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(5) an employee covered by statutory reemployment rights
who is on transfer to another organization; or
(6) an employee who during the 24-month period preceding
the date of separation has received and not repaid a recruitment
or relocation bonus under section 5753 of title 5, United States
Code, or who, within the 12-month period preceding the date
of separation, has received and not repaid a retention allowance
under section 5754 of that title.
(c) AGENCY PLAN; APPROVAL.—
(1) The Secretary, Department of the Treasury, prior to
obligating any resources for voluntary separation incentive pay-
ments, shall submit to the Office of Management and Budget
a strategic plan outlining the intended use of such incentive
payments and a proposed organizational chart for the agency
once such incentive payments have been completed.
(2) The agency’s plan under paragraph (1) shall include—
(A) the specific positions and functions to be reduced
or eliminated;
(B) a proposed coverage for offers of incentives;
(C) the time period during which incentives may be
paid;
(D) the number and amounts of voluntary separation
incentive payments to be offered; and
(E) a description of how the agency will operate without
the eliminated positions and functions.
(3) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall review the agency’s plan and approve or disapprove such
plan, and may make appropriate modifications in the plan
including waivers of the reduction in agency employment levels
required by this Act.
(d) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS.—
(1) A voluntary separation incentive payment under this
Act may be paid by the agency head to an employee only
in accordance with the strategic plan under subsection (c).
(2) A voluntary incentive payment—
(A) shall be offered to agency employees on the basis
of organizational unit, occupational series or level,
geographic location, other nonpersonal factors, or an appro-
priate combination of such factors;
(B) shall be paid in a lump sum after the employee’s
separation;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount the employee
would be entitled to receive under section 5595(c) of
title 5, United States Code, if the employee were enti-
tled to payment under such section (without adjust-
ment for any previous payment made); or
(ii) an amount determined by the agency head,
not to exceed $25,000;
(D) may be made only in the case of an employee
who voluntarily separates (whether by retirement or res-
ignation) under the provisions of this Act;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not
be included in the computation of any other type of Govern-
ment benefit;
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(F) shall not be taken into account in determining
the amount of any severance pay to which the employee
may be entitled under section 5595 of title 5, United States
Code, based on any other separation; and
(G) shall be paid from appropriations or funds available
for the payment of the basic pay of the employee.
(e) ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENTS.—Payments under this section
may be made to any qualifying employee who voluntarily separates,
whether by retirement or resignation, between October 1, 1999,
and January 31, 2000.
(f ) EFFECT ON SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH THE GOVERN-
MENT.—
(1) An individual who has received a voluntary separation
incentive payment under this section and accepts any employ-
ment for compensation with any agency or instrumentality
of the Government of the United States, or who works for
an agency of the United States Government through a personal
services contract, within 5 years after the date of the separation
on which the payment is based shall be required to pay, prior
to the individual’s first day of employment, the entire amount
of the incentive payment to FMS.
(2) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management
may, at the request of the Secretary, Department of the
Treasury, waive the repayment if the individual involved pos-
sesses unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant avail-
able for the position.
(g) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) In addition to any other payments which it is required
to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84
of title 5, United States Code, FMS shall remit to the Office
of Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury to the
credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
an amount equal to 15 percent of the final annual basic pay
for each employee covered under subchapter III of chapter
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to whom
a voluntary separation incentive has been paid under this sec-
tion.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘final basic
pay’’ with respect to an employee, means the total amount
of basic pay which would be payable for a year of service
by such employee, computed using the employee’s final rate
of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a full-time
basis, with appropriate adjustment therefor.
(h) REDUCTION OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEVELS.—
(1) The total number of funded employee positions in the
agency shall be reduced by one position for each vacancy created
by the separation of any employee who has received, or is
due to receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment under
this Act. For the purposes of this subsection, positions shall
be counted on a full-time equivalent basis.
(2) The President, through the Office of Management and
Budget, shall monitor the agency and take any action necessary
to ensure that the requirements of this subsection are met.
(3) At the request of the Secretary, Department of the
Treasury, the Office of Management and Budget may waive
the reduction in total number of funded employee positions
required by paragraph (1) if it believes the agency plan required
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by subsection (c) satisfactorily demonstrates that the positions
would better be used to reallocate occupations or reshape the
workforce and to produce a more cost-effective result.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department Appropria-
tions Act, 2000’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $93,436,000,
of which $64,436,000 shall not be available for obligation until
October 1, 2000: Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail
for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided further, That
6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not
less than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used
to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of 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 information requested or provided
concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate
or close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal year
2000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appropriations
Act, 2000’’.
TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT
For compensation of the President, including an expense allow-
ance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized 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, United States Code: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be considered
as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized
by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as author-
ized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted
for as provided 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); and not to exceed $19,000 for official entertain-
ment expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive
Office of the President, $52,444,000: Provided, That $10,313,000
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of the funds appropriated shall be available for reimbursements
to the White House Communications Agency.
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing,
improvement, heating, and lighting, including electric power and
fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the White House and official
entertainment expenses of the President, $9,260,000, to be expended
and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and
112–114.
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at
the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That
all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclu-
sive authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring
a reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal
to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance payments
shall be credited to this account and remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall
require the national committee of the political party of the President
to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political events
sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: Provided
further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written
notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing such amount
within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that such amount
is collected within 30 days after the submission of such notice:
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that
is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the
interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt
on a United States Government claim under section 3717 of title
31, United States Code: Provided further, That each such amount
that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and charges,
shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Pro-
vided further, That the Executive Residence shall prepare and
submit to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than
90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a
report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of the
Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, including
the total amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that
consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the amount
of such total that consists of reimbursable political events, and
the portion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as
of the date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive
Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of expenses
related to reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that
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includes a standard for the classification of any such expense as
political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence
from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of
chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive
Residence at the White House, $810,000, to remain available until
expended for required maintenance, safety and health issues, and
continued preventative maintenance.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE OFFICIAL
RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide
assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned
functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C.
106, including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106,
which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $3,617,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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,
$345,000: Provided, That advances or repayments or transfers from
this appropriation may be made to any department or agency for
expenses of carrying out such activities.
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisors
in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946
(15 U.S.C. 1021), $3,840,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C.
107, $4,032,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,997,000.
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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C.
107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $39,198,000, of which
$8,806,000 shall be available for a capital investment plan which
provides for the continued modernization of the information tech-
nology infrastructure.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and
Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $63,495,000, of which not to exceed
$5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of chapter
35 of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided
in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the
objects for which appropriations were made except as otherwise
provided by law: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may
be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing
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 Management and Budget by this Act may be
expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony
of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, before the Committees on Appropriations or
the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs or their subcommittees: Pro-
vided further, That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings
released by the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees
on Veterans’ Affairs.
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (title VII of division
C of Public Law 105–277); not to exceed $8,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; and for participation in joint projects
or in the provision of services on matters of mutual interest with
nonprofit, research, or public organizations or agencies, with or
without reimbursement, $22,951,000, of which $1,100,000 shall be
available for policy research and evaluation, of which $1,000,000
shall be available for the National Alliance for Model State Drug
Laws, and of which up to $600,000 shall be available for the
evaluation of the Drug-Free Communities Act: Provided, That the
Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts,
both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year
limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of
the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated
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for salaries and expenses, $125,000 shall be transferred to the
General Accounting Office for the sole purpose of entering into
a contract with the private sector for a management review of
the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology Assess-
ment Center for research activities pursuant to the Office of
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (title
VII of Division C of Public Law 105–277), $29,250,000, which shall
remain available until expended, consisting of $16,000,000 for
counternarcotics 
research 
and 
development 
projects, 
and
$13,250,000 for the continued operation of the technology transfer
program: Provided, That the $16,000,000 for counternarcotics
research and development projects shall be available for transfer
to other Federal departments or agencies.
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy’s 
High 
Intensity 
Drug 
Trafficking 
Areas 
Program,
$192,000,000 for drug control activities consistent with the approved
strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to
State and local entities for drug control activities, which shall
be obligated within 120 days of the date of the enactment of this
Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal
agencies and departments at a rate to be determined by the
Director: Provided further, That, of this latter amount, $1,800,000
shall be used for auditing services: Provided further, That, hereafter,
of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2000 or any succeeding
fiscal year for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program,
the funds to be obligated or expended during such fiscal year
for programs addressing the treatment or prevention of drug use
as part of the approved strategy for a designated High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) shall not be less than the funds
obligated or expended for such programs during fiscal year 1999
for each designated HIDTA without the prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds shall
be provided for existing High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
at no less than the total fiscal year 1999 level.
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for
youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public Law 105–277,
$216,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
such funds may be transferred to other Federal departments and
agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further, That of
the funds provided, $185,000,000 shall be to support a national
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media campaign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media Campaign
Act of 1998: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for
the Drug-Free Media Campaign, 10 percent shall not be available
for obligation until ONDCP submits a corporate sponsorship plan
to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of
the funds provided, $30,000,000 shall be to continue a program
of matching grants to drug-free communities, as authorized in the
Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997: Provided further, That of
the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall be available to the Director
for transfer as grants to State and local agencies or non-profit
organizations for the National Drug Court Institute.
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, secu-
rity, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the
current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Appropriations
Act, 2000’’.
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 Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by the
Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–28, $2,674,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, $38,152,000,
of which no less than $4,866,500 shall be available for internal
automated data processing systems, and of which not to exceed
$5,000 shall be available for reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal
Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts
and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
$23,828,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal Service
Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in
lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons
employed intermittently in the Government service, and compensa-
tion as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-
Federal participants at labor-management relations conferences
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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
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
To carry out the purpose of the Fund established pursuant
to section 210(f ) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f )), the revenues
and collections deposited into the Fund 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 Columbia; restoration of leased premises;
moving governmental agencies (including space adjustments and
telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection with the
assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contractual services
incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and
alteration 
of 
federally 
owned 
buildings 
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
authorized 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 other-
wise; construction of new buildings (including equipment for such
buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga-
tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and
purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of $5,342,416,000, of
which: (1) $74,979,000 shall remain available until expended for
construction of additional projects at locations and at maximum
construction improvement costs (including funds for sites and
expenses and associated design and construction services) as follows:
New construction:
Maryland:
Montgomery County, FDA Consolidation, $35,000,000
Michigan:
Sault Sainte Marie, Border Station, $8,263,000
Montana:
Roosville, Border Station, $753,000
Sweetgrass, Border Station, $11,480,000
Texas:
Fort Hancock, Border Station, $277,000
Washington:
Oroville, Border Station, $11,206,000
Nationwide:
Non-prospectus, $8,000,000:
Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits of costs
on new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent that
savings effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent
unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro-
priations of a greater amount: Provided further, That all funds