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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
on the date of enactment of this Act.
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.
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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) LIMITATION.—Payments under subsection (a) shall
not include attorney fees or costs incurred with respect to
any Congressional hearing or investigation into the termi-
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nation of employment of the former employees of the White
House Travel Office.
(c) (d) REDUCTION.—The amount paid pursuant to
this section to an individual for attorney fees and costs
described 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) (e) 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,
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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.
SEC. 530. MINT FACILITY FOR GOLD AND PLATINUM
COINS.—Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(1) MINT FACILITY FOR GOLD AND PLATINUM
COINS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the United States Mint Facility at West Point, New
York, shall be used to strike and distribute all gold
coins and all platinum coins minted by the Secretary
under this title or any other provision of law, includ-
ing all proof and uncirculated gold bullion coins and
commemorative coins.’’.
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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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,
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records
schedule recovered through recycling or waste prevention
programs. Such funds shall be available until expended for
the following 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
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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
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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.
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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).
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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;
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(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.
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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;
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(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-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N–
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-
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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,
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.’’:
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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
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
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(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
would not adversely affect the cost-effectiveness
of the FTS2000 procurement.
(b) After July 31, 1997 December 31, 1998, sub-
section (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-effec-
tive 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
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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
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
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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.
(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
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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-
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.
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‘‘(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
that individual is not otherwise ineligible for such
annuity.’’.
(3) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS.—
Section 8908 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end of the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(d) A surviving child whose survivor annuity under
section 8341(e) or 8443(b) was terminated and is later re-
stored under paragraph (4) of section 8341(e) or the last
sentence of section 8443(b) may, under regulations pre-
scribed by the Office, enroll in a health benefits plan de-
scribed by section 8903 or 8903a if such surviving child
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was covered by any such plan immediately before such an-
nuity was terminated.’’.
(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.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to any termination of
marriage taking effect before, on, or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, except that benefits shall be payable only
with respect to amounts accruing for periods beginning on
the first day of the month beginning after the later of such
termination of marriage or such date of enactment.
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
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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,
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
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‘‘(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
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.