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curred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 
1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsist-
ence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act ac-
tivities require an employee to remain overnight at his or 
her post of duty, $118,748,000, of which $2,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the cost of the enter-
prise human resources integration project, and $2,500,000 
shall remain available until expended for the cost of leading 
the government-wide initiative to modernize the Federal 
payroll systems and service delivery and $2,500,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2005 to coordinate 
and conduct program evaluation and performance measure-
ment; and in addition $135,914,000 for administrative ex-
penses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds 
of the Office of Personnel Management without regard to 
other statutes, including direct procurement of printed ma-
terials, for the retirement and insurance programs, of which 
$36,700,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems: 
Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall 
not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as pro-
vided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8909(g), and 9004(f)(1)(A) 
and (2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be available for 
salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the
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Office of Personnel Management established pursuant to 
Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor 
unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s 
Commission on White House Fellows, established by Execu-
tive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal 
year 2004, accept donations of money, property, and per-
sonal services in connection with the development of a pub-
licity brochure to provide information about the White 
House Fellows, except that no such donations shall be ac-
cepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for 
the salaries of employees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act, as amended, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,498,000, 
and in addition, not to exceed $14,427,000 for administra-
tive expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other over-
sight of the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement 
and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appro-
priate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, 
as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the 
Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia and elsewhere.
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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 Em-
ployees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, 
such sums as may be necessary. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE 
INSURANCE 
For payment of Government contributions with respect 
to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required 
by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as 
may be necessary. 
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
FUND 
For financing the unfunded liability of new and in-
creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Octo-
ber 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities 
under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retire-
ment 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. 771–775), may hereafter be paid out 
of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95–454), as amended, the Whistleblower Pro-
tection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), as amended, Pub-
lic Law 103–424, and the Uniformed Services Employment 
and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment 
of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; $13,504,000. 
UNITED STATES 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, $65,521,000, of which $36,521,000 shall not be avail-
able for obligation until October 1, 2004: Provided, That 
mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall con-
tinue 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
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implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any 
officer or employee of any State or local child support en-
forcement agency, or any individual participating in a 
State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee 
for information requested or provided concerning an ad-
dress 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 2004. 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$40,187,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL MOMENT 
OF REMEMBRANCE 
For necessary expenses of the White House Commission 
on the National Moment of Remembrance, $250,000. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. During the current fiscal year applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire
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of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902). 
SEC. 502. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2004 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 503. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 
an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 504. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 106 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 
this provision or political and Presidential appointees in 
an independent agency funded in this Act may be assigned 
on temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation or such independent agency. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
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intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 507. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law. 
SEC. 508. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 509. (a) No recipient of funds made available in 
this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined 
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of 
motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 
as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 
U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee 
if a State is in noncompliance with this provision.
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SEC. 510. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training may be credited respectively 
to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid 
Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s 
‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 
in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 511. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is au-
thorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore 
sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock 
upon the payment to the Department of an amount deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds in title I of this Act may 
be used to make a grant unless the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, or the Secretary of the department in which the 
Transportation Security Administration is operating, noti-
fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not less than 3 full business days before any discretionary 
grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agree-
ment totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the de-
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partment or its modal administrations from: (1) any dis-
cretionary grant program of the Federal Highway Admin-
istration other than the emergency relief program; (2) the 
airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration; or (3) any program of the Federal Transit 
Administration other than the formula grants and fixed 
guideway modernization programs: Provided, That no noti-
fication shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
SEC. 513. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to 
approve assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enactment 
of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted the normal reprogramming process for Congressional 
notification.
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SEC. 515. Funds appropriated or limited in title I of 
this Act shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipu-
lated in section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that 
the Secretary submit a report to the House and Senate Ap-
propriations Committees annually on the safety and secu-
rity of transportation into the United States by Mexico-
domiciled motor carriers. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 517. Funds provided in this Act for the Working 
Capital Fund shall be reduced by $17,816,000, which limits 
fiscal year 2004 Working Capital Fund obligational au-
thority for elements of the Department of Transportation 
funded in this Act to no more than $98,899,000: Provided, 
That such reductions from the budget request shall be allo-
cated by the Department of Transportation to each appro-
priations account in proportion to the amount included in 
each account for the Working Capital Fund. 
SEC. 518. AMENDMENTS TO PRIOR SURFACE TRANS-
PORTATION
LAWS. (a) ISTEA HIGH
PRIORITY
COR-
RIDORS.—
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(1) Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
2032–2033) as amended, is further amended by in-
serting after paragraph (44) the following: 
‘‘(45) U.S. 78 from Tupelo, Mississippi, to Mem-
phis, Tennessee.’’. 
(2) Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of such Act as amended is 
further amended by striking ‘‘and subsection (c)(42)’’ and 
inserting after ‘‘(c)(40),’’ the following: ‘‘in subsection 
(c)(42), and in subsection (c)(45)’’. 
(3) Section 1105(e)(5)(B)(i) of such Act is amended 
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The portion of the route 
referred to in subsection (c)(45) and the portion of the route 
referred to in subsection (c)(42) between Tupelo, Mis-
sissippi, and Birmingham, Alabama, are designated as 
Interstate Route I–22.’’. 
SEC. 519. Amounts made available in this or any other 
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay-
ments by the Department of Transportation to a third 
party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 
are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available—
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments; and
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(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments: Provided, That amounts 
in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and 
(2)—
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the 
appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior to the 
transfer of any such recovery to an appropria-
tions account, the Secretary shall notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the 
same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 520. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 
bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 
Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’.
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SEC. 521. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to 
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where 
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 522. In conducting the rulemaking mandated by 
Section 352 of Public Law 108–7, the Department of Trans-
portation and any other agencies involved in the rule-
making shall ensure that the proposed rules fully and accu-
rately reflect the findings in the General Accounting Office. 
The study concerns the adequacy of the Department’s proce-
dures used prior to the passage of Public Law 108–7 in 
order to ensure the security of facilities and activities de-
scribed in Section 352. 
SEC. 523. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 
of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 
period of active military or naval service, and has within 
90 days after his release from such service or from hos-
pitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not 
more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his
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former position and has been certified by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties 
of his former position and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 524. 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 sec-
tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 
10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy America Act’’). 
SEC. 525. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIP-
MENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or 
products that may be authorized to be purchased with fi-
nancial assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense 
of the Congress that entities receiving such assistance 
should, in expending the assistance, purchase only Amer-
ican-made equipment and products. 
(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In pro-
viding financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the assistance 
a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) 
by the Congress. 
SEC. 526. 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
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United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any 
contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant 
to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and in-
eligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 527. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2004 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2004 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2005, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines. 
SEC. 528. 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 of-
ficial background investigation report on any individual, 
except when—
(1) such individual has given his or her express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or
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(2) such request is required due to extraordinary 
circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 529. The cost accounting standards promulgated 
under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply 
with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 530. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non-
foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 
Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re-
gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available 
to the Office pursuant to court approval. 
SEC. 531. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 532. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any bridge that is owned and operated by a state agency 
(1) whose toll revenues are administered by a Metropolitan 
Planning Organization (MPO), and (2) whose toll revenues 
provide for subsidizing of non-capital transportation costs, 
shall be eligible for assistance under this section but the
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amount of toll revenues expended for non-capital transpor-
tation costs shall in no event exceed the cumulative amount 
of local toll revenues used for federal interstate and federal-
aid highway construction and improvement projects in the 
toll bridge corridors. Before authorizing an expenditure of 
funds under this subsection, the Secretary shall determine 
that the cumulative amount of toll revenues used for con-
struction and improvement to the federal interstate and fed-
eral-aid highway system is greater than the cumulative 
amount of toll revenue used for non-capital transportation 
projects not directly related to the on-going operation and 
maintenance of the toll bridges. 
SEC. 533. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, amounts appropriated or limited in this Act are hereby 
reduced by $128,076,000. Such reductions shall—
(1) be administered by the Director, Office of 
Management and Budget; 
(2) be assessed by the Director within 30 days of 
enactment of this Act; 
(3) be derived solely from funds appropriated or 
limited for activities under: 
(A) Object Class 21.0—Travel and Trans-
portation of Persons, with the exception of funds 
provided for the travel of safety inspectors within 
the Department of Transportation and enforce-
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ment personnel within the Department of the 
Treasury; 
(B) Object Class 22.0—Transportation of 
Things; 
(C) Object Class 23.3—Communications, 
Utilities, and Miscellaneous Charges, with the ex-
ception of the telecommunication costs associated 
with the FAA air traffic control system and the 
Internal Revenue Service; 
(D) Object Class 24.0—Printing and Repro-
duction, with the exception of such expenses 
within the Internal Revenue Service; 
(E) Object Class 25.1—Advisory and Assist-
ance Services; 
(F) Object Class 26.0—Supplies and Mate-
rials, with the exception of such expenses in the 
United States Mint; 
(G) Object Class 31.0—Equipment, with the 
exception of such expenses under the Internal 
Revenue Service and the FAA Facilities and 
Equipment account. 
(4) be assessed by the Director on a pro-rata 
basis against all agencies funded in this Act with ad-
justments necessitated by the exceptions cited under 
subsection (3); and
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(5) not be assessed against the Department of 
Transportation’s Working Capital Fund. 
SEC. 534. None of the funds appropriated or limited 
in title I of this Act may be used to change weight restric-
tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro Airport. 
SEC. 535. Section 414(h) of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’. 
SEC. 536. After the last section of the Federal Transit 
Act, 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53, add the following section: 
‘‘SEC. ll. UTAH TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) COORDINATION.—FTA and FHWA are directed 
to work with the Utah Transit Authority and the Utah De-
partment of Transportation to coordinate the development 
regional commuter rail and the northern segment of I–15 
reconstruction located in the Wasatch Front corridor ex-
tending from Brigham City to Payson, Utah. Coordination 
includes integration of preliminary engineering and design, 
a simplified method for allocating project costs among eligi-
ble FTA and FHWA funding sources, and a unified ac-
counting and audit process. 
‘‘(b) GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING.—For purposes of de-
termining and allocating the nongovernmental and govern-
mental share of costs, the following projects comprise a re-
lated program of projects: regional commuter rail, the 
TRAX light rail system, TRAX extensions to the Medical
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Center and to the Gateway Intermodal Center, and the 
northern segment of I–15 reconstruction. The governmental 
share of project costs appropriated from the Section 5309 
New Start program shall conform to the share specified in 
the extension or reauthorization of TEA21.’’. 
SEC. 537. Funds apportioned to the Charleston Area 
Regional Transportation Authority to carry out section 
5307 of title 49, United States Code, may be used to lease 
land, equipment, or facilities used in public transportation 
from another governmental authority in the same geo-
graphic area: Provided, That the non-Federal share under 
section 5307 may include revenues from the sale of adver-
tising and concessions: Provided further, That this provi-
sion shall remain in effect until September 30, 2004, or 
until the Federal interest in the land, equipment or facili-
ties leased reaches 80 percent of its fair market value at 
disposition, whichever occurs first. 
SEC. 538. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds designated to the Pennsylvania Cumberland/Dauphin 
County Corridor I project in committee reports accom-
panying this Act may be available to the recipient for any 
project activities authorized under sections 5307 and 5309 
of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 539. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available under this Act or any other appropriations Act
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may be used to implement the proposed regulations of the 
Office of Personnel Management to add sections 300.311 
through 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 
of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). If 
such proposed regulations are final regulations on the date 
of enactment of this Act, none of the funds appropriated 
or made available under this Act may be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce such final regulations. 
SEC. 540. JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING RADAR UNIT. 
Priority consideration shall be given to the Jackson Hole, 
Wyoming, Airport for an ASR–11 radar unit or provisions 
shall be made for the acquisition or transfer of a comparable 
radar unit. 
SEC. 541. Within the funds provided for the Federal 
Aviation Administration’s Facilities and Equipment ac-
count, no less than $14,000,000 shall be available for the 
Technical Center Facilities in New Jersey. 
SEC. 542. To the extent that funds provided by the 
Congress for the Memphis Medical Center light rail exten-
sion project through the Section 5309 ‘‘new fixed guideway 
systems’’ program remain available upon the closeout of the 
project, Federal Transit Administration is directed to per-
mit the Memphis Area Transit Authority to use all of those
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funds for planning, engineering, design, construction or ac-
quisition projects pertaining to the Memphis Regional Rail 
Plan. Such funds shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 543. Section 30303(d)(3) of the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is 
amended by inserting at the end: 
‘‘(D) Memphis-Shelby International Airport 
intermodal facility.’’. 
SEC. 544. Within available funds provided for ‘‘Facili-
ties and equipment’’, $1,500,000 shall be provided for a pre-
cision instrument approach landing system (ILS) at Lee 
Gilmer Memorial Airport, Gainesville, Georgia. 
SEC. 545. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used for converting to contractor performance 
an activity or function of an executive agency that, on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, is performed 
by executive agency employees unless the conversion is based 
on the results of a public-private competition process that 
requires a determination regarding whether, overall per-
formance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for per-
formance of the activity or function, the cost of performance 
of the activity or function by a contractor would be less 
costly to the executive agency by an amount that equals or 
exceeds the lesser of (1) 10 percent of the cost of performing 
the activity with government personnel or, if a more effi-
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cient organization has been developed, 10 percent of the 
most efficient organization’s personnel-related costs for per-
formance of that activity or function by Federal employees, 
or (2) $10,000,000. 
(b) With respect to the use of any funds appropriated 
by this Act for the Department of Defense—
(1) subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 2461 
of title 10, United States Code, do not apply with re-
spect to the performance of a commercial or indus-
trial type activity or function that—
(A) is on the procurement list established 
under section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act 
(41 U.S.C. 47); or 
(B) is planned to be converted to perform-
ance by—
(i) a qualified nonprofit agency for the 
blind or a qualified nonprofit agency for 
other severely handicapped (as such terms 
are defined in section 5 of such Act (41 
U.S.C. 48b); or 
(ii) a commercial business at least 51 
percent of which is owned by an Indian 
tribe (as defined in section 4(e) of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education As-
sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e))) or a Na-
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tive Hawaiian Organization (as defined in 
section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15))). 
(2) Nothing in this section shall effect depot con-
tracts or contracts for depot maintenance as provided 
in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(3) The conversion of any activity or function of 
an executive agency in accordance with this section 
shall 
be 
credited 
toward 
any 
competitive 
or 
outsourcing goal, target or measurement that may be 
established by statute, regulation or policy and shall 
be deemed to be awarded under the authority of and 
in compliance with section 303 of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
U.S.C. 253) or section 2304 of title 10, United States 
Code, as the case may be, for the competition or 
outsourcing of commercial activities. 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 4 of the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403). 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to effect, 
amend, or repeal section 8014 of the Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–87).
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TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to pay travel to the United States for the im-
mediate 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 2004 shall obligate or 
expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin-
ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 
or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 
Controlled Substances Act) by the officers and employees of 
such department, agency, or instrumentality. 
SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
hicle (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 exceeded by not 
to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to ex-
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ceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided fur-
ther, That the limits set forth in this section may not be 
exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehi-
cles purchased for demonstration under the provisions of the 
Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and 
Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, That the lim-
its set forth in this section may be exceeded by the incre-
mental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pur-
suant to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable 
conventionally fueled vehicles. 
SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive departments 
and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the current 
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this 
or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of 
any officer or employee of the Government of the United 
States (including any agency the majority of the stock of 
which is owned by the Government of the United States) 
whose post of duty is in the continental United States un-
less such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) 
is a person in the service of the United States on the date
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of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizen-
ship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen 
of the United States prior to such date and is actually re-
siding in the United States; (3) is a person who owes alle-
giance to the United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Po-
land, South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet 
Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the 
United States for permanent residence; (5) is a South Viet-
namese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the 
United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national 
of the People’s Republic of China who qualifies for adjust-
ment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection 
Act of 1992: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, 
an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section 
with respect to his or her status have been complied with: 
Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit 
shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be 
fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 
1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal 
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, 
any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That 
any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to 
the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action 
by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply
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to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the Phil-
ippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the 
United States in a current defense effort, or to international 
broadcasters employed by the United States Information 
Agency, or to temporary employment of translators, or to 
temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed 
60 days) as a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any department 
or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex-
penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall 
also be available for payment to the General Services Ad-
ministration for charges for space and services and those 
expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa-
cilities 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. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or any 
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 
Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol-
lowing purposes:
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of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration of 
the Department of Justice, the Department of Trans-
portation, the Department of the Treasury, and the 
Department of Energy performing intelligence func-
tions; and 
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence. 
SEC. 617. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for the current fiscal year shall obli-
gate or expend any such funds, unless such department, 
agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 
to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to 
ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimina-
tion 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. 618. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any