[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2378 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  1st Session

                               H. R. 2378

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                                 AN ACT

 Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
  Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
 Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 
                        and for other purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2378

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                                 AN ACT


 
 Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
  Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
 Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 
                        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 fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for 
other purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including 
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, 
and purchase of commercial insurance policies for, real properties 
leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of 
official business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official travel 
expenses; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended 
under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be 
accounted for solely on his certificate; $113,410,000: Provided, That 
section 113(3) of the Fiscal Year 1997 Department of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
Public Law 104-208 (110 Stat. 3009-22) is amended by striking ``12 
months'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``2 years'': Provided further, 
That $200,000 are provided to conduct a comprehensive study of 
gambling's effects on bankruptcies in the United States.

                 Office of Professional Responsibility

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Professional 
Responsibility, including purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $1,500,000: Provided, That the Under Secretary of Treasury 
for Enforcement shall task the Office of Professional Responsibility to 
conduct a comprehensive review of integrity issues and other matters 
related to the vulnerability of the U.S. Customs Service to corruption, 
to include examination of charges of professional misconduct and 
corruption as well as analysis of the efficacy of departmental and 
bureau internal affairs systems.

                         Automation Enhancement

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the development and acquisition of automatic data processing 
equipment, software, and services for the Department of the Treasury, 
$25,989,000, of which $11,500,000 shall be available to the United 
States Customs Service for the Automated Commercial Environment 
project, of which $5,600,000 shall be available to Departmental Offices 
for the International Trade Data System, and of which $8,789,000 shall 
be available to Departmental Offices to modernize its information 
technology infrastructure and for business solution software: Provided, 
That these funds shall remain available until September 30, 1999: 
Provided further, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and 
in amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Department's 
offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated shall be used to support or supplement Internal Revenue 
Service appropriations for Information Systems: Provided further, That 
of the $27,000,000 provided under this heading in Public Law 104-208, 
$12,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated for the International 
Trade Data System may be obligated until the Department has submitted a 
report on their system development plan to the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the $11,500,000 
appropriated for the Automated Commercial Environment may be obligated 
until the systems architecture plan has been reviewed by the General 
Accounting Office and approved by the Committees on Appropriations.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel expenses; 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General of the 
Treasury; $30,927,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), of which $26,034 shall 
be transferred to the ``Departmental Offices'' appropriation for the 
reimbursement of Secret Service personnel in accordance with section 
117 of this Act.

           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration

    For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury 
Building and Annex, $6,484,000, to remain available until September 30, 
1999.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel expenses of non-
Federal law enforcement personnel to attend meetings concerned with 
financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial 
regulation; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law enforcement 
agencies, with or without reimbursement; $22,835,000: Provided, That 
funds appropriated in this account may be used to procure personal 
service contracts.

                    Violent Crime Reduction Programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For activities authorized by Public Law 103-322, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime 
Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
    (a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $88,000,000; of which 
$21,528,000 shall be available to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms, including $3,000,000 for administering the Gang Resistance 
Education and Training program, $6,000,000 for firearms trafficking 
initiatives (including the Youth Crime Gun Initiative, Project LEAD, 
and the National Tracing Center), $5,458,000 for increased explosives 
inspections, $462,000 for laboratory and investigative supplies, 
$5,000,000 for vehicles and laboratory, communication, and information 
technology equipment, and $1,608,000 for collection of information on 
arson and explosives; of which $1,000,000 shall be available to the 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; of which $16,837,000 shall be 
available to the United States Secret Service, including $9,323,000 for 
expenses related to White House Security, $5,000,000 for investigations 
of counterfeiting, and $2,514,000 for forensic support of 
investigations of missing and exploited children, of which $514,000 
shall be available as a grant on September 30, 1998, for activities 
related to the investigations of exploited children and shall remain 
available until expended; of which $43,635,000 shall be available for 
the United States Customs Service, including $15,000,000 for high 
energy container x-ray systems and automated targeting systems, 
$4,000,000 for redeploying agents and inspectors to high threat drug 
zones, $5,735,000 for laboratory modernization, $10,000,000 for vehicle 
replacement, $7,800,000 for automated license plate readers, and 
$1,100,000 for construction of canopies for inspection of outbound 
vehicles along the Southwest border; and of which $5,000,000 shall be 
available to the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center for a program 
to transfer technology to State and local law enforcement agencies.
    (b) As authorized by section 32401, $8,000,000 to the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for disbursement through grants, 
cooperative agreements, or contracts to local governments for Gang 
Resistance Education and Training: Provided, That notwithstanding 
sections 32401 and 310001, such funds shall be allocated to State and 
local law enforcement and prevention organizations.
    (c) As authorized by section 180103, $1,000,000 to the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center for specialized training for rural law 
enforcement officers.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center, as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, including 
materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; 
purchase (not to exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the 
general purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and related activities; 
uniforms without regard to the general purchase price limitation for 
the current fiscal year; the conducting of and participating in 
firearms matches and presentation of awards; for public awareness and 
enhancing community support of law enforcement training; not to exceed 
$9,500 for official reception and representation expenses; room and 
board for student interns; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
$64,663,000, of which up to $13,034,000 for materials and support costs 
of Federal law enforcement basic training shall remain available until 
September 30, 2000: Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept 
and use gifts of property, both real and personal, and to accept 
services, for authorized purposes, including funding of a gift of 
intrinsic value which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the 
Center to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic training 
program at the Center during the previous fiscal year, which shall be 
funded only by gifts received through the Center's gift authority: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
students attending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided housing, 
insofar as available and in accordance with Center policy: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated in this account shall be available, at 
the discretion of the Director, for: training United States Postal 
Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police officers; State and 
local government law enforcement training on a space-available basis; 
training of foreign law enforcement officials on a space-available 
basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation; 
training of private sector security officials on a space-available 
basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation; and 
travel expenses of non-Federal personnel to attend course development 
meetings and training at the Center: Provided further, That the Center 
is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from 
agencies receiving training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the 
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center is authorized to provide short term medical services 
for students undergoing training at the Center.

     acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses

    For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, for 
acquisition of necessary additional real property and facilities, and 
for ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, and related expenses, 
$32,548,000, to remain available until expended.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

                 interagency crime and drug enforcement

    For expenses necessary for the detection and investigation of 
individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking, including 
cooperative efforts with State and local law enforcement, $73,794,000, 
of which $7,827,000 shall remain available until expended.

                      Financial Management Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, 
$199,675,000, of which not to exceed $13,235,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2000 for information systems modernization 
initiatives: Provided, That beginning in fiscal year 1998 and 
thereafter, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary to 
reimburse Federal Reserve banks in their capacity as depositaries and 
fiscal agents for the United States for all services required or 
directed by the Secretary of the Treasury to be performed by such banks 
on behalf of the Treasury or other Federal agencies.

                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 650 vehicles for police-
type use for replacement only and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be 
determined by the Director; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence 
allowances to employees where an assignment to the National Response 
Team during the investigation of a bombing or arson incident requires 
an employee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight at 
his or her post of duty; not to exceed $15,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; for training of State and local law 
enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, including training 
in connection with the training and acquisition of canines for 
explosives and fire accelerants detection; and provision of laboratory 
assistance to State and local agencies, with or without reimbursement; 
$477,649,000 (increased by $1,000,000); of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys' fees as 
provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of which $1,000,000 shall be 
available for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or 
aircraft available for official use by a State or local law enforcement 
agency if the conveyance will be used in drug-related joint law 
enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 
and for the payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel, training, 
equipment, and other similar costs of State and local law enforcement 
officers that are incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made available 
by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, 
missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 
to other agencies or Departments in the fiscal year ending on September 
30, 1998: Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be 
available for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with 
consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, 
the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of 
firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Provided further, 
That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay administrative 
expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the United 
States to implement an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to 
change the definition of ``Curios or relics'' in 27 CFR 178.11 or 
remove any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 
1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein 
shall be available to investigate or act upon applications for relief 
from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided 
further, That such funds shall be available to investigate and act upon 
applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms 
disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds in 
this Act may be used to provide ballistics imaging equipment to any 
State or local authority who has obtained similar equipment through a 
Federal grant or subsidy unless the State or local authority agrees to 
return that equipment or to repay that grant or subsidy to the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may be used 
to electronically retrieve information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 
923(g)(4) by name or any personal identification code.

                         laboratory facilities

    For necessary expenses for construction of a new facility or 
facilities to house the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 
National Laboratory Center and the Fire Investigation Research and 
Development Center, not to exceed 185,000 occupiable square feet, to 
remain available until expended $55,022,000: Provided, That these funds 
shall not be available until a prospectus of authorization for the 
Laboratory Facilities is approved by the House Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on 
Environment and Public Works.

                     United States Customs Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Customs Service, 
including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor vehicles for police-
type use and commercial operations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting 
with individuals for personal services abroad; not to exceed $30,000 
for official reception and representation expenses; and awards of 
compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the 
United States Customs Service; $1,526,078,000, 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 Reconciliation Act 
of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that 
Account; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for 
payment for rental space in connection with preclearance operations, 
and not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
research and not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended 
for conducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081 and up to 
$6,000,000 shall be available until expended for the procurement of 
automation infrastructure items, including hardware, software, and 
installation: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without regard 
to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year.

 operations, maintenance and procurement, air and marine interdiction 
                                programs

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and other 
related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs, including operational 
training and mission-related travel, and rental payments for facilities 
occupied by the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction 
programs, the operations of which include the interdiction of narcotics 
and other goods; the provision of support to Customs and other Federal, 
State, and local agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws 
enforced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the 
Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal, State, 
and local agencies in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian 
efforts; $97,258,000, which shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the 
exception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been identified as 
excess to Customs requirements and aircraft which has been damaged 
beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other Federal agency, 
Department, or office outside of the Department of the Treasury, during 
fiscal year 1998 without the prior approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.

                   customs services at small airports

                  (to be derived from fees collected)

    Beginning in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, such sums as may be 
necessary 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 
services, to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary pursuant 
to section 236 of Public Law 98-573 for each of these airports or other 
facilities when authorized by law and designated by the Secretary, and 
to remain available until expended.

                   harbor maintenance fee collection

    For administrative expenses related to the collection of the Harbor 
Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law 103-182, $3,000,000, to be 
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to 
and merged with the Customs ``Salaries and Expenses'' account for such 
purposes.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

                     administering the public debt

    For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt issues of the 
United States, $173,826,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2000 for information systems modernization 
initiatives: Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from the 
General Fund for fiscal year 1998 shall be reduced by not more than 
$4,400,000 as definitive security issue fees and Treasury Direct 
Investor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 1998 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at 
$169,426,000, and in addition, $20,000, to be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau for administrative 
and personnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as 
authorized by section 102 of Public Law 101-380: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, effective upon enactment, 
the Bureau of the Public Debt shall be fully and directly reimbursed by 
the funds described in Public Law 101-136, title I, section 104, 103 
Stat. 789 for costs and services performed by the Bureau in the 
administration of such funds.

                        Internal Revenue Service

                 processing, assistance, and management

    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service, not 
otherwise provided for; including processing tax returns; revenue 
accounting; providing tax law and account assistance to taxpayers by 
telephone and correspondence; matching information returns and tax 
returns; management services; rent and utilities; and inspection; 
including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
determined by the Commissioner; $2,915,100,000, of which up to 
$3,700,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and 
of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                          tax law enforcement

                         (including rescission)

    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and enforcement 
litigation; technical rulings; examining employee plans and exempt 
organizations; investigation and enforcement activities; securing 
unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts; statistics of income 
and compliance research; the purchase (for police-type use, not to 
exceed 850), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
determined by the Commissioner, $3,108,300,000: Provided, That of the 
funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-208, 
$10,000,000 are rescinded and in Public Law 104-52, $4,500,000 are 
rescinded.

                          information systems

    For necessary expenses for data processing and telecommunications 
support for Internal Revenue Service activities, including 
developmental information systems and operational information systems; 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by 
the Commissioner, $1,292,500,000, which shall be available until 
September 30, 1999: Provided, That under the heading ``Information 
Systems'' in Public Law 104-208 (110 Stat. 3009), the following is 
deleted: ``of which no less than $130,075,000 shall be available for 
Tax Systems Modernization (TSM) development and deployment''.

                   information technology investments

    For necessary expenses for the capital asset acquisition of 
information technology systems, including management and related 
contractual costs of said acquisition, including contractual costs 
associated with operations as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$326,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2000: 
Provided, That none of these funds is available for obligation until 
September 30, 1998: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be 
obligated until the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the 
Treasury submits to Congress for approval, a plan for expenditure that: 
(1) implements the Internal Revenue Service's Modernization Blueprint 
submitted to Congress on May 15, 1997; (2) meets the information 
systems investment guidelines established by the Office of Management 
and Budget in the fiscal year 1998 budget; (3) has been reviewed and 
approved by the Internal Revenue Service's Investment Review Board, the 
Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of the Treasury's 
Modernization Management Board, and has been reviewed by the General 
Accounting Office; (4) meets the requirements of the May 15, 1997 
Internal Revenue Service's Systems Life Cycle program; and (5) is in 
compliance with acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and 
systems acquisition management practices of the Federal Government.

          administrative provisions--internal revenue service

    Sec. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be 
transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon 
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Sec. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a training 
program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees are trained 
in taxpayers' rights, in dealing courteously with the taxpayers, and in 
cross-cultural relations.
    Sec. 103. The funds provided in this Act for the Internal Revenue 
Service shall be used to provide, as a minimum, the fiscal year 1995 
level of service, staffing, and funding for Taxpayer Services.
    Sec. 104. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be 
used in connection with the collection of any underpayment of any tax 
imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless the conduct of 
officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service in connection 
with such collection, including any private sector employees under 
contract to the Internal Revenue Service, complies with subsection (a) 
of section 805 (relating to communications in connection with debt 
collection), and section 806 (relating to harassment or abuse), of the 
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692.)
    Sec. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute policies and 
procedures which will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer 
information.

                      United States Secret Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 
including purchase not to exceed 705 vehicles for police-type use, of 
which 675 shall be for replacement only, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance requested by State 
and local 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 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; 
presentation of awards; for travel of Secret Service employees on 
protective missions without regard to the limitations on such 
expenditures in this or any other Act if approval is obtained in 
advance from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; for 
repairs, alterations, 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 
research and operations; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; for sponsorship of a conference for the 
Women in Federal Law Enforcement, to be held during fiscal year 1998; 
not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to 
foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit investigations; 
for payment in advance for commercial accommodations as may be 
necessary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms without 
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal 
year; $555,736,000.

      acquisition, construction, improvement, and related expenses

    For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, and 
improvement of facilities, $5,775,000, to remain available until 
expended for the Secret Service's Headquarters Building.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

    Sec. 111. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary in 
connection with law enforcement activities of a Federal agency or a 
Department of the Treasury law enforcement organization in accordance 
with 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the 
Fund on September 30, 1998, shall be made in compliance with the 
reprogramming guidelines contained in the House and Senate reports 
accompanying this Act.
    Sec. 112. 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; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the general 
purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and used overseas for 
the current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the Department of 
State for the furnishing of health and medical services to employees 
and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and services 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 113. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms for fiscal year 1998 in this Act for the enforcement of the 
Federal Alcohol Administration Act shall be expended in a manner so as 
not to diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105 of the 
Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
    Sec. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this Act 
made available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms, U.S. Customs Service, and U.S. Secret Service may be 
transferred between such appropriations upon the advance approval of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may 
increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
    Sec. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this Act 
made available to the Departmental Offices, Office of Inspector 
General, Financial Management Service, and Bureau of the Public Debt, 
may be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. No 
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 
percent.
    Sec. 116. (a) The Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 
Department of the Treasury shall not award a contract for Solicitation 
No. BEP-97-13(TN) or Solicitation No. BEP-96-13(TN) until the General 
Accounting Office (GAO) has completed a comprehensive analysis of the 
optimum circumstances for government procurement of distinctive 
currency paper. The GAO shall report its findings to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than August 1, 1998.
    (b) The contractual term of the distinctive currency paper 
``bridge'' contract shall not exceed 24 months, and the contract shall 
not be effective until the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury 
certifies that the price under the terms of any ``bridge'' contract is 
fair and reasonable and that the terms of any ``bridge'' contract are 
customary and appropriate according to Federal procurement regulations. 
In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the price and profit levels of any 
``bridge'' contract at the time of certification.
    Sec. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay from amounts 
transferred to the ``Departmental Offices'' appropriation, up to 
$26,034 to reimburse Secret Service personnel for any attorney fees and 
costs they incurred with respect to investigation by the Department of 
the Treasury, Inspector General concerning testimony provided to 
Congress: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay an 
individual in full upon submission by the individual of documentation 
verifying the attorney fees and costs: Provided further, That the 
liability of the United States shall not be inferred from enactment of 
or payment under this provision: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall not pay any claim filed under this section that 
is filed later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That payment under this provision, when accepted, 
shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of, or on behalf of, the 
individual Secret Service agent who was the subject of said 
investigation.
    Sec. 118. (a)(1) Effective beginning on the date determined under 
paragraph (2), the compensation and other emoluments attached to the 
Office of Secretary of the Treasury shall be those that would then 
apply if Public Law 103-2 (107 Stat. 4; 31 U.S.C. 301 note) had never 
been enacted.
    (2) Paragraph (1) shall become effective on the later of--
            (A) the day after the date on which the individual holding 
        the Office of Secretary of the Treasury on January 1, 1997, 
        ceases to hold that office; or
            (B) the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to affect the 
compensation or emoluments due to any individual in connection with any 
period preceding the date determined under paragraph (2).
    (b) Subsection (b) of the first section of the public law referred 
to in subsection (a)(1) of this section shall not apply in the case of 
any appointment the consent of the Senate to which occurs on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) This section shall not be limited (for purposes of determining 
whether a provision of this section applies or continues to apply) to 
fiscal year 1998.
    Sec. 119. (a) Requirement of Advance Submission of Treasury 
Testimony.--During the fiscal year covered by this Act, any officer or 
employee of the Department of the Treasury who is scheduled to testify 
before the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
or the Senate, or any of its subcommittees, shall, not less than 7 
calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal legal public 
holidays) preceding the scheduled date of the testimony, submit to the 
committee or subcommittee--
            (1) a written statement of the testimony to be presented, 
        regardless of whether such statement is to be submitted for 
        inclusion in the record of the hearing; and
            (2) any other written information to be submitted for 
        inclusion in the record of the hearing.
    (b) Limitation on Treasury Clearance Process.--None of the funds 
made available in this Act may be used for any clearance process within 
the Department of the Treasury that could cause a submission beyond the 
specified time, as officially transmitted by the committee, of--
            (1) any corrections to the transcript copy of testimony 
        given before the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives or the Senate, or any of its subcommittees; or
            (2) any information to be provided in writing in response 
        to an oral or written request by such committee or subcommittee 
        for specific information for inclusion in the record of the 
        hearing.
    (b) Exception.--The time periods established in subsections (a) and 
(b) shall not apply to any specific testimony, or corrections, if the 
Secretary of the Treasury--
            (1) determines that special circumstances prevent 
        compliance; and
            (2) submits to the committee or subcommittee involved a 
        written notification of such determination, including the 
        Secretary's estimate of the time periods required for specific 
        testimony, information, or corrections.
    Sec. 120. (a) New Rates of Basic Pay for United States Secret 
Service Uniformed Division.--Section 501 of the District of Columbia 
Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 4-
416), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``Interior'' and all 
        that follows through ``Treasury,'' and inserting instead 
        ``Interior'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b)(3);
            (3) in subsection (b)(3) (as redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking ``or to officers and members of the 
                United States Secret Service Uniformed Division''; and
                    (B) by striking ``subsection (b) and inserting 
                instead ``this subsection'';
            (4) by adding after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c)(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of officers and 
members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, serving 
in classes corresponding or similar to those in the salary schedule in 
section 101, shall be fixed in accordance with the following schedule 
of rates:


                                                ``SALARY SCHEDULE                                               
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                                                                  Service Steps                                 
   ``Salary class and title    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   1         2        3        4        5        6        7        8        9   
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``Class 1: Private............   29,215    30,088   31,559   33,009   35,331   37,681   39,128   40,593   42,052
``Class 4: Sergeant...........   39,769    41,747   43,728   45,718   47,715   49,713                           
``Class 5: Lieutenant.........   45,148    47,411   49,663   51,924   54,180                                    
``Class 7: Captain............   52,523    55,155   57,788   60,388                                             
``Class 8: Inspector..........   60,886    63,918   66,977   70,029                                             
``Class 9: Deputy Chief.......   71,433    76,260   81,113   85,950                                             
``Class 10: Assistant Chief...   84,694    90,324   95,967                                                      
``Class 11: Chief of the U.S.                                                                                   
 Secret Service Uniformed                                                                                       
 Division.....................   98,383   104,923                                                               
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    ``(2) Effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period 
commencing on or after the first day of the month in which an 
adjustment takes effect under section 5303 of title 5, United States 
Code (or any subsequent similar provision of law), in the rates of pay 
under the General Schedule (or any subsequent similar provision of 
law), in the rates of pay under the General Schedule (or any pay system 
that may supersede such schedule), the annual rates of basic 
compensation of officers and members of the United States Secret 
Service Uniformed Division shall be adjusted by the Secretary of the 
Treasury by an amount equal to the percentage of such annual rate of 
pay which corresponds to the overall percentage of the adjustment made 
in the rates of pay under the General Schedule.
    ``(3) Locality-based comparability payments authorized under 
section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, shall be applicable to the 
basic pay under this section. However, locality-based comparability 
payments may not be paid at a rate which, when added to the rate of 
basic pay otherwise payable to the officer or member, would cause the 
total to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the 
Executive Schedule.
    ``(4) Pay may not be paid, by reason of any provision of this 
subsection (disregarding any comparability payment payable under 
Federal law), at a rate in excess of the rate of basic pay payable for 
level V of the Executive Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter 
53 of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(5) Any reference in any law to the salary schedule in section 
101 with respect to officers and members of the United States Secret 
Service Uniformed Division shall be considered to be a reference to the 
salary schedule in paragraph (1) of this subsection as adjusted in 
accordance with this subsection.
    ``(6)(A) Except as otherwise permitted by or under law, no 
allowance, differential, bonus, award, or other similar cash payment 
under this title or under title 5, United Stated Code, may be paid to 
an officer or member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed 
Division in a calendar year if, or to the extent that, when added to 
the total basic pay paid or payable to such officer or member for 
service performed in such calendar year as an officer or member, such 
payment would cause the total to exceed the annual rate of basic pay 
payable for level I of the Executive Schedule, as of the end of such 
calendar year.
    ``(B) This paragraph shall not apply to any payment under the 
following provisions of title 5, United States Code;
            ``(i) Subchapter III or VII of chapter 55, or section 5596;
            ``(ii) Chapter 57 (other than section 5753, 5754, or 5755); 
        or
            ``(iii) chapter 59 (other than section 5928).
    ``(7)(A) Any amount which is not paid to an officer or member of 
the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division in a calendar year 
because of the limitation under paragraph (6) shall be paid to such 
officer or member in a lump sum at the beginning of the following 
calendar year.
    ``(B) Any amount paid under this paragraph in a calendar year shall 
be taken into account for purposes of applying the limitations under 
paragraph (6) with respect to such calendar year.
    ``(8) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe 
regulations as may be necessary (consistent with section 5582 of title 
5, United States Code) concerning how a lump-sum payment under 
paragraph (7) shall be made with respect to any employee who dies 
before an amount payable to such employee under paragraph (7) is 
made.''.
    (b) Conversion to New Salary Schedule.--
            (1) Effective on the first day of the first pay period 
        beginning after the date of enactment of this section, the 
        Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the rates of basic pay for 
        members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division 
        as follows: Each officer and member receiving basic 
        compensation, immediately prior to the effective date of this 
        section, at one of the scheduled rates in the salary schedule 
        in section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's 
        Salary Act of 1958, as adjusted by law and as in effect prior 
        to the effective date of this section, shall be placed in and 
        receive basic compensation at the corresponding scheduled 
        service step of the salary schedule outlined in section 501(c) 
        of such Act as added by subsection (a) of this section; except 
        that (A) the Assistant Chief and the Chief of the United States 
        Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be placed in and 
        receive basic compensation in salary class 10 and salary class 
        11, respectively, in the appropriate service step in the new 
        salary class in accordance such section 501(c), and (B) each 
        member whose position is to be converted to the salary schedule 
        under such section 501(c), and who, prior to the effective date 
        of this section has earned, but has not been credited with, an 
        increase in his or her rate of pay shall be afforded that 
        increase before he or she is placed in the corresponding 
        service step in the salary schedule under such section 501(c).
            (2) Except in the cases of the Assistant Chief and the 
        Chief of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, 
        the conversion of positions and individuals to appropriate 
        classes of the salary schedule under section 501(c) of the 
        District of Columbia Police and Fireman's Salary Act of 1958 
        (D.C. Code, sec. 4-416(c)), as amended by subsection (a) of 
        this section, and the initial adjustments of rates of basic pay 
        of those positions and individuals, in accordance with 
        paragraph (1) of this subsection, shall not be considered to be 
        transfers or promotions within the meaning of section 304 of 
        such Act.
            (3) Each member whose position is converted to the salary 
        schedule under such section 501(c) shall be granted credit for 
        purposes of his or her first service step adjustment under the 
        salary schedule in such section 501(c) for all satisfactory 
        service performed by the member since his or her last increase 
        in basic pay prior to the adjustment under that section.
    (c) Limitation on Pay Period Earnings.--The first section of the 
Act of August 15, 1950 (64 Stat. 447), as amended (D.C. Code, section 
4-1104), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (h), by striking the phrase ``any officer 
        or member'' each place it appears and inserting instead ``an 
        officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force, of the Fire 
        Department of the District of Columbia, or of the United States 
        Park Police'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (h)(3) as subsection (i); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3)(A) No premium pay provided by this section shall be 
        paid to, and no compensatory time is authorized for, any 
        officer or member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed 
        Division whose rate of basic pay, combined with any applicable 
        locality-based comparability payment, equals or exceeds the 
        lesser of (I) 150 percent of the minimum rate payable for grade 
        GS-15 of the General Schedule (including any applicable 
        locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of 
        title 5, United States Code or any similar provision of law, 
        and any applicable special rate of pay under section 5305 of 
        title 5, United States Code or any similar provision of law) or 
        (II) the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 
        contained in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
        States Code.
            ``(B) In the case of any officer or member of the United 
        States Secret Service Uniformed Division whose rate of basic 
        pay, combined with any applicable locality-based comparability 
        payment, is less than the lesser of--
                    ``(i) 150 percent of the minimum rate payable for 
                grade GS-15 of the General Schedule (including any 
                applicable locality-based comparability payment under 
                section 5304 of title 5, United States Code or any 
                similar provision of law, and any applicable special 
                rate of pay under section 5305 of title 5, United 
                States Code or any similar provision of law); or
                    ``(ii) the rate payable for level V of the 
                Executive Schedule contained in subchapter II of 
                chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, such premium 
                pay may be paid only to the extent that such payment 
                would not cause such officer or member's aggregate rate 
                of compensation to exceed such lesser amount with 
                respect to any pay period.''.
    (d) Savings Provision.--On the effective date of this section, any 
existing special salary rates authorized for members of the United 
States Secret Service Uniformed Division under section 5305 of title 5, 
United States Code (or any previous similar provision of law) and any 
special rates of pay or special pay adjustment under sections 403-405 
of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990, as amended, 
applicable to members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed 
Division shall be rendered inapplicable.
    (e) Conforming Amendment.--Sections 405(b)(1) and 405(c)(1) of the 
Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 1466) are 
hereby repealed.
    (f) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section shall become 
effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning after the 
date of enactment.
    Sec. 121. Section 117 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(f) of 
division A of Public Law 104-208) is hereby repealed.
    Sec. 122. In tax-year 1998, and each tax-year thereafter, the 
Internal Revenue Service shall pay qualified transmitters who 
electronically forward and file tax returns (form 1040 and related 
information returns) properly formatted and accepted by the Internal 
Revenue Service, up to $3.00 per return so filed: Provided, That the 
transmitter provides the necessary electronic filing service without 
charge to the taxpayer whose return is so filed: Provided further, That 
in those instances where the transmitter receives a tax return from an 
electronic return originator (ERO) and/or a paid preparer, the 
transmitter may only accept the payment from the Internal Revenue 
Service if the ERO and/or the paid preparer has certified to the 
Internal Revenue Service that no fee was charged to the taxpayer for 
electronic filing of the return: Provided further, That the Internal 
Revenue Service shall reduce its paper returns processing seasonal 
workforce commensurate with any increase in electronic filing resulting 
from this initiative.
    Sec. 123. Subsection (a) of section 5378, title 5 U.S.C., is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) The Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, or his 
designee, shall fix the rates of basic pay for positions within the 
police forces of the United States Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, except that no entry-level police officer shall receive basic pay 
for a calendar year that is less than the basic rate of pay for General 
Schedule GS-7 and no executive security official shall receive basic 
compensation for a calendar year that exceeds the basic rate of pay for 
General Schedule GS-15.''.
    Sec. 124. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, paragraph 
(3)(A) of section 9703(g) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1996, and 1997'';
            (2) by inserting in lieu thereof ``and 1996''; and
            (3) by adding at the end of the first sentence of (3)(A) 
        the following new sentence: ``No further transfers from the 
        Treasury Forfeiture Fund will be made to the Special Forfeiture 
        Fund after those amounts transferred from excess unobligated 
        balances at the end of fiscal year 1996.''.
    (b) Paragraph (3)(C) of section 9703(g) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by adding after the last sentence of that paragraph as 
        amended by Public Law 104-208, the following sentence: 
        ``Unobligated balances remaining pursuant to section 4(B) of 
        9703(g) shall also be carried forward.''.
    (c) Paragraph (4)(B) of section 9703(g) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``, subject to subparagraph (C),'' from the 
        first and only sentence of that paragraph.
    This title may be cited as the ``Treasury Department, 
Appropriations Act, 1998''.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                  Payments to the Postal Service Fund

         payment to the postal service fund for revenue forgone

    For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone on free 
and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section 
2401 of title 39, United States Code, $86,274,000: Provided, That mail 
for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 
Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall 
continue at not less than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be 
used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any 
officer or employee of any State or local child support enforcement 
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local program of 
child support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided 
concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 
small rural and other small post offices in the fiscal year ending on 
September 30, 1998.

      payment to the postal service fund for nonfunded liabilities

    For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting the liabilities 
of the former Post Office Department to the Employees' Compensation 
Fund pursuant to 39 United States Code 2004, $34,850,000.
    This title may be cited as the ``Postal Service Appropriations Act, 
1998''.

TITLE III--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO 
                             THE PRESIDENT

        Compensation of the President and the White House Office

                     compensation of the president

    For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance 
at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 102; 
$250,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available for official 
expenses shall be expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available for official expenses shall be considered as taxable to the 
President.

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by law, 
including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 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 $19,000 for official entertainment expenses, 
to be available for allocation within the Executive Office of the 
President; $51,199,000: Provided, That $873,000 of the funds 
appropriated may not be obligated until the Director of the Office of 
Administration has submitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate have approved, a systems architecture plan, a 
milestone schedule for the development and implementation of all 
projects included in the systems architecture plan, and an estimate of 
the funds required to support the fiscal year 1998 capital investments 
associated with that plan: Provided further, That $9,800,000 of the 
funds appropriated shall be available for reimbursements to the White 
House Communications Agency.

                 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

                           Operating Expenses

    For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, 
improvement, heating and lighting, including electric power and 
fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the White House and official 
entertainment expenses of the President, $8,045,000, to be expended and 
accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109-110, 112-114.

                         reimbursable expenses

    For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the 
White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That all 
reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence shall be 
made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such amount 
for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive authority of 
the Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive offsetting 
collections, for such expenses: Provided further, That the Executive 
Residence shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable political 
event to pay in advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the 
event, and all such advance payments shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
Executive Residence shall require the national committee of the 
political party of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 
separately accounted for and available for expenses relating to 
reimbursable political events sponsored by such committee during such 
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 
ensure that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable 
operating expense under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
such amount within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that 
such amount is collected within 30 days after the submission of such 
notice: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge 
interest and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that 
is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the interest 
and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt on a United 
States Government claim under section 3717 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and 
any accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the 
Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, by not 
later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 
Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of the 
Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, including the 
total amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that consists 
of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the amount of such 
total that consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion 
of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the 
report: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall (1) 
implement a system for the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable 
events within the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 
classification of any such expense as political or nonpolitical; and 
(2) prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, by not later than December 1, 1997, 
a report setting forth a detailed description of such system and a 
schedule for its implementation: Provided further, That no provision of 
this paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence from 
any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of 
title 31, United States Code.

                   White House Repair and Restoration

    For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive 
Residence at the White House, $200,000, to remain available until 
expended for renovation and relocation of the White House laundry, to 
be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109-110, 
112-114.

 Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the 
                             Vice President

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide 
assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned 
functions, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, 
including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which 
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; $3,378,000: Provided, That $69,800 of 
the funds appropriated may not be obligated until the Director of the 
Office of Administration has submitted, and the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate have approved, a systems 
architecture plan, a milestone schedule for the development and 
implementation of all projects included in the systems architecture 
plan, and an estimate of the funds required to support the fiscal year 
1998 capital investments associated with that plan.

                           operating expenses

    For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the official 
residence of the Vice President, the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and not to exceed $90,000 for official entertainment expenses of the 
Vice President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate; 
$334,000: Provided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this 
appropriation may be made to any department or agency for expenses of 
carrying out such activities.

                      Council of Economic Advisers

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out its functions 
under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $3,542,000.

                      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; 
$3,983,000: Provided, That $30,000 of the funds appropriated may not be 
obligated until the Director of the Office of Administration has 
submitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
have approved, a systems architecture plan, a milestone schedule for 
the development and implementation of all projects included in the 
system architecture plan, and an estimate of the funds required to 
support the fiscal year 1998 capital investments associated with that 
plan.

                       National Security Council

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,648,000.

                        Office of Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles $28,883,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for a capital investment plan which provides 
for the modernization of the information technology infrastructure: 
Provided, That $2,023,000 of the funds appropriated may not be 
obligated until the Director of the Office of Administration has 
submitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
have approved, a systems architecture plan, a milestone schedule for 
the development and implementation of all projects included in the 
system architecture plan, and an estimate of the funds required to 
support the fiscal year 1998 capital investments associated with that 
plan.

                    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, $57,240,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be 
available to carry out the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35 including 
$200,000 to be used under those provisions to coordinate implementation 
of chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code (popularly known as the 
Congressional Review Act): Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 
1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for which 
appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law: Provided 
further, That none of the funds 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 provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be 
expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of 
witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 
Management and Budget, before the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations or the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs 
or their subcommittees: Provided further, That this proviso shall not 
apply to printed hearings released by the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations or the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' 
Affairs.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy; for research activities pursuant to title I of Public Law 100-
690; not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 
of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or 
public organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement; 
$43,516,000, of which $25,500,000 shall remain available until 
expended, consisting of $1,000,000 for policy research and evaluation 
and $24,500,000 for the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center for 
counternarcotics research and development projects of which $1,000,000 
shall be obligated for state conferences on model State drug laws and 
of which $7,500,000 shall be available for a program to transfer 
technology to State and local law enforcement agencies: Provided, That 
the $24,500,000 for the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center shall 
be available for transfer to other Federal departments or 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.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs

             high intensity drug trafficking areas program

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, $146,207,000 
for drug control activities consistent with the approved strategy for 
each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High Intensity Drug 
Trafficking Area in the three State area of Kentucky, Tennessee, and 
West Virginia; of which $1,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated 
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area in central Florida; of which no 
less than $77,000,000 shall be transferred to State and local entities 
for drug control activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days 
of the date of enactment of this Act and up to $69,207,000 may be 
transferred to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to be 
determined by the Director: Provided, That funding shall be provided 
for existing High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas at no less than the 
fiscal year 1997 level.

                        special forfeiture fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for youth, 
and other purposes, as authorized by Public Law 100-690, as amended, 
$205,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
funds may be transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to 
carry out such activities: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided, $195,000,000 shall be to support a national media campaign, 
to reduce and prevent drug use among young Americans: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided for the support of a national media 
campaign may be obligated until the Director, Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, submits a strategy for approval to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that 
includes (1) a certification that funds will supplement and not 
supplant current anti-drug community based coalitions; (2) a 
certification that none of the funds will be used for partisan 
political purposes; (3) an implementation plan for securing private 
sector contributions including, but not limited to, in-kind 
contributions; and (4) a system to measure outcomes of success of the 
national media campaign: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
for the support of a national media campaign, $46,000,000 shall not be 
obligated prior to September 30, 1998: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided, $10,000,000 shall be to initiate a program of matching 
grants to drug-free communities, as authorized in the Drug-Free 
Communities Act of 1997.
    This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office Appropriations 
Act, 1998''.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase From People 
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by the Act of June 23, 
1971, Public Law 92-28, $1,940,000.

                      Federal Election Commission

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, $30,350,000, of which no 
less than $2,500,000 shall be available for internal automated data 
processing systems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be 
available for reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of 
the amounts appropriated for salaries and expenses, $750,000 shall be 
transferred to the General Accounting Office for the sole purpose of 
entering into a contract with the private sector for a management 
review, and technology and performance audit, of the Federal Election 
Commission, and $300,000 may be transferred to the Government Printing 
Office.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, 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, including hire of experts and consultants, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere; $21,803,000: Provided, That public 
members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel 
expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in the Government 
service, and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management relations 
conferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, to be 
available without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out 
these conferences.

                    General Services Administration

                         federal buildings fund

                 limitations on availability of revenue

    The revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 
available for necessary expenses of real property management and 
related activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased buildings; 
rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased 
premises; moving governmental agencies (including space adjustments and 
telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection with the 
assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contractual services 
incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and 
alteration of federally owned buildings including grounds, approaches 
and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, 
preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and 
sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 
acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 
extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design 
of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings 
(including equipment for such buildings); and payment of principal, 
interest, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired by 
installment purchase and purchase contract, in the aggregate amount of 
$4,835,934,000, of which (1) $300,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended, for Basic Repairs and Alterations which includes associated 
design and construction services: Provided, That additional 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 the 
amounts provided in this or any prior Act for Repairs and Alterations 
may be used to fund costs associated with implementing security 
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the standards for security 
in accordance with current law and in compliance with the reprogramming 
guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: 
Provided further, That funds made available in this Act or any previous 
Act for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be 
limited to the amount originally made available, except each project 
may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent when advance 
approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and Senate of a greater amount: Provided further, That the difference 
between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in this or 
any prior Act, under the heading ``Repairs and Alterations'', may be 
transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized 
increases in prospectus projects: Provided further, That the amount 
provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may 
be used to pay claims against the Government arising from any projects 
under the heading ``Repairs and Alterations'' or used to fund 
authorized increases in prospectus projects; (2) $142,542,000 for 
installment acquisition payments including payments on purchase 
contracts which shall remain available until expended; (3) 
$3,607,129,000, to remain available until expended, for building 
operations, leasing activities, and rental of space; and (4) 
$680,543,000 which shall remain available until expended for projects 
and activities previously requested and approved under this heading in 
prior fiscal years: Provided further, That for the purposes of this 
authorization, and hereafter, 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 
contracts, and buildings under the control of another department or 
agency where alterations of such buildings are required in connection 
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 funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund 
may be expended for emergency repairs when advance 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 facilities on private or other property not in 
Government ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the 
United States Secret Service to perform its protective functions 
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, as amended, shall be available from such 
revenues and collections: Provided further, That revenues and 
collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 
1998, excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) 
in excess of $4,835,934,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be 
available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

                         policy and operations

    For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for 
Government-wide policy and oversight activities associated with asset 
management activities; utilization and donation of surplus personal 
property; transportation; procurement and supply; Government-wide and 
internal responsibilities relating to automated data management, 
telecommunications, information resources management, and related 
technology activities; utilization survey, deed compliance inspection, 
appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, and land use planning 
functions pertaining to excess and surplus real property; agency-wide 
policy direction; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records 
management, and other support services incident to adjudication of 
Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court of Federal Claims; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; $107,487,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,870,000: 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, $2,208,000: 
Provided, That the Administrator of General Services shall transfer to 
the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of such Acts.

          General Services Administration--General Provisions

    Sec. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund available to the 
General Services Administration shall be credited with the cost of 
operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, 
included as part of rentals received from Government corporations 
pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
    Sec. 402. Funds available to the General Services Administration 
shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
    Sec. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available for 
fiscal year 1998 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may be 
transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary to 
meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall 
be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and Senate.
    Sec. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall be used to 
transmit a fiscal year 1999 request for United States Courthouse 
construction that (1) does not meet the design guide standards for 
construction as established and approved by the General Services 
Administration, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the 
Office of Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the 
priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out 
in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That the fiscal 
year 1999 request must be accompanied by a standardized courtroom 
utilization study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, or 
expanded.
    Sec. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to 
increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning 
services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided 
through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency which does not pay 
the rate per square foot assessment for space and services as 
determined by the General Services Administration in compliance with 
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
    Sec. 406. Section 10 of the General Services Administration General 
Provisions, Public Law 100-440, is hereby repealed.
    Sec. 407. Funds provided to other Government agencies by the 
Information Technology Fund, GSA, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 
5124(b) and 5128 of Public Law 104-106, Information Technology 
Management Reform Act of 1996, for performance of pilot information 
technology projects which have potential for Government-wide benefits 
and savings, may be repaid to this Fund from any savings actually 
incurred by these projects or other funding, to the extent feasible.
    Sec. 408. The Administrator of the General Services is directed to 
ensure that the materials used for the facade on the United States 
Courthouse Annex, Savannah, Georgia project are compatible with the 
existing Savannah Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse facade, in order to 
ensure compatibility of this new facility with the Savannah historic 
district and to ensure that the Annex will not endanger the National 
Landmark status of the Savannah historic district.
    Sec. 409. (a) The Act entitled ``An Act to provide retirement, 
clerical assistants, and free mailing privileges to former Presidents 
of the United States, and for other purposes'', approved August 25, 
1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), is amended by striking section 2.
    (b) Section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``(a) Subject to 
        subsection (b), a'' and inserting ``A''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).
    Sec. 410. There is hereby appropriated to the General Services 
Administration such sums as may be necessary to repay debts to the 
United States Treasury incurred pursuant to section 6 of the 
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972, as amended 
(Public Law 92-578, 86 Stat. 1266, 40 U.S.C. 875), and in addition such 
amounts as are necessary for payment of interest and premiums, if any, 
related to such debts.
    Sec. 411. From funds made available under the heading ``Federal 
Buildings Fund Limitations on Revenue,'' claims against the Government 
of less than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects and 
acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in 
other construction projects with prior notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
    Sec. 412. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Administrator of General Services shall sell the property 
described in subsection (b) through a process of competitive bidding, 
in accordance with procedures and requirements applicable to such a 
sale under section 203(e) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(e)).
    (b) Property Described.--The property referred to in subsection (a) 
is the property known as the Bakersfield Federal Building, located at 
800 Truxton Avenue in Bakersfield, California, including the land on 
which the building is situated and all improvements to such building 
and land.

   Federal Payment to Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
                National Environmental Policy Foundation

    For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental Trust Fund, to be available for purposes of 
Public Law 102-259, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

           John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board

    For the necessary expenses to carry out the John F. Kennedy 
Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, $1,600,000: Provided, 
That $100,000 shall be available only for the purposes of the prompt 
and orderly termination of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records 
Review Board, to be concluded no later than September 30, 1998.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan 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, $25,290,000, together with not to 
exceed $2,430,000 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.

              National Archives and Records Administration

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses in connection with the administration of the 
National Archives (including the Information Security Oversight Office) 
and records and related activities, as provided by law, and for 
expenses necessary for the review and declassification of documents, 
and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $202,354,000: Provided, 
That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to use any excess 
funds available from the amount borrowed for construction of the 
National Archives facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate 
storage for holdings.

                        repairs and restoration

    For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facilities 
and presidential libraries, and to provide adequate storage for 
holdings, $10,650,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999.

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission

                             grants program

    For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical 
publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, as amended. 
$5,500,000, to 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 and elsewhere, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; $8,078,000.

                     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 performed for 
veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable 
funds of the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422 of 
January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence 
allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities require an 
employee to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; $85,350,000; 
and in addition $91,236,000 for administrative expenses, to be 
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel 
Management without regard to other statutes, including direct 
procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance 
programs: Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not 
affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by 
section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, 
That, except as may be consistent with 5 U.S.C. 8902a(f)(1) and (i), no 
payment may be made from the Employees Health Benefits Fund to any 
physician, hospital, or other provider of health care services or 
supplies who is, at the time such services or supplies are provided to 
an individual covered under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, 
excluded, pursuant to section 1128 or 1128A of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320a-7-1320a-7a), from participation in any program under 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.): 
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, 1998, accept donations of money, property, and 
personal services in connection with the development of a publicity 
brochure to provide information about the White House Fellows, except 
that no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of 
travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission.

                      office of inspector general

                         salaries and expenses

                  (including transfer of trust funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act, as amended, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $960,000; and in addition, not to exceed $8,645,000 for 
administrative expenses to audit the Office of Personnel Management's 
retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the 
appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as 
determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector 
General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere.

      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, such sums as may be necessary.

       government payment for annuitants, employee life insurance

    For payment of Government contributions with respect to employees 
retiring after December 31, 1989, as required by chapter 87 of title 5, 
United States Code, such sums as may be necessary.

        payment to civil service retirement and disability fund

    For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased annuity 
benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 1969, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under special Acts to be credited to 
the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may be 
necessary: Provided, That annuities 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.

                       Office of Special Counsel

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of 
Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the 
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-454), the Whistleblower 
Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-12), Public Law 103-424, and the 
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 
103-353), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of 
fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; $8,116,000.

                        United States Tax Court

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,921,000: Provided, That 
travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written 
certificate of the judge.
    This title may be cited as the ``Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1998''.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

    Sec. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 502. 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 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government 
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 
Tariff Act of 1930.
    Sec. 504. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available in fiscal year 1998 and hereafter, for the purpose of 
transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the 
Treasury Department.
    Sec. 505. 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 Federal Government, who--
            (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to 
        prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the 
        Federal Government from having any direct oral or written 
        communication or contact with any Member, committee, or 
        subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter 
        pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee 
        or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer 
        or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such 
        communication or contact is at the initiative of such other 
        officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of 
        such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
            (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
        reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance of 
        efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, 
        transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any 
        employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or 
        condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of 
        the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any 
        of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 
        employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such 
        other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or 
        subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).
    Sec. 506. The Office of Personnel Management may, during the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1998, and hereafter, accept donations of 
supplies, services, land, and equipment for the Federal Executive 
Institute and Management Development Centers to assist in enhancing the 
quality of Federal management.
    Sec. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, other 
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left to 
enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily 
completed his period of active military or naval service and has within 
90 days after his release from such service or from hospitalization 
continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 1 year made 
application for restoration to his former position and has been 
certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to 
perform the duties of his former position and has not been restored 
thereto.
    Sec. 508. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the 
assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act 
of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known as the ``Buy 
American Act'').
    Sec. 509. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--In 
the case of any equipment or products that may be authorized to be 
purchased with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the 
sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, 
in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and 
products.
     (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing financial 
assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide 
to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement 
made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
    Sec. 510. If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made 
in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to 
any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in 
the United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any 
contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures 
described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    Sec. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to 
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the 
end of fiscal year 1998 from appropriations made available for salaries 
and expenses for fiscal year 1998 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 1999, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
expenditure of such funds.
    Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Executive Office of the President to request from the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation any official background investigation report on 
any individual, except when it is made known to the Federal official 
having authority to obligate or expend such funds that--
             (1) such individual has given his or her express written 
        consent for such request not more than 6 months prior to the 
        date of such request and during the same presidential 
        administration; or
             (2) such request is required due to extraordinary 
        circumstances involving national security.
    Sec. 513. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no part of 
any appropriation contained or otherwise made available in this Act for 
any fiscal year shall be available for paying Sunday premium or night 
differential pay to any employee unless such employee actually 
performed work during the time corresponding to such premium or 
differential pay, except that differential pay may be paid to an 
employee in a paid leave status if that employee is permanently 
assigned to work a shift entitled to such pay and has been in night 
differential pay status for a minimum of 26 weeks immediately prior to 
the date of paid leave.
    Sec. 514. In addition to any other amount appropriated for the 
salaries and expenses of the Federal Election Commission in this Act, 
for necessary expenses of the Commission for internal automated data 
processing systems, $4,200,000, to remain available until expended 
except that such amount shall not be available for obligation until the 
conditions set forth in section 515(a) (requiring the filling of 
Commission vacancies and prohibiting the reappointment of Commission 
members) have been satisfied.
    Sec. 515. (a) Conditions on Additional Funds for FEC.--The 
additional amount provided in this Act under the heading ``Federal 
Election Commission--Salaries and Expenses'' for internal automated 
data processing systems of the Federal Election Commission shall not be 
available for obligation until--
            (1) all vacancies that existed in the membership of the 
        Commission as of July 15, 1997, have been filled; and
            (2) there is enacted into law a prohibition on the 
        reappointment of members of the Commission.
    (b) Prohibiting Reappointment of Members of Federal Election 
Commission.--
            (1) In general.--Section 306(a)(2)(A) of the Federal 
        Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437c(a)(2)(A)) is 
        amended by striking ``for terms of 6 years'' and inserting 
        ``for a single term of 6 years''.
            (2) Effective date; transition rule.--
                    (A) In general.--The amendment made by paragraph 
                (1) shall apply with respect to individuals appointed 
                as members of the Federal Election Commission on or 
                after the date of the enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Treatment of current commissioners.--No 
                individual serving as a member of the Federal Election 
                Commission as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
                may be reappointed as a member of the Commission after 
                the expiration of the individual's current term of 
                service.
            (3) Coordination of provisions.--The amendment made by 
        paragraph (1) shall be considered to satisfy the condition set 
        forth in subsection (a)(2).
    Sec. 516. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to 
pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with 
any health plan under the Federal employees health benefit program 
which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions.
    Sec. 517. The provision of section 516 shall not apply where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 
term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

    Sec. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used 
to pay travel to the United States for the immediate family of 
employees serving abroad in cases of death or life threatening illness 
of said employee.
    Sec. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for 
fiscal year 1998 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such 
department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 
to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or 
distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled 
Substances Act) by the officers and employees of such department, 
agency, or instrumentality.
    Sec. 603. Notwithstanding 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. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), for the 
purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, 
ambulances, law enforcement, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is 
hereby fixed at $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum 
shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not to 
exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 for 
special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for 
electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the 
provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, 
and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean 
alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over 
the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.
    Sec. 605. 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.
    Sec. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the current fiscal 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act 
shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the 
Government of the United States (including any agency the majority of 
the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) 
whose post of duty is in the continental United States unless such 
person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a person in the 
service of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act who, 
being eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to 
become a citizen of the United States prior to such date and is 
actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person who owes 
allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, 
South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet Union, or the Baltic 
countries lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent 
residence; (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee 
paroled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a 
national of the People's Republic of China who qualifies for adjustment 
of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992: 
Provided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by 
any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the 
requirements of this section with respect to his or her status have 
been complied with: Provided further, That any person making a false 
affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be 
fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or 
both: Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in 
addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of 
existing law: Provided further, That any payment made to any officer or 
employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be 
recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This section shall not 
apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the 
Philippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the United 
States in the current defense effort, or to international broadcasters 
employed by the United States Information Agency, or to temporary 
employment of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 
service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies.
    Sec. 607. Appropriations available to any department or agency 
during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including 
maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for payment 
to the General Services Administration for charges for space and 
services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings 
and facilities which constitute public improvements performed in 
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the 
Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable 
law.
    Sec. 608. In addition to funds provided in this or any other Act, 
all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds resulting 
from the sale of materials, including Federal records disposed of 
pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling or waste 
prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until expended for 
the following purposes:
            (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and 
        recycling programs as described in Executive Order 12873 
        (October 20, 1993), including any such programs adopted prior 
        to the effective date of the Executive Order.
            (2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs, 
        including, but not limited to, the development and 
        implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution 
        prevention programs.
            (3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as 
        deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.
    Sec. 609. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations 
and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code, 
shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are 
otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by 
which they are made available: Provided, That in the event any 
functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently 
transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on 
administrative 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. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards 
(except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, committees, 
or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) which 
do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality.
    Sec. 612. Funds made available by this or any other Act to the 
Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be available for employment 
of guards for all buildings and areas owned or occupied by the Postal 
Service and under the charge and control of the Postal Service, and 
such guards shall have, with respect to such property, the powers of 
special policemen provided by the first section of the Act of June 1, 
1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), and, as to property 
owned or occupied by the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may 
take the same actions as the Administrator of General Services may take 
under the 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. 613. None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, administer, or 
enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a 
resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with the 
applicable law of the United States.
    Sec. 614. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the 
funds appropriated for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1998, by 
this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee 
described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code--
            (1) during the period from the date of expiration of the 
        limitation imposed by section 616 of the Treasury, Postal 
        Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997, until 
        the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey 
        adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 1998, in an 
        amount that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade 
        and step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance with 
        such section 616; and
            (2) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
        year 1998, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage 
        survey adjustment, the rate payable under paragraph (1) by more 
        than the sum of--
                    (A) the percentage adjustment taking effect in 
                fiscal year 1998 under section 5303 of title 5, United 
                States Code, in the rates of pay under the General 
                Schedule; and
                    (B) the difference between the overall average 
                percentage of the locality-based comparability payments 
                taking effect in fiscal year 1998 under section 5304 of 
                such title (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and 
                the overall average percentage of such payments which 
                was effective in fiscal year 1997 under such section.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing rate 
employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of 
title 5, United States Code, and no employee covered by section 5348 of 
such title, may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a) is 
in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such employee.
    (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to an 
employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from a schedule 
not in existence on September 30, 1997, 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, 1997, except to the extent determined 
by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose 
of this section.
    (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for service 
performed after September 30, 1997.
    (f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
(including section 8431 of title 5, United States Code, and any rule or 
regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or 
any other employee benefit) that requires any deduction or 
contribution, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 
basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay 
payable after the application of this section shall be treated as the 
rate of salary or basic pay.
    (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit or 
require the payment to any employee covered by this section at a rate 
in excess of the rate that would be payable were this section not in 
effect.
    (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for exceptions 
to the limitations imposed by this section if the Office determines 
that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or 
retention of qualified employees.
    Sec. 615. During the period in which the head of any department or 
agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the Government 
appointed by the President of the United States, holds office, no funds 
may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or 
redecorate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, or 
employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for any such 
office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or redecoration is 
expressly approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate. For the purposes of this section, the word ``office'' shall 
include the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as well 
as any other space used primarily by the individual or the use of which 
is directly controlled by the individual.
    Sec. 616. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive 
branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any additional 
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be 
used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training 
without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Sec. 617. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United States 
Code, or section 611 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 
1998 by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency 
funding of national security and emergency preparedness 
telecommunications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal 
departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order 
Numbered 12472 (April 3, 1984).
    Sec. 618. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal department, agency, or 
other instrumentality for the salaries or expenses of any employee 
appointed to a position of a confidential or policy-determining 
character excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section 
3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification to the 
Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Federal department, 
agency, or other instrumentality employing the Schedule C appointee 
that the Schedule C position was not created solely or primarily in 
order to detail the employee to the White House.
    (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal 
employees or members of the armed services 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 
        Department of State;
            (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, Air 
        Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
        and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department of 
        Justice, the Department of Transportation, the Department of 
        the Treasury, and the Department of Energy performing 
        intelligence functions; and
            (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
    Sec. 619. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for 
fiscal year 1998 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such 
department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 
to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 
all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and sexual 
harassment and that all of its workplaces are not in violation of title 
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination 
in Employment Act of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
    Sec. 620. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act may be 
used to pay for the expenses of travel of employees, including 
employees of the Executive Office of the President, not directly 
responsible for the discharge of official governmental tasks and 
duties: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to the family 
of the President, Members of Congress or their spouses, Heads of State 
of a foreign country or their designees, persons providing assistance 
to the President for official purposes, or other individuals so 
designated by the President.
    Sec. 621. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the President, or 
his designee, must certify to Congress, annually, that no person or 
persons with direct or indirect responsibility for administering the 
Executive Office of the President's Drug-Free Workplace Plan are 
themselves subject to a program of individual random drug testing.
    Sec. 622. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--
            (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
        and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
        duties;
            (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
        emotional response or psychological stress in some 
        participants;
            (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
        content and methods to be used in the training and written end 
        of course evaluation;
            (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
        religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
        belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
        Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988;
            (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
        personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace; or
            (6) includes content related to human immunodeficiency 
        virus-acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than 
        that necessary to make employees more aware of the medical 
        ramifications of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of HIV-
        positive employees.
     (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties.
    Sec. 623. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act for fiscal 
year 1998 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 Whistleblower 
Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the 
military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as 
amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosures of 
illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); 
the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et 
seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confidential Government 
agents); and the statutes which protect against disclosure that may 
compromise the national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 
798, and 952 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the 
Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 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.'': Provided, That 
notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or 
agreement that is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 
of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an 
employee or officer of the United States Government, may contain 
provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such 
document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, 
require that the person will not disclose any classified information 
received in the course of such activity unless specifically authorized 
to do so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 
shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress 
or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department 
of Justice that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of 
law.
    Sec. 624. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for 
normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for 
publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution 
or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or 
film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
    Sec. 625. (a) In General.--No later than September 30, 1998, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the 
Congress a report that provides--
             (1) estimates of the total annual costs and benefits of 
        Federal regulatory programs, including quantitative and 
        nonquantitative measures of regulatory costs and benefits;
             (2) estimates of the costs and benefits (including 
        quantitative and nonquantitative measures) of each rule that is 
        likely to have a gross annual effect on the economy of 
        $100,000,000 or more in increased costs;
             (3) an assessment of the direct and indirect impacts of 
        Federal rules on the private sector, State and local 
        government, and the Federal Government; and
             (4) recommendations from the Director and a description of 
        significant public comments to reform or eliminate any Federal 
        regulatory program or program element that is inefficient, 
        ineffective, or is not a sound use of the Nation's resources.
    (b) Notice.--The Director shall provide public notice and an 
opportunity to comment on the report under subsection (a) before the 
report is issued in final form.
    Sec. 626. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any other 
Act, may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee's home 
address to any labor organization except when it is made known to the 
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that 
the employee has authorized such disclosure or that such disclosure has 
been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
    Sec. 627. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to establish 
scientific certification standards for explosives detection canines, 
and shall provide, on a reimbursable basis, for the certification of 
explosives detection canines employed by Federal agencies, or other 
agencies providing explosives detection services at airports in the 
United States.
    Sec. 628. None of the funds made available in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing 
or telephone lists to any person or any organization outside of the 
Federal Government without the approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 629. Notwithstanding section 611, interagency financing is 
authorized to carry out the purposes of the National Bioethics Advisory 
Commission.
    Sec. 630. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the 
United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress.
    Sec. 631. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
shall be used to acquire information technologies which do not comply 
with part 39.106 (Year 2000 compliance) of the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation, unless an agency's Chief Information Officer determines 
that non-compliance with part 39.106 is necessary to the function and 
operation of the requesting agency or the acquisition is required by a 
signed contract with the agency in effect before the date of enactment 
of this Act. Any waiver granted by the Chief Information Officer shall 
be reported to the Office of Management and Budget, and copies shall be 
provided to Congress.

             personal allowance parity among nafta parties

    Sec. 632. (a) In General.--The United States Trade Representative 
and the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Commerce, shall initiate discussions with officials of the 
Governments of Mexico and Canada to achieve parity in the duty-free 
personal allowance structure of the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
    (b) Report.--The United States Trade Representative and the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act on the progress that is being made to correct any 
disparity between the United States, Mexico, and Canada with respect to 
duty-free personal allowances.
    (c) Recommendations.--If parity with respect to duty-free personal 
allowances between the United States, Mexico, and Canada is not 
achieved within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
United States Trade Representative and the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall submit recommendations to Congress for appropriate legislation.
    Sec. 633. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
for any tax-related mailing to any person if the Social Security 
account number issued to any individual for purposes of section 
205(c)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act is included--
            (1) on the outside of such mailing; or
            (2) as part of the contents of such mailing unless--
                    (A) the contents are in an envelope (or other 
                appropriate wrapper) which is sealed; and
                    (B) such number may not be viewed without opening 
                such envelope (or wrapper).
For purposes of this section, the term ``tax-related mailing'' means 
any mailing related to the administration of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986.
    Sec. 634. None of the funds made available in this Act for the 
United States Custom Service may be used to allow the importation into 
the United States of any good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, 
produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as 
determined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1307).
    This Act may be cited as the ``Treasury, Postal Service, and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 1998''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.