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or control, as may be necessary to perform protective functions;
for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees
where a protective assignment 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
conducting of and participating in firearms matches; presentation
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 Appropriations; for research and development;
for making grants to conduct behavioral research in support of
protective research and operations; not to exceed $20,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to
provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforce-
ment 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 limitation for the current fiscal year,
$667,312,000: Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided for protec-
tive travel shall remain available until September 30, 2001.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, and
improvement of facilities, $4,923,000, to remain available until
expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary of
the Treasury in connection with law enforcement activities of a
Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law enforcement
organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobli-
gated balances remaining in the Fund on September 30, 2000,
shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.
SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances 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 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 dependents
serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109.
SEC. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms for fiscal year 2000 in this Act for the enforcement
of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act shall be expended in
a manner so as not to diminish enforcement efforts with respect
to section 105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in
this Act made available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms, United States Customs Service, and United
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States Secret Service may be transferred between such appropria-
tions upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. No transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation
by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in
this Act made available to the Departmental Offices, Office of
Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion, Financial Management Service, and Bureau of the Public
Debt, may be transferred between such appropriations upon the
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer
may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than
2 percent.
SEC. 115. Of the funds available for the purchase of law enforce-
ment vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the Secretary of
the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the respective Treasury
bureau is consistent with Departmental vehicle management prin-
ciples: Provided, That the Secretary may delegate this authority
to the Assistant Secretary for Management.
SEC. 116. (a) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS
FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION.—During the period from October
1, 1999 through January 1, 2003, the Treasury Inspector General
for Tax Administration is authorized to offer voluntary separation
incentives in order to provide the necessary flexibility to carry
out the plan to establish and reorganize the Office of the Treasury
Inspector General for Tax Administration (referred to in this section
as the ‘‘Office’’).
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘employee’’ means
an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105) who is employed by
the Office serving under an appointment without time limitation,
and has been currently employed by the Office or the Internal
Revenue Service or the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury for a continuous period of at least 3 years,
but does not include—
(1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another
retirement system;
(2) an employee having a disability on the basis of which
such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement
under the applicable retirement system referred to in paragraph
(1);
(3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific notice of
involuntary separation for misconduct or unacceptable perform-
ance;
(4) an employee who has previously received any voluntary
separation incentive payment by the Federal Government under
this section or any other authority and has not repaid such
payment;
(5) an employee covered by statutory reemployment rights
who is on transfer to another organization; or
(6) any employee who, during the 24-month period pre-
ceding the date of separation, has received a recruitment or
relocation bonus under 5 U.S.C. 5753 or who, within the 12-
month period preceding the date of separation, received a reten-
tion allowance under 5 U.S.C. 5754.
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration may pay voluntary separation incentive pay-
ments under this section to any employee to the extent nec-
essary to organize the Office so as to perform the duties speci-
fied in the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform
Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–206).
(2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—A voluntary
separation incentive payment—
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the employee’s
separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations available for
the payment of the basic pay of the employees of the
Office;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount the employee
would be entitled to receive under 5 U.S.C. 5595(c);
or
(ii) an amount determined by the Treasury
Inspector General for Tax Administration, not to
exceed $25,000;
(D) may not be made except in the case of any quali-
fying employee who voluntarily separates (whether by
retirement or resignation) before January 1, 2003;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not
be included in the computation, of any other type of Govern-
ment benefit; and
(F) shall not be taken into account in determining
the amount of any severance pay to which the employee
may be entitled under 5 U.S.C. 5595 based on any other
separation.
(d) ADDITIONAL OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL
FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
THE RETIREMENT
FUND.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other payments which
it is required to make under subchapter III of chapter 83
or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, the Office shall
remit to the Office of Personnel Management for deposit in
the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Civil
Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to
15 percent of the final basic pay of each employee who is
covered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of
title 5, United States Code, to whom a voluntary separation
incentive has been paid under this section.
(2) DEFINITION.—In paragraph (1), the term ‘‘final basic
pay’’, with respect to an employee, means the total amount
of basic pay which would be payable for a year of service
by such employee, computed using the employee’s final rate
of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a full-time
basis, with appropriate adjustment therefor.
(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH THE GOVERN-
MENT.—An individual who has received a voluntary separation
incentive payment under this section and accepts any employment
for compensation with the United States Government, or who works
for any agency of the United States Government through a personal
services contract, within 5 years after the date of the separation
on which the payment is based, shall be required to pay, prior
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to the individual’s first day of employment, the entire amount
of the incentive payment to the Office.
(f ) EFFECT ON OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL
FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYMENT LEVELS.—
(1) INTENDED EFFECT.—Voluntary separations under this
section are not intended to necessarily reduce the total number
of full-time equivalent positions in the Office.
(2) USE
OF
VOLUNTARY
SEPARATIONS.—The Office may
redeploy or use the full-time equivalent positions vacated by
voluntary separations under this section to make other posi-
tions available to more critical locations or more critical occupa-
tions.
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or other-
wise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal
Reserve note.
SEC. 118. Funds made available by this or any other Act may
be used to pay premium pay for protective services authorized
by section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, without regard
to the limitation on the rate of pay payable during a pay period
contained in section 5547(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, except
that such premium pay shall not be payable to an employee to
the extent that the aggregate of the employee’s basic and premium
pay for the year would otherwise exceed the annual equivalent
of that limitation. The term premium pay refers to the provisions
of law cited in the first sentence of section 5547(a) of title 5,
United States Code.
SEC. 119. (a) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS
FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CHICAGO FINANCIAL CENTER OF THE FINAN-
CIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE.—During the period from October 1,
1999, through January 31, 2000, the Commissioner of the Financial
Management Service (FMS) of the Department of the Treasury
is authorized to offer voluntary separation incentives in order to
provide the necessary flexibility to carry out the closure of the
Chicago Financial Center (CFC) in a manner which the Commis-
sioner shall deem most efficient, equitable to employees, and cost
effective to the Government.
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘employee’’ means
an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105) who is employed by
FMS at CFC under an appointment without time limitation, and
has been so employed continuously for a period of at least 3 years,
but does not include—
(1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another
retirement system;
(2) an employee with a disability on the basis of which
such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement
under the retirement systems referred to in paragraph (1)
or another retirement system for employees of the Government;
(3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific notice of
involuntary separation for misconduct or unacceptable perform-
ance;
(4) an employee who has previously received any voluntary
separation incentive payment from an agency or instrumen-
tality of the Government of the United States under any
authority and has not repaid such payment;