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in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; $15,449,000.
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 subsections (c) and
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $90,709,000,
of which $61,709,000 shall not be available for obligation until
October 1, 2005: Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail
for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided further, That
6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not
less than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used
to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer
or employee of any State or local child support enforcement agency,
or any individual participating in a State or local program of child
support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided
concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate
or close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal year
2005.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Postal Service
Fund’’ for emergency expenses to enable the Postal Service to pro-
tect postal employees and postal customers from exposure to haz-
ardous materials in the mail, $507,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the Postal Service shall submit
a spending plan for funds under this heading to the Office of
Management and Budget and the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations: Provided further, That the Government Account-
ability Office shall review the spending plan and capabilities of
the systems to detect hazardous materials: Provided further, That
$7,000,000 is for the mail irradiation facility in Washington, D.C.:
Provided further, That the $7,000,000 specified for the mail irradia-
tion facility is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made
applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 649 (108th
Congress) and applicable to the Senate by section 14007 of Public
Law 108–287.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $41,180,000: Provided,
That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written
certificate of the judge.
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TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
THIS ACT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 501. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005
pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within
the levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts.
SEC. 502. 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 intervening in
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
SEC. 503. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor
may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly
so provided herein.
SEC. 504. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursu-
ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 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 existing Executive order
issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 505. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act.
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available by this Act shall
be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Govern-
ment employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to
a Government employee would result in a decision, determination,
rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
SEC. 507. 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 hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of
not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his former
position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment as still qualified to perform the duties of his former position
and has not been restored thereto.
SEC. 508. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending
the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4
of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known
as the ‘‘Buy America Act’’).
SEC. 509. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity
that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41
U.S.C. 10a–10c).