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Union Calendar No. 435
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4871
[Report No. 106–756]
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 2000
Mr. KOLBE, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
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, 2001, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury
Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance
of official business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official
travel expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2002, for information technology
modernization requirements; not to exceed $150,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; not to ex-
ceed $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial nature, to be allocated and expended under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted
for solely on his certificate, $149,437,000: Provided, That
of these amounts $2,900,000 is available for grants to
State and local law enforcement groups to help fight
money laundering.
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DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the De-
partment of the Treasury, $41,787,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be
transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to
satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support
or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropria-
tions for Information Systems.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed
$2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo-
cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury, $31,940,000.
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INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for
Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official
travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General
for Tax Administration, $116,427,000.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $31,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For a demonstration project to expand access to fi-
nancial services for low-income individuals, $2,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That of these
funds, such sums as may be necessary may be transferred
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to accounts of the Departments offices, bureaus, and other
organizations: Provided further, That this transfer author-
ity shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement
personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$34,694,000, of which not to exceed $2,800,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2003; and of which
$2,275,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account
may be used to procure personal services contracts.
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
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exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the gen-
eral purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and re-
lated activities; uniforms without regard to the general
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the
conducting of and participating in firearms matches and
presentation of awards; for public awareness and enhanc-
ing community support of law enforcement training; not
to exceed $11,500 for official reception and representation
expenses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $93,483,000, of which
up to $17,043,000 for materials and support costs of Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training shall remain available
until September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Center is
authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both real
and personal, and to accept services, for authorized pur-
poses, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which
shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Center
to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic
training program at the Center during the previous fiscal
year, which shall be funded only by gifts received through
the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, students attend-
ing training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided
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housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Cen-
ter policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Di-
rector, for the following: training United States Postal
Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police offi-
cers; State and local government law enforcement training
on a space-available basis; training of foreign law enforce-
ment officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation, except that re-
imbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law en-
forcement training activities in foreign countries under-
taken pursuant to section 801 of the Antiterrorism and
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Public Law 104–
32; training of private sector security officials on a space-
available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this
appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal per-
sonnel to attend course development meetings and training
sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Cen-
ter is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim-
bursements from agencies receiving training sponsored by
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except
that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall
not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end
of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide
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training for the Gang Resistance Education and Training
program to Federal and non-Federal personnel at any fa-
cility in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide
short-term medical services for students undergoing train-
ing at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional
real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,
facility improvements, and related expenses, $17,331,000,
to remain available until expended.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and
convict offenders involved in organized crime drug traf-
ficking, including cooperative efforts with State and local
law enforcement, as it relates to the Treasury Department
law enforcement violations such as money laundering, vio-
lent crime, and smuggling, $103,476,000, of which
$7,827,000 shall remain available until expended.
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, 
$198,736,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$10,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2003, for information systems modernization initiatives;
and of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed
812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for
replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates
as may be determined by the Director; for payment of per
diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a
major investigative assignment requires an employee to
work 16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight
at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $20,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; for training of
State and local law enforcement agencies with or without
reimbursement, including training in connection with the
training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; not to exceed $50,000 for coopera-
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tive research and development programs for Laboratory
Services and Fire Research Center activities; and provi-
sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies,
with or without reimbursement, $731,325,000, of which
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay-
ment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C.
924(d)(2); and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for
the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft
available for official use by a State or local law enforce-
ment agency if the conveyance will be used in joint law
enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime sala-
ries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, supplies, and other
similar costs of State and local law enforcement personnel,
including sworn officers and support personnel, that are
incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made
available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer
the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies or Depart-
ments in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That no funds
appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or ad-
ministrative expenses in connection with consolidating or
centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the
records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposi-
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tion of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees:
Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall
be used to pay administrative expenses or the compensa-
tion 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 Publica-
tion 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall
be available to investigate or act upon applications for re-
lief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C.
925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be avail-
able to investigate and act upon applications filed by cor-
porations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities
under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds
under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve infor-
mation gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by
name or any personal identification code.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of
which 1,030 are for police-type use and commercial oper-
ations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals
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for personal services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; and awards
of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act
enforced by the United States Customs Service,
$1,821,415,000, of which such sums as become available
in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject
to section 13031(f )(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19
U.S.C. 58c(f )(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of
the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for
payment for rental space in connection with preclearance
operations; not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available
until expended for research; of which not less than
$100,000 shall be available to promote public awareness
of the child pornography tipline; of which not less than
$200,000 shall be available for Project Alert; not to exceed
$5,000,000 shall be available until expended for con-
ducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081;
not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until expended
for the procurement of automation infrastructure items,
including hardware, software, and installation; and not to
exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for re-
pairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may
be purchased without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
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That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal
year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in sub-
section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19
U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall be $30,000.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses related to the collection
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law
103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and
merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac-
count for such purposes.
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND
MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air-
craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine
Programs, including operational training and mission-re-
lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by
the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include the following: the
interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of
support to Customs and other Federal, State, and local
agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en-
forced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of
the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance
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to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforce-
ment and emergency humanitarian efforts, $125,778,000,
which shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the ex-
ception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been
identified as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft
which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be trans-
ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office
outside of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal
year 2001 without the prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations.
AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION
For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs
automated systems, $233,400,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $5,400,000 shall be for the Inter-
national Trade Data System, and not less than
$105,000,000 shall be for the development of the Auto-
mated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading may be obli-
gated for the Automated Commercial Environment until
the United States Customs Service prepares and submits
to the House Committee on Appropriations a final plan
for expenditure that (1) meets the capital planning and
investment control review requirements established by the
Office of Management and Budget, including OMB Cir-
cular A–11, part 3; (2) complies with the United States
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Customs Service’s Enterprise Information Systems Archi-
tecture; (3) complies with the acquisition rules, require-
ments, guidelines, and systems acquisition management
practices of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed and
approved by the Customs Investment Review Board, the
Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Ac-
counting Office: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the
Automated Commercial Environment until that final ex-
penditure plan has been approved by the House Com-
mittee on Appropriations.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States, $187,301,000, of which
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro-
priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2001
shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive
security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account
Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the General Fund es-
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timated at $182,901,000, and in addition, $23,600 to be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reim-
burse the Bureau for administrative and personnel ex-
penses for financial management of the Fund, as author-
ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law
and account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor-
respondence; providing an independent taxpayer advocate
within the Service; programs to match information returns
and tax returns; management services; rent and utilities;
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
as 
may 
be 
determined 
by 
the 
Commissioner;
$3,512,232,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for
the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and of which
not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and
representation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro-
viding litigation support; issuing technical rulings; pro-
viding top quality service to tax exempt customers; exam-
ining employee plans and exempt organizations; con-
ducting criminal investigation and enforcement activities;
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securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts;
compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance
research; purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850)
and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b));
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
as 
may 
be 
determined 
by 
the 
Commissioner,
$3,332,676,000 of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2003, for research.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE
For funding essential earned income tax credit com-
pliance and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section
5702 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law
105–33), 
$145,000,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the Social Security
Administration for the costs of implementing section 1090
of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for information systems and telecommunications sup-
port, including developmental information systems and
operational information systems; the hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner; $1,488,090,000 which shall
remain available until September 30, 2002.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion 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
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure 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 Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase of not to exceed 844 vehicles
for police-type use, of which 541 shall be for replacement
only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft;
training and assistance requested by State and local gov-
ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;
services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District
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of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and
other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per-
form 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; for travel of Secret Service employees
on protective missions without regard to the limitations
on such expenditures in this or any other Act if approval
is obtained in advance from the Committees on Appropria-
tions; for research and development; for making grants to
conduct behavioral research in support of protective re-
search and operations; not to exceed $25,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed
$100,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment
to foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit in-
vestigations; for payment in advance for commercial ac-
commodations as may be necessary to perform protective
functions; and for uniforms without regard to the general
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year,
$823,800,000, of which $3,633,000 shall be available as
a grant for activities related to the investigations of ex-
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ploited children and shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided for protective
travel shall remain available until September 30, 2002.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $5,021,000, to re-
main available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury 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 re-
maining in the Fund on September 30, 2001, shall be
made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.
SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
including 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
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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. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2001 in this
Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis-
tration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to
diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105
of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforce-
ment Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
United States Customs Service, and United States Secret
Service may be transferred between such appropriations
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such
appropriation by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration, Financial Management Serv-
ice, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred
between such appropriations upon the advance approval
of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may in-
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crease or decrease any such appropriation by more than
2 percent.
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation
by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 116. Of the funds available for the purchase of
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase
by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De-
partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That
the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant
Secretary for Management.
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
SEC. 118. Section 5547(c) of title 5, United States
Code is amended by adding the following paragraph:
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of para-
graph (2), premium pay for protective services au-
thorized by section 3056(a) of title 18, United
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States Code, may be paid without regard to the bi-
weekly limitation on premium pay except that such
premium pay shall not be payable to an employee to
the extent that the aggregate of the employee’s basic
and premium pay for the year would otherwise ex-
ceed the annual equivalent of that limitation. The
term premium pay refers to pay authorized by sec-
tions 5542, 5545 (a), (b), and (c), and 5546 (a) and
(b) of this title. Pay authorized by section 5545a of
this title will be treated as basic pay for the purpose
of this paragraph to the extent that it does not
cause an employee’s biweekly pay to exceed the limi-
tation in paragraph (2). Payment of additional pre-
mium pay payable under this section may be made
in a lump sum on the last payday of the calendar
year.’’.
SEC. 119. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from ‘‘Salaries and Expenses,’’ Financial Man-
agement Service, to the Debt Services Account as nec-
essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That
such amounts shall be reimbursed to such Salaries and
Expenses account from debt collections received in the
Debt Services Account.
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no reorganization of the field operations of the U.S.
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Customs Service Office of Field Operations shall result in
a reduction in service to the area served by the Port of
Racine, Wisconsin, below the level of service provided in
fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shall
reimburse the subcontractor that provided services in
1993 and 1994 pursuant to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms contract number TATF 93–3 from amounts
appropriated for fiscal year 2001 or unobligated balances
from prior fiscal years, and such reimbursement shall
cover the cost of all professional services rendered, plus
interest calculated in accordance with the Contract Dis-
pute Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
SEC. 122. (a) No funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of the Treasury in this or any Act for the establish-
ment and operation of a new law enforcement training fa-
cility may be obligated or expended until an assessment
of the need for, and cost-effectiveness of, such facility has
been carried out by the Comptroller General of the U.S.
General Accounting Office, submitted to the Committees
on Appropriations, and the establishment of said facility
has been approved by the House and Senate Appropria-
tions Committees.
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(b) This assessment shall include, but not be limited
to:
(1) An analysis of the Department of the
Treasury’s master plan for the proposed facility;
(2) Projected law enforcement training work-
loads at the new facility and existing Treasury facili-
ties;
(3) Training requirements for the U.S. Customs
Service and other law enforcement agencies;
(4) Federal law enforcement training facility as-
sets currently available and proposed in the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) master
plan;
(5) The total estimated cost associated with the
design, construction, and establishment of the pro-
posed facility;
(6) Projected annual operating costs for the
proposed facility;
(7) Projected costs associated with establish-
ment of a new law enforcement training center, in-
cluding environmental impact statements, environ-
mental remediation, utilities and other infrastruc-
ture; and
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(8) Cost savings and benefits of in-service train-
ing at the proposed facility compared to using exist-
ing or modified facilities.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
TITLE II—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, $96,093,000, of which $67,093,000 shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 2001: Provided,
That mail for overseas 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: Provided 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 charg-
ing any officer or employee of any State or local child sup-
port enforcement agency, or any individual participating
in a State or local program of child support enforcement,
a fee for information 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 consoli-
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date or close small rural and other small post offices in
fiscal year 2001.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 2001’’.
TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT 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; $390,000: 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;
subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers,
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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 enter-
tainment expenses, to be available for allocation within the
Executive Office of the President, $52,135,000: Provided,
That $9,072,000 of the funds appropriated shall be avail-
able for reimbursements to the White House Communica-
tions Agency.
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, $10,286,470 to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114.
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
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penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments
shall be credited to this account and remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require the national committee of the political party
of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be
separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such
committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That
the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice
of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days
after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess
penalties and other charges on any such amount that is
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under
section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in
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the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit
to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than
90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this
Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex-
penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding
fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses,
the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi-
cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that
consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion
of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the
date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive
Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex-
penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive
Residence that includes a standard for the classification
of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided
further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con-
strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other
applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter
37 of title 31, United States Code.
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Executive Residence at the White House, $658,000, to re-
main available until expanded, for projects for required
maintenance, safety and health issues, Presidential transi-
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tion, telecommunications infrastructure repair, and con-
tinued preventive maintenance.
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; $3,664,000.
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; $354,000: 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.
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COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic
Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $3,997,000.
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, $4,030,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $7,148,000.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles
$41,185,000, of which $8,893,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2002, for a capital investment plan
which provides for the continued modernization of the in-
formation technology infrastructure.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles
and 
services 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
3109,
$67,143,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
available to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title
44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided in
31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only
to the objects for which appropriations were made except
as otherwise provided by law: Provided 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 marketing orders or any activi-
ties or regulations under the provisions 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’
Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That the
preceding shall not apply to printed hearings released by
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the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on
Veterans’ Affairs.
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1998 (title VII of division C of Public Law
105–277); not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and for participation in joint
projects or in the provision of services on matters of mu-
tual interest with nonprofit, research, or public organiza-
tions or agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$24,759,000, of which $2,100,000 shall remain available
until expended, consisting of $1,100,000 for policy re-
search and evaluation, and $1,000,000 for the National
Alliance for Model State Drug Laws: Provided, That the
Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize
gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without
fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facili-
tating the work of the Office.
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech-
nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant
to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor-
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ization Act of 1998 (title VII of Division C of Public Law
105–277), $29,750,000, which shall remain available until
expended, consisting of $16,000,000 for counternarcotics
research and development projects, $13,050,000 for con-
tinued operation of the technology transfer program, and
$700,000 for a grant to the United States Olympic Com-
mittee for its anti-doping program: Provided, That the
$16,000,000 for counternarcotics research and develop-
ment projects shall be available for transfer to other Fed-
eral departments or agencies.
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas Program, $192,000,000 for drug control activities
consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which
no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and
local entities for drug control activities, which shall be ob-
ligated within 120 days of the date of the enactment of
this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2002, may be transferred to Fed-
eral agencies and departments at a rate to be determined
by the Director: Provided further, That, of this latter
amount, $1,800,000 shall be used for auditing services.
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SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public
Law 105–277, $219,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to
other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such
activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided,
$185,000,000 shall be to support a national media cam-
paign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media Campaign
Act of 1998: Provided further, That of the funds provided,
$30,000,000 shall be to continue a program of matching
grants to drug-free communities, as authorized in the
Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997: Provided further,
That of the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall be available
to the Director for transfer as a grant to the National
Drug Court Institute: Provided further, That of the funds
provided, $3,000,000 shall be available for transfer to, or
reimbursement of, other Federal departments and agen-
cies to support the operations of the Counterdrug Intel-
ligence Executive Secretariat.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office
Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
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TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
established by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–
28, $4,158,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend-
ed, $40,240,000, of which no less than $4,689,500 shall
be available for internal automated data processing sys-
tems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available
for reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
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$25,058,000: 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
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
To carry out the purpose of the Fund established
pursuant to section 210(f ) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f )),
the revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall
be available for necessary expenses of real property man-
agement and related activities not otherwise provided for,
including operation, maintenance, and protection of feder-
ally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the
District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; mov-
ing governmental agencies (including space adjustments
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and telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection
with the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; con-
tractual services incident to cleaning or servicing build-
ings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned
buildings including grounds, approaches and appur-
tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance,
preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of
buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as oth-
erwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to pur-
chase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of fed-
erally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design
of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new
buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and
payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations
for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and
purchase 
contract; 
in 
the 
aggregate 
amount 
of
$5,272,370,000 of which (1) $490,592,000 shall remain
available until expended for repairs and alterations which
includes associated design and construction services, of
which $290,000,000 shall be available for basic repairs
and alterations: Provided, That funds made available in
any previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be lim-
ited to the amount identified for each project, except each
project in any previous Act may be increased by an
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amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval
is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a
greater amount: Provided further, That the amounts pro-
vided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alter-
ations’’ may be used to fund costs associated with imple-
menting security improvements to buildings necessary to
meet the minimum standards for security in accordance
with current law and in compliance with the reprogram-
ming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the
House and Senate: Provided further, That the difference
between the funds appropriated and expended on any
projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Re-
pairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic Re-
pairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases
in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all funds for
repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall expire on
September 30, 2002, and remain in the Federal Buildings
Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for de-
sign or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part
prior to such date: Provided further, That the amount pro-
vided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations may be used to pay claims against the Government
arising from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and
Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in pro-
spectus projects; (2) $185,369,000 for installment acquisi-
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tion payments including payments on purchase contracts
which shall remain available until expended; (3)
$2,944,905,000 for rental of space which shall remain
available until expended; and (4) $1,580,909,000 for
building operations which shall remain available until ex-
pended, of which $500,000 shall be available to conduct
a site selection analysis for a replacement facility for the
National Center for Environmental Prediction of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Provided
further, That funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall not be available for expenses of any con-
struction, 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 expended for each project
for required expenses for the development of a proposed
prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in the
Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency
repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: 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 (40
U.S.C. 490(f )(6)) and amounts to provide such reimburs-
able fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities
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on private or other property not in Government 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, 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 2001, excluding reimbursements under
section 210(f )(6) of the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f )(6)) in excess
of $5,272,370,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not
be available for expenditure except as authorized in appro-
priations Acts.
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
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; procurement and supply; Government-wide respon-
sibilities relating to automated data management, tele-
communications, information resources management, and
related technology activities; utilization survey, deed com-
pliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural
analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to ex-
cess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy direc-
tion; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records man-
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agement, and other support services incident to adjudica-
tion 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 reception and
representation 
expenses, 
$115,434,000, 
of 
which
$14,659,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated from this Act
shall be available to convert the Old Post Office at 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C.,
from office use to any other use until a comprehensive
plan, which shall include street-level retail use, has been
approved by the Committees on Appropriations, the House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works:
Provided further, That no funds from this Act shall be
available to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or other-
wise the leasehold rights of the existing lease with private
parties at the Old Post Office prior to the approval of the
comprehensive plan by the Committees on Appropriations,
the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and the Senate Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$34,520,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall
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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
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August
25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public
Law 95–138, $2,517,000: 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.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund
available to the General Services Administration shall be
credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part
of rentals received from Government corporations pursu-
ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
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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 2001 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.
SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 2002 request for United
States Courthouse construction that (1) does not meet the
design guide standards for construction as established and
approved by the General Services Administration, the Ju-
dicial Conference of the United States, and the Office of
Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the pri-
orities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as
set out in its approved 5–year construction plan: Provided,
That the fiscal year 2002 request must be accompanied
by a standardized courtroom utilization study of each fa-
cility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
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ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per
square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in compli-
ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972
(Public Law 92–313).
SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agen-
cies by the Information Technology Fund, General Serv-
ices Administration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections
5124(b) and 5128 of Public Law 104–106, Information
Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, for per-
formance of pilot information technology projects which
have potential for Government-wide benefits and savings,
may be repaid to this Fund from any savings actually in-
curred by these projects or other funding, to the extent
feasible.
SEC. 407. From funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects
and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 408. Section 411 of Public Law 106–58 is
amended by striking ‘‘April 30, 2001’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2002’’.
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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,
$28,857,000, 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.
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP
AND
EXCELLENCE
IN
NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY FOUNDATION
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund,
to be available for the purposes of Public Law 102–252,
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998,
$1,250,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives (including the Informa-
tion Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal
records and related activities, as provided by law, and for
expenses necessary for the review and declassification of
documents, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$195,119,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United
States is authorized to use any excess funds available from
the amount borrowed for construction of the National Ar-
chives facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate
storage for holdings.
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $5,650,000, to remain available until expended.
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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, $6,000,000, 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 and the Ethics Reform Act of
1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $9,684,000.
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
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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 No. 10422 of
January 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, $93,471,000; and in addi-
tion $101,986,000 for administrative expenses, to be
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office
of Personnel Management without regard to other stat-
utes, including direct procurement of printed materials,
for the retirement and insurance programs, of which
$10,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the
cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems:
Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall
not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as
provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and 8909(g) of title
5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of
this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-
penses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management established pursuant to Executive
Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit
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of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s
Commission on White House Fellows, established by Exec-
utive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during
fiscal year 2001, 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.
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,
$1,360,000; and in addition, not to exceed $9,745,000 for
administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and provide
other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s
retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred
from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, as determined by the Inspector Gen-
eral: Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized
to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere.
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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) 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 and the Act of August 19, 1950
(33 U.S.C. 771–775) may hereafter be paid out of the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
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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; $10,319,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$37,305,000: 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, 2001’’.
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TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
THIS ACT
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 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 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. 504. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available in fiscal year 2001 for the purpose
of transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia,
New Mexico, out of the Department of the Treasury.
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SEC. 505. 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. 506. 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 Buy American Act (41
U.S.C. 10a–10c).
SEC. 507. (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.
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(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. 508. 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 sections
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
SEC. 509. 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. 510. The provision of section 509 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.
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SEC. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2001 from
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
for fiscal year 2001 in this Act, shall remain available
through September 30, 2002, for each such account for
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap-
proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance
with reprogramming guidelines.
SEC. 512. 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—
(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. 513. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422)
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shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 514. (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Archivist
of the United States shall transfer to the Gerald R. Ford
Foundation, as trustee, all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to the approximately 2.3 acres of
land located within Grand Rapids, Michigan, and further
described in subsection (b), such grant to be in trust, with
the beneficiary being the National Archives and Records
Administration, for the purpose of supporting the facilities
and programs of the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, and the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann
Arbor, Michigan, in accordance with a trust agreement to
be agreed upon by the Archivist and the Gerald R. Ford
Foundation.
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land to be transferred
pursuant to subsection (a) is described as follows:
The following premises in the City of Grand Rapids,
County of Kent, State of Michigan, described as:
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That part of Block 2, Converse Plat, and that part of Block 2 of J.W. Con-
verse Replatted Addition, and that part of Government
Lot 1 of Section 25, T7N, R12W, City of Grand Rapids,
Kent County, Michigan, described as: BEGINNING at
the NE corner of Lot 1 of Block 2 of Converse Plat;
thence East 245.0 feet along the South line of Bridge
Street; thence South 230.0 feet along a line which is par-
allel with and 170 feet East from the East line of Front
Avenue as originally platted; thence West 207.5 feet par-
allel with the South line of Bridge Street; thence South
along the centerline of vacated Front Avenue 109 feet
more or less to the extended centerline of vacated Douglas
Street; thence West along the centerline of vacated Doug-
las Street 237.5 feet more or less to the East line of
Scribner Avenue; thence North along the East line of
Scribner Avenue 327 feet more or less to a point which
is 7.0 feet South from the NW corner of Lot 8 of Block
2 of Converse Plat; thence Easterly 200 feet more or less
to the place of beginning, also described as:
Parcel A—Lots 9 & 10, Block 2 of Converse Plat, being the subdivision of Gov-
ernment Lots 1 & 2, Section 25, T7N, R12W; also Lots 11–
24, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition; also part of
N 1⁄2 of Section 25, T7N, R12W commencing at SE corner
Lot 24, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, thence
N to NE corner of Lot 9 of Converse Plat, thence E 16 feet,
thence S to SW corner of Lot 23 of J.W. Converse Replatted
Addition, thence W 16 feet to beginning.
Parcel B—Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing on S line of Bridge
Street 50 feet E of E line of Front Avenue, thence S 107.85
feet, thence 77 feet, thence N to a point on S line of said street
which is 80 feet E of beginning, thence W to beginning.
Parcel C—Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at SE corner Bridge
Street & Front Avenue, thence E 50 feet, thence S 107.85 feet
to alley, thence W 50 feet to E line Front Avenue, thence N
106.81 feet to beginning.
Parcel D—Part of Government Lot 1, Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at
a point on S line of Bridge Street (66′ wide) 170 feet E of
E line of Front Avenue (75′ wide), thence S 230 feet parallel
with Front Avenue, thence W 170 feet parallel with Bridge
Street to E line of Front Avenue, thence N along said line to
a point 106.81 feet S of intersection of said line with extension
of N & S line of Bridge Street, thence E 127 feet, thence
northerly to a point on S line of Bridge Street 130 feet E of
E line of Front Avenue, thence E along S line of Bridge Street
to beginning.
Parcel E—Lots 1 through 8 of Block 2 of Converse Plat, being the subdivision
of Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 25, T7N, R12W.
Also part of N 1⁄2 of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at NW corner
of Lot 9, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition;
thence N 15 feet to SW corner of Lot 8; thence E 200
feet to SE corner Lot 1; thence S 15 feet to NE corner
of Lot 10; thence W 200 feet to beginning.
Together with any portion of vacated streets and alleys that have become
part of the above property.
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(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—
(1) COMPENSATION.—The land transferred
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transferred with-
out compensation to the United States.
(2) APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.—
In the event that the Gerald R. Ford Foundation for
any reason is unable or unwilling to continue to
serve as trustee, the Archivist of the United States
is authorized to appoint a successor trustee.
(3) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Archivist
of the United States determines that the Gerald R.
Ford Foundation (or a successor trustee appointed
under paragraph (2)) has breached its fiduciary duty
under the trust agreement entered into pursuant to
this section, the land transferred pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall revert to the United States under
the administrative jurisdiction of the Archivist.
SEC. 515. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget shall, by not later than
September 30, 2001, and with public and Federal agency
involvement, issue guidelines under sections 3504(d)(1)
and 3516 of title 44, United States Code, that provide
policy and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for en-
suring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and
integrity of information (including statistical information)
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disseminated by Federal agencies in fulfillment of the pur-
poses and provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United
States Code, commonly referred to as the Paperwork Re-
duction Act.
(b) CONTENT
OF
GUIDELINES.—The guidelines
under subsection (a) shall—
(1) apply to the sharing by Federal agencies of,
and access to, information disseminated by Federal
agencies; and
(2) require that each Federal agency to which
the guidelines apply—
(A) issue guidelines ensuring and maxi-
mizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and in-
tegrity of information (including statistical in-
formation) disseminated by the agency, by not
later than 1 year after the date of issuance of
the guidelines under subsection (a);
(B) establish administrative mechanisms
allowing affected persons to seek and obtain
correction of information maintained and dis-
seminated by the agency that does not comply
with the guidelines issued under subsection (a);
and
(C) report periodically to the Director—
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(i) the number and nature of com-
plaints received by the agency regarding
the accuracy of information disseminated
by the agency; and
(ii) how such complaints were handled
by the agency.
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement a preference for the acquisi-
tion of a firearm or ammunition based on whether the
manufacturer or vendor of the firearm or ammunition is
a party to an agreement with a department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States regarding codes of
conduct, operating practices, or product design specifically
related to the business of importing, manufacturing, or
dealing in firearms or ammunition under chapter 44 of
title 18, United States Code.
SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used to allow the
placement in interstate or foreign commerce of diamonds
that have been mined in the Republic of Sierra Leone, the
Republic of Liberia, Burkina Faso, the Republic of Cote
d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or the Re-
public of Angola, except for diamonds the country of origin
of which has been certified as the Republic of Sierra Leone
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by government officials of that country who are recognized
by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol,
which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
Japan, at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25
of the Protocol: Provided, That the limitation established
in this section shall not apply to any activity otherwise
authorized by law.
SEC. 519. Within available funds, the Department of
the Treasury and the General Services Administration are
urged to use ethanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels
to the maximum extent practicable in meeting their fuel
needs.
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or em-
ployee of the Office of Management and Budget who
makes apportionments under subchapter II of chapter 15
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of title 31, United States Code, that prevent the expendi-
ture or obligation by December 31, 2000, of at least 75
percent of the appropriations made for fiscal year 2001
to carry out the Agricultural Trade Development and As-
sistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), the Food
for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o), and section
416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1431(b)).
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
SEC. 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 2001 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.
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SEC. 603. 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. 604. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available
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for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.
SEC. 605. 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 the 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 quali-
fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu-
dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur-
pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person
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shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-
ments of this section with respect to his or her status 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
a 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. 606. 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-
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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. 607. 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 pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
and recycling programs as described in Executive
Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), 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. 608. Funds made available by this or any other
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
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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. 609. 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. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality.
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SEC. 611. 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 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318),
and, as to property owned or occupied by the Postal Serv-
ice, 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 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 318b), attaching
thereto penal consequences under the authority and within
the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948
(62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).
SEC. 612. 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
United States.
SEC. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year
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2001, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any
prevailing 
rate 
employee 
described 
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 613 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations
Act, 2000, until the normal effective date of the ap-
plicable wage survey adjustment that is to take ef-
fect in fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds
the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of
the applicable wage schedule in accordance with
such section 613; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2001, 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 2001 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 com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year
2001 under section 5304 of such title (whether
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by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was
effective in fiscal year 2000 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,
2000, 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,
2000, 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, 2000.
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(f ) For the purpose of administering any provision
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
tion, 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 treated 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. 614. 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
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such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by
the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of
this section, the word ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite
of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any other
space used primarily by the individual or the use of which
is directly controlled by the individual.
SEC. 615. 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 Committees on Appropria-
tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi-
tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for
training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center
facilities.
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds
made available for fiscal year 2001 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 No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).
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SEC. 617. (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-
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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 per-
forming intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
SEC. 618. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2001 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 discrimination
and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are
not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the United States Customs Service may be used
to allow the importation into the United States of any
good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or
manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as de-
termined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
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SEC. 620. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal
Government, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any
direct oral or written communication or contact with
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the
Congress in connection with any matter pertaining
to the employment of such other officer or employee
or pertaining to the department or agency of such
other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,
committee, or subcommittee; 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 other officer or employee of the
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to
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commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to
such other officer or employee, by reason of any
communication or contact of such other officer or
employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
committee of the Congress as described in paragraph
(1).
SEC. 621. (a) None of the funds made available in
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for
any employee training that—
(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-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N–
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
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(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the
workplace.
(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. 622. No funds appropriated in this or any other
Act may be used to implement or enforce 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 em-
ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu-
tive Order No. 12958; 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 disclo-
sure to Congress by members of the military); section
2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by
the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosures of
illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety
threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982
(50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could
expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes
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which protect against disclosure that may compromise the
national security, including sections 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.
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 agree-
ment that is to be executed by a person connected with
the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activ-
ity, other than an employee 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 re-
ceived in the course of such activity unless specifically au-
thorized to do so by the United States Government. Such
nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do
not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized official
of an executive agency or the Department of Justice that
are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law.
SEC. 623. 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-
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tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or
film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the
Congress itself.
SEC. 624. (a) IN GENERAL.—For calendar year
2002, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall prepare and submit to Congress, with the
budget submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code, an accounting statement and associated re-
port containing—
(1) an estimate of the total annual costs and
benefits (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable
effects) of Federal rules and paperwork, to the ex-
tent feasible—
(A) in the aggregate;
(B) by agency and agency program; and
(C) by major rule;
(2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation
on State, local, and tribal government, small busi-
ness, wages, and economic growth; and
(3) recommendations for reform.
(b) NOTICE.—The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall provide public notice and an oppor-
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tunity to comment on the statement and report under sub-
section (a) before the statement and report are submitted
to Congress.
(c) GUIDELINES.—To implement this section, the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue
guidelines to agencies to standardize—
(1) measures of costs and benefits; and
(2) the format of accounting statements.
(d) PEER REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall provide for independent
and external peer review of the guidelines and each ac-
counting statement and associated report under this sec-
tion. Such peer review shall not be subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
SEC. 625. None of the funds appropriated by this or
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization
except when the employee has authorized such disclosure
or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 626. Hereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized to establish scientific certification standards
for explosives detection canines, and shall provide, on a
reimbursable basis, for the certification of explosives de-
tection canines employed by Federal agencies, or other
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agencies providing explosives detection services at airports
in the United States.
SEC. 627. None of the funds made available in this
Act or any other 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 Committees on
Appropriations.
SEC. 628. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore
authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 629. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’—
(1) means an Executive agency as defined
under section 105 of title 5, United States Code;
(2) includes a military department as defined
under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service,
and the Postal Rate Commission; and
(3) shall not include the General Accounting
Office.
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort
to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave
system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under
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section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli-
gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor-
tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official
duties.
SEC. 630. Section 638(h) of the Treasury and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law
106–58) is amended by striking ‘‘at noon on January 20,
2001’’ and inserting ‘‘on May 1, 2001’’.
SEC. 631. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage.
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract
with—
(1) any of the following religious plans:
(A) Personal Care’s HMO;
(B) Care Choices;
(C) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of
religious beliefs.
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the
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individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
SEC. 632. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year
2001 by this or any other Act to any department or agen-
cy, which is a member of the Joint Financial Management
Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be available to fi-
nance an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative
costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed a
total of $800,000 including the salary of the Executive
Director and staff support.
SEC. 633. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 610 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to the
‘‘Policy and Operations’’ account, General Services Ad-
ministration, with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for
fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act, including rebates
from charge card and other contracts. These funds shall
be administered by the Administrator of General Services
to support Government-wide financial, information tech-
nology, procurement, and other management innovations,
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initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation
with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the
Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council
and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro-
gram for financial management initiatives, the Chief In-
formation Officers Council for information technology ini-
tiatives, and the Procurement Executives Council for pro-
curement initiatives). The total funds transferred shall not
exceed $17,000,000. Such transfers may only be made 15
days following notification of the Committees on Appro-
priations by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget.
SEC. 634. (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with reg-
ulations promulgated by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment, an Executive agency which provides or proposes to
provide child care services for Federal employees may use
funds (otherwise available to such agency for salaries and
expenses) to provide child care, in a Federal or leased fa-
cility, or through contract, for civilian employees of such
agency.
(b) AFFORDABILITY.—Amounts so provided with re-
spect to any such facility or contractor shall be applied
to improve the affordability of child care for lower income
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Federal employees using or seeking to use the child care
services offered by such facility or contractor.
(c) ADVANCES.—Notwithstanding 31 U.S. Code
3324, amounts paid to licensed or regulated child care
providers may be paid in advance of services rendered,
covering agreed upon periods, as appropriate.
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning given such term
by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but does
not include the General Accounting Office.
(e) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds made avail-
able in this or any other Act may be used to implement
the provisions of this section absent advance notification
to the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 635. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location
in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at
the location.
SEC. 636. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds
made available for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other
Act shall be available for the interagency funding of spe-
cific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to
carry out the purposes of the National Science and Tech-
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nology Council (authorized by Executive Order No.
12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments,
agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the
budget of and resources connected with the National
Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, the House Committee on Science; and the
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation 90 days after enactment of this Act.
SEC. 637. (a) CLARIFICATION OF ELECTION CYCLE
REPORTING
OF
CERTAIN
EXPENDITURES.—Section
304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 434(b)), as amended by section 641(a) of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act,
2000 (Public Law 106–58), is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting after ‘‘cal-
endar year’’ the following: ‘‘(or election cycle, in the
case of an authorized committee of a candidate for
Federal office)’’;
(2) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘calendar
year (or election cycle, in the case of an authorized
committee of a candidate for Federal office)’’ and
inserting ‘‘election cycle’’; and
(3) in paragraphs (6)(B)(iii) and (6)(B)(v), by
striking ‘‘(or election cycle, in the case of an author-
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ized committee of a candidate for Federal office)’’
each place it appears.
(b) CLARIFICATION OF PERMISSIBLE USE OF FAC-
SIMILE MACHINES AND ELECTRONIC MAIL TO FILE RE-
PORTS.—Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d)(1) Any person who is required to file a report,
designation, or statement under this Act, except those re-
quired to file electronically pursuant to subsection
(a)(11)(A)(i), with respect to a contribution or expendi-
ture not later than 24 hours after the contribution or ex-
penditure is made or received may file the report, designa-
tion, or statement by facsimile device or electronic mail,
in accordance with such regulations as the Commission
may promulgate.
‘‘(2) The Commission shall make a document which
is filed electronically with the Commission pursuant to this
paragraph accessible to the public on the Internet not later
than 24 hours after the document is received by the Com-
mission.
‘‘(3) In promulgating a regulation under this para-
graph, the Commission shall provide methods (other than
requiring a signature on the document being filed) for
verifying the documents covered by the regulation. Any
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document verified under any of the methods shall be treat-
ed for all purposes (including penalties for perjury) in the
same manner as a document verified by signature.’’.
(c) TREATMENT OF LINES OF CREDIT OBTAINED BY
CANDIDATES AS COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE LOANS.—
Section 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (xiii);
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause
(xiv) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(xv) any loan of money derived from an ad-
vance on a candidate’s brokerage account, credit
card, home equity line of credit, or other line of
credit available to the candidate, if such loan is
made in accordance with applicable law and under
commercially reasonable terms and if the person
making such loan makes loans in the normal course
of the person’s business.’’.
(d) EXPEDITING AVAILABILITY
OF REPORTS
ON
LAST MINUTE FUNDS.—
(1) REQUIRING REPORTS FOR ALL CONTRIBU-
TIONS MADE WITHIN 20 DAYS OF ELECTION; RE-
QUIRING
REPORTS
TO
BE
MADE
WITHIN
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HOURS.—Section 304(a)(6)(A) of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(6)(A))
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘after the 20th day, but
more than 48 hours before any election’’ and
inserting ‘‘during the period which begins after
the 20th day before an election and ends at the
time the polls close for such election’’; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘within 48 hours after the receipt of such con-
tribution’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘not
later than 24 hours after the receipt of such
contribution or midnight of the day on which
the contribution is deposited (whichever is ear-
lier),’’.
(2) REQUIRING ACTUAL RECEIPT OF CERTAIN
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE REPORTS WITHIN 24
HOURS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 304(c)(2) of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(c)(2)) is amended in
the matter following subparagraph (C)—
(i) by striking ‘‘shall be reported’’ and
inserting ‘‘shall be filed’’; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection
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(a)(5), the time at which the statement
under this subsection is received by the
Secretary, the Commission, or any other
recipient to whom the notification is re-
quired to be sent shall be considered the
time of filing of the statement with the re-
cipient.’’.
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
304(a)(5) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(5)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii), or the second sentence of
subsection (c)(2)’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring
after January 2001.
SEC. 638. RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELATING TO
CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE MET-
ROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY.—(a)
QUALIFIED MWAA POLICE OFFICER DEFINED.—For
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified MWAA police
officer’’ means any individual who, as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act—
(1) is employed as a member of the police force
of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
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(hereinafter in this section referred to as an
‘‘MWAA police officer’’); and
(2) is subject to the Civil Service Retirement
System or the Federal Employees’ Retirement Sys-
tem by virtue of section 49107(b) of title 49, United
States Code.
(b) ELIGIBILITY TO BE TREATED AS A LAW EN-
FORCEMENT OFFICER FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any qualified MWAA police
officer may, by written election submitted in accord-
ance with applicable requirements under subsection
(c), elect to be treated as a law enforcement officer
(within the meaning of section 8331 or 8401 of title
5, United States Code, as applicable), and to have
all prior service described in paragraph (2) similarly
treated.
(2) PRIOR SERVICE DESCRIBED.—The service
described in this paragraph is all service which an
individual performed, prior to the effective date of
such individual’s election under this section, as—
(A) an MWAA police officer; or
(B) a member of the police force of the
Federal Aviation Administration (hereinafter in
this section referred to as an ‘‘FAA police offi-
cer’’).
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(c) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man-
agement shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry
out this section, including provisions relating to the time,
form, and manner in which any election under this section
shall be made. Such an election shall not be effective
unless—
(1) it is made before the employee separates
from service with the Metropolitan Washington Air-
ports Authority, but in no event later than 1 year
after the regulations under this subsection take ef-
fect; and
(2) it is accompanied by payment of an amount
equal to, with respect to all prior service of such em-
ployee which is described in subsection (b)(2)—
(A) the employee deductions that would
have been required for such service under chap-
ter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code (as
the case may be) if such election had then been
in effect, minus
(B) the total employee deductions and con-
tributions under such chapter 83 and 84 (as
applicable) that were actually made for such
service,
taking into account only amounts required to be
credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
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ability Fund. Any amount under paragraph (2) shall
be computed with interest, in accordance with sec-
tion 8334(e) of such title 5.
(d) GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Whenever a
payment under subsection (c)(2) is made by an individual
with respect to such individual’s prior service (as described
in subsection (b)(2)), the Metropolitan Washington Air-
ports Authority shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement
and Disability Fund any additional contributions for
which it would have been liable, with respect to such serv-
ice, if such individual’s election under this section had
then been in effect (and, to the extent of any prior FAA
police officer service, as if it had then been the employing
agency). Any amount under this subsection shall be com-
puted with interest, in accordance with section 8334(e) of
title 5, United States Code.
(e) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man-
agement shall accept, for the purpose of this section, the
certification of—
(1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports Au-
thority (or its designee) concerning any service per-
formed by an individual as an MWAA police officer;
and
Union Calendar No. 435
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4871
[Report No. 106–756]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Treasury Depart-
ment, the United States Postal Service, the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President, and certain Inde-
pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
JULY 18, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed