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of Commerce, shall initiate discussions with officials of the Govern-
ments of Mexico and Canada to achieve parity in the duty-free
personal allowance structure of the United States, Mexico, and
Canada.
(b) REPORT.—The United States Trade Representative and the
Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress within 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act on the progress that is
being made to correct any disparity between the United States,
Mexico, and Canada with respect to duty-free personal allowances.
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—If parity with respect to duty-free per-
sonal allowances between the United States, Mexico, and Canada
is not achieved within 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the United States Trade Representative and the Secretary
of the Treasury shall submit recommendations to Congress for
appropriate legislation and action.
SEC. 634. None of the funds made available in this Act for
the United States Customs Service may be used to allow the
importation into the United States of any good, ware, article, or
merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or inden-
tured child labor, as determined pursuant to section 307 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
SEC. 635. No later than 30 days after the enactment of this
Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
require all Federal departments and agencies to report total obliga-
tions for the expenses of employee relocation. All obligations
incident to employee relocation authorized under either chapter
57 of title 5, United States Code, or section 901 of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081; Public Law 96–465), shall
be included. Such information for the past, current, and budget
years shall be included in the agency budget submission to the
President. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall prepare a table presenting obligations for the expenses of
employee relocation for all departments and agencies, and such
table shall be transmitted to Congress each year as part of the
President’s annual budget.
SEC. 636. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no part
of any appropriation contained in this Act or any other Act for
any fiscal year shall be available for paying Sunday premium pay
to any employee unless such employee actually performed work
during the time corresponding to such premium pay.
SEC. 637. Section 302(g)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(g)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Senator,’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘candidate,’’ the following: ‘‘and by
the Republican and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commit-
tees’’.
SEC. 638. (a) Chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 3112 the following:
‘‘§ 3113. Restriction on reemployment after conviction of
certain crimes
‘‘An employee shall be separated from service and barred from
reemployment in the Federal service, if—
‘‘(1) the employee is convicted of a violation of section
201(b) of title 18; and
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‘‘(2) such violation related to conduct prohibited under sec-
tion 1010(a) of the Controlled Substances Import and Export
Act (21 U.S.C. 960(a)).’’.
(b) The table of sections for chapter 31 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
3112 the following:
‘‘3113. Restriction on reemployment after conviction of certain crimes.’’.
(c) This section shall apply during fiscal year 1998 and each
fiscal year thereafter.
SEC. 639. (a) COORDINATION OF COUNTERDRUG INTELLIGENCE
CENTERS AND ACTIVITIES.—(1) Not later than 120 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees, including the Committees on Appropriations, a plan
to improve coordination, and eliminate unnecessary duplication,
among the counterdrug intelligence centers and counterdrug activi-
ties of the Federal Government, including the centers and activities
of the following departments and agencies:
(A) The Department of Defense, including the Defense
Intelligence Agency.
(B) The Department of the Treasury, including the United
States Customs Service and the Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network (FinCEN).
(C) The Central Intelligence Agency.
(D) The Coast Guard.
(E) The Department of Justice, including the National Drug
Intelligence Center (NDIC); the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, including the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC); and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(2) The purpose of the plan under paragraph (1) is to maximize
the effectiveness of the centers and activities referred to in that
paragraph in achieving the objectives of the national drug control
strategy. In order to maximize such effectiveness, the plan shall—
(A) articulate clear and specific mission statements for
each counterdrug intelligence center and activity, including
the manner in which responsibility for counterdrug intelligence
activities will be allocated among the counterdrug intelligence
centers;
(B) specify the relationship between such centers;
(C) specify the means by which proper oversight of such
centers will be assured;
(D) specify the means by which counterdrug intelligence
will be forwarded effectively to all levels of officials responsible
for United States counterdrug policy; and
(E) specify mechanisms to ensure that State and local
law enforcement agencies are apprised of counterdrug intel-
ligence acquired by Federal law enforcement agencies in a
manner which—
(i) facilitates effective counterdrug activities by State
and local law enforcement agencies; and
(ii) provides such State and local law enforcement agen-
cies with the information relating to the safety of officials
involved in their counterdrug activities.
(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means
the following:
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(1) The Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee
on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate.
(2) The Committee on International Relations, the Commit-
tee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 640. 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 Government, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to pro-
hibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal
Government from having any direct oral or written communica-
tion 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 other officer or employee
in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or
contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee
or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member,
committee, or subcommittee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes,
reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance of effi-
ciency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, trans-
fers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment
right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of
employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal
Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee,
by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer
or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee
of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).
SEC. 641. Section 5118(d)(2) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘This paragraph shall’’ and all that follows
through the end of the paragraph.
SEC. 642. (a) This section may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employ-
ees’ Retirement System Open Enrollment Act of 1997’’.
(b) Any individual who, as of January 1, 1998, is employed
by the Federal Government, and on such date is subject to sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, may elect
to become subject to chapter 84 of such title in accordance with
regulations promulgated under subsection (c).
(c) The Office of Personnel Management shall promulgate regu-
lations to carry out the provisions of this section. Such regulations
shall—
(1)(A) subject to subparagraph (B), provide for an election
under subsection (b) to be made not before July 1, 1998, or
after December 31, 1998; and
(B) with respect to a Member of Congress, provide for—
(i) an election under subsection (b) to be made not
before July 1, 1998, or after October 31, 1998; and
(ii) such an election to take effect not before January
4, 1999;
(2) provide notice and information to individuals who may
make such an election, including information on a comparison
of benefits an individual would receive from coverage under
chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code; and
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(3) provide for treatment of such an election similar to
the applicable provisions of title III of the Federal Employees’
Retirement System Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–335; 100 Stat.
599 et seq.).
(d)(1) Section 210(a)(5)(H)(i) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 410(a)(5)(H)(i)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘1986’’ and inserting a comma;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or the Federal Employees’ Retirement
System Open Enrollment Act of 1997’’ after ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 2157),’’.
(2) Section 3121(b)(5)(H)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘1986’’ and inserting a comma;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or the Federal Employees’ Retirement
System Open Enrollment Act of 1997’’ after ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 2157),’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.