pay otherwise payable to the officer or member, would
cause the total to exceed the rate of basic pay payable
for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
‘‘(4) Pay may not be paid, by reason of any provision
of this subsection (disregarding any comparability pay-
ment payable under Federal law), at a rate in excess of
the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive
Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title
5, United States Code.
‘‘(5) Any reference in any law to the salary schedule
in section 101 with respect to officers and members of the
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be
considered to be a reference to the salary schedule in para-
graph (1) of this subsection as adjusted in accordance with
this subsection.
‘‘(6)(A) Except as otherwise permitted by or under
law, no allowance, differential, bonus, award, or other
similar cash payment under this title or under title 5,
United Stated Code, may be paid to an officer or member
of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
in a calendar year if, or to the extent that, when added
to the total basic pay paid or payable to such officer or
member for service performed in such calendar year as
an officer or member, such payment would cause the total
to exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable for level
I of the Executive Schedule, as of the end of such calendar
year.
‘‘(B) This paragraph shall not apply to any payment
under the following provisions of title 5, United States
Code;
‘‘(i) Subchapter III or VII of chapter 55, or
section 5596;
‘‘(ii) Chapter 57 (other than section 5753,
5754, or 5755); or
‘‘(iii) chapter 59 (other than section 5928).
‘‘(7)(A) Any amount which is not paid to an officer
or member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division in a calendar year because of the limitation under
paragraph (6) shall be paid to such officer or member in
a lump sum at the beginning of the following calendar
year.
‘‘(B) Any amount paid under this paragraph in a cal-
endar year shall be taken into account for purposes of ap-
plying the limitations under paragraph (6) with respect
to such calendar year.
‘‘(8) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
scribe regulations as may be necessary (consistent with
section 5582 of title 5, United States Code) concerning
how a lump-sum payment under paragraph (7) shall be
made with respect to any employee who dies before an
amount payable to such employee under paragraph (7) is
made.’’.
(b) CONVERSION TO NEW SALARY SCHEDULE.—
(1) Effective on the first day of the first pay
period beginning after the date of enactment of this
section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the
rates of basic pay for members of the United States
Secret Service Uniformed Division as follows: Each
officer and member receiving basic compensation,
immediately prior to the effective date of this sec-
tion, at one of the scheduled rates in the salary
schedule in section 101 of the District of Columbia
Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958, as ad-
justed by law and as in effect prior to the effective
date of this section, shall be placed in and receive
basic compensation at the corresponding scheduled
service step of the salary schedule outlined in section
501(c) of such Act as added by subsection (a) of this
section; except that (A) the Assistant Chief and the
Chief of the United States Secret Service Uniformed
Division shall be placed in and receive basic com-
pensation in salary class 10 and salary class 11, re-
spectively, in the appropriate service step in the new
salary class in accordance such section 501(c), and
(B) each member whose position is to be converted
to the salary schedule under such section 501(c),
and who, prior to the effective date of this section
has earned, but has not been credited with, an in-
crease in his or her rate of pay shall be afforded
that increase before he or she is placed in the cor-
responding service step in the salary schedule under
such section 501(c).
(2) Except in the cases of the Assistant Chief
and the Chief of the United States Secret Service
Uniformed Division, the conversion of positions and
individuals to appropriate classes of the salary
schedule under section 501(c) of the District of Co-
lumbia Police and Fireman’s Salary Act of 1958
(D.C. Code, sec. 4–416(c)), as amended by sub-
section (a) of this section, and the initial adjust-
ments of rates of basic pay of those positions and
individuals, in accordance with paragraph (1) of this
subsection, shall not be considered to be transfers or
promotions within the meaning of section 304 of
such Act.
(3) Each member whose position is converted to
the salary schedule under such section 501(c) shall
be granted credit for purposes of his or her first
service step adjustment under the salary schedule in
such section 501(c) for all satisfactory service per-
formed by the member since his or her last increase
in basic pay prior to the adjustment under that sec-
tion.
(c) LIMITATION ON PAY PERIOD EARNINGS.—The
first section of the Act of August 15, 1950 (64 Stat. 447),
as amended (D.C. Code, section 4–1104), is amended—
(1) in subsection (h), by striking the phrase
‘‘any officer or member’’ each place it appears and
inserting instead ‘‘an officer or member of the Met-
ropolitan Police force, of the Fire Department of the
District of Columbia, or of the United States Park
Police’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (h)(3) as sub-
section (i); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(3)(A) No premium pay provided by this sec-
tion shall be paid to, and no compensatory time is
authorized for, any officer or member of the United
States Secret Service Uniformed Division whose rate
of basic pay, combined with any applicable locality-
based comparability payment, equals or exceeds the
lesser of (I) 150 percent of the minimum rate pay-
able for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule (in-
cluding any applicable locality-based comparability
payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States
Code or any similar provision of law, and any appli-
cable special rate of pay under section 5305 of title
5, United States Code or any similar provision of
law) or (II) the rate payable for level V of the Exec-
utive Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter
53 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(B) In the case of any officer or member of
the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
whose rate of basic pay, combined with any applica-
ble locality-based comparability payment, is less than
the lesser of—
‘‘(i) 150 percent of the minimum rate pay-
able for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule
(including any applicable locality-based com-
parability payment under section 5304 of title
5, United States Code or any similar provision
of law, and any applicable special rate of pay
under section 5305 of title 5, United States
Code or any similar provision of law); or
‘‘(ii) the rate payable for level V of the Ex-
ecutive Schedule contained in subchapter II of
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, such
premium pay may be paid only to the extent
that such payment would not cause such officer
or member’s aggregate rate of compensation to
exceed such lesser amount with respect to any
pay period.’’.
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—On the effective date of
this section, any existing special salary rates authorized
for members of the United States Secret Service Uni-
formed Division under section 5305 of title 5, United
States Code (or any previous similar provision of law) and
any special rates of pay or special pay adjustment under
sections 403–405 of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay
Reform Act of 1990, as amended, applicable to members
of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
shall be rendered inapplicable.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sections 405(b)(1)
and 405(c)(1) of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Re-
form Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 1466) are hereby repealed.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section
shall become effective on the first day of the first pay pe-
riod beginning after the date of enactment.
SEC. 121. Section 117 of the Treasury, Postal Serv-
ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997
(as contained in section 101(f) of division A of Public Law
104–208) is hereby repealed.
SEC. 122. In tax-year 1998, and each tax-year there-
after, the Internal Revenue Service shall pay qualified
transmitters who electronically forward and file tax re-
turns (form 1040 and related information returns) prop-
erly formatted and accepted by the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, up to $3.00 per return so filed: Provided, That the
transmitter provides the necessary electronic filing service
without charge to the taxpayer whose return is so filed:
Provided further, That in those instances where the trans-
mitter receives a tax return from an electronic return
originator (ERO) and/or a paid preparer, the transmitter
may only accept the payment from the Internal Revenue
Service if the ERO and/or the paid preparer has certified
to the Internal Revenue Service that no fee was charged
to the taxpayer for electronic filing of the return: Provided
further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall reduce
its paper returns processing seasonal workforce commen-
surate with any increase in electronic filing resulting from
this initiative.
SEC. 123. Subsection (a) of section 5378, title 5
U.S.C., is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Department of the Treas-
ury, or his designee, shall fix the rates of basic pay for
positions within the police forces of the United States
Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
except that no entry-level police officer shall receive basic
pay for a calendar year that is less than the basic rate
of pay for General Schedule GS–7 and no executive secu-
rity official shall receive basic compensation for a calendar
year that exceeds the basic rate of pay for General Sched-
ule GS–15.’’.
SEC. 124. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, paragraph (3)(A) of section 9703(g) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1996, and 1997’’;
(2) by inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and 1996’’; and
(3) by adding at the end of the first sentence
of (3)(A) the following new sentence: ‘‘No further
transfers from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund will be
made to the Special Forfeiture Fund after those
amounts transferred from excess unobligated bal-
ances at the end of fiscal year 1996.’’.
(b) Paragraph (3)(C) of section 9703(g) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by adding after the last sentence of that
paragraph as amended by Public Law 104–208, the
following sentence: ‘‘Unobligated balances remaining
pursuant to section 4(B) of 9703(g) shall also be
carried forward.’’.
(c) Paragraph (4)(B) of section 9703(g) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘, subject to subparagraph (C),’’
from the first and only sentence of that paragraph.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department,
Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR REVENUE
FORGONE
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, $86,274,000: 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, 1998.
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, $34,850,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 1998’’.
TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT 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;
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;
$51,199,000: Provided, That $873,000 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 systems architecture plan, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems architecture plan, and an estimate
of the funds required to support the fiscal year 1998 cap-
ital investments associated with that plan: Provided fur-
ther, That $9,800,000 of the funds appropriated shall be
available for reimbursements to the White House Commu-
nications Agency.
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, $8,045,000, to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 112–114.
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: 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
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable politi-
cal event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated 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 relat-
ing 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 in-
curred, 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 out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under
section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, by not later than 90 days
after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a re-
port setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of
the 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 cer-
emonial 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 (1) implement a system for the tracking of expenses
related to reimbursable events within the Executive Resi-
dence that includes a standard for the classification of any
such expense as political or nonpolitical; and (2) prepare
and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, by not later
than December 1, 1997, a report setting forth a detailed
description of such system and a schedule for its imple-
mentation: Provided further, That no provision of this
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
chapter 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, $200,000, to re-
main available until expended for renovation and reloca-
tion of the White House laundry, to be expended and ac-
counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 112–
114.
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; $3,378,000: Provided,
That $69,800 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 systems architec-
ture plan, a milestone schedule for the development and
implementation of all projects included in the systems ar-
chitecture plan, and an estimate of the funds required to
support the fiscal year 1998 capital investments associ-
ated with that 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
be accounted for solely on his certificate; $334,000: 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.
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), $3,542,000.
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; $3,983,000: Provided, That
$30,000 of the funds appropriated may not be obligated
until the Director of the Office of Administration has sub-
mitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate have approved, a systems architecture
plan, a milestone schedule for the development and imple-
mentation of all projects included in the system architec-
ture plan, and an estimate of the funds required to sup-
port the fiscal year 1998 capital investments associated
with that 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.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles
$28,883,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for a capital investment plan which pro-
vides for the modernization of the information technology
infrastructure: Provided, That $2,023,000 of the funds
appropriated may not be obligated until the Director of
the Office of Administration has submitted, and the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have
approved, a systems architecture plan, a milestone sched-
ule for the development and implementation of all projects
included in the system architecture plan, and an estimate
of the funds required to support the fiscal year 1998 cap-
ital investments associated with that 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, $57,240,000, of
which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry
out the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35 including
$200,000 to be used under those provisions to coordinate
implementation of chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code
(popularly known as the Congressional Review Act): Pro-
vided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropria-
tions shall be applied only to the objects for which appro-
priations 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 agricultural mar-
keting 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 Manage-
ment 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 Manage-
ment and Budget, before the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations or the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Veterans’ Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided
further, That this proviso shall not apply to printed hear-
ings released by the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations or the House and Senate Committees on Vet-
erans’ 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; $43,516,000, of which $25,500,000 shall re-
main available until expended, consisting of $1,000,000
for policy research and evaluation and $24,500,000 for the
Counter-Drug 
Technology 
Assessment 
Center 
for
counternarcotics research and development projects of
which $1,000,000 shall be obligated for state conferences
on model State drug laws and of which $7,500,000 shall
be available for a program to transfer technology to State
and local law enforcement agencies: Provided, That the
$24,500,000 for the Counter-Drug Technology Assess-
ment Center shall be available for transfer to other Fed-
eral 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.
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, $146,207,000 for drug control activities
consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which
$5,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Area in the three State area of
Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia; of which
$1,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Area in central Florida; of which
no less than $77,000,000 shall be transferred to State and
local entities for drug control activities, which shall be ob-
ligated within 120 days of the date of enactment of this
Act 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 funding shall be provided for
existing High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas at no less
than the fiscal year 1997 level.
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and other purposes, as authorized by
Public Law 100–690, as amended, $205,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such funds
may be transferred to other Federal departments and
agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further,
That of the amount provided, $195,000,000 shall be to
support a national media campaign, to reduce and prevent
drug use among young Americans: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided for the support of a national
media campaign may be obligated until the Director, Of-
fice of National Drug Control Policy, submits a strategy
for approval to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate that includes (1)
a certification that funds will supplement and not supplant
current anti-drug community based coalitions; (2) a cer-
tification that none of the funds will be used for partisan
political purposes; (3) an implementation plan for securing
private sector contributions including, but not limited to,
in-kind contributions; and (4) a system to measure out-
comes of success of the national media campaign: Provided
further, That of the funds provided for the support of a
national media campaign, $46,000,000 shall not be obli-
gated prior to September 30, 1998: Provided further, That
of the amount provided, $10,000,000 shall be to initiate
a program of matching grants to drug-free communities,
as authorized in the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap-
propriations Act, 1998’’.
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
established by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–
28, $1,940,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend-
ed, $30,350,000, 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: Provided, That
of the amounts appropriated for salaries and expenses,
$750,000 shall be transferred to the General Accounting
Office for the sole purpose of entering into a contract with
the private sector for a management review, and tech-
nology and performance audit, of the Federal Election
Commission, and $300,000 may be transferred to the Gov-
ernment Printing Office.
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;
$21,803,000: 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
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
The revenues and collections deposited into the Fund
shall be available 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 governmental agencies (including space adjust-
ments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in
connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer of
space; contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing
buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally
owned buildings including grounds, approaches and appur-
tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance,
preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of
buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as oth-
erwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to pur-
chase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of fed-
erally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design
of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new
buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and
payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations
for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and
purchase 
contract, 
in 
the 
aggregate 
amount 
of
$4,835,934,000, of which (1) $300,000,000 shall remain
available until expended, for Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations which includes associated design and construction
services: Provided, That additional projects for which
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded
under this category only if advance approval is obtained
from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate: Provided further, That the amounts provided in
this or any prior Act for Repairs and Alterations may be
used to fund costs associated with implementing security
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the stand-
ards for security in accordance with current law and in
compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the ap-
propriate Committees of the House and Senate: Provided
further, That funds made available in this Act or any pre-
vious Act for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus
projects, be limited to the amount originally made avail-
able, except each project may be increased by an amount
not to exceed 10 percent when advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate of a greater amount: Provided further,
That the difference between the funds appropriated and
expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under
the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be trans-
ferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund
authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided fur-
ther, 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 Alterations’’ or used to
fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; (2)
$142,542,000 for installment acquisition payments includ-
ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
available until expended; (3) $3,607,129,000, to remain
available until expended, for building operations, leasing
activities, and rental of space; and (4) $680,543,000
which shall remain available until expended for projects
and activities previously requested and approved under
this heading in prior fiscal years: Provided further, That
for the purposes of this authorization, and hereafter,
buildings constructed pursuant to the purchase contract
authority of the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972
(40 U.S.C. 602a), buildings occupied pursuant to install-
ment purchase contracts, and buildings under the control
of another department or agency where alterations of such
buildings are required in connection with the moving of
such other department or agency from buildings then, or
thereafter to be, under the control of the General Services
Administration shall be considered to be federally owned
buildings: Provided further, That funds available in the
Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency
repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Pro-
vided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim-
bursable 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, light-
ing, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other
property not in Government 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 col-
lections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during
fiscal year 1998, 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
$4,835,934,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not
be available for expenditure except as authorized in appro-
priations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activi-
ties associated with asset management activities; utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; transpor-
tation; procurement and supply; Government-wide and in-
ternal responsibilities relating to automated data manage-
ment, telecommunications, information resources manage-
ment, and related technology activities; utilization survey,
deed compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and
cultural analysis, and land use planning functions pertain-
ing to excess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy
direction; 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; $107,487,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$33,870,000: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 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
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, $2,208,000: 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.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
made available for fiscal year 1998 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 1999 request for United
States Courthouse construction that (1) does not meet the
design guide standards for construction as established and
approved by the General Services Administration, the Ju-
dicial Conference of the United States, and the Office of
Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the pri-
orities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as
set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided,
That the fiscal year 1999 request must be accompanied
by a standardized courtroom utilization study of each fa-
cility to be constructed, 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 rate per
square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in compli-
ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972
(Public Law 92–313).
SEC. 406. Section 10 of the General Services Admin-
istration General Provisions, Public Law 100–440, is here-
by repealed.
SEC. 407. Funds provided to other Government agen-
cies by the Information Technology Fund, GSA, under 40
U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b) and 5128 of Public Law
104–106, Information Technology Management Reform
Act of 1996, for performance of pilot information tech-
nology projects which have potential for Government-wide
benefits and savings, may be repaid to this Fund from
any savings actually incurred by these projects or other
funding, to the extent feasible.
SEC. 408. The Administrator of the General Services
is directed to ensure that the materials used for the facade
on the United States Courthouse Annex, Savannah, Geor-
gia project are compatible with the existing Savannah
Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse 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. 409. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide
retirement, clerical assistants, and free mailing privileges
to former Presidents of the United States, and for other
purposes’’, approved August 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102
note), is amended by striking section 2.
(b) Section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) Subject to
subsection (b), a’’ and inserting ‘‘A’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (b).
SEC. 410. There is hereby appropriated to the Gen-
eral Services Administration such sums as may be nec-
essary to repay debts to the United States Treasury in-
curred pursuant to section 6 of the Pennsylvania Avenue
Development Corporation Act of 1972, as amended (Pub-
lic Law 92–578, 86 Stat. 1266, 40 U.S.C. 875), and in
addition such amounts as are necessary for payment of
interest and premiums, if any, related to such debts.
SEC. 411. From funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Reve-
nue,’’ claims against the Government of less than
$250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac-
quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef-
fected in other construction projects with prior notification
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate.
SEC. 412. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Administrator of General Serv-
ices shall sell the property described in subsection (b)
through a process of competitive bidding, in accordance
with procedures and requirements applicable to such a sale
under section 203(e) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(e)).
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—The property referred
to in subsection (a) is the property known as the Bakers-
field Federal Building, located at 800 Truxton Avenue in
Bakersfield, California, including the land on which the
building is situated and all improvements to such building
and land.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLAR-
SHIP
AND EXCELLENCE
IN NATIONAL ENVIRON-
MENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be
available 
for 
purposes 
of 
Public 
Law 
102–259,
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended.
JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW
BOARD
For the necessary expenses to carry out the John F.
Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,
$1,600,000: Provided, That $100,000 shall be available
only for the purposes of the prompt and orderly termi-
nation of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Re-
view Board, to be concluded no later than September 30,
1998.
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,
$25,290,000, 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-
tivities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary
for the review and declassification of documents, and for
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $202,354,000: 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 provide adequate storage for
holdings.
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities and presidential libraries, and to provide
adequate storage for holdings, $10,650,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1999.
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. $5,500,000, 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–
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; $85,350,000; and in addi-
tion $91,236,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of
Personnel Management without regard to other statutes,
including direct procurement of printed materials, for the
retirement and insurance programs: Provided, That the
provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the author-
ity to use applicable trust funds as provided by section
8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code: Provided
further, That, except as may be consistent with 5 U.S.C.
8902a(f)(1) and (i), no payment may be made from the
Employees Health Benefits Fund to any physician, hos-
pital, 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, Unit-
ed States Code, excluded, pursuant to section 1128 or
1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7–
1320a-7a), from participation in any program under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.):
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall
be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Exam-
ining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management estab-
lished pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943,
or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further,
That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
lows, established by Executive Order 11183 of October 3,
1964, may, during the fiscal year ending September 30,
1998, accept donations of money, property, and personal
services in connection with the development of a publicity
brochure to provide information about the White House
Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted
for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the
salaries of employees of such Commission.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act, as amended, including services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$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-
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,
$33,921,000: 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, 1998’’.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
THIS ACT
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of
the Tariff Act of 1930.
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available in fiscal year 1998 and hereafter,
for the purpose of transferring control over the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center located at Glynco,
Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the Treasury
Department.
SEC. 505. 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 Federal Government,
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
direct oral or written communication or contact with
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the
Congress in connection with any matter pertaining
to the employment of such other officer or employee
or pertaining to the department or agency of such
(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
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