[Appendix]
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[ Government-Wide General Provisions]
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GOVERNMENT-WIDE GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Departments, Agencies, and Corporations
Sec. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to
pay travel to the United States for the immediate family of employees
serving abroad in cases of death or life threatening illness of said
employee.
Sec. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for
fiscal year [2000] 2001 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. 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. 604. 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. 605. 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 the 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. 606. 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. 607. 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. 13101 (September 14,
1998), 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. 608. 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. 609. 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. 610. 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. [611] 609. 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).
[Sec. 612. 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.]
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Sec. [613] 610. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the
funds appropriated for fiscal year [2000] 2001, 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 [614] 613 of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, [1999] 2000, until the normal
effective date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is to
take effect in fiscal year [2000] 2001, in an amount that exceeds
the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of the applicable
wage schedule in accordance with such section [614] 613; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal year
[2000] 2001, 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 [2000] 2001 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 [2000] 2001 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 [1999] 2000 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, [1999] 2000, 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, [1999] 2000, 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, [1999] 2000.
(f ) For the purpose of administering any provision of law
(including 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. [614] 611. 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. 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. [615] 612. 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] advance
notification to the Committees on Appropriations, except that the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the
temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other
agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center
facilities.
Sec. [616] 613. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United
States Code, [or section 610 of this Act,] funds made available for
fiscal year [2000] 2001 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. [617] 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. [618] 615. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act
for fiscal year [2000] 2001 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. 619. 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. [620] 616. 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 the 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. [621] 617. 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. [622] 618. 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
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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. 623. Section 627(b) of the Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(h) of division A
of Public Law 105-277) is amended by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and
inserting the following: ``Effective on the date of the enactment of
this Act and thereafter, and notwithstanding''.]
[Sec. 624. 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. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and
abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional
response or psychological stress in some participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the content
and methods to be used in the training and written end of course
evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated with religious or
quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' belief systems as
defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N-915.022,
dated September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants'
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
(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. 626. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act for fiscal
year 2000 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.
12958; 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. [627] 619. 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. [628] 620. (a) In General.--For calendar year [2001] 2002, the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare and submit
to Congress, with the budget submitted under section 1105 of title 31,
United States Code, an accounting statement and associated report
containing--
(1) an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits
(including quantifiable and nonquantifiable effects) of Federal
rules and paperwork, to the extent feasible--
(A) in the aggregate;
(B) by agency and agency program; and
(C) by major rule;
(2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation on State,
local, and tribal government, small business, wages, and economic
growth; and
(3) recommendations for reform.
(b) Notice.--The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall provide public notice and an opportunity to comment on the
statement and report under subsection (a) before the statement and
report are submitted to Congress.
(c) Guidelines.--To implement this section, the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to agencies to
standardize--
(1) measures of costs and benefits; and
(2) the format of accounting statements.
(d) Peer Review.--The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall provide for independent and external peer review of the
guidelines and each accounting statement and associated report under
this section. Such peer review shall not be subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
[Sec. 629. 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 the employee has
authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a
court of competent jurisdiction.]
Sec. [630] 621. 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. 631. 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 Committees on Appropriations.]
Sec. [632] 622. 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. 633. (a) In this section the term ``agency''--
(1) means an Executive agency as defined under section 105 of
title 5, United States Code;
(2) includes a military department as defined under section 102
of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Rate Commission;
and
(3) shall not include the General Accounting Office.
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use
such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency shall use
official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An
employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee
exempted under section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an
obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of
such employee's time in the performance of official duties.]
Sec. [634] 623. None of the funds made available in this or any
other Act with respect to any fiscal year may be used for any system
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to implement section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, unless the
system allows, in connection with a person's delivery of a firearm to a
Federal firearms licensee as collateral for a loan, the background check
to be performed at the time the collateral is offered for delivery to
such licensee: Provided, That the licensee notifies local law
enforcement within 48 hours of the licensee receiving a denial on the
person offering the collateral: Provided further, That the provisions of
section 922(t) shall apply at the time of the redemption of the firearm.
Sec. [635] 624. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision
providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also
includes a provision for contraceptive coverage.
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with--
(1) any of the following religious plans:
[(A) Providence Health Plan;]
[(B)] (A) Personal Care's HMO;
[(C)] (B) Care Choices;
[(D)] (C) OSF Health Plans, Inc.;
[(E) Yellowstone Community Health Plan;] and
(2) any existing or future plan, if [the carrier for] the plan
objects to such coverage on the basis of religious beliefs.
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into or
renews a contract under this section may not subject any individual to
discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe [or
otherwise provide for] contraceptives because such activities would be
contrary to the individual's religious beliefs or moral convictions.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require coverage
of abortion or abortion-related services.
Sec. [636] 625. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 [and section 610 of
this Act], funds made available for fiscal year [2000] 2001 by this or
any other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of the
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be
available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative costs,
as determined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed a total of $800,000
including the salary of the Executive Director and staff support.
Sec. [637] 626. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 [and section 610 of
this Act], the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby
authorized to transfer to the ``Policy and Operations'' account, General
Services Administration, with the approval of the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, funds made available for fiscal year [2000]
2001 by this or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and
other contracts. These funds shall be administered by the Administrator
of General Services to support Government-wide financial, information
technology, procurement, and other management innovations, initiatives,
and activities, as approved by the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency groups
designated by the Director (including the Chief Financial Officers
Council and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program for
financial management initiatives, [and] the Chief Information Officers
Council for information technology initiatives, and the Procurement
Executives Council for procurement initiatives). The total funds
transferred shall not exceed [$7,000,000] $17,000,000. Such transfers
may only be made 15 days following notification of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget.
[Sec. 638. (a) In General.--Section 901 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c)(1) There shall be within the Executive Office of the President
a Chief Financial Officer, who shall be designated or appointed by the
President from among individuals meeting the standards described in
subsection (a)(3). The position of Chief Financial Officer established
under this paragraph may be so established in any Office (including the
Office of Administration) of the Executive Office of the President.
``(2) The Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed under this
subsection shall, to the extent that the President determines
appropriate and in the interest of the United States, have the same
authority and perform the same functions as apply in the case of a Chief
Financial Officer of an agency described in subsection (b).
``(3) The President shall submit to Congress notification with
respect to any provision of section 902 that the President determines
shall not apply to a Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed
under this subsection.
``(4) The President may designate an employee of the Executive
Office of the President (other than the Chief Financial Officer), who
shall be deemed `the head of the agency' for purposes of carrying out
section 902, with respect to the Executive Office of the President.''.]
[(b) Plan for Implementation.--Not later than 90 days after the
effective date of this section, the President shall communicate in
writing, to the Chairmen of the Committees on Appropriations, the
Chairman of the Committee on Government Reform of the House of
Representatives, and the Chairman of the Committee on Governmental
Affairs of the Senate, a plan for implementation of the provisions of,
and amendments made by, this section.]
[(c) Deadline for Appointment.--The Chief Financial Officer
designated or appointed under section 901(c) of title 31, United States
Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall be so designated or appointed
not later than 180 days after the effective date of this section.]
[(d) Pay.--The Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed under
such section shall receive basic pay at the rate payable for level IV of
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States
Code.]
[(e) Transfer of Functions.--(1) The President may transfer such
offices, functions, powers, or duties thereof, as the President
determines are properly related to the functions of the Chief Financial
Officer under section 901(c) of title 31, United States Code (as added
by subsection (a)).
(2) The personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property,
records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations,
allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from,
available or to be made available, of any office the functions, powers,
or duties of which are transferred under paragraph (1) shall also be so
transferred.]
[(f ) Separate Budget Request.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (30) the following
new paragraph:
``(31) a separate statement of the amount of appropriations
requested for the Chief Financial Officer in the Executive Office of
the President.''.]
[(g) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 503(a) of title
31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (7) by striking ``respectively.'' and inserting
``respectively (excluding any officer designated or appointed under
section 901(c)).''; and
(2) in paragraph (8) by striking ``Officers.'' and inserting
``Officers (excluding any officer designated or appointed under
section 901(c)).''.]
[(h) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect at noon on
January 20, 2001.]
[Sec. 639. (a) Section 304(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (11) and
inserting the following:
``(11)(A) The Commission shall promulgate a regulation under which a
person required to file a designation, statement, or report under this
Act--
``(i) is required to maintain and file a designation, statement,
or report for any calendar year in electronic form accessible by
computers if the person has, or has reason to expect to have,
aggregate contributions or expenditures in excess of a threshold
amount determined by the Commission; and
``(ii) may maintain and file a designation, statement, or report
in electronic form or an alternative form if not required to do so
under the regulation promulgated under clause (i).
``(B) The Commission shall make a designation, statement, report, or
notification that is filed electronically with the Commission accessible
to the public on the Internet not later than 24 hours after the
designation, statement, report, or notification is received by the
Commission.
``(C) In promulgating a regulation under this paragraph, the
Commission shall provide methods (other than requiring a signature on
the document being filed) for verifying designations, statements, and
reports covered by the regulation. Any document verified under any of
the methods shall be treated for all purposes (including penalties for
perjury) in the same manner as a document verified by signature.
``(D) As used in this paragraph, the term `report' means, with
respect to the Commission, a report, designation, or statement required
by this Act to be filed with the Commission.''.]
[(b) The amendments made by this section shall be effective for
reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2000.]
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[Sec. 640. (a) In General.--Section 309(a)(4) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(4)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``clause (ii)'' and
inserting ``clauses (ii) and subparagraph (C)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case of a
violation of any requirement of section 304(a) of the Act (2 U.S.C.
434(a)), the Commission may--
``(I) find that a person committed such a violation on the basis
of information obtained pursuant to the procedures described in
paragraphs (1) and (2); and
``(II) based on such finding, require the person to pay a civil
money penalty in an amount determined under a schedule of penalties
which is established and published by the Commission and which takes
into account the amount of the violation involved, the existence of
previous violations by the person, and such other factors as the
Commission considers appropriate.
``(ii) The Commission may not make any determination adverse to a
person under clause (i) until the person has been given written notice
and an opportunity to be heard before the Commission.
``(iii) Any person against whom an adverse determination is made
under this subparagraph may obtain a review of such determination in the
district court of the United States for the district in which the person
resides, or transacts business, by filing in such court (prior to the
expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the date the person
receives notification of the determination) a written petition
requesting that the determination be modified or set aside.''.]
[(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 309(a)(6)(A) of such Act (2
U.S.C. 437g(a)(6)(A)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (4)(A)'' and
inserting ``paragraph (4)''.]
[(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to violations occurring between January 1, 2000 and
December 31, 2001.]
[Sec. 641. (a) Section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
(2 U.S.C. 434(b)) is amended by inserting ``(or election cycle, in the
case of an authorized committee of a candidate for Federal office)''
after ``calendar year'' each place it appears in paragraphs (2), (3),
(4), (6), and (7).]
[(b) The amendment made by this section shall become effective with
respect to reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2000.]
[Sec. 642. (a) In General.--Section 636 of the Treasury Postal
Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (5 U.S.C. prec.
5941 note) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``may'' and
inserting ``shall''.]
[(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on October 1, 1999, or the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever is later.]
Sec. [643] 627. (a) In General.--[Upon promulgation of the
regulations required under subsection (c)] In accordance with
regulations promulgated by the Office of Personnel Management, an
Executive agency which provides or proposes to provide child care
services for Federal employees may use appropriated funds (otherwise
available to such agency for salaries) to provide child care, in a
Federal or leased facility, or through contract, for civilian employees
of such agency.
(b) Affordability.--Amounts so provided with respect to any such
facility or contractor shall be applied to improve the affordability of
child care for lower income Federal employees using or seeking to use
the child care services offered by such facility or contractor.
[(c) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management shall, within
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, issue regulations
necessary to carry out this section.]
[(d)] (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
``Executive agency'' has the meaning given such term by section 105 of
title 5, United States Code, but does not include the General Accounting
Office.
[(e)] (d) Notification.--None of the funds made available in this or
any other Act may be used to implement the provisions of this section
absent advance notification to the Committees on Appropriations.
[Sec. 644. (a) Increase in Annual Compensation.--Section 102 of
title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking ``$200,000'' and
inserting ``$400,000''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect at noon on January 20, 2001.]
[Sec. 645. Effective October 1, 1999, all personnel of the General
Accounting Office employed or maintained to carry out functions of the
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be
transferred to the General Services Administration. The Director of the
Office of Personnel Management shall provide to the General Services
Administration one permanent Senior Executive Service allocation for the
position of the Executive Director of the JFMIP. Personnel transferred
pursuant to this section shall not be separated or reduced in
classification or compensation for 1 year after any such transfer,
except for cause.]
[Sec. 646. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for the
statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year 2000 under
sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an
increase of 4.8 percent.
(b) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from
appropriations which are made to each applicable department or agency
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2000.]
Sec. [647] 628. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman
may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on
Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized to
be present at the location.
Sec. [648] 629. Federal Funds Identified. Any request for proposals,
solicitation, grant application, form, notification, press release, or
other publications involving the distribution of Federal funds shall
indicate the agency providing the funds and the amount provided. This
provision shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants
received by a State receiving Federal funds.
Sec. 630. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United States
Code, funds made available for fiscal year 2001 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
Natinal Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order
No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or
entities.
[Sec. 649. (a) Congress finds that--
(1) the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (in this
section referred to as the ``VFW''), which was formed by veterans of
the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection to help
secure rights and benefits for their service, will be celebrating
its 100th anniversary in 1999;
(2) members of the VFW have fought, bled, and died in every war,
conflict, police action, and military intervention in which the
United States has engaged during this century;
(3) over its history, the VFW has ably represented the interests
of veterans in Congress and State Legislatures across the Nation and
established a network of trained service officers who, at no charge,
have helped millions of veterans and their dependents to secure the
education, disability compensation, pension, and health care
benefits they are rightfully entitled to receive as a result of the
military service performed by those veterans;
(4) the VFW has also been deeply involved in national education
projects, awarding nearly $2,700,000 in scholarships annually, as
well as countless community projects initiated by its 10,000 posts;
and
(5) the United States Postal Service has issued commemorative
postage stamps honoring the VFW's 50th and 75th anniversaries,
respectively.
(b) Therefore, it is the sense of the Congress that the United
States Postal Service is encouraged to issue a commemorative postage
stamp in honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars of the United States.]
[Sec. 650. Itemized Income Tax Receipt. (a) In General.--Not later
than April 15, 2000, the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish an
interactive program on an Internet website where any taxpayer may
generate an itemized receipt showing a proportionate allocation (in
money terms) of the taxpayer's total tax payments among the major
expenditure categories.]
[(b) Information Necessary To Generate Receipt.--For purposes of
generating an itemized receipt under subsection (a), the interactive
program--
(1) shall only require the input of the taxpayer's total tax
payments; and
(2) shall not require any identifying information relating to
the taxpayer.]
[(c) Total Tax Payments.--For purposes of this section, total tax
payments of an individual for any taxable year are--
(1) the tax imposed by subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 for such taxable year (as shown on his return); and
(2) the tax imposed by section 3101 of such Code on wages
received during such taxable year.]
[(d) Content of Tax Receipt.--
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(1) Major expenditure categories.--For purposes of subsection
(a), the major expenditure categories are:
(A) National defense.
(B) International affairs.
(C) Medicaid.
(D) Medicare.
(E) Means-tested entitlements.
(F) Domestic discretionary.
(G) Social Security.
(H) Interest payments.
(I) All other.
(2) Other items on receipt.--
(A) In general.--In addition, the tax receipt shall
include selected examples of more specific expenditure
items, including the items listed in subparagraph (B),
either at the budget function, subfunction, or program,
project, or activity levels, along with any other
information deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget to enhance taxpayer understanding of the Federal
budget.
(B) Listed items.--The expenditure items listed in this
subparagraph are as follows:
(i) Public schools funding programs.
(ii) Student loans and college aid.
(iii) Low-income housing programs.
(iv) Food stamp and welfare programs.
(v) Law enforcement, including the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, law enforcement grants to the States, and other
Federal law enforcement personnel.
(vi) Infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and mass transit.
(vii) Farm subsidies.
(viii) Congressional Member and staff salaries.
(ix) Health research programs.
(x) Aid to the disabled.
(xi) Veterans health care and pension programs.
(xii) Space programs.
(xiii) Environmental cleanup programs.
(xiv) United States embassies.
(xv) Military salaries.
(xvi) Foreign aid.
(xvii) Contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(xviii) Amtrak.
(xix) United States Postal Service.]
[(e) Cost.--No charge shall be imposed to cover any cost associated
with the production or distribution of the tax receipt.]
[(f ) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.]
[Sec. 651. (a) Section 7001 of Public Law 105-174 (112 Stat. 91) is
amended by striking each place it appears ``for purposes of the period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on September
30, 1999,'' and inserting ``May 1, 1998,''.
(b) Section 1109 of Public Law 105-261 (112 Stat. 2143) is
repealed.]
[Sec. 652. (a) The American Battle Monuments Commission and the
World War II Memorial Advisory Board (as referred to in Public Law 103-
32 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 107 Stat. 90)) shall each be considered to
qualify for the rates of postage currently in effect under former
section 4452 of title 39, United States Code, for third-class mail
matter mailed by a qualified nonprofit organization.]
[(b) Rates of postage afforded by subsection (a) shall be available
only with respect to official mail sent for the furtherance of the
purpose of section 2(c)(1) or 3 of Public Law 103-32, as applicable.
(c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2000 and
each fiscal year thereafter.]
[Sec. 653. (a) Establishment.--There is established the National
Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council (in this
section referred to as the ``Council''). The Council shall consist of
the following members--
(1) The Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks, who shall serve as co-chair of the Council.
(2) The Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, who shall
serve as co-chair of the Council.
(3) The Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural
Affairs.
(4) The Ambassador, Deputy United States Trade Representative.
(5) The Commissioner of Customs.
(6) The Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade.]
[(b) Duties.--The Council established in subsection (a) shall
coordinate domestic and international intellectual property law
enforcement among federal and foreign entities.]
[(c) Consultation Required.--The Council shall consult with the
Register of Copyrights on law enforcement matters relating to copyright
and related rights and matters.]
[(d) Non-derogation.--Nothing in this section shall derogate from
the duties of the Secretary of State or from the duties of the United
States Trade Representative as set forth in section 141 of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171), or from the duties and functions of the
Register of Copyrights, or otherwise alter current authorities relating
to copyright matters.]
[(e) Report.--The Council shall report annually on its coordination
activities to the President, and to the Committees on Appropriations and
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives.]
[(f ) Funding.--Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United
States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal
year 2000 and hereafter by this or any other Act shall be available for
interagency funding of the National Intellectual Property Law
Enforcement Coordination Council.]
[Sec. 654. In addition to funds otherwise provided under the heading
``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration'' for ``Operations,
Research, and Facilities'' in Public Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-83),
$5,650,000 is appropriated for necessary retired pay expenses under the
Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plan, and
for payment for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents
under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55).] (Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act, 2000).
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS--MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000
[Sec. 234. Effective on November 15, 1999, or the last day of the
1st session of the 106th Congress, whichever is later, in addition to
amounts otherwise provided to address the expenses of Year 2000
conversion of Federal information technology systems, not to exceed 10
percent of any appropriation for salaries and expenses made available to
an agency for fiscal year 2000 in this or any other Act may be used by
the agency for implementation of agency business continuity and
contingency plans in furtherance of Year 2000 compliance by Federal
agencies: Provided, That such amounts may be transferred between agency
accounts: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in this
section is in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this
or any other Act: Provided further, That notice of any transfer under
this section shall be transmitted to House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations, the Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology
Problem, the House Committee on Science, and the House Committee on
Government Reform 10 days in advance of such transfer: Provided further,
That, under circumstances reasonably requiring immediate action, such
notice shall be transmitted as soon as possible but in no case more than
5 days after such transfer: Provided further, That the authority granted
in this section shall expire on February 29, 2000.]
[Sec. 301. (a) Government-Wide Rescissions.--There is hereby
rescinded an amount equal to 0.38 percent of the discretionary budget
authority provided (or obligation limit imposed) for fiscal year 2000 in
this or any other Act for each department, agency, instrumentality, or
entity of the Federal Government.]
(b) [Restrictions.--In carrying out the rescissions made by
subsection (a),--
(1) no program, project, or activity of any department, agency,
instrumentality, or entity may be reduced by more than 15 percent
(with ``programs, projects, and activities'' as delineated in the
appropriations Act or accompanying report for the relevant account,
or for accounts and items not included in appropriations Acts, as
delineated in the most recently submitted President's budget),
(2) no reduction shall be taken from any military personnel
account, and
(3) the reduction for the Department of Defense and Department
of Energy Defense Activities shall be applied proportionately to all
Defense accounts.]
[(c) Report.--The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall include in the President's budget submitted for fiscal year 2001 a
report specifying the reductions made to each account pursuant to this
section.]
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[Sec. 305. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, United States
Code, and section 1006(h) of title 37, United States Code, the basic pay
and allowances that accrues to members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
and Air Force for the pay period ending on September 30, 2000, shall be
paid, whether by electronic transfer of funds or otherwise, no earlier
than October 1, 2000.]
[Sec. 306. The pay of any Federal officer or employee that would be
payable on September 29, 2000, or September 30, 2000, for the preceding
applicable pay period (if not for this section) shall be paid, whether
by electronic transfer of funds or otherwise, on October 1, 2000.]
(Miscellaneous Appropriations, 2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000 (P.L. 106-113).)