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Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses of the Na-
tive Nations Institute. 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$1,300,000, 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 and Records Adminis-
tration (including the Information Security Oversight Of-
fice) and archived Federal records and related activities, 
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
view and declassification of documents, and for the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, $255,191,000: 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 Archives facility, for ex-
penses necessary to provide adequate storage for holdings: 
Provided further, That, of the funds provided in this para-
graph, $600,000 shall be for the preservation of the 
records of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
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ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVE 
For necessary expenses in connection with the devel-
opment of an electronic records archive, to include all di-
rect project costs associated with research, analysis, de-
sign, 
development, 
and 
program 
management, 
$35,914,000, of which $22,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2006. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $6,458,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $500,000 is for the Military Personnel Records 
Center requirements study. 
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, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able 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 
Government Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Re-
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form 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 vehi-
cles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $10,738,000. 
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 Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
rooms 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 reim-
bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel 
Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 
expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of 
January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting 
Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over-
night at his or her post of duty, $119,498,000, of which 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the
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cost of the enterprise human resources integration project, 
$2,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
cost of leading the Government-wide initiative to mod-
ernize Federal payroll systems and service delivery, and 
$2,500,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2005 to coordinate and conduct program evaluation and 
performance measurement; and in addition $126,854,000 
for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the ap-
propriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment without regard to other statutes, including direct 
procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and 
insurance programs, of which $27,640,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the cost of automating the re-
tirement recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the provi-
sions 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 ex-
penses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Per-
sonnel 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 
Commission on White House Fellows, established by Exec-
utive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during
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fiscal year 2004, accept donations of money, property, and 
personal services in connection with the development of 
a publicity brochure to provide information about the 
White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall 
be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, 
or for the salaries 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 
General 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, 
$1,498,000, and in addition, not to exceed $14,427,000 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized 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 re-
spect 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 amend-
ed, such sums as may be necessary. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE 
LIFE INSURANCE 
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect 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 Oc-
tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an-
nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv-
ice Retirement 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 here-
after be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
ability Fund.
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HUMAN CAPITAL PERFORMANCE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For a human capital performance fund, $2,500,000: 
Provided, That such amount shall not be available for obli-
gation or transfer until enactment of legislation that es-
tablishes a human capital performance fund within the Of-
fice of Personnel Management: Provided further, That 
such amounts as determined by the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management may be transferred to Federal 
agencies to carry out the purposes of this fund as author-
ized: Provided further, That no funds shall be available 
for obligation or transfer to any Federal agency until the 
Director has notified the relevant subcommittees of juris-
diction of the Committees on Appropriations of the ap-
proval of a performance pay plan for that agency, and the 
prior approval of such subcommittees has been attained. 
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), as amended, the Whistle-
blower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), as 
amended, Public Law 103–424, and the Uniformed Serv-
ices Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public
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Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
$13,504,000. 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$40,187,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL 
MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE 
For necessary expenses of the White House Commis-
sion on the National Moment of Remembrance, $250,000. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. During the current fiscal year applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 
countries on official department business; and uniforms,
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or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902). 
SEC. 602. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2004 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 603. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 
by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out-
side the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 606. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
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fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 607. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 608. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 609. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), no department or 
agency shall withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 610. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
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nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-
Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to 
the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 
participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 611. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 
an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 612. None of the funds in title I of this Act 
may be used to make a grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full 
funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is 
announced by the department or its modal administrations 
from: (1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal 
Highway Administration other than the emergency relief 
program; (2) the airport improvement program of the 
Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any program of
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the Federal Transit Administration other than the for-
mula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs: 
Provided, That no notification shall involve funds that are 
not available for obligation. 
SEC. 613. For the purpose of any applicable law, for 
fiscal year 2004, the city of Norman, Oklahoma, shall be 
considered to be part of the Oklahoma City Transpor-
tation Management Area. 
SEC. 614. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation 
to approve assessments or reimbursable agreements per-
taining to funds appropriated to the modal administra-
tions in this Act, except for activities underway on the 
date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments 
or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming 
process for Congressional notification. 
SEC. 615. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 616. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees and other funds received by the Department 
of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space,
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and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 617. Amounts made available in this or any 
other Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able—
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments: Provided, That 
amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs 
(1) and (2)—
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
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cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap-
propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations of the amount and reasons for such 
transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘improper payments,’’ 
has the same meaning as that provided in sec-
tion 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 618. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 
bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 
Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 
SEC. 619. 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. 620. 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, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
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pleted his period of active military or naval service, and 
has within 90 days after his release from such service or 
from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora-
tion to his former position and has been certified by the 
Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per-
form the duties of his former position and has not been 
restored thereto. 
SEC. 621. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2004 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2004 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2005, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap-
proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines. 
SEC. 622. 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 
official background investigation report on any individual, 
except when—
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(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 extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 623. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
available to the Office pursuant to court approval. 
SEC. 624. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 625. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal employees health benefits program which provides 
any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 626. The provision of section 625 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered
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if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 627. For the purpose of assisting State-sup-
ported intercity rail service, in order to demonstrate 
whether competition will provide higher quality rail pas-
senger service at reasonable prices, the Secretary of 
Transportation, working with affected States, shall de-
velop and implement a procedure for fair competitive bid-
ding by Amtrak and non-Amtrak operators for State-sup-
ported routes: Provided, That in the event a State desires 
to select or selects a non-Amtrak operator for the route, 
the State may make an agreement with Amtrak to use 
facilities and equipment of, or have services provided by, 
Amtrak under terms agreed to by the State and Amtrak 
to enable the non-Amtrak operator to provide the State-
supported service: Provided further, That if the parties 
cannot agree on terms, the Secretary shall, as a condition 
of receipt of Federal grant funds, order that the facilities 
and equipment be made available and the services be pro-
vided by Amtrak under reasonable terms and compensa-
tion: Provided further, That when prescribing reasonable 
compensation to Amtrak, the Secretary shall consider 
quality of service as a major factor when determining 
whether, and the extent to which, the amount of com-
pensation shall be greater than the incremental costs of
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using the facilities and providing the services: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may reprogram up to 
$5,000,000 from the Amtrak operating grant funds for 
costs associated with the implementation of the fair bid 
procedure and demonstration of competition under this 
section. 
SEC. 628. None of the funds provided in this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
or entities funded in this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2004, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collec-
tion of fees and available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that—
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees 
on Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or
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(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities by 10 percent, 
unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions are notified at least 15 days in advance of such re-
programming. 
SEC. 629. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to require a State or local government 
to post a traffic control device or variable message sign, 
or any other type of traffic warning sign, in a language 
other than English, except with respect to the names of 
cities, streets, places, events, or signs related to an inter-
national border. 
SEC. 630. EXEMPTION FROM LIMITATIONS ON PRO-
CUREMENT
OF FOREIGN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
THAT IS A COMMERCIAL ITEM.—(a) EXEMPTION.—In 
order to promote Government access to commercial infor-
mation technology, the restriction on purchasing non-
domestic articles, materials, and supplies set forth in the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall not apply 
to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code, that is a commercial item (as defined 
in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Pol-
icy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)).
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(b) DEFINITION.—Section 11101(6) of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after 
‘‘storage,’’ the following: ‘‘analysis, evaluation,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘ancillary 
equipment,’’ and inserting ‘‘ancillary equipment (in-
cluding imaging peripherals, input, output, and stor-
age devices necessary for security and surveillance), 
peripheral equipment designed to be controlled by 
the central processing unit of a computer,’’. 
SEC. 631. It is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that empowerment zones within cities should have 
the necessary flexibility to expand to include relevant com-
munities so that empowerment zone benefits are equitably 
distributed. 
SEC. 632. It is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that all census tracts contained in an empowerment 
zone, either fully or partially, should be equitably accorded 
the same benefits. 
SEC. 633. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force—
(1) the proposed rule relating to the determina-
tion that real estate brokerage is an activity that is 
financial in nature or incidental to a financial activ-
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ity published in the Federal Register on January 3, 
2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or 
(2) the revision proposed in such rule to section 
1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 634. It is the sense of Congress that, after prop-
er documentation, justification, and review, the Depart-
ment of Transportation should consider programs to reim-
burse general aviation ground support services at Ronald 
Reagan Washington National Airport, and airports lo-
cated within fifteen miles of Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport, for their financial losses due to Govern-
ment actions after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001. 
SEC. 635. It is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that public private partnerships (PPPs) could help 
eliminate some of the cost drivers behind complex, capital-
intensive highway and transit projects. The House of Rep-
resentatives encourages the Secretary of Transportation 
to apply available funds to select projects that are in the 
development phase, eligible under title 23 and title 49, 
United States Code, except 23 U.S.C. 133(b)(8), and that 
employ a PPP strategy.
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TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 701. Funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act may be used to pay travel to the United States for 
the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases 
of death or life threatening illness of said employee. 
SEC. 702. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2004 shall obligate 
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that 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 offi-
cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 703. 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 
vehicle (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 ex-
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ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, 
and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec-
tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 
the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re-
search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 
may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter-
native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 
101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled 
vehicles. 
SEC. 704. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses 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. 705. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion 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
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States unless 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 citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and 
is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person 
who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien 
from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the 
former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5) 
is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa-
roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) 
is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali-
fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu-
dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur-
pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-
ments 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 ex-
isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to
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any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this 
section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov-
ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire-
land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na-
tionals 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 em-
ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as 
a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 706. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and services 
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities 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. 707. In addition to funds provided in this or 
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
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vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following 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 man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development 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 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 708. 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 ex-
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penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 709. No part of any appropriation for the cur-
rent 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. 710. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 711. 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 pow-
ers 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
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the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the 
same actions as the Administrator of General Services 
may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the 
Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 
318a and 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences 
under the authority and within the limits provided in sec-
tion 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 
281; 40 U.S.C. 318c). 
SEC. 712. 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. 
SEC. 713. (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 
2004, 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 expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2004, in an
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amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 
in accordance with such section; and 
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2004, 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 ef-
fect in fiscal year 2004 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-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2004 under section 5304 of such title (whether 
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was 
effective in the previous fiscal year 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)
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is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 
be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli-
cable to such employee. 
(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, 
2003, 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, 
2003, except to the extent determined by the Office of 
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose 
of this section. 
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2003. 
(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 contribu-
tion, 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.
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(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 employ-
ees. 
SEC. 714. During the period in which the head of 
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
employee of the Government appointed by the President 
of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re-
decorate the office of such department head, agency head, 
officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im-
provements for any such office, unless advance notice of 
such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by 
the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite 
of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any other 
space used primarily by the individual or the use of which 
is directly controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 715. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 710 of this Act, funds
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made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of national security and emergency preparedness tele-
communications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal 
departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Execu-
tive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984). 
SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any 
Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for 
the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a 
position of a confidential or policy-determining character 
excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section 
3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification 
to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of 
the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality 
employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C 
position was not created solely or primarily in order to 
detail the employee to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed services de-
tailed to or from—
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 
(2) the National Security Agency; 
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
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(4) the offices within the Department of De-
fense for the collection of specialized national foreign 
intelligence through reconnaissance programs; 
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 
the Department of State; 
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department 
of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration 
of the Department of Justice, the Department of 
Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, 
and the Department of Energy performing intel-
ligence functions; and 
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence. 
SEC. 717. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for the current fiscal year shall obli-
gate or expend any such funds, unless such department, 
agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 
to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to 
ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimina-
tion and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces 
are not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employ-
ment Act of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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SEC. 718. 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 threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
direct oral or written communication 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 ini-
tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 
committee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion 
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to
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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 sub-
committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 719. (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 knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N–
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
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(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(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. 720. No funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements 
in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 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 em-
ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu-
tive 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 disclo-
sure 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
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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 paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agree-
ment that is to be executed by a person connected with 
the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activ-
ity, other than an employee or officer of the United States 
Government, may contain provisions appropriate 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 re-
ceived in the course of such activity unless specifically au-
thorized 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. 721. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
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tive-legislative relationships, 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 legislation 
pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself. 
SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral 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. 723. 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. 724. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 
authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 725. Unless authorized in accordance with law 
or regulations to use such time for other purposes, an em-
ployee of an agency shall use official time in an honest
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effort to perform official duties. An employee not under 
a leave system, including a Presidential appointee exempt-
ed under section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reason-
able proportion of such employee’s time in the perform-
ance of official duties: Provided, That 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. 
SEC. 726. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 710 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 
or agency, which is a member of the Joint Financial Man-
agement Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be avail-
able to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP adminis-
trative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to ex-
ceed a total of $800,000 including the salary of the Execu-
tive Director and staff support. 
SEC. 727. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 710 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
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ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 
reimburse the ‘‘Governmentwide Policy’’ account, General 
Services Administration, with the approval of the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made 
available for the current fiscal year by this or any other 
Act, including rebates from charge card and other con-
tracts. These funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
trator of General Services to support Government-wide fi-
nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as ap-
proved by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency 
groups designated by the Director (including the Chief Fi-
nancial Officers Council and the Joint Financial Manage-
ment Improvement Program for financial management 
initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council for in-
formation technology initiatives, and the Procurement Ex-
ecutives Council for procurement initiatives). The total 
funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed 
$17,000,000. Such transfers or reimbursements may only 
be made 15 days following notification of the Committees 
on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location
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in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 
the location. 
SEC. 729. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 710 of this Act, funds 
made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts 
to carry out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 
12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the 
budget of and resources connected with the National 
Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, the House Committee on Science; and the 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation 90 days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 730. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli-
cable, and the amount provided. This provision shall apply
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to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by 
a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 731. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 
103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘October 1, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2004’’. 
SEC. 732. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ON USE OF 
INTERNET.—None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used by any Federal agency—
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate 
list, derived from any means, that includes the col-
lection of any personally identifiable information re-
lating to an individual’s access to or use of any Fed-
eral Government 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 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental 
Internet site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to—
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons;
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(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 oper-
ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 
to the rendition of the Internet site services or to the 
protection of the rights or property of the provider 
of the Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 
provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
law. 
SEC. 733. (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,
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except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with—
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 
for 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 sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
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 re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 734. The Congress of the United States recog-
nizes the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as 
the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan Amer-
ican, and Paralympic sport in the United States. 
SEC. 735. Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each appli-
cable department or agency shall submit to the Committee
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on Appropriations a report detailing what policies and pro-
cedures are in place for each department or agency to give 
first priority to the location of new offices and other facili-
ties in rural areas, as directed by the Rural Development 
Act of 1972. 
SEC. 736. Each executive department and agency 
shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before 
issuing the individual a Government travel charge card. 
The department or agency may not issue a Government 
travel charge card to an individual that either lacks a cred-
it history or is found to have an unsatisfactory credit his-
tory as a result of this evaluation: Provided, That this re-
striction shall not preclude issuance of a restricted-use 
charge, debit, or stored value card made in accordance 
with agency procedures to: (1) an individual with an un-
satisfactory credit history where such card is used to pay 
travel expenses and the agency determines there is no suit-
able alternative payment mechanism available before 
issuing the card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit 
history. Each executive department and agency shall es-
tablish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary actions 
to be taken against agency personnel for improper, fraud-
ulent, or abusive use of Government charge cards, which 
shall include appropriate disciplinary actions for use of 
charge cards for purposes, and at establishments, that are
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inconsistent with the official business of the department 
or agency or with applicable standards of conduct. 
SEC. 737. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 710 of this Act, funds 
made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program Of-
fice, authorized by 10 U.S.C. 7902, and the Coastal Amer-
ica program, which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Department of 
Commerce shall provide a report describing the budget of 
and resources connected with the National Oceanographic 
Partnership Program Office and the Coastal America pro-
gram to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, the House Committee on Science, and the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 
days after the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 738. Section 640(c) of the Treasury and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 
106–58; 2 U.S.C. 437g note 1), as amended by section 
642 of the Treasury and General Government Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–67), is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2005’’.
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SEC. 739. Section 304(a) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended as 
follows: 
(1) in clauses (a)(2)(A)(i) and (a)(4)(A)(ii) by 
striking the parenthetical ‘‘(or posted by registered 
or certified mail no later than the 15th day before)’’ 
and inserting in its place, ‘‘(or posted by any of the 
following: registered mail, certified mail, priority 
mail having a delivery confirmation, or express mail 
having a delivery confirmation, or delivered to an 
overnight delivery service with an on-line tracking 
system, if posted or delivered no later than the 15th 
day before)’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (a)(5) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(5) If a designation, report, or statement filed 
pursuant to this Act (other than under paragraph 
(2)(A)(i) or (4)(A)(ii) or subsection (g)(1)) is sent 
by registered mail, certified mail, priority mail hav-
ing a delivery confirmation, or express mail having 
a delivery confirmation, the United States postmark 
shall be considered the date of filing the designation, 
report or statement. If a designation, report or 
statement filed pursuant to this Act (other than 
under paragraph (2)(A)(i) or (4)(A)(ii), or sub-
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section (g)(1)) is sent by an overnight delivery serv-
ice with an on-line tracking system, the date on the 
proof of delivery to the delivery service shall be con-
sidered the date of filing of the designation, report, 
or statement.’’. 
SEC. 740. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 
for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 
effect in fiscal year 2004 under sections 5303 and 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 4.1 
percent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian em-
ployees in the Department of Defense and the Department 
of Homeland Security and such adjustments shall be effec-
tive as of the first day of the first applicable pay period 
beginning on or after January 1, 2004. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 713 of this Act, the ad-
justment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay sys-
tems that take place in fiscal year 2004 under sections 
5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
no less than the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees 
in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
pursuant to the statutory pay systems under section 5303 
and 5304 of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 
employees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of 
title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section