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Cedar Rapids, United States Courthouse,
$5,167,000
Maine:
Jackman, Border Station, $9,194,000
Maryland:
Montgomery County, FDA consolidation,
$25,500,000
Suitland, National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration II, $9,461,000
Suitland, United States Census Bureau,
$176,919,000
Mississippi:
Jackson, 
United 
States 
Courthouse,
$7,276,000
Missouri:
Cape Girardeau, United States Courthouse,
$49,300,000
Montana:
Raymond, Border Station, $7,753,000
New York:
Brooklyn, 
United 
States 
Courthouse
Annex—GPO, $39,500,000
Massena, Border Station, $1,646,000
New York, United States Mission to the
United Nations, $57,053,000
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North Dakota:
Portal, Border Station, $2,201,000
Oregon:
Eugene, 
United 
States 
Courthouse,
$77,374,000
Tennessee:
Nashville, 
United 
States 
Courthouse,
$7,095,000
Texas:
Austin, 
United 
States 
Courthouse,
$13,809,000
Utah:
Salt Lake City, United States Courthouse,
$11,807,000
Washington:
Oroville, Border Station, $6,572,000
Nationwide:
Judgment Fund Repayment, $3,012,000
Nonprospectus Construction, $8,253,000:
Provided, That funding for any project identified above
may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in
other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the
amounts included in an approved prospectus, if required,
unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees
on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further,
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That all funds for direct construction projects shall expire
on September 30, 2004, and remain in the Federal Build-
ings Fund except for funds for projects as to which funds
for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or
in part prior to such date; (2) $997,839,000 shall remain
available until expended for repairs and alterations which
includes associated design and construction services: Pro-
vided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,
be limited to the amount by project, as follows, except each
project may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10
percent unless advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of a greater amount:
Repairs and Alterations:
California:
Los Angeles, Federal Building, 300 North
Los Angeles Street, $93,166,000
San 
Francisco, 
Appraisers 
Building,
$20,283,000
Tecate, Tecate United States Border Sta-
tion, $5,709,000
Colorado:
Denver, Byron G. Rogers Federal Building
and Courthouse, $9,000,000
Connecticut:
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New Haven, Robert N. Gaimo Federal
Building, $18,507,000
District of Columbia:
Federal 
Office 
Building 
10A 
Garage,
$5,454,000
Harry 
S 
Truman 
Building 
(State),
$29,443,000
Illinois:
Chicago, United States Custom House,
$9,000,000
Iowa:
Davenport, Federal Building and United
States Courthouse, $12,586,000
Maryland:
Baltimore, Metro West, $6,162,000
Woodlawn, 
Operations 
Building,
$96,905,000
Massachusetts:
Boston, John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Plaza, $3,271,000
Missouri:
Kansas City, Bannister Federal Complex,
Building 1, $16,130,000
Kansas City, Bannister Federal Complex,
Building 2, $3,148,000
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New Hampshire:
Manchester, Norris Cotton Federal Build-
ing, $17,668,000
Portsmouth, Thomas J. McIntyre Federal
Building, $11,149,000
New York:
New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Build-
ing, $7,568,000
Ohio:
Cleveland, Howard M. Metzenbaum United
States Courthouse, $15,212,000
Pennsylvania:
Pittsburgh, United States Post Office and
Courthouse, $2,810,000
Pittsburgh, William S. Moorhead Federal
Building, $68,793,000
Texas:
Dallas, Earle Cabell Federal Building—
Courthouse and Santa Fe Federal Building,
$16,394,000
Fort Worth, Fritz Garland Lanham Federal
Building, $15,249,000
Washington:
Seattle, Henry M. Jackson Federal Build-
ing, $26,832,000
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alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September
30, 2004, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except
funds for projects as to which funds for design or other
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such
date: Provided further, 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;
(3) $178,960,000 for installment acquisition payments in-
cluding payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
available until expended; (4) $3,153,211,000 for rental of
space which shall remain available until expended; and (5)
$1,965,160,000 for building operations which shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That funds
available to the General Services Administration shall not
be available for expenses of any construction, repair, alter-
ation and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if re-
quired by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended,
has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be
expended for each project for required expenses for the devel-
opment of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, That
funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be ex-
pended for emergency repairs when advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
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further, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable
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, lighting, guard booths,
and other facilities on private or other property not in Gov-
ernment ownership or control as may be appropriate to en-
able the United States Secret Service to perform its protec-
tive functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be avail-
able from such revenues and collections: Provided further,
That revenues and collections and any other sums accruing
to this Fund during fiscal year 2003, excluding reimburse-
ments 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 $6,926,833,000 shall remain in the Fund and
shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized
in appropriations Acts.
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
POLICY AND CITIZEN SERVICES
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided
for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities
associated with the management of real and personal prop-
erty assets and certain administrative services; Govern-
ment-wide policy support responsibilities relating to acqui-
sition, telecommunications, information technology man-
agement, and related technology activities; providing citi-
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zens with Internet access to Federal information and serv-
ices; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$65,995,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided
for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal
of real property; telecommunications, information tech-
nology management, and related technology activities;
agency-wide policy direction and management, and Board
of Contract Appeals; accounting, records management, and
other support services incident to adjudication 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 $7,500 for official reception and representation
expenses, $94,640,000, of which $23,899,000 shall remain
available until expended.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,617,000:
Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for
payment for information and detection of fraud against the
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Gov-
ernment 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 ef-
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forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor General effectiveness.
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in support of interagency
projects that enable the Federal Government to expand its
ability to conduct activities electronically, through the de-
velopment and implementation of innovative uses of the
Internet and other electronic methods, $5,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That these funds
may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the pur-
poses of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer au-
thority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority
provided in this Act: Provided further, That such transfers
may not be made until 10 days after a proposed spending
plan and justification for each project to be undertaken has
been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
PRESIDENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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, $3,339,000: Provided, That the Administrator of
General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of such Acts.
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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, maintenance,
upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rent-
als received from Government corporations pursuant to law
(40 U.S.C. 129).
SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made
available for fiscal year 2003 for Federal Buildings Fund
activities may be transferred between such activities only
to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro-
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance by the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 2004 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 Judi-
cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Man-
agement and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the priorities
of the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out
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in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That
the fiscal year 2004 request must be accompanied by a
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 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 that does not pay the rate per
square foot assessment for space and services as determined
by the General Services Administration in compliance with
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law
92–313).
SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agen-
cies by the Information Technology Fund, General Services
Administration, under section 110 of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 757)
and sections 5124(b) and 5128 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of
1996 (40 U.S.C. 1424(b) and 1428), for performance of
pilot information technology 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. 407. From funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability
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of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less than
$2,000,000 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.
SEC. 408. DESIGNATION OF THE JUDGE DAN M. RUS-
SELL, JR. FEDERAL BUILDING
AND UNITED STATES
COURTHOUSE. (a) The Federal building and United States
courthouse located at 2015 15th Street in Gulfport, Mis-
sissippi, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Judge Dan
M. Russell, Jr. Federal Building and United States Court-
house’’.
(b) Any reference in law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building and United States courthouse referred to in sub-
section (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Judge
Dan M. Russell, Jr. Federal Building and United States
Courthouse’’.
SEC. 409. DESIGNATION. (a) The United States court-
house located at 100 Federal Plaza in Central Islip, New
York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Alfonse M.
D’Amato United States Courthouse’’.
(b) Any reference in law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall be
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deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Alfonse M. D’Amato United
States Courthouse’’.
SEC. 410. DESIGNATION OF CESAR E. CHAVEZ MEMO-
RIAL BUILDING. (a) The building known as the Colonnade
Center, located at 1244 Speer Boulevard, Denver, Colorado,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Cesar E. Chavez Me-
morial Building’’.
(b) Any reference in law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the building
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building’’.
SEC. 411. For gross obligations for the principal
amount of a direct loan as defined by Section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, not to exceed $250,000,
to be available from amounts transferred by Treasury to
the ‘‘Disposal of surplus real and related personal prop-
erty’’ account of the General Services Administration.
SEC. 412. DESIGNATION OF RICHARD SHEPPARD AR-
NOLD UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE. (a) The United States
courthouse located at 600 West Capitol Avenue in Little
Rock, Arkansas, and any addition to the courthouse that
may hereafter be constructed, shall be known and designated
as the ‘‘Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Court-
house’’.
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(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States courthouse re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Court-
house’’.
SEC. 413. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Administrator of General Services is authorized to
acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the prop-
erties known as 26 West Market Street, 30 West Market
Street, 39 West Market Street, and 40 West Market Street
in Salt Lake City, Utah. In so acquiring, the Administrator
shall comply with applicable environmental and historical
preservation statutes. This authority is in addition to the
authority of the Administrator to acquire any sites nec-
essary for construction of the new United States Courthouse
in Salt Lake City, Utah.
(b) In addition, the Administrator is authorized to re-
locate the historical building currently located at 39 West
Market Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, to the parcels known
as 26, 30, and 40 West Market Street, Salt Lake City, Utah,
and after the relocation the Administrator is authorized to
sell by auction, or upon such other terms and conditions
as the Administrator deems proper, the properties known
as 26, 30, and 40 West Market Street. All proceeds from
such sale shall be deposited into the fund established under
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section 592 of title 40, United States Code, and shall not
be available for obligation until authorized by a future ap-
propriations Act.
(c) Funds made available in previous appropriations
Acts for site, design and construction of a new Courthouse
in Salt Lake City, as well as funds that may be made avail-
able for such project in fiscal year 2003 appropriations
Acts, may be used to carry out the purposes of subsections
(a) and (b).
SEC. 414. DESIGNATION OF NATHANIEL R. JONES
FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal building and United States
courthouse located at 10 East Commerce Street in Youngs-
town, Ohio, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Nathan-
iel R. Jones Federal Building and United States Court-
house’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu-
lation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the Federal building and United States courthouse
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference
to the Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and United
States Courthouse.
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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 Reform
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 vehicles, and direct
procurement of survey printing, $31,788,000 together with
not to exceed $2,594,000 for administrative expenses to ad-
judicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil
Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts deter-
mined by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP
AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POL-
ICY TRUST FUND
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund,
pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence
in National Environmental and Native American Public
Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,996,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to
60 percent of such funds may be transferred by the Morris
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K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environ-
mental Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses of the
Native Nations Institute.
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution
Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ-
mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998,
$1,309,000, to remain available until expended.
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 archived Federal
records and related activities, as provided by law, and for
expenses necessary for the review and declassification of
documents, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$249,731,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United
States is authorized to use any excess funds available from
the amount borrowed for construction of the National Ar-
chives facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate
storage for holdings.
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $14,208,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $1,250,000 is for the Military Personnel Records
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Center preliminary design studies, $3,250,000 is for repairs
to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Plaza,
and $3,750,000 is for locating, purchasing, and other re-
lated site location expenses for the site of a new regional
archives facility to be constructed in Anchorage, Alaska.
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, $7,000,000, 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 Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform
Act of 1989, 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
exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $10,486,000.
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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 Reform
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by pri-
vate 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 reimbursements
to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in-
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, $128,736,000, of which $24,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for the cost of the Govern-
ment-wide human resources data network 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 in ad-
dition $120,791,000 for administrative expenses, to be
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office
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of Personnel Management without regard to other statutes,
including direct procurement of printed materials, for the
retirement and insurance programs, of which $27,640,000
shall remain available until expended for the cost of auto-
mating the retirement recordkeeping systems: Provided,
That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect
the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided 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 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 Com-
mission on White House Fellows, established by Executive
Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year
2003, accept donations of money, property, and personal
services in connection with the development of a publicity
brochure to provide information about the White House Fel-
lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for
travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-
ries of employees of such Commission.
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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 $10,766,000 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.
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
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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.
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 Reemployment Act of
1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for
witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
$12,434,000.
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$37,305,000: 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, as authorized by
Public Law 106–579, $250,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2003’’.
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 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.
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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. 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
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. 505. 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 the Buy American Act (41
U.S.C. 10a–10c).
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SEC. 506. (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. 507. 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
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. 508. Except as otherwise specifically provided by
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2003 from ap-
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propriations made available for salaries and expenses for
fiscal year 2003 in this Act, shall remain available through
September 30, 2004, 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. 509. 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
(2) such request is required due to extraordinary
circumstances involving national security.
SEC. 510. 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.
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SEC. 511. 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. 512. 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. 513. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to procure any products, articles, goods, or wares
mined, manufactured, or produced wholly or in part by
forced or indentured child labor as identified in the 1995
U.S. Department of Labor Report on Forced and Bonded
Child Labor, the 2002 U.S. Department of Labor Findings
on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, or the most recent U.S.
Department of State Human Rights Country Reports.
SEC. 514. ENDOWMENT FOR PRESIDENTIAL LIBRAR-
IES. Section 2112(g) of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5)(A) Notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (4)
(to the extent that such paragraphs are inconsistent
with this paragraph), this subsection shall be admin-
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istered in accordance with this paragraph with re-
spect to any Presidential archival depository created
as a depository for the papers, documents, and other
historical materials and Presidential records per-
taining to any President who takes the oath of office
as President for the first time on or after July 1,
2002.
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraphs (A)(ii),
(B)(i)(II), and (B)(ii)(II) of paragraph (3) the per-
centage of 40 percent shall apply instead of 20 per-
cent.
‘‘(C)(i) In this subparagraph, the term ‘base en-
dowment amount’ means the amount of the endow-
ment required under paragraph (3).
‘‘(ii)(I) The Archivist may give credits against
the base endowment amount if the Archivist deter-
mines that the proposed Presidential archival deposi-
tory will have construction features or equipment that
are expected to result in quantifiable long-term sav-
ings to the Government with respect to the cost of fa-
cility operations.
‘‘(II) The features and equipment described
under subclause (I) shall comply with the standards
promulgated by the Archivist under subsection (a)(2).
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‘‘(III) The Archivist shall promulgate standards
to be used in calculating the dollar amount of any
credit to be given, and shall consult with all donors
of the endowment before giving any credits. The total
dollar amount of credits given under this paragraph
may not exceed 20 percent of the base endowment
amount.
‘‘(D)(i) In calculating the additional endowment
amount required under paragraph (4), the Archivist
shall take into account credits given under subpara-
graph (C), and may also give credits against the ad-
ditional endowment amount required under para-
graph (4), if the Archivist determines that construc-
tion features or equipment used in making or equip-
ping the physical or material change or addition are
expected to result in quantifiable long-term savings to
the Government with respect to the cost of facility op-
erations.
‘‘(ii) The features and equipment described
under clause (i) shall comply with the standards pro-
mulgated by the Archivist under subsection (a)(2).
‘‘(iii) The Archivist shall promulgate standards
to be used in calculating the dollar amount of any
credit to be given, and shall consult with all donors
of the endowment before giving any credits. The total
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dollar amount of credits given under this paragraph
may not exceed 20 percent of the additional endow-
ment amount required under paragraph (4).’’.
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 2003 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
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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-
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)
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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
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
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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
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.
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Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol-
lowing purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
and recycling programs as described in Executive
Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of
the Executive order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental manage-
ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de-
velopment 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 Fed-
eral agency.
SEC. 608. 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 expenses
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are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds,
the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced.
SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the current
fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid
to any person for the filling of any position for which he
or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not
to approve the nomination of said person.
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi-
nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com-
missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether
or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a
prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial
support from more than one agency or instrumentality.
SEC. 611. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be
available for employment of guards for all buildings and
areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under
the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such
guards shall have, with respect to such property, the powers
of special policemen provided by the first section of the Act
of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318),
and, as to property owned or occupied by the Postal Service,
the Postmaster General may take the same actions as the
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Administrator of General Services may take under the pro-
visions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as
amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 318b), attach-
ing thereto penal consequences under the authority and
within the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June
1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).
SEC. 612. None of the funds made available pursuant
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement,
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United
States.
SEC. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no
part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2003,
by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing
rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5,
United States Code—
(1) during the period from the date of expiration
of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the Treas-
ury and General Government Appropriations Act,
2002, until the normal effective date of the applicable
wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal
year 2003, in an amount that exceeds the rate pay-
able for the applicable grade and step of the applica-
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ble wage schedule in accordance with such section
613; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remainder
of fiscal year 2003, in an amount that exceeds, as a
result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable
under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of—
(A) the percentage adjustment taking effect
in fiscal year 2003 under section 5303 of title 5,
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the
General Schedule; and
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age 
percentage 
of 
the 
locality-based 
com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year
2003 under section 5304 of such title (whether by
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average
percentage of such payments which was effective
in fiscal year 2002 under such section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and
no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be
paid during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect
at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under
subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such em-
ployee.
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(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable
to an employee who is covered by this section and who is
paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30,
2002, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by
the Office of Personnel Management.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
of premium pay for employees subject to this section may
not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30,
2002, except to the extent determined by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this
section.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for
service performed after September 30, 2002.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of
law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution,
or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis
of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic
pay payable after the application of this section shall be
treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by this
section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable
were this section not in effect.
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(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if
the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to
ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
SEC. 614. During the period in which the head of any
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em-
ployee of the Government appointed by the President of the
United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or
expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the
office of such department head, agency head, officer, or em-
ployee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for
any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing
or redecoration is expressly approved by the Committees on
Appropriations. For the purposes of this section, the term
‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to
the individual, as well as any other space used primarily
by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled
by the individual.
SEC. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/
or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of con-
ducting Federal law enforcement training without the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations, ex-
cept that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is
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authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facili-
ties by lease, contract, or other agreement for training
which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made
available for the current fiscal year by this or any other
Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na-
tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni-
cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart-
ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order
No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).
SEC. 617. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any Fed-
eral department, agency, or other instrumentality for the
salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a position
of a confidential or policy-determining character excepted
from the competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of
title 5, United States Code, without a certification to the
Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Fed-
eral department, agency, or other instrumentality employ-
ing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position
was not created solely or primarily in order to detail the
employee to the White House.
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(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed
to or from—
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the National Security Agency;
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
(4) the offices within the Department of Defense
for the collection of specialized national foreign intel-
ligence through reconnaissance programs;
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of
the Department of State;
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration of the Department of Justice, the De-
partment of Transportation, the Department of the
Treasury, and the Department of Energy performing
intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
SEC. 618. 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
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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. 619. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the United States Customs Service may be used to
allow—
(1) the importation into the United States of
any good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, pro-
duced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child
labor, as determined pursuant to section 307 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); or
(2) the release into the United States of any
good, ware, article, or merchandise on which the
United States Customs Service has in effect a deten-
tion order, pursuant to such section 307, on the basis
that the good, ware, article, or merchandise may have
been mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or
indentured child labor.
SEC. 620. 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—
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(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 Con-
gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the
employment of such other officer or employee or per-
taining to the department or agency of such other of-
ficer 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 re-
quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub-
committee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion to,
relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi-
nates 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 Govern-
ment, 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,
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committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
SEC. 621. (a) None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em-
ployee training that—
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge,
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels
of emotional response or psychological stress in some
participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification
of the content and methods to be used in the training
and written end of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022,
dated September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
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SEC. 622. No funds appropriated in this or any other
Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements
in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or
any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such
policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following
provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do
not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee
obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive Order
No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (gov-
erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10,
United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle-
blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by
members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5,
United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Pro-
tection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud,
abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intelligence
Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.)
(governing disclosures that could expose confidential Gov-
ernment agents); and the statutes which protect against dis-
closure that may compromise the national security, includ-
ing sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United
States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, require-
ments, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created
by said Executive order and listed statutes are incorporated
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the designation of a public housing development under sec-
tion 7 of the Act, the establishment of preferences in accord-
ance with section 651 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13611), or the restriction
of occupancy to elderly families in accordance with section
658 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 13618): Provided further, That
the fee otherwise authorized under section 8(q) of the Act
shall be determined in accordance with section 8(q), as in
effect immediately before the enactment of the Quality
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998: Provided
further, That $1,400,000,000 is rescinded from unobligated
balances remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head-
ing or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted hous-
ing’’ or any other heading for fiscal year 2002 and prior
years, to be effected by the Secretary no later than Sep-
tember 30, 2003: Provided further, That any such balances
governed by reallocation provisions under the statute au-
thorizing the program for which the funds were originally
appropriated may be available for this rescission, except
that this proviso does not apply to reallocation of vouchers
required under this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall have until September 30, 2003, to meet the re-
scission in the proviso preceding the immediately preceding
proviso: Provided further, That any obligated balances of
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contract authority that have been terminated shall be can-
celed.
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to
carry out capital and management activities for public
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1437g), $2,683,400,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006: Provided, That, hereafter, notwithstanding
any other provision of law or any failure of the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development to issue regulations to
carry out section 9(j) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(j)), such section is deemed to have
taken effect on October 1, 1998, and, except as otherwise
provided in this heading, shall apply to all assistance made
available under this same heading on or after such date:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2003, the Secretary
may not delegate to any Department official other than the
Deputy Secretary any authority under paragraph (2) of
such section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time periods
under such section for obligation of amounts made available
for fiscal year 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding the first proviso and
paragraphs (3) and (5)(B) of such section 9(j), if at any
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SEC. 216. A public housing agency or such other entity
that administers Federal housing assistance in the states
of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to
include a resident of public housing or a recipient of assist-
ance provided under section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar governing
board of such agency or entity as required under section
(2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or other en-
tity that administers Federal housing assistance under sec-
tion 8 in the states of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi shall
establish an advisory board of not less than 6 residents of
public housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to pro-
vide advice and comment to the public housing agency or
other administering entity on issues related to public hous-
ing and section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less
than quarterly.
SEC. 217. The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall include as part of the fiscal year 2004 budget
(and for each budget in each succeeding fiscal year) for the
Department of Housing and Urban Development a separate
line in each account for the cost of contract rental renewals,
where applicable. The Budget Justifications for Department
of Housing and Urban Development shall include a five-
year run-out of the cost of all contract rental renewals.