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Union Calendar No. 337
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3756
[Report No. 104–660]
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, 1997, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 8, 1996
Mr. LIGHTFOOT, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the follow-
ing bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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, 1997, 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,
1997, 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 $150,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be
allocated and expended under the direction of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on
his certificate; $108,447,000: Provided, That up to
$500,000 shall be made available to implement section
528 of this Act.
AUTOMATION ENHANCEMENT
INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS
For the development and acquisition of automatic
data processing equipment, software, and services for the
Department of the Treasury, $27,100,000, of which
$15,000,000 shall be available to the United States Cus-
toms Service for the Automated Commercial Environment
project, and of which $5,600,000 shall be available to the
United States Customs Service for the International
Trade Data System: Provided, That these funds shall re-
main available until September 30, 1999: Provided further,
That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and in
amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the
Department’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 shall be used
to support or supplement Internal Revenue Service appro-
priations for Information Systems and Tax Systems Mod-
ernization: Provided further, That none of the funds avail-
able for the Automated Commercial Environment or the
International Trade Data System may be obligated with-
out the advance approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AND INTERNAL AUDIT
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and the internal audit functions of the Internal
Revenue Service, $135,925,000; of which, $28,689,000
shall be made available for the 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 na-
ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of
the Inspector General of the Treasury; and of which
$106,606,000 shall be available for the internal audit
functions of the Internal Revenue Service: Provided, That
the chief of internal audit for the Internal Revenue Service
shall report directly to the Deputy Secretary of the Treas-
ury.
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Professional
Responsibility, including purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles, up to $3,000,000, to be derived through
transfer from the United States Customs Service, salaries
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;
$22,387,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Director of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network may procure up to $500,000 in spe-
cialized, unique, or novel automatic data processing equip-
ment, ancillary equipment, software, services, and related
resources from commercial vendors without regard to oth-
erwise applicable procurement laws and regulations and
without full and open competition, utilizing procedures
best suited under the circumstances of the procurement
to efficiently fulfill the agency’s requirements: Provided
further, That funds appropriated in this account may be
used to procure personal services contracts.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Forfeiture
Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to
exceed $7,500,000 shall be made available for the develop-
ment of a Federal wireless communication system, to be
derived from deposits in the Fund: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to receive all un-
available collections transferred from the Special Forfeit-
ure Fund established by section 6073 of the Anti-Drug
Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1509) by the Director of
the Office of Drug Control Policy as a deposit into the
Treasury Forfeiture Fund (31 U.S.C. 9703(a)).
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to
remain available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
(a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $89,800,000,
of which $15,005,000 shall be available to the United
States Customs Service; of which $47,624,000 shall be
available to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
of which $2,500,000 shall be available for administering
the Gang Resistance Education and Training program, of
which $3,662,000 shall be available for ballistics tech-
nologies, and of which $41,462,000 shall be available to
enhance training and purchase equipment and services; of
which $5,971,000 shall be available to the Secretary as
authorized by section 732 of Public Law 104–132; of
which $1,000,000 shall be available to the Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network; of which $20,200,000 shall
be available to the United States Secret Service, of which
no less than $1,000,000 shall be available for a grant for
activities related to the investigations of missing and ex-
ploited children.
(b) As authorized by section 32401, $7,200,000, for
disbursement through grants, cooperative agreements or
contracts, to local governments for Gang Resistance Edu-
cation and Training: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tions 32401 and 310001, such funds shall be allocated
only to the affected State and local law enforcement and
prevention organizations participating in such projects.
TREASURY FRANCHISE FUND
There is hereby established in the Treasury a fran-
chise fund pilot, as authorized by section 403 of Public
Law 103–356, to be available as provided in such section
for expenses and equipment necessary for the maintenance
and operation of such financial and administrative support
services as the Secretary determines may be performed
more advantageously as central services: Provided, That
any inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to
the services to be provided by such fund, either on hand
or on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obliga-
tions, and any appropriations made for the purpose of pro-
viding capital, shall be used to capitalize such fund: Pro-
vided further, That such fund shall be reimbursed or cred-
ited with the payments, including advanced payments,
from applicable appropriations and funds available to the
Department and other Federal agencies for which such ad-
ministrative and financial services are performed, at rates
which will recover all expenses of operation, including ac-
crued leave, depreciation of fund plant and equipment,
amortization of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) soft-
ware and systems, and an amount necessary to maintain
a reasonable operating reserve, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That such fund shall provide
services on a competitive basis: Provided further, That an
amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total annual income
to such fund may be retained in the fund for fiscal year
1997 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available
until expended, to be used for the acquisition of capital
equipment and for the improvement and implementation
of Treasury financial management, ADP, and other sup-
port systems: Provided further, That no later than 30 days
after the end of each fiscal year, amounts in excess of this
reserve limitation shall be deposited as miscellaneous re-
ceipts in the Treasury: Provided further, That such fran-
chise fund pilot shall terminate pursuant to section 403(f)
of Public Law 103–356.
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 relat-
ed activities; uniforms without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches and pres-
entation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing
community support of law enforcement training; not to ex-
ceed $9,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $51,681,000, of which
$9,423,000 for materials and support costs of Federal law
enforcement basic training shall remain available until
September 30, 1999: Provided, That the Center is author-
ized to accept and use gifts of property, both real and per-
sonal, and to accept services, for authorized purposes, in-
cluding funding of a gift of intrinsic value which shall be
awarded annually by the Director of the Center to the out-
standing student who graduated from a basic training pro-
ing 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, $18,884,000,
to remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, 
$191,799,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$14,277,000 shall remain available until expended for sys-
tems modernization initiatives. In addition, $90,000, to be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to reim-
burse the Service for administrative and personnel ex-
penses for financial management of the Fund, as author-
ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380: Provided,
That none of the funds made available for systems mod-
ernization initiatives may not be obligated until the Com-
missioner of the Financial Management Service has sub-
mitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate have approved, a report that identifies,
evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture plan.
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
650 vehicles for police-type use for replacement only and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; and serv-
ices of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Director; for payment of per diem and/or
subsistence allowances to employees where an assignment
to the National Response Team during the investigation
of a bombing or arson incident 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 $12,500 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; provision of laboratory assistance to
State and local agencies, with or without reimbursement;
$389,982,000, of which $12,011,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be available for arson investigations,
with priority assigned to any arson involving religious in-
stitutions; which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18
U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of which $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment,
or aircraft available for official use by a State or local law
enforcement agency if the conveyance will be used in drug-
related joint law enforcement operations with the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment
of overtime salaries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and
other similar costs of State and local law enforcement offi-
cers 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 functions, missions, or activities of the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies
or Departments in the fiscal year ending on September
30, 1997: Provided further, That no funds appropriated
herein shall be available for salaries or administrative ex-
penses in connection with consolidating or centralizing,
within the Department of the Treasury, the records, or
any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of fire-
arms 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 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 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)
and the inability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms to process or act upon such applications for fel-
ons convicted of a violent crime, firearms violations, or
drug-related crimes shall not be subject to judicial review:
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 in this Act
may be used to provide ballistics imaging equipment to
State or local authorities who have obtained similar equip-
ment through a Federal grant or subsidy: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
aircraft owned and operated by the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms shall be transferred to the United
States Customs Service: Provided further, That no funds
under this heading shall be available to conduct a reduc-
tion in force: Provided further, That no funds available for
separation incentive payments as authorized by section
525 of this Act may be obligated without the advance ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may
be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pur-
suant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal
identification code.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase of up to 1,000 motor vehicles
of which 960 are for replacement only, including 990 for
police-type use and commercial operations; hire of motor
vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal services
abroad; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and awards of compensation to
informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the
United States Customs Service; $1,489,224,000; of which
$65,000,000 shall be available until expended for Oper-
ation Hardline; of which $28,000,000 shall be available
until expended for expenses associated with Operation
Gateway; of which up to $3,000,000 shall be available for
transfer to the Office of Professional Responsibility; and
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 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, and not to ex-
ceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for re-
search and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available
until expended for conducting special operations pursuant
to 19 U.S.C. 2081 and up to $6,000,000 shall be available
until expended for the procurement of automation infra-
structure items, including hardware, software, and instal-
lation: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the United States
Custom Service shall implement the General Aviation Tel-
ephonic Entry program within 30 days of enactment of
this Act: Provided further, That no funds under this head-
ing shall be available to conduct a reduction in force: Pro-
vided further, That no funds available for separation in-
centive payments as authorized by section 525 of this Act
may be obligated without the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Spirit of St. Louis Airport in St.
Louis County, Missouri, shall be designated a port of
entry: Provided further, that no funds under this Act may
be used to provide less than 30 days public notice for any
change in apparel regulations.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 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 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 enforced by the
Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the Commis-
sioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal,
State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and
emergency humanitarian efforts; $83,363,000, which shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That no air-
craft or other related equipment, with the exception of air-
craft 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 1997 with-
out the prior approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
AIR INTERDICTION PROCUREMENT
For the purchase and restoration of aircraft, marine
vessels and air surveillance equipment for the Customs air
and marine interdiction programs, $28,000,000: Provided,
That such resources shall not be available until September
30, 1997, and shall remain available until expended.
CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS
(TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)
Such sums as may be necessary for expenses for the
provision of Customs services at certain small airports or
other facilities when authorized by law and designated by
the Secretary of the Treasury, including expenditures for
the salary and expenses of individuals employed to provide
such services, to be derived from fees collected by the Sec-
retary pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98–573 for
each of these airports or other facilities when authorized
by law and designated by the Secretary, and to remain
available until expended.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
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.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States; $169,735,000: Provided,
That the sum appropriated herein from the General Fund
for fiscal year 1997 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 1997 appropriation
from the General Fund estimated at $165,335,000.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, not otherwise provided for; including processing tax
returns; revenue accounting; providing assistance to tax-
payers, management services, and inspection; including
purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for po-
lice-type use) 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 Commis-
sioner; $1,616,379,000, of which up to $3,700,000 shall
be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and
of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official recep-
tion and representation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and
enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em-
ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col-
lecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income and compli-
ance research; the 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 Commis-
sioner; $4,052,586,000.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS
For necessary expenses for data processing and tele-
communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac-
tivities, including tax systems modernization (modernized
developmental systems), modernized operational systems,
services and compliance, and support systems; the hire of
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may
be determined by the Commissioner; $1,077,450,000, of
which $424,500,000 shall be available for tax systems
modernization program activities: Provided, That none of
the funds made available for tax systems modernization
shall be available until the Internal Revenue Service estab-
lishes a restructured contractual relationship with a com-
mercial sector company to manage, integrate, test, and im-
plement all portions of the tax systems modernization pro-
gram, except that funds up to $59,100,000 may be used
to support a Government Program Management Office,
not to exceed a total staffing of 50 individuals, and other
necessary Program Management activities: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available for tax sys-
tems modernization may be used by the Internal Revenue
Service to carry out activities associated with the develop-
ment of a request for proposal and contract award, except
that funds shall be available for the sharing of data and
information and general oversight of the process by the
Associate Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service
for Modernization, and such funds as may be necessary
shall be transferred to the Department of Defense which
will conduct all technical activities associated with the de-
velopment of a request for proposal and contract award:
Provided further, That none of these funds may be used
to support in excess of 150 full-time equivalent positions
in support of tax systems modernization: Provided further,
That these funds shall remain available until September
30, 1999.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
Tax Systems Modernization in Public Law 104–52,
$100,000,000 are rescinded, in Public Law 103–329,
$51,685,000 are rescinded, in Public Law 102–393,
$2,421,000 are rescinded, and in Public Law 102–141,
$20,341,000 are rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SECTION 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appro-
priation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to insure that Internal Revenue
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
SEC. 103. The funds provided in this Act for the In-
ternal Revenue Service shall be used to provide as a mini-
mum, the fiscal year 1995 level of service, staffing, and
funding for Taxpayer Services.
SEC. 104. No funds available in this Act to the Inter-
nal Revenue Service for separation incentive payments as
authorized by section 525 of this Act may be obligated
without the advance approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase (not to exceed 702 vehicles for
police-type use, of which 665 shall be for replacement
only), and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of air-
craft; training and assistance requested by State and local
governments, which may be provided without reimburse-
ment; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may
be determined by the Director; rental of buildings in the
District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths,
and other facilities on private or other property not in
Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to
perform protective functions; for payment of per diem and/
or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective
assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of
a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day
or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen-
tation of awards; and for travel of Secret Service employ-
ees on protective missions without regard to the limita-
tions on such expenditures in this or any other Act: Pro-
vided, That approval is obtained in advance from the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; for re-
pairs, alterations, and minor construction at the James
J. Rowley Secret Service Training Center; for research
and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral
research in support of protective research and operations;
not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical
assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement orga-
nizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in ad-
vance for commercial accommodations as may be nec-
essary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the current fiscal year: Provided further, That 3 U.S.C.
203(a) is amended by deleting ‘‘but not exceeding twelve
hundred in number’’; $528,368,000, of which $1,200,000
shall be available as a grant for activities related to the
investigations of missing and exploited children: Provided
further, That resources made available as a grant for ac-
tivities related to the investigations of missing and ex-
ploited children shall not be available until September 30,
1997, and shall remain available until expended.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $31,298,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That funds pre-
viously provided under the title, ‘‘Treasury Buildings and
Annex Repair and Restoration,’’ for the Secret Service’s
Headquarters Building, shall be transferred to this ac-
count.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
SECTION 111. Any obligation or expenditure by the
Secretary in connection with law enforcement activities of
a Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law
enforcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the
Fund on September 30, 1997, shall be made in compliance
with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House
and Senate reports accompanying this Act.
SEC. 112. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart-
ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in-
cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 113. None of the funds appropriated by this
title shall be used in connection with the collection of any
underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees
of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such
collection, including any private sector employees under
contract to the Internal Revenue Service, compiles with
subsection (a) of section 805 (relating to communications
in connection with debt collection), and section 806 (relat-
ing to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692).
SEC. 114. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute policies and procedures which will safeguard the con-
fidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 115. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco-
hol Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1997 in this Act
for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration
Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to diminish
enforcement efforts with respect to section 105 of the Fed-
eral Alcohol Administration Act.
SEC. 116. Paragraph (3)(C) of section 9703(g) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking in the third sentence ‘‘and at
the end of each fiscal year thereafter’’;
(2) by inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘1994, 1995,
and 1996’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘At the end of fiscal year 1997, and at the
end of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall
reserve any amounts that are required to be retained
in the Fund to ensure the availability of amounts in
the subsequent fiscal year for purposes authorized
under subsection (a).’’
SEC. 117. Of the funds available to the Internal Reve-
nue Service, $13,000,000 shall be made available to con-
tinue the private sector debt collection program which was
initiated in fiscal year 1996 and $13,000,000 shall be
transferred to the Departmental Offices appropriation to
initiate a new private sector debt collection program: Pro-
vided, That the transfer provided herein shall be in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority contained in this Act.
PRIORITY
PLACEMENT, JOB
PLACEMENT, RETRAINING,
AND
COUNSELING
PROGRAMS
FOR
U.S. TREASURY
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY A REDUC-
TION IN FORCE
SEC. 118. (a) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) For the purposes of this section, the term
‘‘agency’’ means the United States Department of
the Treasury.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the term
‘‘eligible employee’’ means any employee of the agen-
cy who—
(A) is scheduled to be separated from serv-
ice due to a reduction in force under—
(i) regulations prescribed under sec-
tion 3502 of title 5, United States Code; or
(ii) procedures established under sec-
tion 3595 of title 5, United States Code; or
(B) is separated from service due to such
a reduction in force, but does not include—
(i) an employee separated from service
for cause on charges of misconduct or de-
linquency; or
(ii) an employee who, at the time of
separation, meets the age and service re-
quirements for an immediate annuity
under subchapter III of chapter 83 or
chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) PRIORITY PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—Not later
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the U.S. Department of the Treasury shall establish a pri-
ority placement program for eligible employees.
(c) The priority placement program established under
subsection (b) shall include provisions under which a va-
cant position shall not be filled by the appointment or
transfer of any individual from outside of the agency if—
(1) there is then available any eligible employee
who applies for the position within 30 days of the
agency issuing a job announcement and is qualified
(or can be trained or retrained to become qualified
within 90 days of assuming the position) for the po-
sition; and
(2) the position is within the same commuting
area as the eligible employee’s last-held position or
residence.
(d) JOB PLACEMENT AND COUNSELING SERVICES.—
The head of the agency may establish a program to pro-
vide job placement and counseling services to eligible em-
ployees and their families.
(1) TYPES
OF
SERVICES.—A program estab-
lished under subsection (d) may include, is not lim-
ited to, such services as—
(A) career and personal counseling;
(B) training and job search skills; and
(C) job placement assistance, including as-
sistance provided through cooperative arrange-
ments with State and local employment services
offices.
(e) REFERRAL OF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES TO PRI-
VATE SECTOR CONTRACTORS.—Any contract related to
the Internal Revenue Services’ Tax Systems Moderniza-
tion program shall contain a provision requiring that the
contractor, in hiring employees for the performance of the
contract, shall obtain referrals of eligible employees, who
consent to such referral, from the priority placement or
job placement programs established under this section.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
States Code, $85,080,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to
the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement
any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or
employee of any State or local child support enforcement
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local
program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
tion requested or provided concerning an address of a
postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close
small rural and other small post offices in the fiscal year
ending on September 30, 1997.
TITLE 
III—EXECUTIVE 
OFFICE 
OF 
THE
PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO
THE PRESIDENT
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $250,000: Provided, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
considered as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;
including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C.
105, which shall be expended and accounted for as pro-
vided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles,
newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel
(not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); not to exceed $19,000
for official entertainment expenses, to be available for allo-
cation within the Executive Office of the President;
$40,193,000: Provided, That $420,000 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have ap-
proved, a report that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes
all computer systems investments planned for fiscal year
1997, a milestone schedule for the development and imple-
mentation of all projects included in the systems invest-
ment plan, and a systems architecture plan.
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at
the White House and official entertainment expenses of
the President, $7,827,000, to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 112–114.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President
to provide assistance to the President in connection with
specially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; $3,280,000: Provided,
That $150,000 of the funds appropriated may not be obli-
gated until the Director of the Office of Administration
has submitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of
the House and Senate have approved, a report that identi-
fies, evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture plan.
OPERATING EXPENSES
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
official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to
be accounted for solely on his certificate; $324,000: Pro-
vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this
appropriation may be made to any department or agency
for expenses of carrying out such activities: Provided fur-
ther, That $8,000 of the funds appropriated may not be
obligated until the Director of the Office of Administration
has submitted for approval to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate a report that identifies,
evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture plan.
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), $3,439,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel-
opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, and 3 U.S.C. 107; $3,867,000: Provided, That
$45,000 of the funds appropriated may not be obligated
until the Director of the Office of Administration has sub-
mitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate have approved, a report that identifies,
evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems invest-
ments planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule
for the development and implementation of all projects in-
cluded in the systems investment plan, and a systems ar-
chitecture plan.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $6,648,000: Provided, That $3,000 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have ap-
proved, a report that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes
all computer systems investments planned for fiscal year
1997, a milestone schedule for the development and imple-
mentation of all projects included in the systems invest-
ment plan, and a systems architecture plan.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, $26,100,000, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles: Provided, That $340,700 of the funds ap-
propriated may not be obligated until the Director of the
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have ap-
proved, a report that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes
all computer systems investments planned for fiscal year
1997, a milestone schedule for the development and imple-
mentation of all projects included in the systems invest-
ment plan, and a systems architecture plan.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $55,573,000, of
which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry
out the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35: Provided,
That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations
shall be applied only to the objects for which appropria-
tions were made except as otherwise provided by law: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this
Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be
used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural market-
ing orders or any activities or regulations under the provi-
sions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 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 witnesses, except
for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and
Budget, before the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations or the House and Senate Committees on Vet-
erans’ Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further,
That this proviso shall not apply to printed hearings re-
leased by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations or the House and Senate Committees on Veter-
ans’ Affairs.
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
title I of Public Law 100–690; not to exceed $8,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; and for par-
ticipation 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-
bursement; $34,838,000, of which $18,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended, consisting of $1,000,000
for policy research and evaluation and $17,000,000 for the
Counter-Drug 
Technology 
Assessment 
Center 
for
counternarcotics research and development projects, and
of which $1,268,000 shall be obligated for drug prevention
public service announcements, and of which $1,000,000
shall be obligated for State conferences on model State
drug laws: Provided, That the $17,000,000 for the
Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center shall be
available for transfer to other Federal departments or
agencies: Provided further, That the Office is authorized
to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and
personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work
of the Office: Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized to receive all unavailable collections
transferred from the Special Forfeiture Fund established
by section 6073 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21
U.S.C. 1509) by the Director of the Office of Drug Con-
trol Policy as a deposit into the Treasury Forfeiture Fund
(31 U.S.C. 9703(a)).
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
Areas Program, $113,000,000 for drug control activities
consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which
$3,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Area in Lake County, Indiana;
of which $2,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for the Gulf Coast
States of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi; of which
$5,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High In-
tensity Drug Trafficking Area dedicated to combating
methamphetamine use, production and trafficking in a five
State area including Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Da-
kota, and Kansas; of which no less than $59,000,000 shall
be transferred to State and local entities for drug control
activities; and of which up to $54,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to
be determined by the Director: Provided, That the funds
made available under this head shall be obligated within
90 days of the date of enactment of this Act.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap-
propriations Act, 1997’’.
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; $1,800,000.
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, $27,524,000, of which no less than $2,500,000 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 as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;
$21,588,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses 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 participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences 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
For additional expenses necessary to carry out the
purpose of the Fund established pursuant to section
210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)),
$209,193,000, to be deposited into said Fund. The reve-
nues and collections deposited into the Fund shall be avail-
able 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 gov-
ernmental agencies (including space adjustments and tele-
communications relocation expenses) in connection with
the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contrac-
tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings,
and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned build-
ings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances;
care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation,
demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and
sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise author-
ized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings
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, taxes, and any other obligations for
public buildings acquired by installment purchase and pur-
chase 
contract, 
in 
the 
aggregate 
amount 
of
$5,364,392,000, of which (1) not to exceed $540,000,000
shall remain available until expended for construction of
additional projects at locations as follows: Fresno, Califor-
nia, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse; Denver, Colo-
rado, U.S. Courthouse; District of Columbia, U.S. Court-
house Annex; Miami, Florida, U.S. Courthouse; Orlando,
Florida, U.S. Courthouse; Covington, Kentucky, U.S.
Courthouse; London, Kentucky, U.S. Courthouse; Babb,
Montana, Piegan Border Station; Sweetgrass, Montana,
Border Station; Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Courthouse;
Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Courthouse; Cleveland, Ohio,
U.S. Courthouse; Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. Courthouse;
Portland, Oregon, Consolidated Law Enforcement Federal
Office Building; Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. Courthouse;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Department of Veterans Af-
fairs—Federal Complex, phase II; Columbia, South Caro-
lina, U.S. Courthouse; Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. Court-
house; Salt Lake City, Utah, Moss Courthouse Annex and
Alteration; Blaine, Washington, U.S. Border Station;
Oroville, Washington, U.S. Border Station; Seattle, Wash-
ington, U.S. Courthouse; and, Sumas, Washington, U.S.
Border Station, (Claim): Provided, That the total cost of
the immediately foregoing United States Courthouse or
United States Courthouse annex construction projects
shall be reduced by no less than 10 percent from the pro-
spectus level estimate by improving design efficiencies,
curtailing planned interior finishes requiring more effi-
cient use of courtroom and library space, and by otherwise
limiting space requirements: Provided further, That each
of the immediately foregoing construction projects may
not exceed the original authorized level for site acquisition,
design, or construction, unless advanced approval is ob-
tained from the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That from funds available in
the Federal Buildings Fund, $20,000,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for environmental clean up activities
at the Southeast Federal Center in the District of Colum-
bia: Provided further, That all funds for direct construc-
tion projects shall expire on September 30, 1999, and re-
main 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: Pro-
vided further, That claims against the Government of less
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects,
acquisitions of buildings and purchase contract projects
pursuant to Public Law 92–313, be liquidated with prior
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate to the extent savings are effected in
other such projects; (2) not to exceed $635,000,000 shall
remain available until expended, for repairs and alter-
ations which includes associated design and construction
services, as follows: District of Columbia, Ariel Rios Build-
ing; District of Columbia, Department of Justice Building
(Main), phase, 1; District of Columbia, Layfayette Build-
ing; District of Columbia, State Department Building;
Honolulu, Hawaii, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Fed-
eral Building and U.S. Courthouse; Chicago, Illinois, Ev-
erett M. Dirksen Federal Building; Chicago, Illinois, John
C. Kluczynski, Jr. Federal Building (IRS); Andover, Mas-
sachusetts, IRS Regional Service Center; Concord, New
Hampshire, J.C. Cleveland Federal Building; Camden,
New Jersey, U.S. Post Office-Courthouse; Albany, New
York, 
James 
T. 
Foley 
Post 
Office-Courthouse;
Brookhaven, New York, IRS Service Center; New York,
New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building; Scranton,
Pennsylvania, Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse; Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse;
Fort Worth, Texas, Federal Center; Nationwide repairs
and alterations: Security Upgrades; Chlorofluorocarbons
Program; Elevator Program; and, Energy Program: Pro-
vided 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 of the House and
Senate: 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 reprogramming guidelines of the
appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Pro-
vided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,
funds provided under this heading in Public Law 103–
329, for the IRS Service Center, Holtsville, New York,
shall be available until September 30, 1998; (3) not to
exceed $173,075,000 for installment acquisition payments
including payments on purchase contracts which shall re-
main available until expended; (4) not to exceed
$3,903,205,000, to remain available until expended, for
building operations, leasing activities, and rental of space,
of which up to $205,000,000 shall be available for security
enhancements; and (5) not to exceed $4,800,000 for the
development and acquisition of automatic data processing
equipment, software, and services for the Public Buildings
Service which shall remain available until September 30,
1999 for transfer to accounts and in amounts as necessary
to satisfy the requiremens of the Public Buildings Service:
Provided further, That funds available to the General Serv-
ices Administration shall not be available for expenses in
connection with any construction, repair, alteration, and
acquisition 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 ex-
pended for each project for required expenses in connec-
tion with the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
vided further, That the Administrator is authorized in fis-
cal year 1997 and thereafter, to enter into and perform
such leases, contracts, or other transactions with any
agency or instrumentality of the United States, the several
States, or the District of Columbia, or with any person,
firm, association, or corporation, as may be necessary to
implement the trade center plan at the Federal Triangle
Project and is hereby granted all the rights and authori-
ties of the former Pennsylvania Avenue Development Cor-
poration (PADC) with regards to property transferred
from PADC to the General Services Administration in fis-
cal year 1996: Provided further, That for the purposes of
this authorization, buildings constructed pursuant to the
purchase contract authority of the Public Buildings
Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 602a), buildings occu-
pied pursuant to installment purchase contracts, and
buildings under the control of another department or
agency where alterations of such buildings are required
in connection with the moving of such other department
or agency from buildings then, or thereafter to be, under
the control of the General Services Administration shall
be considered to be federally owned buildings: Provided
further, That funds available in the Federal Buildings
Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when ad-
vance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate: Provided further, That
amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services
to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as
amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide
such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and
other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
ment ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable
the United States Secret Service to perform its protective
functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, as amended, shall
be available from such revenues and collections: Provided
further, That revenues and collections and any other sums
accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 1997, excluding
reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of $5,364,392,000 shall re-
main in the Fund and shall not be available for expendi-
ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activi-
ties associated with asset management activities; utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; transpor-
tation management activities; procurement and supply
management activities; Government-wide and internal re-
sponsibilities relating to automated data management,
telecommunications, information resources management,
and related technology activities; utilization survey, deed
compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cul-
tural analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining
to excess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy di-
rection; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records
management, and other support services incident to adju-
dication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States
Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; $109,091,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$33,274,000: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall
be available for payment for information and detection of
fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
covery of stolen Government 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 efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
PRESIDENTS
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, $2,180,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary
of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of such Acts.
EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential
Transition Act of 1963, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note),
$5,600,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund
available to the General Services Administration shall be
credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part
of rentals received from Government corporations pursu-
ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
made available for fiscal year 1997 for Federal Buildings
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and Senate.
SEC. 404. Section 10 of the General Services Admin-
istration General Provisions, Public Law 100–440, dated
September 22, 1988, is hereby repealed.
SEC. 405. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 1998 request for United
States Courthouse construction that does not meet the de-
sign guide standards for construction as established by the
General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference
of the United States, and the Office of Management and
Budget and 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 request must
be accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization
study of each facility to be replaced or expanded.
SEC. 406. (a) Section 210 of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490)
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(l)(1) The Administrator may establish, acquire
space for, and equip flexiplace work telecommuting centers
(in this subsection referred to as ‘telecommuting centers’)
for use by employees of Federal agencies, State and local
governments, and the private sector in accordance with
this subsection.
‘‘(2) The Administrator may make any telecommut-
ing center available for use by individuals who are not
Federal employees to the extent the center is not being
fully utilized by Federal employees. The Administrator
shall give Federal employees priority in using the tele-
commuting centers.
‘‘(3)(A) The Administrator shall charge user fees for
the use of any telecommuting center. The amount of the
user fee shall approximate commercial charges for com-
parable space and services except that in no instance shall
such fee be less than that necessary to pay the cost of
establishing and operating the center, including the rea-
sonable cost of renovation and replacement of furniture,
fixtures, and equipment.
‘‘(B) Amounts received by the Administrator after
September 30, 1993, as user fees for use of any tele-
commuting center may be deposited into the Fund estab-
lished under subsection (f) of this section and may be used
by the Administrator to pay costs incurred in the estab-
lishment and operation of the center.
‘‘(4) The Administrator may provide guidance, assist-
ance, and oversight to any person regarding establishment
and operation of alternative workplace arrangements, such
as telecommuting, hoteling, virtual offices, and other dis-
tributive work arrangements.
‘‘(5) In considering whether to acquire any space,
quarters, buildings, or other facilities for use by employees
of any executive agency, the head of that agency shall con-
sider whether the need for the facilities can be met using
alternative workplace arrangements referred to in para-
graph (4).
(b) Section 13 of the Public Building Act of 1959,
as amended, (107 Stat. 438; 40 U.S.C. 612) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(xi)’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘(xii)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘and (x)’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘(x) telecommuting centers and (xi)’’.
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to implement a plan for the Ronald Reagan Build-
ing (International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.) which
would permit the Woodrow Wilson Center to pay the Gen-
eral Services Administration less than the rate per square
foot assessment for space and services which is paid by
other Federal entities.
SEC. 408. 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 re-
quested rate per square foot assessment for space and
services as determined by the General Services Adminis-
tration in compliance with the Public Buildings Amend-
ments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92–313).
SEC. 409. The Administrator of the General Services
is directed to ensure that the materials used for the facade
on the United States Courthouse Annex, Savannah, Geor-
gia project are compatible with the existing Savannah
Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse fascade, in order to en-
sure compatibility of this new facility with the Savannah
historic district and to ensure that the Annex will not en-
danger the National Landmark status of the Savannah
historic district.
SEC. 410. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this or any other Act, during the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1997, and thereafter, the Administrator of
General Services may sell or exchange real property, relat-
ed assets or interests therein under the custody and con-
trol of the General Services Administration, whether or
not such property or interests therein are excess to its
needs, when the Administrator determines that such sale
or exchange is consistent with economical management of
the Federal real property portfolio, as such portfolio may
be defined by the Administrator: Provided, That any pro-
ceeds from such sale or exchange remaining after reim-
bursing the Administrator for the costs of such sales or
changes, including the costs of relocating Federal agencies
occupying the property, shall be deposited in the Federal
Buildings Fund and shall remain available until expended.
JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW
BOARD
For necessary expenses to carry out the John F. Ken-
nedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,
$2,150,000.
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 Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,
$23,297,000, together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for
administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals
to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys-
tems 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 records and related ac-
tivities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary
for the review and declassification of documents, and for
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $195,109,000: Pro-
vided, That the Archivist of the United States is author-
ized to use any excess funds available from the amount
borrowed for construction of the National Archives facil-
ity, for expenses necessary to move into the facility.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 104–52, $4,500,000 are rescinded.
ARCHIVES FACILITIES AND PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities and presidential libraries, $9,500,000 to
remain available until expended.
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
COMMISSION
GRANTS PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
historical publications and records as authorized by 44
U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $4,000,000 to remain available
until expended.
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978, as amended by Public Law 100–
598, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–
194, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; $8,078,000.
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 Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans
by private 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 reim-
bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel
Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422 of Janu-
ary 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/
or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting
Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over-
night at his or her post of duty; $86,576,000; and in addi-
tion $93,486,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of
Personnel Management without regard to other statutes,
including direct procurement of printing materials for an-
nuitants, for the retirement and insurance programs, of
which $2,250,000 shall be transferred at such times as
the Office of Personnel Management deems appropriate,
and shall remain available until expended for the costs of
automating the retirement recordkeeping systems, to-
gether with remaining amounts authorized in previous
Acts for the recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the
provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the author-
ity to use applicable trust funds as provided by section
8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code: Provided
further, That, except as may be consistent with 5 U.S.C.
8902a(f)(1) and (i), no payment may be made from the
Employees Health Benefits Fund to any physician, hos-
pital, or other provider of health care services or supplies
who is, at the time such services or supplies are provided
to an individual covered under chapter 89 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code, excluded, pursuant to section 1128 or
1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7–
1320a–7a), from participation in any program under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.):
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall
be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Exam-
ining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management estab-
lished pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943,
or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further,
That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
lows, established by Executive Order 11183 of October 3,
1964, may, during the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997, accept donations of money, property, and personal
services in connection with the development of a publicity
brochure to provide information 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 Commission.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
SEC. 421. The first sentence of section 1304(e)(1)
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after ‘‘basis’’ the following ‘‘, including personnel manage-
ment services performed at the request of individual agen-
cies (which would otherwise be the responsibility of such
agencies), or at the request of nonappropriated fund in-
strumentalities’’.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act, as amended, including services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$960,000; and in addition, not to exceed $8,645,000 for
administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel
Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office
of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere.
REVOLVING FUND
For reducing any accumulated deficit in the accounts
of the revolving fund established under 5 U.S.C. 1304(e),
$4,755,000.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES
HEALTH BENEFITS
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal
Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend-
ed, such sums as may be necessary.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE
LIFE INSURANCE
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect 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 Oc-
tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an-
nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv-
ice Retirement 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. 771–75), 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 Reemploy-
ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and
expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; $7,840,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$33,269,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
THIS ACT
SECTION 501. No part of any appropriation con-
tained in this Act shall remain available for obligation be-
yond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided
herein.
SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available to the
General Services Administration pursuant to section
210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949 shall be obligated or expended after the
date of enactment of this Act for the procurement by con-
tract of any guard, elevator operator, messenger or custo-
dial services if any permanent veterans preference em-
ployee of the General Services Administration at said date,
would be terminated as a result of the procurement of
such services, except that such funds may be obligated or
expended for the procurement by contract of the covered
services with sheltered workshops employing the severely
handicapped under Public Law 92–28. Only if such work-
shops decline to contract for the provision of the covered
services may the General Services Administration procure
the services by competitive contract, for a period not to
exceed 5 years. At such time as such competitive contract
expires or is terminated for any reason, the General Serv-
ices Administration shall again offer to contract for the
services from a sheltered workshop prior to offering such
services for competitive procurement.
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of
the Tariff Act of 1930.
SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available for the purpose of transferring con-
trol over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out
of the Treasury Department.
SEC. 506. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not heretofore authorized by the
Congress.
SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for the payment of the salary
of any officer or employee of the United States Postal
Service, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee
of the United States Postal Service from having any
direct oral or written communication or contact with
any Member or committee of Congress in connection
with any matter pertaining to the employment of
such officer or employee or pertaining to the United
States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such officer or employee or in response to
the request or inquiry of such Member or committee;
or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any officer or employee of the United
States Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to
commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to
such officer or employee, by reason of any commu-
nication or contact of such officer or employee with
any Member or committee of Congress as described
in paragraph (1).
SEC. 508. The Office of Personnel Management may,
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, accept
donations of supplies, services, land, and equipment for
the Federal Executive Institute and Management Develop-
ment Centers to assist in enhancing the quality of Federal
management.
SEC. 509. The United States Secret Service may,
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and
hereafter, accept donations of money to off-set costs in-
curred while protecting former Presidents and spouses of
former Presidents when the former President or spouse
travels for the purpose of making an appearance or speech
for a payment of money or any thing of value.
SEC. 510. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his period of active military or naval service and
has within 90 days after his release from such service or
from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year made application for restora-
tion to his former position and has been certified by the
Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per-
form the duties of his former position and has not been
restored thereto.
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to provide any non-public information
such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any
organization outside of the Federal Government without
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations.
SEC. 512. No funds appropriated pursuant to this
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply
with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933
(41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer-
ican Act’’).
SEC. 513. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip-
ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the
sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist-
ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only
American-made equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of
the assistance a notice describing the statement made in
subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 514. If it has been finally determined by a court
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive
any contract or subcontract made with funds provided
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
SEC. 515. Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 1997 from
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
for fiscal year 1997 in this Act, shall remain available
through September 30, 1998, for each such account for
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such
funds.
SEC. 516. Where appropriations in this Act are ex-
pendable for travel expenses of employees and no specific
limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for
such travel expenses may not exceed the amount set forth
in the budget estimates submitted for appropriations with-
out the advance approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That this section
shall not apply to travel performed by uncompensated offi-
cials of local boards and appeal boards in the Selective
Service System; to travel performed directly in connection
with care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs; to travel of the Office of
Personnel Management in carrying out its observation re-
sponsibilities of the Voting Rights Act; or to payments to
interagency motor pools separately set forth in the budget
schedules.
SEC. 517. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or regulation during the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997, and thereafter:
(1) The authority of the special police officers
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in the
Washington, DC Metropolitan area, extends to
buildings and land under the custody and control of
the Bureau; to buildings and land acquired by or for
the Bureau through lease, unless otherwise provided
by the acquisition agency; to the streets, sidewalks
and open areas immediately adjacent to the Bureau
along Wallenberg Place (15th Street) and 14th
Street between Independence and Maine Avenues
and C and D Streets between 12th and 14th
Streets; to areas which include surrounding parking
facilities used by Bureau employees, including the
lots at 12th and C Streets, SW, Maine Avenue and
Water Streets, SW, Maiden Lane, the Tidal Basin
and East Potomac Park; to the protection in transit
of United States securities, plates and dies used in
the production of United States securities, or other
products or implements of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing which the Director of that agency so
designates.
(2) The authority of the special police officers
of the United States Mint extends to the buildings
and land under the custody and control of the Mint;
to the streets, sidewalks and open areas in the vicin-
ity to such facilities; to surrounding parking facili-
ties used by Mint employees; and to the protection
in transit of bullion, coins, dies, and other property
and assets of, or in the custody of, the Mint.
(3) The exercise of police authority by Bureau
or Mint officers, with the exception of the exercise
of authority upon property under the custody and
control of the Bureau or the Mint, respectively, shall
be deemed supplementary to the Federal police force
with primary jurisdictional responsibility. This au-
thority shall be in addition to any other law enforce-
ment authority which has been provided to these of-
ficers under other provisions of law or regulations.
SEC. 518. No funds appropriated by this Act shall
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative
expenses in connection with any health plan under the
Federal employees health benefit program which provides
any benefits or coverage for abortions.
SEC. 519. The provision of section 518 shall not
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the
result of an act of rape or incest.
SEC. 520. No part of any appropriation made avail-
able in this Act shall be used to implement Bureau of Al-
cohol, Tobacco and Firearms Ruling TD ATF–360; Re:
Notice Nos. 782, 780, 91F009P.
SEC. 521. Notwithstanding title 5, United States
Code, Personal Service Contractors (PSC) employed by
the Department of the Treasury for assignment in a coun-
try other than the United States, shall be considered as
Federal Government employees for purposes of making
available Federal employee health and life insurance.
SEC. 522. Section 5131 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (c); and by redes-
ignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
SEC. 523. Section 5112(i)(4) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) The Secretary may continue to mint and issue
coins in accordance with the specifications contained in
paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10) of subsection (a) and
paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection at the same time the
Secretary in minting and issuing other bullion and proof
gold coins under this subsection in accordance with such
program procedures and coin specifications, designs, vari-
eties, quantities, denominations, and inscriptions as the
Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion, may prescribe
from time to time.’’: Provided, That profits generated
from the sale of gold to the United States Mint for this
program shall be considered as a receipt to be deposited
into the General Fund of the Treasury.
SEC. 524. Section 5112 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(k) The Secretary may mint and issue bullion and
proof platinum coins in accordance with such specifica-
tions, designs, varieties, quantities, denominations, and in-
scriptions as the Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion,
may prescribe from time to time.’’: Provided, That the
Secretary is authorized to use Government platinum re-
serves stockpiled at the United States Mint as working
inventory and shall ensure that reserves utilized are re-
placed by the Mint.
ble retirement system referred to in subpara-
graph (A);
(D) an employee who is in receipt of a spe-
cific notice of involuntary separation for mis-
conduct or unacceptable performance;
(E) an employee who, upon completing an
additional period of service is referred to in sec-
tion 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Federal Workforce
Restructuring Act of 1994 (5 U.S.C. 5597
note), would qualify for a voluntary separation
incentive payment under section 3 of such Act;
(F) an employee who has previously re-
ceived any voluntary separation incentive pay-
ment by the Federal Government under this
section or any other authority and has not re-
paid such payment;
(G) an employee covered by statutory re-
employment rights who is on transfer to an-
other organization; or
(H) any employee who, during the twenty
four month period preceding the date of separa-
tion, has received a recruitment or relocation
bonus under section 5753 of title 5, United
States Code, or who, within the twelve month
period preceding the date of separation, re-
ceived a retention allowable under section 5754
of title 5, United States Code.
(b) AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency,
prior to obligating any resources for voluntary sepa-
ration incentive payments, shall submit to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight of the House of Representatives a strate-
gic plan outlining the intended use of such incentive
payments and a proposed organizational chart for
the agency once such incentive payments have been
completed.
(2) CONTENTS.—The agency’s plan shall in-
clude—
(A) the positions and functions to be re-
duced or eliminated, identified by organizational
unit, geographic location, occupational category
and grade level;
(B) the number and amounts of voluntary
separation incentive payments to be offered;
and
(C) a description of how the agency will
operate without the eliminated positions and
functions.
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A voluntary separation in-
centive payment under this section may be paid by
an agency to any employee only to the extent nec-
essary to eliminate the positions and functions iden-
tified by the strategic plan.
(2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—
A voluntary separation incentive payment—
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employees;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount
the employee would be entitled to receive
under section 5595(c) of title 5, United
States Code; or
(ii) an amount determined by the
agency head not to exceed $25,000;
(D) may not be made except in the case of
any qualifying employee who voluntarily sepa-
rates (whether by retirement or resignation) be-
fore February 1, 1997;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation, of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(F) shall not be taken into account in de-
termining the amount of any severance pay to
which the employee may be entitled under sec-
tion 5595 of title 5, United States Code, based
on any other separation.
(d) ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any other
payments which it is required to make under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States
Code, an agency shall remit to the Office of Person-
nel Management for deposit in the Treasury of the
United States to the credit of the Civil Service Re-
tirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15
percent of the final basic pay of each employee of
the agency who is covered under subchapter III of
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States
Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has
been paid under this section.
(2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of para-
graph (1), the term ‘‘final basic pay’’, with respect
to an employee, means the total amount of basic pay
which would be payable for a year of service by such
employee, computed using the employee’s final rate
of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a
full-time basis, with appropriate adjustment there-
for.
(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received a
voluntary separation incentive payment under this section
and accepts any employment for compensation with the
Government of the United States, or who works for any
agency of the United States Government through a per-
sonal services contract, within 5 years after the date of
the separation on which the payment is based shall be re-
quired to pay, prior to the individual’s first day of employ-
ment, the entire amount of the incentive payment to the
agency that paid the incentive payment.
(f) REDUCTION
OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEV-
ELS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of funded
employee positions in the agency shall be reduced by
one position for each vacancy created by the separa-
tion of any employee who has received, or is due to
receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment
under this section. For the purposes of this sub-
section, positions shall be counted on a full-time-
equivalent basis.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The President, through
the Office of Management and Budget, shall monitor
the agency and take any action necessary to ensure
that the requirements of this subsection are met.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
October 1, 1996.
SEC. 526. That provisions of law governing procure-
ment or public contracts shall not be applicable to the pro-
curement of goods or services necessary for carrying out
Bureau of Engraving and Printing program and oper-
ation: Provided, That the authority contained in this provi-
sion shall expire on September 30, 1999.
SEC. 527. The United States Mint is hereby author-
ized to establish a demonstration project under the au-
thorities of title V, U.S.C., chapter 47: Provided, That the
Director of the United States Mint shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate; the Director shall serve on the basis of a six-year
contract, which may be renewed, so long as the Director’s
performance, as set forth in an annual performance agree-
ment with the Secretary of the Treasury, is satisfactory;
and the Director shall receive as basic compensation for
a calendar year an amount equal to the annual rate of
basic pay for level I of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5312 of title 5 and, in addition, may receive an an-
nual bonus awarded by the Secretary, based upon the Sec-
retary’s evaluation of the Director’s performance in ac-
cordance with the performance agreement.
SEC. 528. (a) REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN ATTOR-
NEY FEES AND COSTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall pay from amounts appropriated in title I
of this Act under the heading, ‘‘Departmental Of-
fices, Salaries and Expenses’’, up to $500,000 to re-
imburse former employees of the White House Trav-
el Office whose employment in that Office was ter-
minated on May 19, 1993, for any attorney fees and
costs they incurred with respect to that termination.
(2) VERIFICATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary
shall pay an individual in full under paragraph (1)
upon submission by the individual of documentation
verifying the attorney fees and costs.
(3) NO INFERENCE OF LIABILITY.—Liability of
the United States shall not be inferred from enact-
ment of or payment under this subsection.
(b) LIMITATION ON FILING OF CLAIMS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall not pay any claim filed under
this section that is filed later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(c) REDUCTION.—The amount paid pursuant to this
section to an individual for attorney fees and costs de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be reduced by any amount
received before the date of the enactment of this Act, with-
out obligation for repayment by the individual, for pay-
ment of such attorney fees and costs (including any
amount received from the funds appropriated for the indi-
vidual in the matter relating to the ‘‘Office of the General
Counsel’’ under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’ in
title I of the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994).
(d) PAYMENT IN FULL SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.—Payment under this sec-
tion, when accepted by an individual described in sub-
section (a), shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of,
or on behalf of, the individual against the United States
that arose out of the termination of the White House
Travel Office employment of that individual on May 19,
1993.
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President
to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any
official background investigation report on any individual,
except when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) such individual has given his or her express
written consent for such request not more than 6
months prior to the date of such request and during
the same presidential administration; or
(2) such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security.
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
SECTION 601. Funds appropriated in this or any
other Act may be used to pay travel to the United States
for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in
cases of death or life threatening illness of said employee.
SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 1997 shall obligate
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi-
cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru-
mentality.
SEC. 603. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1345, any
agency, department or instrumentality of the United
States which provides or proposes to provide child care
services for Federal employees may reimburse any Federal
employee or any person employed to provide such services
for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses in-
curred for training classes, conferences or other meetings
in connection with the provision of such services: Provided,
That any per diem allowance made pursuant to this sec-
tion shall not exceed the rate specified in regulations pre-
scribed pursuant to section 5707 of title 5, United States
Code.
SEC. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year
in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946
(60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor
vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement,
and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at
$8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum
shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex-
ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,
and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec-
tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under
the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re-
search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section
may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter-
native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law
101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled
vehicles.
SEC. 605. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal 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 ac-
cordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–24.
SEC. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion 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) whose post of duty is in the continental United
States unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United
States, (2) is a person in the service of the United States
on the date of enactment of this Act who, being eligible
for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and
is actually residing in the United States, (3) is a person
who owes allegiance to the United States, (4) is an alien
from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the
former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States for permanent residence, (5)
is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa-
roled in the United States after January 1, 1975, or (6)
is a national of the People’s Republic of China who
qualifys for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese
Student Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the
purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such
person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the
requirements of this section with respect to his or her sta-
tus have been complied with: Provided further, That any
person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony,
and, upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000
or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided
further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition
to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex-
isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to
any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this
section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov-
ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire-
land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na-
tionals of those countries allied with the United States in
the current defense effort, or to international broadcasters
employed by the United States Information Agency, or to
temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em-
ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as
a result of emergencies.
SEC. 607. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General
Services Administration for charges for space and services
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements
performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of
1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments
of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.
SEC. 608. In addition to funds provided in this or
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.
Such funds shall be available until expended for the follow-
ing purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
and recycling programs as described in Executive
Order 12873 (October 20, 1993), including any such
programs adopted prior to the effective date of the
Executive Order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the
development and implementation of hazardous waste
management and pollution prevention programs.
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the
Federal agency.
SEC. 609. Funds made available by this or any other
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be
correspondingly reduced.
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation for the cur-
rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall
be paid to any person for the filling of any position for
which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has
voted not to approve the nomination of said person.
SEC. 611. For the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997, and thereafter, any department or agency to which
the Administrator of General Services has delegated the
authority to operate, maintain or repair any building or
facility pursuant to section 205(d) of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended,
shall retain that portion of the GSA rental payment avail-
able for operation, maintenance or repair of the building
or facility, as determined by the Administrator, and ex-
pend such funds directly for the operation, maintenance
or repair of the building or facility. Any funds retained
under this section shall remain available until expended
for such purposes.
SEC. 612. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1306 of title
31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 1306. Use of foreign credits
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Foreign credits (including cur-
rencies) owed to or owned by the United States may be
used by any agency for any purpose for which appropria-
tions are made for the agency for the current fiscal year
(including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authoriz-
ing the use of such credits), but only when reimbursement
therefor is made to the Treasury from applicable appro-
priations of the agency.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION
TO REIMBURSEMENT REQUIRE-
MENT.—Credits described in subsection (a) that are re-
ceived as exchanged allowances, or as the proceeds of the
sale of personal property, may be used in whole or partial
payment for the acquisition of similar items, to the extent
and in the manner authorized by law, without reimburse-
ment to the Treasury.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by this
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act and shall apply thereafter.
SEC. 613. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency
financing of boards, commissions, councils, committees, or
similar groups (whether or not they are interagency enti-
ties) which do not have a prior and specific statutory ap-
proval to receive financial support from more than one
agency or instrumentality.
SEC. 614. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the ‘‘Postal Service Fund’’ (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall
be available for employment of guards for all buildings and
areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under
the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such
guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow-
ers of special policemen provided by the first section of
the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40
U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied by
the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the
same actions as the Administrator of General Services
may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the
Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C.
318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under
the authority and within the limits provided in section 4
of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281;
40 U.S.C. 318c).
SEC. 615. None of the funds made available pursuant
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement,
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the Unit-
ed States.
SEC. 616. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
no part of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal
year ending on September 30, 1997, by this or any other
Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee de-
scribed in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States
Code—
(1) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by section 616 of the
Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
Appropriations Act, 1996, until the normal effective
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that
is to take effect in fiscal year 1997, in an amount
that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable
grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in
accordance with such section 616; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 1997, in an amount that exceeds,
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate
payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum
of—
(A) the percentage adjustment taking ef-
fect in fiscal year 1997 under section 5303 of
title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
under the General Schedule; and
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based comparabil-
ity payments taking effect in fiscal year 1997
under section 5304 of such title (whether by
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver-
age percentage of such payments which was ef-
fective in fiscal year 1996 under such section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title,
may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a)
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would
be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli-
cable to such employee.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable
to an employee who is covered by this section and who
is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30,
1996, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by
the Office of Personnel Management.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates
of premium pay for employees subject to this section may
not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30,
1996, except to the extent determined by the Office of
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose
of this section.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for
service performed after September 30, 1996.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision
of law (including section 8431 of title 5, United States
Code, and any rule or regulation that provides premium
pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee ben-
efit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that
imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a
rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay
payable after the application of this section shall be treat-
ed as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by
this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be
payable were this section not in effect.
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees.
SEC. 617. During the period in which the head of
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian
employee of the Government appointed by the President
of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re-
decorate the office of such department head, agency head,
officer or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im-
provements for any such office, unless advance notice of
such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen-
ate. For the purposes of this section, the word ‘‘office’’
shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi-
vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the
individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the
individual.
SEC. 618. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 619. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, or section 613 of this Act, funds
made available for fiscal year 1997 by this or any other
Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na-
tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni-
cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart-
ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive
Order Numbered 12472 (April 3, 1984).
SEC. 620. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any
Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for
the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a
position of a confidential or policy-determining character
excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section
3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification
to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of
the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality
employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C
position was not created solely or primarily in order to
detail the employee to the White House.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
Federal employees or members of the armed services de-
tailed to or from—
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the National Security Agency;
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
(4) the offices within the Department of De-
fense for the collection of specialized national foreign
intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of
the Department of State;
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration of the Department of Justice, the De-
partment of Transportation, the Department of the
Treasury, and the Department of Energy perform-
ing intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
SEC. 621. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 1997 shall obligate
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agency
or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to ad-
minister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure
that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and
sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are not
in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
SEC. 622. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act may be used to pay for the expenses of travel
of employees, including employees of the Executive Office
of the President, not directly responsible for the discharge
of official governmental tasks and duties: Provided, That
this restriction shall not apply to the family of the Presi-
dent, Members of Congress or their spouses, Heads of
State of a foreign country or their designees, persons pro-
viding assistance to the President for official purposes, or
other individuals so designated by the President.
SEC. 623. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
President, or his designee, must certify to Congress, annu-
ally, that no person or persons with direct or indirect re-
sponsibility for administering the Executive Office of the
President’s Drug-Free Workplace Plan are themselves
subject to a program of individual random drug testing.
SEC. 624. (a) None of the funds made available in
this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended
for any employee training when it is made known to the
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that such employee training—
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the
performance of official duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in
some participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
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ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
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915.022, dated September 2, 1988;
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the
workplace; or
(6) 
includes 
content 
related 
to 
human
immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary to
make employees more aware of the medical ramifica-
tions of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of
HIV-positive employees.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
SEC. 625. No funds appropriated in this or any other
Act for fiscal year 1997 may be used to implement or en-
force the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355
of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy,
form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does
not contain the following provisions: ‘‘These restrictions
are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with,
or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or li-
abilities created by Executive Order 12356; section 7211
of title 5, United States Code (governing disclosures to
Congress); section 1034 of title 10, United States Code,
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as amended by the Military Whistleblower Protection Act
(governing disclosure to Congress by members of the mili-
tary); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code,
as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (govern-
ing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public
health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Pro-
tection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing
disclosures that could expose confidential Government
agents); and the statutes which protect against disclosure
that may compromise the national security, including sec-
tions 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United
States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. section 783(b)). The definitions,
requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities
created by said Executive Order and listed statutes are
incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’:
Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding paragraph,
a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be exe-
cuted by a person connected with the conduct of an intel-
ligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an em-
ployee or officer of the United States Government, may
contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity
for which such document is to be used. Such form or
agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person
will not disclose any classified information received in the
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course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do
so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure
forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo-
sures to Congress or to an authorized official of an execu-
tive agency or the Department of Justice that are essential
to reporting a substantial violation of law.
SEC. 626. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
or any other Act may be expended by any Federal Agency
to procure any product or service subject to section 5124
of Public Law 104–106 and that will be available under
the procurement by the Administrator of General Services
known as ‘‘FTS2000’’ unless—
(1) such product or service is procured by the
Administrator of General Services as part of the
procurement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; or
(2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of
the Administrator of General Services that—
(A) that agency’s requirements for such
procurement are unique and cannot be satisfied
by property and service procured by the Admin-
istrator of General Services as part of the pro-
curement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; and
(B) the agency procurement, pursuant to
such delegation, would be cost-effective and
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would not adversely affect the cost-effectiveness
of the FTS2000 procurement.
(b) After July 31, 1997, subsection (a) shall apply
only if the Administrator of General Services has reported
that the FTS2000 procurement is producing prices that
allow the Government to satisfy its requirements for such
procurement in the most cost-effective manner.
SEC. 627. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law
103–356 is amended by deleting ‘‘October 1, 1999’’ and
inserting ‘‘October 1, 2001’’.
SEC. 628. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds made available
by this Act for the Department of the Treasury shall be
available for any activity or for paying the salary of any
Government employee where funding an activity or paying
a salary to a Government employee would result in a deci-
sion, determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would
permit the Secretary of the Treasury to make any loan
or extension of credit under section 5302 of title 31, Unit-
ed States Code, with respect to a single foreign entity or
government of a foreign country (including agencies or
other entities of that government)—
(1) with respect to a loan or extension of credit
for more than 60 days, unless the President certifies
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
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Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Banking
and Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives that—
(A) there is no projected cost (as that term
is defined in section 502 of the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990) to the United States from
the proposed loan or extension of credit; and
(B) any proposed obligation or expenditure
of United States funds to or on behalf of the
foreign government is adequately backed by an
assured source of repayment to ensure that all
United States funds will be repaid; and
(2) other than as provided by an Act of Con-
gress, if that loan or extension of credit would result
in expenditures and obligations, including contingent
obligations, aggregating more than $1,000,000,000
with respect to that foreign country for more than
180 days during the 12-month period beginning on
the date on which the first such action is taken.
(b) WAIVER OF LIMITATIONS.—The President may
exceed the dollar and time limitations in subsection (a)(2)
if he certifies in writing to the Congress that a financial
crisis in that foreign country poses a threat to vital United
States economic interests or to the stability of the inter-
national financial system.
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(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR A RESOLUTION OF
DISAPPROVAL.—A presidential certification pursuant to
subsection (b) shall not take effect, if the Congress, within
30 calendar days after receiving such certification, enacts
a joint resolution of disapproval, as described in paragraph
(5) of this subsection.
(1) REFERENCE
TO
COMMITTEES.—All joint
resolutions introduced in the Senate to disapprove
the certification shall be referred to the Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and in the
House of Representatives, to the appropriate com-
mittees.
(2) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEES.—(A) If the
committee of either House to which a resolution has
been referred has not reported it at the end of 15
days after its introduction, it is in order to move ei-
ther to discharge the committee from further consid-
eration of the joint resolution or to discharge the
committee from further consideration of any other
resolution introduced with respect to the same mat-
ter, except no motion to discharge shall be in order
after the committee has reported a joint resolution
with respect to the same matter.
(B) A motion to discharge may be made only by
an individual favoring the resolution, and is privi-
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leged in the Senate; and debate thereon shall be lim-
ited to not more than 1 hour, the time to be divided
in the Senate equally between, and controlled by, the
majority leader and the minority leader or their des-
ignees.
(3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.—
(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the consid-
eration of a resolution shall be privileged.
(B) Debate in the Senate on a resolution, and
all debatable motions and appeals in connection
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 4 hours,
to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
majority leader and the minority leader or their des-
ignees.
(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable mo-
tion or appeal in connection with a resolution shall
be limited to not more than 20 minutes, to be equal-
ly divided between, and controlled by, the mover and
the manager of the resolution, except that in the
event the manager of the resolution is in favor of
any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition
thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or
his designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may,
from time under their control on the passage of a
resolution, allot additional time to any Senator dur-
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ing the consideration of any debatable motion or ap-
peal.
(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit de-
bate on a resolution, debatable motion, or appeal is
not debatable. No amendment to, or motion to re-
commit, a resolution is in order in the Senate.
(4) In the case of a resolution, if prior to the
passage by one House of a resolution of that House,
that House receives a resolution with respect to the
same matter from the other House, then—
(A) the procedure in that House shall be
the same as if no resolution had been received
from the other House; but
(B) the vote on final passage shall be on
the resolution of the other House.
(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term
‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a joint resolution of
the 2 Houses of Congress, the matter after the re-
solving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That the Con-
gress disapproves the action of the President under
section 628(c) of the Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government Appropriations Act, 1997, no-
tice of which was submitted to the Congress on
lllllll.’’, with the blank space being filled
with the appropriate date.
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(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section—
(1) shall not apply to any action taken as part
of the program of assistance to Mexico announced
by the President on January 31, 1995; and
(2) shall remain in effect through fiscal year
1997.
SEC. 629. (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section
640 of Public Law 104–52 (109 Stat. 513) is amended
by striking ‘‘Service performed’’ and inserting ‘‘Hereafter,
service performed’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in Public
Law 104–52 on the date of its enactment.
SEC. 630. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no part of any appropriation contained in this Act
for any fiscal year shall be available for paying Sunday
premium or differential pay to any employee unless such
employee actually performed work during the time cor-
responding to such premium or differential pay.
SEC. 631. No part of any funds appropriated in this
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or
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film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the
Congress itself.
SEC. 632. (a) FEDERAL EMPLOYEE REPRESENTA-
TION IMPROVEMENT.—Subsection (d) of section 205 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(d)(1) Nothing in subsection (a) or (b) prevents an
officer or employee, if not inconsistent with the faithful
performance of that officer’s or employee’s duties, from
acting without compensation as agent or attorney for, or
otherwise representing—
‘‘(A) any person who is the subject of discipli-
nary, loyalty, or other personnel administration pro-
ceedings in connection with those proceedings; or
‘‘(B) except as provided in paragraph (2), any
cooperative, voluntary, professional, recreational, or
similar organization or group not established or op-
erated for profit, if a majority of the organization’s
or group’s members are current officers or employ-
ees of the United States or of the District of Colum-
bia, or their spouses or dependent children.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1)(B) does not apply with respect
to a covered matter that—
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‘‘(A) is a claim under subsection (a)(1) or
(b)(1);
‘‘(B) is a judicial or administrative proceeding
where the organization or group is a party; or
‘‘(C) involves a grant, contract, or other agree-
ment (including a request for any such grant, con-
tract, or agreement) providing for the disbursement
of Federal funds to the organization or group.’’.
(b) APPLICATION TO LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELA-
TIONS.—Section 205 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) Nothing in this section prevents an employee
from acting pursuant to—
‘‘(1) chapter 71 of title 5;
‘‘(2) section 1004 or chapter 12 of title 39;
‘‘(3) section 3 of the Tennessee Valley Author-
ity Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831b);
‘‘(4) chapter 10 of title I of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4104 et seq.); or
‘‘(5) any provision of any other Federal or Dis-
trict of Columbia law that authorizes labor-manage-
ment relations between an agency or instrumentality
of the United States or the District of Columbia and
any labor organization that represents its employ-
ees.’’.
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(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act and shall apply thereafter.
SEC. 633. SURVIVOR ANNUITY RESUMPTION UPON
TERMINATION OF MARRIAGE.—(a) AMENDMENTS.—
(1) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Sec-
tion 8341(e) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) If the annuity of a child under this subchapter
terminates under paragraph (3)(E) because of marriage,
then, if such marriage ends, such annuity shall resume
on the first day of the month in which it ends, but only
if—
‘‘(A) any lump sum paid is returned to the
Fund; and
‘‘(B) that individual is not otherwise ineligible
for such annuity.’’.
(2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYS-
TEM.—Section 8443(b) of such title is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘If the annuity of
a child under this subchapter terminates under sub-
paragraph (E) because of marriage, then, if such
marriage ends, such annuity shall resume on the
first day of the month in which it ends, but only if
any lump sum paid is returned to the Fund, and
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that individual is not otherwise ineligible for such
annuity.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sec-
tion 1 shall apply with respect to any termination of mar-
riage taking effect on or after November 1, 1993, except
that any recomputation of benefits shall be payable only
with respect to amounts accruing for periods beginning on
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 634. AVAILABILITY
OF ANNUAL LEAVE TO
MEET MINIMUM AGE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR
TITLE TO AN IMMEDIATE ANNUITY.—(a) CIVIL SERVICE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 8336 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(o)(1) An employee involuntarily separated from
service due to a reduction in force shall, upon written elec-
tion, be given credit for days of unused annual leave
standing to such employee’s credit under a formal leave
system as of the date of separation, if and to the extent
necessary in order to meet the minimum age and service
requirements for title to an annuity under this section.
‘‘(2) The Office shall prescribe any regulations which
may be necessary to carry out this subsection, including
regulations under which contributions to the Fund shall,
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with respect to the days of leave for which credit is given
under this subsection, be made—
‘‘(A) by the employee, equal to the employee
contributions which would have been required for
those days if separation had not occurred; and
‘‘(B) by the agency from which separated, equal
to the Government contributions which would have
been required if separation had not occurred.
Contributions under the preceding sentence shall be deter-
mined based on the rate of basic pay last in effect before
separation.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered—
‘‘(A) to allow credit to be given for any leave
standing to the credit of the employee (other than
by restoration) pursuant to subchapter III or IV of
chapter 63 or other similar authority;
‘‘(B) to permit or require the making of any
contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund with re-
spect to any period after the date of separation; or
‘‘(C) to make any days of annual leave cred-
itable for purposes of section 8333, any determina-
tion of average pay, or any computation of annuity.
‘‘(4)(A) The taking of a lump-sum payment under
section 5551 or other similar authority shall not make any
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of the leave to which such payment relates unavailable for
purposes of this subsection.
‘‘(B) The use of any leave for purposes of this sub-
section shall not reduce the amount of leave for which a
lump-sum payment is payable under section 5551 or other
similar authority.
‘‘(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to sepa-
rations occurring on or after the date of the enactment
of this subsection and before July 1, 2002.’’.
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
Section 8412 of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i)(1) An employee involuntarily separated from
service due to a reduction in force shall, upon written elec-
tion, be given credit for days of unused annual leave
standing to such employee’s credit under a formal leave
system as of the date of separation, if and to the extent
necessary in order to meet the minimum age and service
requirements for title to an annuity under this section or
section 8414.
‘‘(2) The Office shall prescribe any regulations which
may be necessary to carry out this subsection, including
regulations under which contributions to the Fund shall,
with respect to the days of leave for which credit is given
under this subsection, be made—
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‘‘(A) by the employee, equal to the employee
contributions which would have been required for
those days if separation had not occurred; and
‘‘(B) by the agency from which separated, equal
to the Government contributions which would have
been required if separation had not occurred.
Contributions under the preceding sentence shall be deter-
mined based on the rate of basic pay last in effect before
separation.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered—
‘‘(A) to allow credit to be given for any leave
standing to the credit of the employee (other than
by restoration) pursuant to subchapter III or IV of
chapter 63 or other similar authority;
‘‘(B) to permit or require the making of any
contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund with re-
spect to any period after the date of separation; or
‘‘(C) to make any days of annual leave cred-
itable for purposes of section 8410, any determina-
tion of average pay, or any computation of annuity.
‘‘(4)(A) The taking of a lump-sum payment under
section 5551 or other similar authority shall not make any
of the leave to which such payment relates unavailable for
purposes of this subsection.
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‘‘(B) The use of any leave for purposes of this sub-
section shall not reduce the amount of leave for which a
lump-sum payment is payable under section 5551 or other
similar authority.
‘‘(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to sepa-
rations occurring on or after the date of the enactment
of this subsection and before July 1, 2002.’’.
SEC. 635. Section 207(e)(6)(B) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘level V of the Execu-
tive Schedule’’ and inserting ‘‘level 5 of the Senior Execu-
tive Service’’.
SEC. 636. REIMBURSEMENTS RELATING TO PROFES-
SIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.—(a) AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, amounts appro-
priated by this Act (or any other Act for fiscal year 1997
or any fiscal year thereafter) for salaries and expenses
may be used to reimburse any qualified employee for not
to exceed one-half the costs incurred by such employee for
professional liability insurance. A payment under this sec-
tion shall be contingent upon the submission of such infor-
mation or documentation as the employing agency may re-
quire.
(b) QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘qualified employee’’ means an agency
employee whose position is that of—
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(1) a law enforcement officer; or
(2) a supervisor or management official.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means an Executive
agency, as defined by section 105 of title 5, United
States Code;
(2) the term ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ means
an employee, the duties of whose position are pri-
marily the investigation, apprehension, prosecution,
or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of
offenses against the criminal laws of the United
States, including any law enforcement officer under
section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of such title 5;
(3) the terms ‘‘supervisor’’ and ‘‘management
official’’ have the respective meanings given them by
section 7103(a) of such title 5, and
(4) the term ‘‘professional liability insurance’’
means insurance which provides coverage for—
(A) legal liability for damages due to inju-
ries to other persons, damage to their property,
or other damage or loss to such other persons
(including the expenses of litigation and settle-
ment) resulting from or arising out of any
tortious act, error, or omission of the covered
individual (whether common law, statutory, or