[Appendix]
[Detailed Budget Estimates by Agency]
[General Provisions Government-Wide]
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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
evaluation;
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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).