authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring
a reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal
to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance payments
shall be credited to this account and remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall
require the national committee of the political party of the President
to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political events
sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: Provided
further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written
notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing such amount
within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that such amount
is collected within 30 days after the submission of such notice:
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that
is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the
interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt
on a United States Government claim under section 3717 of title
31, United States Code: Provided further, That each such amount
that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and charges,
shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Pro-
vided further, That the Executive Residence shall prepare and
submit to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than
90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a
report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of the
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Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, including
the total amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that
consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the amount
of such total that consists of reimbursable political events, and
the portion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as
of the date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive
Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of expenses
related to reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that
includes a standard for the classification of any such expense as
political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence
from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of
chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive
Residence at the White House, $1,200,000, to remain available
until expended, for required maintenance, safety and health issues,
and continued preventative maintenance.
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 expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106,
which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,066,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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 be accounted for solely on his certificate,
$324,000: Provided, That advances or repayments or transfers from
this appropriation may be made to any department or agency for
expenses of carrying out such activities.
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisors
in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946
(15 U.S.C. 1021), $3,763,000.
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OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C.
107, $3,251,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,821,000.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C.
107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $91,505,000, of which
$17,470,000 shall remain available until expended for the Capital
Investment Plan for continued modernization of the information
technology infrastructure within the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent: Provided, That the Executive Office of the President shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations that includes
a current description of: (1) the Enterprise Architecture, as defined
in OMB Circular A–130 and the Federal Chief Information Officers
Council guidance; (2) the Information Technology (IT) Human Cap-
ital Plan; (3) the capital investment plan for implementing the
Enterprise Architecture; and (4) the IT capital planning and invest-
ment control process: Provided further, That this report shall be
reviewed and approved by the Office of Management and Budget,
and reviewed by the General Accounting Office.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and
Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $62,394,000, of which not to exceed
$5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of chapter
35 of title 44, United States Code, and of which not to exceed
$3,000 shall be available for official representation expenses: Pro-
vided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall
be applied only to the objects for which appropriations were made
except as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Management
and Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricul-
tural marketing orders or any activities or regulations under the
provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
(7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none 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 Committees on Appropria-
tions or the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs or their subcommittees: