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authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and
accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; $3,617,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,
heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,
of the official residence of the Vice President, the hire of
passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $90,000 for offi-
cial entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
counted for solely on his certificate; $345,000: Provided,
That advances or repayments or transfers from this appro-
priation may be made to any department or agency for ex-
penses of carrying out such activities.
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out
its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1021), $3,840,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Develop-
ment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
and 3 U.S.C. 107; $4,032,000.
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$6,997,000.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3
U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles
$39,198,000, of which $8,806,000 shall be available for a
capital investment plan which provides for the continued
modernization of the information technology infrastructure.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$63,495,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
available to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title
44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided in 31
U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the
objects for which appropriations were made except as other-
wise provided by law: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Management
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and Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any
agricultural marketing orders or any activities or regula-
tions under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available for the Office
of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended
for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-
nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, before the Committees on Appropria-
tions or the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs or their sub-
committees: Provided further, That the preceding shall not
apply to printed hearings released by the Committees on
Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs:
Provided further, That from within existing funds provided
under this heading, the President may establish a National
Intellectual Property Coordination Center.
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to Division
C, title VII, of Public Law105–277; not to exceed $8,000
for official reception and representation expenses; and for
participation in joint projects or in the provision of services
on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or
public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
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bursement; $21,963,000, of which up to $600,000 shall be
available for the evaluation of the Drug-Free Communities
Act: Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold,
administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public
and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose
of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office.
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology
Assessment Center, $31,100,000, which shall remain avail-
able until expended, consisting of $2,100,000 for policy re-
search and evaluation, $16,000,000 for counternarcotics re-
search and development projects, and $13,000,000 for the
continued operation of the technology transfer program:
Provided, That the $16,000,000 for counternarcotics re-
search and development projects shall be available for trans-
fer to other Federal departments or agencies.
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Pro-
gram, $205,277,000 for drug control activities consistent
with the approved strategy for each of the designated High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which $7,000,000 shall
be used for methamphetamine programs above the sums al-
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located in fiscal year 1999, $5,000,000 shall be used for
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas that are designated
after July 1, 1999 and $5,000,000 to be used at the discre-
tion of the Office of National Drug Control Policy with no
less than half of the $7,000,000 going to areas solely dedi-
cated to fighting methamphetamine usage, of which no less
than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti-
ties for drug control activities, which shall be obligated
within 120 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided, That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal
agencies and departments at a rate to be determined by the
Director: Provided further, That of this latter amount,
$1,800,000 shall be used for auditing services: Provided fur-
ther, That, hereafter, of the amount appropriated for fiscal
year 2000 or any succeeding fiscal year for the High Inten-
sity Drug Trafficking Area Program, the funds to be obli-
gated or expended during such fiscal year for programs ad-
dressing the treatment or prevention of drug use as part
of the approved strategy for a designated High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) shall not be less than the
funds obligated or expended for such programs during fiscal
year 1999 for each designated HIDTA: Provided further,
That Campbell County and Uinta County are hereby des-
ignated as part of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area for the State of Wyoming.
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SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public
Law 105–277, $127,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to
other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such
activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided,
$96,500,000 shall be to support a national media cam-
paign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media Campaign Act
of 1998: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
for the support of the national media campaign may be
obligated until ONDCP has submitted for written approval
to the Committee on Appropriations the evaluation and re-
sults of phase II of the campaign: Provided further, That
of the funds provided, $30,000,000 shall be to continue a
program of matching grants to drug-free communities, as
authorized in the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall
be available to the Director for transfer as grants to State
and local agencies or non-profit organizations for the Na-
tional Drug Court Institute.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Appro-
priations Act, 2000’’.
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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 Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled estab-
lished by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–28,
$2,657,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended,
$38,175,000, of which no less than $4,866,500 shall be
available for internal automated data processing systems,
and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for re-
ception 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, $23,681,000:
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Provided, That public members of the Federal Service Im-
passes Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in
lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703)
for persons employed intermittently in the Government
service, and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:
Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
funds received from fees charged to non-Federal partici-
pants at labor-management relations conferences shall be
credited to and merged with this account, to be available
without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out
these conferences.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
To carry out the purpose of the Fund established pur-
suant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.
490(f)), the revenues and collections deposited into the Fund
shall be available for necessary expenses of real property
management and related activities not otherwise provided
for, including operation, maintenance, and protection of
federally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in
the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises;
moving governmental agencies (including space adjust-
ments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in con-
nection with the assignment, allocation and transfer of
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space; contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing
buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally
owned buildings including grounds, approaches and appur-
tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, pres-
ervation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of build-
ings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase build-
ings and sites; conversion and extension of federally owned
buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by
contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (in-
cluding equipment for such buildings); and payment of
principal, interest, and any other obligations for public
buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase
contract; in the aggregate amount of $5,244,478,000, of
which: (1) $76,979,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for construction of additional projects at locations
and at maximum construction improvement costs (includ-
ing funds for sites and expenses and associated design and
construction services) as follows:
New construction:
Maryland:
Montgomery County, FDA Consolidation,
$35,000,000
Michigan:
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Sault 
Sainte 
Marie, 
Border 
Station,
$8,263,000
Montana:
Roosville, Border Station, $753,000
Sweetgrass, Border Station, $11,480,000
Texas:
Fort Hancock, Border Station, $277,000
Washington:
Oroville, Border Station, $11,206,000
Nationwide:
Non-prospectus, $10,000,000:
Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits of
costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to the
extent that savings effected in other such projects, but not
to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is obtained
from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater
amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct con-
struction projects shall expire on September 30, 2001, and
remain in the Federal Buildings 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: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided for non-prospectus
construction, $1,974,000 shall be available until expended
for acquisition, lease, construction, and equipping of
flexiplace telecommuting centers: Provided further, That of
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the amount provided under this heading in Public Law
104–208, $20,782,000 are rescinded and shall remain in
the Fund; (2) $607,869,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for repairs and alterations which includes associ-
ated design and construction services: Provided, That funds
made available in this Act or any previous Act in the Fed-
eral 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 ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater
amount:
Repairs and alterations:
Alabama:
Montgomery, Frank M. Johnson, Jr., Fed-
eral Building—U.S. Courthouse, $11,606,000
Alaska:
Anchorage, Federal Building—U.S. Court-
house Annex, $21,098,000
California:
Menlo Park, USGS Building 1, $6,831,000
Menlo Park, USGS Building 2, $5,284,000
Sacramento, Moss Federal Building—U.S.
Courthouse, $7,948,000
District of Columbia:
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Interior Building (Phase 1) $1,100,000
Main 
Justice 
Building 
(Phase 
2),
$47,226,000
State Department Building (Phase 2),
$10,511,000
Maryland:
Baltimore, 
Metro 
West 
Building,
$36,705,000
Woodlawn, Social Security Administration
Annex, $25,890,000
Minnesota:
Ft. Snelling, Bishop H. Whipple Federal
Building, $10,989,000
New Mexico:
Albuquerque, Federal Building—500 Gold
Avenue, $8,537,000
Ohio:
Cleveland, Celebrezze Federal Building,
$7,234,000
Nationwide:
Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $16,000,000
Energy Program, $16,000,000
Design Program, $17,715,000
Elevators—Various Buildings, $24,195,000
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Basic 
Repairs 
and 
Alterations,
$333,000,000:
Provided further, That additional projects for which
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded under
this category only if advance approval is obtained from the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the
amounts provided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs
and Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs associated with
implementing security improvements to buildings necessary
to meet the minimum standards for security in accordance
with current law and in compliance with the reprogram-
ming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the House
and Senate: Provided further, That the difference between
the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in
this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Al-
terations’’, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
projects: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and
alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September
30, 2001, 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
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any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’
or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects
and $1,600,000 shall be available for the repairs and alter-
ations of the Kansas City Federal Courthouse at 811 Grand
Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri and $1,250,000 shall be
available for the repairs and alteration of the Federal
Courthouse at 40 Center Street, New York, New York; (3)
$205,668,000 for installment acquisition payments includ-
ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
available until expended; (4) $2,782,186,000 for rental of
space which shall remain available until expended; and (5)
$1,590,183,000 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
further, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable
special services to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of
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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 of the amount provided, $475,000 shall be available
for the Plains States De-population Symposium: Provided
further, That revenues and collections and any other sums
accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2000, excluding
reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
490(f)(6)) in excess of $5,244,478,000 shall remain in the
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as
authorized in appropriations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided
for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activities as-
sociated with asset management activities; utilization and
donation of surplus personal property; transportation; pro-
curement and supply; Government-wide responsibilities re-
lating to automated data management, telecommunications,
information resources management, and related technology
activities; utilization survey, deed compliance inspection,
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appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, and land
use planning functions pertaining to excess and surplus
real property; agency-wide policy direction; Board of Con-
tract Appeals; accounting, records management, and other
support services incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal
Claims by the United States Court of Federal Claims; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed
$5,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
$120,198,000, of which $12,758,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided,
$2,750,000 shall be available for GSA to enter into a memo-
randum of understanding with the North Dakota State
University to establish a Virtual Archive Storage Terminal.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,858,000:
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-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor General effectiveness.
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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, $2,241,000: 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.
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 2000 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.
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SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 2001 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
in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That
the fiscal year 2001 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 which 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 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b)
and 5128 of Public Law 104–106, Information Technology
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Management Reform Act of 1996, 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 Revenue’’,
claims against the Government of less than $250,000 aris-
ing from direct construction projects and acquisition of
buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other
construction projects with prior notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
SEC. 408. Funds made available for new construction
projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limi-
tations on Availability of Revenue’’ in Public Law 104–
208 shall remain available until expended so long as funds
for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or
in part prior to September 30, 1999.
SEC. 409. The Federal building located at 220 East
Rosser Avenue in Bismarck, North Dakota, is hereby des-
ignated as the ‘‘William L. Guy Federal Building, Post Of-
fice and United States Courthouse’’. Any reference in a law,
map, regulation, document, paper or other record of the
United States to the Federal building herein referred to
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘William L. Guy
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Federal Building, Post Office and United States Court-
house’’.
SEC. 410. From the funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’, $59,203,500 shall not be available for
rental of space and $59,203,500 shall not be available for
building operations: Provided, That the amounts provided
under this heading for rental of space, building operations
and in aggregate amount for the Federal Buildings Fund,
are reduced accordingly.
SEC. 411. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO THE COLUMBIA
HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN. (a) ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL
SERVICES.—Subject to subsection (f) and such terms and
conditions as the Administrator of General Services (in this
section referred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall require in
accordance with this section, the Administrator shall convey
to the Columbia Hospital for Women (formerly Columbia
Hospital for Women and Lying-In Asylum; in this section
referred to as ‘‘Columbia Hospital’’), located in Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, for $14,000,000 plus accrued
interest to be paid in accordance with the terms set forth
in subsection (d), all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to those pieces or parcels of land in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, described in subsection (b), together with
all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto. The
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purpose of this conveyance is to enable the expansion by
Columbia Hospital of its Ambulatory Care Center, Betty
Ford Breast Center, and the Columbia Hospital Center for
Teen Health and Reproductive Toxicology Center.
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The land referred to in sub-
section (a) was conveyed to the United States of
America by deed dated May 2, 1888, from David
Fergusson, widower, recorded in liber 1314, folio 102,
of the land records of the District of Columbia, and
is that portion of square numbered 25 in the city of
Washington in the District of Columbia which was
not previously conveyed to such hospital by the Act of
June 28, 1952 (66 Stat. 287; chapter 486).
(2) PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION.—The property is
more particularly described as square 25, lot 803, or
as follows: all that piece or parcel of land situated
and lying in the city of Washington in the District
of Columbia and known as part of square numbered
25, as laid down and distinguished on the plat or
plan of said city as follows: beginning for the same
at the northeast corner of the square being the corner
formed by the intersection of the west line of Twenty-
fourth Street Northwest, with the south line of north
M Street Northwest and running thence south with
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the line of said Twenty-fourth Street Northwest for
the distance of two hundred and thirty-one feet ten
inches, thence running west and parallel with said M
Street Northwest for the distance of two hundred and
thirty feet six inches and running thence north and
parallel with the line of said Twenty-fourth Street
Northwest for the distance of two hundred and thirty-
one feet ten inches to the line of said M Street North-
west and running thence east with the line of said M
Street Northwest to the place of beginning two hun-
dred and thirty feet and six inches together with all
the improvements, ways, easements, rights, privileges,
and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any-
wise appertaining.
(c) DATE OF CONVEYANCE.—
(1) DATE.—The date of the conveyance of prop-
erty required under subsection (a) shall be the date
upon which the Administrator receives from Columbia
Hospital written notice of its exercise of the purchase
option granted by this section, which notice shall be
accompanied by the first of 30 equal installment pay-
ments of $869,000 toward the total purchase price of
$14,000,000, plus accrued interest.
(2) DEADLINE
FOR
CONVEYANCE
OF
PROP-
ERTY.—Written notification and payment of the first
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installment payment from Columbia Hospital under
paragraph (1) shall be ineffective, and the purchase
option granted Columbia Hospital under this section
shall lapse, if that written notification and install-
ment payment are not received by the Administrator
before the date which is 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this section.
(3) QUITCLAIM DEED.—Any conveyance of prop-
erty to Columbia Hospital under this section shall be
by quitclaim deed.
(d) CONVEYANCE TERMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance of property
required under subsection (a) shall be consistent with
the terms and conditions set forth in this section and
such other terms and conditions as the Administrator
deems to be in the interest of the United States,
including—
(A) the provision for the prepayment of the
full purchase price if mutually acceptable to the
parties;
(B) restrictions on the use of the described
land for use of the purposes set out in subsection
(a);
(C) the conditions under which the de-
scribed land or interests therein may be sold, as-
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signed, or otherwise conveyed in order to facili-
tate financing to fulfill its intended use; and
(D) the consequences in the event of default
by Columbia Hospital for failing to pay all in-
stallments payments toward the total purchase
price when due, including revision of the de-
scribed property to the United States.
(2) PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE.—Columbia
Hospital shall pay the total purchase price of
$14,000,000, plus accrued interest over the term at a
rate of 4.5 percent annually, in equal installments of
$869,000, for 29 years following the date of convey-
ance of the property and receipt of the initial install-
ment of $869,000 by the Administrator under sub-
section (c)(1). Unless the full purchase price, plus ac-
crued interest, is prepaid, the total amount paid for
the property after 30 years will be $26,070,000.
(e) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—Amounts
received by the United States as payments under this sec-
tion shall be paid into the fund established by section 210(f)
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act
of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), and may be expended by the
Administrator for real property management and related
activities not otherwise provided for, without further au-
thorization.
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(f) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The property conveyed under
subsection (a) shall revert to the United States, to-
gether with any improvements thereon—
(A) 1 year from the date on which Colum-
bia Hospital defaults in paying to the United
States an annual installment payment of
$869,000, when due; or
(B) immediately upon any attempt by Co-
lumbia Hospital to assign, sell, or convey the de-
scribed property before the United States has re-
ceived full purchase price, plus accrued interest.
The Columbia Hospital shall execute and provide to
the Administrator such written instruments and as-
surances as the Administrator may reasonably request
to protect the interests of the United States under this
subsection.
(2) RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—The
Administrator may release, upon request, any restric-
tion imposed on the use of described property for the
purposes of paragraph (1), and release any rever-
sionary interest of the United States in the property
conveyed under this subsection only upon receipt by
the United States of full payment of the purchase
price specified under subsection (d)(2).
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(3) PROPERTY
RETURNED
TO
THE
GENERAL
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.—Any property that re-
verts to the United States under this subsection shall
be under the jurisdiction, custody and control of the
General Services Administration shall be available for
use or disposition by the Administrator in accordance
with applicable Federal law.
SEC. 412. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, funds made available for fiscal year
2000 by this or any other Act to any department or agency,
which is a member of the Joint Financial Management Im-
provement Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance
an appropriate share of JFMIP salaries and administra-
tive costs.
SEC. 413. The Administrator of General Services may
provide from Government-wide credit card rebates, up to
$3,000,000 in support of the Joint Financial Management
Improvement Program as approved by the Chief Financial
Officers Council.
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.
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3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct
procurement of survey printing, $27,422,000 together with
not to exceed $2,430,000 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.
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,
$179,738,000: 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.
ARCHIVES FACILITIES REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $21,518,000, to remain available until expended.
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RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING FUND
(a) There is hereby established in the Treasury a re-
volving fund to be available for expenses and equipment
necessary to provide for storage and related services for all
temporary and pre-archival Federal records, which are to
be stored or stored at Federal National and Regional
Records Centers by agencies and other instrumentalities of
the Federal government. The Fund shall be available with-
out fiscal year limitation for expenses necessary for oper-
ation of these activities.
(b) START-UP CAPITAL.—
(1) There is appropriated $22,000,000 as initial
capitalization of the Fund.
(2) In addition, the initial capital of the Fund
shall include the fair and reasonable value at the
Fund’s inception of the inventories, equipment, re-
ceivables, and other assets, less the liabilities, trans-
ferred to the Fund. The Archivist of the United States
is authorized to accept inventories, equipment, receiv-
ables and other assets from other Federal entities that
were used to provide for storage and related services
for temporary and pre-archival Federal records.
(c) USER CHARGES.—The Fund shall be credited with
user charges received from other Federal government ac-
counts as payment for providing personnel, storage, mate-
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rials, supplies, equipment, and services as authorized by
subsection (a). Such payments may be made in advance
or by way of reimbursement. The rates charged will return
in full the expenses of operation, including reserves for ac-
crued annual leave, worker’s compensation, depreciation of
capitalized equipment and shelving, and amortization of
information technology software and systems.
(d) FUNDS RETURNED TO MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.—
(1) In addition to funds appropriated to and as-
sets transferred to the Fund in subsection (b), an
amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total annual in-
come may be retained in the Fund as an operating
reserve or for the replacement or acquisition of capital
equipment, including shelving, and the improvement
and implementation of NARA’s financial manage-
ment, information technology, and other support sys-
tems.
(2) Funds in excess of the 4 percent at the close
of each fiscal year shall be returned to the Treasury
of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The National Ar-
chives and Records Administration shall provide quarterly
reports to the Committees on Appropriations and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
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priations and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives on the operation of the Records Center Revolv-
ing Fund.
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
COMMISSION
GRANTS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
historical publications and records as authorized by 44
U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $6,250,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading in Public Law 105–277, $3,800,000 are
rescinded: Provided further, That the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in di-
vision A, section 101(h), of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public
Law 105–277)) is amended in Title IV, under the heading
‘‘National Historical Publications and Records Commis-
sion, Grants Program’’ by striking the proviso.
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
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and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to
exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $9,071,000.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service 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, $91,584,000; and in addition $95,486,000
for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the ap-
propriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management
without regard to other statutes, including direct procure-
ment of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance
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programs, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available until
expended for the cost of automating the retirement record-
keeping systems: Provided, That the provisions of this ap-
propriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable
trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and
8909(g) 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
Commission on White House Fellows, established by Execu-
tive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, accept donations of
money, property, and personal services in connection with
the development of a publicity brochure to provide informa-
tion about the White House Fellows, except that no such
donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of
travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Com-
mission.
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
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U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $960,000;
and in addition, not to exceed $9,645,000 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 respect
to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title
5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees
Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as 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
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-
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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;
$9,689,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
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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)