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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4104
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 3 (legislative day, AUGUST 31), 1998
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations 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, 1999, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Ω1æThat 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 Inde-
pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1999, 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
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury
Buildings and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance
of official business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official
travel expenses; not to exceed $150,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be
allocated and expended under the direction of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on
his certificate, $122,889,000: Provided, That the Office of
Foreign Assets Control shall be funded at no less than
$5,517,000: Provided further, That of the funds provided
under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be available only for
the provision of compensation for losses incurred due to
the denial of entry into the United States of any firearms
as defined in section 921(a)(3) of title 18, United States
Code that: (1) as of the date of the enactment of this Act,
could lawfully be manufactured and sold in the United
States; (2) that is of a type that was determined by the
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Secretary of the Treasury on April 6, 1998, to be not im-
portable into the United States; and (3) as of February
10, 1998, was conditionally released under bond to the
importer by the United States Customs Service. The losses
compensated under the preceding sentence shall be only
for the cost of the weapons and any shipping, transpor-
tation, duty, and storage costs incurred by the importer,
as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Professional
Responsibility, including the purchase and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $1,250,000.
AUTOMATION ENHANCEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the development and acquisition of automatic
data processing equipment, software, and services for the
Department of the Treasury, $31,190,000: Provided, That
these funds shall remain available until September 30,
2000: Provided further, 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 trans-
fer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none
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of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or sup-
plement Internal Revenue Service appropriations for In-
formation Systems: Provided further, That no funds may
be obligated for the Automated Commercial Environment
project until the Commissioner of Customs has submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations an enterprise infor-
mation systems architecture plan for the U.S. Customs
Service consistent with the Treasury Information Systems
Architecture Framework and approved by the Treasury
Investment Review Board.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official
travel expenses; including hire of passenger motor vehicles;
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 Treas-
ury, $30,678,000.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $27,000,000, to remain
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available until expended: Provided, That these funds shall
not be available for obligation until September 30, 1999.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement
personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in-
telligence 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,
$24,000,000: Provided, That funds appropriated in this
account may be used to procure personal services con-
tracts.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322, to
remain available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
(1)
As
authorized
by
section
190001(e),
$122,000,000; of which $3,000,000 shall be available to
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for admin-
istering the Gang Resistance Education and Training pro-
gram; of which $14,528,000 shall be available to the
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United States Secret Service, including $6,700,000 for ve-
hicle replacement, $5,000,000 for investigations of coun-
terfeiting, and $2,828,000 for forensic and related support
of investigations of missing and exploited children, of
which $828,000 shall be available not earlier than Septem-
ber 30, 1999, as a grant for activities related to the inves-
tigations of exploited children and shall remain available
until expended; of which $66,472,000 shall be available
for
the
United
States
Customs
Service,
including
$54,000,000
for
narcotics
detection
technology,
$9,500,000
for
the
passenger
processing
initiative,
$972,000 for construction of canopies for inspection of
outbound
vehicles
along
the
Southwest
border,
and
$2,000,000 for the Customs Cyber-Smuggling Center in
support of the anti-child pornography program; of which
$14,000,000 shall be available to the Office of National
Drug
Control
Policy,
including
$13,000,000
to
the
Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center to continue
the program to transfer technology to State and local law
enforcement agencies, and $1,000,000 for Model State
Drug Law Conferences; and of which $24,000,000 shall
be available for Interagency Crime and Drug Enforce-
ment.
(2) As authorized by section 32401, $10,000,000 to
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for dis-
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bursement through grants, cooperative agreements, or
contracts to local governments for Gang Resistance Edu-
cation and Training: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tions 32401 and 310001, such funds shall be allocated to
State and local law enforcement and prevention organiza-
tions.
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
Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to
exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the gen-
eral purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; uniforms without regard to the general
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the
conducting of and participating in firearms matches and
presentation of awards; for public awareness and enhanc-
ing community support of law enforcement training; not
to exceed $9,500 for official reception and representation
expenses; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$71,923,000, of which up to $13,843,000 for materials
and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic train-
ing shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Pro-
vided, That the Center is authorized to accept and use
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gifts of property, both real and personal, and to accept
services, for authorized purposes, including funding of a
gift of intrinsic value which shall be awarded annually by
the Director of the Center 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: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, students attending training at any Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center site shall reside in on-Cen-
ter 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 enforcement 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 appropria-
tion, except that reimbursement may be waived by the Sec-
retary for law enforcement training activities in foreign
countries undertaken pursuant to section 801 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,
Public Law 104–32; training of private sector security of-
ficials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of
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actual costs to this appropriation; travel expenses of non-
Federal personnel to attend course development meetings
and training at the Center; for expenses for student ath-
letic and related activities; and room and board for stu-
dent interns: Provided further, That the Center is author-
ized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements
from agencies receiving training at the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center, except that total obligations
at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budg-
etary resources available at the end of the fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center is authorized to provide short-term medical
services for students undergoing training at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional
real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,
facility improvements, and related expenses, $28,360,000,
to remain available until expended.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary for the detection and inves-
tigation of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, including cooperative efforts with State and
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local law enforcement, $51,900,000, of which $7,827,000
shall remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service,
$198,510,000,
of
which
not
to
exceed
$13,235,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2001 for information systems modernization initiatives.
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 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 offi-
cial 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 acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; and provision of laboratory assist-
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ance to State and local agencies, with or without reim-
bursement, $530,624,000; of which $2,206,000 shall not
be available until September 30, 1999; 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); and
of which $1,000,000 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 conveyance will be used in joint law enforcement
operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
arms and for the payment of overtime salaries, 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: Provided, That no funds made available by
this or any other Act may be used to transfer the func-
tions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms to other agencies or Departments in
fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That no funds appro-
priated herein shall be available for salaries or administra-
tive expenses in connection with consolidating or centraliz-
ing, within the Department of the Treasury, the records,
or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of
firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Pro-
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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 imple-
ment 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 fur-
ther, That 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 further, That such funds shall be available to in-
vestigate and act upon applications filed by corporations
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18
U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds in this Act
may be used to provide ballistics imaging equipment to
any State or local authority who has obtained similar
equipment through a Federal grant or subsidy unless the
State or local authority agrees to return that equipment
or to repay that grant or subsidy to the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may
be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pur-
suant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal
identification code.
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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 oper-
ations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals
for personal services abroad; not to exceed $30,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; and awards
of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act
enforced
by
the
United
States
Customs
Service,
$1,638,065,000, 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 Budg-
et Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall
be derived 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,
not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended
for conducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C.
2081, and up to $8,000,000 shall be available until ex-
pended for the procurement of automation infrastructure
items, including hardware, software, and installation: Pro-
vided further, That uniforms may be purchased without
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regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the fiscal year aggregate over-
time 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: Provided further, That $7,000,000 of these funds
shall not be available for obligation until September 30,
1999.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR AND MARINE
INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air-
craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine
Programs, including operational training and mission-re-
lated 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 enforce-
ment and emergency humanitarian efforts, $100,688,000,
which shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the ex-
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ception of 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 trans-
ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office
outside of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal
year 1999 without the prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations.
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
Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and
merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac-
count for such purposes.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States, $176,500,000, of which
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2001 for information systems modernization initia-
tives: Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from
the General Fund for fiscal year 1999 shall be reduced
by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive security issue
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fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account Maintenance
fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1999
appropriation
from
the
General
Fund
estimated
at
$172,100,000, and in addition, $20,000, to be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the
Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for fi-
nancial management of the Fund, as authorized by section
102 of Public Law 101–380: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provisions of law, effective upon
enactment and thereafter, the Bureau of the Public Debt
shall be fully and directly reimbursed by the funds de-
scribed in section 104 of Public Law 101–136 (103 Stat.
789) for costs and services performed by the Bureau in
the administration of such funds.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for tax return processing; revenue accounting; tax law
and account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and cor-
respondence; programs to match information returns and
tax returns; management services; rent and utilities; and
inspection; including purchase (not to exceed 150 for re-
placement only for police-type use) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
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mined by the Commissioner, $3,025,013,000, of which up
to $3,700,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the El-
derly Program, 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 Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; provid-
ing litigation support; issuing technical rulings; examining
employee plans and exempt organizations; conducting
criminal investigation and enforcement activities; securing
unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts; compiling
statistics of income; and conducting compliance research;
including purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850)
and hire of passenger motor vehicles (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,
$3,164,189,000.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE
For funding essential earned income tax credit com-
pliance and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section
5702 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law
105–33),
$143,000,000,
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 Relief Act of 1997.
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mum, the fiscal year 1995 level of service, staffing, and
funding for Taxpayer Services.
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated by this
title shall be used in connection with the collection of any
underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees
of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such
collection, including any private sector employees under
contract to the Internal Revenue Service, complies with
subsection (a) of section 805 (relating to communications
in connection with debt collection), and section 806 (relat-
ing to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692).
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures which will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 106. 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 for taxpayers. The
Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement of
the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a pri-
ority and allocate resources necessary to increase phone
lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service
1–800 help line service.
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UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret
Service, including purchase of not to exceed 739 vehicles
for police-type use, of which 675 shall be for replacement
only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft;
training and assistance requested by State and local gov-
ernments, which may be provided without reimbursement;
services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter-
mined 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 Govern-
ment 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
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 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 repairs, alterations, and minor construction at
the James J. Rowley Secret Service Training Center; for
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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 pro-
vide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law en-
forcement 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 lim-
itation for the current fiscal year, $594,657,000.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter-
ation, and improvement of facilities, $6,445,000, to re-
main 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
Treasury law enforcement organization in accordance with
31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances re-
maining in the Fund on September 30, 1998, 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 al-
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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
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 Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1999 in this
Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Adminis-
tration 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 appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforce-
ment Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
United States Customs Service, and United States Secret
Service may be transferred between such appropriations
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such
appropriation by more than 2 percent.
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SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices, Office of Inspector General, Financial Management
Service, and Bureau of the Public Debt, 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. 115. The Secretary is authorized to promote the
benefits of and encourage the use of electronic tax admin-
istration programs, as they become available, through the
use of mass communications and other means. Addition-
ally, the Secretary may implement procedures to pay ap-
propriate incentives to commercial concerns for electronic
filing services: Provided, That such payment may not be
made unless the electronic filing service is provided with-
out charge to the taxpayer whose return is so filed: Pro-
vided further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall as-
sure the security of all electronic transmissions and the
full protection of the privacy of taxpayer data.
SEC. 116. (a) The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
and the Department of the Treasury shall not award a
contract for Solicitation No. BEP–97–13 (TN) until such
time as the Committee on Banking and Financial Services
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
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Representatives authorize the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, in writing, to proceed with the award of Solicita-
tion No. BEP–97–13 (TN).
(b) The Bureau of Engraving and Printing may ex-
tend the distinctive currency paper ‘‘bridge’’ contract
(TEP–97–10) up to 6 (six) months beginning on the date
the contract expires, if, by such date, the Congress has
not authorized the awarding of a new contract or if the
Congress takes action based on the report submitted by
the
General
Accounting
Office
pursuant
to
section
9003(a) of Public Law 105–18. The Bureau of Engraving
and Printing must notify Congress prior to taking any ac-
tion with respect to the extension of TEP–97–10.
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, $71,195,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas 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: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to
the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement
any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or
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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 informa-
tion 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 the fiscal year
ending on September 30, 1999.
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, $250,000: Provided, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
considered as taxable to the President.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
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(i) estimates of drug prevalence and
frequency of use as measured by national,
State, and local surveys of illicit drug use
and by other special studies of—
(I) casual and chronic drug use;
(II) high-risk populations, includ-
ing school dropouts, the homeless and
transient, arrestees, parolees, proba-
tioners, and juvenile delinquents; and
(III) drug use in the workplace
and the productivity lost by such use;
(ii) an assessment of the reduction of
drug availability against an ascertained
baseline, as measured by—
(I) the quantities of cocaine, her-
oin, 
marijuana, 
methamphetamine,
and other drugs available for consump-
tion in the United States;
(II) the amount of marijuana, co-
caine, and heroin entering the United
States;
(III) the number of hectares of
marijuana, poppy, and coca cultivated
and destroyed;