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merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or inden-
tured child labor, as determined pursuant to section 307 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
SEC. 622. No part of any appropriation contained in this or
any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary
of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to pro-
hibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal
Government from having any direct oral or written communica-
tion or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee
of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to
the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining
to the department or agency of such other officer or employee
in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or
contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee
or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, com-
mittee, or subcommittee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes,
reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance of effi-
ciency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, trans-
fers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment
right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of
employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal
Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee,
by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer
or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee
of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).
SEC. 623. Section 627(b) of the Treasury and General Govern-
ment Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(h) of
division A of Public Law 105–277) is amended by striking ‘‘Notwith-
standing’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Effective on the date of
the enactment of this Act and thereafter, and notwithstanding’’.
SEC. 624. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the President,
or his designee, must certify to Congress, annually, that no person
or persons with direct or indirect responsibility for administering
the Executive Office of the President’s Drug-Free Workplace Plan
are themselves subject to a program of individual random drug
testing.
SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in this or
any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee
training that—
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills,
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official
duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the con-
tent and methods to be used in the training and written end
of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated with reli-
gious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief sys-
tems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
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(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon
the performance of official duties.
SEC. 626. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act
for fiscal year 2000 may be used to implement or enforce the
agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355 of the Government
or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such policy,
form, or agreement does not contain the following provisions: ‘‘These
restrictions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with,
or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities
created by Executive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5,
United States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section
1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the Military
Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by
members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States
Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing
disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or
safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982
(50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose
confidential Government agents); and the statutes which protect
against disclosure that may compromise the national security,
including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United
States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of
1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations,
rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order
and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement and are
controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding para-
graph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be
executed by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence
or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or officer
of the United States Government, may contain provisions appro-
priate to the particular activity for which such document is to
be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require
that the person will not disclose any classified information received
in the course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do
so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms
shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress
or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department
of Justice that are essential to reporting a substantial violation
of law.
SEC. 627. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any
other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch,
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relation-
ships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation,
distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio,
television or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the
Congress itself.
SEC. 628. (a) IN GENERAL.—For calendar year 2001, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare and submit
to Congress, with the budget submitted under section 1105 of
title 31, United States Code, an accounting statement and associ-
ated report containing—
(1) an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits
(including quantifiable and nonquantifiable effects) of Federal
rules and paperwork, to the extent feasible—
(A) in the aggregate;
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(B) by agency and agency program; and
(C) by major rule;
(2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation on State,
local, and tribal government, small business, wages, and eco-
nomic growth; and
(3) recommendations for reform.
(b) NOTICE.—The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall provide public notice and an opportunity to comment
on the statement and report under subsection (a) before the state-
ment and report are submitted to Congress.
(c) GUIDELINES.—To implement this section, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to
agencies to standardize—
(1) measures of costs and benefits; and
(2) the format of accounting statements.
(d) PEER REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall provide for independent and external peer review
of the guidelines and each accounting statement and associated
report under this section. Such peer review shall not be subject
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
SEC. 629. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any
other Act, may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee’s
home address to any labor organization except when the employee
has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been
ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 630. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to estab-
lish scientific certification standards for explosives detection
canines, and shall provide, on a reimbursable basis, for the certifi-
cation of explosives detection canines employed by Federal agencies,
or other agencies providing explosives detection services at airports
in the United States.
SEC. 631. None of the funds made available in this Act or
any other Act may be used to provide any non-public information
such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any organization
outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 632. No part of any appropriation contained in this or
any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 633. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’—
(1) means an Executive agency as defined under section
105 of title 5, United States Code;
(2) includes a military department as defined under section
102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Rate
Commission; and
(3) shall not include the General Accounting Office.
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations
to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency
shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties.
An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential
appointee exempted under section 6301(2) of title 5, United States
Code, has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable
proportion of such employee’s time in the performance of official
duties.
SEC. 634. None of the funds made available in this or any
other Act with respect to any fiscal year may be used for any
system to implement section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code,
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unless the system allows, in connection with a person’s delivery
of a firearm to a Federal firearms licensee as collateral for a
loan, the background check to be performed at the time the collat-
eral is offered for delivery to such licensee: Provided, That the
licensee notifies local law enforcement within 48 hours of the
licensee receiving a denial on the person offering the collateral:
Provided further, That the provisions of section 922(t) shall apply
at the time of the redemption of the firearm.
SEC. 635. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision
providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract
also includes a provision for contraceptive coverage.
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with—
(1) any of the following religious plans:
(A) Providence Health Plan;
(B) Personal Care’s HMO;
(C) Care Choices;
(D) OSF Health Plans, Inc.;
(E) Yellowstone Community Health Plan; and
(2) any existing or future plan, if the plan objects to such
coverage on the basis of religious beliefs.
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into
or renews a contract under this section may not subject any indi-
vidual to discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses
to prescribe contraceptives because such activities would be contrary
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require cov-
erage of abortion or abortion-related services.
SEC. 636. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610
of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 2000 by this
or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a member
of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP),
shall be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP
administrative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed
a total of $800,000 including the salary of the Executive Director
and staff support.
SEC. 637. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610
of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency
is hereby authorized to transfer to the ‘‘Policy and Operations’’
account, General Services Administration, with the approval of
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made
available for fiscal year 2000 by this or any other Act, including
rebates from charge card and other contracts. These funds shall
be administered by the Administrator of General Services to support
Government-wide financial, information technology, procurement,
and other management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as
approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
in consultation with the appropriate interagency groups designated
by the Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council
and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program for
financial management initiatives and the Chief Information Officers
Council for information technology initiatives). The total funds
transferred shall not exceed $7,000,000. Such transfers may only
be made 15 days following notification of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget.