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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 [2004] 2005 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] 609. 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] 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).
    Sec. [612] 611. 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] 612. (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 [2004] 2005, 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 the comparable section for previous fiscal 
    years until the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey 
    adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year [2004] 2005, in an 
    amount that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and 
    step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance with such 
    section; and
        (2) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal year 
    [2004] 2005, 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 [2004] 2005 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 [2004] 2005 under section 5304 
            of such title (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the 
            overall average percentage of such payments which was 
            effective in the previous fiscal year 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, [2003] 2004, 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, [2003] 2004, 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, [2003] 2004.
    (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] 613. 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 term ``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] 614. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
States Code, or section [610] 609 of this Act, funds made available for 
the current fiscal year 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. [616] 615. (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 Department of Homeland Security, 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. [617] 616. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act 
for the current fiscal year 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. [618] 617. 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. 619. (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.

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    (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. 620. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be 
used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 
4414 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. [621] 618. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than 
for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for 
publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution 
or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or 
film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
    Sec. [622] 619. None of the funds appropriated by this 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. 623. 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. [624] 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. [625] 621. (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. [626] 622. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of 
this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year 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. [627] 623. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section [610] 609 
of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby 
authorized to transfer to or reimburse the [``Policy and Citizen 
Services''] ``Governmentwide Policy'' account, General Services 
Administration, with the approval of the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, funds made available for the current fiscal year 
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, the Chief Information Officers Council 
for information technology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers 
Council for human capital initiatives, and the [Procurement Executives] 
Federal Acquisition Council for procurement initiatives). The total 
funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000. Such 
transfers or reimbursements may only be made 15 days following 
notification of the Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.
    [Sec. 628. None of the funds made available in this or any other Act 
may be used by the Office of Personnel Management or any other 
department or agency of the Federal Government to prohibit any agency 
from using appropriated funds as they see fit to independently contract 
with private companies to provide online employment applications and 
processing services.]
    Sec. [629] 624. 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. [630] 625. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available for the 
current fiscal year 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: Provided, 
That the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a report 
describing the budget of and resources connected with the National 
Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations, the 
House Committee on Science; and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.
    Sec. [631] 626. 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, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, 
as applicable, and the amount provided. This provision shall apply to 
direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State receiving 
Federal funds.
    Sec. [632] 627. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 103-356 
(31 U.S.C. 501 note), as amended, is further amended by striking 
``October 1, [2003] 2004'' and inserting ``October 1, [2004] 2005''.
    Sec. [633] 628. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of 
[Personal Information on Use of Internet] Individuals' Internet Use.--
None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used by 
any Federal agency--
        (1) to collect, review, or create any [aggregate list] 
    aggregation of data, derived from any means, that includes [the 
    collection of] any personally identifiable information relating to 
    an individual's access to or use of any Federal Government Internet 
    site of the agency; or
        (2) to enter into any agreement with a third party (including 
    another government agency) to collect, review, or obtain any 
    [aggregate list] aggregation of data, derived from any means, that 
    includes [the collection of] any personally identifiable information 
    relating to an individual's access to or use of any nongovernmental 
    Internet site.
    (b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection (a) shall 
not apply to--
        (1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify 
    particular persons;

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        (2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable 
    information;
        (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or 
    supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or
        (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a system 
    security action taken by the operator of an Internet site and is 
    necessarily incident to the rendition of the Internet site services 
    or to the protection of the rights or property of the provider of 
    the Internet site.
    (c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
        (1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to implement, 
    interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.
        (2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of the agency's 
    supervised institutions, including assessing safety and soundness, 
    overall financial condition, management practices and policies and 
    compliance with applicable standards as provided in law.
    Sec. [634] 629. (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) Personal Care's HMO; and
                (B) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; 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. [635] 630. The Congress of the United States recognizes the 
United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as the official anti-doping 
agency for Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic sport in the United 
States.
    [Sec. 636. Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Inspector General of each applicable department or agency 
shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations a report detailing what 
policies and procedures are in place for each department or agency to 
give first priority to the location of new offices and other facilities 
in rural areas, as directed by the Rural Development Act of 1972.]
    [Sec. 637. None of the funds made available under this or any other 
Act for fiscal year 2004 shall be expended for the purchase of a product 
or service offered by Federal Prison Industries, Inc. unless the agency 
making such purchase determines that such offered product or service 
provides the best value to the buying agency pursuant to governmentwide 
procurement regulations, issued pursuant to section 25(c)(1) of the 
Office of Federal Procurement Act (41 U.S.C. 421(c)(1)) that impose 
procedures, standards, and limitations of section 2410n of title 10, 
United States Code.]
    Sec. [638] 631. Each Executive department and agency shall evaluate 
the creditworthiness of an individual before issuing the individual a 
government purchase charge card or government travel charge card. The 
department or agency may not issue a government purchase charge card or 
government travel charge card to an individual that either lacks a 
credit history or is found to have an unsatisfactory credit history as a 
result of this evaluation: Provided, That this restriction shall not 
preclude issuance of a restricted-use charge, debit, or stored value 
card made in accordance with agency procedures to (a) an individual with 
an unsatisfactory credit history where such card is used to pay travel 
expenses and the agency determines there is no suitable alternative 
payment mechanism available before issuing the card, or (b) an 
individual who lacks a credit history. Each Executive department and 
agency shall establish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary 
actions to be taken against agency personnel for improper, fraudulent, 
or abusive use of government charge cards, which shall include 
appropriate disciplinary actions for use of charge cards for purposes, 
and at establishments, that are inconsistent with the official business 
of the Department or agency or with applicable standards of conduct.
    [Sec. 639. Section 640(c) of the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-58; 2 U.S.C. 437g note 1), as 
amended by section 642 of the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-67), is amended by striking 
``December 31, 2003'' and inserting ``December 31, 2005''.]
    [Sec. 640. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for employees 
under the statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year 2004 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an 
increase of 4.1 percent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian 
employees in the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland 
Security and such adjustments shall be effective as of the first day of 
the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2004.
    (b) Notwithstanding section 613 of this Act, the adjustment in rates 
of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in fiscal 
year 2004 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be no less than the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees in 
the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant to the 
statutory pay systems under section 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code. Prevailing rate employees at locations where there are no 
employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of 
title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of 
title 5 shall be considered to be located in the pay locality designated 
as ``Rest of US'' pursuant to section 5304 of title 5 for purposes of 
this paragraph.
    (c) 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 2004.]
    [Sec. 641. Section 304(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended as follows:
        (1) in clauses (a)(2)(A)(i) and (a)(4)(A)(ii) by striking the 
    parenthetical ``(or posted by registered or certified mail no later 
    than the 15th day before)'' and inserting in its place, ``(or posted 
    by any of the following: registered mail, certified mail, priority 
    mail having a delivery confirmation, or express mail having a 
    delivery confirmation, or delivered to an overnight delivery service 
    with an on-line tracking system, if posted or delivered no later 
    than the 15th day before)''; and
        (2) by striking paragraph (a)(5) and inserting the following:
        ``(5) If a designation, report, or statement filed pursuant to 
    this Act (other than under paragraph (2)(A)(i) or (4)(A)(ii) or 
    subsection (g)(1)) is sent by registered mail, certified mail, 
    priority mail having a delivery confirmation, or express mail having 
    a delivery confirmation, the United States postmark shall be 
    considered the date of filing the designation, report or statement. 
    If a designation, report or statement filed pursuant to this Act 
    (other than under paragraph (2)(A)(i) or (4)(A)(ii), or subsection 
    (g)(1)) is sent by an overnight delivery service with an on-line 
    tracking system, the date on the proof of delivery to the delivery 
    service shall be considered the date of filing of the designation, 
    report, or statement.''.]
    [Sec. 642. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated for official travel by Federal departments and agencies may 
be used by such departments and agencies, if consistent with Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A-126 regarding official travel for 
Government personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program.]
    Sec. [643] 632. 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] notification of 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. 644. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
implement or enforce regulations for locality pay areas in fiscal year 
2004 that are inconsistent with the recommendations of the Federal 
Salary Council adopted on October 7, 2003.]
    [Sec. 645. (a) Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act, the head of each Federal agency shall submit a report to Congress 
on the amount of the acquisitions made by the agency from entities that 
manufacture the articles, materials, or supplies outside of the United 
States in that fiscal year.
    (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall separately 
indicate--
        (1) the dollar value of any articles, materials, or supplies 
    purchased that were manufactured outside of the United States;
        (2) an itemized list of all waivers granted with respect to such 
    articles, materials, or supplies under the Buy American Act (41 
    U.S.C. 10a et seq.); and

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        (3) a summary of the total procurement funds spent on goods 
    manufactured in the United States versus funds spent on goods 
    manufactured outside of the United States.
    (c) The head of each Federal agency submitting a report under 
subsection (a) shall make the report publicly available to the maximum 
extent practicable.]
    [Sec. 646. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce restrictions or 
limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to 
implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel Management 
to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 
68, number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of 
executive branch employees to the legislative branch): Provided, That if 
such proposed regulations are final regulations on the date of enactment 
of this Act, none of the funds appropriated or made available under this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce such final 
regulations.]
    Sec. [647] 633. [(a) Limitation on Conversion to Contractor 
Performance.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to convert to contractor performance an activity or function 
of an executive agency, that on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act, is performed by more than ten federal employees unless--
        (1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-private 
    competition plan that includes a most efficient and cost effective 
    organization plan developed by such activity or function; and
        (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official considers, as part of the 
    cost or price evaluation, whether over all performance periods 
    stated in the solicitation of offers for performance of the activity 
    or function, the cost of performance of the activity or function by 
    a contractor would be less costly to the executive agency by an 
    amount that equals or exceeds the lesser of--
                (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization's 
            personnel-related costs for performance of that activity or 
            function by Federal employees; or
                (B) $10,000,000.
    (b) Not later than 120 days following the enactment of this Act and 
not later than December 31 of each year thereafter, the head of each 
executive agency shall submit to Congress a report on the competitive 
sourcing activities on the list required under the Federal Activities 
Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-270; 31 U.S.C. 501 note) 
that were performed for such executive agency during the previous fiscal 
year by Federal Government sources. The report shall include--
        (1) the total number of competitions completed;
        (2) the total number of competitions announced, together with a 
    list of the activities covered by such competitions;
        (3) the total number (expressed as a full-time employee 
    equivalent number) of the Federal employees studied under completed 
    competitions;
        (4) the total number (expressed as a full-time employee 
    equivalent number) of the Federal employees that are being studied 
    under competitions announced but not completed;
        (5) the incremental cost directly attributable to conducting the 
    competitions identified under paragraphs (1) and (2), including 
    costs attributable to paying outside consultants and contractors;
        (6) an estimate of the total anticipated savings, or a 
    quantifiable description of improvements in service or performance, 
    derived from completed competitions;
        (7) actual savings, or a quantifiable description of 
    improvements in service or performance, derived from the 
    implementation of competitions completed after May 29, 2003;
        (8) the total projected number (expressed as a full-time 
    employee equivalent number) of the Federal employees that are to be 
    covered by competitions scheduled to be announced in the fiscal year 
    covered by the next report required under this section; and
        (9) a general description of how the competitive sourcing 
    decisionmaking processes of the executive agency are aligned with 
    the strategic workforce plan of that executive agency.
    (c)] (a) The head of an executive agency may not be required, under 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any other policy, 
directive, or regulation, to automatically limit to 5 years or less the 
performance period in a letter of obligation, or other agreement, issued 
to executive agency employees, if such a letter or other agreement was 
issued as the result of a public-private competition conducted in 
accordance with the circular.
    [(d)] (b) Hereafter, the head of an executive agency may expend 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available for any purpose to the 
executive agency under this or any other Act to monitor (in the 
administration of responsibilities under Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A-76 or any related policy, directive, or regulation) the 
performance of an activity or function of the executive agency that has 
previously been subjected to a public-private competition under such 
circular.
    [(e) An activity or function of an executive agency that is 
converted to contractor performance under Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A-76 may not be performed by the contractor at a 
location outside the United States except to the extent that such 
activity or function was previously performed by Federal Government 
employees outside the United States.]
    [(f)] (c) In this section, the term ``executive agency'' has the 
meaning given such term in section 4 of the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403).
    [Sec. 648. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United States 
Code, and section 610 of this Act, the head of each executive department 
and agency shall transfer to or reimburse the Federal Aviation 
Administration, with the approval of the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, funds made available by this or any other Act for 
the purposes described below, and shall submit budget requests for such 
purposes. These funds shall be administered by the Federal Aviation 
Administration as approved by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency groups 
designated by the Director to ensure the operation of the Midway Atoll 
Airfield by the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to an 
operational agreement with the Department of the Interior. The total 
funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $6,000,000 and shall 
not be available for activities other than the operation of the 
airfield. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of such transfers or 
reimbursements within 15 days of this Act. Such transfers or 
reimbursements shall begin within 30 days of enactment of this Act.]
    Sec. 634. From funds made available in this or any other Act under 
the headings, ``The White House,'' ``Office of Management and Budget,'' 
``Office of National Drug Control Policy,'' ``Special Assistance to the 
President and the Official Residence of the Vice President,'' ``Council 
on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality,'' ``Office 
of Science and Technology Policy,'' and ``Office of the United States 
Trade Representative,'' the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget (or such other officer as the President may designate in 
writing), may, fifteen days after giving notice to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, transfer 
not to exceed ten percent of any such appropriation to any other such 
appropriation, to be merged with and available for the same time and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, 
That the amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by more than 
fifty percent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount shall 
be transferred from an appropriation under the heading, ``Special 
Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the Vice 
President,'' without the approval of the Vice President.
    Sec. 635. Upon enactment of this Act, section 754 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675c) is repealed, provided that duties assessed and 
liquidated on or before September 30, 2003 pursuant to such section 
shall be distributed as provided in that section. The Commissioner of 
the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection shall deposit into the 
miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury all antidumping or countervailing 
duties (including interest earned on such duties) that are liquidated on 
or after October 1, 2003 under the antidumpting orders or findings of 
the countervailing duty orders.
    Sec. 636. Section 3716 of title 31, U.S.C., is amended by amending 
subsection (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including 42 
U.S.C. 407 and 1383(d)(1), 30 U.S.C. 923(b), and 45 U.S.C. 231(m), 
regulation, or administrative limitation, no limitation shall terminate 
the period within which an offset may be initiated or taken pursuant to 
this sectijon.
    ``(2) This section does not apply when a statute explicitly 
prohibits using administrative offset or setoff to collect the claim or 
type of claim involved.''.
    Sec. 637. Section 653(j) of title 42, U.S.C., is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(7) Information Comparisons and Disclosure to Assist in 
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            ``(A) Furnishing of information by the Secretary of the 
        Treasury.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall furnish to the 
        Secretary, on such periodic basis as determined by the Secretary 
        of the Treasury in consultation with the Secretary, information 
        in the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury for comparison 
        with information in the National Directory of New Hires, in 
        order to obtain information in such Directory with respect to 
        persons--
                ``(i) who owe delinquent nontax debt to the United 
            States; and
                (ii) whose debt has been referred to the Secretary of 
            the Treasury in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3711(g).
            ``(B) Requirement to seek minimum information.--The 
        Secretary of the Treasury shall seek information pursuant to 
        this section only to the extent necessary to improve collection 
        of the debt described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(C) Duties of the Secretary.--
                ``(i) Information disclosure.--The Secretary, in 
            cooperation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 
            compare information in the National Directory of New Hires 
            with information provided by the Secretary of the Treasury 
            with respect to persons described in subparagraph (A) and 
            shall disclose information in such Directory regarding such 
            persons to the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with 
            this paragraph, for the purposes specified in this 
            paragraph. Such comparison of information shall not be 
            considered a matching program as defined in 5 U.S.C. 552a.
                ``(ii) Condition on disclosure.--The Secretary shall 
            make disclosures in accordance with clause (i) only to the 
            extent that the Secretary determines that such disclosures 
            do not interfere with the effective operation of the program 
            under this part. Support collection under section 466(b) of 
            this title shall be given priority over collection of any 
            delinquent federal nontax debt against the same income.
            ``(D) Use of information by the Secretary of the Treasury.--
        The Secretary of the Treasury may use information provided under 
        this paragraph only for purposes of collecting the debt 
        described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(E) Disclosure of information by the Secretary of the 
        Treasury.--
                ``(i) Purpose of disclosure.--The Secretary of the 
            Treasury may make a disclosure under this subparagraph only 
            for purposes of collecting the debt described in 
            subparagraph (A).
                ``(ii) Disclosures permitted.--Subject to clauses (iii) 
            and (iv), the Secretary of the Treasury may disclose 
            information resulting from a data match pursuant to this 
            paragraph only to the Attorney General in connection with 
            collecting the debt described in subparagraph (A).
                ``(iii) Conditions on disclosure.--Disclosures under 
            this subparagraph shall be--
            ``(I) made in accordance with data security and control 
        policies established by the Secretary of the Treasury and 
        approved by the Secretary;
            ``(II) subject to audit in a manner satisfactory to the 
        Secretary; and
            ``(III) subject to the sanctions under subsection (l)(2).
                ``(iv) Additional disclosures.--
            ``(I) Determination by secretaries.--The Secretary of the 
        Treasury and the Secretary shall determine whether to permit 
        disclosure of information under this paragraph to persons or 
        entities described in subclause (II), based on an evaluation 
        made by the Secretary of the Treasury (in consultation with and 
        approved by the Secretary), of the costs and benefits of such 
        disclosures and the adequacy of measures used to safeguard the 
        security and confidentiality of information so disclosed.
            ``(II) Permitted persons or entities.--If the Secretary of 
        the Treasury and the Secretary determine pursuant to subclause 
        (I) that disclosures to additional persons or entities shall be 
        permitted, information under this paragraph may be disclosed by 
        the Secretary of the Treasury, in connection with collecting the 
        debt described in subparagraph (A), to a contractor or agent of 
        either Secretary and to the Federal agency that referred such 
        debt to the Secretary of the Treasury for collection, subject to 
        the conditions in clause (iii) and such additional conditions as 
        agreed to by the Secretaries.
                ``(v) Restrictions on redisclosure.--A person or entity 
            to which information is disclosed under this subparagraph 
            may use or disclose such information only as needed for 
            collecting the debt described in subparagraph (A), subject 
            to the conditions in clause (iii) and such additional 
            conditions as agreed to by the Secretaries.
            ``(F) Reimbursement of hhs costs.--The Secretary of the 
        Treasury shall reimburse the Secretary, in accordance with 
        subsection (k)(3), for the costs incurred by the Secretary in 
        furnishing the information requested under this paragraph. Any 
        such costs paid by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be 
        considered costs of implementing 31 U.S.C. 3711(g) in accordance 
        with 31 U.S.C. 3711(g)(6) and may be paid from the account 
        established pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3711(g)(7).''.
    Sec. 638. (a) In General.--Section 6402 of title 26, U.S.C., is 
amended by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) as subsections (g) 
through (l), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (e) the 
following new subsection:
    ``(f) Collection of past-due, legally enforceable State unemployment 
compensation debts.
        ``(1) In general.--Upon receiving notice from any State that a 
    person owes a past-due, legally enforceable State unemployment 
    compensation debt to such State, the Secretary shall, under such 
    conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary--
            ``(A) reduce the amount of any overpayment payable to such 
        person by the amount of such unemployment compensation debt;
            ``(B) pay the amount by which such overpayment is reduced 
        under subparagraph (A) to such State and notify such State of 
        such person's name, taxpayer identification number, address, and 
        the amount collected; and
            ``(C) notify the person making such overpayment that the 
        overpayment has been reduced by an amount necessary to satisfy a 
        past-due, legally enforceable State unemployment compensation 
        debt. If an offset is made pursuant to a joint return, the 
        notice under subparagraph (B) shall include the names, taxpayer 
        identification numbers, and addresses of each person filing such 
        return.
        ``(2) Priorities for offset.--Any overpayment by a person shall 
    be reduced pursuant to this subsection--
            ``(A) after such overpayment is reduced pursuant to--
                ``(i) subsection (a) with respect to any liability for 
            any internal revenue tax on the part of the person who made 
            the overpayment;
                ``(ii) subsection (c) with respect to past-due support;
                ``(iii) subsection (d) with respect to any past-due, 
            legally enforceable debt owed to a Federal agency; and
            ``(B) before such overpayment is credited to the future 
        liability for any Federal internal revenue tax of such person 
        pursuant to subsection (b). If the Secretary receives notice 
        from a State or States of more than one debt subject to 
        paragraph (1) Pand/or subsection (e) that is owed by a person to 
        such State or States, any overpayment by such person shall be 
        applied against such debts in the order in which such debts 
        accrued.
    ``(3) Notice; consideration of evidence.--No State may take action 
under this subsection until such State--
            ``(A) notifies the person owing the past-due legally 
        enforceable State unemployment compensation debt that the State 
        proposes to take action pursuant to this section;
            ``(B) gives such person at least 60 days to present evidence 
        that all or part of such liability is not past-due or not 
        legally enforceable;
            ``(C) considers any evidence presented by such person and 
        determines that an amount of such debt is past-due and legally 
        enforceable; and
            ``(D) satisfies such other conditions as the Secretary may 
        prescribe to ensure that the determination made under 
        subparagraph (C) is valid and that the State has made reasonable 
        efforts to obtain payment of such unemployment compensation 
        debt.
        ``(4) Past-due, legally enforceable State unemployment 
    compensation debt.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 
    ``past-due, legally enforceable State unemployment compensation 
    debt'' means overpayments of unemployment compensation assessed 
    under the law of a State certified by the Secretary of Labor 
    pursuant to section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code, which have 
    become final under State law and remain uncollected.
        ``(5) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue regulations 
    prescribing the time and manner in which States must submit notices 
    of past-due, legally enforceable State unemployment compensation 
    debt and the necessary information that must be contained in or 
    accompany such notices. The regulations shall specify the minimum 
    amount of debt to which the reduction procedure established by

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    paragraph (1) may be applied. The regulations may require States to 
    pay a fee to the Secretary, which may be deducted from amounts 
    collected, to reimburse the Secretary for the cost of applying such 
    procedure. Any fee paid to the Secretary pursuant to the preceding 
    sentence shall be used to reimburse appropriations which bore all or 
    part of the cost of applying such procedure. The regulations may 
    include a requirement that States submit notices of past-due, 
    legally enforceable State unemployment compensation debt to the 
    Secretary via the Secretary of Labor in accordance with procedures 
    established by the Secretary of Labor. Such procedures may require 
    States to pay a fee to the Secretary of Labor to reimburse the 
    Secretary of Labor for the costs of applying this subsection. Any 
    such fee shall be established in consultation with the Secretary of 
    the Treasury. Any fee paid to the Secretary of Labor may be deducted 
    from amounts collected and shall be used to reimburse the 
    appropriation account which bore all or part of the cost of applying 
    this subsection.
        ``(6) Erroneous payment to State.--Any State receiving notice 
    from the Secretary that an erroneous payment has been made to such 
    State under paragraph (1) shall pay promptly to the Secretary, in 
    accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, an 
    amount equal to the amount of such erroneous payment (without regard 
    to whether any other amounts payable to such State under such 
    paragraph have been paid to such State).''.
    (b) Disclosure of certain information to States requesting refund 
offsets for past-due legally enforceable State unemployment compensation 
debt.
        (1) Paragraph (10) of section 6103(l) is amended by striking 
    ``(c), (d), or (e)'' each place it appears and inserting ``(c), (d), 
    (e) or (f).''
        (2) Paragraph (10)(A) of section 6103(l) is amended by inserting 
    ``and to officers and employees of the Department of Labor in 
    connection with a reduction under subsection (f) of section 6402'' 
    after the words ``section 6402''.
        (3) The heading of paragraph (10) is amended by striking 
    ``subsection (c), (d), or (e) of section 6402 and inserting 
    ``subsection (c), (d), (e) or (f) of section 6402.''.
    (c) Conforming amendments.--
        (1) Subsection (a) of section 6402 is amended by striking ``(c), 
    (d), and (e),'' and inserting ``(c), (d), (e) and (f)''.
        (2) Paragraph (2) of section 6402(d) is amended by striking 
    ``and before such overpayment is reduced pursuant to subsection 
    (e)'' and inserting ``and before such overpayment is reduced 
    pursuant to subsections (e) and (f)''.
        (3) Subsection (g) of section 6402, as redesignated by 
    subsection (a), is amended by striking ``(c), (d) or (e)'' and 
    inserting ``(c), (d), (e) or (f)''.
        (4) Subsection (i) of section 6402, as redesignated by 
    subsection (a), is amended by striking ``subsection (c) or (e)'' and 
    inserting ``subsection (c), (e) or (f)''.
    (d) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
effective as to refunds payable under section 6402 of the Internal 
Revenue Code on or after the date of enactment. (Division F, H.R. 2673 
Consolidated Appropriations Bill, FY 2004.)
    [Sec. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition 
to amounts otherwise provided in this or any other Act for fiscal year 
2004, $55,000,000 is appropriated, to be available until expended, to be 
distributed as follows: for Department of Energy, Energy Programs, 
``Energy Supply'', $12,400,000 for expenses related to the purchase, 
construction, operation of facilities, and acquisition of plant and 
capital equipment for facilities that produce fuels from agricultural 
and animal wastes, to the Society for Energy and Environmental Research, 
a not-for-profit energy research and development institution, to 
administer the program; for Department of Transportation, Federal 
Aviation Administration, ``Grants-in-aid for airports'', $2,000,000 for 
the extension of a runway at Fort Worth Alliance Airport, Fort Worth, 
Texas; for Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 
$1,000,000, for Rock County Road, Janesville, Wisconsin; for Department 
of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, $2,500,000, for 
improvements to I-75 in Lee County, Florida; for Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Departmental Administration, ``Construction; major projects'', 
$500,000 for the preliminary planning of a new ambulatory clinic at the 
Defense Supply Center, Columbus in Columbus, Ohio; for ``Small Business 
Administration, Salaries and Expenses'', $500,000, to be available for a 
grant to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to establish a paper 
science technology transfer center; for ``Funds Appropriated to the 
President, Bilateral Economic Assistance, Independent States of the 
Former Soviet Union'', $1,000,000, for the National Program of Action 
for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment; for ``Army Corps of 
Engineers, Construction, General'', $1,000,000 for the Stockton 
Metropolitan Flood Control Reimbursement, California, project; for 
``Army Corps of Engineers, Construction, General'', $1,000,000 for the 
San Timoteo Creek element of the Santa Ana River Mainstem, California, 
project; for ``Army Corps of Engineers, Construction, General'', 
$2,000,000; for the Florida Keys Water Quality Improvements, Florida, 
project; for ``Army Corps of Engineers, Construction, General'', 
$1,500,000, for the Southern West Virginia Environmental Infrastructure, 
West Virginia, project; for ``Department of Energy, Science'', 
$2,000,000 for the Western Michigan University Nanotechnology Research 
and Computation Center; for Department of Energy, Energy Programs, 
``Energy Supply'', $2,500,000 for the Enterprise Center in Chattanooga, 
Tennessee, for the Chattanooga Fuel Cell Demonstration Project; for 
``Environmental Protection Agency, State and tribal assistance grants'', 
for grants to address drinking water and waste water infrastructure, 
$2,000,000 for the Wyoming Valley Sanitation Authority, Pennsylvania for 
combined sewer overflow infrastructure improvements; for ``Environmental 
Protection Agency, State and tribal assistance grants'', for grants to 
address drinking water and waste water infrastructure, $1,000,000 to the 
Saratoga Water Committee in Saratoga County, New York for construction 
of a drinking water transport pipeline; for ``Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Disease Control, Research, and Training'', 
$1,000,000, for a grant to the Center for Emerging Biological Threats at 
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; for ``Department of Education, 
Higher Education'', $500,000, for a grant to Santa Clara University in 
Santa Clara, California for technology infrastructure upgrades, campus-
wide network infrastructure enhancements and equipment; for ``Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Fund'', 
$600,000, for a grant to Shelter from the Storm, Incorporated in Palm 
Desert, California for facilities renovations and improvements; for 
Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, $500,000, 
for the Labor Institute for Training, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana; 
Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, $250,000, 
for the Institute for Labor Studies and Research, Cranston, RI, for 
Learning on the Roll; For Department of Health and Human Services, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, $200,000, for St. Luke's 
Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, facilities and equipment; For 
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, $200,000, for the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer 
Center, Houston, TX, for a comprehensive cancer control program to 
address the needs of minority and medically underserved populations; For 
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, $300,000, for the Long Island Cancer Center, State 
University of New York at Stony Brook, for facilities and equipment; For 
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, $500,000 for the Iowa Health Foundation in Des Moines, 
Iowa for a demonstration project to improve dental care in underserved 
rural areas; For Department of Health and Human Services, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, $500,000, for the Cumberland 
Medical Center in Crossville, Tennessee for facilities and equipment; 
For Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, $250,000 for the New Haven Public Schools in New Haven, 
Connecticut for the PE4LIFE program to promote and improve physical 
education, in cooperation with Yale University; For Department of Health 
and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
$250,000, for Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut for health-
related academic facilities and equipment; For Department of Health and 
Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, $365,000, 
for the University of Michigan Health Systems in Ann Arbor, Michigan for 
facilities and equipment; For Department of Health and Human Services, 
Administration on Aging, $500,000, for the Jewish Family & Children's 
Center of Greater Boston for Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities 
project; For Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, $100,000, for the Marion County Health 
Department in Salem, Oregon for a project to improve collection, 
analysis and dissemination of data on infectious diseases; For 
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, $400,000, for the Tillamook Lightwave in Tillamook, 
Oregon for a fiber optic link between Tillamook County Hospital and the 
Oregon Health Sciences University; For Department of Health and Human 
Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $300,000, for the 
Access Community Health Network in Chicago, Illinois for programs 
related to prevention and control of chronic

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diseases; For Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources 
and Services Administration, $200,000, for the Northwestern Memorial 
Hospital in Chicago, Illinois for facilities and equipment; For 
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, $200,000, for the Illinois Primary Health Care 
Association, for implementation of the Shared Integrated Management 
Information System; For Department of Health and Human Services, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, $250,000, for Family Resources 
Community Action in Woonsocket, Rhode Island for outreach and supportive 
services for persons with HIV/AIDS; For Department of Health and Human 
Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, $250,000, for 
St. Joseph Hospital/PeaceHealth in Bellingham, WA, on behalf of the 
Whatcom Community Health Improvement Consortium, to implement a model 
for improving care for patients with chronic diseases and increasing 
access and efficiency of services; For Department of Health and Human 
Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, $150,000, for 
the Children's Rehabilitation Center in White Plains, New York, for 
facilities and equipment; For Department of Health and Human Services, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, $60,000, for the Telfair 
Regional Hospital in McRae, Georgia for facilities and equipment; For 
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, $65,000, for the Candler County Hospital in Metter, 
Georgia for facilities and equipment; For Department of Health and Human 
Services, Administration for Children and Families, $500,000 for The 
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, for the 
Heathwood Youth and Families Community Center; For Department of Health 
and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
$200,000, for the Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts for 
facilities and equipment; For Department of Health and Human Services, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, $500,000, for the 
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, for 
its rural health program in preventive medicine and behavioral sciences; 
For Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, $900,000, for the California Hospital Medical 
Center in Los Angeles, California for facilities and equipment; For 
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, $500,000, for the City of Abilene, Texas, Abilene-Taylor 
County Public Health District, for facilities and equipment; For 
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, $400,000, for the Houston County Hospital, Crockett, TX, 
for facilities and equipment; for Department of Education, $200,000, for 
the University of Hawaii, West Oahu campus, HI, to produce the ``Primal 
Quest'' film documentary; for Department of Education, $500,000, for the 
Union Parish School District, Farmerville, LA, to implement an online 
assessment and interactive instructional program; for Department of 
Education, $200,000, for the Middle Country School District, NY, to 
establish a math, science and technology lab at Oxhead Road Elementary 
School in Centereach, NY; for Department of Education, $500,000, for the 
Florida Campus Compact, Tallahassee, FL, to enhance service-learning on 
college campuses throughout Florida; for Department of Education, 
$340,000, for Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, to 
expand nursing education recruitment, diversity and training programs, 
in collaboration with Gateway Community College; for Department of 
Education, $60,000, for Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT, to 
enhance educational media and technology; for Department of Education, 
$100,000, for Project Georgetown, Georgetown, TX, for an after-school 
program; for Department of Education, $200,000, for Communities in 
Schools-Bell-Coryell Counties, Inc., Killeen, TX, for educational 
services for at-risk youth; for Department of Education, $200,000, for 
Communities in Schools-Central Texas, Inc., Austin, TX, for educational 
services for at-risk youth; for Department of Education, $325,000; for 
Harrisburg Polytechnic Institute, Harrisburg, PA, for a K-16 curriculum, 
equipment, internships and enrichment activities for high school 
students; for Department of Education, $175,000, for Lehigh Carbon 
Community College, Tamaqua, PA, for equipment and technology upgrades, 
and for curricula; for Department of Education, $200,000, for Chicago 
State University, Chicago IL, to establish a school of pharmacy, 
including equipment; for Department of Education, $500,000, for Marywood 
University, Scranton, PA, to establish a Center for Assistive 
Technology; for Department of Education, $400,000, for the Boys & Girls 
Club of Pawtucket, RI, for academic and literacy, character education, 
career preparation, and enrichment activities for youth; for Department 
of Education, $250,000, for Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA, 
to establish a center for training in border security; for Department of 
Education, $400,000, for Westchester Community College, NY, for 
personnel, equipment and other programmatic expenses for The New Center; 
for Department of Education, $50,000, for the Marymount Institute for 
the Education of Women and Girls of Marymount College of Fordham 
University, Tarrytown, NY, for a mentoring project to enhance the 
academic and social development of Latina girls at Sleepy Hollow Middle 
School; for Department of Education, $500,000, for Northern Kentucky 
University, Highland Heights, KY, for the Urban Learning Center to 
expand access to postsecondary education; for Department of Education, 
$500,000, for Iron County School District, Cedar City, UT, for a student 
achievement management information system; for Department of Education, 
$200,000, for Western Maine Technical College, South Paris, ME, for 
education programs and marketing activities; for Department of 
Education, $275,000, for the YMCA of the Triangle Area, Raleigh, NC, for 
youth mentoring, character education and leadership activities; for 
Department of Education, $325,000, for Communities in Schools of 
Northeast Texas, Inc., Pflugerville, TX, for educational services for 
at-risk students; for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 
$300,000, for The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, for the ``Hudson 
River Access'' science education project; for the Institute of Museum 
and Library Services, $375,000, for the Tubman African American Museum, 
Macon, GA for exhibits, education programs and outreach activities; for 
the Institute of Museum and Library Services, $300,000, for the Maine 
Discovery Museum, Bangor, ME, for exhibits and education programs; for 
the Institute of Museum and Library Services, $225,000, for the North 
Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, to develop 
exhibits and education programs; for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, ``Community Development Fund'', Economic Development 
Initiative program, for carrying out targeted economic investments, 
$3,010,000, to be allocated in the amounts and under the terms and 
conditions specified on pages 33 through 60 of House Report 108-235 for 
projects numbered 35, 52, 60, 61, 174, 175, 177, 181, 195, 223, 250, 
265, 297, 333, 408, 409, 410, 421, 438, 439, 441, 496, 509, 574, and 
583; and for the Environmental Protection Agency, ``State and Tribal 
Assistance Grants'' to local communities for repair, replacement or 
upgrading of their drinking water, wastewater or storm water 
infrastructure or for water quality protection activities, $600,000, to 
be allocated under the terms and conditions specified on pages 111 
through 127 of House Report 108-235 for projects numbered 121 and 226.]
    [Sec. 168 (a) Rescissions.--From unobligated balances of amounts 
made available in Public Law 107-38, and in Public Law 107-117, and in 
appropriations Acts for the Department of Defense, $1,800,000,000 is 
hereby rescinded: Provided, That the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, after consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate and the Secretary of Defense, 
shall determine the amounts to be rescinded from each account that is to 
be so reduced: Provided further, That the rescissions shall take effect 
no later than September 30, 2004: Provided further, That the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate 30 days prior to rescinding such 
amounts: Provided further, That such notification shall include the 
accounts, programs, projects and activities from which the funds will be 
rescinded: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to any 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by the seventh proviso 
under the heading ``Emergency Response Fund'' in Public Law 107-38.
    (b) Across-the-Board Rescissions.--There is hereby rescinded an 
amount equal to 0.59 percent of--
        (1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limitation 
    imposed) for fiscal year 2004 for any discretionary account in 
    divisions A through H of this Act and in any other fiscal year 2004 
    appropriation Act (except any fiscal year 2004 supplemental 
    appropriation Act, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
    2004, or the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2004);
        (2) the budget authority provided in any advance appropriation 
    for fiscal year 2004 for any discretionary account in any prior 
    fiscal year appropriation Act; and
        (3) the contract authority provided in fiscal year 2004 for any 
    program subject to limitation contained in any division or 
    appropriation Act subject to paragraph (1).
    (c) Proportionate Application.--Any rescission made by subsection 
(b) shall be applied proportionately--

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        (1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget 
    authority described in such subsection; and
        (2) within each such account and item, to each program, project, 
    and activity (with programs, projects, and activities as delineated 
    in the appropriation Act or accompanying reports for the relevant 
    fiscal year covering such account or item, or for accounts and items 
    not included in appropriation Acts, as delineated in the most 
    recently submitted President's budget).
    (d) OMB Report.--Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this section the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report specifying the account and 
amount of each rescission made pursuant to subsection (b).] (Division H, 
H.R. 2673, Consolidated Appropriations Bill, FY 2004.)
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