Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1992
PL 102-141 (H.R.2622), enacted 10/28/1991

105 STAT. 834 
PUBLIC LAW 102-141—OCT. 28, 1991 
Public Law 102-
102d Congress 
141 
An Act 
Oct. 28, 1991 
[H.R. 2622] 
Treasury, Postal 
Service and 
General 
Government 
Appropriations 
Act, 1992. 
Treasury 
Department 
Appropriations 
Act, 1992. 
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30,1992, 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 September 
30,1992, 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; not to exceed $22,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $200,000 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; not less than $2,522,000 
and 40 full-time equivalent positions for the Office of Foreign Assets 
Control; not to exceed $2,330,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for systems modernization requirements; not to exceed 
$490,000, to remain available until expended, for repairs and 
improvements to the Main Treasury 
Building and 
Annex; 
$68,238,000. 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the international affairs function 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 $2,000,000 for official travel expenses; not to exceed 
$73,000 for official reception and representation expenses; not to 
exceed $2,487,000, to remain available until expended, for systems 
modernization requirements; $33,325,000. 
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105 STAT. 835 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
/ 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrjdng out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,000,000 
for official travel expenses; 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; 
$24,835,000. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 
$3,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses; 
$18,055,000, of which not to exceed $945,000 shall remain available 
until expended, for development of FinCEN's intelligence informa-
tion systems. 
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 
purchase (not to exceed fifty-two for police-type use) 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 $7,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; room and board for student interns; and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That the Center is 
authorized to accept gifts: 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 appro-
priated in this account shall be available for 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; training of 
private sector security officials on a space-available basis with re-
imbursement of actual costs to this appropriation; travel expenses of 
non-Federal personnel to attend State and local course development 
meetings at the Center: Provided further. That the Director of the 42 USC 3771 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall annually present 
^°^-
an award to be accompanied by a gift of intrinsic value to the 
outstanding student who graduated from a basic training program 
at the Center during the previous fiscal year, to be funded by 
donations received through the Center's gift authority; $39,645,000. 
105 STAT. 836 
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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, $8,309,000, to remain available until expended. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, 
$231,500,000, of which not to exceed $10,794,000, shall remain avail-
able until expended for systems modernization initiatives. 
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 six hundred and fifty 
vehicles for police-type use for replacement only and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; and services of expert wit-
nesses 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 
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: Provided, That notwithstanding the provision of 31 
U.S.C. sec. 1342, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is 
authorized to accept, receive, hold, and administer gifts of services 
and personal property for hosting the General Assembly of the 
International Office of Vine and Wine (OIV) in the United States in 
1993. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is authorized to 
use otherwise available funds from the appropriations to the Bureau 
for fiscal years 1992 and 1993, as necessary, to pay the expenses of 
hosting, including reception, representation, and transportation ex-
penses. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' authority 
shall continue until all expenses for the General Assembly meeting 
have been paid or otherwise satisfied: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; for 
training of State and local law enforcement agencies with or without 
reimbursement; provision of laboratory assistance to State and local 
agencies, with or without reimbursement; $336,040,000, of which 
$19,000,000 shall be available solely for the enforcement of the 
Federal Alcohol Administration Act during fiscal year 1992, and, 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); of which $650,000 
shall be available solely for improvement of information retrieval 
systems at the National Firearms Tracing Center; and of which 
$1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, 
equipment, or aircraft available for official use by a State or local 
law enforcement agency if the conveyance will be used in drug-
related joint law enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime salaries, 
travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar costs of State 
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105 STAT. 837 
and local law enforcement officers that are incurred in joint oper-
ations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, 
That no funds appropriated herein shall be available for administra-
tive expenses in connection with consolidating or centralizing 
within the Department of the Treasury the records of receipts arid 
disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees or 
for issuing or carrying out any provisions of the proposed rules of 
the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms, on Firearms Regulations, as published in the Federal 
Register, volume 43, number 55, of March 21,1978: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available for 
explosive identification or detection tagging research, development, 
or implementation: Provided further. That not to exceed $300,000 
shall be available for research and development of an explosive 
identification and detection device: Provided further. That this 
provision shall not preclude ATF from assisting the International 
Civil Aviation Organization in the development of a detection agent 
for explosives or from enforcing any legislation implementing the 
Convention on the Marking of Plastic and Sheet Explosives for the 
Purpose of Detection: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this Act shall be used to achieve a minimum level of 4,109 
full-time equivalent positions for fiscal year 1992, of which no fewer 
than 1,127 full-time equivalent positions shall be allocated for the 
Armed Career Criminal Apprehension Program. 
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs Service, 
including purchase of up to 1,000 motor vehicles of which 960 are for 
replacement only, including 990 for police-type use and commercial 
operations; hire of motor vehicles; not to exceed $20,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; funds for additional posi-
tions for the San Francisco, California, the Baltimore, Maryland, 
and Port Huron, Michigan Customs Districts, and awards of com-
pensation to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the 
United States Customs Service; $1,266,305,000, 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 Reconcili-
ation 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, to remain avail-
able until expended, for research, and not to exceed $3,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, for renovation and expansion of 
the Canine Enforcement Training Center: Provided, That uniforms 
may be purchased without regard to the general purchase price 
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further. That none of 
the funds made available by this Act shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses to pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in 
excess of $25,000: Provided further. That the Commissioner or the 
Commissioner's designee may waive this limitation in individual 
cases in order to prevent excessive costs or to meet emergency 
requirements of the Service: Provided further. That the United 
States Customs Service shall hire and maintain an average of not 
less than 17,411 full-time equivalent positions in fiscal year 1992, of 
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which a minimum level of 960 full-time equivalent positions shall be 
allocated to air interdiction activities of the United States Customs 
Service, and of which a minimum level of 10,480 full-time equivalent 
positions shall be allocated to commercial operations activities: 
Provided further. That no funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to reduce to single eight hour shifts at airports and that all 
current services as provided by the Customs Service shall continue 
through September 30, 1992: Provided further, That not less than 
$500,000 shall be expended for additional part-time and temporary 
positions in the Honolulu Customs District. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION 
PROGRAMS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the hire, 
lease, acquisition (transfer or acquisition from any other agency), 
operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and other 
related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs; $175,932,000, of 
which $14,500,000 shall not be obligated prior to September 30,1992, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That no aircraft or 
other related equipment shall be transferred to any other Federal 
agency, department, or office outside of the Department of the 
Treasury during fiscal year 1992. 
CUSTOMS AIR INTERDICTION FACILITIES, CONSTRUCTION, 
IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For acquisition of necessary additional real property, facilities 
construction, improvements, and related expenses of the United 
States Customs Service Air Interdiction Program, $12,100,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
CUSTOMS FORFEITURE FUND 
(LIMITATION ON AVAILABIUTY OF DEPOSITS) 
For necessary expenses of the Customs Forfeiture Fund, not to 
exceed $15,000,000, as authorized by Public Law 100-690, as 
amended by Public Laws 101-382 and 101-508; to be derived from 
deposits in the Fund. 
CUSTOMS SERVICES AT SMALL AIRPORTS 
(TO 
BE 
DERIVED 
FROM 
FEES 
COLLECTED) 
Such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed $2,981,000, for 
expenses for the provision of Customs services at certain small 
airports or other facilities when authorized by law and designated 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, including expenditures for the 
salary and expenses of individuals employed to provide such serv-
ices, to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary of the 
Treasury pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98-573 for each of 
these airports or other facilities when authorized by law and des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and to remain available 
until expended. 
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105 STAT. 839 
UNITED STATES MINT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Mint; $53,806,000, 
including amounts for purchase and maintenance of uniforms not to 
exceed $285 multiplied by the number of employees of the agency 
who are required by regulation or statute to wear a prescribed 
uniform in the performance of official duties; and, of which, 
$1,335,000 shall remain available until expended for expansion and 
improvements. 
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT 
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt issues of 
the United States; $189,000,000. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service, not 
otherwise provided for; executive direction, management services, 
and internal audit and security; including purchase (not to exceed 
125 for replacement only, for police-type use) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 13430t>)); and services £is authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner; $141,372,000, of which not to exceed $25,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 
$500,000 shall remain available until expended for research. 
PROCESSING TAX RETURNS AND ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service, not 
otherwise provided for; including processing tax returns; revenue 
accounting; statistics of income; providing assistance to taxpayers; 
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; $1,661,298,000, of which $3,000,000 shall be for 
the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, no amount of which 
shall be available for IRS administrative costs. 
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for deter-
mining and,establishing tax liabilities; tax and enforcement litiga-
tion; technical rulings; examining employee plans and exempt 
organizations; investigation and enforcement activities; securing 
unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts; the purchase (not to 
exceed 451, for replacement only, for police-type use), and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner; $3,579,879,000, of which not less than $292,248,000 
and 4,293 full-time equivalent positions shall be available for Tax 
Fraud Investigations during fiscal year 1992: Provided, That such 
sums and positions for Tax Fraud Investigations shall be in addition 
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to such sums and positions funded by transfer from the Special 
Forfeiture Fund of the Office of National Drug Control Policy: 
Provided further, That additional amounts above fiscal year 1991 
levels for international tax enforcement shall be used for the 
establishment and operation of a task force comprised of senior 
Internal Revenue Service Attorneys, accountants, and economists 
dedicated to enforcement activities related to United States subsidi-
aries of foreign-controlled corporations that are in noncompliance 
with the Internal Revenue Code: Provided further, That additional 
amounts above fiscal year 1991 levels for the information reporting 
program shall be used instead for the examination of the tax returns 
of high-income and high-asset taxpayers. 
INFORMATION SYSTEMS 
For necessary expenses for data processing and telecommuni-
cations support for Internal Revenue Service activities, including: 
returns processing and services; compliance and enforcement; pro-
gram support; and tax systems modernization; and for the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner; $1,294,713,000, of which not less than $427,323,000 
shall remain available until expended for tax systems moderniza-
tion, and of which not to exceed $60,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for other systems development projects: Provided, 
That of the $427,323,000 provided for tax systems modernization up 
to $15,000,000 may be available until expended for the establish-
ment of a federally funded research and development center and 
may be utilized to conduct and evaluate market surveys, develop 
and evaluate requests for proposals, and assist with systems 
engineering, technical evaluations, and independent technical re-
views in conjunction with tax systems modernization: Provided 
further. That of the amounts authorized to remain available until 
expended, $97,000,000, shall not be obligated prior to September 30, 
1992. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
SECTION 1. Not to exceed 4 per centum of any appropriation made 
available to the Internal Revenue Service for the current fiscal year 
by this Act may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 
including purchase (not to exceed three hundred and forty-three 
vehicles for police-type use 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 
PUBLIC LAW 102-141—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 841 
or control, as may be necessary to perform protective functions; for 
payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees 
where a protective assignment during the actual day or days of the 
visit of a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day or 
to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the conducting of and 
participating in firearms matches and presentation of awards; and 
for travel of Secret Service employees on protective missions with-
out regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this or any 
other Act: Provided, That approval is obtained in advance from the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; for repairs, alter-
ations, and minor construction at the James J. Rowley Secret 
Service Training Center; for research and development; for making 
grants to conduct behavioral research in support of protective re-
search and operations; not to exceed $12,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to provide tech-
nical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organiza-
tions in counterfeit investigations; for payment in advance for 
commercial accommodations £is may be necessary to perform protec-
tive functions; and for uniforms without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; $475,423,000, of 
which $2,500,000 shall remain available until expended for renova-
tions at the temporary official residence of the Vice President and 
$1,600,000 shall remain available until expended for renovations of 
the New York Field Office; and of which not to exceed $300,000 shall 
be made available for the protection at the one non-governmental 
property designated by the President of the United States and 
$70,000 at the airport facility used for travel en route to or from 
such property under provisions of section 12 of the Presidential 
Protection Assistance Act of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note): Provided 
further, That fiscal year 1992 funds shall be available for any 
Presidential protection assistance reimbursements claimed in fiscal 
year 1991. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act to the 
Internal Revenue Service, amounts attributable to efficiency savings 
for fiscal year 1992 as estimated by the Commissioner shall be 
withheld from obligation unless the estimated savings are not 
achieved: Provided, That 50 per centum of the actual efficiency 
savings shall lapse or be deposited into miscellaneous receipts of the 
Treasury with the exception of amounts in special or trust funds, 
which shall remain in such funds and be available in accordance 
with and to the extent permitted by law: Provided further. That 
notwithstanding any fiscal year limitations on the availability of 
appropriations, the remainder of the actual efficiency savings shall 
be made available in fiscal year 1993 for cash awards to IRS 
employees, as authorized by sections 4501-4505 of title 5, United 
States Code, and for future efficiency improvements to carry out 
those purposes authorized by law: Provided further. That none of the 
funds shall be made available for the program without the advance 
approval of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations to the Treasury Department 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; purchsise of motor vehicles without regard to the general 
105 STAT. 842 
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purchase price limitation for vehicles purchased and used overseas 
for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the Depart-
ment 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. 103. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be used 
in connection with the collection of any underpayment of any tax 
imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 unless the conduct of 
officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service in connec-
tion with such collection complies with subsection (a) of section 805 
(relating to communications in connection with debt collection), and 
section 806 (relating to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt 
Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692). 
SEC. 104. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated by this or any other Act shall be used by the 
Secretary of the Treasury to direct bill a Treasury bureau for 
penalty mail costs incurred by another Treasury bureau. 
SEC. 105. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appropriations in this 
Act for the Department of the Treasury may be transferred between 
such appropriations. No such transfer may increase or decrease any 
appropriation in this Act by more than 2 per centum and any such 
proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House and Senate. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
amount appropriated to the United States Mint for salaries and 
expenses is $52,450,000. 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
amount appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service for processing 
tax returns and assistance is $1,657,944,000. 
This title may be cited as the "Treasury Department Appropria-
tions Act, 1992". 
Postal Service 
T I T L E II 
Appropriations 
^"^'^^^^^ 
POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone on 
free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 2401 
of title 39, United States Code; $470,000,000: Provided, That the last 
sentence of section 2401(c) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: "In requesting an appropriation under 
this subsection for a fiscal year, the Postal Service shall (i) include 
an amount to reconcile sums authorized to be appropriated for prior 
fiscal years on the basis of estimated mail volume with sums which 
would have been authorized to be appropriated if based on the final 
audited mail volume; and (ii) calculate the sums requested in respect 
of mail under former sections 4452(b) and 4452(c) of this title as 
though all such mail consisted of letter shaped pieces, as such pieces 
are defined in the then effective classification and rate schedules.": 
Provided further, That section 3626(a)(2) of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) Rates of postage for a class of mail or kind of mailer 
referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be estab-
lished in accordance with the requirement that the direct and 
indirect postal costs attributable to such class of mail or kind of 
mailer (excluding any other costs of the Postal Service) shall be 
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105 STAT. 843 
borne by such class of mail or kind of mailer, as the case may 
be: Provided, however, That with respect to mail under former 
section 4452(b) and 4452(c) of this title the preceding limitation 
shall apply only to rates of postage for letter shaped pieces, as 
such pieces are defined in the associated classification and rate 
schedules.": 
Provided further, That section 3626(i)(2) is amended by adding at the 
beginning of the first sentence thereof the phrase, "Subject to the 
requirements of section 2401(c) of this title and paragraph (a)(2) of 
this section with respect to mail under former sections 4452(b) and 
4452(c) of this title,": Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
provisions of section 3627 of title 39, United States Code, (1) the rates 
for free and reduced rate mail under section 3626 of title 39, United 
States Code, with the exception of the rates for third-class pieces 
other than letter shape, shall continue at the rates in effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act during fiscal year 1992; (2) the rates 
for reduced rate third-class pieces other than letter shape shall be 
increased pursuant to section 3627 of title 39, United States Code, so 
as to recover as nearly as possible one-half the difference between 
the sum requested for fiscal year 1992 in respect of mail under 
former sections 4452(b) and 4452(c) of this title as calculated under 
section 2401(c)(ii) of title 39, and the sum that would be requested for 
fiscal year 1992 in respect of such mail if paragraph (ii) of section 
2401(c) had not been enacted; and (3) the Postal Service is instructed 
to reconcile any fiscal year 1992 funding shortfall as a result of this 
appropriation or the requirements of this proviso against future 
year appropriations requests: Provided further. That pursuant to 
section 3627 of title 39, United States Code, the rates for reduced 
rate third-class pieces other than letter shape shall be adjusted to 
increase the revenues received from the users of such mail, but in no 
case less than 20 days following the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the 
blind shall continue to be free: Provided further. That six-day deliv- 39 USC 403 note, 
ery 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 enforce-
ment, 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 the fiscal year ending on 
September 30,1992. 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND FOR NONFUNDED LIABIUTIES 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting the liabilities 
of the former Post Office Department to the Employees' Compensa-
tion Fund pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 2004, $40,575,000. 
This title may be cited as the "Postal Service Appropriations Act, 
1992". 
105 STAT. 844 
Executive Office 
Appropriations 
Act, 1992. 
3 u s e 102 note. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-141—OCT. 28, 1991 
TITLE III 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of the President, including an expense allow-
ance 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 of the United States Code: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 
considered as taxable to the President. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary 
expenses of the Office of Administration; 
$24,510,000 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 
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; including subsistence expenses as 
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and 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); not to exceed $20,000 for official entertainment ex-
penses, to be available for allocation within the Executive Office of 
the President; $34,885,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING E X P E N S E S 
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; $8,362,000, of which 
$1,100,000 for the repair of the face of the Executive Residence shall 
remain available until expended, to be expended and accounted for 
as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105,109-110,112-114. 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING E X P E N S E S 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the official resi-
dence of the Vice President, the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and not to exceed $90,0(K) for official entertainment expenses of the 
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105 STAT. 845 
Vice President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $324,000: 
Provided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this 
appropriation may be made to any department or agency for ex-
penses of carrying out such activities. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE 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; $2,932,000. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out its functions 
under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021); $3,345,000. 
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; 
$3,701,000. 
NATIONAL CRITICAL MATERIALS COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Critical Materials Council, 
including activities as authorized by Public Law 98-373; $235,000: 
Provided, That the Council shall carry out only those responsibil-
ities and authorities which are consistent with the National Mate-
rials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980, 
Public Law 96-479: Provided further, That staff and resources of 
Federal departments and agencies with responsibilities or jurisdic-
tion related to minerals or materials policy shall be made available 
to the Council on a nonreimbursable basis. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $6,145,000. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and Budget, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; $51,934,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000, shall be 
105 STAT. 846 
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available to carry out the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35: Pro-
vided, 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 appropriated 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 provi-
sions 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 Committee on Appropriations or the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided 
further. That this proviso shall not apply to printed hearings re-
leased by the Committee on Appropriations or the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs: Provided further. That none of the funds made 
available by this or any other Act shall be used to reduce the scope 
or publication frequency of statistical data relative to the operations 
and production of the alcohol beverage and tobacco industries below 
fiscal year 1985 levels: Provided further. That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be available to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget for revising, curtailing or otherwise amending the 
administrative and/or regulatory methodology employed by the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to assure compliance with 
section 105, title 27 of the United States Code (Federal Alcohol 
Administration Act) or with regulations, rulings, or forms promul-
gated thereunder. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POUCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $3,058,000. 
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 title I of Public Law 100-
690; not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; 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; 
$105,122,000, of which $500,000 shall be available for salaries and 
expenses of the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center; of 
which $1,000,000 shall be available to the Counter-Drug Technology 
Assessment Center for counternarcotics research and development 
activities and shall be available for transfer to other Federal agen-
cies and departments and shall be available until expended; and, of 
which $86,000,000 shall be available for drug control activities which 
are consistent with the approved strategy for each of the designated 
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas: Provided, That of the 
PUBLIC LAW 102-141—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 847 
$86,000,000 made available, up to $50,000,000 shall be transferred to 
Federal agencies and departments within 90 days of enactment of 
this Act for implementing the approved strategy for each High 
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and shall be obligated by the end of 
fiscal year 1992: Provided further, That not less than $36,000,000 
shall be transferred to the Department of Justice and the Depart-
ment of the Treasury within 90 days of enactment of this Act for 
disbursement to State and local drug control entities for drug 
control activities which are consistent with the approved strategy 
for each High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area: Provided 
further, 
That in the case of the Southwest Border High Intensity Drug 
Trafficking Area, such funds shall be available for drug control 
activities which are consistent with the approved strategy and only 
for those activities approved by the Joint Command Group of Oper-
ation Alliance and the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement of the 
Department of the Treasury: Provided further, That notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the Department of the Treasury, is 
authorized to transfer funds to other Federal, State, and local drug 
control agencies: Provided further, That the Office is authorized to 
accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, for 
the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office. 
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities authorized by Public Law 100-690, $52,500,000 to be 
derived from deposits in the Special Forfeiture Fund; of which 
$19,000,000 shall be transferred to the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and 
Mental Health Administration: Provided, That $10,000,000 shall be 
available to the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention for the im-
plementation of not to exceed ten demonstration projects to permit 
substance-abusing women to reside with their children in com-
prehensive community prevention and treatment facilities: Provided 
further, That $9,000,000 shall be made available to the Office of 
Treatment Improvement for drug treatment capacity expansion; of 
which $7,500,000 shall be transferred to the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service for the hiring, equipping, and training of not less 
than an additional 75 full-time equivalent Border Patrol agents to 
be designated to sectors on the United States-Mexico border: Pro-
vided, That such positions shall be in addition to the full-time 
equivalent Border Patrol positions funded in the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1992; of which $6,000,000 shall be transferred to 
Internal Revenue Service, tax law enforcement, for the hiring, 
equipping, and training of additional special agents and administra-
tive and support positions for drug-related investigations in des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas; and of which 
$20,000,000 shall be transferred to the Counter-Drug Technology 
Assessment Center of the Office of National Drug Control Policy for 
counternarcotics research and development activities and for sub-
stance abuse addiction and rehabilitation research to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further. 
That any unobligated 
balances remaining in the Fund at the end of the third quarter of 
fiscal year 1992 in excess of $131,125,000, shall be transferred to the 
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration and made 
available for the purposes of reducing waiting lists; expanding drug 
105 STAT. 848 
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Independent 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 1992. 
treatment capacity, drug abuse treatment, and treatment-related 
activities; and shall also be transferred to the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development and made available for the Drug 
Elimination Grant Program, and such funds shall remain available 
until expended. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet unantici-
pated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, security, or 
defense which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal 
year; $1,000,000. 
This title may be cited as the "Executive Office Appropriations 
Act, 1992". 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of the 
United States, established by the Administrative Conference Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. 571 et seq.), including not to exceed $1,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; $2,227,000. 
ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
RELATIONS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Advisory 
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Act of 1959, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 4271-79); $1,330,000, and additional amounts, 
not to exceed $200,000, collected from the sale of publications shall 
be credited to and used for the purposes of this appropriation. 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM THE BLIND AND OTHER SEVERELY 
HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase From the 
Blind and Other Severely Handicapped established by the Act of 
June 23,1971, Public Law 92-28; $1,446,000. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended; $18,808,000, of which 
not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-141—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 849 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABIUTY OF REVENUE 
For additional expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the 
Fund established pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 
490(f)), $271,000,000 to be deposited into said Fund. The revenues 
and collections deposited into said Fund shall be available for 
necessary expenses of real property management and related activi-
ties 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 grounds, ap-
proaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; mainte-
nance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of 
buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise 
authorized by law; conversion and extension of federally owned 
buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by contract 
or otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equipment for 
such buildings); and payment of principal, interest, taxes, and any 
other obligations for public buildings acquired by installment pur-
chase and purchase contract, in the aggregate amount of 
$4,152,613,000 of which (1) not to exceed $548,482,000 shall remain 
available until expended for construction of additional projects at 
locations and at maximum construction improvement costs (includ-
ing funds for sites and expenses) as follows: 
New Construction: 
California: 
Menlo Park, United States Geological Survey, Office Lab-
oratory Buildings, escalation, $11,047,000 
Orange County, Courthouse, $250,000 
District of Columbia: 
U.S. Secret Service, consolidation, $4,400,000 
Florida: 
Fort Myers, Federal Building and United States Court-
house, $977,000 
Tallahassee, U.S. Courthouse Annex, $3,764,000 
Georgia: 
Albany, U.S. Courthouse, design, $921,000 
Atlanta, Centers for Disease Control, $5,000,000 
Augusta, U.S. Courthouse, $3,500,000 
Indiana: 
Hammond, Courthouse and Federal Building, $5,000,000 
Wichita, U.S. Courthouse, $9,968,400 
Maine: 
Portland, 
Edward 
T. 
Gignoux 
U.S. 
Courthouse, 
$10,575,000 
Maryland: 
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PUBLIC LAW 102-141—OCT. 28, 1991 
Bureau of the Census, Computer Center, planning and 
design, $2,700,000 
Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, Food and 
Drug Administration, consolidation, site acquisition, plan-
ning and design, construction, $200,000,000 
Prince George's County, U.S. Courthouse, $10,747,000 
Massachusetts: 
Boston, Thomas P. O'Neill Federal Building, claim, 
$3,100,000 
Minnesota: 
Minneapolis, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 
$19,000,000 
Missouri: 
St. Louis, Federal 
Building and 
U.S. Courthouse, 
$30,000,000 
Nevada: 
Reno, C. Clifton Young Federal Building, United States 
Courthouse Annex, design and site acquisition, $6,321,000 
New York: 
Brooklyn, U.S. Courthouse, $10,000,000 
North Carolina: 
Asheville, 
U.S. Courthouse 
and 
Federal 
Building, 
$29,791,000 
Knoxville, U.S. Courthouse-Post Office, $36,616,000 
United States Virgin Islands: 
Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, U.S. Courthouse Annex, 
$8,524,000 
West Virginia: 
Beckley, 
Federal 
Building 
and 
U.S. 
Courthouse, 
$25,000,000 
Nonprospectus Construction Projects, $5,000,000: 
Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits of costs on 
new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent that sav-
ings are effected in other such projects, but by not to exceed 10 per 
centum: Provided further, That all funds for direct construction 
projects shall expire on September 30, 1993, 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 claims against the 
Government of less than $100,000 arising from direct construction 
projects, acquisitions of buildings and purchase contract projects 
pursuant to Public Law 92-313, be liquidated with prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate to the 
extent savings are effected in other such projects: Provided further. 
That the General Services Administration shall reprogram up to 
$16,200,000 to supplement funds previously authorized and appro-
priated for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, subject to the approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations according to exist-
ing reprogramming procedures: Provided further, That such funds 
will be obligated only upon the advance approval of the House 
Committee on Public Works and Transportation and the Senate 
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Provided 
further. 
That the amount available under this heading for Department of 
Transportation, Headquarters, site in Public Law 101-509, dated 
November 5, 1990 is hereby deferred and shall be available for 
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105 STAT. 851 
obligation on October 1, 1992 and all contingencies and constraints 
on the use of such funds in the original language are continued 
herewith; (2) not to exceed $569,251,000 which shall remain avail-
able until expended, for repairs and alterations: Provided 
further, 
That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alter-
ations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount by 
project as follows, except each project may be increased by an 
amount not to exceed 10 per centum unless advance approval is 
obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate of a greater amount: 
Repairs and Alterations: 
California: 
Pasadena, Court of Appeals and Federal Building, 
$9 218 000 
Sacramento, Federal Building, 801 I Street, $9,529,000 
Santa Rosa, John F. Shaw Federal Building, $1,583,000 
Connecticut: 
Hartford, William R. Cotter Federal Building, $3,814,000 
District of Columbia: 
Federal Building lOA, $16,527,000 
Herbert Clark Hoover Department of Commerce Build-
ing, $3,857,000 
Housing and Urban Development Building, $5,365,000 
Justice Building, $7,495,000 
New Executive Office Building, $8,083,000 
Old Executive Office Building, $19,000,000 
Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, $15,000,000 
Illinois: 
Chicago, 
John 
C. 
Kluczynski 
Federal 
Building, 
$20,335,000 
Kentucky: 
Louisville, Federal Building, $15,470,000 
Maryland: 
Baltimore, Edward A. Garmatz Federal Building U.S. 
Courthouse, $6,311,000 
MEissachusetts: 
Boston, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building and 
Government Center (phase 2), $36,800,000 
Worcester, Harold D. Donahue Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse, $14,000,000 
Missouri: 
Kansas City, Federal Office Building, $5,256,000 
Montana: 
Billings, Federal Building U.S. Courthouse, $1,919,000 
New Mexico: 
Albuquerque, Dennis Chavez Federal Building and U.S. 
Courthouse, $3,846,000 
New York: 
Brooklyn, Emanuel Celler Federal Building and U.S. 
Courthouse (phase 1), $8,729,000 
Buffalo, Michael J. Dillon Memorial United States Court-
house, $5,962,000 
New York, Alexander Hamilton Custom House (phase 1), 
$20 273 000 
New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, $11,955,000 
Ohio: 
Cincinnati, John Weld Peck Federal Building, $2,537,000 
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Columbus, Federal 
Building and 
U.S. Courthouse, 
$3,348,000 
Pennsylvania: 
Philadelphia, Robert N. C. Nix, Sr., Federal Building and 
United States Post Office, $10,000,000 
Scranton, 
Federal 
Building 
and 
U.S. 
Courthouse, 
$2,600,000 
Texas: 
Austin, IRS, Department of Veterans Affairs, Treasury 
Complex, $11,366,000 
Galveston, Post Office and U.S. Courthouse, $3,310,000 
Houston, Bob Casey Federal Building and U.S. Court-
house, $7,222,000 
San Antonio, Federal Building, $4,084,000 
Utah: 
Salt Lake City, Frank E. Moss U.S. Courthouse, 
$4,872,000 
Salt Lake City, Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building, 
$3,254,000 
Minor Repairs and Alterations, $266,331,000: Provided, That addi-
tional projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved may 
be funded under this category only if advance approval is obtained 
from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate: 
Provided further, That all funds for repairs and alterations prospec-
tus projects shall expire on September 30, 1993, 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; (3) not to exceed $144,587,000 for installment 
acquisition payments including payments on purchase contracts; (4) 
not to exceed $1,568,900,000 for rental of space; (5) not to exceed 
$1,107,372,000 for real property operations of which $7,000,000 shall 
be available for the relocation of the National Science Foundation 
headquarters; (6) not to exceed $137,748,000 for program direction 
and centralized services; and (7) not to exceed $112,273,000 for 
design and construction services which shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further. That for the purposes of this authoriza-
tion, buildings constructed pursuant to the purchase contract 
authority of the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 
602a), buildings occupied pursuant to installment purchase con-
tracts, and buildings under the control of another department or 
agency where alterations of such buildings are required in connec-
tion with the moving of such other department or agency from 
buildings then, or thereafter to be, under the control of the General 
Services Administration shall be considered to be federally owned 
buildings: Provided further. That none of the funds available to the 
General Services Administration, except for the Albany, Georgia 
U.S. Courthouse; the Augusta, Georgia U.S. Courthouse; the Wich-
ita, Kansas U.S. Courthouse; the Portland, Maine Edward T. 
Gignoux U.S. Courthouse; the Maryland, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration consolidation; the St. Louis, Missouri, Federal Building and 
U.S. Courthouse; the Reno, Nevada C. Clifton Young Federal Build-
ing and U.S. Courthouse Annex; the Asheville, North Carolina U.S. 
Courthouse and Federal Building; the Knoxville, Tennessee U.S. 
Courthouse-Post Office; the Beckley, West Virginia, U.S. Courthouse 
and Federal Building; the Atlanta, Georgia, Centers for Disease 
Control Building; the Orange County, California, U.S. Courthouse; 
the Worcester, Massachusetts, Harold D. Donahue Federal Building 
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105 STAT. 853 
and U.S. Courthouse; the Hammond, Indiana, Courthouse and Fed-
eral Building; the Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Courthouse; and the 
Maryland, U.S. Census Bureau Computer Center; the District of 
Columbia, U.S. Secret Service consolidation shall be available for 
expenses in connection with 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 in connection with the development of a proposed 
prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in the Federal 
Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when ad-
vance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House and Senate: Provided further, That amounts necessary 
to provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under 
section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide 
such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facili-
ties 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, as amended, shall be available from such revenues and collec-
tions: Provided further, That revenues and collections and any other 
sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 1992 excluding re-
imbursements 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 
$4,152,613,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available 
for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, nec-
essary for property management activities, utilization of excess and 
disposal of surplus personal property, rehabilitation of personal 
property, transportation management activities, transportation 
audits by in-house personnel, procurement, and other related supply 
management activities, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; $54,605,000. 
FEDERAL PROPERTY RESOURCES SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying 
out the functions of the Administrator with respect to utilization of 
excess real property; the disposal of surplus real property, the 
utilization survey, deed compliance inspection, appraisal, environ-
mental and cultural analysis, and land use planning functions 
pertaining to excess and surplus real property, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $14,227,000, to be derived from proceeds 
from transfers of excess real property and disposal of surplus real 
property and related personal property, subject to the provisions of 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 4601-5). 
105 STAT. 854 
PUBLIC LAW 102-141—OCT. 28, 1991 
REAL 
PROPERTY 
RELOCATION 
For expenses not otherwise provided for, $12,000,000 to remain 
available until expended, necessary for carrying out the functions of 
the Administrator with respect to relocation of Federal agencies 
from property which has been determined by the Administrator to 
be other than optimally utilized under the provisions of section 
210(e) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949, as amended: Provided, That such relocations shall only be 
undertaken when the estimated proceeds from the disposition of the 
original facilities approximate the appraised fair market value of 
such new facilities and exceed the estimated costs of relocation. 
Relocation costs include expenses for and associated with acquisition 
of sites and facilities, and expenses of moving or repurchasing 
equipment and personal property. These funds may be used for 
payments to other Federal entities to accomplish the relocation 
functions: Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be 
construed as relieving the Administrator of General Services or the 
head of any other Federal agency from any obligation or restriction 
under the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (including any obligation 
concerning submission and approval of a prospectus), the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, or 
any other Federal law, or as authorizing the Administrator of 
General Services or the head of any other Federal agency to take 
actions inconsistent with statutory obligations or restrictions placed 
upon the Administrator of General Services or such agency head 
with respect to authority to acquire or dispose of real property: 
Federal 
Provided further, That $3,770,000 of the amount shall be made 
f„"„:i:!?l^ 
available to the National Archives and Records Administration to 
pay expenses related to the establishment and relocation of the 
National Long Term Records Center (which shall be known here-
after as the "Silvio O. Conte National Records Center"), authorized 
and directed by Public Law 101-509. 
GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for Policy Direc-
tion, Board of Contract Appeals, and accounting, records manage-
ment, and other support services incident to adjudication of Indian 
Tribal Claims by the United States Court of Claims, and services 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $31,155,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available for general administrative and staff 
support services, subject to reimbursement by the applicable 
organization or agencies pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of 
section 1535 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further. That 
not less than $825,000 shall be available for personnel and associ-
ated costs in support of Congressional District and Senate State 
offices without reimbursement from these offices: Provided further. 
That not to exceed $5,000 shall be avsiilable for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
facilities. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-141—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 855 
INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, nec-
essary for carrying out Government-wide and internal responsibil-
ities relating to automated data management, telecommunications, 
information resources management, and related activities, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for the Information 
Security Oversight Office established pursuant to Executive Order 
12356; $46,014,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $35,994,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,400,000 shall remain available until expended for procure-
ment and installment of an automation program in support of 
audits and investigations: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 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 efforts and initiatives resulting 
in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958, as 
amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138; $2,129,000: 
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 
Real property. 
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Gen-
eral Services Administration shall pay from funds made available to 
GSA in the Real Property Relocation account, not to exceed 
$8,000,000, for expenses related to the relocation of the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service regional office authorized and directed by 
Public Law 101-136. 
SEC. 2. The Administrator of the General Services Administration Maryland. 
(GSA) is authorized to accept property from the State of Maryland 
at no cost for the purpose of constructing a computer facility for the 
Bureau of the Census and to begin preliminary design work on such 
a facility. GSA and the Office of Management and Budget are 
directed to submit to the approprite authorizing and appropriations 
committees of the Congress an evaluation of need and a prospectus 
for this project no later than January 31,1992. 
SEC. 3. The appropriate appropriation or fund available to the 
General Services Administration shall be credited with the cost of 
operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improve-
ment, included as part of rentals received from Government cor-
porations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129). 
SEC. 4. Funds available to the General Services Administration 
shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
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SEC. 5. Not to exceed 2 per centum of funds made available in 
appropriations for operating expenses and salaries and expenses, 
during the current fiscal year, may be transferred between such 
appropriations for mandatory program requirements. Any transfers 
proposed shall be submitted promptly to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate for approval. 
SEC. 6. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available for 
fiscal year 1992 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may be trans-
ferred between such activities only to the extent necessary to meet 
program requirements. Any transfers proposed shall be submitted 
promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate for approval. 
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SEC. 7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, agencies 
are hereafter authorized to make rent payments to the General 
Services Administration for lease space relating to expansion needs 
of the agency and General Services Administration is authorized to 
use such funds, in addition to the amount received as New 
Obligational Authority in the Rental of Space activity of the Federal 
Buildings Fund. Such payments are to be at the commercial equiva-
lent rates specified by section 201(j) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(j)) 
and are to be deposited into the Fund established pursuant to 
section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)). 
(b) There are hereby appropriated, out of the Federal Buildings 
Fund, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 8. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated or expended in any way for the purpose of the sale, 
excessing, surplusing, or disposal of lands in the vicinity of Norfolk 
Lake, Arkansas, administered by the Corps of Engineers, Depart-
ment of the Army, without the specific approval of the Congress. 
SEC. 9. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated or expended in any way for the purpose of the sale, 
excessing, surplusing, or disposal of lands in the vicinity of Bull 
Shoals Lake, Arkansas, administered by the Corps of Engineers, 
Department of the Army, without the specific approval of the 
Congress. 
SEC. 10. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of Septem-
ber 13, 1982 (Public Law 97-258, 31 U.S.C. 1345), any agency, 
department or instrumentality of the United States which provides 
or proposes to provide child care services for Federal employees may 
reimburse any Federal employee or any person employed to provide 
such services for travel, transportation and subsistence expenses 
incurred for training classes, conferences or other meetings in 
connection with the provision of such services: Provided, That any 
per diem allowance made pursuant to this section shall not exceed 
the rate specified in regulations prescribed pursuant to section 5707 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 11. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fund 
established pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), is 
authorized to receive any revenues, collection, or other income 
received during fiscal year 1992 in the form of rebates, cash incen-
tives or otherwise, related to energy savings or materials recycling 
efforts, all of which shall remain in the Fund until expended, and 
remain available for Federal energy management improvement 
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105 STAT. 857 
programs, recycling programs, or employee programs as may be 
authorized by law or as may be deemed appropriate by the Adminis-
trator of General Services. The General Services Administration is 
authorized to use such funds, in addition to amounts received as 
New Obligational Authority, in such activity or activities of the 
Fund as may be necessary. 
SEC. 12. The Administrator of General Services shall submit to the Hawaii 
Congress no later than September 30, 1992, an inventory of all the 
real property in Hawaii that is owned or controlled by any agency of 
the Federal Government, including the United States Department 
of Defense: Provided, That the Administrator of General Services 
shall submit an interim report no later than June 1, 1992 and shall 
compile all information including that received from the United 
States Department of Defense: Provided further, That the State of 
Hawaii shall cooperate to the fullest extent in the preparation of the 
inventory: Provided further, That the inventory shall identify and 
include: (1) ceded lands—title vested in the then territory of Hawaii, 
and nonceded territorial lands, title vested in the then territory of 
Hawaii; (2) ceded lands, title vested in the United States, but 
controlled and used by the then territory of Hawaii; (3) ceded lands 
formally set aside by Presidential Executive orders for use by the 
United States Government; (4) then territorial lands formally set 
aside by gubernatorial executive orders for use by the United States 
Government; (5) ceded lands under the control of the then territory 
of Hawaii, but used by the United States Government under permits 
and licenses; (6) nonceded lands and private lands acquired and used 
by the United States Government: Provided further. That for each 
property identified, the inventory shall provide: (1) an explanation 
of how the land was acquired, including the date of acquisition, the 
history and the current status of the title, an identification of all 
current encumbrances and leases, the expiration date of all leases, 
contracts and other agreements, and a record of the ceded lease fee 
or any other sums paid for the use of or title to the land; (2) the 
identity of past and present Federal users of the land, and a 
description of past and current use specifying which United States 
Government agency or department of the military has control of the 
property; (3) the obligations of the controlling United States Govern-
ment agency or department of the military for the management and 
maintenance of the land. 
SEC. 13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the General Iowa. 
Services Administration shall enter into an agreement with the City 
of Des Moines, Iowa, to pay expenses for one-half of the operation, 
maintenance and repair of each skywalk bridge spanning city 
streets or alleys and connecting to the Federal Building at 210 
Walnut Street in Des Moines, Iowa after the construction of each 
such sk)rwalk and each year thereafter. 
SEC. 14. The Center and Federal Building located at 255 East 
Temple Street in Los Angeles, California, is hereby designated as 
the 
Edward R. Roybal Center and Federal Building". Any ref-
erence to such building in a law, map, regulation, document, record, 
or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a 
reference to the "Edward R. Roybal Center and Federal Building". 
SEC. 15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where funds 
have been made available to the General Services Administration in 
the real property operations activity of the Federal Buildings Fund 
in fiscal year 1992, not to exceed $7,000,000, for expenses related to 
relocation of a specific agency as authorized by this Act, such agency 
Federal 
buildings and 
facilities. 
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Iowa. 
California. 
103 Stat. 804. 
is hereby authorized and required to reimburse the General Services 
Administration for such expenditures in equal amounts over a 
period of two years, beginning in fiscal year 1993. 
SEC. 16. After certification by the City of Des Moines, Iowa (the 
City), that the YMCA of Greater Des Moines (YMCA) will serve 
significant educational purposes, including educational require-
ments of the City, the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) is 
authorized to consider the YMCA as an educational institution or 
organization for the purposes of section 203(k) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. section 
484(k)), with respect to use by the YMCA of a portion, to be 
designated by the City, of the land conveyed to the City by the 
United States pursuant to section 203(k) on or about November 6, 
1972. Upon joint application by the YMCA and the City, the Sec-
retary, acting in accordance with section 203(k) and regulations 
related thereto, shall promptly consider, and is authorized to ap-
prove, a lease by the City to the YMCA of the above property 
designated by the City, subject to such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary shall deem necessary to protect or advance the interests of 
the United States. 
SEC. 17. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds pre-
viously provided under this heading in Public Law 101-136, for a 
grant to the County of Los Angeles, California, shall be provided 
directly to the City of Long Beach, California, for construction of a 
parking facility and the City will assume the role of grantee and all 
the responsibilities attendant therewith: Provided, That the City of 
Long Beach, California, shall provide to the GSA, without cost, 250 
parking spaces for a period of 99 years, in a parking facility to be 
constructed: Provided further, That section 16, GSA General Provi-
sions, Public Law 101-136, is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 18. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act the 
limitation on the real property operations activity of the Federal 
Buildings 
Fund 
of the 
General 
Services Administration 
is 
$1,071,372,000. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with National Archives and 
Records Administration 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, 
$152,143,000, of which $5,400,000 for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, 
as amended, shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of 
Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 
1978, as amended by Public Law 100-598, and the Ethics Reform Act 
of 1989, Public Law 101-194, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
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105 STAT. 859 
and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses; $6,303,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of 
Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 
2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, medical examinations per-
formed 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 recep-
tion and representation expenses, and advances for reimbursements 
to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Execu-
tive Order 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Director is hereby authorized to 
accept gifts for goods and services, which shall be available only for 
hosting National Civil Service Appreciation Conferences, to be held 
in several locations throughout the United States in 1992. Goods and 
services provided in connection with the conference may include, 
but are not limited to, food and refreshments; rental of seminar 
rooms, banquet rooms, and facilities; and use of communications, 
printing and other equipment. Awards of minimal intrinsic value 
will be allowed. Gifts provided by an individual donor shall not 
exceed 50 percent of the total value of the gifts provided at each 
location; $116,593,000, of which not less than $600,000 shall be made 
available for the establishment of Federal health promotion and 
disease prevention programs for Federal employees; and in addition 
$79,757,000 for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the 
appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management in 
the amounts determined by the Office of Personnel Management 
without regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 
health benefits printing, for the retirement and insurance programs: 
Provided further, That amounts authorized to be transferred from 
the appropriate trust funds for implementation of the Federal 
Employees Retirement System automated recordkeeping system in 
this or prior Acts, may be transferred at any time the Office of 
Personnel Management deems appropriate: Provided further, That 
the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to 
use applicable trust funds as provided by section 8348(a)(lXB) of title 
5, U.S.C: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall 
be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit 
of the Office of Personnel Management established pursuant to 
Executive Order 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 11183 of 
October 3, 1964, may, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1992, accept donations of money, property, and personal services in 
connection with the development of a publicity brochure to provide 
information about the White House Fellows, except that no such 
donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel 
expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission: 
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Provided further. That the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management may transfer from this appropriation an amount to be 
determined, but not to exceed $253,000, to the National Advisory 
Council on the Public Service as established by Public Law 101-363, 
and of the funds appropriated to the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment under this heading in the Treasury, Postal Service and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 1991, the Director may 
transfer an amount to be determined, but not to exceed $84,000, to 
such Council, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, to be 
available for expenditure no later than September 30, 1991. 
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: $4,018,000; and in addition, not to exceed 
$5,825,000 for administrative expenses to audit the Office of Person-
nel Management's 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. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH 
BENEFITS 
For payment 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, $2,503,535,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE 
INSURANCE 
For payment of Government contributions with respect to employ-
ees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required by chapter 87 of 
title 5, United States Code, $14,249,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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 au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under special Acts to be 
credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, 
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$6,078,686,000: Provided, That annuities authorized by the Act of 
May 29, 1944, as amended and the Act of August 19, 1950, as 
amended (33 U.S.C. 771-75), may hereafter be paid out of the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund. 
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105 STAT. 861 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
GENERAL PROVISION 
SECTION 1. The allowances provided to employees at rates set 5 USC 5941 note. 
under section 5941 of title 5, United States Code, and Executive 
Order Numbered 10000 as in effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act may not be reduced during the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act through December 31, 1995: Provided, Reports. 
That no later than March 1, 1995, the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall conduct a study and submit a report to the Congress 
proposing adjustments to the methodology for calculating allow-
ances which take into account all costs of living in the geographic 
areas of the affected employees. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Sys-
tems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 
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, $23,361,000, 
together with not to exceed $1,850,000 for administrative expenses 
to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by 
the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
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), and 
the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-12), 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees 
and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; $7,789,000. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
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 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and 
consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; $20,769,000: Pro-
vided, That public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 
may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as 
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authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermit-
tently in the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other 
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services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $32,050,000: Provided, That 
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travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi-
cate of the judge. 
This title may be cited as the "Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1992". 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
THIS ACT 
SECTION 501. No part of any appropriation made available in this 
Act shall be used for the purchase or sale of real estate or for the 
purpose of establishing new offices inside or outside the District of 
Columbia: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to pro-
grams which have been approved by the Congress and appropria-
tions made therefor. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
Contracts. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for the procurement of, or for the payment of, the 
salary of any person engaged in the procurement of any hand or 
measuring tool(s) not produced in the United States or its posses-
sions except to the extent that the Administrator of General Serv-
ices or his designee shall determine that a satisfactory quality and 
sufficient quantity of hand or measuring tools produced in the 
United States or its possessions cannot be procured as and when 
needed from sources in the United States and its possessions, or 
except in accordance with procedures prescribed by section 6-
104.4(b) of Armed Services Procurement Regulation dated Janu-
ary 1, 1969, as such regulation existed on June 15, 1970: Provided, 
That a factor of 75 per centum in lieu of 50 per centum shall be used 
for evaluating foreign source end products against a domestic source 
end product. This section shall be applicable to all solicitations for 
bids opened after its enactment. 
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SEC. 505. None of the funds made available to the General Serv-
ices Administration pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 shall be obligated or 
expended after the date of enactment of this Act for the procure-
ment by contract of any service which, before such date, was per-
formed by individuals in their capacity as employees of the General 
Services Administration in any position of guards, elevator opera-
tors, messengers, and custodians, except that such funds may be 
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105 STAT. 863 
obligated or expended for the procurement by contract of the cov-
ered services with sheltered workshops employing the severely 
handicapped under Public Law 92-28. 
SEC. 506. No funds appropriated in this Act shall be available for 
administrative expenses in connection with implementing or enforc-
ing any provisions of the rule TD ATF-66 issued June 13, 1980, by 
the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms on labeling and advertising of wine, distilled spirits and 
malt beverages, except if the expenditure of such funds, is necessary 
to comply with a final order of the Federal court system. 
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
for administrative expenses to close the Federal Information Center 
of the General Services Administration located in Sacramento, 
California. 
SEC. 508. None of the funds made available by this Act for the 
Department of the Treasury may be used for the purpose of 
eliminating any existing requirement for sureties on customs bonds. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Govern-
ment employee where funding an activity or paying 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 1930 Tariff Act. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for the purpose of transferring control over the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center located at Glynco, Georgia, 
Marana, Arizona, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the Treasury 
Department. 
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United 
States not heretofore authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee 
of the United States Postal Service, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to prohibit 
or prevent, any officer or employee of the United States Postal 
Service from having any direct oral or written communication 
or contact with any Member or committee of Congress in 
connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of 
such officer or employee or pertaining to the United States 
Postal Service in any way, irrespective of whether such commu-
nication or contact is at the initiative of such officer or em-
ployee or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member 
or committee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, re-
duces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance of effi-
ciency rating, denies promotion 
to, relocates, reassigns, 
transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employ-
ment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of 
employment of, any officer or employee of the United States 
Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 
foregoing actions with respect to such officer or employee, by 
reason of any communication or contact of such officer or 
employee with any Member or committee of Congress as de-
scribed in paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
SEC. 513. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to Abortion, 
pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection 
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with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefit 
program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
Abortion. 
SEC. 514. The provision of section 513 shall not apply where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 
term. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to solicit bids, lease space, or enter into any contract to close or 
consolidate executive seminar centers for the Office of Personnel 
Management. 
SEC. 516. The Administrator of General Services, under section 
210(h) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949, as amended, may acquire, by means of a lease of up to thirty 
years duration, space for the United States Courts in Tacoma, 
Washington, at the site of Union Station, Tacoma, Washington. 
SEC. 517. Funds under this Act shall be available as authorized by 
sections 4501-4506 of title 5, United States Code, when the achieve-
ment involved is certified, or when an award for such achievement 
is otherwise payable, in accordance with such sections. Such funds 
may not be used for any purpose with respect to which the preceding 
sentence relates beyond fiscal year 1992. 
SEC. 518. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 1992, the authority to establish higher rates of pay under 
section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, may— 
(1) in addition to positions paid under any of the pay systems 
referred to in subsection (a) of section 5303 of title 5, United 
States Code, be exercised with respect to positions paid under 
any other pay system established by or under Federal statute 
for positions within the executive branch of the Government; 
and 
(2) in addition to the circumstance described in the first 
sentence of subsection (a) of section 5303 of title 5, United States 
Code, be exercised based on— 
(A) pay rates for the positions involved being generally 
less than the rates payable for similar positions held— 
(i) by individuals outside the Government; or 
(ii) by other individuals within the executive branch 
of the Government; 
(B) the remoteness of the area or location involved; 
(C) the undesirability of the working conditions or the 
nature of the work involved, including exposure to toxic 
substances or other occupational hazards; or 
(D) any other circumstances which the President (or an 
agency duly authorized or designated by the President in 
accordance with the last sentence of section 5303(a) of title 
5, United States Code, for purposes of this subparagraph) 
may identify. 
Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be considered to permit the exercise 
of any authority based on any of the circumstances under such 
paragraph without an appropriate finding that such circumstances 
are significantly handicapping the Government's recruitment or 
retention efforts. 
(b)(1) A rate of pay established during fiscal year 1992 through the 
exercise of any additional authority under subsection (a) of section 
5303 of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) shall be subject to revision or adjustment, 
(B) shall be subject to reduction or termination (including pay 
retention), and 
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105 STAT. 865 
(C) shall otherwise be treated, 
in the manner as generally applies with respect to any rate other-
wise established under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) The President (or an agency duly authorized or designated by 
the President in accordance with the last sentence of section 5303(a) 
of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of this subsection) may 
prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this subsection. 
(c) Any additional authority under this section may, during fiscal 
year 1992, be exercised only to the extent that amounts otherwise 
appropriated under this Act for purposes of section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, are available. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of the Treasury by this or any other 
Act shall be obligated or expended to contract out positions in, or 
downgrade the position classifications of, members of the United 
States Mint Police Force and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
Police Force, or for studying the feasibility of contracting out such 
positions. 
SEC. 520. The Office of Personnel Management may, during the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, accept donations of supplies, 
services, and equipment for the Federal Executive Institute, the 
Federal Quality Institute, and Executive Seminar Centers for the 
enhancement of the morale and educational experience of attendees. 
SEC. 521. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for the procurement of, or for the payment of, the 
salary of any person engaged in the procurement of stainless steel 
flatware not produced in the United States or its possessions, except 
to the extent that the Administrator of General Services or his 
designee shall determine that a satisfactory quality and sufficient 
quantity of stainless steel flatware produced in the United States or 
its possessions, cannot be procured as and when needed from sources 
in the United States or its possessions or except in accordance with 
procedures provided by section 6-104.4(b) of Armed Services 
Procurement Regulations, dated January 1, 1969. This section shall 
be applicable to all solicitations for bids issued after its enactment. 
SEC. 522. The United States Secret Service may, during the fiscal 
year ending September 30,1992, accept donations of money to off-set 
costs incurred while protecting former Presidents and spouses of 
former Presidents when the former President or spouse travels for 
the purpose of making an appearance or speech for a pa3mient of 
money or any thing of value. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to withdraw the designation of the Virginia Inland Port at 
Front Royal, Virginia, as a United States Customs Service port of 
entry. 
SEC. 523A. (a)(1) In the cases of all appropriations accounts within 
this Act, with the exception of the Committee for Purchase from the 
Blind and Other Severely Handicapped, salaries and expenses, from 
which expenses for travel, transportation, and subsistence (includ-
ing per diem allowances) are paid under chapter 57 of title 5, United 
States Code, there are hereby prohibited to be obligated under such 
accounts in fiscal year 1992 a uniform percentage of such amounts, 
as determined by the President in accordance with the provisions of 
paragraph (2), as, but for this subsection, would— 
(A) be available for obligation in such accounts as of Octo-
ber 1,1991, 
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President. 
President. 
Reports. 
New Mexico. 
Nebraska. 
Iowa. 
West Virginia. 
(B) be planned to be obligated for such expenses after such 
date during fiscal year 1992, and 
(C) result in total outlays of $15,733,000 in fiscal year 1992. 
(2) Before making determinations under paragraph (1), the Presi-
dent shall obtain from the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget and the Comptroller General of the United States rec-
ommendations for determinations with respect to (A) the identifica-
tion of the accounts affected, (B) the amount in each such account 
available as of such date for obligation, (C) the amounts planned to 
be obligated for such expenses after such date in fiscal year 1992, 
and (D) the uniform percentage by which such amounts need to be 
reduced in order to comply with paragraph (1). 
(b) Within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
President shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a report 
specifying the determinations of the President under subsection (a). 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available to the Postal Service 
by this Act shall be used to transfer mail processing capabilities 
from the Las Cruces, New Mexico postal facility, and that every 
effort will be made by the Postal Service to recognize the rapid rate 
of population growth in Las Cruces and to automate the Las Cruces, 
New Mexico postal facility in order that mail processing can be 
expedited and handled in Las Cruces. 
SEC. 525. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1992 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated by this Act. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds in this Act may be used to reduce the 
rank or rate of pay of a career appointee in the SES upon reassign-
ment or transfer. 
SEC. 527. No funds in this Act may be used to award a Federal 
agency lease in the Omaha, Nebraska—Council Bluffs, Iowa, geo-
graphical area, which does not meet the following criteria: 
Any Federal agency which leases commercial space in the 
Omaha, Nebraska—Council Bluffs, Iowa, geographical area, 
when entering into new leases, shall give preference to space 
available meeting standard government lease criteria, which is 
offered at the lowest cost per square foot within the geographi-
cal area, provided it also meets the occupying agency's mission 
requirement. 
SEC. 528. The provisions of section 515 shall not apply after 
October 1,1991. 
SEC. 529. 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 satisfac-
torily completed his period of active military or naval service and 
has within ninety days after his release from such service or from 
hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more 
than one year made application for restoration to his former posi-
tion and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management 
as still qualified to perform the duties of his former position and has 
not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 530. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall implement the 
plan announced by the Bureau of the Public Debt on March 19, 1991 
to consolidate such Bureau's operations in Parkersburg, West Vir-
ginia. 
Qa) The consolidation referred to in subsection (a) shall commence 
on or before September 30, 1992, and shall be complete by Decem-
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105 STAT. 867 
ber 31,1995, in accordance with the plan of the Bureau of the Public 
Debt. 
SEC. 531. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may, with Government 
respect to an individual employed by the Bureau of the Public Debt employees, 
in the Washington Metropolitan Region on April 10,1991, be used to 
separate, reduce the grade or pay of, or carry out any other adverse 
personnel action against such individual for declining to accept a 
directed reassignment to a position outside such region, pursuant to 
a transfer of any such Bureau's operations or functions to Parkers-
burg, West Virginia. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any individual 
who, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, declines an offer 
of another position in the Department of the Treasury which is of at 
least equal pay and which is within the Washington Metropolitan 
Region. 
SEC. 532. None of the funds made available to the United States 
Customs Service may be used to collect or impose any land border 
proceesing fee at ports of entry along the United States-Mexico 
border. 
SEC. 533. Section 12 of the Presidential Protection Assistance Act 
of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by inserting "or at an airport facility 
used for travel en route to or from such property" after "Public 
Law 94-524,"; 
(2) in the fourth sentence by inserting after "$300,000", "at 
the one nongovernmental property, and $70,000 at the airport 
facility,"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following after "Govern-
ments": ": Provided further, That the airport facility is wholly 
or partially located in a municipality or political subdivison of 
any State where the permanent resident population is 7,000 or 
less, the airport is located within 25 nautical miles of the 
designated nongovernmental property, and where the absence 
^ 
of such Federal assistance would place an undue economic 
burden on the affected State and local governments". 
SEC. 534. Where appropriations in this Act are expendable for 
travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been 
placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not 
exceed the amount set forth therefor in the budget estimates 
submitted for the appropriations without the advance approval of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That this section shall not apply to travel performed by uncompen-
sated officials of local boards and appeal boards of the Selective 
Service System; to travel performed directly in connection with care 
and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs; to travel of the Office of Personnel Management in 
carrying out its observation responsibilities of the Voting Rights 
Act; or to payments to interagency motor pools where separately set 
forth in the budget schedules. 
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 
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employees serving abroad in cases of death or life threatening 
illness of said employee. 
Drugs and drug 
SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
abuse. 
States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for 
fiscal year 1992 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such 
department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will con-
tinue 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. 
SEC. 603. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Federal 
employing agency shall make the deposit from existing appropria-
tions into the Federal Employees Compensation Account of the 
Unemployment Trust Fund, as required by section 8509 of title 5, 
United States Code, not later than thirty days after the Department 
of Labor has billed the agency for the amount to be deposited. 
SEC. 604. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of Septem-
ber 13, 1982 (Public Law 97-258, 31 U.S.C. 1345), any agency, 
department or instrumentality of the United States which provides 
or proposes to provide child care services for Federal employees may 
reimburse any Federal employee or any person employed to provide 
such services for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses 
incurred for training classes, conferences or other meetings in 
connection with the provision of such services: Provided, That any 
per diem allowance made pursuant to this section shall not exceed 
the rate specified in regulations prescribed pursuant to section 5707 
of title 5, United States Code. 
31 use 1343 
SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
^^^- 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), for the 
purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses and 
ambulances), is hereby fixed at $7,100 except station wagons for 
which the maximum shall be $8,100: 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 five 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 com-
parable conventionally fueled vehicles. 
SEC. 606. 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. 5922-24. 
5 use 3101 note. 
SEC. 607. 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 major-
ity 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 enactment of this Act, 
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105 STAT. 869 
who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of in-
tention 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, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to 
the United States for permanent residence, or (5) South Vietnamese, 
Cambodian, and Laotian refugees paroled in the United States after 
January 1, 1975, or (6) nationals of the People's Republic of China 
protected by Executive Order Number 12711 of April 11, 1990: 
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 one 
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 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, the Republic of the Phil-
ippines or to nationals of those countries allied with the United 
States in the current defense effort, or to temporary employment of 
translators, or to temporary employment in the field service (not to 
exceed sixty days) as a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 608. Appropriations available to any department or sigency 
during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including 
maintenance 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 Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or 
other applicable law. 
SEC. 609. 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 subsequently 
transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on adminis-
trative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 610. 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. 611. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 (66 
Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned by 
the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any purpose 
for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year 
(including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use 
of such credits), only when reimbursement therefor is made to the 
Treasury from applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: 
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Provided, That such credits received as exchanged allowances or 
proceeds of sales of personal property may be used in whole or part 
payment for acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the 
manner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury. 
SEC. 612. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards, 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or 
not they are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and 
specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more 
than one agency or instrumentality. 
SEC. 613. Funds made available by this or any other Act to the 
"Postal Service Fund" (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be available for employ-
ment 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 provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act 
of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a, 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. 614. 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 ap-
plicable law of the United States. 
SEC. 615. No part of any appropriation contained in, or funds 
made available by, this or any other Act, shall be available for any 
£igency to pay to the Administrator of the General Services Adminis-
tration a higher rate per square foot for rental of space and services 
(established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended) than the rate per 
square foot established for the space and services by the General 
Services Administration for the fiscal year for which appropriations 
were granted. 
Government 
SEC. 616. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
employees. 
except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the 
5 use 5343 note, f^nds appropriated for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1992, 
or September 30, 1993, 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, or any employee covered by section 5348 
of that title— 
(1) during the period from the date of expiration of the 
limitation imposed by section 612 of the Treasury, Postal Serv-
ice, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991, until 
the first day of the first applicable pay period that begins not 
less than ninety days after that date, in an amount that exceeds 
the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of the ap-
plicable wage schedule in accordance with such section 612; and 
(2) during the period consisting of the remainder, if any, of 
fiscal year 1992, and that portion of fiscal year 1993, that 
precedes the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey 
adjustment that is to be effective in fiscal year 1993, in an 
amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjustment. 
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105 STAT. 871 
the rate payable under paragraph (1) of this subsection by more 
than the overall average percentage adjustment in the General 
Schedule during fiscal year 1992, under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
OJ) 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, may be paid during the periods for which 
subsection (a) of this section is in effect at a rate that exceeds the 
rates that would be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) 
applicable to such employee. 
(c) For the purpose of this section, the rates payable to an em- Regulations 
ployee who is covered by this section and who is paid from a 
schedule that was not in existence on September 30, 1991, shall be 
determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel 
Management. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium 
pay for employees subject to this section may not be changed from 
the rates in effect on September 30, 1991, except to the extent 
determined by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent 
with the purpose of this section. 
(e) The provisions of this section shall apply with respect to pay 
for services performed by any affected employee on or after 
October 1,1991. 
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law, includ-
ing section 8431 of title 5, United States Code, or any rule or 
regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or 
any other employee benefit, that requires any deduction or contribu-
tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation, on the basis of a 
rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable 
after the application of this section shall be treated as the rate of 
salary or basic pay. 
(g) Nothing in this section may be construed 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. 617. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to plan, implement, or administer (1) any reduction in the 
number of regions, districts or entry processing locations of the 
United States Customs Service; or (2) any consolidation or cen-
tralization of duty assessment or appraisement functions of any 
offices in the United States Customs Service. 
SEC. 618. During the period in which the head of any department 
or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the Govern-
ment appointed by the President of the United States, holds office, 
no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,()00 to furnish 
or redecorate the office of such department head, eigency 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 Appropria-
tions of the House and Senate. 
SEC. 619. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 112 and 
113 of title 3, United States Code, each Executive agency detailing 
any personnel shall submit a report on an annual b£isis in each 
Reports. 
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note. 
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fiscal year to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations 
on all employees or members of the armed services detailed to 
Executive agencies, listing the grade, position, and offices of each 
person detailed and the sigency to which each such person is 
detailed. 
(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 Jus-
tice, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of 
Energy performing intelligence functions; and 
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence. 
(c) The exemptions in part (b) of this section are not intended to 
apply to information on the use of personnel detailed to or from the 
intelligence agencies which is currently being supplied to the Senate 
and House Intelligence and Appropriations Committees by the 
executive branch through budget justification materials and other 
reports. 
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term "Executive gigency" 
has the same meaning as defined under section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code (except that the provisions of section 104(2) of title 5, 
United States Code, shall not apply) and includes the White House 
Office, the Executive Residence, and any office, council, or organiza-
tional unit of the Executive Office of the President. 
SEC. 620. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act for fiscal 
year 1992 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 12356; 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 Whistle-
blower 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 disclo-
sures 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 disclo-
sure 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. section 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.". 
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105 STAT. 873 
SEC. 621. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no execu-
tive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any 
additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing loca-
tions, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforce-
ment training without the advance approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
may be expended by any Federal agency to procure any product or 
service that is subject to the provisions of Public Law 89-306 and 
that will be available under the procurement by the Administrator 
of General Services known as "FTS2000" unless— 
(1) such product or service is procured by the Administrator of 
General Services as part of the procurement known as 
"FTS2000"; or 
(2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of the Adminis-
trator of General Services that— 
(A) the agency's requirements for such procurement are 
unique and cannot be satisfied by property and service 
procured by the Administrator of General Services as part 
of the procurement known as "FTS2000"; and 
(B) the agency procurement, pursuant to such delegation, 
would be cost-effective and would not adversely affect the 
cost-effectiveness of the FTS2000 procurement. 
SEC. 623. (a) No amount of any grant made by a Federal agency 
shall be used to finance the acquisition of goods or services (includ-
ing construction services) unless the recipient of the grant agrees, as 
a condition for the receipt of such grant, to— 
(1) specify in any announcement of the awarding of the 
contract for the procurement of the goods and services involved 
(including construction services) the amount of Federal funds 
that will be used to finance the acquisition; and 
(2) express the amount announced pursuant to paragraph (1) 
as a percentage of the total costs of the planned acquisition. 
(b) The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to a procure-
ment for goods or services (including construction services) that has 
an aggregate value of less than $500,000. 
SEC. 624. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United States 
Code, or section 607 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 
1992 by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency 
funding of national security and emergency preparedness tele-
communications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart-
ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order 
Numbered 12472 (April 3,1984). 
SEC. 625. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or any other 
Act, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, any depart-
ment, division, bureau, or office participating in the Federal 
Flexiplace Project may use funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act to install telephone lines, necessary equipment, and to pay 
monthly charges, in any private residence or private apartment: 
Provided, That the head of the department, division, bureau, or 
office certifies that adequate safeguards against private misuse 
exist, and that the service is necessary for direct support of the 
agency's mission. 
SEC. 626. (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-deter-
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mining character excepted from the competitive service pursuant to 
section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification to 
the Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Federal 
department, agency, or other instrumentality employing the Sched-
ule 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 Jus-
tice, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of 
Energy performing intelligence functions; and 
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence. 
SEC. 627. Section 4521 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 4521. DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this subchapter, the 
term 'law enforcement officer' means— 
"(1) a law enforcement officer within the meaning of section 
8331(20) or section 8401(17) and to whom the provisions of 
chapter 51 apply; 
"(2) a member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed 
Division; 
"(3) a member of the United States Park Police; 
"(4) a special agent in the Diplomatic Security Service; 
"(5) a probation officer (referred to in section 3672 of title 18); 
and 
"(6) a pretrial services officer (referred to in section 3153 of 
title 18).". 
South Carolina. 
SEC. 628. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Real property. 
Secretary of Education shall convey, without consideration, to the 
School District of Charleston County, South Carolina, a deed releas-
ing the reversionary interest held by the United States to the 
property identified in paragraph (b). 
(b) All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situated, lying and being on 
the west side of Chisolm Street, in ward 2, in the city of Charleston, 
County of Charleston, and State of South Carolina. 
Measuring and containing in front on Chisolm Street 100 feet, 
and the same on the west or back line, and in depth on the 
northernmost line from east to west 150 feet and ¥2 inch, and 
the same on the southernmost line—be all the said dimensions a 
little more or less. 
Butting and bounding to the north on lands now of Anderson 
Lumber Company, formerly of Mrs. E.C. Rennecker; east on 
Chisolm Street aforesaid; south on part of the original tract of 
land owned by the said A.B. Murray and West Point Mills 
Company, now reserved by the said grantors, and west on 
another part of the said original tract, formerly belonging to the 
PUBLIC LAW 102-141—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 875 
said A.B. Murray and West Point Mills Company, and conveyed 
by them to the United States of America. 
The said lot of land hereby conveyed being the northernmost 
portion of that portion of the Chisolm's Mills Property, reserved 
by the A.B. Murray and West Point Mills Company after 
conveyance of the greater part of the said Chisolm's Mills 
property to the United States of America, by Deeds which are 
recorded and may be seen in book U-24, page 582 and page 585 
in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, and all of which is 
more fully shown and delineated on a plat of the said Chisolm's 
Mills Property, dated April 23, 1914, and made and certified to 
by H.D. King, Inspector, United States Light House Depart-
ment, which said plat is on record in plat book C, page 97, in the 
R.M.C. Office for Charleston County. 
Being the same premises which were conveyed to the United 
States of America by deed of Andrew B. Murray dated October 
23, 1916, and recorded in the Office of the R.M.C. for Charleston 
County in book U-24, page 587, and by deed of West Point Mill 
Company, dated November 20, 1916, and recorded in said office 
in book U-24, page 589. 
SEC. 629. NEW COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 
Real property. 
(a) RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Education shall convey, 
^ 
without consideration, to the New College of California, Inc., a deed 
releasing the reversionary interest held by the United States to the 
property described in subsection (b). 
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—For the purpose of subsection (a), the 
property, sometimes known as 50 Fell Street, is described as: A 
parcel of land situated in the City and County of San Francisco, 
State of California, said parcel being described in the Judgment on 
Declaration of Taking entered 11 March 1946 in Civil Action No. 
25791 in the District Court of the United States in and for the 
Northern District of California, Southern Division, which was filed 
March 22, 1946, in the Office of the Recorder, City and County of 
San Francisco, California. Beginning at a point on the northerly line 
of Fell Street distant therefrom 100 feet easterly from the easterly 
line of Van Ness Avenue and running thence easterly along said 
line of Fell Street 109 feet; thence at a right angle northerly 120 
feet; thence at a right angle westerly 109 feet; thence at a right 
angle southerly 120 feet to the Point of Beginning, being a portion of 
; 
Western Addition, Block No. 69, and known on the assessor's map as 
Lot 10, Block 814, City and County of San Francisco, California, 
containing 0.30 acres more or less. Improvements: One L-shaped 
Spanish-type building containing 27,020 square feet more or less. 
SEC. 630. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
may be used to relocate the Department of Justice Immigration 
Judges from Offices located in Phoenix, Arizona, to new quarters in 
Florence, Arizona without the prior approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 631. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, for the 
purpose of clarifying the Federal Acquisition Regulation with re-
spect to the definition of "construction materials" and the identifica-
tion of "domestic construction materials," shall evaluate emergency 
life safety systems—such as emergency lighting, fire alarms, audio 
evacuation systems and the like—which are discrete systems incor-
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28 u s e 994 note. 
Effective date. 
Inter-
governmental 
relations. 
AIDS. 
Health and 
health care. 
42 u s e 300ee-2 
note. 
porated into a public building or work and which are produced as a 
complete system, as a single and distinct construction material 
regardless of when or how the individual parts or components of 
such systems were delivered to the construction site. 
SEC. 632. (1) Pursuant to its authority under section 994 of title 28, 
United States Code, the Sentencing Commission shall promulgate 
guidelines, or amend existing or proposed guidelines as follows: 
(A) Guideline 2G2.2 to provide a base offense level of not less 
than 15 and to provide at least a 5 level increase for offenders 
who have engaged in a pattern of activity involving the sexual 
abuse or exploitation of a minor. 
(B) Guideline 2G2.4 to provide that such guideline shall apply 
only to offense conduct that involves the simple possession of 
materials proscribed by chapter 110 of title 18, United States 
Code and guideline 2G2.2 to provide that such guideline shall 
apply to offense conduct that involves receipt or trafficking 
(including, but not limited to transportation, distribution, or 
shipping). 
(C) Guideline 2G2.4 to provide a base offense level of not less 
than 13, and to provide at least a 2 level increase for possessing 
10 or more books, magazines, periodicals, films, video tapes or 
other items containing a visual depiction involving the sexual 
exploitation of a minor. 
(D) Section 2G3.1 to provide a base offense level of not less 
than 10. 
(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sentencing 
Commission shall promulgate the amendments mandated in subsec-
tion (1) by November 1, 1991, or within 30 days after enactment, 
whichever is later. The amendments to the guidelines promulgated 
under subsection (1) shall take effect November 1, 1991, or 30 days 
after enactment, and shall supersede any amendment to the con-
trary contained in the amendments to the sentencing guidelines 
submitted to the Congress by the Sentencing Commission on or 
about May 1, 1991. 
(B) The provisions of section 944(x) of title 28, United States Code, 
shall not apply to the promulgation or amendment of guidelines 
under this section. 
SEC. 633. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each State 
Public Health Official shall, not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, certify to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services that guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control, or 
guidelines which are equivalent to those promulgated by the Cen-
ters for Disease Control concerning recommendations for preventing 
the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus and the 
hepatitis B virus during exposure prone invasive procedures, except 
for emergency situations when the patient's life or limb is in danger, 
have been instituted in the State. State guidelines shall apply to 
health professionals practicing within the State and shall be consist-
ent with Federal law. Compliance with such guidelines shall be the 
responsibility of the State Public Health Official. Said responsibil-
ities shall include a process for determining what appropriate dis-
ciplinary or other actions shall be taken to ensure compliance. If 
such certification is not provided under this section within the one-
year period, the State shall be ineligible to receive assistance under 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) until such 
certification is provided, except that the Secretary may extend the 
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time period for a State, upon application of such State, that addi-
tional time is required for instituting said guidelines. 
This Act may be cited as the "Treasury, Postal Service and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 1992". 
Approved October 28, 1991. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2622: 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 102-109 (Ctomm. on Appropriations) and 102-234 
(Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 102-95 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 137 (1991): 
June 18, considered and passed House. 
July 11, 15, 18, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 3, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments, in others with amendments. Senate agreed to 
conference report; concurred in House amendments. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 27 (1991): 
Oct. 28, Presidential statement.