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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 [1998] 1999 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, beginning in 
fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, 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. 5922-5924.
    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 a 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 No. 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] 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 and 318b), attaching thereto penal 
consequences under the authority and within the limits provided in 
section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 
U.S.C. 318c).

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    [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] 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, [1998] 
1999, 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] 614 of the Treasury, Postal 
    Service and General Government Appropriations Act, [1997] 1998, 
    until the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey 
    adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year [1998] 1999, 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] 614; and
         (2) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
    year [1998] 1999, 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] 1999 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] 1999 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] 1998 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] 1998, 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] 1998, 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] 1998.
     (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] 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. 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] 613. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
States Code, [or section 611 of this Act,] funds made available for 
fiscal year [1998] 1999 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 No. 
12472 (April 3, 1984).
    Sec. [618] 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. [619] 615. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act 
for fiscal year [1998] 1999 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] 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. 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 
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         (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 No. 
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. 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] 617. 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] 618. (a) In General.--No later than September 30, [1998] 
1999, 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] 619. 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] 620. 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] 621. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act shall be used to acquire information technologies which do not 
comply with part 39.106 (Year 2000 compliance) of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation, unless an agency's Chief Information Officer 
determines that noncompliance with part 39.106 is necessary to the 
function and operation of the requesting agency or the 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.
    [Sec. 632. For fiscal year 1998, the Secretary of the Treasury is 
authorized to use funds made available to the FSLIC Resolution Fund 
under Public Law 103-327, not to exceed $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 United States arising from 
FIRREA and its implementation.]
    [Sec. 633. Personal Allowance Parity Among NAFTA Parties.
    (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 after 
the date 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 and 
action.]
    Sec. [634] 622. None of the funds made available in this Act for the 
United States Customs Service may be used to allow the importation into 
the United States of any good, ware, article, or 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).
    [Sec. 635. No later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall require all 
Federal departments and agencies to report total obligations for the 
expenses of employee relocation. All obligations incident to employee 
relocation authorized under either chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code, or section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081; 
Public Law 96-465), shall be included. Such information for the past, 
current, and budget years shall be included in the agency budget 
submission to the President. The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall prepare a table presenting obligations for the expenses 
of employee relocation for all departments and agencies, and such table 
shall be transmitted to Congress each year as part of the President's 
annual budget.]
    Sec. [636] 623. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no part 
of any [appropriation contained in] funds provided by this Act

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or any other Act [for any fiscal year] beginning in fiscal year 1999 and 
thereafter shall be available for paying Sunday premium pay to any 
employee unless such employee actually performed work during the time 
corresponding to such premium pay.
    [Sec. 637. Section 302(g)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(g)(1)) is amended--
         (1) by striking ``and'' after ``Senator,''; and
         (2) by inserting after ``candidate,'' the following: ``and by 
    the Republican and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committees''.]
    [Sec. 638. (a) Chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 3112 the following:
    ``Sec. 3113. Restriction on reemployment after conviction of certain 
crimes
     ``An employee shall be separated from service and barred from 
reemployment in the Federal service, if--
         ``(1) the employee is convicted of a violation of section 
    201(b) of title 18; and
         ``(2) such violation related to conduct prohibited under 
    section 1010(a) of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act 
    (21 U.S.C. 960(a)).''.
     (b) The table of sections for chapter 31 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3112 
the following:
    ``3113. Restriction on reemployment after conviction of certain 
crimes.''.
     (c) This section shall apply during fiscal year 1998 and each 
fiscal year thereafter.]
    [Sec. 639. (a) Coordination of Counterdrug Intelligence Centers and 
Activities.--(1) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, including the 
Committees on Appropriations, a plan to improve coordination, and 
eliminate unnecessary duplication, among the counterdrug intelligence 
centers and counterdrug activities of the Federal Government, including 
the centers and activities of the following departments and agencies:
         (A) The Department of Defense, including the Defense 
    Intelligence Agency.
         (B) The Department of the Treasury, including the United States 
    Customs Service and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 
    (FinCEN).
         (C) The Central Intelligence Agency.
         (D) The Coast Guard.
         (E) The Department of Justice, including the National Drug 
    Intelligence Center (NDIC); the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
    including the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC); and the Federal 
    Bureau of Investigation.
     (2) The purpose of the plan under paragraph (1) is to maximize the 
effectiveness of the centers and activities referred to in that 
paragraph in achieving the objectives of the national drug control 
strategy. In order to maximize such effectiveness, the plan shall--
         (A) articulate clear and specific mission statements for each 
    counterdrug intelligence center and activity, including the manner 
    in which responsibility for counterdrug intelligence activities will 
    be allocated among the counterdrug intelligence centers;
         (B) specify the relationship between such centers;
         (C) specify the means by which proper oversight of such centers 
    will be assured;
         (D) specify the means by which counterdrug intelligence will be 
    forwarded effectively to all levels of officials responsible for 
    United States counterdrug policy; and
         (E) specify mechanisms to ensure that State and local law 
    enforcement agencies are apprised of counterdrug intelligence 
    acquired by Federal law enforcement agencies in a manner which--
             (i) facilitates effective counterdrug activities by State 
        and local law enforcement agencies; and
             (ii) provides such State and local law enforcement agencies 
        with the information relating to the safety of officials 
        involved in their counterdrug activities.
     (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the following:
         (1) The Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the 
    Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
         (2) The Committee on International Relations, the Committee on 
    the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
    the House of Representatives.]
    Sec. [640] 624. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other 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. 625. Section 404(a) of the Government Management Reform Act is 
amended by deleting the period at the end of paragraph (2) and replacing 
it with ``; and'', and by adding thereafter the following paragraph: 
``(3) the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).''.
    Sec. 626. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United States 
Code, funds made available for fiscal year 1999, by this or any other 
Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific projects, 
workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the 
National Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order 
No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or 
entities.
    Sec. 627. Section 626(b) of the Treasury, Postal Service, and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 1997, as contained in section 
101(f) of Public Law 104-208 (110 Stat. 3009-360), the Omnibus 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, is amended to read as follows: 
``(b) Until December 31, 1998, or until the end of the current FTS2000 
contracts, whichever is later, subsection (a) shall continue to apply to 
the use of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act.''
    [Sec. 641. Section 5118(d)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``This paragraph shall'' and all that follows 
through the end of the paragraph.]
    [Sec. 642. (a) This section may be cited as the ``Federal Employees' 
Retirement System Open Enrollment Act of 1997''.
     (b) Any individual who, as of January 1, 1998, is employed by the 
Federal Government, and on such date is subject to subchapter III of 
chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, may elect to become subject 
to chapter 84 of such title in accordance with regulations promulgated 
under subsection (c).
     (c) The Office of Personnel Management shall promulgate regulations 
to carry out the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall--
         (1)(A) subject to subparagraph (B), provide for an election 
    under subsection (b) to be made not before July 1, 1998, or after 
    December 31, 1998; and
         (B) with respect to a Member of Congress, provide for--
             (i) an election under subsection (b) to be made not before 
        July 1, 1998, or after October 31, 1998; and
             (ii) such an election to take effect not before January 4, 
        1999;
         (2) provide notice and information to individuals who may make 
    such an election, including information on a comparison of benefits 
    an individual would receive from coverage under chapter 83 or 84 of 
    title 5, United States Code; and
         (3) provide for treatment of such an election similar to the 
    applicable provisions of title III of the Federal Employees' 
    Retirement System Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-335; 100 Stat. 599 et 
    seq.).
     (d)(1) Section 210(a)(5)(H)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 410(a)(5)(H)(i)) is amended--
         (A) by striking ``or'' after ``1986'' and inserting a comma; 
    and
         (B) by inserting ``or the Federal Employees' Retirement System 
    Open Enrollment Act of 1997'' after ``(50 U.S.C. 2157),''.
     (2) Section 3121(b)(5)(H)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended--
         (A) by striking ``or'' after ``1986'' and inserting a comma; 
    and

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         (B) by inserting ``or the Federal Employees' Retirement System 
    Open Enrollment Act of 1997'' after ``(50 U.S.C. 2157),''.] 
    (Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998).