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line-item construction and repairs and alterations projects
in this Act shall be available for expenses in connection
with any construction, repair and alteration, and acquisi-
tion project for which a prospectus, if required by the Pub-
lic Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not been ap-
proved, except that necessary funds may be expended for
each project for required expenses in connection with the
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further,
That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may
be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval
is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate: Provided further, That amounts nec-
essary to provide reimbursable special services to other
agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40
U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide such reimburs-
able fencing, lighting, 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 avail-
able from such revenues and collections: Provided further,
That revenues and collections and any other sums accru-
ing to this Fund during fiscal year 1995, excluding reim-
bursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Prop-
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erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
490(f)(6)) in excess of $4,973,825,520 shall remain in the
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as
authorized in appropriations Acts.
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
new construction in Public Law 103–123, the Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994, $4,900,000 are re-
scinded for the following projects in the following
amounts:
Iowa:
Burlington, 
Federal 
Parking 
Facility,
$2,400,000
Indiana:
Hammond, U.S. Courthouse, $2,500,000.
Of the funds made available under this heading for
new construction in Public Law 102–393, the Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993, $24,295,000 are re-
scinded for the following projects in the following
amounts:
District of Columbia:
United States Secret Service, Headquarters,
$13,958,000
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White House Remote Delivery and Vehicle
Maintenance Facilities, $4,918,000
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Field Office,
$4,419,000
Florida:
Hollywood, Federal Building, $1,000,000.
Of the funds made available under this heading for
new construction in Public Law 101–509, the Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, $30,100,000 are re-
scinded for the following project in the following amount:
Maryland:
Prince George’s County, Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, Headquarters, $30,100,000.
Of the funds made available under this heading for
new construction in Public Law 100–440, the Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989, $4,400,000 is re-
scinded for the following project in the following amount:
Florida:
Lakeland, Federal Building, $4,400,000.
Of the funds made available under this heading for
repairs and alterations in Public Law 103–123, the Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994, $4,715,000
are rescinded for the following projects in the following
amounts:
Arizona:
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Lukeville, 
Commercial 
Lot 
Expansion,
$1,219,000
San Luis, Primary lane expansion and adminis-
trative office space, $3,496,000.
Of the funds made available under this heading for
repairs and alterations in Public Law 101–509, the Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, $7,707,000
are rescinded for the following projects in the following
amounts:
New Mexico:
Santa Teresa, New Border Station, $6,000,000
Texas:
Del Rio, Border Station, $1,707,000.
Of the funds made available under this heading for
repairs and alterations in Public Law 101–136, the Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990, $2,088,000
are rescinded for the following project in the following
amount:
New Mexico:
Santa Teresa, New Border Station, $2,088,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, necessary for asset management activities; utili-
zation of excess and disposal of surplus personal property;
transportation management activities; procurement and
supply management activities; Government-wide and in-
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ternal responsibilities relating to automated data manage-
ment, telecommunications, information resources manage-
ment, and related activities; the Information Security
Oversight Office established pursuant to Executive Order
No. 12356; the utilization survey, deed compliance inspec-
tion, appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, and
land use planning functions pertaining to excess and sur-
plus real property; agency-wide policy direction; Board of
Contract Appeals; 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; and not
to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; $123,020,000: Provided, That of the offsetting
collections credited to this account, $172,000 are perma-
nently canceled.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$33,090,000: 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
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in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
PRESIDENTS
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August
25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public
Law 95–138; $2,215,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary
of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of such Acts.
EXPENSES OF TRANSPORTATION AUDIT CONTRACTS AND
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
Amounts otherwise available for obligation in fiscal
year 1995 are reduced by $30,000.
GENERAL SUPPLY FUND
Of the offsetting collections credited to this account,
$1,009,000 are permanently canceled.
INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SERVICE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND
Of the offsetting collections credited to this account,
$609,000 are permanently canceled.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Amounts received for administrative support services
provided under this head shall be credited to and merged
with the Fund, to remain available until expended, for op-
erating costs and capital outlays of the Fund and for the
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necessary expenses of administrative support services in-
cluding accounting, budget, personnel, legal support and
other related services; and the maintenance and operation
of printing and reproduction facilities in support of the
functions of the General Services Administration, other
Federal agencies, and other entities; and other such ad-
ministrative and management services that the Adminis-
trator of GSA deems appropriate and advantageous (sub-
ject to prior notice to the Office of Management and
Budget): Provided, That entities for which such services
are performed shall be charged at rates which will return
in full the cost of operations.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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. Not to exceed 2 per centum of funds made
available in appropriations for operating expenses and sal-
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of determining a need for a product or services and ending
with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41
U.S.C. 403(2).
SEC. 6. Rent rates charged by the General Services
Administration for fiscal year 1995 shall reflect the reduc-
tions contained in the President’s budget amendment
dated March 16, 1994, Estimate No. 9, 103rd Congress,
2nd Session.
SEC. 7. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended in any way for the purpose
of the sale, excessing, surplusing, or disposal of lands in
the vicinity of Norfolk Lake, Arkansas, administered by
the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, without
the specific approval of the Congress.
SEC. 8. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended in any way for the purpose
of the sale, excessing, surplusing, or disposal of lands in
the vicinity of Bull Shoals Lake, Arkansas, administered
by the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, with-
out the specific approval of the Congress.
SEC. 9. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 1996 request for United
States Courthouse construction that does not meet the
standards for construction as established by the General
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Services Administration and the Office of Management
and Budget.
SEC. 10. The Administrator of the General Services
Administration is directed to obligate the funds appro-
priated in Public Law 103–123 for the purposes stated
in section 804 of that Act.
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,
$24,549,000, together with not to exceed $2,420,000 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 National
Archives and Records Administration and related activi-
ties, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for
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the review and declassification of documents, and for the
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $194,638,000: Provided,
That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to
use any excess funds available from the amount borrowed
for construction of the National Archives facility, for ex-
penses necessary to move into the facility: Provided fur-
ther, That of the budgetary resources available in fiscal
year 1995 in this account, $325,000 are permanently can-
celed: Provided further, That amounts available for pro-
curement and procurement-related expenses in this ac-
count are reduced by such amount: Provided further, That
as used herein, ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the
process of acquiring property or services, beginning with
the process of determining a need for a product or services
and ending with contract completion and closeout, as spec-
ified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2): Provided further, That of the
offsetting collections credited to this account, $441,000
are permanently canceled.
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
COMMISSION
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
historical publications and records as authorized by 44
U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $7,000,000 to remain available
until expended: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be a
grant to the Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Library.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW
BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out the John F. Ken-
nedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,
$2,418,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES TRUST FUND
Amounts otherwise available for obligation in fiscal year
1995 are reduced by $16,000.
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978, as amended by Public Law 100–
598, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101–
194, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; $8,104,000.
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-
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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
of January 9, 1953, as amended; $115,139,000, and in
addition $93,934,000 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
$10,956,000 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.
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8902a(f)(1) and (i), no payment may be made from the
Employees Health Benefits Fund to any physician, hos-
pital, or other provider of health care services or supplies
who is, at the time such services or supplies are provided
to an individual covered under chapter 89 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code, excluded, pursuant to section 1128 or
1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7–
1320a–7a), from participation in any program under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.):
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall
be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Exam-
ining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management estab-
lished pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943,
or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further,
That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
lows, established by Executive Order 11183 of October 3,
1964, may, during the fiscal year ending September 30,
1995, 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.
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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;
$4,009,000, and in addition, not to exceed $6,156,000 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, $4,210,560,000 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
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required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code,
$19,159,000, to remain available until expended.
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For financing the unfunded liability of new and in-
creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc-
tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an-
nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv-
ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may
be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the
Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August
19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–75), may hereafter
be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
Fund.
REVOLVING FUND
Of the offsetting collections credited to this account,
$649,000 are permanently canceled.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. (a) Of the budgetary resources available
to the Office of Personnel Management during fiscal year
1995, $1,256,000 are permanently canceled.
(b) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources
canceled among the agency’s accounts available for pro-
curement and procurement-related expenses. Amounts
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available for procurement and procurement-related ex-
penses in each such account shall be reduced by the
amount allocated to such account.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the definition
of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac-
quiring property or services, beginning with the process
of determining a need for a product or services and ending
with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41
U.S.C. 403(2).
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), and the Whistleblower Protec-
tion Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), including services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and ex-
penses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; $7,955,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
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$33,650,000: 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, 1995’’.
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-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for the procurement of, or for
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the payment of, the salary of any person engaged in the
procurement of any hand or measuring tool(s) not pro-
duced in the United States or its possessions except to
the extent that the Administrator of General Services or
his designee shall determine that a satisfactory quality and
sufficient quantity of hand or measuring tools produced
in the United States or its possessions cannot be procured
as and when needed from sources in the United States
and its possessions, or except in accordance with proce-
dures prescribed by section 6–104.4(b) of Armed Services
Procurement Regulation dated January 1, 1969, as such
regulation existed on June 15, 1970: Provided, That a fac-
tor of 75 per centum in lieu of 50 per centum shall be
used for evaluating foreign source end products against
a domestic source end product. This section shall be appli-
cable to all solicitations for bids opened after its enact-
ment.
SEC. 505. None of the funds made available to the
General Services Administration pursuant to section
210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949 shall be obligated or expended after the
date of enactment of this Act for the procurement by con-
tract of any guard, elevator operator, messenger or custo-
dial services if any permanent veterans preference em-
ployee of the General Services Administration at said date,
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would be terminated as a result of the procurement of
such services, except that such funds may be obligated or
expended for the procurement by contract of the covered
services with sheltered workshops employing the severely
handicapped under Public Law 92–28. Only if such work-
shops decline to contract for the provision of the covered
services may the General Services Administration procure
the services by competitive contract, for a period not to
exceed 5 years. At such time as such competitive contract
expires or is terminated for any reason, the General Serv-
ices Administration shall again offer to contract for the
services from a sheltered workshop prior to offering such
services for competitive procurement.
SEC. 506. 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. 507. 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, Tucson, Arizona, and Artesia,
New Mexico, out of the Treasury Department.
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SEC. 508. 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. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for the payment of the salary
of any officer or employee of the United States Postal
Service, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee
of the United States Postal Service from having any
direct oral or written communication or contact with
any Member or committee of Congress in connection
with any matter pertaining to the employment of
such officer or employee or pertaining to the United
States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such officer or employee or in response to
the request or inquiry of such Member or committee;
or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
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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. 510. 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
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 1995.
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of the Treasury
by this or any other Act shall be obligated or expended
to contract out positions in, or downgrade the position
classifications of, members of the United States Mint Po-
lice Force and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Po-
lice Force, or for studying the feasibility of contracting
out such positions.
SEC. 512. The Office of Personnel Management may,
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, accept
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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. 513. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for the procurement of, or for
the payment of, the salary of any person engaged in the
procurement of stainless steel flatware not produced in the
United States or its possessions, except to the extent that
the Administrator of General Services or his designee shall
determine that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quan-
tity of stainless steel flatware produced in the United
States or its possessions, cannot be procured as and when
needed from sources in the United States or its posses-
sions or except in accordance with procedures provided by
section 6–104.4(b) of Armed Services Procurement Regu-
lations, dated January 1, 1969. This section shall be appli-
cable to all solicitations for bids issued after its enactment.
SEC. 514. The United States Secret Service may,
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 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.
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SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this
Act for ‘‘Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presi-
dents’’ may be used for partisan political activities.
SEC. 516. 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. 517. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1995 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated by this Act.
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to the
Postal Service by this Act shall be used to transfer mail
processing capabilities from the Las Cruces, New Mexico
postal facility, and that every effort will be made by the
Postal Service to recognize the rapid rate of population
growth in Las Cruces and to automate the Las Cruces,
New Mexico postal facility in order that mail processing
can be expedited and handled in Las Cruces.
SEC. 519. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to reduce the rank or rate of pay of a career appointee
in the SES upon reassignment or transfer.
SEC. 520. 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. 521. (a) 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 Metropoli-
tan Region on April 10, 1991, be used to separate, reduce
the grade or pay of, or carry out any other adverse person-
nel action against such individual for declining to accept
a directed reassignment to a position outside such region,
pursuant to a transfer of any such Bureau’s operations
or functions to Parkersburg, West Virginia.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any
individual who, on or after the date of enactment of this
Act, declines an offer of another position in the Depart-
ment of the Treasury which is of at least equal pay and
which is within the Washington Metropolitan Region.
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to provide any non-public information
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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. 523. 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, 1993 (41 U.S.C.
10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
SEC. 524. 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
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. 525. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.—If it has
been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that
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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. 526. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to relocate any Federal agency, bureau, office or
other entity funded in this Act if the sole reason for the
relocation is that locality pay was increased.
SEC. 527. Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 1995 from
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses
for fiscal year 1995 in this Act, shall remain available
through September 30, 1996 for each such account for
the purposes authorized: Provided, That notice of the
amounts available pursuant to this section shall be given
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds
so carried over may be used to pay cash awards to employ-
ees, as authorized by law, and not to exceed 3 percent
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of the funds so carried over may be used for employee
training programs.
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 1995 shall obligate
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi-
cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru-
mentality.
SEC. 603. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1345, any
agency, department or instrumentality of the United
States which provides or proposes to provide child care
services for Federal employees may reimburse any Federal
employee or any person employed to provide such services
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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
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
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101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled
vehicles.
SEC. 605. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel or for the expenses
of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for
quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in ac-
cordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–24.
SEC. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year no part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the
United States (including any agency the majority of the
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United
States unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United
States, (2) is a person in the service of the United States
on the date of enactment of this Act who, being eligible
for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and
is actually residing in the United States, (3) is a person
who owes allegiance to the United States, (4) is an alien
from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the
former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States for permanent residence, or
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(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-
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.
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SEC. 607. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General
Services Administration for charges for space and services
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements
performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of
1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments
of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.
SEC. 608. In addition to funds provided in this or
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.
Such funds shall be available until expended for the follow-
ing purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention
and recycling programs as described in Executive
Order 12873 (October 20, 1993), including any such
programs adopted prior to the effective date of the
Executive Order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including but not limited to, the
development and implementation of hazardous waste
management and pollution prevention programs.
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The Administrator of General Services or his des-
ignee is authorized to transfer funds received into the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund pursuant to section 11 of GSA—Gen-
eral Provisions, Public Law 102–141, October 28, 1991,
105 Stat. 856, 40 U.S.C., sec. 490(f) (7) and (8), or sec.
490g, prior to the effective date of this legislation, to other
Federal agencies for use by those agencies for the pur-
poses set forth in those statutes. Such funds shall be avail-
able until expended and shall be in addition to any
amounts appropriated for such purposes.
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.
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SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation for the cur-
rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall
be paid to any person for the filling of any position for
which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has
voted not to approve the nomination of said person.
SEC. 611. 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
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of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits re-
ceived as exchanged allowances or proceeds of sales of per-
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
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Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C.
318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under
the authority and within the limits provided in section 4
of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281;
40 U.S.C. 318c).
SEC. 615. None of the funds made available pursuant
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement,
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the
United States.
SEC. 616. No part of any appropriation contained in,
or funds made available by, this or any other Act, shall
be available for any agency to pay to the Administrator
of the General Services Administration a higher rate per
square foot for rental of space and services (established
pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended) than
the rate per square foot established for the space and serv-
ices by the General Services Administration for the fiscal
year for which appropriations were granted.
SEC. 617. (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, 1995, by this or any other
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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 615 of the
Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
Appropriations Act, 1994, until the normal effective
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that
is to take effect in fiscal year 1995, in an amount
that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable
grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in
accordance with such section 615; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 1995, 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 1995 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 1995
under section 5304 of such title (whether by
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adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver-
age percentage of such payments which was ef-
fective in fiscal year 1994 under such section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title,
may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a)
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would
be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli-
cable to such employee.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable
to an employee who is covered by this section and who
is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30,
1994, 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,
1994, 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, 1994.
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(f) For the purpose of administering any provision
of law (including section 8431 of title 5, United States
Code, and any rule or regulation that provides premium
pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee ben-
efit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that
imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a
rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay
payable after the application of this section shall be treat-
ed as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by
this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be
payable were this section not in effect.
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees.
SEC. 618. 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-
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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. 619. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sec-
tions 112 and 113 of title 3, United States Code, each
Executive agency detailing any personnel shall submit a
report on an annual basis in each fiscal year to the Senate
and House Committees on Appropriations on all employ-
ees or members of the armed services detailed to Executive
agencies, listing the grade, position, and offices of each
person detailed and the agency to which each such person
is detailed.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
Federal employees or members of the armed services
detailed to or from—
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the National Security Agency;
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
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(4) the offices within the Department of De-
fense for the collection of specialized national foreign
intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of
the Department of State;
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration of the Department of Justice, the De-
partment of the Treasury, the Department of Trans-
portation, and the Department of Energy perform-
ing intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
(c) The exemptions in part (b) of this section are not
intended to apply to information on the use of personnel
detailed to or from the intelligence agencies which is cur-
rently being supplied to the Senate and House Intelligence
and Appropriations Committees by the executive branch
through budget justification materials and other reports.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Exec-
utive agency’’ has the same meaning as defined under sec-
tion 105 of title 5, United States Code (except that the
provisions of section 104(2) of title 5, United States Code,
shall not apply), and includes the White House Office, the
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Executive Residence, and any office, council, or organiza-
tional unit of the Executive Office of the President.
SEC. 620. No funds appropriated in this or any other
Act for fiscal year 1995 may be used to implement or en-
force the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355
of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form
or agreement if such policy, form or agreement does not
contain the following provisions:
‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do not su-
persede conflict with or otherwise alter the employee obli-
gations, rights or liabilities created by Executive Order
12356; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (gov-
erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10,
United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle-
blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress
by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title
5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower
Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste,
fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intel-
ligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421
et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confiden-
tial Government agents), and the statutes which protect
against disclosure that may compromise the national secu-
rity, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of
title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Sub-
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versive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. section 783(b)).
The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc-
tions and liabilities created by said Executive Order and
listed statutes are incorporated into this Agreement and
are controlling.’’
SEC. 621. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct,
and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 622. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
or any other Act may be expended by any Federal agency
to procure any product or service that is subject to the
provisions of Public Law 89–306 and that will be available
under the procurement by the Administrator of General
Services known as ‘‘FTS2000’’ unless—
(1) such product or service is procured by the
Administrator of General Services as part of the
procurement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; or
(2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of
the Administrator of General Services that—
(A) the agency’s requirements for such
procurement are unique and cannot be satisfied
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by property and service procured by the Admin-
istrator of General Services as part of the pro-
curement known as ‘‘FTS2000’’; and
(B) the agency procurement, pursuant to
such delegation, would be cost-effective and
would not adversely affect the cost-effectiveness
of the FTS2000 procurement.
(b) After July 31, 1995, subsection (a) shall apply
only if the Administrator of General Services has reported
that the FTS2000 procurement is producing prices that
allow the Government to satisfy its requirements for such
procurement in the most cost-effective manner.
SEC. 623. (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.
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(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. 624. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,
United States Code, funds made available for fiscal year
1995 by this or any other Act shall be available for the
interagency funding of national security and emergency
preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit
multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as
provided by Executive Order Numbered 12472 (April 3,
1984).
SEC. 625. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or
any other Act, during fiscal year ending September 30,
1995, any department, division, bureau, or office may use
funds appropriated by this or any other Act to install tele-
phone lines, and necessary equipment, and to pay monthly
charges, in any private residence or private apartment of
an employee who has been authorized to work at home
in accordance with guidelines issued by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management: Provided, That the head of the de-
partment, division, bureau, or office certifies that ade-
quate safeguards against private misuse exist, and that
the service is necessary for direct support of the agency’s
mission.
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SEC. 626. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any
Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for
the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a
position of a confidential or policy-determining character
excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section
3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification
to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of
the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality
employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C
position was not created solely or primarily in order to
detail the employee to the White House.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
Federal employees or members of the armed services de-
tailed to or from—
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the National Security Agency;
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
(4) the offices within the Department of De-
fense for the collection of specialized national foreign
intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of
the Department of State;
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bu-
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reau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration of the Department of Justice, the De-
partment of Transportation, the Department of the
Treasury, and the Department of Energy perform-
ing intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
SEC. 627. None of the funds appropriated by this or
any other Act may be used to relocate the Department
of Justice Immigration Judges from offices located in
Phoenix, Arizona to new quarters in Florence, Arizona
without the prior approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
SEC. 628. No department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under
this or any other Act for fiscal year 1995 shall obligate
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agency
or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to ad-
minister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure
that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and
sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are not
in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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SEC. 629. (a)(1) Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘§ 6327. Absence in connection with serving as a
bone-marrow or organ donor
‘‘(a) An employee in or under an Executive agency
is entitled to leave without loss of or reduction in pay,
leave to which otherwise entitled, credit for time or service,
or performance or efficiency rating, for the time necessary
to permit such employee to serve as a bone-marrow or
organ donor.
‘‘(b) Not to exceed 7 days of leave may be used under
this section by an employee in a calendar year.
‘‘(c) The Office of Personnel Management may pre-
scribe regulations for the administration of this section.’’.
(2)(A) Section 6129 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ‘‘6327,’’ after ‘‘6326,’’.
(B) The table of sections for chapter 63 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by adding after the item
relating to section 6326 the following:
‘‘6327. Absence in connection with serving as a bone-marrow or organ donor.’’.
(b)(1) Section 6307 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d);
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(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c) Sick leave provided by this section may be used
for purposes relating to the adoption of a child.’’; and
(C) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated by
subparagraph (A)) by inserting ‘‘or for purposes re-
lating to the adoption of a child,’’ after ‘‘ailment,’’.
(2) Section 6129 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘6307 (a) and (c),’’ and inserting
‘‘6307 (a) and (d),’’.
(3)(A) The Office of Personnel Management shall
prescribe regulations under which any employee who used
or uses annual leave for an adoption-related purpose, after
September 30, 1991, and before the date as of which sick
leave first becomes available for such purpose as a result
of the enactment of this subsection may, upon appropriate
written application, elect to have such employee’s leave ac-
counts adjusted to reflect the amount of annual leave and
sick leave, respectively, which would remain had sick leave
been used instead of all or any portion of the annual leave
actually used, as designated by the employee.
(B) An application under this paragraph may not be
approved unless it is submitted—
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(i) within 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act or such later date as the Office
may prescribe;
(ii) in such form and manner as the Office shall
require; and
(iii) by an individual who is an employee as of
the time of application.
(C) For the purpose of this paragraph, the term ‘‘em-
ployee’’ has the meaning given such term by section
6301(2) of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 630. (a)(1) The adjustment in rates of basic pay
for the statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal
year 1995 under section 5303 of title 5, United States
Code, shall be an increase of 2 percent.
(2) For purposes of each provision of law amended
by section 704(a)(2) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989
(5 U.S.C. 5318 note), no adjustment under section 5303
of title 5, United States Code, shall be considered to have
taken effect in fiscal year 1995 in the rates of basic pay
for the statutory pay systems.
(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘statu-
tory pay system’’ shall have the meaning given such term
by section 5302(1) of title 5, United States Code.
(b) For purposes of any locality-based comparability
payments taking effect in fiscal year 1995 under sub-