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That the Office of Management and Budget shall provide
a report describing the budget of and resources connected
with the National Science and Technology Council to the
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on
Science; and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.
SEC. 634. FEDERAL FUNDS IDENTIFIED. Any request
for proposals, solicitation, grant application, form, notifi-
cation, press release, or other publications involving the dis-
tribution of Federal funds shall indicate the agency pro-
viding the funds and the amount provided. This provision
shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants
received by a State receiving Federal funds.
SEC. 635. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law
103–356 is amended by deleting ‘‘October 1, 2001’’ and in-
serting ‘‘October 1, 2002’’.
SEC. 636. Section 6 of Public Law 93–346 as amended
(3 U.S.C. 111 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘, or for use
at official functions in or about,’’ after ‘‘about’’.
SEC. 637. During fiscal year 2002 and thereafter, the
head of an entity named in 3 U.S.C. 112 may, with respect
to civilian personnel of any branch of the Federal govern-
ment performing duties in such entity, exercise authority
comparable to the authority that may by law (including
chapter 57 and sections 8344 and 8468 of title 5, United
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States Code) be exercised with respect to the employees of
an Executive agency (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105) by the
head of such Executive agency, and the authority granted
by this section shall be in addition to any other authority
available in law.
SEC. 638. Section 3 of Public Law 93–346 as amended
(3 U.S.C. 111 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘, utilities (in-
cluding electrical) for,’’ after ‘‘military staffing’’.
SEC. 639. The Congress of the United States recognizes
the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as the of-
ficial anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan American, and
Paralympic sport in the United States.
SEC. 640. (a) Section 1238(e)(3) of the Floyd D.
Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106–398) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘The executive director and
any personnel who are employees of the United States-
China Security Review Commission shall be employees
under section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, for pur-
poses of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, and 90 of that
title.’’.
(b) The amendment made by this section shall take ef-
fect on January 3, 2001.
SEC. 641. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay
for the statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year
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2002 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States
Code, shall be an increase of 4.6 percent.
(b) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid
from appropriations which are made to each applicable de-
partment or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year
2002.
SEC. 642. Not later than six months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each appli-
cable department or agency shall submit to the Committee
on Appropriations a report detailing what policies and pro-
cedures are in place for each department or agency to give
first priority to the location of new offices and other facili-
ties in rural areas, as directed by the Rural Development
Act of 1972.
SEC. 643. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL
REPORTS BY UNITED STATES-CHINA SECURITY REVIEW
COMMISSION. Section 1238(c)(1) of the Floyd D. Spence Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as
enacted into law by section 1 of Public Law 106–398) is
amended by striking ‘‘March’’ and inserting ‘‘May’’.
SEC. 644. Subsection (a) of section 2105 of title 44,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) The Archivist is authorized to select, appoint,
employ, and fix the compensation of such officers and em-
ployees, pursuant to part III of title 5, as are necessary
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to perform the functions of the Archivist and the Adminis-
tration.
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Archivist is
authorized to appoint, subject to the consultation require-
ments set forth in paragraph (f)(2) of section 2203 of this
title, a director at each Presidential archival depository es-
tablished under section 2112 of this title. The Archivist may
appoint a director without regard to subchapter I and sub-
chapter VIII of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code,
governing appointments in the competitive service and the
Senior Executive Service. A director so appointed shall be
responsible for the care and preservation of the Presidential
records and historical materials deposited in a Presidential
archival depository, shall serve at the pleasure of the Archi-
vist and shall perform such other functions as the Archivist
may specify.’’.
SEC. 645. REAUTHORIZATION OF BREAST CANCER RE-
SEARCH SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMP. (a) SHORT TITLE.—
This section may be cited as the ‘‘Breast Cancer Research
Stamp Act of 2001’’.
(b) REAUTHORIZATION AND INAPPLICABILITY OF LIMI-
TATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 414 of title 39,
United States Code, is amended by striking subsection
(g) and inserting the following:
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‘‘(g) For purposes of section 416 (including any regu-
lation prescribed under subsection (e)(1)(C) of that section),
the special postage stamp issued under this section shall not
apply to any limitation relating to whether more than 1
semipostal may be offered for sale at the same time.
‘‘(h) This section shall cease to be effective after July
29, 2008.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this subsection shall take effect on the earlier of—
(A) the date of enactment of this Act; or
(B) July 29, 2002.
(c) RATE OF POSTAGE.—Section 414(b) of title 39,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of not to ex-
ceed 25 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘of not less than 15
percent’’; and
(2) by adding after the sentence following para-
graph (3) the following: ‘‘The special rate of postage
of an individual stamp under this section shall be an
amount that is evenly divisible by 5.’’.
SEC. 646. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 39. Section 5402(d)
of title 39, United States Code, is amended by—
(1) inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; and
(2) inserting at the end the following:
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‘‘(2)(A) In the exercise of its authority under para-
graph (1), the Postal Service may require any air carrier
to accept as mail shipments of day-old poultry and such
other live animals as postal regulations allow to be trans-
mitted as mail matter. The authority of the Postal Service
under this subparagraph shall not apply in the case of any
air carrier who commonly and regularly refuses to accept
any live animals as cargo.
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Postal Service is authorized to assess, as postage to be paid
by the mailers of any shipments covered by subparagraph
(A), a reasonable surcharge that the Postal Service deter-
mines in its discretion to be adequate to compensate air
carriers for any necessary additional expense incurred in
handling such shipments.
‘‘(C) The authority of the Postal Service under sub-
paragraph (B) shall apply during the period beginning on
the date of enactment of this paragraph, and ending Sep-
tember 30, 2005.’’.
SEC. 647. (a) From funds made available by this or
any other Act, the Secretary of the Treasury may provide
for the administrative costs for the issuance of bonds, to
be known as ‘‘War Bonds’’, under section 3102 of title 31,
United States Code, in response to the acts of terrorism per-
petrated against the United States on September 11, 2001.
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(b) If bonds described in subsection (a) are issued, such
bonds shall be in such form and denominations, and shall
be subject to such terms and conditions of issue, conversion,
redemption, maturation, payment, and rate of interest as
the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
SEC. 648. (a) From funds made available by this or
any other Act, the Secretary of the Treasury may provide
for the administrative costs for the issuance of bonds, to
be known as ‘‘Unity Bonds’’, under section 3102 of title
31, United States Code, in response to the acts of terrorism
perpetrated against the United States on September 11,
2001.
(b) If bonds described in subsection (a) are issued, such
bonds shall be in such form and denominations, and shall
be subject to such terms and conditions of issue, conversion,
redemption, maturation, payment, and rate of interest as
the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
SEC. 649. (a) State, regional, or local transportation
authorities that are recipients of Federal Transit Adminis-
tration assistance or grants may purchase heavy-duty tran-
sit buses through the General Service Administration.
(b) The Administrator of General Services shall notify
the appropriate congressional committees if the administra-
tive costs incurred by the General Service Administration
in implementing this section are in excess of fees provided
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to the General Service Administration under provisions of
existing contracts for the purchase of heavy-duty transit
buses.
TITLE VII—THE 9/11 HEROES
STAMP ACT OF 2001
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘9/11 Heroes Stamp Act
of 2001’’.
SEC. 702. REQUIREMENT THAT A SPECIAL COMMEMORA-
TIVE POSTAGE STAMP BE DESIGNED AND
ISSUED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford the public a di-
rect and tangible way to provide assistance to the families
of emergency relief personnel killed or permanently disabled
in the line of duty in connection with the terrorist attacks
against the United States on September 11, 2001, the
United States Postal Service shall issue a semipostal in ac-
cordance with subsection (b).
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The provisions of section 416 of
title 39, United States Code, shall apply as practicable with
respect to the semipostal described in subsection (a), subject
to the following:
(1) RATE OF POSTAGE.—Section 414(b) of title
39, United States Code, is amended—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of not to
exceed 25 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘of not less
than 15 percent’’; and
(B) by adding after the sentence following
paragraph (3) the following: ‘‘The special rate of
postage of an individual stamp under this sec-
tion shall be an amount that is evenly divisible
by 5.’’.
(2) DISPOSITION OF AMOUNTS BECOMING AVAIL-
ABLE.—All amounts becoming available from the sale
of the semipostal (as determined under such section)
shall be transferred to the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency under such arrangements as the
Postal Service shall by mutual agreement with such
agency establish in order to carry out the purposes of
this Act.
(3) 
COMMENCEMENT
AND
TERMINATION
DATES.—Stamps under this section shall be issued—
(A) beginning on the earliest date prac-
ticable; and
(B) for such period of time as the Postal
Service considers necessary and appropriate, but
in no event less than 2 years.
(c) LIMITATION.—For purposes of section 416 of title
39, United States Code (including any regulation pre-
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scribed under subsection (e)(1)(C) of that section), the spe-
cial postage stamp issued under this section shall not apply
to any limitation relating to whether more than one
semipostal may be offered for sale at the same time.
(d) DESIGN.—It is the sense of the Congress that the
semipostal issued under this section should depict, by such
design as the Postal Service considers to be most appro-
priate, the efforts of emergency relief personnel at the site
of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pen-
tagon in Arlington, Virginia.
SEC. 703. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘emergency relief personnel’’ means
firefighters, law enforcement officers, paramedics,
emergency medical technicians, members of the clergy,
and other individuals (including employees of legally
organized and recognized volunteer organizations,
whether compensated or not) who, in the course of
professional duties, respond to fire, medical, haz-
ardous material, or other similar emergencies; and
(2) the term ‘‘semipostal’’ has the meaning given
such term by section 416 of title 39, United States
Code.