Union Calendar No. 94
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2020
[Report No. 104–183]
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, 1996, and for other purposes.
JULY 12, 1995
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 94
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2020
[Report No. 104–183]
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, 1996, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 12, 1995
Mr. LIGHTFOOT, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the follow-
ing bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of
the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,
the Executive Office of the President, and certain Inde-
pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1996, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury
Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance
of official business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official
travel expenses; not to exceed $2,950,000 to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1998, shall be available for infor-
mation technology modernization requirements; not to ex-
ceed $150,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;
$104,000,500.
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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, hire of passenger motor
vehicles; not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel ex-
penses; not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex-
pended under the direction of the Inspector General of the
Treasury; $29,319,000.
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 personnel to attend
meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities,
law enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed
$14,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
$20,273,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Director of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network may procure up to $500,000 in spe-
cialized, unique or novel automatic data processing equip-
ment, ancillary equipment, software, services, and related
resources from commercial vendors without regard to oth-
erwise applicable procurement laws and regulations and
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without full and open competition, utilizing procedures
best suited under the circumstances of the procurement
to efficiently fulfill the agency’s requirements: Provided
further, That funds appropriated in this account may be
used to procure personal services contracts.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of
the Treasury, including materials and support costs of
Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to
exceed fifty-two for police-type use) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and relat-
ed activities; uniforms without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches and pres-
entation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing
community support of law enforcement training; not to ex-
ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; room and board for student interns; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That the Cen-
ter is authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both
real and personal, and to accept services, for authorized
purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value
which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the
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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
notwithstanding any other provision of law, students at-
tending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-pro-
vided housing, insofar as available and in accordance with
Center policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated
in this account shall be available for training United
States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Post-
al police officers, at the discretion of the Director; State
and local government law enforcement training on a space-
available basis; training of foreign law enforcement offi-
cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac-
tual costs to this appropriation (except that the Director
may waive reimbursement and may pay travel expenses,
not to exceed 75 percent of the total training and travel
cost, when the Director determines that it is in the public
interest to do so); training of private sector security offi-
cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac-
tual costs to this appropriation; travel expenses of non-
Federal personnel to attend State and local course devel-
opment meetings at the Center: Provided further, That the
Center is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of
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reimbursements from agencies receiving training at the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except that
total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not ex-
ceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Center is authorized
to obligate funds to provide for site security and expansion
of antiterrorism training facilities: Provided further, That
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author-
ized to provide short term medical services for students
undergoing training at the Center; $36,070,000, of which
$8,666,000 for materials and support costs of Federal law
enforcement basic training shall remain available until
September 30, 1998.
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, $8,163,000,
to remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, 
$181,837,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$14,277,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1988 for systems modernization initiatives. In addition,
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$90,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund, to reimburse the Service for administrative and per-
sonnel expenses for financial management of the Fund,
as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.
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
six hundred and fifty vehicles for police-type use for re-
placement only and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire
of aircraft; and 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 an
assignment to the National Response Team during the in-
vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em-
ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain
overnight at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $10,000
for official reception and representation expenses; for
training of State and local law enforcement agencies with
or without reimbursement; provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim-
bursement; $391,035,000, of which not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attor-
neys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of
which $1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of
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any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for of-
ficial use by a State or local law enforcement agency if
the conveyance will be used in drug-related joint law en-
forcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms and for the payment of overtime salaries,
travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar costs
of State and local law enforcement officers that are in-
curred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able by this or any other Act may be used to implement
any reorganization of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms or transfer of the Bureau’s functions, missions,
or activities to other agencies or Departments in the fiscal
year ending on September 30, 1996: Provided further,
That no funds appropriated herein shall be available for
salaries or administrative expenses in connection with con-
solidating or centralizing, within the Department of the
Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisi-
tion and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal
firearms licensees: Provided further, That no funds appro-
priated herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses
or the compensation of any officer or employee of the
United States to implement an amendment or amend-
ments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the definition of
‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item
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from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January
1, 1994 without publishing prior notice in the Federal
Register and allowing for public comment: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be
available to investigate or act upon applications for relief
from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c):
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to in-
vestigate and act upon applications filed by corporations
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18
U.S.C. section 925(c).
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase of up to 1,000 motor vehicles
of which 960 are for replacement only, including 990 for
police-type use and commercial operations; hire of motor
vehicles; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and awards of compensation to
informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the
United States Customs Service; $1,389,829,000, 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 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
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available for payment for rental space in connection with
preclearance operations, and not to exceed $4,000,000
shall be available until expended for research: Provided,
That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal
year: Provided further, That the Commissioner of the Cus-
toms Service designate a single individual to be port direc-
tor of all United States Government activities at two ports
of entry, one on the southern border and one on the north-
ern border.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
For administrative expenses related to the collection
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law
103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and
merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac-
count for such purposes.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR AND MARINE
INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air-
craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine
Programs, including operational training and mission-re-
lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by
the air or marine interdiction or demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include: the interdiction
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of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to
Customs and other Federal, State, and local agencies in
the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the
Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the Commis-
sioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal,
State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and
emergency humanitarian efforts; $60,993,000 of which
$5,644,000 shall remain available until expended; in addi-
tion, $19,733,000 shall be transferred from the Customs
Air and Marine Interdiction Programs, Procurement Ac-
count to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception
of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been identified
as excess to Customs requirements, and aircraft which has
been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any
other Federal agency, Department, or office outside of the
Department of the Treasury, during fiscal year 1996,
without the prior approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS
(TO BE DERIVED FROM FEES COLLECTED)
Such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed
$1,406,000, for expenses for the provision of Customs
services at certain small airports or other facilities when
authorized by law and designated by the Secretary of the
Treasury, including expenditures for the salary and ex-
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penses of individuals employed to provide such services,
to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary of the
Treasury pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98–573
for each of these airports or other facilities when author-
ized by law and designated by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, and to remain available until expended.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States; $180,065,000: Provided,
That the sum appropriated herein from the General Fund
for fiscal year 1996 shall be reduced by not more than
$600,000 as definitive security issue fees are collected and
not more than $9,465,000 as Treasury Direct Investor Ac-
count Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in
a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation from the General
Fund estimated at $170,000,000.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, not otherwise provided for; including processing tax
returns; revenue accounting; providing assistance to tax-
payers, management services, and inspection; including
purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only, for po-
lice-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31
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U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner: $1,682,742,000, of which $3,700,000 shall be for
the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, no amount
of which shall be available for IRS administrative costs,
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; tax and
enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining em-
ployee plans and exempt organizations; investigation and
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col-
lecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income and compli-
ance research; the purchase (for police-type use, not to
exceed 850), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31
U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner $4,254,476,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1998 for re-
search: Provided, That $13,000,000 shall be used to initi-
ate a program to utilize private sector debt collection agen-
cies in the collection activities of the Internal Revenue
Service in compliance with section 104 of this Act.
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses for data processing and tele-
communications support for Internal Revenue Service ac-
tivities, including: tax systems modernization (modernized
developmental systems), modernized operational systems,
services and compliance, and support systems; and for the
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
as 
may 
be 
determined 
by 
the 
Commissioner;
$1,575,216,000, of which up to $185,000,000 for tax and
information systems development projects shall remain
available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated for tax systems modernization,
$70,000,000 may not be obligated until the Commissioner
of the Internal Revenue Service reports to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate on the imple-
mentation of Tax Systems Modernization.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SECTION 1. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro-
priation made available to the Internal Revenue Service
for the current fiscal year by this Act may be transferred
to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, the Internal Revenue Service
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is authorized to transfer such sums as may be necessary
between appropriations with advance approval of the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees: Provided
further, That no funds shall be transferred from the ‘‘Tax
Law Enforcement’’ account during fiscal year 1996.
SEC. 2. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute
and maintain a training program to insure that Internal
Revenue Service employees are trained in taxpayers’
rights, in dealing courteously with the taxpayers, and in
cross-cultural relations.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase (not to exceed 665 vehicles for
police-type use for replacement only) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance re-
quested by State and local governments, which may be
provided without reimbursement; services of expert wit-
nesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director;
rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, and fenc-
ing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private
or other property not in Government ownership or control,
as may be necessary to perform protective functions; for
payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to em-
ployees where a protective assignment during the actual
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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 conducting of and participating
in firearms matches; presentation of awards; and for trav-
el of Secret Service employees on protective missions with-
out regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this
or any other Act: Provided, That approval is obtained in
advance from the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations; for repairs, alterations, and minor construc-
tion at the James J. Rowley Secret Service Training Cen-
ter; for research and development; for making grants to
conduct behavioral research in support of protective re-
search and operations; not to exceed $12,500 for official
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed
$50,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to
foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit inves-
tigations; for payment in advance for commercial accom-
modations as may be necessary to perform protective func-
tions; and for uniforms without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year;
$542,461,000.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to
remain available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
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(a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $51,686,000,
of which: $33,865,000 shall be available to the United
States Customs Service for expenses associated with ‘‘Op-
eration Hardline’’; $2,221,000 to the Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network; $3,100,000 to the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms for the development and dis-
semination of ballistic technologies as part of the
‘‘Ceasefire’’ program; $10,000,000 to the United States
Secret Service; and $2,500,000 to the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia; and
(b) As authorized by section 32401, $12,200,000, for
disbursement through grants, cooperative agreements or
contracts, to local governments for Gang Resistance Edu-
cation and Training: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tions 32401 and 310001, such funds shall be allocated
only to the affected State and local law enforcement and
prevention organizations participating in such projects.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
SECTION 101. Any obligation or expenditure by the
Secretary in connection with law enforcement activities of
a Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law
enforcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the
Fund on September 30, 1996, shall be made in compliance
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with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House
and Senate reports accompanying this Act.
SEC. 102. Appropriations to the Treasury Depart-
ment in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), in-
cluding maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
general purchase price limitation for vehicles purchased
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appro-
priations in this Act for the Department of the Treasury
may be transferred between such appropriations. Notwith-
standing any authority to transfer funds between appro-
priations contained in this or any other Act, no transfer
may increase or decrease any appropriation in this Act by
more than 2 per centum and any such proposed transfers
shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate.
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated by this
title shall be used in connection with the collection of any
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underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees
of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such
collection, including any private sector employees under
contract to the Internal Revenue Service, complies with
subsection (a) of section 805 (relating to communications
in connection with debt collection), and section 806 (relat-
ing to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692).
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute policies and procedures which will safeguard the con-
fidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 106. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1996 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.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
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sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
States Code; $85,080,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
Provided further, That six-day delivery and rural delivery
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to
the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement
any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or
employee of any State or local child support enforcement
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local
program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
tion requested or provided concerning an address of a
postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close
small rural and other small post offices in the fiscal year
ending on September 30, 1996.
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR
NONFUNDED LIABILITIES
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting
the liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the
Employees’ Compensation Fund pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
2004, $36,828,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 1996’’.
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TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102; $250,000: Provided, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of
title 31 of the United States Code: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available for official expenses shall
be considered as taxable to the President.
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;
including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C.
105, which shall be expended and accounted for as pro-
vided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles,
newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel
(not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); not to exceed $19,000
for official entertainment expenses, to be available for allo-
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cation within the Executive Office of the President;
$39,459,000.
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at
the White House and official entertainment expenses of
the President; $7,522,000, to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109–110, 112–114.
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,
heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures,
of the official residence of the Vice President, the hire of
passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $90,000 for
official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to
be accounted for solely on his certificate; $324,000: Pro-
vided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this
appropriation may be made to any department or agency
for expenses of carrying out such activities.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President
to provide assistance to the President in connection with
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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; $3,175,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel-
opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, and 3 U.S.C. 107; $3,867,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; $6,459,000.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion; $25,736,000, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $55,426,000, of
which no more than $6,631,000 shall be available for the
Office of National Security and International Affairs, no
more than $6,699,000 shall be available for the Office of
General Government and Finance, no more than
$7,368,000 shall be available for the Office of Natural Re-
sources, Energy and Science, no more than $4,085,000
shall be available for the Office of Health and Personnel,
no more than $3,867,000 shall be available for the Office
of Human Resources, no more than $2,325,000 shall be
available for the Office of Federal Financial Management,
no more than $5,198,000 shall be available for the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, no more than
$2,407,000 shall be available for the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy, no more than $16,912,000 shall be
available for the Office of the Director, the Office of the
Deputy Director, the Office of the Deputy Director for
Management, the Office of Communications, the Office of
the General Counsel, the Office of Legislative Affairs, the
Office of Economic Policy, the Office of Administration,
the Legislative Reference Division, and the Budget Review
Division, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be avail-
able to carry out the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35:
Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appro-
priations shall be applied only to the objects for which ap-
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propriations 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 mar-
keting orders or any activities 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 Manage-
ment 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 Manage-
ment and Budget, before the Committee on Appropria-
tions or the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs or their sub-
committees: Provided further, That this proviso shall not
apply to printed hearings released by the Committee on
Appropriations or the Committee 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
title I of Public Law 100–690; not to exceed $8,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; for partici-
pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on
matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or
public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
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bursement; $20,062,000, of which $10,200,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be available to the Counter-
Drug Technology Assessment Center for counternarcotics
research and development projects and shall be available
for transfer to other Federal departments or agencies, and
of which $600,000 shall be transferred to the Drug En-
forcement Administration for the El Paso Intelligence
Center: Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept,
hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal,
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the
Office.
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
For expenses necessary to enable the President to
meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national
interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or
abroad during the current fiscal year; $1,000,000.
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, $104,000,000 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 $52,000,000 shall be transferred to State and
local entities for drug control activities; and of which up
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to $52,000,000 may be transferred to Federal agencies
and departments at a rate to be determined by the Direc-
tor; and of which up to $3,000,000 may be available to
the Director for transfer to Federal agencies, or State and
local entities, or non-profit organizations to support spe-
cial demonstration projects that provide systematic pro-
gramming to reduce drug use and trafficking in des-
ignated targeted areas: Provided, That the funds made
available under this head shall be obligated within 90 days
of the date of enactment of this Act, except those funds
made available to the Director to support special dem-
onstration projects which shall be obligated by June 1,
1996.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Ap-
propriations Act, 1996’’.
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
established by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–
28; $1,682,000.
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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; $26,521,000, of which no less than $1,500,000 shall
be available for internal automated data processing sys-
tems, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated for automated data proc-
essing systems may be obligated until the Chairman of the
Federal Election Commission provides to the House Com-
mittee on Appropriations a systems requirements analysis
on the development of such a system.
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;
$19,742,000: 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
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(5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in
the Government service, and compensation as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account,
to be available without further appropriation for the costs
of carrying out these conferences.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
The revenues and collections deposited into the Fund
established pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as
amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,
maintenance, and protection of Federally owned and
leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Co-
lumbia; restoration of leased premises; moving govern-
mental agencies (including space adjustments and tele-
communications relocation expenses) in connection with
the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contrac-
tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings,
and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned build-
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ings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances;
care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation,
demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and
sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise author-
ized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings
and sites; conversion and extension of Federally owned
buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by
contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (in-
cluding equipment for such buildings); and payment of
principal, interest, taxes, and any other obligations for
public buildings acquired by installment purchase and pur-
chase 
contract, 
in 
the 
aggregate 
amount 
of
$5,066,822,000, of which (1) not to exceed $367,777,000
shall remain available until expended for construction of
additional projects at locations and at maximum construc-
tion improvement costs (including funds for sites and ex-
penses and associated design and construction services) as
follows:
New Construction:
Colorado:
Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, U.S.
Geological Survey Lab Building, $10,321,000
Florida:
Tallahassee, 
U.S. 
Courthouse 
Annex,
$9,606,000
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Georgia:
Savannah, 
U.S. 
Courthouse 
Annex,
$1,039,000
Louisiana:
Lafayette, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, $11,826,000
Maryland:
Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties,
Food and Drug Administration, Phase II,
$65,764,000
Nebraska:
Omaha, Federal Building and U.S. Court-
house, $21,370,000
Nevada:
Las Vegas, U.S. Courthouse, $38,404,000
New Mexico:
Albuquerque, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, $2,450,000
New York:
Brooklyn, U.S. Courthouse, $49,040,000
Central Islip, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, $75,641,000
North Dakota:
Pembina, Border Station, $4,445,000
Ohio:
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Youngstown, U.S. Courthouse, $6,974,000
Pennsylvania:
Scranton, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse Annex, $9,638,000
South Carolina:
Columbia, 
U.S. 
Courthouse 
Annex,
$1,425,000
Texas:
Austin, 
Veterans 
Affairs 
Annex,
$3,176,000
Brownsville, Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, $10,981,000
Washington:
Blaine, U.S. Border Station, $6,168,000
Point 
Roberts, 
U.S. 
Border 
Station,
$1,406,000
West Virginia:
Martinsburg, Internal Revenue Service
Computer Center, $25,363,000
Non-Prospectus 
Projects 
Program,
$12,740,000:
Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits
of costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to
the extent that savings are effected in other such projects,
but not to exceed 10 per centum unless advanced approval
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is obtained from the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further,
That the $6,000,000 under the heading of non-prospectus
construction projects, made available in Public Laws 102–
393 and 103–123 for the acquisition, lease, construction
and equipping of flexiplace work telecommuting centers,
is hereby increased by $5,000,000 from funds made avail-
able in this Act for non-prospectus construction projects,
all of which shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That of the $5,000,000 made available by
this Act, half shall be used for telecommuting centers in
the State of Virginia and half shall be used for
telecommuting centers in the State of Maryland: Provided
further, That all funds for direct construction projects
shall expire on September 30, 1997, and remain in the
Federal Buildings Fund except funds for projects as to
which funds for design or other funds have been obligated
in whole or in part prior to such date: Provided further,
That claims against the Government of less than
$250,000 arising from direct construction projects, acqui-
sitions of buildings and purchase contract projects pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, be liquidated with prior notifi-
cation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate to the extent savings are effected in other such
projects; (2) not to exceed $713,086,000 shall remain
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available until expended, for repairs and alterations which
includes associated design and construction services: Pro-
vided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,
be limited to the amount by project as follows, except each
project may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10
per centum unless advance approval is obtained from the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate
of a greater amount:
Repairs and Alterations:
Arkansas:
Little Rock, Federal Building, $7,551,000
California:
Sacramento, Federal Building (2800 Cottage
Way), $13,636,000
Colorado:
Lakewood, Denver Federal Center Building 25,
$29,351,000
District of Columbia:
Heating Plant Stacks, $11,141,000
Lafayette Building, $33,157,000
ICC/Connecting Wing Complex/Customs (phase
2/3), $58,275,000
Treasury Department Building, Repair and Al-
teration, $7,194,000
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White House, Roof Repair and Restoration,
$2,220,000
Illinois:
Chicago, Federal Center, $45,971,000
Maryland:
Woodlawn, SSA East High-Low Buildings,
$17,422,000
New York:
New York, Silvio V. Mollo Federal Building,
$4,182,000
North Dakota:
Bismarck, Federal Building, Post Office and
U.S. Courthouse, $7,119,000
Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia, SSA Building, Mid-Atlantic Pro-
gram Service Center, $11,376,000
Puerto Rico:
Old San Juan, Post Office and U.S. Court-
house, $25,701,000
Texas:
Dallas, 
Federal 
Building 
(Griffin 
St.),
$5,641,000
Washington:
Richland, Federal Building, U.S. Post Office
and Courthouse, $12,724,000
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Nationwide:
Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $50,430,000
Elevator Program, $13,109,000
Energy Program, $25,000,000
Advance Design, $24,608,000
Basic Repairs and Alterations, $307,278,000: Pro-
vided further, That additional projects for which
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded
under this category only if advance approval is obtained
from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate: Provided further, That the difference between the
funds appropriated and expended on any projects in this
or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter-
ations’’, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
projects: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and
alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September
30, 1997, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund ex-
cept funds for projects as to which funds for design or
other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior
to such date: Provided further, That of the funds provided
for Advanced Design, $100,000 shall be made available
for architectural design studies for renovation of the Na-
tional 
Veterinary 
Services 
Laboratory 
and 
a
biocontainment facility at the National Animal Disease
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Center, Ames, Iowa: Provided further, That the amount
provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and
Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Govern-
ment arising from any projects under the heading ‘‘Re-
pairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized in-
creases in prospectus projects; (3) not to exceed
$181,963,000 for installment acquisition payments includ-
ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
available until expended; (4) not to exceed $2,341,100,000
for rental of space which shall remain available until ex-
pended; and (5) not to exceed $1,389,463,000 for building
operations which shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That funds available to the General
Services Administration shall not be available for expenses
in connection with any construction, repair, alteration, and
acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by
the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not
been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex-
pended for each project for required expenses in connec-
tion with the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
vided further, That the General Services Administration
shall establish a ‘‘Federal Triangle Office’’ reporting di-
rectly to the Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service
for the purpose of completing the design and construction
of the Federal Triangle Building: Provided further, That
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the Federal Triangle Office shall continue to utilize the
procurement and operating procedures established for the
project pursuant to the Federal Triangle Development Act
(40 U.S.C. 1104), and to implement and enforce the De-
velopment Agreement and other contracts and agreements
developed for the project: Provided further, That the Ad-
ministrator is authorized to enter into and perform such
leases, contracts, or other transactions with any agency
or instrumentality of the United States, the several States
or the District of Columbia, or with any person, firm, as-
sociation, or corporation as may be necessary to imple-
ment the Federal Triangle Project: Provided further, That
for the purposes of this authorization, buildings con-
structed pursuant to the purchase contract authority of
the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C.
602a), buildings occupied pursuant to installment pur-
chase contracts, and buildings under the control of an-
other department or agency where alterations of such
buildings are required in connection with the moving of
such other department or agency from buildings then, or
thereafter to be, under the control of the General Services
Administration shall be considered to be federally owned
buildings: Provided further, That funds available in the
Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency
repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Pro-
vided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim-
bursable special services to other agencies under section
210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6))
and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, light-
ing, guard booths, and other facilities 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, as amended, shall be available from such revenues
and collections: Provided further, That revenues and col-
lections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during
fiscal year 1996, excluding reimbursements under section
210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of
$5,066,822,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not
be available for expenditure except as authorized in appro-
priations Acts.
POLICY AND OVERSIGHT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
government-wide policy and oversight activities associated
with asset management, property management, supply
management, travel and transportation, telecommuni-
cations and information technology; to fund the Board of
Contract Appeals; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
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and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; $62,499,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, necessary for utilization of excess and surplus
personal property; transportation; procurement; supply;
and information technology activities; the utilization sur-
vey, deed compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental
and cultural analysis, and land use planning functions per-
taining to excess and surplus real property; accounting,
records management, and other support services incident
to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United
States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,130,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$32,549,000: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall
be available for payment for information and detection of
fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards
to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens
in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
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ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
PRESIDENTS
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August
25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public
Law 95–138; $2,181,000: 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 PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 1. The appropriate appropriation or fund
available to the General Services Administration shall be
credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part
of rentals received from Government corporations pursu-
ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
SEC. 2. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
SEC. 3. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made
available for fiscal year 1996 for Federal Buildings Fund
activities may be transferred between such activities only
to the extent necessary to meet program requirements.
Any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen-
ate.
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SEC. 4. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 1997 request for United
States Courthouse construction that does not meet the
standards for construction as established by the General
Services Administration and the Office of Management
and Budget and does not reflect the priorities of the Ad-
ministrative Office of the Courts as set out in its approved
five-year construction plan.
SEC. 5. The Administrator of General Services is au-
thorized to accept and retain income received by the Gen-
eral Services Administration on or after October 1, 1993,
from Federal agencies and non-Federal sources, to defray
costs directly associated with the functions of flexiplace
work telecommuting centers.
SEC. 6. Of the $11,000,000 made available by this
Act and Public Laws 102–393 and 103–123 for flexiplace
work telecommuting centers, not less than $2,200,000
shall be available for immediate transfer to the Charles
County Community College, to provide facilities, equip-
ment, and other services to the General Services Adminis-
tration for the purposes of establishing telecommuting
work centers in Southern Maryland (Charles, Calvert, and
St. Mary’s County) for use by Government agencies des-
ignated by the Administrator of General Services: Pro-
vided, That the language providing authority to pay a pub-
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lic entity in the State of Maryland, not to exceed
$1,300,000 for the purpose of establishing telecommuting
work centers in Southern Maryland, under the heading
‘‘Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Availability of
Revenue’’ in Public Law 103–329 (108 Stat. 2400), is
hereby repealed.
SEC. 7. Not to exceed 5 percent of funds made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and ‘‘Office
of Policy and Oversight’’ may be transferred between such
appropriations upon the advance approval of the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW
BOARD
For necessary expenses to carry out the John F. Ken-
nedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,
$2,150,000.
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,
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$21,129,000, together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for
administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals
to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys-
tems Protection Board.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and 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, $193,291,000: Pro-
vided, That the Archivist of the United States is author-
ized to use any excess funds available from the amount
borrowed for construction of the National Archives facil-
ity, for expenses necessary to move into the facility.
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
COMMISSION
GRANTS PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
historical publications and records as authorized by 44
U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $4,000,000 to remain available
until expended.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978, as amended by Public Law 100–
598, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–
194, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; $7,776,000.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, medical examinations performed for veterans
by private physicians on a fee basis, rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of
passenger motor vehicles, not to exceed $2,500 for official
reception and representation expenses, and advances for
reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management and the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion for expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422
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of January 9, 1953, as amended; $85,524,000 and in ad-
dition $102,536,000 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 health benefits print-
ing, for the retirement and insurance programs, of which
$11,300,000 shall be transferred at such times as the Of-
fice of Personnel Management deems appropriate, and
shall remain available until expended for the costs of auto-
mating the retirement recordkeeping systems, together
with remaining amounts authorized in previous Acts for
the recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the provisions
of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use
applicable 
trust 
funds 
as 
provided 
by 
section
8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code: Provided
further, That, except as may be consistent with 5 U.S.C.
8902a(f)(1) and (i), no payment may be made from the
Employees Health Benefits Fund to any physician, hos-
pital, or other provider of health care services or supplies
who is, at the time such services or supplies are provided
to an individual covered under chapter 89 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code, excluded, pursuant to section 1128 or
1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7–
1320a–7a), from participation in any program under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.):
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Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall
be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Exam-
ining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management estab-
lished pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943,
or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further,
That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
lows, established by Executive Order 11183 of October 3,
1964, may, during the fiscal year ending September 30,
1996, 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: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to
pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any
officer or employee of the United States to implement a
reduction in force in the Office of Federal Investigations
prior to June 30, 1996.
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:
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$4,009,000, and in addition, not to exceed $6,181,000 for
administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel
Management’s retirement and insurance programs, to be
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office
of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES
HEALTH BENEFITS
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal
Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend-
ed, $3,746,337,000 to remain available until expended.
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-
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nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv-
ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may
be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the
Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August
19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–75), may hereafter
be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
SECTION 1. Section 1104 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(except competitive
examinations for administrative law judges
appointed under section 3105 of this
title)’’; and
(ii) by striking the semicolon at the
end of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu
thereof a period; and
(B) by striking the matter following para-
graph (2) through ‘‘principles.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
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‘‘(4) At the request of the head of an agency
to whom a function has been delegated under sub-
section (a)(2), the Office may provide assistance to
the agency in performing such function. Such assist-
ance shall, to the extent determined appropriate by
the Director of the Office, be performed on a reim-
bursable basis through the revolving fund established
under section 1304(e).’’.
SEC. 2. Subparagraph (B) of section 8348(a)(1) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘in making an allotment or as-
signment made by an individual under section
8345(h) or 8465(b) of this title,’’ after ‘‘law),’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘title 26;’’ and inserting ‘‘title
26 or section 8345(k) or 8469 of this title;’’.
SEC. 3. Section 4(a) of the Federal Workforce Re-
structuring Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–226; 108 Stat.
111) is amended—
(1) by deleting ‘‘FISCAL YEARS 1994 AND
1995’’ and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘‘VOLUNTARY
SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—’’; and
(2) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘and before
October 1, 1995,’’.
SEC. 4. Title 5, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in the second section designated as section
3329 (as added by section 4431(a) of Public Law
102–484)—
(A) by redesignating such section as sec-
tion 3330; and
(B) by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(f) The Office may, to the extent it determines ap-
propriate, charge such fees to agencies for services pro-
vided under this section and for related Federal employ-
ment information. The Office shall retain such fees to pay
the costs of providing such services and information.’’; and
(2) in the table of sections for chapter 33 by
amending the second item relating to section 3329
to read as follows:
‘‘3330. Government-wide list of vacant positions.’’.
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
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expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; $7,840,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
$32,899,000: 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, 1996’’.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
THIS ACT
SECTION 501. No part of any appropriation made
available in this Act shall be used for the purchase or sale
of real estate or for the purpose of establishing new offices
inside or outside the District of Columbia: Provided, That
this limitation shall not apply to programs which have
been approved by the Congress and appropriations made
therefor.
SEC. 502. 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. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
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services from a sheltered workshop prior to offering such
services for competitive procurement.
SEC. 505. 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. 506. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available for the purpose of transferring con-
trol over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out
of the Treasury Department.
SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not heretofore authorized by the
Congress.
SEC. 508. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for the payment of the salary
of any officer or employee of the United States Postal
Service, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee
of the United States Postal Service from having any
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direct oral or written communication or contact with
any Member or committee of Congress in connection
with any matter pertaining to the employment of
such officer or employee or pertaining to the United
States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such officer or employee or in response to
the request or inquiry of such Member or committee;
or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any officer or employee of the United
States Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to
commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to
such officer or employee, by reason of any commu-
nication or contact of such officer or employee with
any Member or committee of Congress as described
in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
SEC. 509. Funds under this Act shall be available as
authorized by sections 4501–4506 of title 5, United States
Code, when the achievement involved is certified, or when
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an award for such achievement is otherwise payable, in
accordance with such sections. Such funds may not be
used for any purpose with respect to which the preceding
sentence relates beyond fiscal year 1996.
SEC. 510. The Office of Personnel Management may,
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, accept
donations of supplies, services, land and equipment for the
Federal Executive Institute, the Federal Quality Institute,
and Management Development Centers to assist in en-
hancing the quality of Federal management.
SEC. 511. The United States Secret Service may,
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, accept
donations of money to off-set costs incurred while protect-
ing former Presidents and spouses of former Presidents
when the former President or spouse travels for the pur-
pose of making an appearance or speech for a payment
of money or any thing of value.
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to withdraw the designation of the Vir-
ginia Inland Port at Front Royal, Virginia, as a United
States Customs Service port of entry.
SEC. 513. 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
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Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his period of active military or naval service and
has within ninety days after his release from such service
or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a
period of not more than one year made application for res-
toration to his former position and has been certified by
the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to
perform the duties of his former position and has not been
restored thereto.
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to provide any non-public information
such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any
organization outside of the Federal Government without
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations.
SEC. 515. COMPLIANCE
WITH
BUY
AMERICAN
ACT.—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 sec-
tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C.
10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
SEC. 516. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.—(a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip-
ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased
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with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the
sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist-
ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only
American-made equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of
the assistance a notice describing the statement made in
subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 517. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.—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 inscription 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, suspension, and ineligibility procedures
described in section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code
of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 518. Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 1996 from
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
for fiscal year 1996 in this Act, shall remain available
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through September 30, 1997 for each such account for
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such
funds.
SEC. 519. Where appropriations in this Act are ex-
pendable for travel expenses of employees and no specific
limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for
such travel expenses may not exceed the amount set forth
therefore in the budget estimates submitted for appropria-
tions without the advance approval of the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this
section shall not apply to travel performed by uncompen-
sated officials of local boards and appeal boards in the
Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in
connection with care and treatment of medical bene-
ficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel
of the Office of Personnel Management in carrying out
its observation responsibilities of the Voting Rights Act;
or to payments to interagency motor pools separately set
forth in the budget schedules.
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or regulation: (1) The authority of the special police offi-
cers of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in the
Washington, DC Metropolitan area, extends to buildings
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and land under the custody and control of the Bureau;
to buildings and land acquired by or for the Bureau
through lease, unless otherwise provided by the acquisition
agency; to the streets, sidewalks and open areas imme-
diately adjacent to the Bureau along Wallenberg Place
(15th Street) and 14th Street between Independence and
Maine Avenues and C and D Streets between 12th and
14th Streets; to areas which include surrounding parking
facilities used by Bureau employees, including the lots at
12th and C Streets, SW, Maine Avenue and Water
Streets, SW, Maiden Lane, the Tidal Basin and East Po-
tomac Park; to the protection in transit of United States
securities, plates and dies used in the production of United
States securities, or other products or implements of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing which the Director of
that agency so designates; (2) The exercise of police au-
thority by Bureau officers, with the exception of the exer-
cise of authority upon property under the custody and con-
trol of the Bureau, shall be deemed supplementary to the
Federal police force with primary jurisdictional respon-
sibility. This authority shall be in addition to any other
law enforcement authority which has been provided to
these officers under other provisions of law or regulations.
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SEC. 521. Section 5378 of Title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding: ‘‘(8) Chief—not more than
the maximum rate payable for GS–14.’’
SEC. 522. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, there is hereby established in the Treasury of the
United States, a United States Mint Public Enterprise
Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’): Provided, That all receipts from Mint
operations and programs, including the production and
sale of numismatic items, the production and sale of cir-
culating coinage, the protection of Government assets, and
gifts and bequests of property, real or personal shall be
deposited into the Fund and shall be available without fis-
cal year limitations: Provided further, That all expenses
incurred by the Secretary of the Treasury for operations
and programs of the United States Mint that the Sec-
retary of the Treasury determines, in the Secretary’s sole
discretion, to be ordinary and reasonable incidents of Mint
operations and programs, and any expense incurred pur-
suant to any obligation or other commitment of Mint oper-
ations and programs that was entered into before the es-
tablishment of the Fund, shall be paid out of the Fund:
Provided further, That not to exceed 6.2415 percent of the
nominal value of the coins minted, shall be paid out of
the Fund for the circulating coin operations and pro-
grams: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treas-
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ury may borrow such funds from the General Fund as may
be necessary to meet existing liabilities and obligations in-
curred prior to the receipt of revenues into the Fund and
the General Fund shall be reimbursed for such funds by
the Fund within one year of the date of the loan and re-
tain receipts from the Federal Reserve System from the
sale of circulating coins at face value for deposit into the
Fund; and transfer to the Fund all assets and liabilities
of the Mint operations and programs, including all Numis-
matic Public Enterprise Fund assets and liabilities, all re-
ceivables, unpaid obligations and unobligated balances
from the Mint’s appropriation, the Coinage Profit Fund,
and the Coinage Metal Fund, and the land and buildings
of the Philadelphia Mint, Denver Mint, and the Fort Knox
Bullion Depository: Provided further, That the Numis-
matic Public Enterprise Fund, the Coinage Profit Fund
and the Coinage Metal Fund shall cease to exist as sepa-
rate funds as their activites and functions are subsumed
under and subject to the Fund, and the requirements of
31 USC 5134(c)(4), (c)(5)(B), and (d) and (e) of the Nu-
mismatic Public Enterprise Fund shall apply to the Fund:
Provided further, That at such times as the Secretary of
the Treasury determines appropriate, but not less than an-
nually, any amount in the Fund that is determined to be
in excess of the amount required by the Fund shall be
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transferred to the Treasury for deposit as miscellaneous
receipts: Provided further, That the term ‘‘Mint operations
and programs’’ means (1) the activities concerning, and
assets utilized in, the production, administration, distribu-
tion, marketing, purchase, sale, and management of coin-
age, numismatic items, the protection and safeguarding
of Mint assets and those non-Mint assets in the custody
of the Mint, and the Fund; and (2) includes capital, per-
sonnel salaries and compensation, functions relating to op-
erations, marketing, distribution, promotion, advertising,
official reception and representation, the acquisition or re-
placement of equipment, the renovation or modernization
of facilities, and the construction or acquisition of new
buildings: Provided further, That the term ‘‘numismatic
item’’ means any medal, proof coin, uncirculated coin, bul-
lion coin, or other coin specifically designated by statute
as a numismatic item, including products and accessories
related to any such medal, coin, or item.
SEC. 523. Section 531 of Public Law 103–329, is
amended by inserting, ‘‘of the first section’’, after ‘‘adding
at the end’’.
SEC. 524. 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
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Federal employees health benefit program which provides
any benefits or coverage for abortions.
SEC. 525. The provision of section 524 shall not
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered
if the fetus were carried to term.
SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Administrator of General Services shall delegate
the authority to procure automatic data processing equip-
ment for the Tax Systems Modernization Program to the
Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall have the au-
thority to revoke such delegation upon the written rec-
ommendation of the Administrator that the Secretary’s
actions under such delegation are inconsistent with the
goals of economic and efficient procurement and utiliza-
tion of automatic data processing equipment: Provided
further, That for all other purposes, a procurement con-
ducted under such delegation shall be treated as if made
under a delegation by the Administrator pursuant to 40
U.S.C. 759.
SEC. 527. RELIEF OF CERTAIN PERIODICAL PUBLI-
CATIONS.—For mail classification purposes under section
3626 of title 39, United States Code, and any regulations
of the United States Postal Service for the administration
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of that section, a weekly second-class periodical publica-
tion which—
(i) is eligible to publish legal notices under any
applicable laws of the State where it is published;
(ii) is eligible to be mailed at the rates for mail
under former subsection 4358 (a), (b), and (c) of
title 39, United States Code, as limited by current
subsection 3626(g) of that title; and
(iii) the pages of which were customarily se-
cured by 2 staples before March 19, 1989;
shall not be considered to be a bound publication solely
because its pages continue to be secured by 2 staples after
that date.
SEC. 528. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for employee training that does not
meet identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
SEC. 529. (a) Prior to February 15, 1996, none of
the funds appropriated by this Act may, with respect to
an individual employed by the Bureau of the Public Debt
in the Washington metropolitan region on April 10, 1991,
be used to separate, reduce the grade or pay of, or carry
out any other adverse personnel action against such indi-
vidual for declining to accept a directed reassignment to
a position outside such region, pursuant to a transfer of
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any such Bureau’s operations or functions to Parkersburg,
West Virginia.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any
individual who, prior to February 15, 1996, declines an
offer of another position in the Department of the Treas-
ury which is of at least equal pay and which is within the
Washington metropolitan region.
TITLE VI—GOVERNMENTWIDE GENERAL
PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
SECTION 601. Funds appropriated in this or any
other Act may be used to pay travel to the United States
for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in
cases of death or life threatening illness of said employee.
SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 1996 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. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1345, any
agency, department or instrumentality of the United
States which provides or proposes to provide child care
services for Federal employees may reimburse any Federal
employee or any person employed to provide such services
for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses in-
curred for training classes, conferences or other meetings
in connection with the provision of such services: Provided,
That any per diem allowance made pursuant to this sec-
tion shall not exceed the rate specified in regulations pre-
scribed pursuant to section 5707 of title 5, United States
Code.
SEC. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year
in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946
(60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor
vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement,
and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at
$8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum
shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex-
ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles,
and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may not be exceeded by more than five percent for
electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration
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under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle
Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section
may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter-
native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law
101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled
vehicles.
SEC. 605. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel or for the expenses
of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for
quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in ac-
cordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–24.
SEC. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year no part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the
United States (including any agency the majority of the
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United
States unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United
States, (2) is a person in the service of the United States
on the date of enactment of this Act who, being eligible
for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and
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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, or
(5) South Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian refugees
paroled in the United States after January 1, 1975, or
(6) nationals of the People’s Republic of China that qual-
ify 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
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 one 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, the Republic of the Philippines or to nationals
of those countries allied with the United States in the cur-
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rent defense effort, or to international broadcasters em-
ployed by the United States Information Agency, or to
temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em-
ployment in the field service (not to exceed sixty days) as
a result of emergencies.
SEC. 607. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General
Services Administration for charges for space and services
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements
performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of
1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments
of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.
SEC. 608. In addition to funds provided in this or
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.
Such funds shall be available until expended for the follow-
ing purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention
and recycling programs as described in Executive
Order 12873 (October 20, 1993), including any such
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programs adopted prior to the effective date of the
Executive Order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including but not limited to, the
development and implementation of hazardous waste
management and pollution prevention programs.
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the
Federal agency.
SEC. 609. Funds made available by this or any other
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available,
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be
correspondingly reduced.
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation for the cur-
rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall
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be paid to any person for the filling of any position for
which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has
voted not to approve the nomination of said person.
SEC. 611. Any department or agency to which the
Administrator of General Services has delegated the au-
thority to operate, maintain or repair any building or facil-
ity pursuant to section 205(d) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, shall
retain that portion of the GSA rental payment available
for operation, maintenance or repair of the building or fa-
cility, as determined by the Administrator, and expend
such funds directly for the operation, maintenance or re-
pair of the building or facility. Any funds retained under
this section shall remain available until expended for such
purposes.
SEC. 612. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of
July 15, 1952 (66 Stat. 662), foreign credits (including
currencies) owed to or owned by the United States may
be used by Federal agencies for any purpose for which
appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (in-
cluding the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing
the use of such credits), only when reimbursement therefor
is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations
of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits re-
ceived as exchanged allowances or proceeds of sales of per-
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sonal property may be used in whole or part payment for
acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the man-
ner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the
Treasury.
SEC. 613. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency
financing of boards, commissions, councils, committees, or
similar groups (whether or not they are interagency enti-
ties) which do not have a prior and specific statutory ap-
proval to receive financial support from more than one
agency or instrumentality.
SEC. 614. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the ‘‘Postal Service Fund’’ (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall
be available for employment of guards for all buildings and
areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under
the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such
guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow-
ers of special policemen provided by the first section of
the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40
U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied by
the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the
same actions as the Administrator of General Services
may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the
Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C.
318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under
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the authority and within the limits provided in section 4
of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281;
40 U.S.C. 318c).
SEC. 615. None of the funds made available pursuant
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement,
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the Unit-
ed States.
SEC. 616. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,
no part of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal
year ending on September 30, 1996, by this or any other
Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee de-
scribed in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States
Code—
(1) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by section 617 of the
Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
Appropriations Act, 1995, until the normal effective
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that
is to take effect in fiscal year 1996, in an amount
that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable
grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in
accordance with such section 617; and
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(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 1996, 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 1996 under section 5303 of
title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
under the General Schedule; and
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based comparabil-
ity payments taking effect in fiscal year 1996
under section 5304 of such title (whether by
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver-
age percentage of such payments which was ef-
fective in fiscal year 1995 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.
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(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,
1995, 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,
1995, 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, 1995.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision
of law (including section 8431 of title 5, United States
Code, and any rule or regulation that provides premium
pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee ben-
efit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that
imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a
rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay
payable after the application of this section shall be treat-
ed as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by
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this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be
payable were this section not in effect.
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees.
SEC. 617. During the period in which the head of
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian
employee of the Government appointed by the President
of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re-
decorate the office of such department head, agency head,
officer or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im-
provements for any such office, unless advance notice of
such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen-
ate. For the purposes of this section, the word ‘‘office’’
shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi-
vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the
individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the
individual.
SEC. 618. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
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tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 619. (a) No amount of any grant made by a
Federal agency shall be used to finance the acquisition of
goods or services (including construction services) unless
the recipient of the grant agrees, as a condition for the
receipt of such grant, to—
(1) specify in any announcement of the award-
ing of the contract for the procurement of the goods
and services involved (including construction serv-
ices) the amount of Federal funds that will be used
to finance the acquisition; and
(2) express the amount announced pursuant to
paragraph (1) as a percentage of the total costs of
the planned acquisition.
(b) The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply
to a procurement for goods or services (including construc-
tion services) that has an aggregate value of less than
$500,000.
SEC. 620. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, funds made available for fiscal year
1996 by this or any other Act shall be available for the
interagency funding of national security and emergency