Union Calendar No. 334
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4104
[Report No. 105–592]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Treasury Depart-
ment, the United States Postal Service, the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President, and certain Inde-
pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
JUNE 22, 1998
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 334
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4104
[Report No. 105–592]
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 22, 1998
Mr. KOLBE, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
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,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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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:
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
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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
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
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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
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.