H. R. 2590
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and one
An Act
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Serv-
ice, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies,
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2002, 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 $3,500,000 for
official travel expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain avail-
able until expended for information technology modernization
requirements; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted
for solely on his certificate, $177,142,000: Provided, That of these
amounts $2,900,000 is available for grants to State and local law
enforcement groups to help fight money laundering: Provided fur-
ther, That of these amounts $2,000,000 shall be available for a
grant associated with research on transfer pricing, and that such
sum shall be transferred within 90 days of enactment of this Act.
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 Department of the
Treasury, $68,828,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and in
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amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Depart-
ment’s offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further,
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other
transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supplement
the Internal Revenue Service appropriations for Information Sys-
tems.
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 allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury, $35,424,000.
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for
Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replace-
ment 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 unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of
the Inspector General for Tax Administration, $123,746,000.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury
Building and Annex, $28,932,000, to remain available until
expended.
EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
To develop and implement programs to expand access to finan-
cial services for low- and moderate-income individuals, $2,000,000,
such funds to become available upon authorization of this program
as provided by law and 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 offices, bureaus,
and other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act.
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FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel expenses
of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend meetings con-
cerned with financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and
financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law
enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $45,837,000,
of which not to exceed $3,400,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2004; and of which $7,790,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2003: Provided, That funds appropriated in
this account may be used to procure personal services contracts.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Secretary,
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse any
Department of the Treasury organization for the costs of providing
support to counter, investigate, or prosecute unexpected threats
or acts of terrorism, including payment of rewards in connection
with these activities: Provided, That use of such funds shall be
subject to prior notification of the Committees on Appropriations
in accordance with guidelines for reprogramming and transfer of
funds.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement
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, with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation) and hire of
passenger motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and
related 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 enhancing community support of law enforce-
ment 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, $105,680,000, of which
$650,000 shall be available for an interagency effort to establish
written standards on accreditation of Federal law enforcement
training; and of which up to $18,892,000 for materials and support
costs of Federal law enforcement basic training shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2004, and of which up to 20 percent
of the $18,892,000 also shall be available for travel, room and
board costs for participating agency basic training during the first
quarter of a fiscal year, subject to full reimbursement by the benefit-
ting agency: Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept
and use gifts of property, both real and personal, and to accept
services, for authorized purposes, 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
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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 notwithstanding any
other provision of law, students attending 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 Center policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Director,
for the following: training United States Postal Service law enforce-
ment personnel and Postal police officers; State and local govern-
ment law enforcement training on a space-available basis; training
of foreign law enforcement officials on a space-available basis with
reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation, except that
reimbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law enforcement
training activities in foreign countries undertaken pursuant to sec-
tion 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
personnel to attend course development meetings and training spon-
sored by the Center: Provided further, That the Center is authorized
to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements 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 facility 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
training 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, $33,434,000, 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 trafficking, including
cooperative efforts with State and local law enforcement, as it
relates to the Treasury Department law enforcement violations
such as money laundering, violent crime, and smuggling,
$107,576,000, of which $7,827,000 shall remain available until
expended.
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service,
$212,850,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2004, for information systems moderniza-
tion 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, Tobacco and
Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed 822 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 official 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 cooperative research and development programs for Laboratory
Services and Fire Research Center activities; and provision of lab-
oratory assistance to State and local agencies, with or without
reimbursement, $823,316,000, of which $3,500,000 shall be avail-
able for retrofitting and upgrades of the National Tracing Center
Facility in Martinsburg, West Virginia; of which not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment 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, equip-
ment, or aircraft available for official use by a State or local law
enforcement 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 per-
sonnel, including sworn officers and support personnel, that are
incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms, and of which $13,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be available for disbursements through grants,
cooperative agreements or contracts to local governments for Gang
Resistance Education and Training: Provided, That no funds made
available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the
functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms to other agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2002:
Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with
consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of the
Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and
disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees:
Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used
to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer
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or employee of the United States to implement 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
further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able 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 investigate and act upon applica-
tions filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabil-
ities 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 identifica-
tion code.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs Service,
including purchase and lease of up to 1,235 motor vehicles of
which 550 are for replacement only and of which 1,215 are for
police-type use and commercial operations; 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, $2,079,357,000,
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;
not less than $100,000 shall be available to promote public aware-
ness of the child pornography tipline; not less than $200,000 shall
be available for Project Alert; not less than $1,000,000 shall be
provided to develop a curriculum for the training of law enforcement
dogs to combat and respond to terrorist activities specifically related
to chemical and biological threats; not to exceed $5,000,000 shall
be available until expended for conducting special operations pursu-
ant 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; not to exceed
$33,151,000 shall be available until expended for the procurement
and deployment of non-intrusive inspection technology; and not
to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for repairs
to Customs facilities: Provided, That of the total amount of funds
made available for forced child labor activities in fiscal year 2002,
not to exceed $4,400,000 shall remain available until expended
for operations and support of such activities: Provided further,
That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the general
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal
year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in subsection 5(c)(1)
of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall
be $30,000.
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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’’ account 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, aircraft, and other
related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs, including oper-
ational training and mission-related travel, and rental payments
for facilities occupied by the air or marine interdiction and demand
reduction programs, the operations of which include the following:
the interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of sup-
port to Customs and other Federal, State, and local agencies in
the enforcement or administration of laws enforced 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 enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts,
$177,860,000, which shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the excep-
tion 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 transferred to any other Federal
agency, department, or office outside of the Department of the
Treasury, during fiscal year 2002 without the prior approval of
the Committees on Appropriations.
AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION
For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs automated
systems, $427,832,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$5,400,000 shall be for the International Trade Data System, and
not less than $300,000,000 shall be for the development of the
Automated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the
Automated Commercial Environment until the United States Cus-
toms Service prepares and submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning
and investment 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
Department 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 appropriated under this
heading may be obligated for the Automated Commercial Environ-
ment until such expenditure plan has been approved by the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
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UNITED STATES MINT
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the
United States Mint is provided funding through the United States
Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the produc-
tion of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services,
including both operating expenses and capital investments. The
aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during
fiscal year 2002 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage
and protective service capital investments of the United States
Mint shall not exceed $43,000,000. From amounts in the United
States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall pay to the Comptroller General an amount not to exceed
$250,000 to reimburse the Comptroller General for the cost of
a study to be conducted by the Comptroller General on any changes
necessary to maximize public interest and acceptance and to achieve
a better balance in the numbers of coins of different denominations
in circulation, with particular attention to increasing the number
of $1 coins in circulation.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt issues
of the United States, $191,353,000, of which not to exceed $15,000
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses,
and of which not to exceed $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 2002 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 2002 appropriation
from the General Fund estimated at $186,953,000. In addition,
$40,000, to be derived 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 section
1012 of Public Law 101–380.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for
pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing and account
services, shared services support, general management and
administration; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at
such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner,
$3,797,890,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for the Tax
Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which $7,000,000 shall
be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, and of which
not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
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TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for
determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing litigation sup-
port; conducting criminal investigation and enforcement activities;
securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts; conducting
a document matching program; resolving taxpayer problems
through prompt identification, referral and settlement; 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,
$3,538,347,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2004, for research.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE
For funding essential earned income tax credit compliance and
error reduction initiatives pursuant to section 5702 of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33), $146,000,000, 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 Service for
information systems and telecommunications support, including
developmental information systems and operational information
systems; the 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, $1,563,249,000, which
shall remain available until September 30, 2003.
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service,
$391,593,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, for
the capital asset acquisition of information technology systems,
including management and related contractual costs of said acquisi-
tions, including contractual costs associated with operations author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That none of these funds may
be obligated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the
Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a
plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and invest-
ment control review requirements established by the Office of
Management and Budget, including Circular A–11 part 3; (2) com-
plies with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise architecture,
including the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the
Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4)
is approved by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of
the Treasury, and the Office of Management and Budget; (5) has
been reviewed by the General Accounting Office; and (6) complies
with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems
acquisition management practices of the Federal Government.