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                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                 Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

    Section 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 [1997] 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 qualifys 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. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and 
thereafter, any department or agency to which the Administrator of 
General Services has delegated the authority to operate, maintain or 
repair any building or facility pursuant to section 205(d) of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, 
shall retain that portion of the GSA rental payment available for 
operation, maintenance or repair of the building or facility, as 
determined by the Administrator, and expend such funds directly for the 
operation, maintenance or repair of the building or facility. Any funds 
retained under this section shall remain available until expended for 
such purposes.]
    [Sec. 612. (a) In General.--Section 1306 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 1306. Use of foreign credits
         ``(a) In General.--Foreign credits (including currencies) owed 
    to or owned by the United States may be used by any agency for any 
    purpose for which appropriations are made for the agency for the 
    current fiscal year (including the carrying out of Acts requiring or 
    authorizing the use of such credits), but only when reimbursement 
    therefor is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations of 
    the agency.

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         ``(b) Exception to Reimbursement Requirement.--Credits 
    described in subsection (a) that are received as exchanged 
    allowances, or as the proceeds of the sale of personal property, may 
    be used in whole or partial payment for the acquisition of similar 
    items, to the extent and in the manner authorized by law, without 
    reimbursement to the Treasury.''.
         (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by this section shall 
    take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply 
    thereafter.]
    [Sec. 613. 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. [614] 610. 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. 615. 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. [616] 611. (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, [1997] 
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, [1996] 1997, until the 
    normal effective date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that 
    is to take effect in fiscal year [1997] 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 
    [1997] 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 
        [1997] 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 [1997] 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 
        [1996] 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, [1996] 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, [1996] 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, [1996] 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. [617] 612. 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] transmitted to 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. 618. 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. [619] 613. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
States Code, [or section 613 of this Act,] funds made available for 
fiscal year [1997] 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. [620] 614. (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. [621] 615. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act 
for fiscal year [1997] 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 
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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. 622. 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. [623] 616. 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. 624. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training when it 
is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or 
expend such funds that such employee training--
        (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. 625. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act for fiscal 
year 1997 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. 626. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act may be expended by any Federal Agency to procure any product or 
service subject to section 5124 of Public Law 104-106 and that will be 
available under the procurement by the Administrator of General Services 
known as ``FTS2000'' unless--
        (1) such product or service is procured by the Administrator of 
    General Services as part of the procurement known as ``FTS2000''; or
        (2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of the 
    Administrator of General Services that--
             (A) that agency's requirements for such procurement are 
        unique and cannot be satisfied by property and service procured 
        by the Administrator of General Services as part of the 
        procurement known as ``FTS2000''; and
             (B) the agency procurement, pursuant to such delegation, 
        would be cost-effective and would not adversely affect the cost-
        effectiveness of the FTS2000 procurement.
    (b) After December 31, 1998, subsection (a) shall apply only if the 
Administrator of General Services has reported that the FTS2000 
procurement is producing prices that allow the Government to satisfy its 
requirements for such procurement in the most cost-effective manner.]
    [Sec. 627. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 103-356 is 
amended by deleting ``October 1, 1999'' and inserting ``October 1, 
2001''.]
    [Sec. 628. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available by this Act for the Department of 
the Treasury 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 permit the 
Secretary of the Treasury to make any loan or extension of credit under 
section 5302 of title 31, United States Code, with respect to a single 
foreign entity or government of a foreign country (including agencies or 
other entities of that government)--
        (1) with respect to a loan or extension of credit for more than 
    60 days, unless the President certifies to the Committee on Banking, 
    Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
    Banking and Financial Services of the House of Representatives 
    that--
             (A) there is no projected cost (as that term is defined in 
        section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990) to the 
        United States from the proposed loan or extension of credit; and
             (B) any proposed obligation or expenditure of United States 
        funds to or on behalf of the foreign government is adequately 
        backed by an assured source of repayment to ensure that all 
        United States funds will be repaid; and
        (2) other than as provided by an Act of Congress, if that loan 
    or extension of credit would result in expenditures and obligations, 
    including contingent obligations, aggregating more than 
    $1,000,000,000 with respect to that foreign country for more than 
    180 days during the 12-month period beginning on the date on which 
    the first such action is taken.
    (b) Waiver of Limitations.--The President may exceed the dollar and 
time limitations in subsection (a)(2) if he certifies in writing to the 
Congress that a financial crisis in that foreign country poses a threat 
to vital United States economic interests or to the stability of the 
international financial system.
    (c) Expedited Procedures for a Resolution of Disapproval.--A 
presidential certification pursuant to subsection (b) shall not take 
effect, if the Congress, within 30 calendar days after receiving such 
certification, enacts a joint resolution of disapproval, as described in 
paragraph (5) of this subsection.
        (1) Reference to committees.--All joint resolutions introduced 
    in the Senate to disapprove the certification shall be referred to 
    the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and in the 
    House of Representatives, to the appropriate committees.
        (2) Discharge of committees.--(A) If the committee of either 
    House to which a resolution has been referred has not reported it at 
    the end of 15 days after its introduction, it is in order to move 
    either to discharge the committee from further consideration of the 
    joint resolution or to discharge the committee from further 
    consideration of any other resolution introduced with respect to the 
    same matter, except no motion to discharge shall be in order after 
    the committee has reported a joint resolution with respect to the 
    same matter.

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        (B) A motion to discharge may be made only by an individual 
    favoring the resolution, and is privileged in the Senate; and debate 
    thereon shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, the time to be 
    divided in the Senate equally between, and controlled by, the 
    majority leader and the minority leader or their designees.
        (3) Floor consideration in the senate.--(A) A motion in the 
    Senate to proceed to the consideration of a resolution shall be 
    privileged.
        (B) Debate in the Senate on a resolution, and all debatable 
    motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not 
    more than 4 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, 
    the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees.
        (C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in 
    connection with a resolution shall be limited to not more than 20 
    minutes, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover 
    and the manager of the resolution, except that in the event the 
    manager of the resolution is in favor of any such motion or appeal, 
    the time in opposition thereto, shall be controlled by the minority 
    leader or his designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from 
    time under their control on the passage of a resolution, allot 
    additional time to any Senator during the consideration of any 
    debatable motion or appeal.
        (D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a 
    resolution, debatable motion, or appeal is not debatable. No 
    amendment to, or motion to recommit, a resolution is in order in the 
    Senate.
        (4) In the case of a resolution, if prior to the passage by one 
    House of a resolution of that House, that House receives a 
    resolution with respect to the same matter from the other House, 
    then--
             (A) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no 
        resolution had been received from the other House; but
             (B) the vote on final passage shall be on the resolution of 
        the other House.
        (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term ``joint 
    resolution'' means only a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of 
    Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as 
    follows: ``That the Congress disapproves the action of the President 
    under section 628(c) of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
    Government Appropriations Act, 1997, notice of which was submitted 
    to the Congress on --------------.'', with the blank space being 
    filled with the appropriate date.
    (d) Applicability.--This section--
        (1) shall not apply to any action taken as part of the program 
    of assistance to Mexico announced by the President on January 31, 
    1995; and
        (2) shall remain in effect through fiscal year 1997.]
    [Sec. 629. (a) Technical Amendment.--Section 640 of Public Law 104-
52 (109 Stat. 513) is amended by striking ``Service performed'' and 
inserting ``Hereafter, service performed''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect as if included in Public Law 104-52 on the date of its 
enactment.]
    Sec. [630] 617. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no part 
of any appropriation contained in this or any other 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.
    Sec. [631] 618. 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. 632. (a) The United States Courthouse under construction at 
1030 Southwest 3d Avenue in Portland, Oregon, shall be known and 
designated as the ``Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse''.
    (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or 
other record of the United States to the courthouse referred to in 
section 901 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Mark O. Hatfield 
United States Courthouse''.
    (c) This section shall take effect on January 2, 1997.]
    [Sec. 633. Survivor Annuity Resumption Upon Termination of 
Marriage.--(a) Amendments.--
        (1) Civil service retirement system.--Section 8341(e) of title 
    5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
    following:
            ``(4) If the annuity of a child under this subchapter 
        terminates under paragraph (3)(E) because of marriage, then, if 
        such marriage ends, such annuity shall resume on the first day 
        of the month in which it ends, but only if--
                 ``(A) any lump sum paid is returned to the Fund; and
                 ``(B) that individual is not otherwise ineligible for 
            such annuity.''.
         (2) Federal employees' retirement system.--Section 8443(b) of 
    such title is amended by adding at the end the following: ``If the 
    annuity of a child under this subchapter terminates under 
    subparagraph (E) because of marriage, then, if such marriage ends, 
    such annuity shall resume on the first day of the month in which it 
    ends, but only if any lump sum paid is returned to the Fund, and 
    that individual is not otherwise ineligible for such annuity.''.
         (3) Federal employees health benefits.--Section 8908 of title 
    5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the 
    following new subsection:
            ``(d) A surviving child whose survivor annuity under section 
        8341(e) or 8443(b) was terminated and is later restored under 
        paragraph (4) of section 8341(e) or the last sentence of section 
        8443(b) may, under regulations prescribed by the Office, enroll 
        in a health benefits plan described by section 8903 or 8903a if 
        such surviving child was covered by any such plan immediately 
        before such annuity was terminated.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any termination of marriage taking effect before, 
on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, except that benefits 
shall be payable only with respect to amounts accruing for periods 
beginning on the first day of the month beginning after the later of 
such termination of marriage or such date of enactment.]
    [Sec. 634. Availability of Annual Leave For Employees Affected by 
Reduction in Force.--Section 6302 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end of the following new subsection:
        ``(g) An employee who is being involuntarily separated from an 
    agency due to a reduction in force or transfer of function under 
    subchapter I of chapter 35 may elect to use annual leave to the 
    employee's credit to remain on the agency's rolls after the date the 
    employee would otherwise have been separated if, and only to the 
    extent that, such additional time in a pay status will enable the 
    employee to qualify for an immediate annuity under section 8336, 
    8412, 8414, or to qualify to carry health benefits coverage into 
    retirement under section 8905(b).''.]
    [Sec. 635. Section 207(e)(6)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``level V of the Executive Schedule'' and inserting 
``level 5 of the Senior Executive Service''.]
    [Sec. 636. Reimbursements Relating to Professional Liability 
Insurance.--(a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts appropriated by this Act (or any other Act for fiscal year 1997 
or any fiscal year thereafter) for salaries and expenses may be used to 
reimburse any qualified employee for not to exceed one-half the costs 
incurred by such employee for professional liability insurance. A 
payment under this section shall be contingent upon the submission of 
such information or documentation as the employing agency may require.
    (b) Qualified Employee.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``qualified employee'' means an agency employee whose position is that 
of--
         (1) a law enforcement officer; or
         (2) a supervisor or management official.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
         (1) the term ``agency'' means an Executive agency, as defined 
    by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, and any agency of the 
    Legislative Branch of Government including any office or committee 
    of the Senate or the House of Representatives;
         (2) the term ``law enforcement officer'' means an employee, the 
    duties of whose position are primarily the investigation, 
    apprehension, prosecution, or detention of individuals suspected or 
    convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of the United 
    States, including any law enforcement officer under section 8331(20) 
    or 8401(17) of such title 5, or under section 4823 of title 22, 
    United States Code;
         (3) the terms ``supervisor'' and ``management official'' have 
    the respective meanings given them by section 7103(a) of such title 
    5, and
         (4) the term ``professional liability insurance'' means 
    insurance which provides coverage for--
             (A) legal liability for damages due to injuries to other 
        persons, damage to their property, or other damage or loss to 
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        persons (including the expenses of litigation and settlement) 
        resulting from or arising out of any tortious act, error, or 
        omission of the covered individual (whether common law, 
        statutory, or constitutional) while in the performance of such 
        individual's official duties as a qualified employee; and
             (B) the cost of legal representation for the covered 
        individual in connection with any administrative or judicial 
        proceeding (including any investigation or disciplinary 
        proceeding) relating to any act, error, or omission of the 
        covered individual while in the performance of such individual's 
        official duties as a qualified employee, and other legal costs 
        and fees relating to any such administrative or judicial 
        proceeding.
    (d) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply 
thereafter.]
    [Sec. 637. For purposes of each provision of law amended by section 
704(a)(2) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5318 note), no 
adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
considered to have taken effect in fiscal year 1997 in the rates of 
basic pay for the statutory pay systems.]
    Sec. [638] 619. For FY [1997] 1998, the Secretary of the Treasury is 
authorized to use funds made available to the FSLIC Resolution Fund 
under P.L. 103-327, not to exceed [$26,100,000] $33,700,000, to 
reimburse the Department of Justice for the reasonable expenses of 
litigation that are incurred in the defense of claims against the U.S. 
arising from FIRREA and its implementation.
    [Sec. 639. Section 608 of Public Law 104-52 is amended in the first 
sentence by inserting before the period, ``, including Federal records 
disposed of pursuant to a records schedule''.]
    [Sec. 640. In reviewing and analyzing the contracting out, 
outsourcing or privatization of business and administrative functions, 
and in implementing 40 U.S.C. sections 1413 and 1423, and other 
provisions, in title LI of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 1996 (the Information Technology Management Reform Act)--
         (1) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the 
    heads of the executive agencies may have studies, analyses, reviews 
    and other management assistance performed by the private sector;
         (2) the reviews, analyses, and studies called for by 40 U.S.C. 
    section 1413(b)(2) (B) and (C) shall be completed and reported to 
    the Agency Head within 180 days, or less measured from when a study 
    analysis or review is initiated unless the Agency Head determines 
    additional time is needed;
         (3) in accordance with principles and rules governing 
    organizational conflicts of interest, persons involved in a 
    particular study may not compete for any work that is to be or is 
    outsourced as a result of that study; and
         (4) this section will apply with respect to studies occurring 
    on or after the date of enactment of this subsection and completed 
    before September 1, 1999 and the Comptroller General of the United 
    States shall review and provide an assessment of this program by 
    January 1, 1999.]
    [Sec. 641. (a) Section 1--Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 
8(a)(1) of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note, 
Public Law 101-12, April 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 34, as amended Public Law 
103-424, Section 1, October 29, 1994, 108 Stat. 4361), is amended by 
striking the words: ``1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997,'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof ``1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002''.
    (b) Section 2--Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on 
October 1, 1998.]
    [Sec. 642. (a) Section 1.--Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 
8(a)(1) of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note; 
Public Law 103-424; 103 Stat. 34) is amended by striking out: ``1993, 
1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997,'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``1998, 
1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002''.
    (b) Section 2--Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on 
October 1, 1998.]
    [Sec. 643. Modifications of National Commission on Restructuring the 
Internal Revenue Service.--(a) Quorum.--Paragraph (4) of section 637(b) 
of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations 
Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-52, 109 Stat. 510) is amended by striking 
``Seven'' and inserting ``Nine''.
    (b) Co-Chairs.--
         (1) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section 637(b) of such Act is 
    amended--
             (A) by striking ``a Chairman'' and inserting ``Co-Chairs'', 
        and
             (B) by striking ``Chairman'' in the heading and inserting 
        ``Co-Chairs''.
         (2) Conforming amendments.--(A) Paragraph (5)(B) of section 
    637(b) of such Act is amended by striking ``a Chairman'' and 
    inserting ``Co-Chairs''.
         (B) Subsections (b)(4), (d)(1)(B), (d)(3), and (e)(1) of 
    section 637 of such Act are each amended by striking ``Chairman'' 
    each place it appears and inserting ``Co-Chairs''.
    (c) Gifts.--Section 637(d) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
         ``(6) Gifts.--The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of 
    gifts or donations of services or property in carrying out its 
    duties under this section.''
    (d) Travel Expenses.--Section 637(f)(2) of such Act is amended by 
striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may''.
    (e) Time for Filing Report.--
        (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 637(g) of such Act is 
    amended by striking ``one year'' and inserting ``15 months''.
        (2) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (A) of section 637(c)(1) 
    of such Act is amended by striking ``one year'' and inserting ``15 
    months''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the provisions of the Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 1996.]
    [Sec. 644. (a) In General.--Section 202(a) of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``$10,000 a year'' and inserting 
``$30,000 a year''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect at the 
beginning of the next applicable pay period beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.]
    Sec. [645] 620. (a) In General.--No later than September 30, [1997] 
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. 646. Subsection (b) of section 404 of Public Law 103-356 is 
amended by deleting ``September 30, 1997'' and inserting ``December 31, 
1999''.]
    [Sec. 647. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall, on behalf of the United States, transfer to the 
University of Miami, without charge, title to the real property and 
improvements that as of the date of the enactment of this Act constitute 
the Federal facility known as the Perrine Primate Center, subject to the 
condition that, during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the 
transfer--
         (1) the University will provide for the continued use of the 
    real property and improvements as an animal research facility, 
    including primates, and such use will be the exclusive use of the 
    property (with such incidental exceptions as the Secretary may 
    approve); or
         (2) the real property and improvements will be used for 
    research-related purposes other than the purpose specified in 
    paragraph (1) (or for both of such purposes), if the Secretary and 
    the University enter into an agreement accordingly.
    (b) The conveyance under subsection (a) shall not become effective 
unless the conveyance specifies that, if the University of Miami engages 
in a material breach of the conditions specified in such subsection, 
title to the real property and improvements involved reverts to the 
United States at the election of the Secretary.
    (c) The real property referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is 
located in the county of Dade in the State of Florida, and is a parcel 
consisting of the northernmost 30 acre-parcel of the area. The exact 
acreage and legal description used for purposes of the transfer under 
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section (a) shall be in accordance with a survey that is satisfactory to 
the Secretary.
    (d) For the purposes of this section--
         (1) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health and 
    Human Services; and
         (2) the term ``University of Miami'' means the University of 
    Miami located in the State of Florida.]
    [Sec. 648. (a) Increased Penalties for Counterfeiting Violations.--
Sections 474 and 474A of title 18, United States Code, are amended by 
striking ``class C felony'' each place that term appears and inserting 
``class B felony''.
    (b) Criminal Penalty for Production, Sale, Transportation, 
Possession of Fictitious Financial Instruments Purporting To Be Those of 
the States, of Political Subdivisions, and of Private Organizations.--
         (1) In general.--Chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is 
    amended by inserting after section 513, the following new section:
        ``Sec. 514. Fictitious obligations
             ``(a) Whoever, with the intent to defraud--
                 ``(1) draws, prints, processes, produces, publishes, or 
            otherwise makes, or attempts or causes the same, within the 
            United States;
                 ``(2) passes, utters, presents, offers, brokers, 
            issues, sells, or attempts or causes the same, or with like 
            intent possesses, within the United States; or
                 ``(3) utilizes interstate or foreign commerce, 
            including the use of the mails or wire, radio, or other 
            electronic communication, to transmit, transport, ship, 
            move, transfer, or attempts or causes the same, to, from, or 
            through the United States, any false or fictitious 
            instrument, document, or other item appearing, representing, 
            purporting, or contriving through scheme or artifice, to be 
            an actual security or other financial instrument issued 
            under the authority of the United States, a foreign 
            government, a State or other political subdivision of the 
            United States, or an organization, shall be guilty of a 
            class B felony.
            ``(b) For purposes of this section, any term used in this 
        section that is defined in section 513(c) has the same meaning 
        given such term in section 513(c).
            ``(c) The United States Secret Service, in addition to any 
        other agency having such authority, shall have authority to 
        investigate offenses under this section.''.
         (2) Technical amendment.--The analysis for chapter 25 of title 
    18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
    relating to section 513 the following:
        ``514. Fictitious obligations.''.
             (c) Period of Effect.--This section and the amendments made 
        by this section shall become effective on the date of enactment 
        of this Act and shall remain in effect during each fiscal year 
        following that date of enactment.]
    [Sec. 649. None of the funds appropriated by this 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. 650. (a) No later than 45 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Inspector General of each Federal department or agency 
that uses administratively uncontrollable overtime in the pay of any 
employee shall--
         (1) conduct an audit on the use of administratively 
    uncontrollable overtime by employees of such department or agency, 
    which shall include--
             (A) an examination of the policies, extent, costs, and 
        other relevant aspects of the use of administratively 
        uncontrollable overtime at the department or agency; and
             (B) a determination of whether the eligibility criteria of 
        the department or agency and payment of administratively 
        uncontrollable overtime comply with Federal statutory and 
        regulatory requirements; and
         (2) submit a report of the findings and conclusions of such 
    audit to--
             (A) the Office of Personnel Management;
             (B) the Governmental Affairs Committee of the Senate; and
             (C) the Government Reform and Oversight Committee of the 
        House of Representatives.
    (b) No later than 30 days after the submission of the report under 
subsection (a), the Office of Personnel Management shall issue revised 
guidelines to all Federal departments and agencies that--
         (1) limit the use of administratively uncontrollable overtime 
    to employees meeting the statutory intent of section 5545(c)(2) of 
    title 5, United States Code; and
         (2) expressly prohibit the use of administratively 
    uncontrollable overtime for--
             (A) customary or routine work duties; and
             (B) work duties that are primarily administrative in 
        nature, or occur in noncompelling circumstances.]
    [Sec. 651. Notwithstanding section 8116 of title 5, United States 
Code, and in addition to any payment made under 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., 
beginning in fiscal year 1997 and thereafter, the head of any department 
or agency is authorized to pay from appropriations made available to the 
department or agency a death gratuity to the personal representative (as 
that term is defined by applicable law) of a civilian employee of that 
department or agency whose death resulted from an injury sustained in 
the line of duty on or after August 2, 1990: Provided, That payments 
made pursuant to this section, in combination with the payments made 
pursuant to sections 8133(f) and 8134(a) of such title 5 and section 312 
of Public Law 103-332 (108 Stat. 2537), may not exceed a total of 
$10,000 per employee.]
    [Sec. 653. (a) Authorization.--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.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of 
this section.]
    [Sec. 654. National Repository for Information on Explosives 
Incidents and Arson.
         (a) Section 846 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
    by--
             (1) designating the existing section as subsection (a); and
             (2) by adding the following new subsection (b) to read as 
        follows:
                 ``(b) The Secretary is authorized to establish a 
            national repository of information on incidents involving 
            arson and the suspected criminal misuse of explosives. All 
            Federal agencies having information concerning such 
            incidents shall report the information to the Secretary 
            pursuant to such regulations as deemed necessary to carry 
            out the provisions of this subsection. The repository shall 
            also contain information on incidents voluntarily reported 
            to the Secretary by State and local authorities.''.
         (b) There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
    necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection.]
    [Sec. 655. Section 5(c)(1) of Public Law 102-259 (20 U.S.C. 
5603(c)(1)) is amended--
         (1) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking ``and'' after the 
    semicolon;
         (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting 
    ``; and''; and
         (3) by adding after subparagraph (B) the following:
             ``(C) a Trustee may serve after the expiration of the 
        Trustee's term until a successor has been chosen.''.]
    [Sec. 656. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, may directly 
transfer to Indian tribes in North and South Dakota portable housing 
units at the Grand Forks Air Force base in North Dakota which have been 
declared excess by the Department of Defense and requested for transfer 
by the Department of the Interior.]
    [Sec. 657. Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
        ``(q)(1) The Congress finds and declares that--
             ``(A) crime, particularly crime involving drugs and guns, 
        is a pervasive, nationwide problem;
             ``(B) crime at the local level is exacerbated by the 
        interstate movement of drugs, guns, and criminal gangs;
             ``(C) firearms and ammunition move easily in interstate 
        commerce and have been found in increasing numbers in and around 
        schools, as documented in numerous hearings in both the 
        Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and 
        the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
             ``(D) in fact, even before the sale of a firearm, the gun, 
        its component parts, ammunition, and the raw materials from 
        which they are made have considerably moved in interstate 
        commerce;
             ``(E) while criminals freely move from State to State, 
        ordinary citizens and foreign visitors may fear to travel to or 
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        certain parts of the country due to concern about violent crime 
        and gun violence, and parents may decline to send their children 
        to school for the same reason;
             ``(F) the occurrence of violent crime in school zones has 
        resulted in a decline in the quality of education in our 
        country;
             ``(G) this decline in the quality of education has an 
        adverse impact on interstate commerce and the foreign commerce 
        of the United States;
             ``(H) States, localities, and school systems find it almost 
        impossible to handle gun-related crime by themselves--even 
        States, localities, and school systems that have made strong 
        efforts to prevent, detect, and punish gun-related crime find 
        their efforts unavailing due in part to the failure or inability 
        of other States or localities to take strong measures; and
             ``(I) the Congress has the power, under the interstate 
        commerce clause and other provisions of the Constitution, to 
        enact measures to ensure the integrity and safety of the 
        Nation's schools by enactment of this subsection.
         ``(2)(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to 
    possess a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects 
    interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the individual knows, 
    or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.
        ``(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the possession of a 
    firearm--
             ``(i) on private property not part of school grounds;
             ``(ii) if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed 
        to do so by the State in which the school zone is located or a 
        political subdivision of the State, and the law of the State or 
        political subdivision requires that, before an individual 
        obtains such a license, the law enforcement authorities of the 
        State or political subdivision verify that the individual is 
        qualified under law to receive the license;
             ``(iii) that is--
                 ``(I) not loaded; and
                 ``(II) in a locked container, or a locked firearms rack 
            that is on a motor vehicle;
             ``(iv) by an individual for use in a program approved by a 
        school in the school zone;
             ``(v) by an individual in accordance with a contract 
        entered into between a school in the school zone and the 
        individual or an employer of the individual;
             ``(vi) by a law enforcement officer acting in his or her 
        official capacity; or
             ``(vii) that is unloaded and is possessed by an individual 
        while traversing school premises for the purpose of gaining 
        access to public or private lands open to hunting, if the entry 
        on school premises is authorized by school authorities.
        ``(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), it shall be 
    unlawful for any person, knowingly or with reckless disregard for 
    the safety of another, to discharge or attempt to discharge a 
    firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or 
    foreign commerce at a place that the person knows is a school zone.
        ``(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the discharge of a 
    firearm--
             ``(i) on private property not part of school grounds;
             ``(ii) as part of a program approved by a school in the 
        school zone, by an individual who is participating in the 
        program;
             ``(iii) by an individual in accordance with a contract 
        entered into between a school in a school zone and the 
        individual or an employer of the individual; or
             ``(iv) by a law enforcement officer acting in his or her 
        official capacity.
        ``(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 
    preempting or preventing a State or local government from enacting a 
    statute establishing gun free school zones as provided in this 
    subsection.''.]
    [Sec. 658. GUN BAN FOR INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF A MISDEMEANOR CRIME 
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
     (a) Definition.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
         ``(33)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the term 
    `misdemeanor crime of domestic violence' means an offense that--
             ``(i) is a misdemeanor under Federal or State law; and
             ``(ii) has, as an element, the use or attempted use of 
        physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, 
        committed by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian of 
        the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in 
        common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with 
        the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian, or by a person 
        similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guardian of the 
        victim.
         ``(B)(i) A person shall not be considered to have been 
    convicted of such an offense for purposes of this chapter, unless--
             ``(I) the person was represented by counsel in the case, or 
        knowingly and intelligently waived the right to counsel in the 
        case; and
             (II) in the case of a prosecution for an offense described 
        in this paragraph for which a person was entitled to a jury 
        trial in the jurisdiction in which the case was tried, either
                 (aa) the case was tried by a jury, or
                 (bb) the person knowingly and intelligently waived the 
            right to have the case tried by a jury, by guilty plea or 
            otherwise.
         ``(ii) A person shall not be considered to have been convicted 
    of such an offense for purposes of this chapter if the conviction 
    has been expunged or set aside, or is an offense for which the 
    person has been pardoned or has had civil rights restored (if the 
    law of the applicable jurisdiction provides for the loss of civil 
    rights under such an offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or 
    restoration of civil rights expressly provides that the person may 
    not ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.''.
     (b) Prohibitions.--
         (1) Section 922(d) of such title is amended--
             (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (7);
             (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (8) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
             (C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
                 ``(9) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor 
            crime of domestic violence.''.
         (2) Section 922(g) of such title is amended--
             (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragrph (7);
             (B) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (8) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
             (C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
                 ``(9) who has been convicted in any court of a 
            misdemeanor crime of domestic violence,''.
         (3) Section 922(s)(3)(B)(i) of such title is amended by 
    inserting ``, and has not been convicted in any court of a 
    misdemeanor crime of domestic violence'' before this semicolon.
     (c) Government Entities Not Excepted.--Section 925(a)(1) of such 
title is amended by inserting ``sections 922(d)(9) and 922(g)(9) and'' 
after ``except for''. ]
    [Sec. 659. THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN.--Text omitted. This section amended 
permanent legislation.]
    [Sec. 660. Notwithstanding Section 613, interagency financing is 
authorized to carry out the purposes of the National Bioethics Advisory 
Commission.]
    [Sec. 661. (a) Designation.--The United States courthouse to be 
constructed at 111 South 18th Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska, shall be known and 
designated as the ``Roman L. Hruska United States Courthouse''.
     (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the United States 
courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the ``Roman L. Hruska United States Courthouse''.]
    [Sec. 662. (a) Provisions Relating to Title 39, United States 
Code.--Text omitted. This amended permanent law to establish an 
Inspector General for the Postal Service.]
    [Sec. 663. Voluntary Separation Incentives for Employees of Certain 
Federal Agencies.--(a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section--
         (1) the term ``agency'' means any Executive agency (as defined 
    in section 105 of title 5, United States Code), other than an 
    Executive agency (except an agency receiving such authority in the 
    Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 1997) that is 
    authorized by any other provision of this Act or any other Act to 
    provide voluntary separation incentive payments during all, or any 
    part of, fiscal year 1997; and
         (2) the term ``employee'' means an employee (as defined by 
    section 2105 of title 5, United States Code) who is employed by an 
    agency, is serving under an appointment without time limitation, and 
    has been currently employed for a continuous period of at least 3 
    years, but does not include--
             (A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 
        83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another 
        retirement system for employees of the agency;
             (B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which 
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        under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, 
        United States Code, or another retirement system for employees 
        of the agency;
             (C) an employee who is in receipt of a specific notice of 
        involuntary separation for misconduct or unacceptable 
        performance;
             (D) an employee who, upon completing an additional period 
        of service as referred to in section 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the 
        Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 (5 U.S.C. 5597 
        note), would qualify for a voluntary separation incentive 
        payment under section 3 of such Act;
             (E) an employee who has previously received any voluntary 
        separation incentive payment by the Federal Government under 
        this section or any other authority and has not repaid such 
        payment;
             (F) an employee covered by statutory reemployment rights 
        who is on transfer to another organization; or
             (G) any employee who, during the twenty four month period 
        preceding the date of separation, has received a recruitment or 
        relocation bonus under section 5753 of title 5, United States 
        Code, or who, within the twelve month period preceding the date 
        of separation, received a retention allowance under section 5754 
        of title 5, United States Code.
     (b) Agency Strategic Plan.--
         (1) In general.--The head of each agency, prior to obligating 
    any resources for voluntary separation incentive payments, shall 
    submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the 
    Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
    Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives a 
    strategic plan outlining the intended use of such incentive payments 
    and a proposed organizational chart for the agency once such 
    incentive payments have been completed.
         (2) Contents.--The agency's plan shall include--
             (A) the positions and functions to be reduced or 
        eliminated, identified by organizational unit, geographic 
        location, occupational category and grade level;
             (B) the number and amounts of voluntary separation 
        incentive payments to be offered; and
             (C) a description of how the agency will operate without 
        the eliminated positions and functions.
     (c) Authority To Provide Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments.--
         (1) In general.--A voluntary separation incentive payment under 
    this section may be paid by an agency to any employee only to the 
    extent necessary to eliminate the positions and functions identified 
    by the strategic plan.
         (2) Amount and treatment of payments.--A voluntary separation 
    incentive payment--
             (A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the employee's 
        separation;
             (B) shall be paid from appropriations or funds available 
        for the payment of the basic pay of the employees;
             (C) shall be equal to the lesser of--
                 (i) an amount equal to the amount the employee would be 
            entitled to receive under section 5595(c) of title 5, United 
            States Code; or
                 (ii) an amount determined by the agency head not to 
            exceed $25,000;
             (D) may not be made except in the case of any qualifying 
        employee who voluntarily separates (whether by retirement or 
        resignation) before December 31, 1997;
             (E) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not be 
        included in the computation, of any other type of Government 
        benefit; and
             (F) shall not be taken into account in determining the 
        amount of any severance pay to which the employee may be 
        entitled under section 5595 of title 5, United States Code, 
        based on any other separation.
     (d) Additional Agency Contributions to the Retirement Fund.--
         (1) In general.--In addition to any other payments which it is 
    required to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, 
    United States Code, an agency shall remit to the Office of Personnel 
    Management for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the 
    credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 
    equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of each employee of the 
    agency who is covered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
    84 of title 5, United States Code, to whom a voluntary separation 
    incentive has been paid under this section.
         (2) Definition.--For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term 
    ``final basic pay'', with respect to an employee, means the total 
    amount of basic pay which would be payable for a year of service by 
    such employee, computed using the employee's final rate of basic 
    pay, and, if last serving on other than a full-time basis, with 
    appropriate adjustment therefor.
     (e) Effect of Subsequent Employment With the Government.--An 
individual who has received a voluntary separation incentive payment 
under this section and accepts any employment for compensation with the 
Government of the United States, or who works for any agency of the 
United States Government through a personal services contract, within 5 
years after the date of the separation on which the payment is based 
shall be required to pay, prior to the individual's first day of 
employment, the entire amount of the incentive payment to the agency 
that paid the incentive payment.
     (f) Reduction of Agency Employment Levels.--
         (1) In general.--The total number of funded employee positions 
    in the agency shall be reduced by one position for each vacancy 
    created by the separation of any employee who has received, or is 
    due to receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment under this 
    section. For the purposes of this subsection, positions shall be 
    counted on a full-time equivalent basis.
         (2) Enforcement.--The President, through the Office of 
    Management and Budget, shall monitor the agency and take any action 
    necessary to ensure that the requirements of this subsection are 
    met.
     (g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect October 1, 
1996.]
    [Sec. 664. ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER PILOT.
     Title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
3335 the following new section:
    ``Sec. 3336. Electronic benefit transfer pilot
     ``(a) The Congress finds that:
         ``(1) Electronic benefit transfer (EBT) is a safe, reliable, 
    and economical way to provide benefit payments to individuals who do 
    not have an account at a financial institution.
         ``(2) The designation of financial institutions as financial 
    agents of the Federal Government for EBT is an appropriate and 
    reasonable use of the Secretary's authority to designate financial 
    agents.
         ``(3) A joint federal-state EBT system offers convenience and 
    economies of scale for those states (and their citizens) that wish 
    to deliver state-administered benefits on a single card by entering 
    into a partnership with the federal government.
         ``(4) The Secretary's designation of a financial agent to 
    deliver EBT is a specialized service not available through ordinary 
    business channels and may be offered to the states pursuant to 
    section 6501 et seq. of this title.
     ``(b) The Secretary shall continue to carry out the existing EBT 
pilot to disburse benefit payments electronically to recipients who do 
not have an account at a financial institution, which shall include the 
designation of one or more financial institutions as a financial agent 
of the Government, and the offering to the participating states of the 
opportunity to contract with the financial agent selected by the 
Secretary, as described in the Invitation for Expressions of Interest to 
Acquire EBT Services for the Southern Alliance of States dated March 9, 
1995, as amended as of June 30, 1995, July 7, 1995, and August 1, 1995.
     ``(c) The selection and designation of financial agents, the design 
of the pilot program, and any other matter associated with or related to 
the EBT pilot described in subsection (b) shall not be subject to 
judicial review.'']
    [Sec. 665. DESIGNATION OF FINANCIAL AGENTS.
     1. 12 U.S.C. 90 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following:
        ``Notwithstanding the Federal Property and Administrative 
    Services Act of 1949, as amended, the Secretary may select 
    associations as financial agents in accordance with any process the 
    Secretary deems appropriate and their reasonable duties may include 
    the provision of electronic benefit transfer services (including 
    State-administered benefits with the consent of the States), as 
    defined by the Secretary.''.
     2. Make conforming amendments to 12 U.S.C. 265, 266, 391, 1452(d), 
1767, 1789a, 2013, 2122 and to 31 U.S.C. 3122 and 3303.] (Treasury, 
Postal Serivce and General Government Appropriations Acts, 1997.)