Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000
PL 106-58 (H.R.2490), enacted 09/29/1999

113 STAT. 430 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
Public Law 106-58 
106th Congress 
An Act 
Sept. 29, 1999 
[H.R. 2490] 
Treasury and 
General 
Government 
Appropriations 
Act, 2000. 
Treasury 
Department 
Appropriations 
Act, 2000. 
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Serv-
ice, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
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 Treasury Department, the 
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, 
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep-' 
tember 30, 2000, 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 Building 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 reception 
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 Secretary of the Treasury and to be 
accounted for solely on his certificate, $134,034,000. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data processing 
equipment, software, and services for the Department of the 
Treasury, $43,961,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and in 
amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Depart-
ment's offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided 
further, 
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided further. That none 
of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supplement 
the Internal Revenue Service appropriations for Information Sys-
tems. 
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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, 
as amended, 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 Treasury, $30,716,000. 
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replace-
ment only for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles 
(31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax 
Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses; 
and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of 
the Inspector General for Tax Administration, $112,207,000. 
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, £ind improvement of the Treasury 
Building and Annex, $23,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel expenses 
of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend meetings con-
cerned with financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and 
financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception 
£ind representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law 
enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $27,818,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2002: Provided, That funds appropriated in this 
account may be used to procure personal services contracts. 
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), $119,000,000; of 
which $27,920,000 shall be available to the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Firearms, including $3,000,000 for administering 
the Gang Resistance Education and Training program; of which 
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$4,200,000 shall be available to the United States Secret Service 
for forensic and related support of investigations of missing 
and exploited children, of which $2,200,000 shall be available 
as a grant for activities related to the investigations of exploited 
children and shall remain available until expended; of which 
$61,000,000 shall be available for the United States Customs 
Service; of which $1,863,000 shall be available for the Financial 
Crimes Enforcement Network; of which $9,200,000 shall be 
available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; 
and of which $14,817,000 shall be available for Interagency 
Crime and Drug Enforcement. 
(2) As authorized by section 32401, $13,000,000 to the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for disbursement 
through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to local 
governments for Gang Resistance Education and Training: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding sections 32401 and 310001, such 
funds shall be allocated to State and local law enforcement 
and prevention organizations. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
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, with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation) and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and 
related activities; 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 enhancing community support of law enforce-
ment training; not to exceed $9,500 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; room and board for student interns; and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $84,027,000, of which 
up to $16,511,000 for materials and support costs of Federal law 
enforcement basic training shall remain available until September 
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30, 2002: Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept and 
note. 
use 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: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, students attending training at any Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center site shall reside in on-Center 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 enforce-
ment personnel and Postal police officers; State and local govern-
ment 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 appropriation, except that 
reimbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law enforcement 
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113 STAT. 433 
training activities in foreign countries undertaken pursuant to sec-
tion 801 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act 
of 1996, PubHc Law 104-32; training of private sector security 
officials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of actual 
costs to this appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal 
personnel to attend course development meetings and training spon-
sored by the Center: Provided farther. That the Center is authorized 
to obligate fiinds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies 
receiving training sponsored by the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, except that total obligations at the end of the 
fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available 
at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide training 
for the Gang Resistance Education and Training program to Federal 
and non-Federal personnel at any facility in partnership with the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided further, That 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training 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, $21,611,000, to remain available until expended. 
INTERAGENCY L A W ENFORCEMENT 
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the detection and investigation of 
individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking, including 
cooperative 
efforts 
with 
State 
and 
local 
law 
enforcement, 
$61,083,000, of which $7,827,000 shall remain available until 
expended. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, 
$201,320,000, of which not to exceed $10,635;000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2002, for information systems mod-
ernization initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses. 
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed 812 vehicles for 
police-tj^e use, of wliich 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 an assignment to the National Response Team during the 
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investigation of a bombing or arson incident 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 $15,000 for official 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 labora-
tory assistance to State and local agencies, with or without 
reimbursement, $565,959,000, of which $39,000,000 may be used 
for the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative; 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, equip-
ment, 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 
Firearms 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 sup-
port personnel, that are incurred in joint operations with the Bureau 
of Alcohol, TolDacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the 
functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
and Firearms to other agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2000: 
Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with 
consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of the 
Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and 
disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: 
Provided 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 implement 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 
further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able to investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal 
firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further. That 
such fiinds shall be available to investigate and act upon applica-
tions filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabil-
ities 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 one installation or site of a State or local authority who has 
obtained similar equipment through a Federal grant or subsidy 
unless the State or local authority agrees in writing to the original 
grantor to return that equipment or to repay that grant or subsidy 
to the Federal Government: Provided further. That no funds under 
this Act may be used to electronically retrieve information gathered 
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal identifica-
tion code. 
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 
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113 STAT. 435 
police-t3^e use and commercial operations; hire of motor vehicles; 
contracting with individuals for personal services abroad; not to 
exceed $40,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and awards of compensation to informers, as authorized by any 
Act enforced by the United States Customs Service, $1,705,364,000, 
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 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as 
amended (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, 
of which $725,000 shall be provided to a northern plains agricultural 
economics program in North and/or South Dakota to conduct a 
research program on the bilateral United States/Canadian bilateral 
trade of agricultural commodities and products; of which not less 
than $100,000 shall be available to promote public awareness of 
the child pornography tipline; of which not less than $200,000 
shall be available for Project Alert; not to exceed $5,000,000 shall 
be available until expended for conducting special operations pursu-
ant to 19 U.S.C. 2081; not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available 
until expended for the procurement of automation infrastructure 
items, including hardware, software, and installation; and not to 
exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for repairs 
to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased 
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the fiscal year aggregate overtime 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. 
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 fi*om the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fimd 
and to be transferred to and merged with the Customs "Salaries 
and Expenses" account for such purposes. 
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND MARINE 
INTERDICTION PROGRAMS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and other 
related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs, including oper-
ational training and mission-related travel, and rental pa3mients 
for facilities occupied by the air or marine interdiction and demand 
reduction programs, the operations of which include the following: 
the interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of sup-
port to Customs and other Federal, State, and local agencies in 
the enforcement or administration of laws enforced 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 enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts. 
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$108,688,000, which shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the excep-
tion 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 transferred to any other Federal 
agency, department, or office outside of the Department of the 
Treasury, during fiscal year 2000 without the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT 
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt issues 
of the United States, $182,219,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, 
and of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro-
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riated herein fi'om the General Fund for fiscal year 2000 snail 
e reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive security 
issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees 
are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000 appropriation 
from the General Fund estimated at $177,819,000, and in addition, 
$20,000, to be derived fi-om the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 
to reimburse the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses 
for financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 
1012 of PubHc Law 101-380. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law and account 
assistance to taxpayers by telephone and correspondence; programs 
to match information returns and tax returns; msmagement serv-
ices; rent and utilities; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, 
$3,312,535,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for the Tax 
Counseling for the Elderly 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 Service for 
determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing litigation sup-
port; issuing technical rulings; examining employee plans and 
exempt 
orgsmizations; conducting 
criminal 
investigation and 
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; collecting 
unpaid accounts; compiling statistics of income and conducting 
compliance research; 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, $3,336,838,000, of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2002, for research, and of which not to exceed $150,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses associated with 
hosting the Inter-American Center of Tax Administration (CIAT) 
2000 Conference. 
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113 STAT. 437 
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE 
For funding essential earned income tax credit compliance and 
error reduction initiatives pursuant to section 5702 of the Balanced 
Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33), $144,000,000, 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. 
INFORMATION SYSTEMS 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
information systems and telecommunications support, including 
developmental information systems and operational information 
systems; the 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, $1,455,401,000 which 
shall remain available until September 30, 2001. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be trans-
ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon 
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a 
training program 
to ensure that 
Internal 
Revenue 
Service 
employees are trained in taxpayers' rights, in dealing courteously 
with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural relations. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 
enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the confiden-
tiality of taxpayer information. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facili-
ties and increased manpower to provide sufficient and effective 
1-800 help line service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall con-
tinue to make the improvement of the Internal Revenue Service 
1-800 help line service a priority and allocate resources necessary 
to increase phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue 
Service 1-800 help line service. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
reorganization of the field office structure of the Internal Revenue 
Service Criminal Investigation Division will result in a reduction 
of criminal investigators in Wisconsin and South Dakota from the 
1996 level. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 
including purchase of not to exceed 777 vehicles for police-type 
use, of which 739 shall be for replacement only, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance 
requested by State and local governments, which may be provided 
without reimbursement; services of expert witnesses at such rates 
as may be determined 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 Government ownership 
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note. 
Confidentiality. 
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note. 
Communications 
and tele-
communications. 
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or control, as may be necessary to perform protective functions; 
for pajonent of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees 
where a protective assignment during the actual day or days of 
the visit of a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours 
per day or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the 
conducting of and participating in firearms matches; presentation 
of awards; for travel of Secret Service employees on protective 
missions without regard to the limitations on such expenditures 
in this or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance from 
the Committees on Appropriations; for research and development; 
for making grants to conduct behavioral research in support of 
protective research and operations; not to exceed $20,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to 
provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforce-
ment organizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in 
advance for commercial accommodations as may be necessary to 
perform protective functions; and for uniforms without regard to 
the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, 
$667,312,000: Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided for protec-
tive travel shall remain available until September 30, 2001. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED 
EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, and 
improvement of facilities, $4,923,000, to remain avEiilable until 
expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary of 
the Treasury in connection with law enforcement activities of a 
Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law enforcement 
organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobli-
gated balemces remaining in the Fund on September 30, 2000, 
shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines. 
Contracts. 
SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, 
repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor 
vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles 
without regard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles 
purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering 
into contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their dependents 
serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109. 
SEC. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
and Firearms for fiscal year 2000 in this Act for the enforcement 
of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act shall be expended in 
a manner so as not to diminish enforcement efforts with respect 
to section 105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act. 
SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
this Act made available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Firearms, United States Customs Service, and United 
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113 STAT. 439 
States Secret Service may be transferred between such appropria-
tions upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. No transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation 
by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
this Act made available to the Departmental Offices, Office of 
Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion, Financial Management Service, and Bureau of the Public 
Debt, may be transferred between such appropriations upon the 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer 
may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 
2 percent. 
SEC. 115. Of the funds available for the purchase of law enforce-
ment vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the Secretary of 
the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the respective Treasury 
bureau is consistent with Departmental vehicle management prin-
ciples: Provided, That the Secretary may delegate this authority 
to the Assistant Secretary for Management. 
SEC. 116. (a) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS 5 use 5597 note. 
FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION.—During the period from October 
1, 1999 through January 1, 2003, the Treasury Inspector General 
for Tax Administration is authorized to offer voluntary separation 
incentives in order to provide the necessary flexibility to carry 
out the plan to establish and reorganize the Office of the Treasury 
Inspector General for Tax Administration (referred to in this section 
as the "Office"). 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term "employee" means 
an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105) who is employed by 
the Office serving under an appointment without time limitation, 
and has been currently employed by the Office or the Internal 
Revenue Service or the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury for a continuous period of at least 3 years, 
but does not include— 
(1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another 
retirement system; 
(2) an employee having a disability on the basis of which 
such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement 
under the applicable retirement system referred to in paragraph 
(1); 
(3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific notice of 
involuntary separation for misconduct or unacceptable perform-
ance; 
(4) an employee who has previously received any voluntary 
separation incentive payment by the Federal Government under 
this section or any other authority and has not repaid such 
pa3rment; 
(5) an employee covered by statutory reemployment rights 
who is on transfer to another organization; or 
(6) any employee who, during the 24-month period pre-
ceding the date of separation, has received a recruitment or 
relocation bonus under 5 U.S.C. 5753 or who, within the 12-
month period preceding the date of separation, received a reten-
tion allowance under 5 U.S.C. 5754. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE 
PAYMEJSHS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration may pay voluntary separation incentive pay-
ments under this section to any employee to the extent nec-
essary to organize the Office so as to perform the duties speci-
fied in the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform 
Act of 1998 (Pubhc Law 105-206). 
(2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—^A voluntary 
separation incentive payment— 
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the employee's 
separation; 
(B) shall be paid from appropriations available for 
the payment of the basic pay of the employees of the 
Office; 
(C) shall be equal to the lesser o
f
— 
(i) an amount equal to the amount the employee 
would be entitled to receive under 5 U.S.C. 5595(c); 
or 
(ii) an amount determined by the 
Treasury 
Inspector General for Tax Administration, not to 
exceed $25,000; 
(D) may not be made except in the case of any quali-
fying employee who voluntarily separates (whether by 
retirement or resignation) before January 1, 2003; 
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not 
be included in the computation, of any other t)^e of Govern-
ment benefit; and 
(F) shall not be taken into account in determining 
the amount of any severance pay to which the employee 
may be entitled under 5 U.S.C. 5595 based on any other 
separation. 
(d) ADDITIONAL OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL 
FOR 
TAX ADMINISTRATION CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT 
FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other payments which 
it is required to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 
or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, the Office shall 
remit to the Office of Personnel Management for deposit in 
the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 
15 percent of the final basic pay of each employee who is 
covered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of 
title 5, United States Code, to whom a voluntary separation 
incentive has been paid under this section. 
(2) DEFINITION.—In paragraph (1), the term "final basic 
pay", with respect to an employee, means the total amount 
of basic pay which would be payable for a year of service 
by such employee, computed using the employee's final rate 
of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a full-time 
basis, with appropriate adjustment therefor. 
(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH THE GOVERN-
MENT.—An individual who has received a voluntary separation 
incentive payment under this section and accepts any employment 
for compensation with the United States Government, or who works 
for any agency of the United States Government through a personal 
services contract, within 5 years after the date of the separation 
on which the pajnnent is based, shall be required to pay, prior 
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113 STAT. 441 
to the individual's first day of employment, the entire amount 
of the incentive payment to the Office. 
(f) EFFECT ON OFFICE OF THE TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL 
FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYMENT LEVELS.— 
(1) INTENDED EFFECT.—^Voluntary separations under this 
section are not intended to necessarily reduce the total number 
of full-time equivalent positions in the Office. 
(2) USE OF VOLUNTARY SEPARATIONS.—The Office may 
redeploy or use the full-time equivalent positions vacated by 
voluntary separations under this section to make other posi-
tions available to more critical locations or more critical occupa-
tions. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or other-
wise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau 
of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal 
Reserve note. 
SEC. 118. Funds made available by this or any other Act may 
be used to pay premium pay for protective services authorized 
by section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, without regard 
to the limitation on the rate of pay payable during a pay period 
contained in section 5547(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, except 
that such premium pay shall not be payable to an employee to 
the extent that the aggregate of the employee's basic and premium 
pay for the year would otherwise exceed the annual equivalent 
of that limitation. The term premium pay refers to the provisions 
of law cited in the first sentence of section 5547(a) of title 5, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 119. (a) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS 5 use 5597 note. 
FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CHICAGO FINANCIAL CENTER OF THE FINAN-
CIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE.—During the period from October 1, 
1999, through January 31, 2000, the Commissioner of the Financial 
Management Service (FMS) of the Department of the Treasury 
is authorized to offer voluntary separation incentives in order to 
provide the necessary flexibility to carry out the closure of the 
Chicago Financial Center (CFC) in a manner which the Commis-
sioner shall deem most efficient, equitable to employees, and cost 
effective to the Government. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term "employee" means 
an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105) who is employed by 
FMS at CFC under an appointment without time limitation, and 
has been so employed continuously for a period of at least 3 years, 
but does not include— 
(1) a reemployed annult£int under subchapter III of chapter 
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another 
retirement system; 
(2) an employee with a disability on the basis of which 
such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement 
under the retirement systems referred to in paragraph (1) 
or another retirement system for employees of the Government; 
(3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific notice of 
involuntary separation for misconduct or unacceptable perform-
ance; 
(4) an employee who has previously received any voluntary 
separation incentive payment from an agency or instrumen-
tality of the Government of the United States under any 
authority and has not repaid such pa5nnent; 
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(5) an employee covered by statutory reemployment rights 
who is on transfer to another organization; or 
(6) £in employee who during the 24-month period preceding 
the date of separation has received and not repaid a recruitment 
or relocation bonus under section 5753 of title 5, United States 
Code, or who, within the 12-month period preceding the date 
of separation, has received and not repaid a retention allowance 
under section 5754 of that title. 
(c) AGENCY PLAN; APPROVAL.— 
(1) The Secretary, Department of the Treasury, prior to 
obligating any resources for voluntary separation incentive pay-
ments, shall submit to the Office of Management and Budget 
a strategic plan outlining the intended use of such incentive 
payments and a proposed organizational chart for the agency 
once such incentive payments have been completed. 
(2) The agency's plan under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) the specific positions and functions to be reduced 
or eliminated; 
(B) a proposed coverage for offers of incentives; 
(C) the time period during which incentives may be 
paid; 
(D) the number and amoiuits of voluntary separation 
incentive pajonents to be offered; and 
(E) a description of how the agency will operate without 
the eliminated positions and functions. 
(3) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall review the agencj^s plan and approve or disapprove such 
plan, and may make appropriate modifications in the plan 
including waivers of the reduction in agency employment levels 
required by this Act. 
(d) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE 
PAYMENTS.— 
(1) A voluntary separation incentive pajonent under this 
Act may be paid by the agency head to an employee only 
in accordance with the strategic plan under subsection (c). 
(2) A voluntary incentive payment— 
(A) shall be offered to agency employees on the basis 
of organizational 
unit, 
occupational 
series 
or 
level, 
geographic location, other nonpersonal factors, or an appro-
priate combination of such factors; 
(B) shall be paid in a lump sum after the employee's 
separation; 
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of— 
(i) an amount equal to the amount the employee 
would be entitled to receive under section 5595(c) of 
title 5, United States Code, if the employee were enti-
tled to pa5nnent under such section (without adjust-
ment for any previous pa5nnent made); or 
(ii) an amount determined by the agency head, 
not to exceed $25,000; 
(D) may be made only in the case of an employee 
who voluntarily separates (whether by retirement or res-
ignation) under the provisions of this Act; 
(E) shall not be a basis for pa3anent, and shall not 
be included in the computation of any other type of Govern-
ment benefit; 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 443 
(F) shall not be taken into account in determining 
the amount of any severance pay to which the employee 
may be entitled under section 5595 of title 5, United States 
Code, based on any other separation; and 
(G) shall be paid from appropriations or funds available 
for the payment of the basic pay of the employee. 
(e) ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENTS.—Payments under this section 
may be made to any qualif5dng employee who voluntarily separates, 
whether by retirement or resignation, between October 1, 1999, 
and January 31, 2000. 
(f) EFFECT ON SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH THE GOVERN-
MENT.— 
(1) An individual who has received a voluntary separation 
incentive payment under this section and accepts any employ-
ment for compensation with any agency or instrumentality 
of the Government of the United States, or who works for 
an agency of the United States Government through a personal 
services contract, within 5 years after the date of the separation 
on which the pa3niient is based shall be required to pay, prior 
to the individual's first day of emplo3nnent, the entire amount 
of the incentive payment to FMS. 
(2) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
may, at the request of the Secretary, Department of the 
Treasury, waive the repayment if the individual involved pos-
sesses unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant avail-
able for the position. 
(g) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT FUND.— 
(1) In addition to any other pa5anents which it is required 
to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 
of title 5, United States Code, FMS shall remit to the Office 
of Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury to the 
credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 
an amount equal to 15 percent of the final annual basic pay 
for each employee covered under subchapter III of chapter 
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to whom 
a voluntary separation incentive has been paid under this sec-
tion. 
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term "final basic 
pay" with respect to an employee, means the total amount 
of basic pay which would be payable for a year of service 
by such employee, computed using the employee's final rate 
of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a full-time 
basis, with appropriate adjustment therefor. 
(h) REDUCTION OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEVELS.— 
(1) The total number of funded employee positions in the 
agency shall be reduced by one position for each vacancy created 
by the separation of any employee who has received, or is 
due to receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment under 
this Act. For the purposes of this subsection, positions shall 
be counted on a full-time equivalent basis. 
(2) The President, through the Office of Management and President. 
Budget, shall monitor the agency and take any action necessary 
to ensure that the requirements of this subsection are met. 
(3) At the request of the Secretary, Department of the 
Treasury, the Office of Management and Budget may waive 
the reduction in total number of funded employee positions 
required by paragraph (1) if it believes the agency plan required 
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Postal Service 
Appropriations 
Act, 2000. 
39 u s e 403 note. 
Executive Office 
Appropriations 
Act, 2000. 
3 u s e 102 note. 
by subsection (c) satisfactorily demonstrates that the positions 
would better be used to reallocate occupations or reshape the 
workforce and to produce a more cost-effective result. 
This title may be cited as the "Treasury Department Appropria-
tions Act, 2000". 
TITLE II—POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For pa)nnent to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $93,436,000, 
of which $64,436,000 shall not be available for obligation imtil 
October 1, 2000: Provided, That mail for overseas 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: Provided 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 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 information 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 fiscal year 
2000. 
This title may be cited as the "Postal Service Appropriations 
Act, 2000". 
TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 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 expense allow-
£mce at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized 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 authorized 
by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as author-
ized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended suid accounted 
for as provided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to 
exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided 
by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official entertain-
ment expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive 
Office of the President, $52,444,000: Provided, That $10,313,000 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 445 
of the funds appropriated shall be available for reimbursements 
to the White House Communications Agency. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, 
improvement, heating, and lighting, including electric power and 
fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the White House and official 
entertainment expenses of the President, $9,260,000, to be expended 
and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 
112-114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at 
the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That 
all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence 
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: 
Provided farther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclu-
sive authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 
further, 
That the Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring 
a reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal 
to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance pa5anents 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided farther, That the Executive Residence shall 
require the national committee of the political party of the President 
to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political events 
sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: Provided 
farther. That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written 
notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing such amount 
within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that such amount 
is collected within 30 days after the submission of such notice: 
Provided farther. That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 
and assess penalties Eind other charges on any such amount that 
is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the 
interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt 
on a United States Government claim under section 3717 of title 
31, United States Code: Provided farther. That each such amount 
that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and charges, 
shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Pro-
vided farther, That the Executive Residence shall prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 
90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a 
report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of the 
Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, including 
the total amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 
consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the amount 
of such total that consists of reimbursable political events, and 
the portion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as 
of the date of the report: Provided farther. That the Executive 
Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of expenses 
related to reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that 
Notice. 
Deadlines. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Records. 
113 STAT. 446 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
includes a standard for the classification of any such expense as 
political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence 
from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of 
chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive 
Residence at the White House, $810,000, to remain available until 
expended for required maintenance, safety and health issues, and 
continued preventative maintenance. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE OFFICIAL 
RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide 
assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned 
functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
106, including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, 
which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $3,617,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, heating 
and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the official 
residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
£ind not to exceed $90,000 for official entertainment expenses of 
the Vice President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate, 
$345,000: Provided, That advances or repayments or transfers from 
this appropriation may be made to any department or agency for 
expenses of carrying out such activities. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisors 
in carrying out its functions under the Emplo5anent Act of 1946 
(15 U.S.C. 1021), $3,840,000. 
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
107, $4,032,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,997,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 447 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $39,198,000, of which 
$8,806,000 shall be available for a capital investment plan which 
provides for the continued modernization of the information tech-
nology infrastructure. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 
Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $63,495,000, of which not to exceed 
$5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of chapter 
35 of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided 
in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the 
objects for which appropriations were made except as otherwise 
provided by law: Provided further. That none of the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may 
be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing 
orders or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.): Provided further. That none of the funds made available 
for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be 
expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony 
of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, before the Committees on Appropriations or 
the Committees on Veterans' Affairs or their subcommittees: Pro-
vided further, That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings 
released by the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees 
on Veterans' Affairs. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (title VII of division 
C of Pubhc Law 105-277); not to exceed $8,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; and for participation in joint projects 
or in the provision of services on matters of mutual interest with 
nonprofit, research, or public organizations or agencies, with or 
without reimbursement, $22,951,000, of which $1,100,000 shall be 
available for policy research and evaluation, of which $1,000,000 
shall be available for the National Alliance for Model State Drug 
Laws, and of which up to $600,000 shall be available for the 
evaluation of the Drug-Free Communities Act: Provided, That the 21USC 1702 
Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, note. 
both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year 
limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of 
the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated Contracts. 
113 STAT. 448 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
for salaries and expenses, $125,000 shall be transferred to the 
General Accounting Office for the sole purpose of entering into 
a contract with the private sector for a management review of 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy. 
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER 
( I N C L U D I N G TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology Assess-
ment Center for research activities pursuant to the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (title 
VII of Division C of Public Law 105-277), $29,250,000, which shall 
remain available until expended, consisting of $16,000,000 for 
counternarcotics 
research 
and 
development 
projects, 
and 
$13,250,000 for the continued operation of the technology transfer 
program: Provided, 
That the $16,000,000 for counternarcotics 
research and development projects shall be available for transfer 
to other Federal departments or agencies. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy's 
High 
Intensity 
Drug 
Trafficking 
Areas 
Program, 
$192,000,000 for drug control activities consistent with the approved 
strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 
State and local entities for drug control activities, which shall 
be obligated within 120 days of the date of the enactment of this 
Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal 
agencies and departments at a rate to be determined by the 
Director: Provided further. That, of this latter amount, $1,800,000 
21 use 1706 
shall be used for auditing services: Provided further. That, hereafter, 
note. 
of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2000 or any succeeding 
fiscal year for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, 
the funds to be obligated or expended during such fiscal year 
for programs addressing the treatment or prevention of drug use 
as part of the approved strategy for a designated High Intensity 
Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) shall not be less than the funds 
obligated or expended for such programs during fiscal year 1999 
for each designated HIDTA without the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further. That funds shall 
be provided for existing High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
at no less than the total fiscal year 1999 level. 
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for 
youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public Law 105-277, 
$216,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
such funds may be transferred to other Federal departments and 
agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided, $185,000,000 shall be to support a national 
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113 STAT. 449 
media campaign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media Campaign 
Act of 1998: Provided further. That of the amounts provided for 
the Drug-Free Media Campaign, 10 percent shall not be available 
for obligation until ONDCP submits a corporate sponsorship plan 
to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fiirther, That of 
the funds provided, $30,000,000 shall be to continue a program 
of matching grants to drug-free communities, as authorized in the 
Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997: Provided farther, That of 
the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall be available to the Director 
for transfer as grants to State and local agencies or non-profit 
organizations for the National Drug Court Institute. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, secu-
rity, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the 
current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000. 
This title may be cited as the "Executive Office Appropriations 
Act, 2000". 
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 
SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by the 
Act of June 23, 1971, Pubhc Law 92-28, $2,674,000. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, $38,152,000, 
of which no less than $4,866,500 shall be available for internal 
automated data processing systems, and of which not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be available for reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
Independent 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 2000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal 
Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts 
and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$23,828,000: Provided, That pubhc members of the Federal Service 
Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in 
lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 
employed intermittently in the Government service, and compensa-
tion as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further. That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-
Federal participants at labor-management relations conferences 
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shall be credited to and merged with this account, to be available 
without further appropriation for the costs of canying out these 
conferences. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
To carry out the purpose of the Fund established pursuant 
to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), the revenues 
and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related activities 
not otherwise provided for, including operation, maintenance, and 
protection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of 
buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; 
moving governmental agencies (including space adjustments and 
telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection with the 
assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contractual services 
incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and 
alteration 
of 
federally 
owned 
buildings 
including 
gromids, 
approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; 
maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition 
of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise 
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings 
and sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings; 
preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or other-
wise; construction of new buildings (including equipment for such 
buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga-
tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and 
purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of $5,342,416,000, of 
which: (1) $74,979,000 shall remain available until expended for 
construction of additional projects at locations and at maximum 
construction improvement costs (including funds for sites and 
expenses and associated design and construction services) as follows: 
New construction: 
Maryland: 
Montgomery County, FDA Consolidation, $35,000,000 
Michigan: 
Sault Sainte Marie, Border Station, $8,263,000 
Montana: 
Roosville, Border Station, $753,000 
Sweetgrass, Border Station, $11,480,000 
Texas: 
Fort Hancock, Border Station, $277,000 
Washington: 
Oroville, Border Station, $11,206,000 
Nationwide: 
Non-prospectus, $8,000,000: 
Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits of costs 
on new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent that 
savings effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent 
unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro-
Expiration date, 
priations of a greater amount: Provided further, That all fimds 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 451 
for direct construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2001, 
and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for funds for 
projects as to which funds for design or other funds have been 
obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: Provided 
further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading in Public Law 
104-208, $20,782,000 are rescinded and shall remain in the Fund; 
(2) $598,674,000 shall remain available until expended for repairs 
and alterations which includes associated design and construction 
services, of which $333,000,000 shall be available for basic repairs 
and alterations: Provided further, That funds made available in 
any previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and 
Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount 
identified for each project, except each project in any previous 
Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent 
unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro-
priations of a greater amount: Provided further, That the amounts 
provided in this or any prior Act for "Repairs and Alterations" 
may be used to fund costs associated with implementing security 
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum stand-
ards for security in accordance with current law and in compliance 
with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees 
of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the difference 
between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in 
this or any prior Act, under the heading "Repairs and Alterations", 
may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to 
fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided further. 
Expiration date. 
That all funds for repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall 
expire on September 30, 2001, and remain in the Federal Buildings 
Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for design or 
other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such 
date: Provided further. That the amount provided in this or any 
prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay 
claims against the Government arising from any projects under 
the heading "Repairs and Alterations" or used to fund authorized 
increases in prospectus projects: Provided further. That the General 
Services Administration is directed to use funds available for 
Repairs and Alterations to undertake the first construction phase 
of the project to renovate the Department of the Interior Head-
quarters Building located in Washington, D.C.; (3) $205,668,000 
for installment acquisition payments including payments on pur-
chase contracts which shall remain available until expended; (4) 
$2,782,186,000 for rental of space which shall remain available 
until expended; and (5) $1,580,909,000 for building operations which 
shall remain available iintil expended, of which $475,000 shall 
be available for the Plains States De-population Symposium and 
of which $1,974,000 shall be available until expended for acquisi-
tion, lease, construction, and equipping of flexiplace telecommuting 
centers: Provided further, That funds available to the General Serv-
ices Administration shall not be available for expenses of any 
construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which 
a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, 
as amended, has not been approved, except that necessary funds 
may be expended for each project for required expenses for the 
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further. That funds 
available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emer-
gency repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further. That amounts necessary 
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to provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under 
section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts 
to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and 
other facilities on private or other property not in Government 
ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the United 
States Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant 
to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues and 
collections: Provided further, That revenues and collections and 
any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2000, 
excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
490(f)(6)) in excess of $5,342,416,000 shall remain in the Fund 
and shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 
in appropriations Acts. 
POLICY AND OPERATIONS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for Government-wide policy and oversight activities associated with 
asset management activities; utilization and donation of surplus 
personal property; transportation; procurement and supply; Govern-
ment-wide responsibilities relating to automated data management, 
telecommunications, 
information 
resources 
management, 
and 
related technology activities; utilization survey, deed compliance 
inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, and land 
use planning functions pertaining to excess and surplus real prop-
erty; agency-wide policy direction; Board of Contract Appeals; 
accounting, records management, and other support 
services 
incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United 
States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $116,223,000, of which $12,758,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated from this Act shall be available to convert the Old Post 
Office at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest Washington, 
D.C., from office use to any other use until a comprehensive plan, 
which shall include street-level retail use, has been approved by 
the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee 
on Environment and Public Works: Provided further. That no funds 
from this Act shall be available to acquire by purchase, condemna-
tion, or otherwise the leasehold rights of the existing lease with 
private parties at the Old Post Office prior to the approval of 
the comprehensive plan by the Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,317,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for payment for information 
and detection of fraud against the Government, including payment 
for recovery of stolen Government property: Provided further. That 
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees 
of other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of 
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113 STAT. 453 
efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector 
General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For caniying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958, 
as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, $2,241,000: 
Provided, That the Administrator of General Services shall transfer 
to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out the provisions of such Acts. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund available to 
the General Services Administration shall be credited with the 
cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and 
improvement, included as part of rentals received from Government 
corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129). 
SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Administra-
tion shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available 
for fiscal year 2000 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may 
be transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary 
to meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed trans-
fers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall be used 
to transmit a fiscal year 2001 request for United States Courthouse 
construction that: (1) does not meet the design guide standards 
for construction as established and approved by the General Serv-
ices Administration, the Judicial Conference of the United States, 
and the Office of Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect 
the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as 
set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That 
the fiscal year 2001 request must be accompanied by a standardized 
courtroom utilization study of each facility to be constructed, 
replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide 
cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usu-
ally provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency 
that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment for space 
and services as determined by the General Services Administration 
in compliance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Pubhc Law 92-313). 
SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agencies by 
the Information Technology Fund, General Services Administration, 
under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b) and 5128 of Pubhc Law 
104-106, Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, 
for performance of pilot information technology projects which have 
potential for Government-wide benefits and savings, may be repaid 
to this Fund from any savings actually incurred by these projects 
or other funding, to the extent feasible. 
SEC. 407. From funds made available under the heading "Fed-
eral Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue", claims 
against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct 
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Federal buildings 
and facilities. 
District of 
Columbia. 
Notice. 
construction projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated 
from savings effected in other construction projects with prior 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 408. Funds made available for new construction projects 
under the heading "Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue" in Public Law 104-208 shall remain available 
until expended so long as funds for design or other funds have 
been obligated in whole or in part prior to September 30, 1999. 
SEC. 409. The Federal building located at 220 East Rosser 
Avenue in Bismarck, North Dakota, is hereby designated as the 
"William L. Guy Federal Building, Post Office and United States 
Courthouse". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
E
aper or other record of the United States to the Federal building 
erein referred to shall be deemed to be a reference to the "William 
L. Guy Federal Building, Post Office and United States Courthouse". 
SEC. 410. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO THE COLUMBIA HOSPITAL 
FOR 
WOMEN, (a) ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.—Upon 
receipt of written notice and the consideration specified herein 
from the Columbia Hospital for Women (formerly Columbia Hospital 
for Women and Ljdng-In Asylum, located in Washington, District 
of Columbia; in this section referred to as "Columbia Hospital"), 
subject to subsection (f) and such other terms and conditions as 
the Administrator of General Services (in this section referred to 
as the "Administrator") shall require, the Administrator shall 
convey to Columbia Hospital, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to those pieces or parcels of land in the 
District of Columbia, described in subsection (b), together with 
all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto (in this section 
referred to as "the Property"). The purchase price for the Property 
shall be $14,000,000 (not including any accrued interest) to be 
paid in accordance with the terms set forth in subsection (d). 
The purpose of this conveyance is to provide hospital, medical 
and healthcare services and related uses, including but not limited 
to the expansion by Columbia Hospital of its Ambulatory Care 
Center, Betty Ford Breast Center, and the Columbia Hospital 
Center for Teen Health and Reproductive Toxicology Center, 
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The land referred to in subsection (a) 
was conveyed to the United States of America by deed dated 
May 2, 1888, from David Fergusson, widower, recorded in liber 
1314, folio 102, of the land records of the District of Columbia, 
and is that portion of square numbered 25 in the city of Wash-
ington in the District of Columbia which was not previously 
conveyed to such hospital by the Act of June 28, 1952 (66 
Stat. 287; chapter 486). 
(2) 
PARTICULAR 
DESCRIPTION.—The Property is 
more 
particularly described as square 25, lot 803, or as follows: 
all that piece or parcel of land situated and lying in the city 
of Washington in the District of Columbia and known as part 
of square numbered 25, as laid down and distinguished on 
the plat or plan of said city as follows: beginning for the 
same at the northeast comer of the square being the comer 
formed by the intersection of the west line of Twenty-fourth 
Street Northwest, with the south line of north M Street North-
west £md running thence south with the line of said Twenty-
fourth Street Northwest for the distance of two hundred and 
thirty-one feet ten inches, thence running west and parallel 
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113 STAT. 455 
with said M Street Northwest for the distance of two hundred 
and thirty feet six inches and running thence north and parallel 
with the line of said Twenty-fourth Street Northwest for the 
distance of two hundred and thirty-one feet ten inches to the 
line of said M Street Northwest and running thence east with 
the line of said M Street Northwest to the place of beginning 
two hundred and thirty feet and six inches together with all 
the improvements, ways, easements, rights, privileges, and 
appurtenances to the same belonging or in anywise apper-
taining. 
(c) DATE OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) DATE.—The date of the conveyance of the Property 
shall be no later than 90 days from the date upon which 
the Administrator receives from Columbia Hospital written 
notice of its intent to purchase the Property during which 
time the parties shall execute all necessary purchase and sale 
documents, and shall pay the initial cash consideration in an 
amount at minimum equal to the first of 30 equal annual 
installment payments of the purchase price as contemplated 
in subsection (d)(2) hereinbelow. 
(2) DEADLINE FOR CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY.—Written 
notification and payment of the consideration set forth under 
subsection (c)(1) from Columbia Hospital shall be ineffective, 
and all rights granted Columbia Hospital under this section 
to purchase the Property shall lapse, and become void and 
of no further force and effect, if that written notification and 
installment payment are not received by the Administrator 
before the date which is one (1) year after the date of the 
enactment of this section. 
(3) QUITCLAIM DEED.—Any conveyance of the Property to 
Columbia Hospital under this section shall be by quitclaim 
deed. 
(d) CONVEYANCE TERMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance of the Property shall 
be consistent with the terms and conditions set forth in this 
section and such other terms and conditions as the Adminis-
trator deems to be in the interest of the United States, including 
but not limited to— 
(A) credit and payment provisions, including the provi-
sion for the prepa3anent of the full purchase price if mutu-
ally acceptable to the parties; 
(B) restrictions on the use of the Property for the 
purposes set forth in subsection (a); 
(C) conditions under which the Property or interests 
therein may be sold, mortgaged, assigned, or otherwise 
conveyed in order to facilitate financing to fulfill its 
intended use; and 
(D) consequences in the event of default by Columbia 
Hospital for failing to pay all installments payments toward 
the total purchase price when due, including reversion 
of the described property to the United States. 
(2) PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE.—Columbia Hospital shall 
pay the total purchase price of $14,000,000.00 for the Property. 
The terms and conditions of the sale shall be as deemed by 
the Administrator to be in the best interests of the United 
States. Such terms may include financing the payment of the 
purchase price in annual installments for a term not to exceed 
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30 years with interest on the unpaid balance not to exceed 
four and five-tenths percent (4.5%) per annum (except during 
periods of default or upon entry of a final judgment amount). 
(3) The Administrator shall have full authority to admin-
ister the credit granted to Columbia Hospital in accordance 
with this section including, without limitation, the authority 
to adjust, settle, or compromise the amounts specified in this 
section or in the documents of conveyance. 
(4) EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS.—The Columbia Hospital 
shall execute and provide to the Administrator such written 
instruments including but not limited to contracts for purchase 
and sale, notes, mortgages, deeds of trust, restrictive covenants, 
indenture deeds, and assurances as the Administrator may 
reasonably request to effect this transaction and to protect 
the interests of the United States under this section. 
(e) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—^Amounts received by 
the United States as pajonents under this section shall be paid 
into the fund established by section 210(f) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), and 
may be expended by the Administrator for real property manage-
ment and related activities not otherwise provided for, without 
further authorization. 
(f) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Property, once conveyed as author-
ized under subsection (a), shall revert to the United States, 
together with any improvements thereon— 
(A) One (1) year fi-om the date on which Columbia 
Hospital defaults in pa)dng to the United States any 
amount when due; or 
(B) immediately, upon any attempt by Columbia Hos-
pital to assign, sell, mortgage, or convey the Property with-
out the Administrator's prior written consent before the 
United States has received full purchase price, plus accrued 
interest. 
(2) RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—The Adminis-
trator may release, upon request, any restriction imposed on 
the use of the Property authorized in subsection (d)(1)(B) for 
the purposes set forth in subsection (a), and release any rever-
sionary interest of the United States in the Property upon 
receipt by the United States of full pa3mient of the purchase 
price, including any accrued interest, specified under subsection 
(d)(2), or such other terms and conditions as may be determined 
by the Administrator to be in .the best interests of the United 
States as set forth in subsection (d). 
(3) 
PROPERTY RETURNED 
TO 
THE 
GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION.—^Any portion of the Property that reverts to 
the United States under this subsection shall be under the 
jurisdiction, custody and control of the General Services 
Administration and shall be available for use or disposition 
by the Administrator in accordance with applicable Federal 
law. 
5 u s e 5597 note. 
S E C . 4 1 1 . VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENT FOR 
EMPLOYEES 
OF THE 
GENERAL 
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, 
(a) 
AUTHORITY.—During the period October 1, 1999, through April 
30, 2001, the Administrator of General Services is authorized to 
offer a voluntary separation incentive in order to provide the nec-
essary flexibility to carry out the closing of the Federal Supply 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 457 
Service distribution centers, forward supply points, and associated 
programs in a manner which the Administrator shall deem most 
efficient, equitable to all employees, and cost effective for the 
Government. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term "employee" means 
an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105) who is employed by 
GSA under an appointment without time limitation, and has been 
so employed continuously for a period of at least 3 years, but 
does not include— 
(1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another 
retirement system; 
(2) an employee having a disability on the basis of which 
such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement 
under the retirement systems referred to in paragraph (1) 
or another retirement system for employees of the Government; 
(3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific notice of 
involuntary separation for misconduct or unacceptable perform-
ance; 
(4) an employee who has previously received any voluntary 
separation incentive payment from an agency or instrumen-
tality of the Government of the United States under any 
authority; 
(5) an employee covered by statutory reemployment rights 
who is on transfer to another organization; or 
(6) an employee who during the 24 month period preceding 
the date of separation, has received a recruitment or relocation 
bonus under section 5753 of title 5, United States Code, or 
who, within the 12 month period preceding the date of separa-
tion, has received and not repaid a retention allowance under 
section 5754 of that title. 
(c) AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN.—The Administrator of General 
Services, prior to obligating any resources for voluntary separation 
incentive payments, shall submit to the Office of Management and 
Budget a strategic plan outlining the intended use of such incentive 
pajnnents and a proposed organizational chart for the agency once 
such incentive pajonents have been completed. 
(1) The agency's plan shall include: 
(A) the specific positions and functions to be reduced 
or eliminated; 
(B) a proposed coverage for offers of incentives; 
(C) the time period during which incentives may be 
paid; 
(D) the number and amounts of voluntary separation 
incentive payments to be offered; and 
(E) a description of how the agency will operate without 
the eliminated positions and functions. 
(2) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall review the agency's plan and approve or disapprove such 
plan, and may make any appropriate modifications in the plan. 
(d) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE 
PAYMENTS.— 
(1) The agency head may pay a voluntary separation incen-
tive payment under this section to an employee only in accord-
ance with the strategic plan under subsection (c). 
(2) A voluntary separation incentive pa3rment— 
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(A) shall be offered to agency employees on the basis 
of organizational 
unit, 
occupational 
series 
or level, 
geographic location, other nonpersonal factors, or an appro-
priate combination of such factors; 
(B) shall be paid in a lump sum after the employee's 
separation; 
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of— 
(i) an amount equal to the amount the employee 
would be entitled to receive under section 5595(c) of 
title 5, United States Code; if the employee were enti-
tled to payment under such section (without adjust-
ment for any previous payment made); or 
(ii) an amount determined by the agency head, 
not to exceed $25,000. 
(D) may be made only in the case of an employee 
who voluntarily separates (whether by retirement or res-
ignation) under the provisions of this section; 
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not 
be included in the computation of any other t5TDe of Govern-
ment benefit; 
(F) shall not be taken into account in determining 
the amount of £uiy severance pay to which the employee 
may be entitled under section 5595 of title 5, United States 
Code, based on any other separation; and 
(G) shall be paid from appropriations or funds available 
for the payment of the basic pay of the employee. 
(e) ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENTS.—Payments under this section 
may be made to any qualif3dng employee who voluntarily separates, 
whether by retirement or resignation, between October 1, 1999 
through April 30, 2001. 
(f) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH THE GOVERN-
MENT.— 
(1) An individual who has received a voluntary separation 
incentive payment under this section and accepts any employ-
ment for compensation with the Government of the United 
States within 5 years after the date of the separation on which 
the pa)nnent is based shall be required to pay, prior to the 
individual's first day of emplojinent, the entire amount of the 
incentive payment to the agency that paid the incentive pay-
ment. 
(2)(A) If the employment under this subsection is with 
an Executive agency (as defined by section 105 of title 5, 
United States Code, but excluding the General Accounting 
Office), the United States Postal Service, or the Postal Rate 
Commission, the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment may, at the request of the head of the agency, waive 
the repa5anent if the individual involved possesses unique abili-
ties and is the only qualified applicant available for the position. 
(B) If the emplo)anent under this subsection is with an 
entity in the Legislative Branch, the head of the entity or 
the appointing official may waive the repayment if the indi-
vidual involved possesses unique abilities and is the only quali-
fied applicant available for the position. 
(C) If the employment under this subsection is with the 
Judicial Branch, the Director of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts may waive the repayment if the 
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113 STAT. 459 
individual involved possesses unique abilities and is the only 
qualified applicant available for the position. 
(D) Emplo3niient under a personal services contract with 
the Government of the United States shall be included in 
the term "employment" with respect to paragraph (1), but shall 
be excluded with respect to paragraph (2). 
(g) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT FUND.— 
(1) In addition to any other payments which it is required 
to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 
of title 5, United States Code, the General Services Administra-
tion shall remit to the Office of Personnel Management for 
deposit in the Treasury to the credit of the Civil Service Retire-
ment and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 percent of 
the final annual basic pay for each employee covered under 
subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has 
been paid under this section. 
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term "final basic 
pay" with respect to an employee, meains the total amount 
of basic pay which would be payable for a year of service 
by such employee, computed using the employee's final rate 
of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a full-time 
basis, with appropriate adjustment therefor. 
(h) REDUCTION OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEVELS.— 
(1) The total number of funded employee positions in the 
agency shall be reduced by one position for each vacancy created 
by the separation of any employee who has received, or is 
due to receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment under 
this section. For the purposes of this subsection positions shall 
be counted on a full-time equivalent basis. 
(2) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall monitor the agency and take any action necessary to 
ensure that the requirement of this subsection is met. 
(3) At the request of the Administrator of General Services, 
the Office of Management and Budget may waive the applica-
tion of paragraph (1) if he or she determines that the plan 
required 
by 
subsection 
(c) 
satisfactorily 
demonstrates 
downsizing or other restructuring within GSA that would 
produce a cost-effective result. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit 
Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 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 
vehicles, and direct procurement of survey printing, $27,586,000 
together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for administrative expenses 
to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred fi-om the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined 
by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND 
EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence 
in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be available for the 
purposes of Pubhc Law 102-252, $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund 
to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and 
Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $1,250,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the administration 
of the National Archives (including the Information Security Over-
sight Office) and archived Federal records and related activities, 
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review 
and declassification of documents, and for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $180,398,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the 
United States is authorized to use any excess fiinds available from 
the amount borrowed for construction of the National Archives 
facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate storage for 
holdings. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facili-
ties, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $22,418,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
44 use 2901 
RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING FUND 
note. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is hereby established in 
the Treasury a revolving fund to be available for expenses and 
equipment necessary to provide for storage and related services 
for all temporary and pre-archival Federal records, which are to 
be stored or stored at Federal National and Regional Records Cen-
ters by agencies and other instrumentalities of the Federal Govern-
ment. The Fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation 
for expenses necessary for operation of these activities. 
(b) START-UP CAPITAL.— 
(1) There is appropriated $22,000,000 as initial capitaliza-
tion of the Fund. 
(2) In addition, the initial capital of the Fund shall include 
the fair and reasonable value at the Fund's inception of the 
inventories, equipment, receivables, and other assets, less the 
liabilities, transferred to the Fund. The Archivist of the United 
States is authorized to accept inventories, equipment, receiv-
ables and other assets from other Federal entities that were 
used to provide for storage and related services for temporary 
and pre-archival Federal records. 
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113 STAT. 461 
(c) USER CHARGES.—^The Fund shall be credited with user 
charges received from other Federal Grovemment accounts as pay-
ment for providing personnel, storage, materials, supplies, equip-
ment, £ind services as authorized by subsection (a). Such payments 
may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement. The rates 
charged will return in full the expenses of operation, including 
reserves for accrued annual leave, worker's compensation, deprecia-
tion of capitalized equipment and shelving, and amortization of 
information technology software and systems. 
(d) FUNDS RETURNED TO MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.— 
(1) In addition to funds appropriated to and assets trans-
ferred to the Fund in subsection (b), an amount not to exceed 
4 percent of the total sinnual income may be retained in the 
Fund as an operating reserve or for the replacement or acquisi-
tion of capital equipment, including shelving, and the improve-
ment and implementation of the financial 
management, 
information technology, and other support systems of the 
National Archives and Records Administration. 
(2) Funds in excess of the 4 percent at the close of each 
fiscEil year shall be returned to the Treasury of the United 
States as miscellaneous receipts. 
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—^The National Archives and 
Records Administration shall provide quarterly reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives on the operation of the 
Records Center Revolving Fund. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBUCATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical 
publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, as 
amended, $6,250,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 
105-277, $2,000,000 are rescinded: Provided further. That the 
Treasury and Greneral Grovemment Appropriations Act, 1999 (as 
contained in division A, section 101(h), of the Omnibus Consolidated 
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 
105-277)) is amended in title IV, under the heading "National 
Historical Publications and Records Commission, Grants Program" 112 Stat, 
by striking the proviso. 
2681-508. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessEiry 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 Reform 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 
vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, $9,114,000. 
113 STAT. 462 
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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 Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform 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 reimburse-
ments 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 pajonent of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to 
employees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 
to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, $90,584,000; and 
in addition $95,486,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-
ferred fi'om the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel 
Management without regard to other statutes, including direct 
procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance 
programs, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available 
until 
expended for the cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping 
systems: Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall 
not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided 
by sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and 8909(g) of title 5, United States Code: 
Provided further. That no part of this appropriation shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 
the Office of Personnel Management established pursuant to Execu-
tive 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 Executive Order No. 11183 
of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2000, accept donations 
of money, property, and personal services in connection with the 
development of a publicity brochure to provide information about 
the ^^ite 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, $960,000; and in addition, not to exceed 
$9,645,000 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and 
provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management's 
retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the 
appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, 
as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, 
That the 
Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere. 
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113 STAT. 463 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH 
BENEFITS 
For pajmient of Government contributions with respect 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 amended, such sums as may be necessary. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE 
INSURANCE 
For payment of Government contributions with respect 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 increased 
annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 1969, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under special Acts 
to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, 
such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That annuities author- 
33 USC 776. 
ized 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 hereafter 
be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. 
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), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Pubhc Law 101-
12), Public Law 103-424, and the Uniformed Services Employment 
£ind Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public 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, 
$9,740,000. 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $35,179,000: Provided, 
That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written 
26 USC 7443 
certificate of the judge. 
note. 
This title may be cited as the "Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2000". 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
THIS ACT 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal ye&r 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
113 STAT. 464 
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Contracts. 
Public 
information. 
Abortion. 
SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for any activity or for pajdng the salary of any Govern-
ment employee where funding an activity or pajdng a salary to 
a Government employee would result in a decision, determination, 
rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of 
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 
SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available in fiscal year 2000 for the purpose of transferring 
control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located 
at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the Department 
of the Treasury. 
SEC. 505. 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, formerly held by an employee 
who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and 
has satisfactorily completed 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 period of 
not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his former 
position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment as still qualified to perform the duties of his former position 
and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 506. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 
the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 
of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. lOa-lOc, popularly known 
as the "Buy American Act"). 
SEC. 507. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND 
PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or products that may 
be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided 
under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving 
such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only 
American-made equipment and products. 
(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In providing finan-
cial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the 
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress. 
SEC. 508. If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
"Made in America" inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States 
that is not made in the United States, such person shall be ineligible 
to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds provided 
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and 
ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 
of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 509. 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 benefit 
program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
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113 STAT. 465 
SEC. 510. The provision of section 509 shall not apply where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 
to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2000 fi*om appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2000 in this Act, shall 
remain available through September 30, 2001, for each such account 
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior 
to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these 
requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guide-
lines. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Executive Office of the President to request fi*om 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official background inves-
tigation report on any individual, except when— 
(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 extraordinary cir-
cumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 513. Notwithstanding section 515 of Public Law 104-
208, 50 percent of the unobligated balances available to the White 
House Office, Salaries and Expenses appropriations in fiscal year 
1997, shall remain available through September 30, 2000, for the 
purposes of satisfying the conditions of section 515 of the Treasury 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999. 
SEC. 514. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (Public 
Law 93-400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply with respect to a 
contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program 
established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 515. 
INVENTORY OF FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS. 
The 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare 
an inventory of existing Federal grant programs after consulting 
each agency that administers Federal grant programs including 
formula fiinds, competitive grant funds, block grant funds, and 
direct payments. The inventory shall include the name of the pro-
gram, a copy of relevant statutory and regulatory guidelines, the 
funding level in fiscal year 1999, a list of the eligibility criteria 
both statutory and regulatory, and a copy of the application form. 
The Director shall submit the inventory no later than 6 months Deadline, 
after enactment to the Committees on Appropriations and relevant 
authorizing committees. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 601. 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 threat-
ening illness of said employee. 
SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated fiinds imder this or any other 
113 STAT. 466 
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Act for fiscal year 2000 shall obligate 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 the 
illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as 
defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the officers and 
employees of such department, agency, or instrumentality. 
31 use 1343 
SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
iiote. 
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, ambu-
lances, law enforcement, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is 
hereby fixed at $8,100 except station wagons for which the max-
imum shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be exceeded 
by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to 
exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided 
further. 
That the limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded 
by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased 
for demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid 
Vehicle Research, 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 alternative fuels 
vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over the cost 
of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles. 
SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive departments and 
independent establishments for the current fiscal year available 
for expenses of travel, or for the expenses 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. 
5 use 3101 note. 
SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the current fiscal 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the compensation 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 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 citizen-
ship, has filed a declaration of intention to become 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 admitted to the United States for permanent residence; 
(5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled 
in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national 
of the People's Republic of China who qualifies for adjustment 
of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992: 
Provided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed 
by any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that 
the requirements 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 existing law: Provided further, That any payment 
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113 STAT. 467 
made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this 
section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. 
This section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the 
Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those countries allied 
with the United States in a current defense effort, or to inter-
national broadcasters employed by the United States Information 
Agency, or to temporary emplo5mient of translators, or to temporary 
employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result 
of emergencies. 
SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any department or agency 
during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including 
mainteneince or operating expenses, shall also be available for pay-
ment to the General Services Administration for charges for space 
and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of 
buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements per-
formed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 
Stat. 749), the PubUc Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 
216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or any other 
Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds 
resulting from the sale of materials, including Federal records dis-
posed of pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling 
or waste prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until 
expended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction auid 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 management pro-
grams, 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. 608. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corpora-
tions 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 expenses are subse-
quently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations 
on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the current 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. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shsQl be available for interagency financing of boards 
(except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, commit-
tees, 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 instrumentality. 
113 STAT. 468 
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SEC. 611. 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 powers 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 the 
Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the same actions 
as the Administrator of General Services may take under the provi-
sions 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 section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 
281; 40 U.S.C. 318c). 
SEC. 612. 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 disapproved pursuant to 
a resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with the 
applicable law of the United States. 
5 use 5343 note. 
SEC. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of 
the fiinds appropriated for fiscal year 2000, 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 expiration of the 
limitation imposed by section 614 of the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 1999, until the normal effec-
tive date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is 
to take effect in fiscal year 2000, in an amount that exceeds 
the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of the 
applicable wage schedule in accordance with such section 614; 
and 
(2) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
year 2000, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage 
survey adjustment, the rate payable under paragraph (1) by 
more than the sum o
f
— 
(A) the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal 
year 2000 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 average percent-
age of the locality-based comparability payments taking 
effect in fiscal year 2000 under section 5304 of such title 
(whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver-
age percentage of such payments which was effective in 
fiscal year 1999 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) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the 
rates that would be payable under subsection (a) were subsection 
(a) applicable to such employee. 
Regulations. 
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to an 
employee who is covered by this section and who is paid fi-om 
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113 STAT. 469 
a schedule not in existence on September 30, 1999, shall be deter-
mined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel 
Management. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of pre-
mium pay for employees subject to this section may not be changed 
from the rates in effect on September 30, 1999, 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 Applicability. 
performed after September 30,1999. 
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
(including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, retire-
ment, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires 
any deduction or contribution, 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. 
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit 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 excep-
tions to the limitations imposed by this section if the Office deter-
mines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment 
or retention of qualified employees. 
SEC. 614. During the period in which the head of any depart-
ment 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 obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 
to furnish or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 
head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make 
improvements 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 word "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. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no execu-
tive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any addi-
tional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, 
to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement 
training without the advance approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
is authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 
by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which cannot 
be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
States Code, or section 610 of this Act, fimds made available for 
fiscal year 2000 by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency fiinding of national security and emergency 
preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive 
Order No. 12472 (April 3,1984). 
SEC. 617. (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-
113 STAT. 470 
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determining character excepted from the competitive service pursu-
ant to section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certifi-
cation 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 detailed to or from— 
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 
(2) the National Security Agency; 
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 
(4) the offices within the Department of Defense for the 
collection of specialized national foreign intelligence through 
reconnaissance programs; 
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Depart-
ment of State; 
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
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 
intelligence functions; and 
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence. 
SEC. 618. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated fiinds under this or any other 
Act for fiscal year 2000 shall obligate 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 discrimi-
nation 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 Employment Act of 1967, and 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 
SEC. 619. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
may be used to pay for the expenses of travel of employees, including 
employees of the Executive Office of the President, not directly 
responsible for the discharge of official governmental tasks and 
duties: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to the family 
of the President, Members of Congress or their spouses, Heads 
of State of a foreign country or their designees, persons providing 
assistance to the President for official purposes, or other individuals 
so designated by the President. 
SEC. 620. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act shall be used to acquire information technologies which do 
not comply with part 39.106 (Year 2000 compliance) of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation, unless an agency's Chief Information Officer 
determines that noncompliance with part 39.106 is necessary to 
the function and operation of the requesting agency or the acquisi-
tion is required by a signed contract with the agency in effect 
before the date of the enactment of this Act. Any waiver granted 
by the Chief Information Officer shall be reported to the Office 
of Management and Budget, and copies shall be provided to Con-
gress. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
the United States Customs Service may be used to allow the 
importation into the United States of any good, ware, article, or 
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113 STAT. 471 
merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or inden-
tured child labor, as determined pursuant to section 307 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 622. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary 
of £iny officer or employee of the Federal Grovemment, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to pro-
hibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federed 
Grovemment from having any direct oral or written communica-
tion or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee 
of the Congress in connection with any matter pertsdning to 
the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining 
to the department or agency of such other officer or employee 
in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or 
contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee 
or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, com-
mittee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
reduces in rsink, seniority, status, pay, or performance of effi-
ciency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, trans-
fers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment 
right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of 
emplojonent of, any other officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, 
by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer 
or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee 
of the Congress as described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 623. Section 627(b) of the Treasury and General Govern-
ment Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(h) of 
division A of Public Law 105-277) is amended by striking "Notwith-
standing" and inserting the following: "Effective on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and thereafter, and notwithstanding". 
SEC. 624. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the President, 
or his designee, must certify to Congress, annually, that no person 
or persons with direct or indirect responsibility for administering 
the Executive Office of the President's Drug-Free Workplace Plan 
are themselves subject to a program of individual random drug 
testing. 
SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the con-
tent and methods to be used in the training and written end 
of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated with reli-
gious or quasi-religious belief systems or "new age" belief sys-
tems as defined in Equal Emplojmnent Opportunity Commission 
Notice N-915.022, dated September 2,1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. 
28 u s e 2671 
note. 
112 Stat. 
2681-519. 
President. 
Certification. 
5 u s e 7301 note. 
113 STAT. 472 
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Records. 
Reports. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon 
the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 626. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
for fiscal year 2000 may be used to implement or enforce the 
agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355 of the Government 
or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such policy, 
form, or agreement does not contain the following provisions: "These 
restrictions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, 
or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities 
created by Executive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, 
United States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section 
1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the Military 
Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by 
members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States 
Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing 
disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or 
safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 
(50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose 
confidential Government agents); and the statutes which protect 
against disclosure that may compromise the national security, 
including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United 
States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 
1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations, 
rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order 
and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement and are 
controlling.": Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding para-
graph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be 
executed by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence 
or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or officer 
of the United States Government, may contain provisions appro-
priate to the particular activity for which such document is to 
be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require 
that the person will not disclose any classified information received 
in the course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do 
so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 
shall also m£ike it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress 
or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department 
of Justice that are essential to reporting a substantial violation 
of law. 
SEC. 627. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relation-
ships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, 
distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, 
television or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself. 
SEC. 628. (a) IN GENERAL.—For calendar year 2001, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare and submit 
to Congress, with the budget submitted under section 1105 of 
title 31, United States Code, an accounting statement and associ-
ated report containing— 
(1) an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits 
(including quantifiable and nonquantifiable effects) of Federal 
rules and paperwork, to the extent feasible— 
(A) in the aggregate; 
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113 STAT. 473 
(B) by agency and agency program; and 
(C) by major rule; 
(2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation on State, 
local, and tribal government, small business, wages, and eco-
nomic growth; and 
(3) recommendations for reform. 
(b) NOTICE.—The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall provide public notice and an opportunity to comment 
on the statement and report under subsection (a) before the state-
ment and report are submitted to Congress. ..^^r 
(c) GUIDELINES.—To implement this section, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to 
agencies to standardize— 
(1) measures of costs and benefits; and 
(2) the format of accounting statements. 
(d) PEER REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall provide for independent and external peer review 
of the guidelines and each accounting statement and associated 
report under this section. Such peer review shall not be subject 
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 
SEC. 629. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any 
other Act, may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee's 
home address to any labor organization except when the employee 
has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been 
ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 630. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to estab- 
18 USC 846 note. 
lish scientific certification 
standards for explosives detection 
canines, and shall provide, on a reimbursable basis, for the certifi-
cation of explosives detection canines employed by Federal agencies, 
or other agencies providing explosives detection services at airports 
in the United States. 
SEC. 631. None of the funds made available in this Act or 
any other Act may be used to provide any non-public information 
such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any organization 
outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 632. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 633. (a) In this section the term "agency"— 
(1) means an Executive agency as defined under section 
105 of title 5, United States Code; 
(2) includes a military department as defined under section 
102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Rate 
Commission; and 
(3) shall not include the General Accounting Office. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations 
to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency 
shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. 
An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential 
appointee exempted under section 6301(2) of title 5, United States 
Code, has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable 
proportion of such employee's time in the performance of official 
duties. 
SEC. 634. None of the funds made available in this or any 18 USC 922 note, 
other Act with respect to any fiscal year may be used for any 
system to implement section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, 
113 STAT. 474 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
unless the system allows, in connection with a person's delivery 
of a firearm to a Federal firearms licensee as collateral for a 
loan, the background check to be performed at the time the collat-
Notification. 
eral is offered for delivery to such licensee: Provided, That the 
licensee notifies local law enforcement within 48 hours of the 
licensee receiving a denial on the person offering the collateral: 
Applicability. 
Provided further. That the provisions of section 922(t) shall apply 
at the time of the redemption of the firearm. 
SEC. 635. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to enter into s
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providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract 
also includes a provision for contraceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Providence Health Plan; 
(B) Personal Care's HMO; 
(C) Care Choices; 
(D) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; 
(E) Yellowstone Community Health Plan; and 
(2) any existing or fiiture plan, if the plan objects to such 
coverage on the basis of religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into 
or renews a contract under this section may not subject any indi-
vidual to discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses 
to prescribe contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual's religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
Abortion. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require cov-
erage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 636. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 
of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 2000 by this 
or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a member 
of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP), 
shall be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP 
administrative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed 
a total of $800,000 including the salary of the Executive Director 
and staff" support. 
SEC. 637. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 
of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency 
is hereby authorized to transfer to the "Policy and Operations" 
account, General Services Administration, with the approval of 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made 
available for fiscal year 2000 by this or any other Act, including 
rebates from charge card and other contracts. These fimds shall 
be administered by the Administrator of General Services to support 
Government-wide financial, information technology, procurement, 
and other management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as 
approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
in consultation with the appropriate interagency groups designated 
by the Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council 
and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program for 
financial management initiatives and the Chief Information Officers 
Council for information technology initiatives). The total fiinds 
transferred shall not exceed $7,000,000. Such transfers may only 
be made 15 days following notification of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget. 
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113 STAT. 475 
Establishment. 
President. 
Deadline. 
31 u s e 901 note. 
SEC. 638. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
"(c)(1) There shall be within the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent a Chief Financial Officer, who shall be designated or appointed 
by the President from among individuals meeting the standards 
described in subsection (a)(3). The position of Chief Financial Officer 
established under this paragraph may be so established in any 
Office (including the Office of Administration) of the Executive 
Office of the President. 
"(2) The Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed under 
this subsection shall, to the extent that the President determines 
appropriate and in the interest of the United States, have the 
same authority and perform the same functions as apply in the 
case of a Chief Financial Officer of an agency described in subsection 
(b). 
"(3) The President shall submit to Congress notification with 
Notification. 
respect to any provision of section 902 that the President determines 
shall not apply to a Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed 
under this subsection. 
"(4) The President may designate am employee of the Executive 
Office of the President (other than the Chief Financial Officer), 
who shall be deemed 'the head of the agenc/ for purposes of 
carrying out section 902, with respect to the Executive Office of 
the President.". 
(b) PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 90 days after 
the effective date of this section, the President shall communicate 
in writing, to the Chairmen of the Committees on Appropriations, 
the Chairman of the Committee on Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives, and the Chairman of the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a plan for implementation 
of the provisions of, and amendments made by, this section. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The Chief Financial Officer 
designated or appointed under section 901(c) of title 31, United 
States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall be so designated 
or appointed not later than 180 days after the effective date of 
this section. 
(d) PAY.—The Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed 
under such section shall receive basic pay at the rate payable 
for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 
5, United States Code. 
(e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—(1) The President may transfer 
such offices, functions, powers, or duties thereof, as the President 
determines are properly related to the functions of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer under section 901(c) of title 31, United States Code 
(as added by subsection (a)). 
(2) The personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, 
records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, 
allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, 
available or to be made available, of any office the functions, powers, 
or duties of which are transferred under paragraph (1) shall also 
be so transferred. 
(f) SEPARATE BUDGET REQUEST.—Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (30) 
the following new paragraph: 
"(31) a separate statement of the amount of appropriations 
requested for the Chief Financial Officer in the Executive Office 
of the President.". 
31 u s e 901 note. 
31 u s e 901 note. 
31 u s e 901 note. 
113 STAT. 476 
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31 u s e 503 note. 
Regulations. 
Reports. 
Notification. 
Public 
availability. 
Internet. 
Verification. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 434 note. 
(g) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 503(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7) by striking "respectively." and inserting 
"respectively (excluding any officer designated or appointed 
under section 901(c))."; and 
(2) in paragraph (8) by striking "Officers." and inserting 
"Officers (excluding any officer designated or appointed under 
section 901(c)).". 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect at noon 
on January 20, 2001. 
SEC. 639. (a) Section 304(a) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended by striking paragraph 
(11) and inserting the following: 
"(11)(A) The Commission shall promulgate a regulation under 
which a person required to file a designation, statement, or report 
under this Act— 
"(i) is required to maintain and file a designation, state-
ment, or report for any calendar year in electronic form acces-
sible by computers if the person has, or has reason to expect, 
to have, aggregate contributions or expenditures in excess j
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a threshold amount determined by the Commission; and 
"(ii) may maintain and file a designation, statement, m 
report in electronic form or an alternative form if not required 
to do so under the regulation promulgated under clause (i). 
"(B) The Commission shall make a designation, statement, 
report, or notification that is filed electronically with the Commis-
sion accessible to the public on the Internet not later than 24 
hours after the designation, statement, report, or notification is 
received by the Commission. 
"(C) In promulgating a regulation under this paragraph, the 
Commission shall provide methods (other than requiring a signature 
on the document being filed) for verifying designations, statements, 
and reports covered by the regulation. Any document verified under 
any of the methods shall be treated for all purposes (including 
penalties for perjury) in the same manner as a document verified 
by signature. 
"(D) As used in this paragraph, the term 'report' means, with 
respect to the Commission, a report, designation, or statement 
required by this Act to be filed with the Commission.". 
(b) The amendments made by this section shall be effective 
for reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2000. 
SEC. 640. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309(a)(4) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking "clause (ii)" and 
inserting "clauses (ii) and subparagraph (C)"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
"(C)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case of a 
violation of any requirement of section 304(a) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
434(a)), the Commission may— 
"(I) find that a person committed such a violation on the 
basis of information obtained pursuant to the procedures 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and 
"(II) based on such finding, require the person to pay 
a civil money penalty in an amount determined under a 
schedule of penalties which is established and published by 
the Commission and which takes into account the amount 
of the violation involved, the existence of previous violations 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 477 
Applicability. 
2 u s e 437g note 
Effectiv(j date. 
2 u s e 434 note. 
by the person, and such other factors as the Commission con-
siders appropriate. 
"(ii) The Commission may not make any determination adverse 
to a person under clause (i) until the person has been given written 
notice and an opportunity to be heard before the Commission. 
"(iii) Any person against whom an adverse determination is 
made under this subparagraph may obtain a review of such deter-
mination in the district court of the United States for the district 
in which the person resides, or transacts business, by filing in 
such court (prior to the expiration of the 30-day period which 
begins on the date the person receives notification of the determina-
tion) a written petition requesting that the determination be modi-
fied or set aside.". 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 309(a)(6)(A) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(6)(A)) is amended by striking "paragraph (4)(A)" 
and inserting "paragraph (4)". 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to violations occurring between January 
1, 2000 and December 31, 2001. 
SEC. 641. (a) Section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act (2 U.S.C. 434(b)) is amended by inserting "(or election cycle, 
in the case of an authorized committee of a candidate for Federal 
office)" after "calendar year" each place it appears in paragraphs 
(2), (3), (4), (6), and (7). 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall become effective 
with respect to reporting periods beginning after December 31, 
2000. 
SEC. 642. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 636 of the Treasury Postal 
Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (5 
U.S.C. prec. 5941 note) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
"may" and inserting "shall". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect on October 1, 1999, or the date of the enactment 
of this Act, whichever is later. 
SEC. 643. (a) IN GENERAL.—Upon promulgation of the regula-
tions required under subsection (c), an Executive agency which 
provides or proposes to provide child care services for Federal 
employees may use appropriated funds (otherwise available to such 
agency for salaries) to provide child care, in a Federal or leased 
facility, or through contract, for civilian employees of such agency. 
(b) AFFORDABILITY.—^Amounts so provided with respect to any 
such facility or contractor shall be applied to improve the afford-
ability of child care for lower income Federal employees using 
or seeking to use the child care services offered by such facility 
or contractor. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Management shall. Deadline 
within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, issue 
regulations necessary to carry out this section. 
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term "Execu-
tive agency has the meaning given such term by section 105 
of title 5, United States Code, but does not include the General 
Accounting Office. 
(e) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to implement the provisions of 
this section absent advance notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
5 u s e note prec. 
5941. 
113 STAT. 478 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
3 u s e 102 note. 
Effective date. 
Government 
organization. 
Pay increase. 
5 u s e 5303 note. 
Breastfeeding. 
Applicability. 
SEC. 644. 
(a) INCREASE IN ANNUAL COMPENSATION.—Section 
102 of title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking "$200,000" 
and inserting "$400,000". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall take effect at noon on January 20, 2001. 
SEC. 645. Effective October 1, 1999, all personnel of the General 
Accounting Office employed or maintained to carry out functions 
of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) 
shall be transferred to the General Services Administration. The 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall provide to 
the General Services Administration one permanent Senior Execu-
tive Service allocation for the position of the Executive Director 
of the JFMIP. Personnel transferred pursuant to this section shall 
not be separated or reduced in classification or compensation for 
1 year after any such transfer, except for cause. 
SEC. 646. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for the 
statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year 2000 under 
sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
an increase of 4.8 percent. 
(b) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from 
appropriations which are made to each applicable department or 
agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2000. 
SEC. 647. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman 
may breastfeed her child at any location in a Feder^ building 
or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise 
authorized to be present at the location. 
SEC. 648. FEDERAL FUNDS IDENTIFIED. Any request for pro-
posals, solicitation, grant application, form, notification, press 
release, or other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds and the amount 
provided. This provision shall apply to direct payments, formula 
funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 649. (a) Congress finds that— 
(1) the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States 
(in this section referred to as the "VFW"), which was formed 
by veterans of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine 
Insurrection to help secure rights and benefits for their service, 
will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 1999; 
(2) members of the VFW have fought, bled, and died in 
every war, conflict, police action, and military intervention in 
which the United States has engaged during this century; 
(3) over its history, the VFW has ably represented the 
interests of veterans in Congress and State Legislatures across 
the Nation and established a network of trained service officers 
who, at no charge, have helped millions of veterans and their 
dependents to secure the education, disability compensation, 
pension, and health care benefits they are rightfully entitled 
to receive as a result of the military service performed by 
those veterans; 
(4) the VFW has also been deeply involved in national 
education projects, awarding nearly $2,700,000 in scholarships 
annually, as well as countless community projects initiated 
by its 10,000 posts; and 
(5) the United States Postal Service has issued commemo-
rative postage stamps honoring the VFW's 50th and 75th 
anniversaries, respectively. 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 479 
(b) Therefore, it is the sense of the Congress that the United 
States Postal Service is encouraged to issue a commemorative post-
age stamp in honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 
SEC. 
650. ITEMIZED INCOME TAX RECEIPT, (a) IN GENERAL.— Deadline. 
Not later than April 15, 2000, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
26 USC 7801 
establish an interactive program on an Internet website where "
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any taxpayer may generate an itemized receipt showing a propor-
tionate allocation (in money terms) of the taxpayer's total tax pay-
ments among the major expenditure categories. 
(b) INFORMATION NECESSARY TO GENERATE RECEIPT.—For pur-
poses of generating an itemized receipt under subsection (a), the 
interactive program— 
(1) shall only require the input of the taxpayer's total 
tax pa3anents; and 
(2) shall not require any identifying information relating 
to the taxpayer. 
(c) TOTAL TAX PAYMENTS.—For purposes of this section, total 
tax pajonents of an individual for any taxable year are— 
(1) the tax imposed by subtitle A of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 for such taxable year (as shown on his return); 
and 
(2) the tax imposed by section 3101 of such Code on wages 
received during such taxable year. 
(d) CONTENT OF TAX RECEIPT.— 
(1) MAJOR EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), the major expenditure categories are: 
(A) National defense. 
(B) International affairs. 
(C) Medicaid. 
(D) Medicare. 
(E) Means-tested entitlements. 
(F) Domestic discretionary. 
(G) Social Security. 
(H) Interest payments. 
(I) All other. 
(2) OTHER ITEMS ON RECEIPT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition, the tax receipt shall 
include selected examples of more specific expenditure 
items, including the items listed in subparagraph (B), 
either at the budget function, subfunction, or program, 
project, or activity levels, along with any other information 
deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the Treasury and 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 
enhance taxpayer understanding of the Federal budget. 
(B) LISTED ITEMS.—The expenditure items listed in 
this subparagraph are as follows: 
(i) Public schools funding programs. 
(ii) Student loans and college aid. 
(iii) Low-income housing programs. 
(iv) Food stamp and welfare programs. 
(v) Law enforcement, including the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, law enforcement grants to the States, 
and other Federal law enforcement personnel. 
(vi) Infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and 
mass transit. 
(vii) Farm subsidies. 
113 STAT. 480 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
5 u s e 8336 note, 
8414 note. 
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8336 
and 
note, 
8339, 
8414, 
8464. 
Postal Service. 
40 u s e 1003 
note. 
Applicability. 
eop3rrights. 
15 u s e 1128. 
(viii) Congressional Member and staff salaries, 
(ix) Health research programs, 
(x) Aid to the disabled. 
(xi) Veterans health care and pension programs, 
(xii) Space programs, 
(xiii) Environmental cleanup programs, 
(xiv) United States embassies. 
(xv) Military salaries, 
(xvi) Foreign aid. 
(xvii) Contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization. 
(xviii) Amtrak. 
(xix) United States Postal Service. 
(e) COST.—No charge shall be imposed to cover any cost associ-
ated with the production or distribution of the tax receipt. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 651. (a) Section 7001 of Public Law 105-174 (112 Stat. 
91) is amended by striking each place it appears "for purposes 
of the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and 
ending on September 30, 1999," and inserting "May 1, 1998,". 
(b) Section 1109 of Pubhc Law 105-261 (112 Stat. 2143) is 
repealed. 
SEC. 652. (a) The American Battle Monuments Commission 
£ind the World War II Memorial Advisory Board (as referred to 
in Public Law 103-32 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 107 Stat. 90)) shall 
each be considered to qualify for the rates of postage currently 
in effect under former section 4452 of title 39, United States Code, 
for third-class mail matter mailed by a qualified nonprofit organiza-
tion. 
(b) Rates of postage afforded by subsection (a) shall be available 
only with respect to official mail sent for the furtherance of the 
purpose of section 2(c)(1) or 3 of Public Law 103-32, as applicable. 
(c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2000 
and each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 653. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
the 
National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement 
Coordination 
Council (in this section referred to as the "Council"). The Council 
shall consist of the following members— 
(1) The Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commis-
sioner of Patents and Trademarks, who shall serve as co-chair 
of the Council. 
(2) The Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, who 
shall serve as co-chair of the Council. 
(3) The Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricul-
tural Affairs. 
(4) The Ambassador, Deputy United States Trade Rep-
resentative. 
(5) The Commissioner of Customs. 
(6) The Under Secretary of Commerce for International 
Trade. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Council established in subsection (a) shall 
coordinate domestic and international intellectual property law 
enforcement among federal and foreign entities. 
(c) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The Council shall consult with 
the Register of Copyrights on law enforcement matters relating 
to copjndght and related rights and matters. 
PUBLIC LAW 106-58—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 481 
(d) NON-DEROGATION.—Nothing in this section shall derogate 
from the duties of the Secretary of State or from the duties of 
the United States Trade Representative as set forth in section 
141 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171), or from the duties 
and functions of the Register of Copyrights, or otherwise alter 
current authorities relating to copyright matters. 
(e) REPORT.—^The Council shall report annually on its coordina-
tion activities to the President, and to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives. 
(f) FUNDING.—^Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available for 
fiscal year 2000 and hereafter by this or any other Act shall be 
available for interagency funding of the National Intellectusd Prop-
erty Law Enforcement Coordination Council. 
SEC. 654. In addition to funds otherwise provided under the 
heading "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration" for 
"Operations, Research, and Facilities" in Public Law 105-277 (112 
Stat. 2681-83), $5,650,000 is appropriated for necessary retired 
pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection 
and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for pa3nnent for medical care of 
retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents Med-
ical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55). 
This Act may be cited as the 'Treasury and General Govern-
ment Appropriations Act, 2000". 
Approved September 29, 1999. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2490 (S. 1282): 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 106-231 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 106-319 
(Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-87 accompanying S. 1282 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999): 
July 15, considered and passed House. 
July 19, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1282. 
Sept. 15, House agreed to conference report. 
Sept. 16, Senate agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 35 (1999): 
Sept. 29, Presidential statements.