I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5658
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 14, 2000
Mr. KOLBE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Appropriations
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of
the President, and certain Independent Agencies for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,
the Executive Office of the President, and certain Inde-
pendent Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2001, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury
Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance
of official business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official
travel expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain avail-
able until expended for information technology moderniza-
tion requirements; not to exceed $150,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; not to exceed
$258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na-
ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of
the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for
solely on his certificate, $156,315,000: Provided, That the
Office of Foreign Assets Control shall be funded at no less
than $11,439,000: Provided further, That of these
amounts $2,900,000 is available for grants to State and
local law enforcement groups to help fight money laun-
dering.
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the De-
partment of the Treasury, $47,287,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be
transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to
satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support
or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropria-
tions for Information Systems.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed
$2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo-
cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury, $32,899,000.
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for
Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official
travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General
for Tax Administration, $118,427,000.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $31,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
To develop and implement programs to expand access
to financial services for low- and moderate-income individ-
uals, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of these funds, such sums as may be necessary
may be transferred to accounts of the Department’s of-
fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further,
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any
other transfer authority provided in this Act.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement
personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$37,576,000, of which not to exceed $2,800,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2003; and of which
$2,275,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account
may be used to procure personal services contracts.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Sec-
retary, $55,000,000, to remain available until expended,
to reimburse any Department of the Treasury organiza-
tion for the costs of providing support to counter, inves-
tigate, or prosecute terrorism, including payment of re-
wards in connection with these activities: Provided, That
the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in such Act is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of
the Treasury, including materials and support costs of
Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to
exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the gen-
eral purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and re-
lated activities; uniforms without regard to the general
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the
conducting of and participating in firearms matches and
presentation of awards; for public awareness and enhanc-
ing community support of law enforcement training; not
to exceed $11,500 for official reception and representation
expenses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $94,483,000, of which
up to $17,043,000 for materials and support costs of Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training shall remain available
until September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Center is
authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both real
and personal, and to accept services, for authorized pur-
poses, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which
shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Center
to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic
training program at the Center during the previous fiscal
year, which shall be funded only by gifts received through
the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, students attend-
ing training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided
housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Cen-
ter policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Di-
rector, for the following: training United States Postal
Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police offi-
cers; State and local government law enforcement training
on a space-available basis; training of foreign law enforce-
ment officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation, except that re-
imbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law en-
forcement training activities in foreign countries under-
taken pursuant to section 801 of the Antiterrorism and
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Public Law 104–
32; training of private sector security officials on a space-
available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this
appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal per-
sonnel to attend course development meetings and training
sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Cen-
ter is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim-
bursements from agencies receiving training sponsored by
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except
that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall
not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end
of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide
training for the Gang Resistance Education and Training
program to Federal and non-Federal personnel at any fa-
cility in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide
short-term medical services for students undergoing train-
ing at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional
real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,
facility improvements, and related expenses, $29,205,000,
to remain available until expended.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and
convict offenders involved in organized crime drug traf-
ficking, including cooperative efforts with State and local
law enforcement, as it relates to the Treasury Department
law enforcement violations such as money laundering, vio-
lent crime, and smuggling, $103,476,000, of which
$7,827,000 shall remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, 
$206,851,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$10,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2003, for information systems modernization initiatives;
and of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed
812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for
replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates
as may be determined by the Director; for payment of per
diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a
major investigative assignment requires an employee to
work 16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight
at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $20,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; for training of
State and local law enforcement agencies with or without
reimbursement, including training in connection with the
training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; not to exceed $50,000 for coopera-
tive research and development programs for Laboratory
Services and Fire Research Center activities; and provi-
sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies,
with or without reimbursement, $768,695,000, of which
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay-
ment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C.
924(d)(2); of which up to $2,000,000 shall be available
for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or air-
craft available for official use by a State or local law en-
forcement agency if the conveyance will be used in joint
law enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime
salaries including Social Security and Medicare, travel,
fuel, training, equipment, supplies, and other similar costs
of State and local law enforcement personnel, including
sworn officers and support personnel, that are incurred
in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made available by
this or any other Act may be used to transfer the func-
tions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms to other agencies or Departments in
fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That no funds appro-
priated herein shall be available for salaries or administra-
tive expenses in connection with consolidating or central-
izing, within the Department of the Treasury, the records,
or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of
firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Pro-
vided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be
used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation
of any officer or employee of the United States to imple-
ment an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118
or to change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR
178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication
5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be
available to investigate or act upon applications for relief
from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c):
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to in-
vestigate and act upon applications filed by corporations
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18
U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds under this
Act may be used to electronically retrieve information
gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any
personal identification code.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of
which 1,030 are for police-type use and commercial oper-
ations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals
for personal services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; and awards
of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act
enforced by the United States Customs Service,
$1,863,765,000, of which such sums as become available
in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject
to section 13031(f )(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19
U.S.C. 58c(f )(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of
the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for
payment for rental space in connection with preclearance
operations; not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available
until expended for research; of which not less than
$100,000 shall be available to promote public awareness
of the child pornography tipline; of which not less than
$200,000 shall be available for Project Alert; not to exceed
$5,000,000 shall be available until expended for con-
ducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081;
not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until expended
for the procurement of automation infrastructure items,
including hardware, software, and installation; and not to
exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for re-
pairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may
be purchased without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal
year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in sub-
section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19
U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall be $30,000.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses related to the collection
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law
103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and
merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac-
count for such purposes.
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND
MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air-
craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine
Programs, including operational training and mission-re-
lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by
the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include the following: the
interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of
support to Customs and other Federal, State, and local
agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en-
forced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of
the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance
to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforce-
ment and emergency humanitarian efforts, $133,228,000,
which shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the ex-
ception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been
identified as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft
which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be trans-
ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office
outside of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal
year 2001 without the prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations.
AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION
For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs
automated systems, $258,400,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $5,400,000 shall be for the Inter-
national Trade Data System, and not less than
$130,000,000 shall be for the development of the Auto-
mated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading may be obli-
gated for the Automated Commercial Environment until
the United States Customs Service prepares and submits
to the Committees on Appropriations a final plan for ex-
penditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and invest-
ment control review requirements established by the Office
of Management and Budget, including OMB Circular A–
11, part 3; (2) complies with the United States Customs
Service’s Enterprise Information Systems Architecture;
(3) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements,
guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices
of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed and approved
by the Customs Investment Review Board, the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and
Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Accounting
Office: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be obligated for the Auto-
mated Commercial Environment until that final expendi-
ture plan has been approved by the Committees on Appro-
priations.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States, $187,301,000, of which
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro-
priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2001
shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive
security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account
Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the General Fund es-
timated at $182,901,000. In addition, $23,600, to be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse
the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for
financial management of the Fund, as authorized by sec-
tion 1012 of Public Law 101–380; and in addition, to be
appropriated from the General Fund, such sums as may
be necessary for administrative expenses in association
with the South Dakota Trust Fund and the Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Restoration and
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Restoration Trust
Fund, as authorized by sections 603(f ) and 604(f ) of
Public Law 106–53.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law
and account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor-
respondence; providing an independent taxpayer advocate
within the Service; programs to match information returns
and tax returns; management services; rent and utilities;
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
as 
may 
be 
determined 
by 
the 
Commissioner,
$3,567,001,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for
the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and of which
not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and
representation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro-
viding litigation support; issuing technical rulings; pro-
viding service to tax exempt customers, including employee
plans, tax exempt organizations, and government entities;
examining employee plans and exempt organizations; con-
ducting criminal investigation and enforcement activities;
securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts;
compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance
research; purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850)
and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b));
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
as 
may 
be 
determined 
by 
the 
Commissioner,
$3,382,402,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2003, for research.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE
For funding essential earned income tax credit com-
pliance and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section
5702 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law
105–33), 
$145,000,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the Social Security
Administration for the costs of implementing section 1090
of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for information systems and telecommunications sup-
port, including developmental information systems and
operational information systems; the hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $1,545,090,000 which shall
remain available until September 30, 2002.
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, $4,158,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend-
ed, $40,500,000, of which no less than $4,689,500 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.
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 authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
pended; (4) $2,944,905,000 for rental of space which shall
remain available until expended; and (5) $1,624,771,000
for building operations which shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That in addition to amounts
made available herein, $276,400,000 shall be deposited to
the Fund, to become available on October 1, 2001, and
remain available until expended for the following construc-
tion projects (including funds for sites and expenses and
associated design and construction services): District of
Columbia, United States Courthouse Annex; Florida,
Miami, United States Courthouse; Massachusetts, Spring-
field, United States Courthouse; New York, Buffalo,
United States Courthouse: Provided further, 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, That funds available to
the General Services Administration shall not be available
for expenses of any construction, repair, alteration and ac-
quisition project for which a prospectus, if required 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 development