In the Senate of the United States,
September 19, 2001.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2590) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service,
the Executive Office of the President, and certain Inde-
pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2002, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the
Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and
for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in-
cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build-
ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte-
nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com-
mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or
owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi-
cial business; not to exceed $3,500,000 for official travel ex-
penses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain available until
expended for information technology modernization require-
ments; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and
expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
$187,322,000: Provided, That the Office of Foreign Assets
Control shall be funded at no less than $19,732,000: Pro-
vided further, That of these amounts $2,900,000 is available
for grants to State and local law enforcement groups to help
fight money laundering.
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DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $69,028,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be trans-
ferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy
the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and
other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supple-
ment the Internal Revenue Service appropriations for In-
formation Systems.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for offi-
cial travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury,
$35,150,000.
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TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not
to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be
determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses;
and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of
a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion, $123,799,000.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $32,932,000, to remain
available until expended.
EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds appropriated under this heading in the
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law
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106–346), $8,000,000 are rescinded effective September 30,
2001.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement per-
sonnel to attend meetings concerned with financial intel-
ligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$45,702,000, of which not to exceed $3,400,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2004; and of which
$7,790,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account
may be used to procure personal services contracts.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Sec-
retary, $44,879,000, to remain available until expended, to
reimburse any Department of the Treasury organization for
the costs of providing support to counter, investigate, or
prosecute terrorism, including payment of rewards in con-
nection with these activities: Provided, That any amount
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provided under this heading shall be available only after
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of
the Treasury, including materials and support costs of Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to exceed
52 for police-type use, without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
for expenses for student athletic and related activities; uni-
forms without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and par-
ticipating in firearms matches and presentation of awards;
for public awareness and enhancing community support of
law enforcement training; not to exceed $11,500 for official
reception and representation expenses; room and board for
student interns; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $106,317,000, of which $650,000 shall be available
for an interagency effort to establish written standards on
accreditation of Federal law enforcement training; and of
which up to $17,166,000 for materials and support costs
of Federal law enforcement basic training shall remain
available until September 30, 2004, and of which up to 20
percent of the $17,166,000 also shall be available for travel,
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room and board costs for participating agency basic train-
ing during the first quarter of a fiscal year, subject to full
reimbursement by the benefitting agency: Provided, That
the Center is authorized to accept and use gifts of property,
both real and personal, and to accept services, for author-
ized purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value
which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Cen-
ter to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic
training program at the Center during the previous fiscal
year, which shall be funded only by gifts received through
the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, students attending
training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided housing,
insofar as available and in accordance with Center policy:
Provided further, That funds appropriated in this account
shall be available, at the discretion of the Director, for the
following: training United States Postal Service law en-
forcement personnel and Postal police officers; State and
local government law enforcement training on a space-
available basis; training of foreign law enforcement officials
on a space-available basis with reimbursement of actual
costs to this appropriation, except that reimbursement may
be waived by the Secretary for law enforcement training
activities in foreign countries undertaken pursuant to sec-
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tion 801 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty
Act of 1996, Public Law 104–32; training of private sector
security officials on a space-available basis with reimburse-
ment of actual costs to this appropriation; and travel ex-
penses of non-Federal personnel to attend course develop-
ment meetings and training sponsored by the Center: Pro-
vided further, That the Center is authorized to obligate
funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies re-
ceiving training sponsored by the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, except that total obligations at the end
of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources
available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further,
That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is au-
thorized to provide training for the Gang Resistance Edu-
cation and Training program to Federal and non-Federal
personnel at any facility in partnership with the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided further, That
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author-
ized to provide short-term medical services for students un-
dergoing training at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center, for acquisition of necessary additional real
property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, facil-
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ity improvements, and related expenses, $33,434,000, to re-
main available until expended.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and
convict offenders involved in organized crime drug traf-
ficking, including cooperative efforts with State and local
law enforcement, as it relates to the Treasury Department
law enforcement violations such as money laundering, vio-
lent crime, and smuggling, $106,965,000, of which
$7,827,000 shall remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, $212,316,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2004, for infor-
mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed
812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for
replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire
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of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may
be determined by the Director; for payment of per diem
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a major
investigative assignment requires an employee to work 16
hours or more per day or to remain overnight at his or
her post of duty; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; for training of State and local
law enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement,
including training in connection with the training and ac-
quisition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants detec-
tion; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and de-
velopment programs for Laboratory Services and Fire Re-
search Center activities; and provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local agencies, with or without reimburse-
ment, $821,421,000, of which $3,500,000 shall be available
for retrofitting and upgrades of the National Tracing Cen-
ter Facility in Martinsburg, West Virginia; of which not
to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of
attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); of which
up to $2,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of any
vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for official
use by a State or local law enforcement agency if the con-
veyance will be used in joint law enforcement operations
with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and for
the payment of overtime salaries including Social Security
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and Medicare, travel, fuel, training, equipment, supplies,
and other similar costs of State and local law enforcement
personnel, including sworn officers and support personnel,
that are incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and of which $16,000,000,
to remain available until expended, shall be available for
disbursements through grants, cooperative agreements or
contracts to local governments for Gang Resistance Edu-
cation and Training: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the
functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies or Departments in
fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That no funds appro-
priated herein shall be available for salaries or administra-
tive expenses in connection with consolidating or central-
izing, within the Department of the Treasury, the records,
or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of
firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Pro-
vided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be
used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation
of any officer or employee of the United States to implement
an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to
change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR
178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication 5300.11
as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided further, That
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none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to
investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal
firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be available to investigate and
act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from
Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Pro-
vided further, That no funds under this Act may be used
to electronically retrieve information gathered pursuant to
18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal identification
code.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of which
1,030 are for police-type use and commercial operations;
hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for per-
sonal services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; and awards of com-
pensation to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced
by the United States Customs Service, $2,022,453,000, of
which such sums as become available in the Customs User
Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of
the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived
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from that Account; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall
be available for payment for rental space in connection with
preclearance operations; not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be
available until expended for research; of which not less than
$100,000 shall be available to promote public awareness of
the child pornography tipline; of which not less than
$200,000 shall be available for Project Alert; of which not
less than $1,000,000 shall be provided to develop a cur-
riculum for the training of law enforcement dogs to combat
and respond to terrorist activities specifically related to
chemical and biological threats; not to exceed $5,000,000
shall be available until expended for conducting special op-
erations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081; not to exceed
$8,000,000 shall be available until expended for the procure-
ment of automation infrastructure items, including hard-
ware, software, and installation; and not to exceed
$5,000,000 shall be available until expended for repairs to
Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may be pur-
chased without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal year ag-
gregate overtime limitation prescribed in subsection 5(c)(1)
of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and 267)
shall be $30,000.
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HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses related to the collection
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law
103–182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and merged with
the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account for such pur-
poses.
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND
MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft,
and other related equipment of the Air and Marine Pro-
grams, including operational training and mission-related
travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by the
air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include the following: the
interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of
support to Customs and other Federal, State, and local
agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en-
forced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the
Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to
Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement
and emergency humanitarian efforts, $172,637,000, which
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That no
aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception of
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aircraft which is one of a kind and has been identified as
excess to Customs requirements and aircraft which has been
damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other
Federal agency, department, or office outside of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, during fiscal year 2002 without the
prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations.
AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION
For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs auto-
mated systems, $357,832,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $5,400,000 shall be for the International
Trade Data System, and not less than $230,000,000 shall
be for the development of the Automated Commercial Envi-
ronment: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading may be obligated for the Automated
Commercial Environment until the United States Customs
Service prepares and submits to the Committee on Appro-
priations a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital
planning and investment control review requirements estab-
lished by the Office of Management and Budget, including
OMB Circular A–11, part 3; (2) complies with the United
States Customs Service’s Enterprise Information Systems
Architecture; (3) complies with the acquisition rules, re-
quirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage-
ment practices of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed
and approved by the Customs Investment Review Board,
the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Manage-
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ment and Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Ac-
counting Office: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the
Automated Commercial Environment until that expendi-
ture plan has been approved by the Committee on Appro-
priations.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt
issues of the United States, $191,718,000, of which not to
exceed $15,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, and of which not to exceed
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for sys-
tems modernization: Provided, That the sum appropriated
herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2002 shall be
reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive security
issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account Mainte-
nance fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year
2002 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at
$187,318,000. In addition, $40,000, to be derived from the
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau
for administrative and personnel expenses for financial
management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of
Public Law 101–380; and in addition, to be appropriated
from the General Fund, such sums as may be necessary for
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administrative expenses in association with the South Da-
kota Trust Fund and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Ter-
restrial Wildlife Restoration and Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Terrestrial Restoration Trust Fund, as authorized by sec-
tions 603(f) and 604(f) of Public Law 106–53.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
for pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing and
account services, shared services support, general manage-
ment and administration; and services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Commissioner, $3,786,347,000, of which up to $3,950,000
shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program,
of which $8,000,000 shall be available for low-income tax-
payer clinic grants, and of which not to exceed $25,000
shall be for official reception and representation expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
for determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing
litigation support; conducting criminal investigation and
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col-
lecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document matching
program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt
identification, referral and settlement; compiling statistics
of income and conducting compliance research; purchase
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(for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined
by the Commissioner, $3,535,198,000, of which not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2004, for research.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE
For funding essential earned income tax credit compli-
ance and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section
5702 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–
33), $146,000,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 may
be used to reimburse the Social Security Administration for
the costs of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Re-
lief Act of 1997.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
for information systems and telecommunications support,
including developmental information systems and oper-
ational information systems; the hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Commissioner, $1,563,249,000 which shall remain available
until September 30, 2003.
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, $419,593,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2004, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
nology systems, including management and related contrac-
tual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual costs
associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:
Provided, That none of these funds may be obligated until
the Internal Revenue Service submits to the Committees on
Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a plan for
expenditure that (1) meets the capital planning and invest-
ment control review requirements established by the Office
of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11, part
34; (2) complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s enter-
prise architecture, including the modernization blueprint;
(3) conforms with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise
life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal Rev-
enue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the Of-
fice of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by
the General Accounting Office; and (6) complies with the
acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems ac-
quisition management practices of the Federal Government.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service
may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
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SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute
and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the
confidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.
The Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement
of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a
priority and allocate resources necessary to increase phone
lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1–
800 help line service.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase of not to exceed 745 vehicles
for police-type use, of which 541 shall be for replacement
only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of
American-made side-car compatible motorcycles; hire of
aircraft; training and assistance requested by State and
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local governments, which may be provided without reim-
bursement; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may
be determined by the Director; rental of buildings in the
District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths,
and other facilities on private or other property not in Gov-
ernment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per-
form protective functions; for payment of per diem and/or
subsistence allowances to employees where a protective as-
signment during the actual day or days of the visit of a
protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day or
to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con-
ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen-
tation of awards; for travel of Secret Service employees on
protective missions without regard to the limitations on
such expenditures in this or any other Act if approval is
obtained in advance from the Committees on Appropria-
tions; for research and development; for making grants to
conduct behavioral research in support of protective re-
search and operations; not to exceed $25,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; not to exceed $100,000
to provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign
law enforcement organizations in counterfeit investigations;
for payment in advance for commercial accommodations as
may be necessary to perform protective functions; and for
uniforms without regard to the general purchase price limi-
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tation for the current fiscal year, $899,615,000, of which
$1,633,000 shall be available for forensic and related sup-
port of investigations of missing and exploited children, and
of which $2,554,000 shall be available as a grant for activi-
ties related to the investigations of exploited children and
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That up
to $18,000,000 provided for protective travel shall remain
available until September 30, 2003.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $3,352,000, to remain
available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury in connection with law enforcement
activities of a Federal agency or a Department of the Treas-
ury law enforcement organization in accordance with 31
U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining
in the Fund on September 30, 2002, shall be made in com-
pliance with reprogramming guidelines.
SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
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countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2002 in this Act for
the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act
shall be expended in a manner so as not to diminish en-
forcement efforts with respect to section 105 of the Federal
Alcohol Administration Act.
SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, United
States Customs Service, Interagency Crime and Drug En-
forcement, and United States Secret Service may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer
may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more
than 2 percent.
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
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fices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration, Financial Management Serv-
ice, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations upon the advance approval of
the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may in-
crease or decrease any such appropriation by more than
2 percent.
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service
may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for
Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer
may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more
than 2 percent.
SEC. 116. Of the funds available for the purchase of
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by
the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Depart-
mental vehicle management principles: Provided, That the
Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant Sec-
retary for Management.
SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer
funds from ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Financial Manage-
ment Service, to the Debt Services Account as necessary to
cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such
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amounts shall be reimbursed to such Salaries and Expenses
account from debt collections received in the Debt Services
Account.
SEC. 118. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence
and intelligence-related activities of the Department of the
Treasury are deemed to be specifically authorized by the
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2002
until enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fis-
cal year 2002.
SEC. 119. Section 122 of Public Law 105–119, as
amended by Public Law 105–277, is further amended in
paragraph (g)(1), by striking ‘‘three years’’ and inserting
‘‘four years’’; and by striking ‘‘, the United States Customs
Service, and the United States Secret Service’’.
SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act may be used by
the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum
without the explicit approval of the House Committee on
Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SEC. 121. None of the funds appropriated or made
available by this Act may be used for the production of Cus-
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toms Declarations that do not inquire whether the passenger
had been in the proximity of livestock.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 2002’’.
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States
Code, $76,619,000: 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 fur-
ther, 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 2002.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Appro-
priations Act, 2002’’.
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TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE
HOUSE OFFICE
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: 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 consid-
ered as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as author-
ized 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; subsist-
ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall
be expended and accounted for as provided in that section;
hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 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 entertainment
expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive
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Office of the President, $54,165,000: Provided, That
$10,740,000 of the funds appropriated shall be available for
reimbursements to the White House Communications Agen-
cy.
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at
the White House and official entertainment expenses of the
President, $11,914,000, 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 Resi-
dence 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, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for
reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au-
thority 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 ac-
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count and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na-
tional 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 reimburs-
able 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 with-
in 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: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to
the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90
days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act,
a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses
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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 cere-
monial events, the amount of such total that consists of re-
imbursable political events, and the portion of each such
amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the re-
port: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall
maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to
reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that in-
cludes a standard for the classification of any such expense
as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no pro-
vision 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 Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House, $8,625,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $1,306,000 is for
six projects for required maintenance, safety and health
issues, and continued preventative maintenance; and of
which $7,319,000 is for 3 projects for required maintenance
and continued preventative maintenance in conjunction
with the General Services Administration, the United
States Secret Service, the Office of the President, and other
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agencies charged with the administration and care of the
White House.
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 spe-
cially 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 pas-
senger motor vehicles, $3,896,000.
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 offi-
cial entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
counted for solely on his certificate, $314,000: Provided,
That advances or repayments or transfers from this appro-
priation may be made to any department or agency for ex-
penses of carrying out such activities.
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COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad-
visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment
Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,192,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Develop-
ment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
and 3 U.S.C. 107, $4,119,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$7,447,000.
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,
$46,032,000, of which $11,775,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2003 for a capital investment plan which
provides for the continued modernization of the information
technology infrastructure.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $70,519,000, 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, and of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available
for official representation expenses: Provided, That, as pro-
vided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied
only to the objects for which appropriations were made ex-
cept as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office
of Management and Budget may be used for the purpose
of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any ac-
tivities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act
may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual
testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of
the Office of Management and Budget, before the Commit-
tees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’ Af-
fairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That the pre-
ceding shall not apply to printed hearings released by the
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Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on Vet-
erans’ 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, $25,096,000, of which
$2,350,000 shall remain available until expended, con-
sisting of $1,350,000 for policy research and evaluation,
and $1,000,000 for the National Alliance for Model State
Drug Laws: Provided, That the Office is authorized to ac-
cept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and per-
sonal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation,
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Of-
fice.
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology
Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the
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Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act
of 1998 (title VII of division C of Public Law 105–277),
$42,000,000, which shall remain available until expended,
consisting of $20,000,000 for counternarcotics research and
development projects, and $22,000,000 for the continued op-
eration of the technology transfer program: Provided, That
the $20,000,000 for counter-narcotics research and develop-
ment 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, $226,350,000 for drug control activities consistent
with the approved strategy for each of the designated High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA), of which
$1,000,000 shall be for an additional amount for the Rocky
Mountain HIDTA; of which $1,750,000 shall be used for
an additional amount for the Midwest HIDTA; of which
$1,000,000 shall be for an additional amount for the Gulf
Coast HIDTA; of which $1,000,000 shall be for an addi-
tional amount for the Hawaii HIDTA; of which $500,000
shall be for an additional amount for the Milwaukee
HIDTA; of which $500,000 shall be for an additional
amount for the Philadelphia/Camden HIDTA; of which
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$1,000,000 shall be for an additional amount for the North-
west HIDTA; of which $1,500,000 shall be for an additional
amount for the Southwest Border HIDTA; of which
$2,500,000 shall be used for a newly designated HIDTA in
the State of Utah, of which not 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, to remain available until September 30, 2003, may
be transferred to Federal agencies and departments at a
rate to be determined by the Director: Provided further,
That, of this latter amount, not less than $2,100,000 shall
be used for auditing services and activities: Provided fur-
ther, That HIDTAs designated as of September 30, 2001,
shall be funded at no less than fiscal year 2001 levels unless
the Director submits to the Committees, and the Committees
approve, justification for changes in those levels based on
clearly articulated priorities for the HIDTA program, as
well as published ONDCP performance measures of effec-
tiveness.
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by Pub-
lic Law 105–277, $249,400,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $185,000,000 shall be to support a na-
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tional media campaign, as authorized in the Drug-Free
Media Campaign Act of 1998; of which $4,800,000 shall
be made available no later than 30 days after the enactment
of this Act to the United States Anti-Doping Agency for
their anti-doping efforts; of which $50,600,000 shall be to
continue a program of matching grants to drug-free com-
munities, as authorized in chapter 2 of the National Nar-
cotics Leadership Act of 1988, as amended; of which
$1,000,000 shall be available to the National Drug Court
Institute; and of which $3,000,000 shall be for the
Counterdrug Intelligence Executive Secretariat: Provided,
That such funds may be transferred to other Federal depart-
ments and agencies to carry out such activities.
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest,
security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur-
ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108,
$1,000,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office Appro-
priations Act, 2002’’.
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TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled estab-
lished by Public Law 92–28, $4,498,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended,
$43,993,000, of which no less than $4,453,000 shall be
available for internal automated data processing systems,
and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for re-
ception and representation expenses of which $2,000,000
shall be available for administering a program to award
Federal matching grants to States and localities to improve
election systems and election administration and for mak-
ing such grants: Provided, That no funds for the purpose
of administering such program or for making such grants
shall be made available until the date of enactment of a
statute authorizing the expenditure of funds for such a pur-
pose.
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FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants, hire
of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $26,378,000:
Provided, That public members of the Federal Service Im-
passes Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in
lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703)
for persons employed intermittently in the Government
service, and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:
Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
funds received from fees charged to non-Federal partici-
pants at labor-management relations conferences shall be
credited to and merged with this account, to be available
without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out
these conferences.
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
To carry out the purpose of the Fund established pur-
suant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.
490(f)), the revenues and collections deposited into the Fund
shall be available for necessary 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 adjust-
ments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in con-
nection 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 appur-
tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, pres-
ervation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of build-
ings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase build-
ings and sites; conversion and extension of federally owned
buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by
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contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (in-
cluding equipment for such buildings); and payment of
principal, interest, and any other obligations for public
buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase
contract; in the aggregate amount of $6,217,350,000, of
which (1) $477,544,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for construction (including funds for sites and ex-
penses and associated design and construction services) of
additional projects at the following locations:
New Construction:
Alabama:
Mobile, U.S. Courthouse, $11,290,000
Arkansas:
Little 
Rock, 
U.S. 
Courthouse 
Annex,
$5,022,000
California:
Fresno, U.S. Courthouse, $121,225,000
District of Columbia:
Washington, 
U.S. 
Courthouse 
Annex,
$6,595,000
Washington, Southeast Federal Center Site
Remediation, $5,000,000
Florida:
Ft. Pierce, Courthouse, $4,314,000
Miami, Courthouse, $15,282,000
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Illinois:
Rockford, Courthouse, $4,933,000
Iowa:
Cedar Rapids, Courthouse, $14,795,000
Maine:
Jackman, Border Station, $868,000
Maryland:
Montgomery County, FDA Consolidation,
$19,060,000
Suitland, U.S. Census Bureau, $2,813,000
Suitland, National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration II, $34,083,000
Massachusetts:
Springfield, U.S. Courthouse, $6,473,000
Mississippi:
Gulfport, U.S. Courthouse, $3,000,000
Jackson, Mississippi, $13,231,000
Michigan:
Detroit, Ambassador Bridge Border Station,
$9,470,000
Montana:
Raymond, Border Station, $693,000
New Mexico:
Las Cruces, U.S. Courthouse, $4,110,000
New York:
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Brooklyn, U.S. Courthouse Annex—GPO,
$3,361,000
Buffalo, U.S. Courthouse Annex, $716,000
New York, U.S. Mission to the United Na-
tions, $4,617,000
Oregon:
Eugene, U.S. Courthouse, $4,470,000
Pennsylvania:
Erie, U.S. Courthouse Annex, $30,739,000
Tennessee:
Nashville, Courthouse, $20,700,000
Texas:
Del Rio III, Border Station, $1,869,000
Eagle Pass, Border Station, $2,256,000
El Paso, U.S. Courthouse, $11,193,000
Fort Hancock, Border Station, $2,183,000
Houston, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
$6,268,000
Utah:
Salt Lake City, Courthouse, $5,000,000
Virginia:
Norfolk, 
U.S. 
Courthouse 
Annex,
$11,609,000
Nationwide:
Judgment Fund Repayment, $84,406,000
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Non-prospectus construction, $5,900,000:
Provided, That funding for any project identified above
may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in
other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the
amounts included in an approved prospectus, if required,
unless advance notice is transmitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further, That
all funds for direct construction projects shall expire on
September 30, 2003, and remain in the Federal Buildings
Fund except for funds for projects as to which funds for
design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in
part prior to such date; (2) $844,880,000 shall remain
available until expended for repairs and alterations which
includes associated design and construction services: Pro-
vided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund
for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects,
be limited to the amount by project, as follows, except each
project may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10
percent unless advance notice is transmitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of a greater amount:
Repairs and Alterations:
Alabama:
Montgomery, Frank M. Johnson, Jr. Fed-
eral Building-Courthouse, $4,000,000
California:
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Chicago, John C. Kluczynski Federal Build-
ing, $12,725,000
Iowa:
Des Moines, 210 Walnut Street, Federal
Building, $11,992,000
Missouri:
Kansas City, Federal Building, 811 Grand
Boulevard, $1,604,000
St. Louis, Federal Building, 104/105 Good-
fellow, $20,212,000
New Jersey:
Newark, Peter W. Rodino Federal Building,
$5,295,000
Nevada:
Las Vegas, Foley Federal Building-U.S.
Courthouse, $26,978,000
Ohio:
Cleveland, Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal
Building, $22,986,000
Cleveland, Howard M. Metzenbaum Court-
house, $27,856,000
Oklahoma:
Muskogee, Federal Building-U.S. Court-
house, $8,214,000
Oregon:
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Portland, Pioneer Courthouse, $16,629,000
Pennsylvania:
Pittsburgh, 
Post 
Office-Courthouse,
$12,600,000
Rhode Island:
Providence, Federal Building and Court-
house, $5,039,000
Wisconsin:
Milwaukee, Federal Building-U.S. Court-
house, $10,015,000
Nationwide:
Design Program, $33,657,000
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Modernization—Various Buildings, $6,650,000
Transformers—Various 
Buildings,
$15,588,000
Basic Repairs and Alterations, $370,000,000:
Provided further, That additional projects for which
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded under
this category only if advance notice is transmitted to the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the
amounts provided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs
and Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs associated with
implementing security improvements to buildings necessary
to meet the minimum standards for security in accordance
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with current law and in compliance with the reprogram-
ming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the House
and Senate: Provided further, That the difference between
the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in
this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Al-
terations’’, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
projects: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and
alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September
30, 2003, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except
funds for projects as to which funds for design or other
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such
date: Provided further, That the amount provided in this
or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may
be used to pay claims against the Government arising from
any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’
or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects;
(3) $186,427,000 for installment acquisition payments in-
cluding payments on purchase contracts which shall remain
available until expended; (4) $2,959,550,000 for rental of
space which shall remain available until expended; and (5)
$1,748,949,000 for building operations which shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That funds
available to the General Services Administration shall not
be available for expenses of any construction, repair, alter-
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ation and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if re-
quired by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended,
has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be
expended for each project for required expenses for the devel-
opment of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, That
funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be ex-
pended for emergency repairs when advance notice is trans-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable spe-
cial services to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,
as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide
such reimbursable fencing, 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 func-
tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from
such revenues and collections: Provided further, That reve-
nues and collections and any other sums accruing to this
Fund during fiscal year 2002, excluding reimbursements
under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess
of $6,217,350,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not
be available for expenditure except as authorized in appro-
priations Acts.
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POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided
for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activities as-
sociated with asset management activities; utilization and
donation of surplus personal property; transportation; pro-
curement and supply; Government-wide responsibilities re-
lating to automated data management, telecommunications,
information resources management, and related technology
activities; utilization survey, deed compliance inspection,
appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, and land
use planning functions pertaining to excess and surplus
real property; agency-wide policy direction; Board of Con-
tract Appeals; accounting, records management, and other
support services incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal
Claims by the United States Court of Federal Claims; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed
$7,500 for official reception and representation expenses,
$145,749,000, of which $27,887,000 shall remain available
until expended.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $36,025,000:
Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for
payment for information and detection of fraud against the
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Gov-
ernment property: Provided further, That not to exceed
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$2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other
Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor General effectiveness.
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT (E-GOV) FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in support of interagency
projects that enable the Federal Government to expand its
ability to conduct activities electronically, through the de-
velopment and implementation of innovative uses of the
Internet and other electronic methods, $5,000,000 to remain
available until expended: Provided, That these funds may
be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the purposes
of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer authority
shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act: Provided further, That such transfers may
not be made until 10 days after a proposed spending plan
and justification for each project to be undertaken has been
submitted to the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER
PRESIDENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August
25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law
95–138, $3,376,000: Provided, That the Administrator of
General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treas-
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ury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of such Acts.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund
available to the General Services Administration shall be
credited with the cost of operation, protection, maintenance,
upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rent-
als received from Government corporations pursuant to law
(40 U.S.C. 129).
SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made
available for fiscal year 2002 for Federal Buildings Fund
activities may be transferred between such activities only
to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro-
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance by the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall
be used to transmit a fiscal year 2003 request for United
States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet the
design guide standards for construction as established and
approved by the General Services Administration, the Judi-
cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Man-
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agement and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the priorities
of the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out
in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That
the fiscal year 2003 request must be accompanied by a
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to
be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per
square foot assessment for space and services as determined
by the General Services Administration in compliance with
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law
92–313).
SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agen-
cies by the Information Technology Fund, General Services
Administration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b)
and 5128 of Public Law 104–106, Information Technology
Management Reform Act of 1996, for performance of pilot
information technology projects which have potential for
Governmentwide benefits and savings, may be repaid to this
Fund from any savings actually incurred by these projects
or other funding, to the extent feasible.
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SEC. 407. From funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability
of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less than
$250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac-
quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef-
fected in other construction projects with prior notification
to the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 408. Section 408 of Public Law 106–554 is
amended by striking ‘‘April 30, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2002’’.
SEC. 409. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the General Services Administration is directed to main-
tain the vehicle rental rates and per mile rates charged for
buses used by schools and dormitories funded by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs that were in effect on April 30, 2001 until
such time as appropriations to the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs funding for the Student Transportation Program for
schools and dormitories funded by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs equals or exceeds $3 per mile.
SEC. 410. DESIGNATION OF JUDGE BRUCE M. VAN
SICKLE FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURT-
HOUSE. (a) The Federal building and courthouse located at
100 1st Street, SW, Minot, North Dakota, shall be known
and designated as the ‘‘Judge Bruce M. Van Sickle Federal
Building and United States Courthouse’’.
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(b) Any reference in law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building and courthouse referred to in section (a) shall be
deemed to be a reference to the Judge Bruce M. Van Sickle
Federal Building and United States Courthouse.
SEC. 411. Section 410 of Appendix C of Public Law
106–554 (114 Stat. 2763A–146) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘a 125 foot wide right-of-way’’
and inserting ‘‘up to a 125 foot wide right-of-way’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘northeast corner of the existing
port’’ and inserting ‘‘southeast corner of the existing
port’’;
(3) striking ‘‘approximately 4,750 feet’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and then west to a connection with State
Highway 11 between approximately 5,000 and 7,000
feet’’;
(4) by striking ‘‘a road to be built by the County
of Luna, New Mexico to connect to’’;
(5) by striking ‘‘Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, Luna County
shall construct the roadway from State Highway 11
to the terminus of the northbound road to be con-
structed by the General Services Administration in
time for completion of the road to be constructed by
the General Services Administration in time for com-
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pletion of the road to be constructed by the General
Services Administration:’’; and
(6) by striking ‘‘consisting of approximately 12
acres’’ and inserting ‘‘consisting of approximately
10.22 acres’’.
SEC. 412. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the United States Government is directed to deed block four
(4) of the LOCH HAVEN REPLAT, as recorded in Plat
Book ‘‘Q’’, Page 9, Public Records of Orange County, Flor-
ida, back to the City of Orlando, Florida, under the same
terms that the land was deeded to the United States Govern-
ment by the City of Orlando in the recorded deed from the
City dated September 20, 1951.
SEC. 413. DESIGNATION OF G. ROSS ANDERSON, JR.
FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.
(a) The Federal building and courthouse located at 315 S.
McDuffie Street, Anderson, South Carolina, shall be known
and designated as the ‘‘G. Ross Anderson, Jr. Federal
Building and United States Courthouse’’.
(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building and courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the G. Ross Anderson, Jr.
Federal Building and United States Courthouse.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform
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 vehicles, and direct
procurement of survey printing, $30,375,000 together with
not to exceed $2,520,000 for administrative expenses to ad-
judicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil
Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts deter-
mined by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRUST FUND
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund,
pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence
in National Environmental and Native American Public
Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,996,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to
60 percent of such funds may be transferred by the Morris
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K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environ-
mental Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses of the
Native Nations Institute: Provided further, That not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National
Environmental Policy Foundation shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations a report describing the distribu-
tion of such funds.
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution
Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ-
mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998,
$1,309,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives (including the Informa-
tion Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal
records and related activities, as provided by law, and for
expenses necessary for the review and declassification of
documents, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$244,247,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United
States is authorized to use any excess funds available from
the amount borrowed for construction of the National Ar-
chives facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate
storage for holdings: Provided further, That of the funds
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made available, $23,302,000 is for the electronic records ar-
chive, $16,337,000 of which shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2004.
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $41,143,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Archivist of the United States is authorized,
pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2903, to construct a new Southeast
Regional Archives on land to be acquired (Federal site), by
direct payment or the provision of site improvements, from
the State of Georgia or Clayton County or some other gov-
ernmental authority thereof; such Federal site to be located
near the campus of Clayton College and State University
in Clayton County, Georgia, and abut land designated for
construction of the Georgia State Archives facility, with
both archival facilities co-located on a combined site. There
is hereby appropriated $30,500,000 which shall be available
until expended to be used for acquiring the Federal site,
construction, and related services for building the new Fed-
eral archival facility, other related costs for improvement
of the combined site which may also indirectly benefit the
Georgia State Archives facility, and other necessary ex-
penses.
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NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS
COMMISSION
GRANTS PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
historical publications and records as authorized by 44
U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $6,436,000, to remain available
until expended.
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform
Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to
exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $10,060,000.
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 Reform
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by pri-
vate physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms
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in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception
and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements
to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in-
curred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9,
1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsist-
ence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act ac-
tivities require an employee to remain overnight at his or
her post of duty, $99,036,000, of which $3,200,000 shall re-
main available until expended for the cost of the govern-
mentwide human resources data network project; and in ad-
dition $115,928,000 for administrative expenses, to be
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office
of Personnel Management without regard to other statutes,
including direct procurement of printed materials, for the
retirement and insurance programs, of which $21,777,000
shall remain available until expended for the cost of auto-
mating the retirement recordkeeping systems: Provided,
That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect
the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by
sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8909(g), and 9004(f)(1)(A) and
(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That
no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries
and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of
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Personnel Management established pursuant to Executive
Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of
like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s Com-
mission on White House Fellows, established by Executive
Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year
2002, accept donations of money, property, and personal
services in connection with the development of a publicity
brochure to provide information about the White House Fel-
lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for
travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-
ries of employees of such Commission.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act, as amended, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,398,000;
and in addition, not to exceed $10,016,000 for administra-
tive expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other over-
sight of the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement
and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appro-
priate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management,
as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the
Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in
the District of Columbia and elsewhere.
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GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES
HEALTH BENEFITS
For payment of Government contributions with respect
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 amended, such sums
as may be necessary.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE
INSURANCE
For payment of Government contributions with respect
to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required
by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as
may be necessary.
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
FUND
For financing the unfunded liability of new and in-
creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Octo-
ber 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities
under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retire-
ment 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. 771–775), may hereafter be paid out
of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
(Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of
1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public Law 103–424, and the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of
1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for
witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$11,784,000.
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$37,305,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2002’’.
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TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
THIS ACT
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of
the Tariff Act of 1930.
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this
Act shall be available in fiscal year 2002 for the purpose
of transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia,
New Mexico, out of the Department of the Treasury.
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SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person
filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly
held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces
of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his
period of active military or naval service, and has within
90 days after his release from such service or from hos-
pitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not
more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his
former position and has been certified by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties
of his former position and has not been restored thereto.
SEC. 506. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec-
tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C.
10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
SEC. 507. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIP-
MENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
products that may be authorized to be purchased with fi-
nancial assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense
of the Congress that entities receiving such assistance
should, in expending the assistance, purchase only Amer-
ican-made equipment and products.
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(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In pro-
viding financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of
the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a)
by the Congress.
SEC. 508. If it has been finally determined by a court
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any
contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant
to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and in-
eligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 509. Except as otherwise specifically provided by
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2002 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for
fiscal year 2002 in this Act, shall remain available through
September 30, 2003, for each such account for the purposes
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to
the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the
expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
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quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming
guidelines.
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President
to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any of-
ficial background investigation report on any individual,
except when—
(1) such individual has given his or her express
written consent for such request not more than 6
months prior to the date of such request and during
the same presidential administration; or
(2) such request is required due to extraordinary
circumstances involving national security.
SEC. 511. The cost accounting standards promulgated
under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply
with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of
title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 512. For the purpose of resolving litigation and
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non-
foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of
Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re-
gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses
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imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available
to the Office pursuant to court approval.
SEC. 513. Not later than July 1, 2001, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a re-
port to the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations and the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives that: (1) eval-
uates, for each agency, the extent to which implementation
of chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, as amended
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–
13), has reduced burden imposed by rules issued by the
agency, including the burden imposed by each major rule
issued by the agency; (2) includes a determination, based
on such evaluation, of the need for additional procedures
to ensure achievement of the purposes of that chapter, as
set forth in section 3501 of title 31, United States Code,
and evaluates the burden imposed by each major rule that
imposes more than 10,000,000 hours of burden, and identi-
fies specific reductions expected to be achieved in each of
fiscal years 2002 and 2003 in the burden imposed by all
rules issued by each agency that issued such a major rule.
SEC. 514. (a) PROHIBITION
OF FEDERAL AGENCY
MONITORING
OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
ON USE
OF
INTERNET.—None of the funds made available in the Treas-
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ury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002
may be used by any Federal agency—
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate list,
derived from any means, that includes the collection
of any personally identifiable information relating to
an individual’s access to or use of any Federal gov-
ernment Internet site of the agency; or
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregate list, derived from
any means, that includes the collection of any person-
ally identifiable information relating to an individ-
ual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet
site.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to—
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not
identify particular persons;
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information;
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with
applicable law; or
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that
is a system security action taken by the operator of
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an Internet site and is necessarily incident to the ren-
dition of the Internet site services or to the protection
of the rights or property of the provider of the Inter-
net site.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions
to implement, interpret or enforce authorities pro-
vided in law.
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations
of the agency’s supervised institutions, including as-
sessing safety and soundness, overall financial condi-
tion, management practices and policies and compli-
ance with applicable standards as provided in law.
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS
SEC. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act
may be used to pay travel to the United States for the im-
mediate 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 2002 shall obligate or
expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin-
ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that
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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 officers and employees of
such department, agency, or instrumentality.
SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year
in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946
(60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
hicle (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 exceeded by not
to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to ex-
ceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided fur-
ther, That the limits set forth in this section may not be
exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehi-
cles purchased for demonstration under the provisions of the
Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and
Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, That the lim-
its set forth in this section may be exceeded by the incre-
mental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pur-
suant to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable
conventionally fueled vehicles.
SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive departments
and independent establishments for the current fiscal year
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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 accordance
with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.
SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the current
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this
or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation 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 un-
less such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2)
is a person in the service of the United States on the date
of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizen-
ship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen
of the United States prior to such date and is actually re-
siding in the United States; (3) is a person who owes alle-
giance to the United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Po-
land, South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet
Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the
United States for permanent residence; (5) is a South Viet-
namese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the
United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national
of the People’s Republic of China who qualifies for adjust-
ment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection
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Act of 1992: Provided, That for the purpose of this section,
an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered
prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section
with respect to his or her status have been complied with:
Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit
shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be
fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than
1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for,
any other provisions of existing 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 Government. This section shall not apply
to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the Phil-
ippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the
United States in a current defense effort, or to international
broadcasters employed by the United States Information
Agency, or to temporary employment of translators, or to
temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed
60 days) as a result of emergencies.
SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any department
or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex-
penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall
also be available for payment to the General Services Ad-
ministration for charges for space and services and those
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expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa-
cilities which constitute public improvements performed in
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat.
749), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat.
216), or other applicable law.
SEC. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or any
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.
Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol-
lowing purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
and recycling programs as described in Executive
Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of
the Executive order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental manage-
ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de-
velopment and implementation of hazardous waste
management and pollution prevention programs.
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed-
eral agency.
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SEC. 608. 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 expenses
are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds,
the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced.
SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the current
fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid
to any person for the filling of any position for which he
or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not
to approve the nomination of said person.
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi-
nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com-
missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether
or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a
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prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial
support from more than one agency or instrumentality.
SEC. 611. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be
available for employment of guards for all buildings and
areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under
the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such
guards shall have, with respect to such property, the powers
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 pro-
visions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as
amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 318b), attach-
ing 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. 612. None of the funds made available pursuant
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement,
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United
States.
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SEC. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no
part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2002,
by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing
rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5,
United States Code—
(1) during the period from the date of expiration
of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the Treas-
ury and General Government Appropriations Act,
2001, until the normal effective date of the applicable
wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal
year 2002, in an amount that exceeds the rate pay-
able for the applicable grade and step of the applica-
ble wage schedule in accordance with such section
613; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remainder
of fiscal year 2002, 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 effect
in fiscal year 2002 under section 5303 of title 5,
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the
General Schedule; and
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age 
percentage 
of 
the 
locality-based 
com-
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parability payments taking effect in fiscal year
2002 under section 5304 of such title (whether by
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average
percentage of such payments which was effective
in fiscal year 2001 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) applicable to such em-
ployee.
(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,
2001, 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,
2001, except to the extent determined by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this
section.
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(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for
service performed after September 30, 2001.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of
law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or 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
treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by this
section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable
were this section not in effect.
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if
the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to
ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
SEC. 614. During the period in which the head of any
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em-
ployee of the Government appointed by the President of the
United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or
expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the
office of such department head, agency head, officer, or em-
ployee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for
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ment and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate
interagency groups designated by the Director (including
the Chief Financial Officers Council and the Joint Finan-
cial Management Improvement Program for financial man-
agement initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council
for information technology initiatives, and the Procurement
Executives Council for procurement initiatives). The total
funds transferred shall not exceed $17,000,000. Such trans-
fers may only be made 15 days following notification of
the Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget.
SEC. 631. (a) IN GENERAL.—Hereafter, in accordance
with regulations promulgated by the Office of Personnel
Management, an Executive agency which provides or pro-
poses to provide child care services for Federal employees
may use appropriated funds (otherwise available to such
agency for salaries and expenses) to provide child care, in
a Federal or leased facility, or through contract, for civilian
employees of such agency.
(b) AFFORDABILITY.—Amounts so provided with re-
spect to any such facility or contractor shall be applied to
improve the affordability of child care for lower income
Federal employees using or seeking to use the child care
services offered by such facility or contractor.