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                     CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4539

  Mr. HOYER submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill, (H.R. 4539) making appropriations for the Treasury 
Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
President, and certain independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995, and for other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 103-741)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     4539) ``making appropriations for the Treasury Department, 
     the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
     President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes,'' 
     having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to 
     recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as 
     follows:
       That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 6, 8, 
     11, 15, 21, 26, 30, 35, 40, 49, 65, 69, 75, 76, 84, 85, 86, 
     88, 93, and 95.
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendments of the Senate numbered 5, 7, 9, 12, 18, 19, 20, 
     27, 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 41, 46, 47, 48, 56, 57, 59, 62, 
     64, 67, 74, 83, 89, 90, 91, and 92.
       And agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 1:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: not to exceed $2,900,000 for official 
     travel expenses; not to exceed $3,101,000 to remain available 
     until September 30, 1997, shall be available for information 
     technology modernization requirements; of which not less than 
     $6,443,000 and 85 full-time equivalent positions shall be 
     available for enforcement activities; not to exceed $150,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; ; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 2:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: $104,497,000: Provided, That of the 
     offsetting collections credited to this account, $79,000 are 
     permanently canceled; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 3:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $29,700,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 4:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed in said amendment, insert: 
     $19,823,000: Provided, That of the offsetting collections 
     credited to this account, $1,000 are permanently canceled; 
     and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 10:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 10, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $183,889,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 13:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 13, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: : Provided further, That of the offsetting 
     collections credited to this account, $4,000 are permanently 
     canceled: Provided further, That funds made available shall 
     be used to achieve a minimum staffing level of 4,215 full-
     time equivalent positions during fiscal year 1995; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 14:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 14, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $1,394,793,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 16:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 16, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: : 
     Provided further, That Customs shall achieve a minimum full-
     time equivalent staffing level of 17,524 during fiscal year 
     1995: Provided further, That $500,000 shall remain available 
     until expended for the construction of a replacement fence 
     within the city limits of Nogales, Arizona under the 
     authority of section 69, title 19, United State Code; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 17:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 17, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $89,041,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 22:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 22, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: $1,511,266,000, of which $3,700,000; and 
     the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 23:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 23, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $4,385,459,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 24:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 24, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     for research: Provided further, That the $405,000,000 made 
     available for the fiscal year 1995 tax compliance initiative 
     shall not be expended for any other purposes: Provided 
     further, That no funds shall be transferred from this account 
     during fiscal year 1995; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 25:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 25, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: $1,388,000,000 of which no less than 
     $650,000,000 shall be available for tax system modernization, 
     of which up to $185,000,000 for tax and information systems 
     development projects; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 28:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 28, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert: : 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, the Internal Revenue Service is authorized to transfer 
     such sums as may be necessary between appropriations with 
     advance approval of the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees; Provided further, That no funds shall be 
     transferred from the ``Tax Law Enforcement'' account during 
     fiscal year 1995.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 29:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 29, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert:
       Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury may establish new 
     fees or raise existing fees for services provided by the 
     Internal Revenue Service to increase receipts, where such 
     fees are authorized by another law. The Secretary of the 
     Treasury may spend the new or increased fee receipts to 
     supplement appropriations made available to the Internal 
     Revenue Service appropriations accounts in fiscal years 1995 
     and thereafter: Provided, That the Secretary shall base such 
     fees on the costs of providing specified services to persons 
     paying such fees: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     provided quarterly reports to the Congress on the collection 
     of such fees and how they are being expended by the Service; 
     Provided further, That the total expenditures from such fees 
     shall not exceed $119,000,000.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 34:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 34, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 113. (a) The Director of the United States Secret 
     Service shall direct and apply appropriate agency personnel 
     and resources for the purpose of conducting a security survey 
     of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
       (b) Such security survey shall include a review of all 
     general security provisions, including:
       (1) The security and safeguarding of currency;
       (2) Personnel screening and employee background check 
     procedures;
       (3) Access control and identification procedures;
       (4) The security and safeguarding of currency materials, 
     supplies and related items; and
       (5) Other security areas of concern as deemed relevant and 
     appropriate by the agency.
       (c) The Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Federal 
     agencies which participated in any investigations or arrest 
     of person(s) for theft of currency from the Bureau of 
     Engraving and Printing and directed to
       (1) provide any assistance and cooperation to the United 
     States Secret Service for the purposes of the security 
     survey;
       (2) provide Secret Service personnel, in accordance with 
     all laws, with access to person(s) arrested in connection 
     with theft or removal of currency from the Bureau of 
     Engraving and Printing; and
       (3) provide access to all relevant investigative reports 
     and materials: Provided, That access to such persons is 
     approved by the appropriate United States Attorney.
       (d) The Director of the United States Secret Service shall 
     provide a preliminary report to the Congress no later than 90 
     days from the date of enactment of this Act, and a final 
     report containing specific findings and recommendations to 
     the Congress within 180 days of enactment of this Act.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 36:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 36, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $92,317,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 42:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 42, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $57,754,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 43:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 43, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $52,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 44:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 44, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     Provided, That an additional $9,000,0000 shall be made 
     available for drug control activities in Puerto Rico and the 
     U.S. Virgin Islands only if the Director of the Office of 
     National Drug Control Policy designates such areas as a High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Area: Provided further, That the 
     funds made available under this head shall be obligated 
     within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 45:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 45, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: $41,900,000, which shall be derived from 
     deposits in the Special Forfeiture Fund; of which $1,800,000 
     shall be transferred to the Drug Enforcement Administration 
     for the El Paso Intelligence Center; of which $15,000,0000 
     shall be available to the Director of the Office of National 
     Drug Control Policy for enhancing anti-drug control 
     activities, upon the advance approval of the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations; of which $3,100,000 shall be 
     available to the Director of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy for ballistics technologies, upon the advance 
     approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations; of which $14,000,0000 shall be transferred to 
     the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
     Administration, and of which $10,000,000 shall be available 
     to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the 
     residential women and children's program, and of which 
     $4,000,000 shall be available to the Center for Substance 
     Abuse Treatment for community drug treatment programs; of 
     which $8,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 50:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 50, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $310,197,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 51:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 51, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $4,932,322,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 52:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 52, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $601,702,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 53:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 53, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:
       Alabama:
       Montgomery, U.S. Courthouse Annex, $40,547,000
       Arizona:
       Bullhead City, A grant to the Federal Aviation 
     Administration for a runway protection zone, $2,200,000
       Tucson, a grant to the Arizona Historical Documents 
     Education Foundation, $2,000,000
       Tucson, U.S. Courthouse, $81,708,000
       Florida:
       Jacksonville, U.S. Courthouse, $4,600,000
       Georgia:
       Albany, U.S. Courthouse, $5,640,000
       Savannah, U.S. Courthouse Annex, $3,000,000
       Hawaii:
       Consolidation, University of Hawaii-Hilo, $12,000,000
       Kentucky:
       Covington, U.S. Courthouse, $2,914,000
       London, U.S. Courthouse, $1,523,000
       Louisiana:
       Lafayette, U.S. Courthouse, $5,042,000
       Maryland:
       Beltsville, Secret Service Building, $2,400,000
       Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, Food and Drug 
     Administration consolidation, $45,000,000
       Beltsville, a transfer to the Rowley Secret Service 
     Training Center, $5,000,000
       Missouri;
       Kansas City, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 
     $84,895,000
       St. Louis, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 
     $171,863,000
       New Mexico:
       Albuquerque, U.S. Courthouse, $44,342,000
       New York:
       Long Island, U.S. Courthouse, $23,200,000
       Nevada:
       Las Vegas, U.S. Courthouse, $4,230,000
       Ohio:
       Cleveland, U.S. Courthouse, $28,246,000
       Steubenville, U.S. Courthouse, $2,820,000
       Tennessee:
       Greeneville, U.S. Courthouse, $2,936,000
       Texas:
       Brownsville, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 
     $5,980,000
       Corpus Christi, U.S. Courthouse, $6,446,000
       El Paso, Federal Office Building, Claim, $327,000
       Washington:
       Blaine, Border Station, $4,472,000
       Point Roberts, Border Station, $698,000
       West Virginia:
       Martinsburg, Internal Revenue Service Computer Center, 
     $7,547,000
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 54:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 54, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $720,564,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 55:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 55, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:
       California:
       Los Angeles, U.S. Courthouse, $22,420,000
       Menlo Park, U.S. Geological Survey Building #3, $6,868,000
       Sacramento, Federal Building, $14,914,000
       San Pedro, Custom House, $4,887,000
       Colorado:
       Denver, Federal Building and Custom House, $8,006,000
       District of Columbia:
       Ariel Rios, Facades, $3,551,000
       Customs/ICC/Connecting Wing Complex, (phase I), $8,696,000
       National Courts, $4,129,000
       Illinois:
       Chicago, Federal Center, $47,682,000
       Maryland:
       Baltimore, George H. Fallon Federal Building (phase 3), 
     $15,459,000
       Woodlawn, SSA East High-Low Buildings, $17,292,000
       New Jersey:
       Trenton, Clarkson S. Fisher Courthouse, $14,107,000
       New York:
       Holtsville, IRS Service Center, $19,183,000
       New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, $2,602,000
       New York, Silvio V. Mollo Federal Building, $953,000
       North Carolina:
       Asheville, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, $6,347,000
       Ohio:
       Cleveland, Anthony J. Celebreeze Federal Building, 
     $10,972,000
       Oklahoma:
       Oklahoma City, Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, 
     $5,290,000
       Pennsylvania:
       Harrisburg, Federal building and U.S. Courthouse, 
     $15,213,000
       Philadelphia, Byrne-Green Complex, $30,628,000
       Philadelphia, R.N.C. Nix, Sr., Federal Building and U.S. 
     Courthouse (phase 3), $13,257,000
       Rhode Island:
       Providence, Kennedy Plaza Federal Courthouse, $7,740,000
       Texas:
       Lubbock, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, $12,167,000
       Virginia:
       Richmond, U.S. Courthouse and Annex, $12,509,000
       Washington:
       Walla Walla, Corps of Engineers Building, $2,800,000
       Nationwide:
       Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $90,035,000
       Energy Program, $45,723,000
       Advance Design, $19,515,000
       Minor Repairs and Alterations, $257,619,000
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 58:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 58, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: of which $3,400,000 shall be available for 
     essential functional requirements for primary structural, 
     electrical, and security systems of the Bureau of Census, New 
     Computer Center; Provided further, That of the funds 
     available to the General Services Administration for the U.S. 
     Courthouse in Albany, Georgia; the Federal building 
     consolidation in Hilo, Hawaii; the U.S. Courthouse in 
     Covington, Kentucky; the U.S. Courthouse, London, Kentucky; 
     the Secret Service building, Beltsville, Maryland; the U.S. 
     Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico; the U.S. Courthouse, 
     Long Island, New York; the U.S. Courthouse, Las Vegas, 
     Nevada; the U.S. Courthouse, Jacksonville, Florida; the U.S. 
     Courthouse, Corpus Christi, Texas; the U.S. Courthouse, 
     Stuebenville, Ohio; the U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, 
     Tennessee; the Kennedy Plaza Federal Courthouse, Providence, 
     Rhode Island; the Corps of Engineers building, Walla Walla, 
     Washington; and the construction funds only for the U.S. 
     Courthouse, Tucson, Arizona; shall not be available for 
     expenses in connection with any construction, repair, 
     alteration, and acquisition project for which a prospectus, 
     if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, 
     has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be 
     expended for each project for required expenses in connection 
     with the development of a proposed prospectus; Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $5,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated for the Food and Drug Administration 
     consolidation may be used for necessary infrastructure 
     improvements: Provided further, That of the $6,000,000 made 
     available in Public Laws 102-93 and 103-123 for the 
     acquisition, lease, construction and equipping of flexiplace 
     work telecommuting centers, not to exceed $1,300,000 shall be 
     available for payment to a public entity in the State of 
     Maryland to provide facilities, equipment and other services 
     to the General Services Administration for purposes of 
     establishing telecommuting work centers in Southern Maryland 
     (Waldorf, Prince Frederick, and St. Mary's County) for use by 
     governmental agencies designated by the Administrator of 
     General Services; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 60:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 60, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $4,932,322,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 61:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 61, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 100-440, Public Law 101-136, Public Law 101-509, Public 
     Law 102-141, Public Law 102-393, and Public Law 103-123, 
     $84,120,000 are rescinded from the following projects in the 
     following amounts:
       California:
       Menlo Park, U.S. Geological Survey Office and Laboratory 
     Buildings, $783,000
       District of Columbia:
       United States Secret Service, Headquarters, $13,958,000
       White House Remote Delivery and Vehicle Maintenance 
     Facility, $4,918,000
       Federal Bureau of Investigation, Field Office, $4,419,000
       Federal Office Building No. 6, $8,583,000
       Florida:
       Ft. Myers, U.S. Courthouse, $654,000
       Hollywood, Federal Building, $1,000,000
       Lakeland, Federal Building, $4,400,000
       Indiana:
       Hammond, U.S. Courthouse, $2,500,000
       Iowa:
       Burlington, Parking Facility, $2,400,000
       Maryland:
       Bowie, Bureau of Census, Computer Center, $660,000
       New Carrollton, Internal Revenue Service, Headquarters, 
     $30,100,000
       New Hampshire:
       Concord, U.S. Courthouse, $867,000
       New Jersey:
       Newark, Federal Building, 20 Washington Plaza, $327,000
       New Mexico:
       Santa Teresa, Border Station, $4,044,000
       North Dakota:
       Fargo, U.S. Courthouse, $2,000,000
       Tennessee:
       Knoxville, U.S. Courthouse, $800,000
       Texas:
       Del Rio, Border Station, $1,707,000.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 63:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 63, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: $130,036,000; Provided, That of the 
     offsetting collections credited to this account, $172,000 are 
     permanently canceled: Provided further, That no less than 
     $825,000 shall be available for personnel and associated 
     costs in support of Congressional District and Senate State 
     offices without reimbursement from these offices; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 66:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 66, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $2,250,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 68:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 68, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: $195,238,000; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment No. 70:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 70, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission

       For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
     historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
     U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $9,000,000 to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be a grant to the 
     Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Library: Provided further, That 
     $2,000,000 shall be a grant to the Robert H. and Corinne W. 
     Michel Congressional Education Fund.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 71:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 71, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:

           John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the John F. Kennedy 
     Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, $2,150,000 to 
     remain available until expended.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 72:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 72, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: $115,139,000, of which not to exceed 
     $1,000,000 shall be made available for the establishment of 
     health promotion and disease prevention programs for Federal 
     employees, and in addition $93,934,000; and the Senate agree 
     to the same.
       Amendment No. 73:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 73, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $34,039,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 77:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 77, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:
       Sec. 527. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
     not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining 
     available at the end of fiscal year 1995 from appropriations 
     made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1995 
     in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
     1996 for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
     Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
     expenditure of such funds.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 78:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 78, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number named in said 
     amendment, insert: 528; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 79:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 79, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 529. Law Enforcement Exclusion From Workforce 
     Restructuring.
       (a) For the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1994, no 
     reductions pursuant to Section 5(b) of the Federal Workforce 
     Restructuring Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-226) may be made in 
     the number of full-time equivalent employees classified as 
     law enforcement and law enforcement support personnel in the 
     Department of Treasury.
       (b) During the period specified in subsection (a), no law, 
     regulation, Executive Order, guidance, or other directive 
     imposing a restriction on hiring by executive agencies for 
     the purpose of achieving workforce reductions shall apply to 
     employees classified as law enforcement and law enforcement 
     support personnel in the Department of the Treasury.
       (c) Section 5(f) Paragraph (3) of the Federal Workforce 
     Restructuring Act shall not apply with respect to any 
     instances of voluntary separation incentive payments made to 
     Treasury law enforcement personnel.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 80:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 80, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number named in said 
     amendment, insert: 530; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 81:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 81, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number named in said 
     amendment, insert: 531; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 82:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 82, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 532. Section 1 under the subheading ``General 
     Provision'' under the heading ``Office of Personnel 
     Management'' under title IV of the Treasury, Postal Service 
     and General Government Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 
     102-141; 105 Stat. 861; 5 U.S.C. 5941 note), is amended--
       (1) by striking ``1995'' both places it appears and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``1996''; and
       (2) by striking ``adjustments'' and the remainder of the 
     sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ``appropriate changes 
     in the method of fixing compensation for affected employees, 
     including any necessary legislative changes. Such study shall 
     include--
       ``(1) an examination of the pay practices of other 
     employers in the affected areas;
       ``(2) a consideration of alternative approaches to dealing 
     with the unusual and unique circumstances of the affected 
     areas, including modifications to the current methodology for 
     calculating allowances to take into account all cost of 
     living in the geographic areas of the affected employee; and
       ``(3) and evaluation of the likely impact of the different 
     approaches on the Government's ability to recruit and retain 
     a well-qualified workforce.

     For the purpose of conducting such study and preparing such 
     report, the Office may accept and utilize (without regard to 
     any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in 
     an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the Office 
     pursuant to court approval.''.
       Sec. 533. (a) Facilities or buildings located at Safford, 
     Graham County, Arizona and constructed with Federal funds 
     made available to the General Services Administration for the 
     United States Forest Service Administrative Offices and 
     Cultural Center, shall be designated in honor of ``Ora 
     Webster DeConcini''. Any reference to such facilities or 
     buildings in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or 
     other paper of the United States shall be a reference to the 
     ``Ora Webster DeConcini'' building(s) or facilities''.
       (b) The Federal Building and United States Courthouse to be 
     located in Tucson, Arizona is hereby designated as the ``Evo 
     A. DeConcini Federal Building and United States Courthouse''. 
     Any reference to such building in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, record, or other paper of the United States shall 
     be a reference to the ``Evo A. DeConcini Federal Building and 
     United States Courthouse''.
       Sec. 534. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Administrator of General Services is authorized to execute a 
     lease, of no less than twenty years, with the City of Tucson, 
     Arizona, or a subdivision thereof, for space to house the 
     United States Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and 
     other Federal tenants in an office complex to be developed by 
     the City of Tucson on a site or sites owned by the City of 
     Tucson and located near the intersection of Interstate 
     Highway 10 and Congress Street in the City of Tucson, County 
     of Pima, State of Arizona. The Administrator shall negotiate 
     an operating lease that he deems to be in the best interests 
     of the United States and necessary for the accommodation of 
     Federal agencies.
       Sec. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
     regulation: (1) the authority of the special police officers 
     of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in the Washington, 
     D.C. Metropolitan area, extends to buildings and land under 
     the custody and control of the Bureau; to buildings and land 
     acquired by or for the Bureau through lease, unless otherwise 
     provided by the acquisition agency; to the streets, sidewalks 
     and open areas immediately adjacent to the Bureau along 
     Wallenberg Place (15th Street) and 14th Street between 
     Independence and Main Avenues and C and D Streets between 
     12th and 14th Streets; to areas which include surrounding 
     parking facilities used by Bureau employees, including the 
     lots at 12th and C Streets, S.W., Main Avenue and Water 
     Streets, S.W., Maiden Lane, the Tidal Basin and East Potomac 
     Park; to the protection in transit of United States 
     securities, plates and dies used in the production of United 
     States securities, or other products or implements of the 
     Bureau of Engraving and Printing which the Director of that 
     agency so designates; (2) The exercise of police authority by 
     Bureau officers, with the exception of the exercise of 
     authority upon property under the custody and control of the 
     Bureau, shall be deemed supplementary to the Federal police 
     force with primary jurisdictional responsibility. This 
     authority shall be in addition to any other law enforcement 
     authority which has been provided to these officers under 
     other provisions of law or regulations.
       Sec. 536. Of the unobligated balance of funds made 
     available until expended to the United States Mint in Public 
     Law 103-123 and in prior appropriations acts, not to exceed 
     $2,066,000 shall also be available in the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1994 for all purposes for which funds are 
     appropriated under the heading ``United States Mint, Salaries 
     and expenses''.
       Sec. 537. Of the funds appropriated to the Office of Policy 
     Development in Title III of this Act, not to exceed $800,000 
     may be transferred to the ``Council on Environmental Quality 
     and Office of Environmental Quality.''
       Sec. 538. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the Internal Revenue Service is authorized to replace no more 
     than 850 vehicles for the criminal investigation division in 
     fiscal year 1995.
       Sec. 539. The activity referenced in section 5 of GSA's 
     General Provisions in Public Law 103-123 (107 Stat. 1246) 
     ``Major equipment acquisitions and development activity'' of 
     the Salaries and Expenses, General Management and 
     Administration appropriation account for transfer of prior 
     year unobligated balances of operating expenses and salaries 
     and expenses appropriation accounts may be separately 
     accounted for under the new Working Capital Fund enacted in 
     this Act.
       Sec. 540. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     review being conducted by the Secretary of the Treasury 
     regarding the September 12, 1994 air incursion into the White 
     House complex shall be exempt from the Federal Advisory 
     Committee Act, Public Law 92-463 (codified at Title 5, United 
     States Code, Appendix 2) as amended.
       Sec. 541. Section 1(a)(1) of Public Law 101-509 is 
     amended--
       (a) by deleting subsection (a)(1) and inserting in lieu 
     thereof the following:
       ``(a)(1) The Director of the Center for Legislative 
     Archives within the National Archives and Records 
     Administration shall be established without regard to chapter 
     51 title 5 and shall be paid at a rate determined without 
     regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
     Chapter 53 of title 5 governing General Schedule 
     classification and pay rates: Provided, That such pay shall 
     be no less than 120 percent of the rate of pay for GS-15, 
     step 1 of the General Schedule nor more than the rate of pay 
     in effect for level one of the Senior Executive Schedule.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 87:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 87, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:
       Sec. 630. (a)(1) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for 
     the statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year 
     1995 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, shall 
     be an increase of 2 percent.
       (2) For purposes of each provision of law amended by 
     section 704(a)(2) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 
     5318 note), no adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, 
     United States Code, shall be considered to have taken effect 
     in fiscal year 1995 in the rates of basic pay for the 
     statutory pay systems.
       (3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ``statutory 
     pay system'' shall have the meaning given such term by 
     section 5302(1) of title 5, United States Code.
       (b) For purposes of any locality-based comparability 
     payments taking effect in fiscal year 1995 under subchapter I 
     of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (whether by 
     adjustment or otherwise), section 5304(a) of such title shall 
     be deemed to be without force or effect.
       (c) Not withstanding section 5304(a)(3)(B) of title 5, 
     United States Code, the annualized cost of pay adjustments 
     made under section 5304 of such title in calendar year 1995 
     shall be equal to 0.6 percent of the estimated aggregate 
     fiscal year 1995 executive branch civilian payroll--
       (1) as determined by the pay agent (within the meaning of 
     section 5302 of such title); and
       (2) determined as if the rates of pay and comparability 
     payments payable on September 30, 1994, had remained in 
     effect.
       And the Senate agrees to the same.
       Amendment No. 94:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 94, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

     SEC. 633. LAW ENFORCEMENT AVAILABILITY PAY.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Law 
     Enforcement Availability Pay Act of 1994''.
       (b) Law Enforcement Availability Pay.--
       (1) In General.--Chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting after section 5545 the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 5545a. Availability pay for criminal investigators

       ``(a) For purposes of this section--
       ``(1) the term ``available'' refers to the availability of 
     a criminal investigator and means that an investigator shall 
     be considered generally and reasonably accessible by the 
     agency employing such investigator to perform unscheduled 
     duty based on the needs of an agency;
       ``(2) the term `criminal investigator' means a law 
     enforcement officer as defined under section 5541(3) (other 
     than an officer occupying a position under Title II of Public 
     Law 99-399) is required to--
       ``(A) possess a knowledge of investigative techniques, laws 
     of evidence, rules of criminal procedure, and precedent court 
     decisions concerning admissibility of evidence, 
     constitutional rights, search and seizure, and related 
     issues;
       ``(B) recognize, develop, and present evidence that 
     reconstructs events, sequences and time elements for 
     presentation in various legal hearings and court proceedings;
       ``(C) demonstrate skills in applying surveillance 
     techniques, undercover work, and advising and assisting the 
     United States Attorney in and out of court;
       ``(D) demonstrate the ability to apply the full range of 
     knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for cases which 
     are complex and unfold over a long period of time (as 
     distinguished from certain other occupations that require the 
     use of some investigative techniques in short-term situations 
     that may end in arrest or detention);
       ``(E) possess knowledge of criminal laws and Federal rules 
     of procedure which apply to cases involving crimes against 
     the United States, including--
       ``(i) Knowledge of the elements of a crime;
       ``(ii) evidence required to prove the crime;
       ``(iii) decisions involving arrest authority;
       ``(iv) methods of criminal operations; and
       ``(v) availability of detection devices; and
       ``(F) possess the ability to follow leads that indicate a 
     crime will be committed rather than initiate an investigation 
     after a crime is committed;
       ``(3) the term ``unscheduled duty'' means hours of duty a 
     criminal investigator works, or is determined to be available 
     for work, that are not--
       ``(A) part of the 40 hours in the basic work week of the 
     investigator; or
       ``(B) overtime hours paid under section 5542; and
       ``(4) the term `regular work day' means each day in the 
     investigator's basic work week during which the investigator 
     works at least 4 hours that are not overtime hours paid under 
     section 5542 or hours considered part of section 5545a.
       ``(b) The purpose of this section is to provide premium pay 
     to criminal investigators to ensure the availability of 
     criminal investigators for unscheduled duty in excess of a 40 
     hour work week based on the needs of the employing agency.
       ``(c) Each criminal investigator shall be paid availability 
     pay as provided under this section. Availability pay shall be 
     paid to ensure the availability of the investigator for 
     unscheduled duty. The investigator is generally responsible 
     for recognizing, without supervision, circumstances which 
     require the investigator to be on duty or be available for 
     unscheduled duty based on the needs of the agency. 
     Availability pay provided to a criminal investigator for such 
     unscheduled duty shall be paid instead of premium pay 
     provided by other provisions of this subchapter, except 
     premium pay for regulatory scheduled overtime work as 
     provided under section 5542, night duty, Sunday duty, and 
     holiday duty.
       ``(d)(1) A criminal investigator shall be paid availability 
     pay, if the average of hours described under paragraphs (2) 
     (A) and (B) is equal to or greater than 2 hours.
       ``(2) The hours referred to under paragraph (1) are--
       ``(A) the annual average of unscheduled duty hours worked 
     by the investigator in excess of each regular work day; and
       ``(B) the annual average of unscheduled duty hours such 
     investigator is available to work on each regular work day 
     upon request of the employing agency.
       ``(3) Unscheduled duty hours which are worked by an 
     investigator on days that are not regular work days shall be 
     considered in the calculation of the annual average of 
     unscheduled duty hours worked or available for purposes of 
     certification.
       ``(4) An investigator shall be considered to be available 
     when the investigator cannot reasonably and generally be 
     accessible due to a status or assignment which is the result 
     of an agency direction, order, or approval as provided under 
     subsection (f)(1).
       ``(e)(1) Each criminal investigator receiving availability 
     pay under this section and the appropriate supervisory 
     officer, to be designated by the head of the agency, shall 
     make an annual certification to the head of the agency that 
     the investigator has met, and is expected to meet, the 
     requirements of subsection (d). The head of a law enforcement 
     agency may prescribe regulations necessary to administer this 
     subsection.
       ``(2) Involuntary reduction in pay resulting from a denial 
     of certification under paragraph (1) shall be a reduction in 
     pay for purposes of section 7512(4) of this title.
       ``(f)(1) A criminal investigator who is eligible for 
     availability pay shall receive such pay during any period 
     such investigator is--
       ``(A) attending agency sanctioned training;
       ``(B) on agency approved sick leave or annual leave;
       ``(C) on agency ordered travel status; or
       ``(D) on excused absence with pay for relocation purposes.
       ``(2) Notwithstanding (a)(A), agencies or departments may 
     provide availability pay to investigators during training 
     which is considered initial, basic training usually provided 
     in the first year of service.
       ``(3) Agencies or departments may provide availability pay 
     to investigators when on excused absence with pay, except as 
     provided in paragraph (a)(D).
       ``(g) Section 5545(c) shall not apply to any criminal 
     investigator who is paid availability pay under this section.
       ``(h) Availability pay under this section shall be--
       ``(1) 25 percent of the rate of basic pay for the position; 
     and
       ``(2) treated as part of basic pay for purposes of--
       ``(A) sections 5595(c), 8114(e), 8331(3), 8431, and 
     8704(c); and
       ``(B) such other purposes as may be expressly provided for 
     by law or as the Office of Personnel Management may by 
     regulation prescribe.''.
       (2) Limitation on Premium Pay.--Section 5547(a) of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by 
     inserting ``5545a,'' after ``5545(a), (b), and (c),''.
       (3) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     sections for chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5545 
     the following new item:

``5545. Availability Pay for Criminal Investigators.''.

       (c) Computation of Overtime Rates.--Section 5542 of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     thereof the following new subsection:
       ``(d) In applying subsection (a) of this section with 
     respect to any criminal investigator who is paid availability 
     pay under section 5545a--
       ``(1) such investigator shall be compensated under such 
     subsection (a), at the rates there provided, for overtime 
     work which is scheduled in advance of the administrative 
     workweek--
       ``(A) in excess of 10 hours on a day during such 
     investigator's basic 40 hour workweek; or
       ``(B) on a day outside such investigator's basic 40 hour 
     workweek; and
       ``(2) such investigator shall be compensated for all other 
     overtime work under section 5545a''.
       ``(d) Exemptions From Certain Fair Labor Standards.--
     Section 13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
     213) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (15) by striking out the period and 
     inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and ``or''; and
       (B) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(16) a criminal investigator who is paid availability pay 
     under section 5545a of title 5, United States Code.''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (28) by striking out ``or'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (B) in paragraph (29) by striking out the period and 
     inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and ``or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
     paragraph:
       (30) a criminal investigator who is paid availability pay 
     under section 5545a of title 5, United States Code.''.
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the first day of the first applicable 
     pay period which begins on or after the later of October 1, 
     1994, or the 30th day following the date of enactment of this 
     Act, Except that--
       (1) criminal investigators, employed in Offices of 
     Inspectors General, who are not receiving administratively 
     uncontrollable overtime compensation or who are receiving 
     such premium pay at a rate less than 25 percent prior to the 
     date of enactment of this Act, may implement availability pay 
     at any time prior to September 30, 1995, after which date 
     availability pay as authorized under this section shall be 
     provided to such criminal investigators.
       (2) criminal investigators, employed by Offices of 
     Inspectors General, who are receiving administratively 
     uncontrollable overtime at a rate less than 25 percent, shall 
     continue to receive this compensation at the same rate or 
     higher until availability pay compensation is provided, which 
     shall be no later than the last period ending on or before 
     September 30, 1995.
       (f) Not later than the effective date of this section, each 
     criminal investigator under section 5545a of title 5, United 
     States Code, as added by this section, and the appropriate 
     supervisory officer, to be designated by the head of the 
     agency, shall make an initial certification to the head of 
     the agency that the criminal investigator is expected to meet 
     the requirements of subsection (d) of such section 5545a. The 
     head of a law enforcement agency may prescribe procedures 
     necessary to administer this paragraph.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 96:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 96, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number named in said 
     amendment, insert: 634; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 97:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 97, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number named in said 
     amendment, insert: 635; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 98:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 98, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 636. 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 designee(s), persons providing 
     assistance to the President for official purposes, or other 
     individuals so designated by the President.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 99:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 99, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number named in said 
     amendment, insert: 637; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 100:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 100, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the section number named in said amendment, 
     insert: 638; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 101:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 101, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 639. Section 3626, paragraph (j)(1), subparagraph (D), 
     of Title 39, United States Code is amended by--
       (a) deleting the final ``.'' from (II) and adding, ``; 
     and''';
       (b) an adding ``(III) clause (i) shall not apply to space 
     advertising in mail matter that otherwise qualifies for rates 
     under former section 4452(b) or 4452(c) of this title, and 
     satisfies the content requirements established by the Postal 
     Service for periodical publications: Provided, That such 
     changes in law shall take effect immediately and shall stay 
     in effect hereafter unless the Congress enacts legislation on 
     this matter prior to October 1, 1995.
       Sec. 640. In the administration of section 3702 of title 
     31, United States Code, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall apply a 6-year statute of limitations to any 
     claim of a Federal employee under the Fair Labor Standards 
     Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) for claims filed before 
     June 30, 1994.
       Sec. 641. The Bureau of the Public Debt is authorized to 
     pay in advance or reimburse any Treasury organization, an 
     amount not to exceed one year of salary and benefits for each 
     Public Debt employee hired by that organization described in 
     section 521(a) of this Act.
       Sec. 642. Chapter 63 of Title 5 of the United States Code 
     is amended by adding, following the word ``Forces'' in 
     section 6326, a new section, 6327 to read as follows:

       ``6327. Absence in connection with funerals of fellow 
           federal law enforcement officers.''

       ``A federal law enforcement officer or a Federal 
     firefighter may be excused from duty without loss of, or 
     reduction in, pay or leave to which such officer is otherwise 
     entitled, or credit for time or service, or performance or 
     efficiency rating, to attend the funeral of a fellow Federal 
     law enforcement officer or Federal firefighter, who was 
     killed in the line of duty. When so excused from duty, 
     attendance at such service shall for the purposes of section 
     1345(a) of title 31, be considered to be an official duty of 
     the officer or firefighter.''
       Sec. 643. Of the amount appropriated for ``Government 
     Payment for Annuitants, Employee Life Insurance'' under this 
     Act, such sums as may be necessary for such payments for the 
     period September 15 through 30, 1994 shall become available 
     upon enactment of this Act.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 102:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 102, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 644. (a) The Office of Management and Budget shall 
     report to the Congress no later than November 1, 1994, for 
     each agency for which the budgetary resources available to 
     the agency in fiscal year 1995 would be canceled in an 
     appropriations Act to achieve savings in procurement and 
     procurement-related expenses, of the manner in which these 
     savings are to be achieved.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each agency 
     for which the budgetary resources available to the agency in 
     fiscal year 1995 would be canceled in an appropriations Act 
     to achieve savings in procurement and procurement-related 
     expenses, such cancellation shall occur on November 30, 1994, 
     or 30 days after the Office of Management and Budget submits 
     the report required by subsection (a) of this section, 
     whichever date is earlier.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 103:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

      TITLE VII--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNDING

                       Department of the Treasury

                          Departmental Offices


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Enforcement to 
     oversee the implementation of the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 as it relates to the jurisdiction 
     of the Department of the Treasury, $2,400,000, to remain 
     available until expended, to be derived from balances 
     available in the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as 
     authorized by Title XXXI of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
     Enforcement Act of 1994.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses to implement the gateway network 
     and other related financial intelligence and enforcement 
     activities, $2,700,000, to remain available until expended to 
     be derived from balances available in the Violent Crime 
     Reduction Trust Fund, as authorized by Title XXXI of the 
     Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms


                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses for enforcing Federal firearms 
     provisions and Public Law 103-159, $7,000,000 to be derived 
     from balances available in the Violent Crime Reduction Trust 
     Fund, as authorized by Title XXXI of the Violent Crime 
     Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

                 Gang Resistance Education and Training

       For grants to communities and police agencies for the 
     establishment of gang resistance education and training 
     programs to be designated by the Director of the Bureau of 
     Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, $9,000,000 to be derived from 
     balances available in the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, 
     as authorized by Title XXXI of the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

                     United States Customs Service


                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses for expanding border and port 
     enforcement activities, $4,000,000 to be derived from 
     balances available in the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, 
     as authorized by Title XXXI of the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                          tax law enforcement

       For tax law enforcement for combatting public corruption 
     and enhancing illegal tax enforcement activities, $7,000,000 
     to be derived from balances available in the Violent Crime 
     Reduction Trust Fund, as authorized by Title XXXI of the 
     Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

                      United States Secret Service


                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses $6,600,000, of which $5,000,000 
     shall be available for combatting the counterfeiting of 
     United States currency, and of which $1,600,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be available for the hiring, 
     training, and equipping of 18 additional full-time equivalent 
     positions for improving forensic capabilities which will 
     assist in the investigations of missing and exploited 
     children to be derived from balances available in the Violent 
     Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as authorized by Title XXXI of 
     the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
     Steny H. Hoyer,
     Peter J. Visclosky,
     George (Buddy) Darden,
     John W. Olver,
     Tom Bevill,
     Martin Olav Sabo,
     David R. Obey,
     Jim Lightfoot
       (except amendment 29),
     Joseph M. McDade
       (except amendment 53),
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Dennis DeConcini,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     J. Robert Kerrey,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Alfonse M. D'Amato,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The mangers on the part of the House and Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4539) making 
     appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
     Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President and 
     funds appropriated to the President, and certain independent 
     agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and 
     for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to 
     the House and Senate in explanation of the effect of the 
     action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the 
     accompanying conference report.
       The conference agreement on the Treasury, Postal Service, 
     and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995, incorporates 
     some of the language and allocations set forth in House 
     Report 103-534 and Senate Report 103-286. The language in 
     these reports should be complied with unless specifically 
     addressed in the accompanying statement of the managers.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices


                         Salaries and Expenses

                             Reprogrammings

       The conferees agree to require a reprogramming request from 
     any agency, department or office when the amount to be 
     reprogrammed exceeds $500,000 or 10 percent of any object 
     class, budget activity, program line item, or program 
     activity, whichever is greater. For agencies receiving 
     appropriations under $20,000,000, this threshold shall be 
     $100,000 or 5 percent, whichever is greater.
       Such requests shall be submitted for the prior approval of 
     the Committees on Appropriations. The Committees must receive 
     such requests in sufficient time to consider them before 
     their proposed implementation. In the past, the 
     Administration has delayed submission as much as four months 
     between the time that it knew that the reprogramming was 
     necessary and the time that is was formally transmitted. The 
     conferees expect that such delays will not recur in the 
     future.
       Amendment No. 1. Earmarks not to exceed $2,900,000 for 
     official travel expenses; $3,101,000 for information 
     technology modernization requirements; $6,443,000 and 85 
     full-time equivalent positions for enforcement activities; 
     and $150,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses. The conferees have provided $3,040,000 to support 
     not to exceed 46 full-time equivalent positions for the 
     Office of Foreign Assets Control in fiscal year 1995.
       Amendment No. 2. Appropriates $104,479,000, instead of 
     $104,400,000 as proposed by the Senate, and $105,150,000 as 
     proposed by the House. Also restores House language canceling 
     $79,000 in offsetting collections. Of the funds provided, the 
     conferees have provided an additional $1,000,000 for the 
     Office of Enforcement and up to 13 additional FTEs

             Electric Resources Financed by Public Entities

       The House included language which requested the Secretary 
     of the Treasury to provide a report on the need for a revised 
     procedure and methodology to implement Section 9(f) of Public 
     Law 96-501. The conferees understand that several concerns 
     have been raised with respect to the existing procedure under 
     Section 9(f).
       First, the conferees understand that the rulings issued by 
     the Internal Revenue Service have not ordinarily been issued 
     within 60 days, as called for under the existing procedure. 
     Second, the conferees understand that the existing procedure 
     does not reflect subsequent changes in federal tax law. 
     Third, one of Congress' stated purposes for the enactment of 
     Section 9(f) was to enable Bonneville Power Association (BPA) 
     to acquire resources necessary to meet the firm load of 
     public bodies at a cost no greater than in the absence of 
     acquisition by BPA. The conferees understand that the 
     existing procedure may not treat electric resources financed 
     by public entities and acquired by BPA for use in meeting 
     public entities' loads in the same manner as if the public 
     entities were to use those resources directly to meet their 
     own loads and, therefore, may be inconsistent with the stated 
     Congressional intent.
       The conferees expect that the report required by the House 
     will address each of these concerns. Further, to the extent 
     that the Secretary's report indicates that these concerns are 
     valid, the conferees expect that the report will include the 
     Secretary's recommendations on the appropriateness of changes 
     to the existing methodology and the time and manner in which 
     such changes would be implemented.

                       Electronic Funds Transfer

       The conferees agree with the House report language which 
     requires the Secretary to submit with fiscal year 1996 budget 
     request, a report on the proposed regulations and legislation 
     to effect the direction that all recurring Federal payments 
     be paid by electronic funds transfer.

           Exemption from the Federal Advisory Committee Act

       The Secretary of the Treasury has directed a thorough 
     review into the recent air intrusion into the White House 
     complex. This review is to be completed in 90 days of the 
     incident. The review will require access to classified and 
     highly sensitive information and will involve highly 
     classified discussions with experts, senior Secret Service 
     officials, and other interested parties. Compliance with the 
     provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act could delay 
     or interfere with the expeditious consideration of this 
     matter. Therefore, the conferees have included a provision in 
     the Act which exempts this review from the Federal Advisory 
     Committee Act (Public Law 92-463).

                Treasury Personnel in Overseas Locations

       The conferees are aware that the Department of the Treasury 
     has not fully paid its current bills under the Foreign 
     Affairs Administrative System for Treasury personnel located 
     overseas. The conferees also note that the Department of 
     State has not allowed an increase in the number of Treasury 
     personnel located overseas, despite the July 11, 1994, letter 
     from the State Department. That letter indicated that 
     concerns increasing overseas Treasury Department staffing to 
     improve anti-counterfeiting efforts would be considered by 
     the State Department in making decisions on overseas staffing 
     requirements.
       The conferees agree that the Treasury Department should 
     meet its obligations under the Foreign Affairs Administrative 
     System and expects Treasury to fulfill this obligation after 
     the State Department agrees to assign additional Treasury 
     personnel to overseas locations for expanding anti-
     counterfeiting investigations.

                 Electronic Filing Tax Fraud Task Force

       The conferees agree with the House report language which 
     requires a report which addresses the problem of electronic 
     tax filing fraud. This report shall be submitted to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations when it is complete.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses

       Agreement No. 3. Appropriates $29,700,000 instead of 
     $28,897,000 as proposed by the House and $30,497,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 4. Appropriates $19,823,000 instead of 
     $18,280,000 as proposed by the House and $20,690,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Also, cancels $1,000 in offsetting 
     collections. The conferees concur in the reorganization 
     transferring funding and FTEs from Departmental Offices to 
     FinCEN for the functions of the Office of Financial 
     Enforcement.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 5. Makes available $7,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $9,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 6. Deletes Senate language relating to the 
     reimbursement of training expenses for Postal Police.
       Amendment No. 7. Inserts Senate language authorizing the 
     use of funds for first-aid and emergency medical services.
       Amendment No. 8. Appropriates $46,713,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $47,114,000 as proposed by the Senate.

      Acquisition, Construction, Improvements and Related Expenses

       Amendment No. 9. Appropriates $16,815,000 for acquisition, 
     construction, improvements and related expenses as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $9,815,000 as proposed by the House. 
     Of this amount, $7,600,000, shall be available for the 
     following construction projects at the Tucson, Arizona 
     satellite facility: $5,000,000 for a 150-room dormitory; 
     $2,100,000 for a dining hall; and $500,000 for firearms 
     ranges. The conferees instruct the Center to request funding 
     in fiscal year 1996 to cover the remaining costs of permanent 
     facility improvements at the Tucson Center. The remaining 
     funds, $2,400,000 shall be available for the design, 
     acquisition and preparation of a facility dedicated to 
     periodic firearms requalification and training in advanced 
     firing techniques and explosives.
       The conferees direct the Center to provide all training for 
     the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program 
     through the satellite facility located at Davis-Mountain Air 
     Force Base, Tucson, Arizona.

                      Financial Management Service


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 10. Appropriates $183,889,000 instead of 
     $185,389,000 as proposed by the House and $183,697,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                             COMBO Printer

       The reduction to the Federal Management Service (FMS), 
     should to the extent possible, not be applied to the COMBO 
     Printer initiative. The current Troy check printers have been 
     in use at FMS since 1984 and have already surpassed their 
     anticipated eight-year system life. The COMBO Printer 
     initiative is to begin the development of a printer 
     replacement plan. The conferees are supportive of the need to 
     replace printers, with the understanding that it should be a 
     lower priority than the electronic funds transfer initiative, 
     and the understanding that there will be a decrease in the 
     number of printers needed by FMS.
       Amendment No. 11. Restores House language canceling 
     $192,000 in offsetting collections.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 12. Appropriates $385,315,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $376,181,000 as proposed by the House. 
     Included in this amount is $5,000,000 for the 6 GREAT 
     projects initiated in fiscal year 1994, $1,400,000 to restore 
     the 22 full-time equivalent positions which were due to be 
     eliminated under the President's Executive Order, and 
     $2,700,000 to fund the Administration's request for systems 
     modernization. The $3,100,000 in funding for ballistics 
     technology as proposed by the House is funded through the 
     Special Forfeiture Fund. Conferees expect the Bureau to add 
     two agents to the Des Moines, Iowa post as proposed by the 
     House within the amounts provided.

                      Equal Employment Opportunity

       The House report directed the Bureau to change the title 
     for the senior manager responsible for equal employment 
     opportunity from ``Executive Assistant to the Director (Equal 
     Employment Opportunity)'' to ``Assistant Director for Equal 
     Employment Opportunity''. The conferees agree that the 
     official title for such a position be left to the discretion 
     of the ATF Director.
       Amendment No. 13. Restores House language canceling $4,000 
     in offsetting collections and includes language as proposed 
     by the Senate establishing a FTE floor of 4,215.

                     United States Customs Service


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 14. Appropriates $1,394,793,000 instead of 
     $1,391,700,000 as proposed by the House and $1,378,914,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is funding 
     for the following: $18,000,000 for NAFTA implementation; 
     $10,000,000 for the Center for Study of Western Hemispheric 
     Trade; $2,310,000 for the restoration of 35 marine 
     enforcement officers; $2,000,000 for the restoration of 25 
     air program positions to support the Department of Defense 
     JTF-4 operations in Key West, Florida; $780,000 to support 10 
     additional pilot and crew positions at the Corpus Christi 
     Surveillance Support Center; $500,000 for a border barrier in 
     Nogales, Arizona; $2,100,000 for 30 inspectors in El Paso; 
     $15,000,000 for phase I of the automated commercial systems 
     redesign and $5,503,000 to restore 110 full-time equivalent 
     positions proposed for elimination under the President's 
     Executive Order. Savings of $2,641,000 resulting from 
     exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act shall be applied to 
     the allocations made above.


         enforcement of sanctions against serbia and montenegro

       The conferees strongly support the activities currently 
     underway to enforce the Serbian Sanctions Assistance Missions 
     (SAMS), including those being carried out by U.S. Customs 
     Service inspectors. However, the conferees continue to be 
     concerned about the costs incurred by the Customs Service for 
     activities which were not budgeted and for which Customs has 
     no specific legal authority. In fiscal year 1993, the Senate 
     Committee expressed its concerns about the use of Customs 
     funds for SAMS teams and directed the Department to seek 
     appropriate reimbursement from the Department of State. Based 
     on this directive, the Department of State reimbursed Customs 
     for $3,575,000 of its travel and per diem costs for 27 
     inspectors engaged in SAMS. In addition, the President 
     requested, and was provided by the Congress, $17 million in 
     the Department of State's peacekeeping operations budget for 
     fiscal year 1995 to cover the costs of the SAMS. No funds 
     were requested and none have been provided in the Customs 
     Service 1995 budget. Therefore, the conferees, while strongly 
     supporting the use of Customs inspectors in the SAMS efforts, 
     instruct Customs to participate in these activities 
     commensurate with its reimbursement from the Department of 
     State. The conferees direct the Office of Management and 
     Budget to insure that the Customs Service be reimbursed for 
     travel and per diem expenses associated with the SAMS 
     missions.
       The conferees note that the Administration failed to make 
     clear how Customs inspectors participating in sanctions 
     assistance missions would be funded in the fiscal year 1995 
     budget request. The conferees therefore direct the 
     Administration to present a clear and identifiable request 
     for such items in a single account in the FY 1996 budget.


                 unified port management pilot project

       Numerous studies conducted on border management have 
     consistently found that the lack of coordination between 
     Federal inspection agencies at the ports of entry have 
     contributed to a slow down in the processing of persons and 
     commerce. Most recently, an assessment of United States-
     Mexico border ports of entry under section 6015 of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1991 found that the 
     most pressing institutional border issue was a lack of a 
     comprehensive Federal approach to border management, which 
     contributes to an increase in the overall costs of 
     transportation and distribution of goods. The conferees 
     believe these problems must be resolved in order to 
     accommodate and facilitate increased trade between Mexico and 
     the United States and to achieve a more efficient and ``user-
     friendly'' border environment. For this reason, the conferees 
     instruct the U.S. Customs Service to undertake a unified 
     binational border port management pilot project to design and 
     test a model of unified border port management in the Nogales 
     Customs District.
       The pilot project should establish a single inspection 
     procedure that satisfies the needs of all agencies currently 
     operating at the border and should be undertaken in 
     cooperation with the State of Arizona. This pilot should 
     address the following: coordinated management of border port 
     facilities among various Federal and state agencies; 
     coordinated operation of border facilities between U.S. and 
     Mexico agencies; harmonized binational regulations and 
     crossing procedures; application of technologies to expedite 
     vehicular and commercial processing; binational planning of 
     port facilities and transportation systems; and coordinated 
     planning and operation of border facilities between Federal, 
     state and local governments. The conferees instruct the 
     Commissioner of Customs to provide a report to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations by no later than March 1, 
     1995 on the progress being made in this regard.


                            customs staffing

       With the staff reassigned as part of the planned 
     reorganization, the conferees direct Customs to provide 
     additional inspectors to El Paso, Hidalgo Pharr International 
     Bridge, the Miami International Airport, and the Atlanta 
     International Airport to cover the expected workloads.


                              premium pay

       The conferees note that individuals receiving premium pay 
     for overtime or holiday work, such as Customs inspectors, who 
     call in sick, often receive that premium pay, despite the 
     fact that they did not work. The conferees direct the General 
     Accounting Office to examine this issue and report back to 
     the Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 1995. This 
     report shall not apply to availability pay, established under 
     section 634 of this Act.


                      customs financial management

       The General Accounting Office, in a report released June 
     30, 1993, declined to express an opinion on Customs' FY 1992 
     Financial Statements ``because of the lack of reliable 
     financial information, inadequate financial systems and 
     processes, and its ineffective internal control structure''. 
     GAO found several major weaknesses:
       Accounts receivable may have excluded entries and failed to 
     consider debtor's ability to pay in estimating collections.
       Seized property records did not include some property, 
     showed incorrect locations, and included some erroneous 
     values.
       Internal controls could not assure that the proper duties 
     were assessed importers or that claimants received proper 
     refunds (``drawbacks'').
       Budget records did not include documentation linking 
     charges for interagency agreements to actual costs.
       Accounting staff did not routinely review and revise 
     estimates of unliquidated obligations, resulting in 
     difficulty reconciling obligations and expenditures at the 
     end of the fiscal year.
       Customs has begun responding to these criticisms. Revenue 
     estimates should substantially improve as Customs improves 
     its random inspection processes, enhances selectivity and 
     improves information management systems. The conferees have 
     provided an additional $1,377,000 and 12 FTE to produce 
     auditable financial statements. The conferees direct Customs 
     to provide a report on its financial improvement plans with 
     the fiscal year 1996 budget submission.
       Amendment No. 15. Restores the House allocation of 
     $10,000,000 for the Center for Study of Western Hemispheric 
     Trade and House language cancelling $410,000 in offsetting 
     collections.
       Amendment No. 16. Inserts Senate language authorizing an 
     FTE floor of 17,524 and making available $500,000 for the 
     construction of a border fence in Nogales, Arizona. Deletes 
     Senate language relating to certain Customs fees.


    operation and maintenance, air and marine interdiction programs

       Amendment No. 17. Appropriates $89,041,000 instead of 
     $78,991,000 as proposed by the House and $91,891,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This amount shall be enhanced by 
     $10,698,000 in unobligated balances remaining in the account 
     including $3,100,000 set aside for the ASARS program. The 
     additional funds provided shall be used for the following: 
     $3,000,000 for operations and maintenance activities 
     associated with the Blackhawk apprehension and support 
     program; $850,000 for marine interdiction operations and 
     maintenance activities; $3,700,000 for Citation training in 
     Mexico and other host countries; and $1,500,000 to support 
     the continued operations of C3I-East through December 1994.
       Amendment No. 18. Inserts Senate language prohibiting the 
     transfer of aircraft outside the Department of the Treasury. 
     The term ``transfer'', as used here, includes sales and long 
     term loans.


  customs facilities, construction, improvements and related expenses

       Amendment No. 19. Appropriates $1,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. These funds shall be used to construct a hangar 
     at the Customs Air Branch in Puerto Rico.

                           United States Mint


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 20. Appropriates $55,740,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $54,770,000 as proposed by the House.


                          mint zinc purchases

       The conferees have learned that the Mint has been 
     purchasing zinc for coin production from international 
     sources when domestic stocks may be available at a lower 
     cost. The conferees note that current Mint policy allows the 
     Mint to purchase only ``special high grade'' zinc for 
     production. The conferees do not wish to address issues 
     relating to the quality of the material necessary for 
     coinage. However, the conferees express their concern that 
     the domestic industry is being harmed when domestic products 
     are available yet coins are being produced with foreign zinc. 
     It is the conclusion of the conference that if the grade of 
     domestic zinc is available at a competitive price it should 
     be used. The conferees direct the Mint to review current 
     activities and report back to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations within 60 days of the date of enactment of 
     this Act, as to the actions it has taken as well as future 
     plans with regard to the purchase of zinc.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                     administration and management

       Amendment No. 21. Appropriates $225,632,000 for 
     administration and management instead of $163,431,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees support the 
     restructuring of certain activities from the processing tax 
     returns activities as proposed by the Administration and have 
     reinstated the funds requested for this purpose. However, the 
     conferees have denied funding for the requested workload 
     increase of $825,000 and 6 FTEs.


                      privacy of taxpayer records

       The conferees are very concerned about the recent 
     revelations of the extent of employee violations of privacy 
     standards uncovered by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 
     Internal audits conducted by the IRS indicate that there has 
     been a serious problem of certain employees reviewing 
     taxpayer information which is beyond the scope of their job 
     responsibilities. The IRS has reported that some of these 
     cases went beyond curiosity and involved perusing tax 
     information for fraudulent reasons. This activity could 
     seriously jeopardize the full and fair tax filing of honest 
     citizens who believe the principle of trust has been 
     violated.
       The conferees agree that the Tax Systems Modernization 
     (TSM) program will provide state of the art security and 
     privacy protection for the taxpayers. However, the conferees 
     note that the reductions made to the TSM program by Congress 
     for fiscal year 1995 are the first budgetary reductions made 
     to this program since its inception. Nonetheless, TSM is a 
     computer system and the violations of taxpayer privacy 
     identified by IRS are behavioral in nature, not technical. 
     Furthermore, TSM will not be fully implemented for at least 
     another six years. Taxpayers should not be subject to 
     invasion of their privacy for another six years while 
     awaiting a new computer system.
       The IRS is directed to provide quarterly reports on its 
     efforts to identify and correct invasions of taxpayer privacy 
     by unauthorized employees.


                     Fees for Copies of Tax Returns

       The conferees are concerned about the IRS proposal to 
     increase fees for providing taxpayers with copies of their 
     tax returns. The conferees believe that taxpayers who have 
     been the victims of natural disasters or other incidents 
     beyond their control may be adversely impacted by increases 
     in return copying fees. Therefore, the conferees direct IRS 
     to institute a policy which would permit the Service to waive 
     such fees if a taxpayer has been the victim of a natural 
     disaster or other event which may have adversely impacted 
     economic conditions in their community. The IRS shall report 
     on the status of implementation of this policy by no later 
     than January 1, 1995. Such report shall include a description 
     of taxpayers who will qualify for such waiver and the 
     procedure IRS will employ to notify eligible taxpayers.


                   Flexibility in IRS Appropriations

       The conferees agree that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and 
     the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) should explore 
     options available for providing more flexibility to execute 
     tax enforcement initiatives through changing the current 
     budget structure. The IRS currently has four different 
     appropriations which fund the four major missions of IRS. It 
     may be more advantageous to combine some of these 
     appropriations.


               IRS Ruling on Taxing of ``Harper'' Refunds

       The Commonwealth of Virginia has recently settled its legal 
     dispute over the taxation of Federal retirement benefits. 
     This settlement includes the repayment of a portion of the 
     taxes paid by retirees to the Commonwealth. While the IRS has 
     not yet ruled on any plan to assess Federal tax liability on 
     the repayment, there is concern that such a ruling may 
     severely impact the affected retirees.
       Therefore, the conferees agree that before IRS makes a 
     final decision on its ruling for assessing a Federal tax 
     liability on the settlement, it submit such a plan to the 
     appropriate Congressional committees.


                         Processing Tax Returns

       Amendment No. 22. Appropriates $1,511,266,000 instead of 
     $1,616,295,000 as proposed by the House and $1,586,028,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate for processing tax returns and 
     assistance. The conferees have denied the requested increase 
     of $12,842,000 and 345 FTEs for service center workload 
     increases. Provides $3,700,000 for Tax Counseling for the 
     Elderly as proposed by the Senate instead of $3,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House.


                          Tax Law Enforcement

       Amendment No. 23. Appropriates $4,385,459,000 for tax law 
     enforcement instead of $4,358,180,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate and $4,412,580,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 24. Inserts Senate language allocating 
     certain funds for the 1995 tax compliance initiative and 
     prohibiting the transfer of funds from this account. Deletes 
     Senate language from the bill allocating $442,148,000 and 
     5,002 full-time equivalent positions for tax fraud 
     investigations. The conferees note, however, that they expect 
     IRS to achieve these minimum levels for tax fraud 
     investigations.


                   Enforcement of Employment Tax Laws

       The conferees agree with the House report language which 
     directs that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) hire and 
     train additional examiners to enforce classification rules in 
     the construction industry. The IRS is to report to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 1995 on 
     this direction.


                          gasoline tax refunds

       The House included language in its report expressing 
     concern over the effect certain law changes had on gasoline 
     tax refunds. The House stated that there should be no 
     extensive delays in processing gasoline refunds and directed 
     quarterly reports on the length of time taken by IRS to 
     process claims for these refunds.
       The Senate included language in its report stating that the 
     diesel refund schedule of 20 days is an appropriate target 
     for gasoline refunds as well. The Senate directed IRS to keep 
     it advised of progress in meeting the 20-day goal for 
     gasoline refunds.
       The conferees agree that IRS does not appear to be applying 
     the same refund goals for diesel and gasoline refunds. 
     Therefore, the conferees direct IRS to ensure adequate 
     staffing and management support to meet the 20-day goal. The 
     IRS should advise the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations on its progress in meeting this goal.


                       tax compliance initiative

       The conferees have provided $426,300,000 and 5,078 FTEs for 
     a variety of enhanced compliance initiatives designed to 
     collect taxes owned the U.S. Government. Of this amount, 
     $405,000,000 shall not be utilized by the Service for any 
     purpose than for carrying out the compliance initiatives as 
     outlined by the Department of the Treasury.
       The conferees agree with the Senate position on the hiring 
     of 1,192 additional revenue officers. According to the 
     General Accounting Office (GAO), collections could be better 
     achieved through the use of less expensive call site 
     collectors. Therefore, the conferees agree that the 
     $87,908,000 associated with hiring additional revenue 
     officers is denied and instead instructs the IRS to redeploy 
     these funds into the hiring of additional call site 
     collectors.
       Furthermore, the IRS is required to fulfill the reporting 
     requirements set forth in both the House and Senate reports 
     concerning the monitoring of this initiative.


                          information systems

       Amendment No. 25. Appropriates $1,388,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $1,240,357,000 as proposed by the 
     House, allocates $650,000,000 for tax systems modernization, 
     and authorizes $185,000,000 to remain available until 
     September 30, 1997, for tax and information systems 
     development.


     upgrading of irs computing center, martinsburg, west virginia

       The conferees agree with the Senate report language which 
     requires Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in cooperation with 
     the General Services Administration (GSA), to submit a plan, 
     by March 1, 1995, for upgrading facilities and equipment at 
     the Martinsburg facility. This plan should be submitted to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.


                       tax systems modernization

       The conferees have agreed to provide a total of 
     $1,388,000,000 for IRS Information Systems, of which 
     $650,000,000 is available for tax systems modernization 
     (TSM). The conferees have not agreed with the Senate proposal 
     to allow the amounts collected by the Customs Service 
     Merchandise Processing fee to be credited to the IRS for TSM. 
     Despite this reduction from the TSM program, the conferees 
     remain dedicated to ensuring that TSM is implemented to 
     protect the confidence of American taxpayers in the concept 
     of voluntary compliance as a means of financing government 
     operations. Additionally, it is not the intent of the 
     conferees that this reduction should be disproportionately 
     applied to contractual efforts. The current effort expended 
     by the contracted groups is to support the TSM Program 
     Manager and should therefore, to the extent possible, be 
     exempt from reductions.
       There remain a number of concerns about TSM which both the 
     House and Senate have addressed. In its report, the House 
     required a variety of actions be taken by IRS to enforce 
     management control over the TSM program. The conferees are 
     pleased to see that swift action on the part of IRS to 
     implement the most important of these requirements: the 
     establishment of a Program Manager for TSM. The Program 
     Manager must receive the necessary support from all levels 
     within the IRS to ensure the success of TSM.
       There are additional requirements which were addressed by 
     the House which IRS will be unable to comply with by the 
     stated deadline due to the complexity of the information 
     required by the House. A delay in providing these reports is 
     approved by the conferees with the understanding that IRS 
     will comply with all the requirements no later than March 1, 
     1995, with the exception of the costing methodology which may 
     be submitted no later than September 1, 1995.
       The conferees are strongly supportive of the goals of TSM 
     and agree that the IRS should work toward implementation at 
     the earliest possible date. However, the conferees caution 
     IRS not to proceed at a pace which jeopardizes the success of 
     the program. The successful implementation of a new tax 
     processing system is far more important than meeting a 
     timetable which was established long before the complexity of 
     TSM was fully known. Additionally, while IRS should monitor 
     each project within the TSM program, it is important to keep 
     in mind that TSM is a program made up of a number of big and 
     small projects which must work together to produce the 
     overall system to support the IRS mission.


          future funding options for tax systems modernization

       The conferees are concerned about the need to establish a 
     steady funding level for TSM for future requirements. The 
     conferees believe that there are various options which the 
     Office of Management and Budget could pursue toward this end. 
     For example, the conferees believe that some aspects of the 
     TSM program such as the procurement of hardware and software 
     could be put into a separate procurement account similar to 
     the method used for Department of Defense procurement 
     requirements.
       Therefore, the conferees direct the Internal Revenue 
     Service to work with the Office of Management and Budget to 
     develop a comprehensive plan to fund the TSM program. The 
     plan should address the total requirement and the budgeting 
     techniques which could be used to ensure full funding of the 
     requirement. This plan should be submitted with the fiscal 
     year 1996 budget request
       Amendment No. 26. Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     which would have increased the amount appropriated for 
     Information Systems if the Customs Service Merchandise 
     Processing Fee increase were authorized.


          administrative provisions--internal revenue service

       Amendment No. 27. Inserts Senate language requiring advance 
     approval of transfers of funds from the four IRS operating 
     accounts.
       Amendment No. 28. Inserts modified Senate language 
     concerning transfers of funds from the ``Tax Law 
     Enforcement'' account in fiscal year 1995.
       Amendment No. 29. Modifies a provision proposed by the 
     Senate which permits the Secretary of the Treasury to use the 
     receipts from fees for services, not to exceed $119,000,000, 
     where such fees are authorized by another law, for 
     supplementing IRS operating accounts for the actual cost of 
     services.


                               user fees

       The conferees have agreed to language proposed by the 
     Sneate which permits the Secretary of the Treasury to impose 
     fees or change the amount of existing fees which are already 
     authorized by law. The conferees have also included language 
     requiring that any fees imposed be based on the actual cost 
     of providing the service which is being performed.
       The fees must be assessed and collected solely to cover the 
     costs of providing the services and activities for which the 
     fees are being charged. Furthermore, the General Accounting 
     Office (GAO) is directed to audit both the methodology used 
     by the IRS to develop the fee structure and the fee structure 
     itself to insure that the fees being charged reflect actual 
     costs incurred. The GAO shall provide its report to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than January 
     15, 1995.

                      United States Secret Service


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 30. Appropriates $476,931,000 for salaries 
     and expenses as proposed by the House instead of $474,988,000 
     as proposed by the Senate. Also includes language as proposed 
     by the House canceling offsetting collections totaling 
     $43,000. Included in the appropriated amount is an additional 
     $4,914,000 for the restoration of 71 positions proposed for 
     elimination in the President's Executive Order; and 
     $1,943,000 for additional agent positions to enhance 
     counterfeiting investigations overseas.


                           entitlement fraud

       The conferees agree with the Senate report language that 
     entitlement fraud has become a significant problem both 
     domestically and internationally. The conferees strongly 
     endorse the initiatives taken by the Secret Service in 
     working with other government agencies to correct problems 
     related to entitlement fraud. The conferees direct the 
     Service to advise the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations on its progress and any actions which might be 
     necessary to assist in this effort.

                    Bureau of Engraving and Printing


               review of security and management controls

       The conferees understand that the Secretary of the Treasury 
     has formed a Departmental Task Force to review security and 
     management control systems at the Bureau of Engraving and 
     Printing (BEP). The conferees are encouraged by the formation 
     of this group but believe that an independent team would be 
     appropriate to review any security deficiencies at the BEP 
     which led to the recent theft of currency. The conferees 
     believe that an independent investigation would also ensure a 
     cost effective approach to any enhancement in security.
       The conferees believe that management and security issues 
     have not been interwoven into decisions at BEP because the 
     Management Directorate and its Office of Security have not 
     received adequate attention. The independent investigation 
     should review the organizational structure of BEP management 
     to ensure the most appropriate location for the Management 
     Directorate and its Office of Security as well as the 
     qualifications required for individuals to head the Office of 
     Security.
       Additionally, the conferees are concerned that ``off line'' 
     currency production did not receive proper management 
     oversight. The ``test'' currency recently stolen from BEP, 
     was not destroyed in a timely manner and was not incorporated 
     into the management information system so that it could be 
     monitored. Furthermore, management oversight appears to have 
     been lax in the assignment of duplicate serial numbers to 
     this particular currency. These issues must be investigated 
     and procedures implemented to correct deficiencies in 
     management oversight.
       The conferees expect the Department of Treasury to report 
     back within 30 days of enactment of this Act on the steps 
     being taken to address these matters.


                ratio of supervisors to police officers

       The conferees are concerned about the ratio of supervisors 
     to police officers at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
     (BEP), which according to information provided to the 
     conferees, may be as high as one supervisor to two police 
     officers. The conferees agree that BEP could address its 
     shortfall of police officers by reducing the number of 
     supervisors and adopting a ratio which more closely reflects 
     the need for additional security.


           expansion of current police authority for security

       The conferees have included a provision (Sec. 535) which 
     provides clarification and extends the authority delegated 
     from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator of 
     General Services to meet the security needs of the Bureau of 
     Engraving and Printing (BEP).
       The conferees agree that this extension is necessary to 
     protect the product, property, and the personnel of the BEP. 
     The current authority does not permit the BEP police officers 
     to provide adequate protection for personnel during the 
     extended hours of BEP operations. Additionally, the current 
     authority limits the ability of the BEP police to respond to 
     the needs of tourists and vendors who are drawn to the area 
     surrounding the facility. Section 535 will provide the 
     necessary authority to enhance the ability of the BEP Police 
     to provide adequate attention to these problems. The 
     conferees require that the BEP provide information on the 
     incidents which occur in this expanded area of authority so 
     that the impact of Section 535 can be measured.
       Amendment No. 31. Inserts a Senate provision relating to 
     the consolidation plans of the Bureau of the Public Debt.
       Amendment No. 32. Inserts Senate language exempting 
     positions funded through reimbursement from the Puerto Rico 
     Trust Fund from workforce reductions.


                        treasury forfeiture fund

       Amendment No. 33. Inserts a Senate provision authorizing 
     certain expenses in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to be paid 
     out of the permanent indefinite appropriation.


                           expenditure shift

       The conferees have included language shifting certain 
     Forfeiture Fund expenses from the discretionary to the 
     permanent indefinite category. This includes the costs of 
     overtime salaries, travel, fuel, training, equipment, and 
     other costs of State or local law enforcement that are 
     incurred in joint law enforcement operations and seizures, as 
     well as expenses for the purchase or lease of automatic data 
     processing systems, training, printing and contracting 
     services.
       The Department shall submit an operating plan to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations for their approval 
     within 30 days of enactment of this Act. The operating plan 
     should describe the use of all resources, including both 
     discretionary and permanent indefinite expenditures 
     including, but not limited to, the following categories:
       Permanent Authority:
       Purchase of Evidence/Information
       Salaries
       Rent & Other Space Costs
       Investigative Costs Leading to Seizure
       Advertising Expenses
       Property Tracking System Maintenance
       Independent Audit of Forfeiture Fund
       Other Seizure-Related Expenses
       Contract Services: Maintenance & Disposal of Assets
       Payments of Liens & Mortgages
       Remission & Mitigation Expenses
       Equitable Sharing Payments
       Section 9703(b)(5) Expenses
       Assistance to State and Local Law Enforcement
       Contract Services, Consultants and Training
       Consolidated Assets Tracking System (CATS)
       Other
       Discretionary Expenses:
       Purchase of Evidence and Information
       Investigative Equipment
       Training Foreign Law Enforcement Personnel
       U.S. Coast Guard Expenses
       The Department shall submit a reprogramming request for any 
     reallocation greater than $500,000 among these groupings.
       Amendment No. 34. Inserts a Senate provision authorizing a 
     security survey of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, but 
     changes the preliminary reporting requirement to 90 days of 
     the date of enactment of the Act and final recommendations 
     within 180 days of the date of the enactment of the Act.
       Amendment No. 35. Deletes a provision proposed by the 
     Senate regarding Customs Service inspectors retirement.


  hazardous pay for customs inspectors and canine enforcement officers

       It is the belief of the conferees that some Customs 
     Inspectors and Canine Enforcement Officers engage in 
     hazardous duties and these employees should be eligible for 
     additional compensation. The conferees are further aware that 
     Customs has authority to implement hazardous pay 
     compensation, under section 5545(d) of title 5, United States 
     Code, with the concurrence of the Office of Personnel 
     Management. Therefore, the conferees direct the Customs 
     Service to designate hazardous duty functions for the purpose 
     of paying hazardous duty differentials to Customs 
     recommendations with a request for a waiver the Office of 
     Personnel Management by no later than February 1, 1995.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                     Payments to the Postal Service


                   payment to the Postal Service Fund

       Amendment No. 36. Appropriates $92,317,000 instead of 
     $85,717,000 as proposed by the House and $102,317,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


              city of Beverly hills, post office property

       The City of Beverly Hills and the United States Postal 
     Service are discussing the possible transfer of the old post 
     office at 469 North Crescent Drive by the Postal Service to 
     the City of Beverly Hills, California. The City of Beverly 
     Hills deeded this property, undeveloped, to the Postal 
     Service in 1931 for the sum of one dollar. It is the belief 
     of the conferees that this property, having been declared 
     excess by the Postal Service, should be returned to the City 
     of Beverly Hills at little or no cost and that it should 
     continue to be used for a public purpose. Working with 
     community and business leaders, the City of Beverly Hills has 
     developed a comprehensive plan for the re-use of the post 
     office that would establish a visitor and multi-use cultural 
     center at the Post Office site using existing facilities for 
     the benefit of the entire community. It is the understanding 
     of the conferees that the Postal Service maintains an 
     interest in using a portion of the facility for retail 
     services, and hopes that this use can be accommodated as part 
     of an agreement between the City and the Postal Service. The 
     conferees strongly urge a resolution of this matter within 
     six months.


          u.s. postal operations in the washington, d.c. area

       A Postal Service survey completed on May 27, 1994, rated 
     Washington, D.C. as having the worst first class mail 
     delivery performance in the nation, with 61 percent on time 
     as compared to an average of 82 percent nationwide. The same 
     survey showed that 70 percent of Washington customers were 
     satisfied with their postal service, as opposed to 85 percent 
     nationwide. On time performance is 21 percent below the 
     national average, and customer satisfaction is 15 percent 
     below the average.
       Between May 17 and 19, Postal Service inspectors paid an 
     unannounced visit to several processing centers in this area. 
     Some of their findings follow:

       The Washington, D.C. P&DC (Processing and Distribution 
     Center) had large volumes of first-class mail in the 
     government mail section with dates as old as February 1994.
       In Southern Maryland, 2.3 million pieces of third-class 
     letters were found stored in trailers on the P&DC yard * * * 
     230,000 pieces of second-class news were also on trailers * * 
     *
       Based on our observations, we estimate approximately 75 
     percent of all the mail at Southern Maryland P&DC was 
     delayed.

       The Postal Service has focused on cutting overhead, 
     reducing operating costs, restructuring staff and enhancing 
     automation. While these are worthwhile goals, the manner in 
     which these efforts have been implemented may have left the 
     Postal Service in a state of disarray. The recent history of 
     the Postal Service has included:
       Departures of experienced operational personnel (over 
     47,000) at a cost of more than $1 billion in retirement 
     incentives.
       Two reorganizations in the past 2 years which may have led 
     to a lack of continuity as well as uncertainty in 
     organizational relationships.
       The concurrent introduction of automated systems and 
     significant numbers of inexperienced personnel into the mail 
     handling process without adequate training.
       As noted in the May report of the inspectors:

       At Aspen Hill, general housekeeping was unsatisfactory, 
     empty soda cans were found everywhere; sacks were not stowed; 
     lobby counters were dirty; and trash cans throughout the 
     office were almost full.
       The general feeling among carrier supervisors is the CSDRS 
     (Customer Service Data Reporting System) is not used as an 
     information source; rather, it is used to ``get'' 
     supervisors.

       Operations in the Washington, DC Area can be temporarily 
     improved through large, quick injections of overtime and 
     short-term staff transfers; and this should be done. But the 
     conferees expect more of the Postal Service. The conferees 
     expect consistent, high quality service both throughout the 
     country and in this region.
       Therefore, the conferees agree that the Postal Service 
     needs to focus on the following fundamentals:
       Accountability: local managers must know that they will be 
     answerable for the performance of their office.
       Performance Measurement: the Postal Service needs 
     objective, consistent and reliable measures of its 
     performance that can be used at all levels of management.
       Process: the Congress must be assured that procedures are 
     in place to address problems without extraordinary 
     intervention.
       Corporate Culture: all postal employees must be able to 
     work together toward a common goal, and that good performance 
     will be rewarded and poor performance will not be tolerated.
       The Postal Service needs employees who are well trained, 
     qualified, and willing to work. The Postal Service needs 
     management with clear goals and clear strategies to achieve 
     them. The Postal Service needs systems and procedures that 
     are efficient and understandable to all. The Postal Service 
     needs technology that can be appropriately used by the 
     workforce.
       The conferees will be carefully monitoring Postal Service 
     operations to insure that this occurs.


                     page, arizona postal facility

       The conferees are aware of the pressing need for new and 
     expanded postal services for the community of Page, Arizona. 
     The conferees understand that in recognition of this need, 
     the Postal Service purchased 2.53 acres of land for the new 
     Post Office in 1986. A recent meeting by the Postal Service 
     Area Review Committee recommended a new Post Office in Page 
     as the number one priority in the State of Arizona. The 
     conferees, therefore, direct the Postal Service to 
     expeditiously approve plans for this facility so that 
     construction can be completed in the 1995-1996 time frame. 
     The conferees expect the Postal Service to provide an updated 
     status report on this project within 30 days of enactment of 
     this Act.


                          christ church stamp

       The conferees request that the Postal Service review the 
     need for a stamp or postal card to be used by the Postal 
     Service to honor the 300th anniversary of the founding of the 
     Christ Church of Philadelphia.


                    federal procurement improvements

       The conferees are encouraged by the widespread interest in 
     moving Federal procurement activities away from a paper-based 
     process to an electronic-based process. The interest in 
     electronic procurement procedures, as expressed by various 
     Federal officials, and put forth in the National Performance 
     Review, shows significant potential for meaningful cost 
     savings. This theme is also contained in the statement which 
     accompanies the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994.
       The conferees are aware that the U.S. Postal Service is 
     implementing electronic, just-in-time, supply system which is 
     image-based. The conferees are encouraged by this Postal 
     Service test and direct the Service to keep the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations apprised of the success 
     of this test.

TITLE III--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO 
                             THE PRESIDENT

                             Reprogrammings

       The conferees agree to require a reprogramming request from 
     any agency, department or office when the amount to be 
     reprogrammed exceeds $500,000 or 10 percent of any object 
     class, budget activity, program line item, or program 
     activity, whichever is greater. For agencies receiving 
     appropriations under $20,000,000, this threshold shall be 
     $100,000 or 5 percent, whichever is greater.
       Such requests shall be submitted for the prior approval of 
     the Committees on Appropriations. The Committees must receive 
     such requests in sufficient time to consider them before 
     their proposed implementation. In the past, the 
     Administration has delayed submission as much as four months 
     between the time that it knew that the reprogramming was 
     necessary and the time that it was formally transmitted. The 
     conferees expect that such delays will not recur in the 
     future.

                         The White House Office


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 37. Appropriates $40,193,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $38,754,000 as proposed by the House.

                  Special Assistance to the President


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 38. Appropriates $3,280,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $3,270,000 as proposed by the House.

                      Council of Economic Advisers


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 39. Appropriates $3,439,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $3,420,000 as proposed by the House. 
     Also deletes language proposed by the House authorizing a 
     representation fund.

                       National Security Council


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 40. Appropriates $6,648,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $8,222,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                        Office of Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 41. Appropriates $26,217,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $24,850,000 as proposed by the House.

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 42. Appropriates $57,754,000 instead of 
     $56,272,000 proposed by the House and $55,081,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate. The conferees have provided $1,482,000 and 15 
     FTEs in the OMB budget for the Information Security Oversight 
     Office. The conferees have transferred this program from GSA 
     to OMB beginning in fiscal year 1995.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs


             high intensity drug trafficking areas program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Amendment No. 43. Allocates $52,000,000 in transfers to 
     Federal agencies for anti-drug activities instead of 
     $43,000,000 as proposed by the House and $55,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                         hidta staffing levels

       The conferees are very concerned about the lack of 
     sufficient staffing to support the activities of the High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs). The conferees 
     understand that only one individual is assigned to this 
     program which currently covers six HIDTA regions and which 
     will be responsible for seven such regions in fiscal year 
     1995. Given the importance of this program to the success of 
     the National Drug Control Strategy, the conferees believe the 
     HIDTA program requires additional staff and the requisite 
     support. Therefore, the conferees expect the Director of 
     ONDCP to allocate a minimum of two FTEs to this program 
     during fiscal year 1995 and report what actions have been 
     taken to implement this directive by no later than November 
     1, 1994.
       Amendment No. 44. Allocates an additional $9,000,000 for 
     HIDTA activities in the Puerto Rico-U.S. Virgin Islands area, 
     if such area is so designated a HIDTA by the Director. The 
     conferees expect the Director of ONDCP to request the full 
     $12 million for HIDTA support for this region in fiscal year 
     1996.
       With reference to the Southwest Border HIDTA, the funds 
     provided shall only be used for those activities approved by 
     the five HIDTA Executive Committees for the Southwest Border 
     HIDTA and ultimately, the Under Secretary for Enforcement of 
     the Department of the Treasury.

                        Special Forfeiture Fund


                     (including transfer of funds)

       Amendment No. 45. Appropriates $41,900,000 instead of 
     $14,800,000 as proposed by the House and $52,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees have provided 
     $41,900,000 for anti-drug activities from proceeds in the 
     Special Forfeiture Fund in fiscal year 1995. Those funds 
     shall be used for the following purposes: $15,000,000 for 
     anti-drug activities at the discretion of the Director; 
     $3,100,000 for testing and implementation of new ballistics 
     technologies at the discretion of the Director; $8,000,000 
     for CTAC projects; and $14,000,000 for transfer to the 
     Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 
     The bulk of the discretionary funds provided to the Director 
     are intended to cover shortfalls in drug control accounts, 
     such as the Customs Air and Marine Interdiction programs, 
     which would be insufficient if the drug threat increases as a 
     result of increased border penetrations. The conferees expect 
     the Director to seek advance approval from the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation 
     of these funds.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

       The conferees have provided a total of $14,000,000 to be 
     transferred to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
     Administration (SAMHSA). Of these funds, $10,000,000 is for 
     the Residential Women and Children's program, and $4 million 
     is for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) for 
     community treatment programs. Of the $4,000,000, $1,300,000 
     shall be provided to Amity, Inc. for a comprehensive 
     outpatient program, administered in cooperation with the 
     Adult Probation Department of the Pima County Superior Court, 
     targeted to drug-using offenders diverted from incarceration 
     into treatment; $500,000 shall be provided to CODAC 
     Behavioral Health Services, Inc. for a comprehensive 
     treatment and prevention program for substance-abusing 
     mothers and their infants; and $200,000 shall be available 
     for renovation of a facility to serve the substance abuse 
     needs of the people of Page, Arizona and the western portion 
     of the Navajo Nation under the existing grants policy of the 
     Center.

                      El Paso Intelligence Center

       The conferees have included a total of $1,800,000 for the 
     Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) El Paso Intelligence 
     Center (EPIC). The conferees believe that in the future, the 
     DEA should provide sufficient funds for the support and 
     expansion of EPIC through its own appropriation so as not to 
     establish a continued pattern of using the Special Forfeiture 
     Fund for this purpose.


                       new ballistics technology

       The conferees have included $3,100,000 to expand testing of 
     new ballistics technologies. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
     and Firearms currently operates in the District of Columbia a 
     pilot project called CEASEFIRE, which uses advanced computer 
     technology and traditional investigative techniques to assist 
     State and local police in solving firearms-related violent 
     crimes. A key element of this project is the Projectile 
     Comparison System, which stores ballistic images in a 
     computer data base, facilitating comparisons and positive 
     matches.
       The $3,100,000 for additional testing should focus on the 
     ability to coordinate among multiple jurisdictions. An 
     example of this is the Northern California Gun-Link project, 
     which combines the resources of ten federal, state and local 
     crime laboratories for ballistics identification and tracing.

               Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center

       The conferees have provided $8,000,000 for research and 
     development activities of CTAC in fiscal year 1995. Of this 
     amount, $500,000 is provided for a non-intrusive inspection 
     system assessment and engineering tradeoff study. The 
     conferees recognize the significant progress made toward 
     achieving our national goal to develop a rapid, modern 
     automatic system to inspect shipment and cargo containers for 
     illicit substances and drugs. Recognizing this progress, the 
     conferees direct ONDCP/CTAC to conduct, with the United 
     States Customs Service, a comprehensive non-intrusive 
     inspection (NII) system technology assessment and engineering 
     tradeoff study. The tradeoffs between cost, performance, and 
     operational parameters, associated with each subsystem 
     component, the training requirements, personnel manning and 
     all relevant factors should be addressed. These trade offs 
     should also evaluate the mix of information, screening and 
     detection subsystems; develop estimates of the non-recurring, 
     engineering, and architectural costs; show how the subsystems 
     and investments scale in size; and evaluate various 
     functional configurations to meet the needs of individual 
     ports and border crossing locations, as well as to satisfy 
     requirements for mobility along our extensive southwest land 
     border. The study objective is to ensure well thought out 
     plans for developing first generation NII systems and address 
     such items as research and development resource allocation, 
     system engineering, cost benefit analyses, and transition of 
     the maturing technologies. The study should consider the 
     entire range of customs, transportation security and counter-
     terrorism applications. The study shall include the U.S. 
     Customs Service, the Departments of Defense, Treasury, 
     Commerce, Transportation, and other involved governmental 
     agencies. The results should be reported to Congress by 
     September 30, 1995.


                     development of new technology

       The conferees agree that multiagency research and 
     development programs be coordinated by the Office of National 
     Drug Control Policy through the Counter-Drug Technology 
     Assessment Center (CTAC) in order to prevent duplication of 
     effort and to assure that those efforts transcend the need of 
     any single Federal agency. Prior to the obligation of these 
     funds, the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     expect to be notified by the chief scientist on how these 
     funds will be spent and receive advance approval prior to the 
     obligation of these funds. Additionally, the chief scientist 
     should provide periodic reports on the priority counter-drug 
     enforcement research and development requirements identified 
     by the Center and on the status of the projects funded by 
     CTAC.
       The conferees agree that CTAC should recognize and support 
     agency contributions to research and development. However, 
     the CTAC should be the primary research and development 
     organization and agencies should not expend resources to 
     develop new or expanded internal research and development 
     offices.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES


                             reprogrammings

       The conferees agree to require a reprogramming request from 
     any agency, department or office when the amount to be 
     reprogrammed exceeds $500,000 or 10 percent of any object 
     class, budget activity, program line item, or program 
     activity, whichever is greater. For agencies receiving 
     appropriations under $20,000,000, this threshold shall be 
     $100,000 or 5 percent, whichever is greater.
       Such requests shall be submitted for the prior approval of 
     the Committees on Appropriations. The Committees must receive 
     such requests in sufficient time to consider them before 
     their proposed implementation. In the past, the 
     Administration has delayed submission as much as four months 
     between the time that it knew that the reprogramming was 
     necessary and the time that it was formally transmitted. The 
     conferees expect that such delays will not recur in the 
     future.

             Administrative Conference of the United States


                         Salaries and Expenses

       Amendment No. 46. Appropriates $1,800,000 for salaries and 
     expenses of the Administrative Conference of the U.S. as 
     proposed by the Senate.

           Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations


                         Salaries and Expenses

       Amendment No. 47. Appropriates $1,000,000 for salaries and 
     expenses of the Commission as proposed by the Senate.

                      Federal Election Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       Amendment No. 48. Appropriates $27,106,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $23,564,000 as proposed by the House.


                         Modernization Efforts

       The conferees support the FECs efforts to modernize its 
     operations through computerization but are unable to earmark 
     funds for that purpose at this time. The conferees have taken 
     this step without prejudice and on the basis that any such 
     earmark might undermine FECs ability to carry out its 
     statutory responsibilities in the upcoming fiscal year.
       Within available funds, the conferees urge the FEC to move 
     as expeditiously as possible with their plans to modernize 
     operations through computerization. The conferees encourage 
     the FEC to develop options that will provide for the 
     electronic filing of reports.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority


                         Salaries and Expenses

       Amendment No. 49. Appropriates $21,341,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $21,540,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                    General Services Administration


                         Federal Buildings Fund

               Limitations on the Availability of Revenue

       Amendment No. 50. Appropriates $310,197,000 for expenses of 
     the Federal Buildings Fund, instead of $361,615,520 as 
     proposed by the House and $500,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 51. Establishes an aggregate limitation of 
     $4,932,322,000 in obligational authority to be expended from 
     receipts to the Federal Buildings Fund instead of 
     $4,973,825,520 as proposed by the House and $5,055,841,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 52. Authorizes GSA to expend $601,702,000 in 
     obligational authority for construction of federal building 
     projects instead of $502,709,520 as proposed by the House and 
     $721,129,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 53. Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and modifies language proposed by the Senate which provides 
     funding for the construction of certain Federal buildings and 
     facilities.


                 federal building funding requirements

       Due to budgetary constraints, the conferees have reduced 
     the funding available to Federal office building and 
     courthouse projects for fiscal year 1995. The conferees are 
     fully aware that the reduced funding may not cover the full 
     costs of the projects as presently planned. The conferees 
     expect the General Services Administration to proceed with 
     the projects with the scope as originally planned. If funding 
     provided through the line-item projects is not sufficient, 
     the conferees direct GSA to submit reprogramming requests to 
     the Committees on Appropriations to keep these projects on 
     schedule. In addition, the conferees expect GSA to submit 
     budget requests in future fiscal years for those projects 
     which have not been fully funded.

                  U.S. Courthouse St. Louis, Missouri

       Construction has begun on the new Federal Courthouse in St. 
     Louis, Missouri. Budget restraints have required the 
     conferees to reduce funding for this project below the actual 
     costs of this project. The conferees intend that GSA proceed 
     on schedule with the scope as planned and utilize its 
     reprogramming authority to insure appropriate funding is made 
     available for completion of this project.

                  U.S. Courthouse, Fresno, California

       The conferees understand that GSA will soon begin the 
     process of selecting a site for a new Federal Courthouse in 
     Fresno, California. The conferees agree that GSA should 
     adequately review all sites, including those in downtown 
     Fresno for the new facility. The conferees note the 
     Congressional intent is that to the extent possible, GSA 
     strive to locate new facilities in downtown areas.

            EPA Building, Research Triangle, North Carolina

       The conferees agree with the House position supporting the 
     plans for a new Environmental Protection Agency laboratory in 
     Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The conferees expect 
     the Administration to submit a request for construction funds 
     for this building in the appropriate agency account in fiscal 
     year 1996.

                    Cleveland, Ohio U.S. Courthouse

       The conferees encourage GSA to work with the Planning 
     Commission of the City of Cleveland on the location of the 
     proposed U.S. Courthouse taking into consideration the 
     ``Group Plan of the Public Buildings of the City of 
     Cleveland,'' prepared by the Board of Supervisors for Public 
     Buildings and Grounds of the City of Cleveland. The conferees 
     further encourage GSA to work with the Planning Commission of 
     the City of Cleveland to review the need for pedestrian links 
     to the community's pending waterfront rapid rail 
     transportation extension.

               Federal Office Building, Lakeland, Florida

       The conferees agree with the House report language 
     directing GSA to develop a plan to renovate and upgrade the 
     existing facility and use up to $1,500,000 for available 
     funds to accomplish this task.

                   U.S. Courthouse, Savannah, Georgia

       The conferees direct the General Services Administration to 
     work with the City of Savannah, Georgia to incorporate, to 
     the extent possible, adaptive renovation of historic 
     structures, within the Federal Courthouse project.

                    U.S. Courthouse, Tampa, Florida

       The conferees agree that the report requested by the Senate 
     with regards to this facility is no longer required.


                            noaa facilities

       The House has included language in its report on the 
     consolidation of NOAA facilities in the Norfolk/Hampton Roads 
     area. With respect to any facilities for the fleet, the 
     conferees direct that GSA examine the cost effectiveness of 
     using facilities and docks at military bases that are being 
     closed.


                 U.S. Courthouse Construction Requests

       The conferees agree with the House report language 
     accompanying the provision in the bill (Sec. 9) on courthouse 
     construction. The conferees direct that the Courthouse 
     construction requirements established by GSA and OMB include 
     a prioritization of the projects by the Administrative Office 
     of the U.S. Courts.


                       Authorization Requirements

       The conferees have funded certain Federal building projects 
     which are subject to authorization. A provision has been 
     included which prohibits GSA from expending the provided 
     funds until these projects receive the necessary 
     authorization. In the meantime, however, the conferees direct 
     the Administrator of General Services to submit information 
     on these projects to the authorization committees. That 
     information should take the form of either a formal 
     prospectus or 11(b) report.
       Amendment No. 54. Makes available $720,564,000 for repairs 
     and alterations of certain Federal buildings and facilities 
     instead of $815,268,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $714,556,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 55. Makes available funds for repairs and 
     alterations of certain Federal buildings and facilities.

          Corps of Engineers Facility, Walla Walla, Washington

       The conferees have provided $2,800,000 for repair and 
     alteration of the land and facilities currently occupied by 
     the Corps of Engineers in Walla Walla, Washington. The 
     conferees are concerned about GSA's lack of knowledge about 
     this effort and the possibility that it may be using 
     unrealistic cost estimates in preparing its plan. Therefore, 
     the conferees direct GSA to work with the Corps of Engineers 
     to implement the most cost-effective plan for this project. 
     Additionally, the GSA shall keep the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations apprised of its efforts to 
     complete this project.
       Amendment No. 56. Makes available $2,173,000,000 for rental 
     of space activities as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $2,204,628,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 57. Makes available $1,309,525,000 for 
     building operations as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $1,323,689,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 58. Restores House language, with certain 
     modifications, which allocates funds for a Bureau of Census 
     project and subjects the obligation of funds for various 
     Federal building projects to authorization approval, and 
     provides that $5,000,000 appropriated for the FDA 
     consolidation may be used for necessary infrastructure 
     improvements.


                           Road Improvements

       The conferees have included language directing the General 
     Services Administration to transfer $5,000,000 to the Secret 
     Service for road improvements at the Rowley Training Center 
     in Beltsville, Maryland. These funds shall be expended for 
     purposes of repairs of the adjacent roadways and its 
     appurtenances.


                          Telecommuting Center

       The conferees have identified the specific amount that is 
     available for the General Services Administration to pay to a 
     public entity in the State of Maryland for purposes of 
     establishing telecommuting work centers in Southern Maryland. 
     The $1,300,000 in this language includes, and is not in 
     addition to, those expenditures incurred or to be incurred 
     for facilities, equipment and other services pursuant to the 
     existing lease contract (including any supplements or riders 
     thereto) between the General Services Administration and 
     Charles County Community College.
       Amendment No. 59. Deletes language proposed by the House 
     with regard to certain building projects.
       Amendment No. 60. Establishes an aggregate limitation of 
     $4,932,322,000 in obligational authority to be expended from 
     receipts to the Federal Buildings Fund instead of 
     $4,973,825,520 as proposed by the House and $5,057,841,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 61. Modifies Senate language rescinding funds 
     from certain projects funded in previous fiscal years.


                           Operating Expenses

       Amendment No. 62. Deletes language proposed by the House 
     authorizing expenditures for the Information Security 
     Oversight Office. This office has been transferred to the 
     Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 1995.
       Amendment No. 63. Appropriates $130,036,000 for operating 
     expenses as proposed by the Senate instead of $123,020,000 as 
     proposed by the House; includes language proposed by the 
     House cancelling $172,000 in offsetting collections; and 
     includes language as proposed by the Senate allocating 
     certain funds for Congressional and Senate offices.


                         Communications Network

       The conferees have provided $6,000,000 for two 
     communications networks. The conferees direct GSA to use up 
     to $3,000,000 to implement the pilot project described in its 
     report, ``Iowa Communications Network Study''. The remaining 
     $3,000,000 shall be available to GSA for enhancing 
     information superhighway capabilities in the State of Arizona 
     working through Arizona State University.


                   Automating Procurement Operations

       The conferees agree with the House report language 
     concerning savings which might be achieved throughout the 
     government through application of the Interior Department's 
     Electronic Acquisition System (IDEAS) contract. This system 
     could help reduce costs and provide savings to the government 
     through increased private sector competition and a reduction 
     of administrative requirements.


                        Pollution Abatement Test

       The conferees agree with the House report language which 
     reaffirms the Congressional directive to move forward on the 
     test of diesel fuel additives as a means to reduce emissions 
     and particulates. The GSA has submitted a report on its role 
     in the pollution abatement test and the conferees direct the 
     agency to ensure that the test is carried out as directed in 
     1994.


                Conversion of Gasoline Powered Vehicles

       The conferees are aware of a unique coupling technology 
     utilized in the fueling of alternative fueling vehicles such 
     as liquid propane gas and liquid natural gas. This coupling 
     technology has been successfully employed by the Houston 
     Metro Bus System in the conversion of buses to liquid natural 
     gas. The conferees direct GSA and the U.S. Postal Service to 
     investigate the applicability of this coupling in their 
     existing vehicle conversion programs mandated by Executive 
     Order 12844 and to report back to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations no later than March 1, 1995 on 
     the results of this investigation.


                            Xth Paralympiad

       The conferees agree that of the amounts appropriated to 
     GSA, up to $1,000,000 shall be used for logistical and 
     personnel support for the Xth Paralympiad on disability. The 
     conferees recommend GSA's participation in preparation of 
     public facilities for use by an unprecedented population of 
     people with disabilities during the 1996 Paralympiad. The 
     extent of accessibility associated with the event provides a 
     model for future design and adaptability in Federal 
     facilities.


                         telecommuting centers

       The conferees are particularly pleased with the success of 
     the Waldorf InTeleWorkCenter, the first of a network of 
     telecommuting centers in Southern Maryland being developed by 
     Charles County Community College for this demonstration. The 
     conferees are concerned that these centers and the supporting 
     research being undertaken by Charles County Community College 
     on behalf of this demonstration progress in an expedited 
     manner which encourages innovation and flexibility. In 
     establishing the first center in Charles County, the College 
     experiences difficulty in securing GSA reimbursement for 
     appropriate expenditures totaling $180,676 and covering 
     start-up, build-out and development of the Waldorf 
     InTeleWorkCenter and the supporting program. The conferees 
     direct GSA to promptly reimburse Charles County Community 
     College for all the justifiable reimbursable expenses. The 
     conferees support the continuation of the College's role as 
     the developer of initiatives to provide tools for success for 
     future Federal telework centers including telework training, 
     analysis of emerging technologies, business planning, etc. 
     Further, the conferees direct Charles County Community 
     College to provide a full report of findings and status to 
     date directly to this committee by July 1, 1995.


                equipment purchase--working capital fund

       The Committees have included a provision establishing an 
     expanded GSA Working Capital Revolving Fund to provide a more 
     appropriate account for the administration of the various 
     centralized administrative support services provided to 
     benefiting GSA organizations and external entities and the 
     centralized acquisition of major equipment and development of 
     agencywide financial management and management information 
     systems. These functions were heretofore housed under the 
     Salaries and Expenses, General Management and Administration 
     direct appropriation account.
       Accordingly, it is the intent of the Committees that the 
     activities referenced in section 5 of GSA's General 
     Provisions in Public Law 103-123 (107 Stat 1246) ``Major 
     equipment acquisitions and development activity'' of the 
     Salaries and Expenses, General Management and Administration 
     appropriation account for transfer of prior year unobligated 
     balances of operating expenses accounts be separately 
     accounted for under the new Working Capital Fund.
       Amendment No. 64. Deletes language proposed by the House 
     authorizing GSA to transfer funds between operating accounts.
       Amendment No. 65. Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     authorizing GSA to use certain payments received from 
     contractors or vendors for General Supply Fund purposes.


                       reimbursement for expenses

       The conferees have agreed not to include a provision (Sec. 
     11) as recommended by the Senate which would have authorized 
     GSA to retain refunds and rebates from contractors or vendors 
     to manage and administer service programs such as the 
     government credit card contracts due to the significant 
     legislative concerns which have been raised. The conferees 
     note that the current credit card contracts includes 
     approximately $18,000,000 which will be available for rebate 
     to all Federal agencies which use the service, based on usage 
     and other factors. The conferees direct that all agencies 
     receiving these rebates reimburse GSA for the costs of 
     administering the program. Additionally, GSA should develop 
     accurate cost measures associated with management and 
     administration of this program and ensure that only those 
     costs are the basis for reimbursement, before it seeks future 
     action on this issue.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of Funds)

       Amendment No. 66. Makes available $2,250,000 from the Civil 
     Service Retirement and Disability Fund for administrative 
     expenses instead of $2,420,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $1,989,000 as proposed by the Senate.

 Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
                           Policy Foundation


   Federal payment to Morris K. Udall Scholarship and excellence in 
                national environmental policy foundation

       Amendment No. 67. Appropriates $10,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                           operating expenses

       Amendment No. 68. Appropriates $195,238,000, instead of 
     $194,638,000 as proposed by the House and $200,238,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Also deletes language proposed by the 
     Senate earmarking certain funds for grants for historical 
     publications and records. The amount provided includes 
     $100,000 for Archival activities associated with the Gallery 
     of the Open Frontier in Nebraska and $500,000 to continue the 
     feasibility study begun in fiscal year 1994 on the 
     integration of Archives' collections into Internet and 
     follow-on on-line systems in Nebraska.
       Amendment No. 69. Restores House language canceling 
     $441,000 in offsetting collections.

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission

       Amendment No. 70. Modifies House language appropriating 
     $9,000,000 for historical publications and records grants and 
     provides funds for the Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Library and the 
     Robert H. and Corinne W. Michel Congressional Education Fund.


                          educational programs

       In its continuing effort to improve teaching about the 
     United States Constitution and the U.S. government, the 
     Division of Exhibits and Educational Programs and the 
     Constitution Project have developed a national institute for 
     teachers on the subject of the United States Constitution and 
     the Bill of Rights. The conferees commend this action and 
     have provided $250,000 to fund this important program.

         John F. Kennedy Assassination Records and Review Board


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 71. Appropriates $2,150,000 instead of 
     $2,418,000 as proposed by the House.


                        hiring of investigators

       The conferees agree that the John F. Kennedy Assassination 
     Records Review Board should give favorable consideration to 
     hiring individuals which have investigative experience due to 
     their former employment with the Office of Personnel 
     Management. These individuals may well possess the skills 
     which the Board will need to accomplish its mission.

                     Office of Personnel Management


                         salaries and expenses

                  (including transfer of trust funds)

       Amendment No. 72. Restores language and appropriations of 
     $115,139,000 for salaries and expenses and $93,934,000 for 
     administrative expenses as proposed by the House, including 
     $3,000,000 as proposed by the House for OPM training. 
     Includes language proposed by the Senate establishing health 
     promotion and disease prevention programs.

                Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB)

       The conferees support all efforts to encourage FEHB Plan 
     members to utilize quality and cost-effective health care 
     delivery systems. The conferees support OPM's position in its 
     March 24, 1994 letter to carriers in the FEHB requiring that 
     carriers must put in place procedures to capture discounts 
     from all bills presented and/or contract with vendors to do 
     so.
       The conferees have some concerns that confusion and 
     questions can arise among providers about the nature and 
     relationship of FEHB carriers, their networks, and other 
     organizations that are not so closely affiliated. The 
     conferees expect OPM to carefully review carrier submissions 
     and encourage carries to work with providers to alleviate 
     those concerns. The conferees further expect carriers to 
     describe in their annual benefit submissions to OPM 
     procedures for obtaining the lowest price for these services.
       In addition, the conferees expect the OPM to review 
     procedures and practices of all in and out of network 
     contractors to ensure that Federal employees have the best 
     available information in order to make sound choices and 
     decisions.
       The conferees direct OPM to report back to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations by April 1, 1995 on the 
     amount of savings realized from this program. The conferees 
     wish to reiterate that OPM is expected to ensure FEHB program 
     integrity and the highest quality care for Federal employees 
     at the lowest price.


                   diversity in the federal workplace

       The conferees are supportive of efforts by the Office of 
     Personnel Management to promote diversity and equal 
     employment opportunity in the Federal civil service. The 
     conferees are aware of one such program used in this regard, 
     the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Program in Public 
     Policy. Over 800 students have been selected as Wilson 
     Fellows for training in over 30 of the Nation's top graduate 
     schools and universities teaching public policy in the United 
     States. Wilson Fellows account for nearly 50 percent of all 
     minority students served by many of these programs. The 
     conferees are supportive of efforts by the Office of 
     Personnel Management to improve cooperation with the Wilson 
     program, as well as other programs that are geared to 
     increasing minority participation in government, and 
     encourage OPM to recommend how these efforts can be improved 
     in its fiscal year 1996 budget submission.


                           budget submission

       The fiscal year 1995 OPM budget submission is unclear and 
     should be revised to illustrate the relationship between its 
     initiatives and various appropriated and non-appropriated 
     accounts. The conferees direct that a revised submission, 
     with prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations, be 
     prepared for the fiscal year 1996 budget submission.


 base pay for uniformed division officers of the united states secret 
  service and police officers of the bureau of engraving and printing

       The conferees recommend that the Office of Personnel 
     Management incorporate Special Pay Rates, which were 
     previously granted to the United States Secret Service 
     Uniformed Division officers, into the base pay scale of these 
     officers. The conferees further recommend that the police 
     officers of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing be provided 
     locality pay. It was the original intent of the conferees 
     that the Secret Service Uniformed Division Special Rates be 
     included as part of base pay for all purposes and receipt of 
     these Special Rates should not preclude these officers from 
     locality pay adjustments. Comparison of locality adjustments 
     to Special Rates is certain to reflect the very disparities 
     which precipitated the need for the Special Rate adjustments 
     for the Uniform Division officers in 1988. Similarly, lack of 
     locality pay for Bureau of Engraving and Printing police 
     erodes their new pay plan established in 1991. The conferees 
     fear that without action to correct these oversights 
     additional recruitment and retention problems will result. 
     The conferees instruct OPM to report back on its actions in 
     this regard no later than February 1, 1995.

                        United States Tax Court


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 73. Appropriates $34,039,000 instead of 
     $33,650,000 as proposed by the house and $34,427,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act


                             reprogrammings

       The conferees agree to require a reprogramming request from 
     any agency, department or office when the amount to be 
     reprogrammed exceeds $500,000 or 10 percent of any object 
     class, budget activity, program line item, or program 
     activity, whichever is greater. For agencies receiving 
     appropriations under $20,000,000, this threshold shall be 
     $100,000 or 5 percent, whichever is greater.
       Such requests shall be submitted for the prior approval of 
     the Committees on Appropriations. The Committees must receive 
     such requests in sufficient time to consider them before 
     their proposed implementation. In the past, the 
     Administration has delayed submission as much as four months 
     between the time that it knew that the reprogramming was 
     necessary and the time that it was formally transmitted. The 
     conferees expect that such delays will not recur in the 
     future.


                        performance measurement

       The conferees agree to direct agencies to begin 
     implementing performance measurement, pursuant to the 
     following principles:
       (1) A relatively large number of measures are needed to 
     fully understand a product/service's performance. 
     Organizations which are just now establishing measures are 
     advised to start small with a few key areas until they 
     increase their proficiency.
       (2) Managers should be using performance measurement data, 
     paying special attention to often-ignored quality and 
     customer satisfaction information. Managers typically use 
     traditional financial performance measures while ignoring 
     quality and customer satisfaction data.
       (3) Managers should ensure that performance measures are 
     linked with all relevant planning and improvement efforts. It 
     is also important that organizations use performance 
     measurement in senior management appraisals.
       (4) Managers should limit the creation of overhead 
     organizations. Initiatives that make performance measures 
     easier--such as automated systems--are popular and often 
     create higher user satisfaction. Initiatives that create 
     extra work--such as central office collecting measurement 
     data or a consolidated report--inhibit productivity and are 
     not frequently used by corporations.
       The conferees note that government leaders should adopt the 
     practice of involving customers and stakeholders in the 
     development of performance measurements, involving line 
     management, employees, and even customers. This tends to 
     increase ``buy-in,'' usability, and implementation. 
     Development and implementation should be driven by broader 
     improvement efforts providing a mechanism for following up on 
     the opportunities revealed by the measurement data.
       The conferees agree that, to the extent practicable, 
     performance management concepts be incorporated and 
     identified in the fiscal year 1996 budget requests.


                     task forces funded in this act

       The conferees agree with the House report language 
     requiring agencies which fund any task force to report the 
     amount contributed to a task force to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations.


                             Mailing lists

       The conferees agree that section 522 which addresses the 
     availability of mailing lists, has no bearing on information 
     that may be available to Federal labor organizations pursuant 
     to any other law, rule, or regulation.
       Amendment No. 74. Inserts a Senate provision changing a 
     date from 1994 to 1995 with reference to the use of funds and 
     other contributions to OPM.
       Amendment No. 75. Restores language proposed by the House 
     which prohibits funds from being used to withdraw the 
     designation of a port in Front Royal, Virginia.
       Amendment No. 76. Restores language proposed by the House 
     which prohibits the use of funds to relocate any Federal 
     agency for the sole reason that locality pay was increased.
       Amendment No. 77. Restores language proposed by the House 
     with modification requiring advance approval by the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations for funds carried-over 
     from certain salaries and expense accounts.
       Amendment No. 78. Inserts Senate language which limits 
     travel expenses for Federal agencies and changes section 
     number.
       Amendment No. 79. Modifies Senate language to exempt 
     Treasury law enforcement and support positions from the 
     Federal Workforce Restructuring Act for one year.
       Amendment No. 80. Inserts Senate language amending a law 
     relating to former Presidents and changes section number.
       Amendment No. 81. Inserts Senate language amending a law 
     relating to former Presidents and changes section number.
       Amendment No. 82. Modifies language proposed by the Senate 
     requiring the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a 
     study on cost of living allowances for Federal employees 
     stationed outside of the continental United States. It also 
     inserts language concerning the U.S. Forest Service 
     Administrative Offices in Graham County, Arizona, the U.S. 
     Courthouse in Tucson, a leased facility in Tucson, 
     jurisdiction of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the use 
     of funds made available in previous years for the U.S. Mint, 
     a transfer of funds provided for the Office of Policy 
     Development, the replacement of vehicles at IRS, equipment 
     purchases for the GSA from the Working Capital Fund, 
     exempting a Treasury Department review from the Federal 
     Advisory Committee Act and clarifies pay for the legislative 
     archivist at the National Archives and Records 
     Administration.

              TITLE VI--GOVERNMENTWIDE GENERAL PROVISIONS

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

       Amendment No. 83. Inserts Senate language permitting other 
     employee programs as authorized by law or deemed appropriate 
     to benefit from funds received from recycling programs.
       Amendment No. 84. Restores House language and deletes 
     Senate language relating to wage grade employees.


                     Office Redecorating Allowances

       The conferees agree with the Senate position on Section 618 
     regarding the use of funds for decorating and improvement 
     purposes. It is the intent of the conferees that the word 
     ``office'' refers not only to the personal office of the 
     official, but also the entire suite of offices assigned to 
     the official, as well as any other space that is directly 
     controlled by the official or is recognized within the agency 
     as being primarily for the use of the official.
       Amendment No. 85. Restores House language relating to 
     mandatory use of FTS2000.
       Amendment No. 86. Deletes Senate language relating to 
     utility rebates.
       Amendment No. 87. Restores House language with a technical 
     change to provide for an average .6% locality pay and a 2% 
     ECI increase for Federal employees.
       Amendment No. 88. Restores House language relating to the 
     backfilling of positions eliminated through Federal ``buy-
     outs''.
       Amendments No. 89-92. Inserts four Senate amendments 
     relating to the employment of Executive Office of the 
     President individuals and access to the White House.
       Amendment No. 93. Deletes Senate language relating to pay 
     for the Uniformed Division of the United States Secret 
     Service.
       Amendment No. 94. Modifies Senate language which authorizes 
     law enforcement availability pay.


                    Law Enforcement Availability Pay

       The provision included in the conference report provides a 
     25 percent premium pay allowance to all 1811 OPM series 
     criminal investigators, and to 1812 OPM series criminal 
     investigators employed by the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
       Availability pay replaces discretionary premium pay, 
     commonly referred to as ``Administratively Uncontrollable 
     Overtime (AUO)'', with guaranteed compensation at the rate of 
     25 percent. The compensation is provided in anticipation of 
     the unscheduled work which these criminal investigators are 
     expected to perform due to the nature of their work.
       Criminal investigators receiving this guaranteed 
     compensation shall be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards 
     Act payment. This does not imply that the conferees believe 
     that such an exemption should or should not be applied to 
     State and local law enforcement officers. Federal 
     investigators are faced with unique conditions of employment, 
     such as interstate and international relocation, which 
     necessitate guaranteed compensation in lieu of Fair Labor 
     Standards Act payments.
       The provisions contained in this section provide criminal 
     investigators with a guaranteed, uniformly-applied form of 
     compensation for unscheduled duty. It will facilitate 
     budgeting, scheduling and operations for the affected 
     agencies. Enactment of this section will prevent litigation 
     and provide fair and secure compensation to federal criminal 
     investigators.
       Amendment No. 95, Deletes Senate language relating to 
     utility rebates.
       Amendment No. 96. Inserts Senate language amending Section 
     5704 of title 5, United States Code, relating to employee 
     mileage reimbursement and changes the section number.
       Amendment No. 97. Inserts Senate language relating to 
     Canadian restrictions on the import of chickens from the 
     United States and changes the section number.
       Amendment No. 98. Modifies Senate language relating to the 
     use of funds for the travel of certain individuals and 
     changes the section number.
       Amendment No. 99. Inserts Senate language making amendments 
     to Section 3 of the Congressional Award Act and changes the 
     section number.
       Amendment No. 100. Inserts a Senate provision relating to 
     drug-free workplace programs and changes section number.
       Amendment No. 101. Modifies Senate language relating to the 
     use of subsidies for certain third-class periodical 
     publications; establishes a 6-year statute of limitations on 
     certain claims; authorizes the Bureau of the Public Debt to 
     pay for certain expenses; authorizes Federal law enforcement 
     officers to attend the funerals of fellow officers and 
     firefighters; and permits OPM to use funds for government 
     payments for annuitants and employee life insurance programs.
       Amendment No. 102. Inserts Senate language relating to 
     savings from procurement reforms and changes the section 
     number.
       Amendment No. 103. Deletes Senate language relating to GSA 
     buildings and establishes a new title, Title VII, which 
     appropriates funds for violent crime control and law 
     enforcement programs and activities.
       The conferees have provided $38,700,000 for various law 
     enforcement activities of the Department of the Treasury. The 
     funds are allocated as follows: $2,400,000 for the Office of 
     Enforcement; $9,000,000 for the Gang Resistance Education and 
     Training program; $7,000,000 for the Bureau of Alcohol, 
     Tobacco and Firearms for firearms enforcement and compliance 
     activities; $7,000,000 for the Internal Revenue Service's 
     Criminal Investigation Division; $4,000,000 for the U.S. 
     Customs Service for border and port enforcement activities; 
     $2,700,000 for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for 
     Gateway and other financial intelligence activities; and 
     $6,600,000 for the United States Secret Service for anti-
     counterfeit investigations and enhancing forensics 
     capabilities to aid in the identification of missing and 
     exploited children.


                distribution of funds for great program

       The conferees direct that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
     and Firearms give priority to the consideration of funding 
     for New York City and the District of Columbia when 
     distributing funds under the GREAT program.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 1995 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1994 amount, the 1995 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1995 
     follow:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1994...$22,538,822,000
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 24,571,817,000
House bill, fiscal year 1995.............................23,347,513,520
Senate bill, fiscal year 1995............................23,591,590,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1995...................23,454,806,000
Conference agreement compared with:....................................
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1994........+915,984
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fisca-1,117,011,000
  House bill, fiscal year 1995.............................+107,292,480
  Senate bill, fiscal year 1995............................-136,784,000

     Steny H. Hoyer,
     Peter J. Visclosky,
     George (Buddy) Darden,
     John W. Olver,
     Tom Bevill,
     Martin Olav Sabo,
     David R. Obey,
     Jim Lightfoot,
       (except amendment 29),
     Joseph M. McDade,
       (except amendment 53),
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Dennis DeConcini,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     J. Robert Kerrey,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Alfonse M. D'Amato,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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