[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 166 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H10813-H10828]
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 CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2020, TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL 
                  GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996

  Mr. LIGHTFOOT submitted the following conference report and statement 
on the bill (H.R. 2020) 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, 1996, and for other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 104-291)

       The Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     2020) ``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, 1996, 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 4, 10, 
     30, 32, 33, 39, 41, 42, 44, 50, 51, 64, 73, 83, 85, 87, 89, 
     90, 91, 98, 99, 110, 111, 118, 124, 134, 137, 138, and 141.
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendments of the Senate numbered 1, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 
     19, 21, 25, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 45, 49, 53, 54, 55, 
     61, 63, 66, 71, 72, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 86, 92, 94, 95, 96, 
     100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 
     119, 120, 121, and 123, and agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 2: 

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       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:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted in said 
     amendment insert: $105,929,000, of which up to $500,000 shall 
     be available to reimburse the District of Columbia 
     Metropolitan Police Department for personnel costs incurred 
     by the Metropolitan Police Department between May 19, 1995 
     and September 30, 1995 as a result of the closing to 
     vehicular traffic of Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest and other 
     streets in the vicinity of the White House: Provided, That 
     Section 640 of Title VI of the Treasury Postal Service and 
     General Government Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-
     329, 108 Stat. 2432), is amended by adding at the end thereof 
     the following new sentence: ``This section shall not apply to 
     any claim where the employee has received any compensation 
     for overtime hours worked during the period covered by the 
     claim under any other provision of law, including, but not 
     limited to, 5 U.S.C. 5545(c), or to any claim for 
     compensation for time spent commuting between the employee's 
     residence and duty station.''; 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 matter proposed in said amendment, insert:


          treasury buildings and annex repair and restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury 
     Building and annex, and the Secret Service Headquarters 
     Building, $21,491,000, to remain available until expended.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 5:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 5, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $10,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 6:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 6, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken in said amendment amended to 
     read as follows: travel expenses of non-Federal law 
     enforcement personnel to attend meetings concerned with 
     financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and 
     financial regulation;
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 7:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 7, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: $22,198,000; Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of 
     the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network may procure up to 
     $500,000 in specialized, unique or novel automatic data 
     processing equipment, ancillary equipment, software, 
     services, and related resources from commercial vendors 
     without regard to otherwise applicable procurement laws and 
     regulations and without full and open competition, utilizing 
     procedures best suited under the circumstances of the 
     procurement to efficiently fulfill the agency's requirements: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated in this account may 
     be used to procure personal services contracts; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 12:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 12, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $184,300,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 15:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 15, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken in said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: : Provided further, That no funds 
     appropriated herein shall be used to pay administrative 
     expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of 
     the United States to implement an amendment or amendments to 
     27 CFR 178.118 or to change the definition of ``Curios or 
     relics'' in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from ATF 
     Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994; 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 matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, : Provided further, That the Commissioner of the 
     Customs Service designate a single individual to be port 
     director of all United States Government activities at two 
     ports of entry, one on the southern border and one on the 
     northern border: Provided further, That $750,000 shall be 
     available for additional part-time and temporary positions in 
     the Honolulu Customs District ; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment No. 18:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 18, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed in said amendment, insert: 
     $64,843,000 which ; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 20:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 20, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $1,723,764,000 ; 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:
       Restore the matter stricken in said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: : Provided, That $13,000,000 shall be used 
     to initiate a program to utilize private counsel law firms 
     and debt collection agencies in the collection activities of 
     the Internal Revenue Service in compliance with section 104 
     of this Act and, on page 13, line 3, of the House of 
     Representatives engrossed bill, H.R. 2020, after ``which'' 
     insert ``up to'' and, on line 4, after ``Program,'' delete 
     ``no amount of which shall be available for IRS 
     administrative costs,'' ; 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 matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: $1,527,154,000, of which no less than 
     $695,000,000 shall be available for tax systems modernization 
     activities ; 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 stricken and inserted in said 
     amendment, insert: : Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
     for tax systems modernization, $100,000,000 may not be 
     obligated until the Secretary of the Treasury provides a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
     the Senate that (1) with explicit decision criteria, 
     identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes all systems 
     investments planned for fiscal year 1996, (2) provides a 
     schedule for successfully mitigating deficiencies identified 
     by the General Accounting Office in its April 1995 report to 
     the Committees, (3) presents a milestone schedule for 
     development and implementation program, and (4) presents a 
     plan to expand the utilization of external expertise for 
     systems development and total program integration; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 26:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 26, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $531,944,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 27:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 27, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted in said 
     amendment, insert:
       (a) As authorized by section 190001(e), $69,314,000 of 
     which $25,690,000 shall be available to the United States 
     Customs Service for expenses associated with ``Operation 
     Hardline''; of which $21,010,000 shall be available to the 
     Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of which no less than 
     $14,410,000 shall be available to annualize the salaries and 
     related costs for the fiscal year 1995 supplemental 
     initiative, and of which no less than $3,500,000 shall be 
     available for administering the Gang Resistance Education and 
     Training program, and of which $3,100,000 shall be available 
     for ballistics technologies; of which $21,600,000 shall be 
     available to the United States Secret Service, of which no 
     less than $1,600,000 shall be available for enhancing 
     forensics technology to aid missing and exploited children 
     investigations; and of which $1,014,000 shall be available to 
     the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; and ; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 31:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 31, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the section number named in said amendment, 
     insert: 107; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 37:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 37, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter inserted in said amendment, insert:

                      Council of Economic Advisers


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out its 
     functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), 
     $3,180,000.
       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:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to title I 
     of Public Law 100-690; not to exceed $8,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses; for participation in 

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     joint projects or in the provision of services on matters of mutual 
     interest with nonprofit, research, or public organizations or 
     agencies, with or without reimbursement; $23,500,000, of 
     which $16,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
     be available to the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center 
     for counternarcotics research and development projects and 
     shall be available for transfer to other Federal departments 
     or agencies; and of the funds made available to the Counter-
     Drug Technology Assessment Center, $600,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Drug Enforcement Administration for the El 
     Paso Intelligence Center: Provided, That the Office is 
     authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, 
     both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or 
     facilitating the work of the Office.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 46:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 46, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

                     Federal Drug Control Programs


             High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
     Program, $103,000,000 for drug control activities consistent 
     with the approved strategy for each of the designated High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 
     $55,000,000 shall be transferred to State and local entities 
     for drug control activities; and of which up to $48,000,000 
     may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments at a 
     rate to be determined by the Director: Provided, 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. 47:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 47, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

           Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Advisory Commission on 
     Intergovernmental Relations, $784,000, of which $334,000 is 
     to carry out the provisions of Public Law 104-4, and of which 
     $450,000 shall be available only for the purposes of the 
     prompt and orderly termination of the Advisory Commission on 
     Intergovernmental Relations.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 48:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 48, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

             Administrative Conference of the United States


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of 
     the United States, established under subchapter V of chapter 
     5 of title 5, United States Code, $600,000: Provided, That 
     these funds shall only be available for the purposes of the 
     prompt and orderly termination of the Administrative 
     Conference of the United States by February 1, 1996.
       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 proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $20,542,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 56:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 56, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $5,066,149,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 57:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 57, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $545,002,000; 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:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:
       New Construction:
       Colorado:
       Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, U.S. Geological Survey Lab 
     Building, $25,802,000
       Florida:
       Tallahassee, U.S. Courthouse Annex, $24,015,000
       Georgia:
       Savannah, U.S. Courthouse Annex, $2,597,000
       Louisiana:
       Lafayette, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 
     $29,565,000
       Maryland:
       Prince Georges County, Food and Drug Administration, 
     $55,000,000
       Nebraska:
       Omaha, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, $53,424,000
       New Mexico:
       Albuquerque, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 
     $6,126,000
       New York:
       Central Islip, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 
     $189,102,000
       North Dakota:
       Pembina, Border Station, $11,113,000
       Pennsylvania:
       Scranton, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse Annex, 
     $24,095,000
       South Carolina:
       Columbia, U.S. Courthouse Annex, $3,562,000
       Texas:
       Austin, Veterans Affairs Annex, $7,940,000
       Brownsville, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 
     $27,452,00
       Washington:
       Point Roberts, U.S. Border Station, $3,516,000
       Seattle, U.S. Courthouse, $5,600,000
       West Virginia:
       Martinsburg, Internal Revenue Service Computer Center, 
     $63,408,000
       Non-prospectus Projects Program, $12,685,000; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 59:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 59, 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 the $6,000,000 
     under the heading of nonprospectus construction projects, 
     made available in Public Laws 102-393 and 103-123 for the 
     acquisition, lease, construction and equipping of flexiplace 
     work telecommuting centers, is hereby increased by $5,000,000 
     from funds made available in this Act for non-prospectus 
     construction projects, all of which shall remain available 
     until expended: Provided further, That of the $5,000,000 made 
     available by this Act, half shall be used for telecommuting 
     centers in the State of Virginia and half shall be used for 
     telecommuting centers in the State of Maryland: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available for the District of 
     Columbia, Southeast Federal Center, under the heading, ``Real 
     Property Activities, Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on 
     Availability of Revenue'' in Public Law 101-509, $55,000,000 
     are rescinded: Provided further, That the limitation on the 
     availability of revenue contained in such Act is reduced by 
     $55,000,000; 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 proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $637,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 62
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 62, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:
       Repairs and Alterations:
       Arkansas:
       Little Rock, Federal Building, $7,551,000
       California:
       Sacramento, Federal Building (2800 Cottage Way), 
     $13,636,000
       District of Columbia:
       ICC/Connecting Wing Complex/Customs (phase 2/3), 
     $58,275,000
       Illinois:
       Chicago, Federal Center, $45,971,000
       Maryland:
       Woodlawn, SSA East High-Low Buildings, $17,422,000
       North Dakota:
       Bismarck, Federal Building, Post Office and U.S. 
     Courthouse, $7,119,000
       Pennsylvania:
       Philadelphia, Byrne-Green Complex, $30,909,000
       Philadelphia, SSA Building, Mid-Atlantic Program Service 
     Center, $11,376,000
       Puerto Rico:
       Old San Juan, Post Office and U.S. Courthouse, $25,701,000
       Texas:
       Dallas, Federal Building (Griffin St.), $5,641,000
       Washington:
       Richland, Federal Building, U.S. Post Office, and 
     Courthouse, $10,000,000
       Nationwide:
       Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $43,533,000
       Elevator Program, $13,109,000
       Energy Program, $20,000,000
       Advance Design, $22,000,000; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment No. 65
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 65, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $2,326,200,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 67:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 67, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment amended to 
     read as follows: : Provided further, That the Administrator 
     is authorized to enter into and perform such leases, 
     contracts, or other transactions with any agency or 
     instrumentality of the United States, the several States, or 
     the District of Columbia, or with any person, firm, 
     association, or corporation, as may be necessary to implement 
     the trade center plan at the Federal Triangle Project; and 
     the Senate agree to the same.

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       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 sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $5,066,149,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 69:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 69, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted in said 
     amendment, insert:


                           Operating Expenses

       For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
     necessary for asset management activities; utilization of 
     excess and disposal of surplus personal property; 
     transportation management activities; procurement and supply 
     management activities; Government-wide and internal 
     responsibilities relating to automated data management, 
     telecommunications, information resources management, and 
     related activities; utilization survey, deed compliance 
     inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, 
     and land use planning functions pertaining to excess and 
     surplus real property; agency-wide policy direction; Board of 
     Contract Appeals; accounting, records management, and other 
     support services incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal 
     Claims by the United States Court of Federal Claims; services 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses; $119,091,000.
       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:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $33,274,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 74:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 74, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the section number named, insert: 5; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 76:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 76, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed in said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 7. Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 
     Act, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and 
     thereafter, no funds may be obligated or expended in any way 
     for the purpose of the sale, excessing, surplusing, or 
     disposal of lands in the vicinity of Norfork Lake, Arkansas, 
     administered by the Corps of Engineers, Department of the 
     Army, without the specific approval of the Congress.
       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:
       In lieu of the matter proposed in said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 8. Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 
     Act, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and 
     thereafter, no funds may be obligated or expended in any way 
     for the purpose of the sale, excessing, surplusing, or 
     disposal of lands in the vicinity of Bull Shoals Lake, 
     Arkansas, administered by the Corps of Engineers, Department 
     of the Army, without the specific approval of the Congress.
       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 in said amendment, 
     insert: 9; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 84:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 84, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $88,000,000, 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 the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 88:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 88, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken in said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:
       Section 1. Section 1104 of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by inserting after ``title'' the following: ``, the 
     cost of which examinations shall be reimbursed by payments 
     from the agencies employing such judges to the revolving fund 
     established under section 1304(e)''; and
       (ii) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraph (2) 
     and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and
       (B) by striking the matter following paragraph (2) through 
     ``principles.''; and
       (2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(4) At the request of the head of an agency to whom a 
     function has been delegated under subsection (a) (2), the 
     Office may provide assistance to the agency in performing 
     such function. Such assistance shall, to the extent 
     determined appropriate by the Director of the Office, be 
     performed on a reimbursable basis through the revolving fund 
     established under section 1304(e).''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 93:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 93, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $33,269,000; 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:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:
       Sec. 512. Notwithstanding any provision of this or any 
     other Act, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 
     and thereafter, no funds may be obligated or expended in any 
     way to withdraw the designation of the Virginia Inland Port 
     at Front Royal, Virginia, as a United States Customs Service 
     port of entry.
       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: 
     in fiscal year 1996 for those operations and programs 
     previously provided for by appropriation; and the Senate 
     agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 104:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 104, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted in said 
     amendment, insert: (retention of receipts is for the 
     circulating operations and programs): Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of the Treasury shall; and the Senate agree to 
     the same.
       Amendment No. 107:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 107, 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 provisions of law 
     governing procurement or public contracts shall not be 
     applicable to the procurement of goods or services necessary 
     for carrying out Mint programs and operations; and the Senate 
     agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 109:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 109, and agreed to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 524. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
     available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
     expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal 
     employees health benefit program which provides an benefits 
     or coverage for abortions, after the last day of the contract 
     currently in force for any such negotiated plan.
       Sec. 525. The provision of section 524 shall not apply 
     where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
     were carried to term, or that the pregnancy is the result of 
     an act of rape or incest.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 122:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 122, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:
       Sec. 627. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be obligated or expended for any employee training when 
     it is made known to the Federal official having authority to 
     obligate or expend such funds that such employee training--
       (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
     and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of 
     official duties;
       (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
     emotional response or psychological stress in some 
     participants;
       (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
     content and methods to be used in the training and written 
     end of course evaluation;
       (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
     religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
     belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission Notice N-195.022, dated September 2, 1988;
       (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
     personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace; or
       (6) includes content related to human immunodeficiency 
     virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other 
     than that necessary to make employees more aware of the 
     medical ramifications of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of 
     HIV-positive employees.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
     otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing 
     directly upon the performance of official duties.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 125:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 125, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number in said amendment, 
     insert: 628; and the Senate agree to the same.

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       Amendment No. 126:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 126, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 629. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act may be expended by any Federal Agency to procure 
     any product or service that is subject to the provisions of 
     Public Law 89-306 and that will be available under the 
     procurement by the Administrator of General Services known as 
     ``FTS2000'' unless--
       (1) such product or service is procured by the 
     Administrator of General Services as part of the procurement 
     known as ``FTS2000''; or
       (2) that agency establishes to the satisfaction of the 
     Administrator of General Services that--
       (A) that agency's requirements for such procurement are 
     unique and cannot be satisfied by property and service 
     procured by the Administrator of General Services as part of 
     the procurement known as ``FTS2000''; and
       (B) the agency procurement pursuant to such delegation, 
     would be cost-effective and would not adversely affect the 
     cost-effectiveness of the FTS2000 procurement.
       (b) After July 31, 1996, subsection (a) shall apply that if 
     the Administrator of General Services has reported that the 
     FTS2000 procurement is producing prices that allow the 
     Government to satisfy its requirements for such procurement 
     in the most cost-effective manner.
       (c) The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     conduct and deliver a comprehensive analysis of the cost of 
     the Federal government of all Federal agency 
     telecommunications services and traffic, by agency, and 
     provide such report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations by no later than May 31, 1996: Provided, That 
     such report shall (1) identify which agencies are using 
     FTS2000 systems; (2) determine whether or not such usage is 
     cost-effective; and (3) provide a comparison of 
     telecommunication costs between agencies that use or do not 
     use FTS2000.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 127:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 127, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number named in said 
     amendment, insert: 630; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 128:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 128, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 631. (a) Section 5402 of title 39, United States Code, 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (f) by striking out ``During the period 
     beginning January 1, 1985, and ending January 1, 1999, the '' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``The''; and
       (2) in subsection (g)(1) by amending subparagraph (D) to 
     read as follows:
       ``(D) have provided schedule service within the State of 
     Alaska for at least 12 consecutive months with aircraft--
       ``(i) up to 7,500 pounds payload capacity before being 
     selected as a carrier of nonpriority bypass mail at an 
     applicable intra-Alaska bush service mail rate; and
       ``(ii) over 7,500 pounds payload capacity before being 
     selected as a carrier of nonpriority bypass mail at the 
     intra-Alaska mainline service mail rate.''
       (b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the amendment made by 
     subsection (a) shall be effective on and after August 1, 
     1995.
       (2) Subparagraph (D) of section 5402(g)(1) title 39, United 
     States Code (as in effect before the amendment made under 
     subsection (a)) shall apply to a carrier, if such carrier--
       (A) has an application pending before the Department of 
     Transportation for approval under section 41102 or 41110(e) 
     of title 39, United States Code, before August 1, 1995; and
       (B) would meet the requirements of such subparagraph if 
     such application were approved and such certificate were 
     purchased.
       (c) Section 41901(g) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     repealed.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 129:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 129, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

     SEC. 632. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE PROVISION OF 
                   CERTAIN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, none of the funds made available by this Act for the 
     Department of the Treasury shall be available for any 
     activity or for paying the salary of any Government employee 
     where funding an activity or paying a salary to a Government 
     employee would result in a decision, determination, rule, 
     regulation, or policy that would permit the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to make any loan or extension of credit under 
     section 5302 of title 31, United States Code, with respect to 
     a single foreign entity or government of a foreign country 
     (including agencies or other entities of that government)--
       (1) with respect to a loan or extension of credit for more 
     than 60 days, unless the President certifies to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives that--
       (A) there is no projected cost (as that term is defined in 
     section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990) to the 
     United States from the proposed loan or extension of credit; 
     and
       (B) any proposed obligation or expenditure of United States 
     funds to or on behalf of the foreign government is adequately 
     backed by an assured source of repayment to ensure that all 
     United States funds will be repaid; and
       (2) other than as provided by an Act of Congress, if that 
     loan or extension of credit would result in expenditures and 
     obligations, including contingent obligations, aggregating 
     more than $1,000,000,000 with respect to that foreign country 
     for more than 180 days during the 120-month period beginning 
     on the date on which the first such action is taken.
       (b) Waiver of Limitations.--The President may exceed the 
     dollar and time limitations in subsection (a)(2) if he 
     certifies in writing to the Congress that a financial crisis 
     in that foreign country poses a threat to vital United States 
     economic interests or the stability of the international 
     financial system.
       (c) Expedited Procedures for a Resolution of Disapproval.--
     A presidential certification pursuant to subsection (b) shall 
     not take effect, if the Congress, within thirty calendar days 
     after receiving such certification, enacts a joint resolution 
     of disapproval, as described in paragraph (5) of this 
     subsection.
       (1) Reference to committees.--All joint resolutions 
     introduced in the Senate to disapprove the certification 
     shall be referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing and 
     Urban Affairs, and in the House of Representatives, to the 
     appropriate committees.
       (2) Discharge of committees.--(A) If the committee of 
     either House to which a resolution has been referred has not 
     reported it at the end of 15 days after its introduction, it 
     is in order to move either to discharge the committee from 
     further consideration of the joint resolution or to discharge 
     the committee from further consideration of any other 
     resolution introduced with respect to the same matter, except 
     no motion to discharge shall be in order after the committee 
     has reported a joint resolution with respect to the same 
     matter.
       (B) A motion to discharge may be made only by an individual 
     favoring the resolution, and is privileged in the Senate; and 
     debate thereon shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, the 
     time to be divided in the Senate equally between, and 
     controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or 
     their designees.
       (3) Floor consideration in the senate.--(A) A motion in the 
     Senate to proceed to the consideration of a resolution shall 
     be privileged.
       (B) Debate in the Senate on a resolution, and all debatable 
     motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited 
     to not more than 4 hours, to be equally divided between, and 
     controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or 
     their designees.
       (C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal 
     in connection with a resolution shall be limited to not more 
     than 20 minutes, to be equally divided between, and 
     controlled by, the mover and the manager of the resolution, 
     except that in the event the manager of the resolution is in 
     favor of any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition 
     thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or his 
     designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from time 
     under their control on the passage of a resolution, allot 
     additional time to any Senator during the consideration of 
     any debatable motion or appeal.
       (D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a 
     resolution, debatable motion, or appeal is not debatable. No 
     amendment to, or motion to recommit, a resolution is in order 
     in the Senate.
       (4) In the case of a resolution, if prior to the passage by 
     one House of a resolution of that House, that House receives 
     a resolution with respect to the same matter from the other 
     House, then--
       (A) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no 
     resolution had been received from the other House; but
       (B) the vote on final passage shall be on the resolution of 
     the other House.
       (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term ``joint 
     resolution'' means only a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of 
     Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is 
     as follows: ``That the Congress disapproves the action of the 
     President under section 632(b) of the Treasury, Postal 
     Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1996, 
     notice of which was submitted to the Congress on         .'', 
     with the blank space being filled with the appropriate date.
       (d) Applicability.--This section--
       (1) shall not apply to any action taken as part of the 
     program of assistance to Mexico announced by the President on 
     January 31, 1995; and
       (2) shall remain in effect through fiscal year 1996.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 130:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 130, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 633. 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 1996 in the rates of basic pay for the 
     statutory pay systems.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 131:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 131, 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.

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       Amendment No. 133:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 133, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 636. This section may be cited as the ``Prohibition of 
     Cigarette Sales to Minors in Federal Buildings and Lands 
     Act''.
       (a) As used in this section--
       (1) the term ``Federal agency'' means--
       (A) an Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 
     5, United States Code; and
       (B) each entity specified in subparagraphs (B) through (H) 
     of section 5721(1) of title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the term ``Federal building'' means--
       (A) any building or other structure owned in whole or in 
     part by the United States or any Federal agency, including 
     any such structure occupied by a Federal agency under a lease 
     agreement; and
       (B) includes the real property on which such building is 
     located;
       (3) the term ``minor'' means an individual under the age of 
     18 years; and
       (4) the term ``tobacco product'' means cigarettes, cigars, 
     little cigars, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco, snuff, and 
     chewing tobacco.
       (b)(1) No later than 45 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services 
     and the head of each Federal agency shall promulgate 
     regulations that prohibit--
       (A) the sale of tobacco products in vending machines 
     located in or around any Federal building under the 
     jurisdiction of the Administrator or such agency head; and
       (B) the distribution of free samples of tobacco products in 
     or around any Federal building under the jurisdiction of the 
     Administrator or such agency head.
       (2) The Administrator of General Services or the head of an 
     agency, as appropriate, may designate areas not subject to 
     the provisions of paragraph (1), if such area also prohibits 
     the presence of minors.
       (3) The provisions of this subsection shall be carried 
     out--
       (A) by the Administrator of General Services for any 
     Federal building which is maintained, leased, or has title of 
     ownership vested in the General Services Administration; or
       (B) by the head of a Federal agency for any Federal 
     building which is maintained, leased, or has title of 
     ownership vested in such agency.
       (c) No later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Administrator of General Services and each head 
     of an agency shall prepare and submit, to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress, a report that shall contain--
       (1) verification that the Administrator or such head of an 
     agency is in compliance with this section; and
       (2) a detailed list of the location of all tobacco product 
     vending machines located in Federal buildings under the 
     administration of the Administrator or such head of an 
     agency.
       (d)(1) No later than 45 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Senate Committee on Rules and 
     Administration and the House of Representatives Committee on 
     House Administration, after consultation with the Architect 
     of the Capitol, shall promulgate regulations under the Senate 
     and House of Representatives rulemaking authority that 
     prohibit the sale of tobacco products in vending machines in 
     the Capitol Buildings.
       (2) Such committees may designate areas where such 
     prohibition shall not apply, if such area also prohibits the 
     presence of minors.
       (3) For the purpose of this section the term ``Capitol 
     Buildings'' shall have the same meaning as such term is 
     defined under section 16(a)(1) of the Act entitled ``An Act 
     to define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, to 
     regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes'', approved 
     July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193m(1)).
       (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as 
     restricting the authority of the Administrator of General 
     Services or the head of an agency to limit tobacco product 
     use in or around any Federal building, except as provided 
     under subsection (b)(1).
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 135:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 135, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

     SEC. 637. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON RESTRUCTURING THE INTERNAL 
                   REVENUE SERVICE.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
       (1) While the budget for the Internal Revenue Service 
     (hereafter referred to as the ``IRS'') has risen from $2.5 
     billion in fiscal year 1979 to $7.3 billion in fiscal year 
     1996, tax returns processing has not become significantly 
     faster, tax collection rates have not significantly 
     increased, and the accuracy and timeliness of taxpayer 
     assistance has not significantly improved.
       (2) To date, the Tax Systems Modernization (TSM) program 
     has cost the taxpayers $2.5 billion, with an estimated cost 
     of $8 billion. Despite this investment, modernization efforts 
     were recently described by the GAO as ``chaotic'' and ``ad 
     hoc''.
       (3) While the IRS maintains that TSM will increase 
     efficiency and thus revenues, Congress has had to appropriate 
     additional funds in recent years for compliance initiatives 
     in order to increase tax revenues.
       (4) Because TSM has not been implemented, the IRS continues 
     to rely on paper returns, processing a total of 14 billion 
     pieces of paper every tax season. This results in an 
     extremely inefficient system.
       (5) This lack of efficiency reduces the level of customer 
     service and impedes the ability of the IRS to collect 
     revenue.
       (6) The present status of the IRS shows the need for the 
     establishment of a Commission which will examine the 
     organization of IRS and recommend actions to expedite the 
     implementation of TSM and improve service to taxpayers.
       (b) Composition of the Commission.--
       (1) Establishment.--To carry out the purposes of this 
     section, there is established a National Commission on 
     Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service (in this section 
     referred to as the ``Commission'').
       (2) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of 
     thirteen members, as follows:
       (A) Five members appointed by the President, two from the 
     executive branch of the Government, two from private life, 
     and one from an organization that represents a substantial 
     number of Internal Revenue Service employees.
       (B) Two members appointed by the Majority Leader of the 
     Senate, one from Members of the Senate and one from private 
     life.
       (C) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate, one from Members of the Senate and one from private 
     life.
       (D) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives, one from Members of the House of 
     Representatives and one from private life.
       (E) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
     House of Representatives, one from Members of the House of 
     Representatives and one from private life.
       The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service shall be 
     an ex officio member of the Commission.
       (3) Chairman.--The Commission shall elect a Chairman from 
     among its members.
       (4) Meeting; quorum; vacancies.--After its initial meeting, 
     the Commission shall meet upon the call of the Chairman or a 
     majority of its members. Seven members of the Commission 
     shall constitute a quorum. Any vacancy in the Commission 
     shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same 
     manner in which the original appointment was made.
       (5) Appointment; initial meeting.--
       (A) Appointment.--It is the sense of the Congress that 
     members of the Committee should be appointed not more than 60 
     days after the date of the enactment of this section.
       (B) Initial meeting.--If, after 60 days from the date of 
     the enactment of this section, seven or more members of the 
     Commission have been appointed, members who have been 
     appointed may meet and select a Chairman who thereafter shall 
     have the authority to begin the operations of the Commission, 
     including the hiring of staff.
       (c) Functions of Commission.--
       (1) In general.--The functions of the Commission shall be--
       (A) to conduct, for a period of not to exceed one year from 
     the date of its first meeting, the review described in 
     paragraph (2), and
       (B) to submit to the Congress a final report of the results 
     of the review, including recommendations for restructuring 
     the IRS.
       (2) Review.--The Commission shall review--
       (A) the present practices of the IRS, especially with 
     respect to--
       (i) its organizational structure;
       (ii) its paper processing and return processing activities;
       (iii) its infrastructure; and
       (iv) the collection process;
       (B) requirements for improvement in the following areas:
       (i) making returns processing ``paperless'';
       (ii) modernizing IRS operations;
       (iii) improving the collections process without major 
     personnel increases or increased funding;
       (iv) improving taxpayer accounts management;
       (v) improving the accuracy of information requested by 
     taxpayers in order to file their returns; and
       (vi) changing the culture of the IRS to make the 
     organization more efficient, productive, and customer-
     oriented;
       (C) whether the IRS could be replaced with a quasi-
     governmental agency with tangible incentives and internally 
     managing its programs and activities and for modernizing its 
     activities, and
       (D) whether the IRS could perform other collection, 
     information, and financial service functions of the Federal 
     Government.
       (d) Powers of the Commission.--
       (1) In general.--(A) The Commission or, on the 
     authorization of the Commission, any subcommittee or member 
     thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions 
     of this section--
       (i) hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and 
     places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, 
     administer such oaths, and
       (ii) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and 
     testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, 
     records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as 
     the Commission or such designated subcommittee or designated 
     member may deem advisable.
       (B) Subpoenas issued under subparagraph (A)(ii) may be 
     issued under the signature of the Chairman of the Commission, 
     the chairman of any designated subcommittee, or any 
     designated member, and may be served by any person designated 
     by such Chairman, subcommittee chairman, or member. The 
     provisions of sections 102 through 104 of the Revised 
     Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 192-194) shall apply 
     in the case of any failure of any witness to comply with any 
     subpoena or to testify when summoned under authority of this 
     section.
       (2) Contracting.--The Commission may, to such extent and in 
     such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, enter 
     into contracts to enable the Commission to discharge its 
     duties under this section.

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       (3) Information from federal agencies.--The Commission is 
     authorized to secure directly from any executive department, 
     bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent 
     establishment, or instrumentality of the Government, 
     information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the 
     purposes of this section. Each such department, bureau, 
     agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or 
     instrumentality shall, to the extent authorized by law, 
     furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and 
     statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by 
     the Chairman.
       (4) Assistance from federal agencies.--(A) The Secretary of 
     the Treasury is authorized on a nonreimbursable basis to 
     provide the Commission with administrative services, funds, 
     facilities, staff, and other support services for the 
     performance of the Commission's functions.
       (B) The Administrator of General Services shall provide to 
     the Commission on a nonreimbursable basis such administrative 
     support services as the Commission may request.
       (C) In addition to the assistance set forth in 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B), departments and agencies of the 
     United States are authorized to provide to the Commission 
     such services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support 
     services as they may deem advisable and as may be authorized 
     by law.
       (5) Postal services.--The Commission may use the United 
     States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions 
     as departments and agencies of the United States.
       (e) Staff of the Commission.--
       (1) In general.--The Chairman, in accordance with rules 
     agreed upon by the Commission, may appoint and fix the 
     compensation of a staff director and such other personnel as 
     may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its 
     functions, without regard to the provisions of title 5, 
     United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
     service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 
     and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to 
     classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that no 
     rate of pay fixed under this subsection may exceed the 
     equivalent of that payable to a person occupying a position 
     at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 
     title 5, United States Code. Any Federal Government employee 
     may be detailed to the Commission without reimbursement from 
     the Commission, and such detailee shall retain the rights, 
     status, and privileges of his or her regular employment 
     without interruption.
       (2) Consultant services.--The Commission is authorized to 
     procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance 
     with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at 
     rates not to exceed the daily rate paid a person occupying a 
     position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
     5315 of title 5, United States Code.
       (f) Compensation and Travel Expenses.--
       (1) Compensation.--(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
     (B), each member of the Commission may be compensated at not 
     to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
     pay in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, 
     for each day during which that member is engaged in the 
     actual performance of the duties of the Commission.
       (B) Members of the Commission who are officers or employees 
     of the United States or Members of Congress shall receive no 
     additional pay on account of their service on the Commission.
       (2) Travel expenses.--While away from their homes or 
     regular places of business in the performance of services for 
     the Commission, members of the Commission shall be allowed 
     travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
     in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the 
     Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703(b) 
     of title 5, United States Code.
       (g) Final Report of Commission; Termination.--
       (1) Final report.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the first meeting of the Commission, the Commission shall 
     submit to the Congress its final report, as described in 
     subsection (c)(2).
       (2) Termination.--(A) The Commission, and all the 
     authorities of this section, shall terminate on the date 
     which is 60 days after the date on which a final report is 
     required to be transmitted under paragraph (1).
       (B) The Commission may use the 60-day period referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) for the purpose of concluding its 
     activities, including providing testimony to committees of 
     Congress concerning its final report and disseminating that 
     report.
       (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--Such sums as may be 
     necessary are authorized to be appropriated for the 
     activities of the Commission.
       (i) Appropriations.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act, $1,000,000 shall be available from fiscal year 1996 
     funds appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service, 
     ``Information systems'' account, for the activities of the 
     Commission, to remain available until expended.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 136:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 136, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 638. The Administrator of General Services shall, 
     within six months of enactment of this Act, report to 
     Congress on the feasibility of leasing agreements with State 
     and local governments and private sponsors for the 
     construction of border stations on the borders of the United 
     States with Canada and Mexico whereby--
       (1) lease payments shall not exceed 30 years for payment of 
     the purchase price and interest;
       (2) an agreement entered into under such provisions shall 
     provide for the title to the property and facilities to vest 
     in the United States on or before the expiration of the 
     contract term, on fulfillment of the terms and conditions of 
     the agreements.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 139:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 139, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number named in said 
     amendment, insert: 639; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment No. 140:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 140, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 640. Service performed during the period January 1, 
     1984, through December 31, 1986, which would, if performed 
     after that period, be considered service as a law enforcement 
     officer, as defined in section 8401(17) (A)(i)(II) and (B) of 
     title 5, United States Code, shall be deemed service as a law 
     enforcement officer for the purposes of chapter 84 of such 
     title.
     and, on page 78, line 23 of the House of Representatives 
     engrossed bill, H.R. 2020, after ``code'', insert the 
     following: ``or Sec. 613 of this Act''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       The committee of conference reports in disagreement 
     amendment numbered 132.
     Jim Lightfoot,
     Frank R. Wolf,
     Ernest Istook,
     Jack Kingston,
     Mike Forbes,
     Bob Livingston,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Richard C. Shelby,
     James M. Jeffords,
     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Bob Kerrey,
     Robert C. Byrd,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers 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. 2020) 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, 1996, 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, 1996, incorporates 
     some of the language and allocations set forth in House 
     Report 104-183 and Senate Report 104-121. The language in 
     these reports should be complied with unless specifically 
     addressed in the accompanying statement of the managers.


                reprogramming and transfer requirements

       The conferees agree with the Senate language stating 
     requirements for agency requests for reprogramming and 
     transfer actions.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 1. Inserts Senate language permitting 
     $2,950,000 for information technology modernization to remain 
     available until expended and deletes House language limiting 
     the availability.
       Amendment No. 2. Appropriates $105,929,000 instead of 
     $104,000,500 as proposed by the House, and $110,929,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Also includes up to $500,000 in 
     reimbursements to the District of Columbia for personnel 
     costs incurred as a result of the closure of Pennsylvania 
     Avenue, and amends Section 640 of P.L. 103-329.

           Office of the Under Secretary for Law Enforcement

       The House reduced funding for the Office of the Under 
     Secretary of Law Enforcement by $1,066,000; the Senate did 
     not address this issue. The conferees agree that $66,000 
     shall be reduced from the fiscal year 1996 request for the 
     Office of the Under Secretary of Treasury for Law 
     Enforcement. The conferees direct that no funds be 
     reprogrammed into this Office without prior Congressional 
     approval.
       Of the amounts provided to the Office of the Under 
     Secretary, the conferees direct that up to $500,000 shall be 
     transferred to the District of Columbia for its costs 
     associated with the closing of Pennsylvania Avenue. This 
     transfer is consistent with a provision recommended by the 
     Senate which requires the Department of Treasury to reimburse 
     the District of Columbia for these costs.
       The conferees have also become aware of disparate personnel 
     laws and regulations among the various Federal law 
     enforcement agencies, as well as concerns that certain 
     Treasury law enforcement bureaus have had difficulty 
     disciplining employees because of overly restrictive 
     personnel regulations. The conferees therefore dirct the 
     Office of the 

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     Secretary to report back to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations on options for changing the statutory and 
     regulatory structure for Treasury law enforcement agencies to 
     make recruiting, hiring, firing, promotions, demotions and 
     lateral moves easier. The report should include options such 
     as moving all Treasury law enforcement personnel to the 
     excepted service and creating a broad-band pay structure for 
     such employees. The report shall be due to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than March 1, 
     1996.
       The conferees remain concerned with regard to the 
     difficulties on the part of Treasury law enforcement bureaus 
     in obtaining authorization from the Department of State in 
     securing foreign posting for law enforcement officers. The 
     conferees therefore request a report from the Department of 
     Treasury to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     that identifies where Treasury bureaus need to post agents by 
     country, the types of cases that those agents would be 
     assigned, the rationale for such assignments and the cost of 
     such postings. The report should include options on reducing 
     the cost of overseas postings to Treasury bureaus. The report 
     shall be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations no later than March 1, 1996.

       Assistant Secretary for Management/Chief Financial Officer

       The conferees withdraw the requirement included in the 
     House report that the Mint and the BEP report directly to the 
     Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Management/Chief 
     Financial Officer. The conferees do agree with the House that 
     the Treasurer shall provide only oversight and guidance for 
     the Mint and BEP and should not monitor day-to-day 
     operations.

                  Under Secretary for Domestic Finance

       The conferees note that a major Treasury Department issue 
     which involves the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is 
     the ongoing currency redesign initiative which is rightfully 
     being tasked out from the Office of the Under Secretary of 
     Treasury for Domestic Finance. Major Treasury Department 
     issues which involve the United States Mint are ongoing 
     discussions over the introduction of the one dollar coin as 
     well as electronic forms of cash such as stored-value cards. 
     These efforts are also rightfully tasked out from the Office 
     of the Under Secretary of Treasury for Domestic Finance. 
     However, both the BEP and the Mint are organizationally found 
     under the Assistant Secretary for Management, not the Under 
     Secretary for Domestic Finance. It appears that this is not 
     the proper organizational location for these agencies which 
     have much more in common with the Financial Management 
     Service and the Bureau of Public Debt, both of which report 
     to the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, than with 
     Treasury organizations which report to the Assistant 
     Secretary for Management.
       In the interests of securing the most appropriate mechanism 
     for these two organizations to receive proper policy 
     oversight, the conferees recommend that the Secretary of 
     Treasury review his organizational structure to ensure that 
     the BEP and the U.S. Mint are reporting to the most 
     appropriate Treasury official. The Secretary should report to 
     the Committees only if he determines that there should be no 
     change in the current organizational structure.


             u.s. dutch treaty protocol amendments of 1993

       The conferees strongly agree with the House report language 
     regarding the U.S. Dutch Treaty Protocol Amendments of 1993. 
     While the Department has until October 31, 1995 to submit a 
     report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
     the Committees have not received any indication that the 
     Department is moving to permanently correct this problem. The 
     conferees instruct the Department of Treasury to implement a 
     permanent solution as stated in the House report.


                  property accountability improvements

       The conferees are encouraged by the widespread interest in 
     moving property/asset accountability activities from a 
     periodic physical audit and inventory process to an automated 
     information based process. The interest in automated 
     information management procedures, as expressed by various 
     Department officials, and put forth in the National 
     Performance Review, shows a significant potential for 
     meaningful cost savings.
       It is the belief of the conferees that the Department's 
     property management function lends itself to, and could 
     benefit from, commercial off-the-shelf information technology 
     including software, computer-based laminate barcode printers, 
     barcode readers and storage devices.


          treasury buildings and annex repair and restoration

       Amendment No. 3. Appropriates $21,491,000 instead of no 
     appropriation as proposed by the House and $7,684,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $7,684,000 
     for repairs and alteration requirements of the Treasury 
     Building and Annex and $13,807,000 for the Secret Service's 
     new headquarters building.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 4. Appropriates $29,319,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $30,067,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                        treasury forfeiture fund

       Amendment No. 5. Appropriates $10,000,000 instead of 
     eliminating this account as proposed by the House and 
     $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Because of the 
     importance of standardizing law enforcement communications 
     and moving to narrow band communications equipment, the 
     conferees agree that the Department may apply up to 
     $3,500,000 of the $10,000,000 appropriated in the Treasury 
     Forfeiture Fund to the Enforcement Federal Wireless 
     Communications project. The conferees furthermore agree that 
     resources within this account may be transferred to ATF for 
     costs related to development of its canine explosives 
     detection program.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 6. Restores and modifies House language 
     authorizing FinCEN to offset the cost of travel for law 
     enforcement personnel only.
       Amendment No. 7. Appropriates $22,198,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $20,273,000 as proposed by the House. 
     Also includes House proposed language allowing FinCEN to 
     procure up to $500,000 for specialized automated data 
     processing equipment without complying with procurement 
     regulations and authorizing the use of its funds to procure 
     personal services contracts.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 8. Deletes House provision permitting the 
     Director of FLETC to offset part of the cost of travel 
     expenses for certain individuals training at FLETC.
       Amendment No. 9. Deletes House provision authorizing FLETC 
     to obligate funds for site security and expansion of 
     antiterrorism training facilities.
       Amendment No. 10. Appropriates $36,070,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $34,006,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


      acquisition, construction improvements, and related expenses

       Amendment No. 11. Appropriates $9,663,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $8,163,000 as proposed by the House. 
     The conferees agree that the ``related expenses'' of this 
     account may be used to pay for the cost of direct hire and 
     contractor personnel entirely engaged in the execution of 
     expansion and repair projects.

                      Financial Management Service


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 12. Appropriates $184,300,000 instead of 
     $181,837,000 as proposed by the House and $186,070,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 13. Inserts Senate language permitting 
     $14,277,000 to remain available until expended for systems 
     modernization requirements.

             Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 14. Appropriates $377,971,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $391,035,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees have reduced the request by $7,874,000 for 
     program enhancements and $5,000,000 for base equipment needs 
     because the Congress funded these activities in the Fiscal 
     Year 1995 Supplemental Appropriations Act. The conferees have 
     increased the request by $1,150,000 and five FTE's to reflect 
     a transfer-back of the funding and positions which the 
     Administration proposed to be funded in the ``Foreign Law 
     Enforcement'' account. The conferees have denied the 
     $4,700,000 in ATF's base for the violence reduction alliance 
     initiative. The conferees have reduced the account by 
     $2,800,000 for ATF's support role in the GREAT Program. This 
     funding has been shifted to the Violent Crime Trust Fund 
     along with continued funding for GREAT grants to existing 
     communities. Finally, the conferees have reduced 
     administrative overhead object classes by $3,690,000 to be 
     applied at the discretion of the Director. The reductions 
     shall be applied to object classes 21.0, 22.0, 23.3, 24.0, 
     25.0, 26.0, and 31.0. The reduction in the equipment activity 
     should be restored to ATF's base in fiscal year 1997. Funding 
     for counterterrorism initiatives has been included in the 
     ``Violent Crime Trust Fund'' account.
       Amendment No. 15. Restores and modifies House language 
     prohibiting ATF from obligating funds for administrative 
     expenses or compensation or for any employee to amend the 
     definition of ``curios or relics'' as published in the Code 
     of Federal Regulations or remove items from ATF publication 
     5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994.


                      explosives detection program

       The conferees understand that ATF has developed a method of 
     training canines to detect explosive and fire accelerants 
     that is more accurate and reliable than techniques employed 
     elsewhere. This success has resulted in urgent requests by 
     foreign governments such as Israel, Egypt and Greece for 
     technical assistance in establishing their own programs in 
     the ATF style. The conferees are concerned, however, that, 
     although other nations have benefited from this technique, it 
     has not been widely disseminated in the United States.
       The conferees therefore direct ATF to develop a formal 
     program to train explosives and accelerant detection canines 
     and handlers from local, state and Federal agencies. 

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     Treasury Asset Forfeiture funds may be used for positions and 
     capital improvements at the training facility currently being 
     used in Front Royal, Virginia.
       The conferees encourage all Federal agencies with a need 
     for explosives and accelerant detection capabilities to 
     consider using ATF's canine explosives and accelerant 
     detection program.


                       explosives desensitization

       The conferees are aware of an Office of Technology 
     Assessment (OTA) recommendation that Naval Surface Weapons 
     Center Indian Head play a major role in any Ammonium Nitrate 
     desensitization initiatives. The OTA report states that 
     Indian Head has the highest concentration of explosives 
     experts in the world, and that Indian Head is running the 
     only insensitive munitions program in the U.S., with 
     extensive experience in Ammonium Nitrate mixtures. In 
     addition, the ATF has worked with the International 
     Fertilizer Development Center. The conferees recommend that 
     ATF continue to strongly involve Indian Head and the Center 
     in any desensitization program.


                             fire research

       The conferees would also like to recognize the 
     accomplishments in fire research conducted by the University 
     of Maryland. The conferees are aware that ATF and the 
     University of Maryland have in the past shared expertise and 
     knowledge. Considering the important work yet to be done in 
     the area of fire science and arson investigation, the 
     conferees encourage the continuation and expansion of this 
     partnership.

                     United States Customs Service


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 16. Appropriates $1,387,153,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $1,392,429,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The conferees deny the President's request to transfer 
     $8,280,000 to foreign law enforcement and assumes savings of 
     $2,677,000 from administrative overhead.


                       western hemispheric trade

       The conferees have included funding for review of trade 
     issues to be equally divided between the Center for Study of 
     Western Hemispheric Trade in Texas and the Northern Plains 
     and Rockies Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade 
     in Montana at no more than half the level provided in 1995.
       Amendment No. 17. Restores House language and inserts 
     Senate language requiring the Commissioner to designate a 
     single individual to be port director of all government 
     activities at two ports of entry and earmarks $750,000 for 
     additional part-time and temporary positions in the Honolulu 
     Customs District.


    operation and maintenance, air and marine interdiction programs

       Amendment No. 18. Appropriates $64,843,000 instead of 
     $60,993,000 as proposed by the House and $68,543,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 19. Deletes House language allowing 
     $5,644,000 to remain available until expended.

                    Bureau of Engraving and Printing


                        currency redesign effort

       The conferees do not agree with the House language 
     directing that the U.S. Treasurer have full operational 
     control over all aspects of the public relations effort for 
     currency redesign. The conferees agree that the currency 
     redesign effort should remain under the jurisdiction of the 
     Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Under Secretary of 
     Treasury for Domestic Finance.
       The conferees further agree that transferring or detailing 
     full time equivalents and/or funding from any Treasury bureau 
     or department to the Office of the Treasurer represents an 
     augmentation of appropriations for Departmental Offices and 
     should not be pursued without prior Congressional approval.


                     distinctive paper for currency

       The conferees agree that the House and Senate report 
     language concerning the procurement of distinctive paper for 
     the printing of currency is complimentary and is therefore 
     supported by the conferees. Additionally, the conferees agree 
     that none of the report language shall contradict the law 
     which states that all requirements for the domestic 
     manufacture of paper shall not apply if the Secretary of the 
     Treasury determines that no domestic manufacturer of 
     distinctive paper for currency or securities exists.


                    u.s. mint public enterprise fund

       Both the House and the Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     included language establishing the United States Mint Public 
     Enterprise Fund. The Senate language included minor changes 
     to the House proposed language to which the conferees agree. 
     The conferees agree with language included in the House 
     report requiring the Director of the U.S. Mint and the 
     Secretary of Treasury to file certain financial statements 
     and reports.
       The conferees further agree that the Director shall ensure 
     that the revenues and expenses from the circulating coinage 
     and numismatic operations are recorded separately. 
     Additionally, receipts from coinage operations shall not be 
     used to fund numismatic operations, nor shall receipts from 
     numismatic operations be used to fund circulating coinage 
     operations.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                 processing, assistance, and management

       Amendment No. 20. Appropriates $1,723,764,000 instead of 
     $1,682,742,000 as proposed by the House and $1,767,309,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


    irs regulations affecting intercity bus fuel excise tax refunds

       The conferees are concerned that many intercity bus 
     companies are not receiving Federal diesel fuel excise tax 
     refunds that are due to them. The IRS regulation regards the 
     dyeing of diesel fuel to prevent illegal use of tax-free 
     diesel fuel. Intercity buses are allowed to use either tax-
     free and remit the appropriate excise tax or use fully taxed 
     fuel and seek an appropriate refund.
       While the conferees understand the rationale for this 
     regulation, they are concerned that it may be impeding 
     services provided by intercity bus companies to rural areas, 
     the elderly, the young and the poor. The conferees expect the 
     IRS to work with the appropriate Congressional committees to 
     resolve this serious problem expeditiously.


                           electronic filing

       The conferees fully support the goals accompanying Tax 
     Systems Modernization (TSM) as outlined by the Internal 
     Revenue Service (IRS). However, the conferees seek a better 
     understanding of actions taken by the IRS during the most 
     recent tax season that have caused a dramatic decline in 
     electronic filing, the cornerstone of TSM. The conferees 
     request the IRS to include in the TSM business plan, the 
     specific steps the IRS, in cooperation with the electronic 
     filing industry, intends to take to maintain and increase the 
     current levels of electronic filing.
       The conferees believe that the IRS has made significant 
     strides in deterring and detecting fraud, but make the 
     observation that many hardworking, honest taxpayers have been 
     inconvenienced due to last filing season's changes. Further, 
     the conferees believe that the IRS should work constructively 
     with all participants (Congress, electronic filing industry, 
     and taxpayers) who have a stake in electronic filing to 
     ensure that the problems experienced during the most recent 
     tax season will not be repeated.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                          tax law enforcement

       Amendment No. 21. Appropriates $4,097,294,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $4,254,476,000 as proposed by the 
     House.


                       tax compliance initiative

       In fiscal year 1995, Congress provided a total of 
     $4,385,459,000 for Tax Law Enforcement which was comprised of 
     a base program of $3,980,459,000 and $405,000,000 for the 
     first installment of a new five year, $2,000,000,000 tax 
     compliance initiative. In fiscal year 1996, the 
     Administration requested a total of $4,524,351,000 for Tax 
     Law Enforcement which is comprised of a base program of 
     $4,119,351,000 and the second installment of $405,000,000 for 
     the tax compliance initiative. The conferees have 
     appropriated $4,097,294,000 for the base program, a three 
     percent increase over the 1995 level and .5 percent less than 
     the request, but due to funding constraints could not provide 
     the second installment of $405,000,000 for the tax compliance 
     initiative. However, the conferees agree that within the 
     funds available IRS should aggressively pursue tax 
     compliance.
       The conferees do not believe that this action sends a 
     signal that voluntary compliance is no longer a priority or 
     that the action rewards tax cheats. The conferees are 
     dedicated to ensuring the effective and efficient collection 
     of taxes and strongly agree that IRS should pursue those who 
     willfully and purposefully provide erroneous information to 
     the IRS. The fact that overall IRS funding provided by the 
     conference agreement represents 65 percent of the total 
     discretionary allocation available to the conferees is a 
     testament to this dedication.
       Amendment No. 22. Restores and modifies House language 
     authorizing $13,000,000 for a private debt collection 
     initiative.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                          information systems

       Amendment No. 23. Appropriates $1,527,154,000 instead of 
     $1,571,616,000 as proposed by the House and $1,442,605,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and places a ``floor'' of $695,000,000 
     on the expenditures for Tax Systems Modernization (TSM), 
     which is $26,000,000 less than the House minimum for TSM and 
     $25,000,000 more than the Senate minimum for TSM.
       Amendment No. 24. Deletes House language and modifies 
     Senate language on Tax Systems Modernization.


                       tax systems modernization

       The conferees have also included legislative language which 
     ``fences'' $100,000,000 of the funds appropriated for tax 
     systems modernization until the Secretary of the Treasury 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
     the Senate. The report shall use explicit decision criteria 
     to identify, evaluate, and prioritize all systems investments 
     planned for fiscal year 1996; include a schedule for 
     successfully mitigating deficiencies identified by the 
     General Accounting Office (GAO) in its April 1995 report to 
     the Committees; establish a schedule for development and 
     implementation of all projects included in the tax systems 
     modernization program; and, provide a plan to expand the 
     utilization of external, not Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 
     expertise for systems development and integration.
       The conferees direct GAO to review the IRS report, when 
     completed, to ensure that, 

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     in fact, deficiencies identified by GAO have been corrected. 
     GAO shall provide an independent assessment of the actions 
     taken by IRS to address these deficiencies in a report to the 
     House and Senate Appropriations Committees by no later than 
     April 1, 1996. Should the IRS report not be available prior 
     to that time, the conferees direct the GAO to provide status 
     reports to the Committees on IRS corrective actions and 
     provide such assessment within 30 days of receipt of the IRS 
     report.
       The IRS has been told by a number of sources, including the 
     House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the GAO, and the 
     National Academy of Sciences that, within the IRS, there is 
     not the level of expertise required for proper development 
     and implementation of TSM. The House and the Senate 
     Appropriations Committees have urged IRS to move toward 
     greater use of the contractor community and its expertise in 
     the area of systems development and total program 
     integration. Thus far, IRS has been reluctant to pursue this 
     approach, relying instead on internal organizational 
     structures. The conferees have therefore included language 
     which requires the IRS to develop a plan to expand the 
     utilization of contractor expertise for systems development 
     and total program integration. As stated by the Senate, the 
     IRS is a revenue collection agency, not an automation design 
     company and should use contractor resources more effectively.
       Furthermore, the conferees believe that the Secretary of 
     the Treasury should continue to exercise direct oversight 
     control of the management of TSM, providing guidance and 
     assistance when necessary.

          Administrative Provisions--Internal Revenue Service

       Amendment No. 25. Deletes House language prohibiting the 
     transfer of funds from the tax law enforcement account in 
     fiscal year 1996.

                      United States Secret Service


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 26. Appropriates $531,944,000 instead of 
     $542,461,000 as proposed by the House and $534,502,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees deny funding of 
     $2,300,000 for mainframe computer replacement and financial 
     systems enhancements, deny the transfer of $3,100,000 to 
     Foreign Law Enforcement, and assume administrative overhead 
     savings of $7,646,000, as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees include $16,295,000 to restore base funding 
     requirements which have eroded over the past several years. 
     The conferees fund $13,807,000 associated with the new 
     headquarters building in a separate account and $3,278,000 in 
     protection costs associated with the upcoming Summer Olympics 
     in the Violent Crime Trust Fund account.


                    violent crime reduction programs

       Amendment No. 27. Appropriates $69,314,000 instead of 
     $51,686,000 as proposed by the House and $68,300,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes $21,010,000 for the 
     ATF, of which $3,100,000 shall be available for the further 
     development of ballistics imaging technologies as part of the 
     ``CEASEFIRE'' program, $3,500,000 shall be available for 
     administering the GREAT program, and the remaining 
     $14,410,000 shall be available to continue funding for recent 
     expansions in the arson and explosives detection and 
     investigation program. The conferees also provide $25,690,000 
     for the U.S. Customs Service's ``Operation Hardline'' to 
     bolster drug law enforcement efforts at the U.S.-Mexico 
     border, $21,600,000 for the United States Secret Service, and 
     $1,014,000 for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
       Of the $21,600,000 provided to the Secret Service, the 
     conferees include $5,000,000 for anti-counterfeiting efforts, 
     $1,600,000 for missing and exploited children, $400,000 for 
     the Treasury Recipient Income Verification Program and 
     $3,278,000 for the upcoming Summer Olympics and the remaining 
     funds for other Secret Service activities.
       Amendment No. 28. Appropriates $7,200,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $12,200,000 as proposed by the House.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

       Amendment No. 29. Deletes House language authorizing 
     Treasury to transfer up to 2 percent between appropriations 
     accounts with the advance approval of the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       Amendment No. 30. Deletes Senate language exempting Customs 
     personnel funded through reimbursement from the Puerto Rico 
     Trust Fund from government-wide work force reductions.
       Amendment No. 31. Inserts Senate language authorizing the 
     Treasury Department to use its aircraft to assist Federal 
     agencies in carrying out emergency law enforcement support to 
     protect human life, property, public health or safety.
       Amendment No. 32. Deletes Senate language authorizing the 
     expenditure of up to $500,000 to reimburse the District of 
     Columbia for personnel costs incurred as a result of the 
     closure of Pennsylvania Avenue.

                     TITLE II--U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

                    Federal Postal Service Employees

       The conferees strongly believe that the Federal postal 
     employees who volunteered to fight the recent fires on Long 
     Island, NY, from August 21 to September 6, 1995 should be 
     paid their equivalent salaries for the time that they devoted 
     to fighting fires. The Postal Service has previously 
     indicated the employees must take vacation time or unpaid 
     leave, but the conferees believe that the Presidential 
     declaration of a national disaster in this case warrants, and 
     the Postmaster General concurs, that all postal workers who 
     were engaged as volunteer firefighters in the Long Island 
     fires will be ``held harmless,'' not lose vacation or 
     personal time, and be paid the equivalent of their salaries 
     for their time donated to the disaster.

              TITLE III--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

                         The White House Office


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 33. Appropriates $39,459,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $38,131,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                 Executive Residence at the White House


                           operating expenses

       Amendment No. 34. Appropriates $7,827,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $7,522,000 as proposed by the House.

                 Executive Residence at the White House


                   white house repair and restoration

       Amendment No. 35. Inserts Senate language establishing an 
     appropriation of $2,200,000 to fund repairs and restoration 
     activities at the White House.

                  Special Assistance to the President


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 36. Appropriates $3,280,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $3,175,000 as proposed by the House.

                      Council of Economic Advisers


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 37. Appropriates $3,180,000 instead of 
     eliminating this account as proposed by the House and 
     $3,439,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                  National Economic Policy Formulation

       The conferees have restored funding for the Council of 
     Economic Advisers in the amount of $3,180,000 but remain 
     concerned over the duplication of effort within the Executive 
     Office of the President as it relates to advising the 
     President on economic policy. The conferees are also 
     concerned that the specific functions and responsibilities of 
     the Council are not ones which necessarily require a full 
     time Federal employment level of 35 and annual operating 
     costs of $3.5 million. The conferees direct CEA to submit, as 
     part of its fiscal year 1997 budget request, a report on the 
     current organizational structure of economic advice to the 
     President including an assessment of the roles of the Office 
     of Management and Budget and the National Economic Council as 
     they relate to the formulation, coordination, and 
     implementation of national economic policy. This report 
     should also include a specific plan for streamlining economic 
     advice to the President and structuring a full time volunteer 
     Council of Economic Advisers using, for instance, 
     academicians, fellows, and other individuals to provide 
     independent economic advice to the President.

                       National Security Council


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 38. Appropriates $6,648,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $6,459,000 as proposed by the House.

                        Office of Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 39. Appropriates $25,736,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $25,560,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 40. Appropriates $55,573,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $55,426,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 41. Deletes a provision inserted by the 
     Senate prohibiting the obligation of fiscal year 1996 funds 
     by OMB until a report on longer-term budgeting has been 
     submitted to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations. The conferees did not include the Senate 
     provision since the information required from OMB on this 
     subject was provided to the Committees prior to conference 
     action.


                          long-term budgeting

       The first and most significant recommendation endorsed by a 
     majority of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax 
     Reform was that the Federal government make major spending 
     and tax decisions with reference to a longer time period than 
     the traditional five year budget window. As a result, the 
     Senate Committee on Appropriations requested OMB to provide a 
     30-year analysis of the costs of the major entitlement 
     programs. That information was submitted to the Committee in 
     a letter dated, September 12, 1995. The conferees have 
     decided to print that letter and the accompanying document in 
     the statement of managers so that the American public can be 
     aware of the long-range costs facing the country as a result 
     of entitlement programs. That information follows:
         Executive Office of the President, Office of Management 
           and Budget,
                               Washington, DC, September 12, 1995.
     Hon. J. Robert Kerrey,
     U.S. Senate,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Senator Kerrey: In response to your interest in the 
     long-range outlook for the Federal budget, enclosed is a 
     table that lists long-range baseline projections. These 
     projections extend the baseline estimates published in the 
     Administration's Mid-Session Review of the 1996 Budget for a 
     period of thirty years.

[[Page H10823]]

       These projections use the best methodology and data 
     available. However, it is very important to recognize the 
     large uncertainties inherent in making projections of 
     receipts and outlays this far into the future. The 
     projections are obviously highly sensitive to the underlying 
     economic and demographic assumptions. In addition, they rely 
     on a simplified model of the budget. Receipts projections are 
     based on a simplified derivation of tax bases implied by the 
     underlying economic assumptions. Discretionary budget 
     authority and outlays follow the caps specified in the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 through FY 1998 and 
     rise at the rate of inflation thereafter. Outlays for major 
     entitlement programs are projected using a combination of 
     underlying economic assumptions, available actuarial data and 
     an analysis of recent trends.
       It is also important to recognize that all of the 
     projections in the enclosure are baseline estimates. They do 
     not reflect the policies in the President's balanced budget 
     plan or in the Congressional Budget Resolution. Instead, they 
     only project the effects of current laws assuming the 
     policies underlying those laws are not changed.
       I hope this information is helpful to you and I look 
     forward to working with you to address both the short- and 
     long-term fiscal problems our nation faces.
           Sincerely,
                                                  Alice M. Rivlin,
                                                         Director.

                                                                                 LONG-RANGE BASELINE PROJECTIONS                                                                                
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                                                                    1996         1997         1998         1999         2000         2001         2002         2003         2004         2005   
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Baseline totals:                                                                                                                                                                                
    Receipts..................................................        1,418        1,485        1,561        1,644        1,737        1,831        1,928        2,028        2,133        2,251
    Outlays...................................................        1,603        1,682        1,756        1,846        1,946        2,037        2,143        2,250        2,368        2,499
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      Deficit (-).............................................         -185         -197         -194         -202         -208         -206         -216         -222         -235         -248
Memorardum:                                                                                                                                                                                     
    Discretionary budget authority............................          522          535          542          558          576          594          612          631          650          671
    Trust fund surplus/deficit (-):\1\                                                                                                                                                          
        OASDI\2\..............................................           75           81           87           92           98          105          112          120          127          135
        HI/SMI................................................            6           -4           -9          -16          -23          -31          -40          -49          -59          -70
        Civil service retirement..............................           27           27           28           29           32           33           34           35           36           36
        Military retirement...................................            3            2            2            1            1            0            0           -1           -2          -2 
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\1\Based on most recent actuarial reports.                                                                                                                                                      
\2\Figures are for calendar years.                                                                                                                                                              


                                                                                 LONG-RANGE BASELINE PROJECTIONS                                                                                
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                                                                    2006         2007         2008         2009         2010         2011         2012         2013         2014         2015   
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Basline totals:                                                                                                                                                                                 
    Receipts..................................................        2,363        2,485        2,611        2,742        2,878        3,020        3,167        3,320        3,477        3,639
    Outlays...................................................        2,627        2,763        2,908        3,066        3,235        3,413        3,602        3,806        4,026        4,264
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      Deficit (-).............................................         -264         -278         -298         -324         -357         -393         -435         -487         -549         -625
Memorandum:                                                                                                                                                                                     
    Discretionary budget authority............................          691          713          735          758          781          805          830          856          883          910
    Trust fund surplus/deficit (-):\1\                                                                                                                                                          
        OASDI\2\..............................................          144          152          157          159          162          164          161          154          143          128
        HI/SMI................................................          -83          -97         -111         -128         -148         -170         -196         -227         -261         -299
        Civil service retirement..............................           37           37           38           38           39           39           40           40           40           41
        Military..............................................           -3           -4           -5           -6           -7           -8           -8           -9           -9           -5
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\1\Based on most recent actuarial reports.                                                                                                                                                      
\2\Figures are for calendar years.                                                                                                                                                              


                                                                                 LONG-RANGE BASELINE PROJECTIONS                                                                                
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                                                                    2016         2017         2018         2019         2020         2021         2022         2023         2024         2025   
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Baseline totals:                                                                                                                                                                                
    Receipts..................................................        3,807        3,985        4,167        4,355        4,552        4,755        4,967        5,188        5,413        5,650
    Outlays...................................................        4,511        4,772        5,053        5,353        5,675        6,017        6,383        6,775        7,194        7,644
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      Deficit(-)..............................................         -704         -787         -886         -998       -1,123       -1,261       -1,416       -1,587       -1,782       -1,995
Memorandum:                                                                                                                                                                                     
    Discretionary budget authority............................          938          967          997        1,028        1,060        1,093        1,127        1,162        1,198        1,235
    Trust fund surplus/deficit(-):\1\                                                                                                                                                           
        OASDI\2\..............................................          108           81           49           12          -30          -78         -132         -193         -260         -334
        HI/SMI................................................         -341         -389         -444         -505         -571         -644         -727         -821         -924       -1,037
    Civil service retirement..................................           42           43           44           45           46           47           49           50           52           54
        Military retirement...................................            8           11           41           46           52           59           66           74           82          92 
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\1\Based on most recent actuarial reports.                                                                                                                                                      
\2\Figures are for calendar years.                                                                                                                                                              

    privatization of nonperforming federal loan and loan guarantees

       The conferees are aware that some Federal agencies are 
     exploring the privatization of Federal loan and loan 
     guarantees. For example, the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development (HUD) recently held an auction of 177 multifamily 
     loans that had defaulted on mortgage insurance written by 
     HUD. The unpaid amount of these defaulted loans was more than 
     $900,000,000, but because of the Government's poor collection 
     history, the loans were valued by OMB as worth only 
     $286,000,000 if they continued to be held by the Government. 
     However, these same loans were sold to private investors for 
     $710,000,000. This one transaction alone reduced the deficit 
     by $424,000,000.
       The private sector was, in this case, willing to pay more 
     than twice the value of these loans to the Government because 
     there is a huge productivity gap between the Government and 
     private sector (technology, infrastructure and expertise in 
     managing bad loans, and profit motive). In short, the private 
     sector has the technology, capacity, ability and motivation 
     to produce more value than the Government ever could.
       The conferees believe that more consideration should be 
     given to the sale of loans and loan guarantees held not only 
     by HUD, but by all Federal agencies that provide credit 
     programs. The Federal Government holds huge amount of loans 
     and loan guarantees that are worth more in the hands of the 
     private sector. The estimated amounts are $800,000,000 of 
     loan guarantees and $200,000,000,000 in loans.
       Using conservative estimates, it may be that between 
     $20,000,000,000 to $50,000,000,000 could be realized if much 
     of the Federal credit program was to be turned over to the 
     private sector. However, it is impossible to ascertain the 
     value of such an effort because many of the agencies are 
     unaware of the value imbedded in their credit programs and 
     how such transfers might be achieved.
       Therefore, the conferees direct the Office of Management 
     and Budget to direct, and coordinate with, the Federal 
     agencies involved in credit programs to evaluate the value of 
     their credit programs, including the cost of annual 
     administrative expenses and develop a plan for the 
     privatization of such credit programs. The Director of OMB 
     shall be responsible for assuring the implementation of this 
     directive and coordinating the activities of all Federal 
     agencies hereunder.
       Specifically, OMB is directed to have the various agencies 
     provide the following information: for each financing account 
     and for each liquidating account, as those terms are defined 
     in sections 502(7) and 502(8) of the Federal Credit Reform 
     Act of 1990; the cumulative balance of direct loans 
     outstanding, the estimated net present value of such direct 
     loans, the annual administrative expenses (the portion of 
     salaries and expenses that are directly related to such loans 
     outstanding), and the estimated net proceeds that would be 
     received if such direct loans 

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     were sold; the cumulative balance of guaranteed loans 
     outstanding, the estimated net present value of such loan 
     guarantees, the annual administrative expenses (the portion 
     of salaries and expenses that are directly related to such 
     guaranteed loans outstanding), and the estimated net proceeds 
     that would be received if such loan guarantees were sold; and 
     the cumulative balance of defaulted loans that were 
     previously guaranteed and have resulted in loans receivable, 
     the estimated net present value of such loan assets, the 
     annual administrative expenses (the portion of salaries and 
     expenses that are directly related to such loan assets), and 
     the estimated net proceeds that would be received if such 
     direct loans were sold.
       On or before March 31, 1996, OMB shall require each Federal 
     agency that makes or has made direct loans or loan 
     guarantees, as those terms are defined in sections 502(1) and 
     502(2) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, to prepare 
     and issue a report to the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget, the Director of the Congressional 
     Budget Office and the chairmen of the appropriate committees 
     of the House and Senate and a detailed plan containing the 
     agency's proposed schedule, by fiscal year, and providing for 
     the transfer to the private sector the sale, by September 30, 
     2002, of all direct loans, loan guarantees and defaulted 
     loans that were previously guaranteed and have resulted in 
     loans receivable to the extent such transfer would result in 
     a net profit to the Treasury. Such schedule shall be updated 
     annually on the first day of each successive fiscal year, and 
     shall include a detailed plan for the sale of all direct 
     loans, loan guarantees and defaulted loans that were 
     previously guaranteed that are added to the agency's 
     financing accounts subsequent to October 1, 1995.


              streamlining the employee grievance process

       The conferees note that there are a number of Federal 
     agencies involved in settling employee grievances: the 
     Federal Labor Relations Authority, the Merit Systems 
     Protection Board, the Office of Special Counsel, the Equal 
     Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor 
     Relations Board, and the Office of Personnel Management. The 
     conferees believe that there are opportunities to streamline 
     this somewhat unwieldy structure and therefore direct the 
     Administration to develop a legislative proposal to 
     restructure all Federal employee adjudicatory functions and 
     submit this plan to Congress no later than February 1, 1996.

                 Information Security Oversight Office

       Amendment No. 42. Deletes Senate language appropriating 
     $1,482,000 for salaries and expenses under the Executive 
     Office of the President.
       The original President's 1996 budget request included 
     $1,482,000 for a new Independent Agency titled ``Information 
     Security Oversight Office''. A subsequent budget amendment 
     eliminated the request for an Independent Agency and moved 
     the information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), and 
     $1,482,000, to the National Archives and Records 
     Administration. The House eliminated funding, within the 
     National Archives, for the ISOO and the Senate funded it as a 
     separate agency under the Executive Office of the President 
     at a level of $1,482,000.
       The conferees agree that as a separate agency, ISOO shall 
     cease to exist and have eliminated the funding recommended by 
     the Senate. The conferees have provided funding for ISOO in 
     the National Archives and Records Administration 
     appropriation.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                         Salaries and Expenses

       Amendment No. 43. Restores and modifies funding and 
     language inserted by the House and stricken by the Senate. 
     The conferees have provided $23,500,000 for Office of 
     National Drug Control Policy activities in fiscal year 1996. 
     Included in this amount is $7,500,000 for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office and $16,000,000 for the research and 
     development projects of the Counter-Drug Technology 
     Assessment Center (CTAC). Of the amounts appropriated to 
     CTAC, $600,000 is for automated data processing improvements 
     at the Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Intelligence 
     Center.


                       California gunlink Project

       The conferees direct the Office of National Drug Control 
     Policy to use a portion of the $3,100,000 made available 
     under the fiscal year 1995 Treasury, Postal Service, and 
     General Government Appropriations Act to purchase no more 
     than six ballistics imaging machines for the California 
     Gunlink project and use remaining resources to develop 
     networking capabilities among the different models of 
     ballistics imaging systems.


                         Model State Drug Laws

       The conferees direct the Office of National Drug Control 
     Policy to apply $1,000,000 for the National Alliance for 
     Model State Drug Laws for conferences to be held by Governors 
     to review model state drug laws as proposed by the 
     President's Commission on Model State Drug Laws.


                   Drug and Alcohol Addiction Project

       The conferees urge the Chief Scientist to consider a 
     collaborative effort, designed by the Medical College of 
     Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University, to implement a 
     demonstration project to explore the causes and treatments of 
     drug and alcohol addiction, in collaboration with Albert 
     Einstein Medical Center of Philadelphia.
       Amendment No. 44. Deletes language and funding inserted by 
     the Senate for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. 
     While the conferees have agreed to delete the bill language 
     proposed by the Senate, the conferees remain concerned about 
     the trends of drug abuse in this country and the 
     effectiveness of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
     to deal with this continuing problem. Despite an investment 
     of over $86 billion in Federal anti-drug programs since 
     Fiscal Year 1988, the number of hardcore drug users has 
     remained constant at 2.7 million. More disturbing are recent 
     surveys which indicate that since 1992 there has been an 
     increase in the use of illicit drugs amongst our nation's 
     youth and a disturbing change in attitudes toward the 
     acceptability of drug use.
       Despite significant increases in Federal spending there has 
     been a lack of a clear and loud voice from the Administration 
     in speaking out on drug abuse. If the Federal Government is 
     going to continue to provide billions of dollars to combat 
     illicit drug trafficking and abuse then it must ensure that 
     the problem receives the highest level of attention at the 
     Cabinet level, and private sector representatives participate 
     in policy development and direction. Therefore, the conferees 
     strongly urge the President to convene a Cabinet Council, 
     involving all Cabinet members whose departments play a role 
     in drug control policy, to meet on a regular basis to discuss 
     and formulate strategies to effectively reduce drug abuse in 
     this country. In addition, the conferees strongly urge the 
     President to convene a bipartisan conference on drug control, 
     inviting representatives from prevention, law enforcement, 
     education, treatment, business leadership, media and parent 
     organizations to participate in the formulation of a strategy 
     to reduce drug abuse. The conferees expect the Director of 
     the Office of National Drug Control Policy to report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by no later than January 15, 
     1996, on the progress being made in this regard.


                     FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

             HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

       Amendment No. 45. Deletes Housing language appropriating 
     $104,000,000 for the HIDTA program.
       Amendment No. 46. Appropriates $103,000,000 for the HIDTA 
     program instead of $104,000,000, as proposed in Amendment No. 
     45 and $110,000,000 as proposed by the Senate, including 
     $55,000,000 for state and local governments and $48,000,000 
     for Federal agencies. The conferees direct that these 
     reductions in the Federal share be taken proportionately from 
     all the existing HIDTAs.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

       Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR)


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       Amendment No. 47. Appropriates $784,000 instead of $334,000 
     as proposed by the Senate and no appropriation as proposed by 
     the House and includes language directing the orderly 
     termination of ACIR.
       The conferees have appropriated a total of $784,000 for 
     ACIR: $334,000 to conduct a study on unfunded mandates and 
     $450,000 for costs associated with the termination of the 
     agency.

         Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS)


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       Amendment No. 48. Appropriates $600,000 instead of no 
     appropriation as proposed by the House and $1,800,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                           terminations costs

       The conferees have agreed to provide a total of $600,000 
     for the orderly termination of operations at ACUS which shall 
     begin on October 1, 1995, and be completed no later than 
     February 1, 1996. The conferees agree that this agency shall 
     cease to exist and the appropriation of $600,000 shall be 
     used only to close down operations at ACUS.

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 49. Appropriates $1,800,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $1,682,000 as proposed by the House.

                   Federal Election Commission (FEC)


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 50. Appropriates $26,521,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $28,517,000 as proposed by the Senate 
     and earmarks $1,500,000 for intermal automated data 
     processing systems.
       Amendment No. 51. Restores House language prohibiting the 
     use of funds by FEC until a report is submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on a systems requirements 
     analysis on the development of an ADP system.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 52. Appropriates $20,542,000 instead of 
     $19,742,000 as proposed by the House and $21,398,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                    General Services Administration


                         federal buildings fund

                 limitations on availability of revenue

       Amendment No. 53. Inserts Senate language inserting an 
     account heading.

[[Page H10825]]

       Amendment No. 54. Inserts Senate language allowing an 
     appropriation into the Federal Buildings fund (FBF).
       Amendment No. 55. Inserts Senate language appropriating 
     $86,000,000.
       Amendment No. 56. Limits obligation from the FBF to 
     $5,066,149,000 instead of $5,066,822,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $5,086,019,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 57. Makes available $545,002,000 for new 
     construction of Federal buildings instead of $367,777,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $573,872,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 58. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     which provides funding for the construction of certain 
     Federal buildings and facilities.

                    Youngstown, Ohio U.S. Courthouse

       The fiscal year 1996 request includes $17,436,000 for the 
     U.S. Courthouse in Youngstown, Ohio. The conferees have not 
     provided funds for the construction of this project in fiscal 
     year 1996 because the General Services Administration (GSA) 
     has advised the conferees that the contract for this project 
     cannot be awarded in fiscal year 1996. Because of the urgent 
     need of the courts in Youngstown, the conferees instruct GSA 
     to continue preliminary design work on this project in fiscal 
     year 1996 and request funds in fiscal year 1997 for the 
     construction of this new courthouse project. The conferees 
     further note that they will do their best to fund this 
     project as one of the highest priorities in fiscal year 1997.

                     Seattle, Washington Courthouse

       The conference agreement provides $5,600,000 to continue 
     design work on the new courthouse in Seattle, Washington. 
     Should this amount be insufficient to fully fund the design 
     efforts for this facility, the conferees encourage the GSA to 
     reprogram funds from other available resources.

                     Brooklyn, New York Courthouse

       The conferees are aware of the ``space emergency'' facing 
     the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. GSA 
     has proposed two projects to accommodate the space 
     requirements of the Brooklyn Courthouse acquisition and 
     renovation of the adjacent General Post Office Building and 
     demolition of the Federal building portion of the Celler 
     complex, followed by construction of a new court annex on 
     that site. Earlier Congresses have appropriated funds for the 
     initial phases of his project. The House bill contained 
     $49,400,000 to partially fund the renovation of the General 
     Post Office Building. The Senate bill contained no funding 
     because GSA had notified the Committee that it would not be 
     able to expend any additional funds in fiscal year 1996. The 
     conferees support continuation of this project and urge GSA 
     to submit a prospectus in fiscal year 1997 to move to the 
     next phase.


                         raptor research center

       The conferees support the GSA's efforts to consolidate the 
     Raptor Research Center at Boise State University in a 
     building donated to the University. It is the understanding 
     of the conferees that GSA's renovation costs of the donated 
     building will be far less than leasing new space.


                         telecommuting centers

       Of the funds made available by this Act for telecommuting 
     centers in northern Virginia, the conferees urge GSA to 
     establish at least one center at a suitable location in 
     western Fairfax County, one in Loudoun County, and one in 
     eastern Prince William County, Virginia.


                    concord, new hampshire, parking

       The conferees agree that given the lack of available 
     parking at the newly constructed Warren B. Rudman Federal 
     Courthouse in Concord, N.H., and an employees' reliance upon 
     auto transportation, a parking space availability problem 
     will undoubtedly arise. Accordingly, the conferees believe 
     that should the City of Concord build a parking facility to 
     accommodate the vehicles of 400 people, (including 300 
     federal employees, as well as various citizens and court 
     officials), the federal government should use this new 
     parking facility for its employees' benefit to the maximum 
     extent possible.

                     Las Vegas, Nevada, Courthouse

       The conferees are aware of the need for a new courthouse in 
     Las Vegas, Nevada. Land for the site for this project will be 
     donated to the Federal government by the City of Las Vegas at 
     no cost. The conferees have not provided funds for the 
     construction of this project in fiscal year 1996 because the 
     General Services Administration has advised the conferees 
     that the contract for this project cannot be awarded until 
     June 1997. Because of the urgent need of the courts in 
     Nevada, the conferees instruct GSA to continue preliminary 
     design work on this project in fiscal year 1996 and request 
     funds in fiscal year 1997 for the construction of this new 
     courthouse project. The conferees further note that they will 
     do their best to fund this project as one of the highest 
     priorities in fiscal year 1997.

                           FDA Consolidation

       The conferees request GSA study the White Oak, Maryland 
     site for the consolidation of FDA facilities.
       Amendment No. 59. Restores House language on Flexiplace 
     Telecommuting Centers and inserts Senate language which 
     rescinds $55,000,000 from the Southeast Federal Center in 
     Washington, D.C.
       Amendment No. 60. Makes available $637,000,000 for repairs 
     and alterations instead of $713,086,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $627,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 61. Inserts Senate language authorizing 
     unobligated balances in the repairs and alterations account 
     to be used for implementing security improvements at Federal 
     buildings, upon compliance with reprogramming guidelines of 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       Amendment No. 62. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     providing funding for repairs and alterations of certain 
     Federal buildings and facilities.
       Amendment No. 63. Makes available $304,757,000 for basic 
     repairs and alterations as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $307,278,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 64. Restores House language earmarking 
     $100,000 for the advanced design for the renovation of the 
     national veterinary science laboratory and a biocontainment 
     facility.
       Amendment No. 65. Makes available $2,326,200,000 for rental 
     of space instead of $2,341,100,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $2,327,200,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 66. Makes available $1,302,551,000 for 
     building operations as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $1,389,463,000 as proposed by the House. Also inserts Senate 
     language earmarking $1,000,000 for support for the Xth 
     Paralympiad.
       Amendment No. 67. Restores and modifies House language 
     moving the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation to the 
     General Services Administration (GSA).
       Amendment No. 68. Limits obligations from the Federal 
     Buildings Fund to $5,066,149,000 instead of $5,066,822,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $5,086,019,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 69. Inserts and modifies language proposed by 
     the Senate which provides funds for GSA policy and operations 
     and appropriates $119,091,000 instead of $113,827,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and $111,629,000 as proposed by the 
     House.

                    General Services Administration


                           Operating Expenses

       The Administration requested that the traditional single 
     account for the Policy and Operations of the General Services 
     Administration (GSA) be separated into two appropriations. 
     The House agreed with this approach and funded the Policy 
     Oversight appropriation at $62,499,000 and the Operating 
     Expenses appropriation at $49,130,000. The Senate retained 
     that traditional approach and funded both of these 
     organizations in one appropriation of $113,827,000.
       The conferees agree with the Senate position to provide 
     funding for Policy and Operations within the Operating 
     Expenses appropriation and have funded this appropriation at 
     $119,091,000. However, the conferees direct GSA to ensure 
     separate and distinct offices for Policy/Oversight and 
     Operations. The Policy and Oversight office should be 
     responsible for developing and overseeing government-wide 
     policy while the Operations office should carry out GSA's 
     other mission of providing services.
       The conference agreement should not prejudice any decision 
     by the Office of Management and Budget to once again submit a 
     budget request for GSA which provides separate appropriations 
     for Policy and Operations. The conferees agree with the House 
     position that the goal of developing government-wide policy 
     direction could be at odds with GSA's other goal of 
     increasing its operational base and the OMB should consider 
     future budgets which would provide a more definitive 
     separation of these two goals.
       Within the $119,091,000 appropriated for GSA, funds shall 
     be available for the ongoing ICN project, as directed by the 
     House.
       The conferees have also included funds for the CLASS 
     project in Lincoln, Nebraska, a telecommunications 
     demonstration project for an on-line accredited education 
     program leading to a high school diploma or its equivalent.


                   Review of Federal Supply Schedules

       The Senate included language which directed the General 
     Services Administration (GSA) to postpone rules to implement 
     section 1555 of the Federal Acquisition and Streamlining Act 
     (FASA) until a comprehensive analysis of the effect of such 
     rules has been completed. The House did not address this 
     issue.
       The conferees agree that considerable concern has been 
     raised by some private sector vendors on the effect of the 
     implementation of section 1555 of FASA, and believe that 
     additional study should be undertaken before implementation 
     of some of the more controversial schedules. Therefore, the 
     conferees direct that the GSA enforce a one-year moratorium 
     on the implementation of section 1555 of FASA for certain 
     more controversial schedules until final action on this 
     matter is taken by the appropriate Congressional committees.


                           Child Care Centers

       On June 28, 1995, the U.S. Department of Justice submitted 
     to Congress its report, ``Vulnerability Assessment of Federal 
     Facilities''. This document establishes minimum security 
     standards for Federal buildings. Within these standards, the 
     conferees believe the General Services Administration (GSA) 
     should review the placement of child care centers in Federal 
     buildings. The conferees direct the Administrator of GSA to 
     provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations an 
     evaluation of future plans to ensure the safety of child care 
     centers within the standards, as established.

                    General Services Administration


                      Office of Inspector General

       Amendment No. 70. Appropriates $33,274,000 instead of 
     $32,549,000 as proposed by the 

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     House and $34,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees request that the Office of the Inspector 
     General (IG) audit the policies and procedures for using the 
     Flexiplace Telecommuting Centers to determine adequacy of the 
     methods currently being used by agencies to account for 
     employee time and attendance. Additionally, the IG should 
     review the process used by GSA to determine the costs and 
     benefits of additional telecommuting centers and submit a 
     report on this review to the Committees on Appropriations no 
     later than February 1, 1996.

          General Provisions--General Services Administration

       Amendment No. 71. Inserts Senate language adding Judicial 
     Conference as a participant in determining Courthouse 
     construction priorities.
       Amendment No. 72. Inserts Senate language adding Judicial 
     Conference as a participant in determining Courthouse 
     construction priorities.
       Amendment No. 73. Restores House language authorizing GSA 
     to accept and retain income to offset the cost of flexiplace 
     work telecommuting centers.
       Amendment No. 74. Restores House language authorizing the 
     transfer of $2.2 million to the Charles County Community 
     College and repeals a previous authorization.
       Amendment No. 75. Deletes House language providing transfer 
     authority between ``Operating Expenses'' and ``Policy and 
     Oversight''.
       Amendment No. 76. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     prohibiting excessing land in the vicinity of Norfork Lake, 
     Arkansas by making the provision permanent.
       Amendment No. 77. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     prohibiting excessing land in the vicinity of Bull Shoals 
     Lake, Arkansas by making the provision permanent.
       Amendment No. 78. Inserts Senate language amending previous 
     language concerning a land transfer in Hawaii.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 79. Appropriates $24,549,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $21,129,000 as proposed by the House.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                           operating expenses

       Amendment No. 80. Appropriates $199,633,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $193,291,000 as proposed by the House. 
     Within this amount, the conferees have provided a total of 
     $1,482,000 for the Information Security Oversight Office. The 
     conferees further recommend that the National Security 
     Council continue to provide guidance and policy support to 
     ISOO.


                       administrative reductions

       The conferees agree to apply the same level administrative 
     reductions to the National Archives and Records 
     Administration appropriation as were applied to other 
     appropriations. The reduction totals $1,482,000 and shall be 
     applied to the following object classes at the discretion of 
     the Archivist: 21, travel; 22, transportation of things; 23, 
     communications and utilities; 24, printing, reproduction; 25, 
     other services; 26, supplies and materials; and 31, 
     equipment.


            cataloging, archiving, and digitizing activities

       The conferees agree to include $4,500,000 for cataloging, 
     archiving, and digitizing activities at the National Archives 
     as detailed in the Senate report. However, the conferees 
     expect the Archives to submit a finalized plan for the long-
     term requirements for these activities, including an estimate 
     of the total cost. The conferees require that the Archivist 
     provide a report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, detailing the National Archives and Records 
     Administration five-year plan on the activities it desires to 
     undertake in the areas of cataloging, archiving, and 
     digitizing activities. The plan shall include detailed budget 
     requirements for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and estimated 
     requirements for the remaining years.

             Archives Facilities and Presidential Libraries


                        repairs and restoration

       Amendment No. 81. Inserts Senate language appropriating 
     $1,500,000.
       The conferees are aware of requirements that may exist for 
     repair and alteration of Presidential Libraries around the 
     country, especially the Hoover and Eisenhower libraries. The 
     conferees direct that the National Archives submit a plan for 
     any required repairs or alterations of the Hoover 
     Presidential Library and the Eisenhower Presidential Library 
     to the Committees on Appropriations.

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission


                             grants program

       Amendment No. 82. Appropriates $5,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                      Office of Government Ethics


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 83. Appropriates $7,776,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $8,328,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                     Office of Personnel Management


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 84. Appropriates $88,000,000 instead of 
     $85,524,000 as proposed by the House and $93,106,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and inserts language proposed by the 
     Senate regarding health promotion programs.
       Reductions from President's budget are as follows: 
     $14,423,000 from occupational testing; $2,524,000 from Job 
     Information Offices; $2,720,000 from Regional Offices; 
     $808,000 from Federal Quality Institutes; $140,000 from 
     International Affairs Office; $376,000 from Executive 
     Direction; $2,605,000 from Common Services; and $2,200,000 
     from Research Office. The conferees provide an additional 
     $5,224,000 for office close-down costs.


                          Senior Executive Pay

       Members of the Senior Executive Service (SES), Senior 
     Level, Senior Technical, Board of Contract Appeal Judges and 
     other similarly situated Federal employees did not receive 
     the 2 percent comparability raise granted to all other 
     Federal employees on January 1, 1995. The conferees recognize 
     that during this time of government reorganization and 
     downsizing, it is especially important that the career 
     executive leadership, which is bearing the burden of leading 
     their agencies through this difficult period, be treated in a 
     fair and equitable manner. Therefore, the conferees urge the 
     President to provide the same comparability and locality 
     increase announced for all other employees to these career 
     executives in January, 1996.
       Amendment No. 85. Makes available $102,536,000 for 
     insurance and retirement programs as proposed by the House 
     instead of $93,261,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 86. Deletes House language prohibiting a 
     reduction-in-force in the Office of Federal Investigations 
     prior to June 30, 1996. The conferees agree that such a 
     reduction in force should not take place before March 31, 
     1996.

           General Provisions--Office of Personnel Management

       Amendment No. 87. Restores House language regarding the 
     title of this section.
       Amendment No. 88. Restores and modifies House language 
     allowing Federal agencies to reimburse OPM for examinations 
     for common occupations by not allowing for delegation of 
     examinations for Administrative Law Judges.
       Amendment No. 89. Restores House language allowing OPM to 
     withhold state taxes from payments to annuitants.
       Amendment No. 90. Restores House language extending 
     retirement provisions under the Federal Workforce 
     Restructuring Act to individuals taking delayed buyouts.
       Amendment No. 91. Restores House language allowing OPM to 
     charge fees to other Federal agencies for the dissemination 
     of employment information.
       Amendment No. 92. Inserts Senate language changing 
     reporting requirements for OPM on pay status of employees 
     outside the continental U.S.

                        United States Tax Court


                         Salaries and Expenses

       Amendment No. 93. Appropriates $33,269.000 instead of 
     $32,899,000 as proposed by the House and $33,639,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

       Amendment No. 94: Deletes House language prohibiting the 
     establishment of offices outside the District of Columbia 
     unless certain criteria are met.
       Amendment No. 95. Deletes House language authorizing the 
     payment of incentive awards.
       Amendment No. 96. Deletes House language making reference 
     to the Federal Quality Institute.
       Amendment No. 97. Restores and modifies House language 
     concerning the designation of Front Royal, Virginia, as a 
     Customs Service Port of Entry by making the provision 
     permanent.
       Amendment No. 98. Restores House language providing that 
     fifty percent of obligated balances may remain available for 
     certain purposes.
       Amendment No. 99. Restores House language establishing the 
     rate of pay for the Chief of Police of the Bureau of 
     Engraving and Printing.
       Amendment No. 100. Inserts Senate language regarding the 
     Mint Revolving Fund.
       Amendment No. 101. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     regarding the Mint Revolving Fund.
       Amendment No. 102. Inserts Senate language regarding the 
     Mint Revolving Fund.
       Amendment No. 103. Inserts Senate language regarding the 
     Mint Revolving Fund.
       Amendment No. 104. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     regarding the Mint Revolving Fund.
       Amendment No. 105. Inserts Senate language regarding the 
     Mint Revolving Fund.
       Amendment No. 106. Inserts Senate language clarifying 
     intent by adding numismatic collectibles to list of covered 
     items.
       Amendment No. 107. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     regarding the Mint Revolving Fund.
       Amendment No. 108. Deletes House language prohibiting funds 
     in this Act to be used for abortions unless the life of the 
     mother is endangered (addressed in amendment number 109).
       Amendment No. 109. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     prohibiting the funds in this Act to be used for abortions 
     unless the life of the mother is endangered or the pregnancy 
     is the result of an act of rape or incest 

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     modified so that this provision shall become effective once current 
     contracts expire.
       Amendment No. 110. Restores House language placing 
     procurement authority for Tax Systems Modernization under the 
     Secretary of the Treasury.
       Amendment No. 111. Restores House language providing for 
     relief of certain weekly periodical publications that have 
     been adversely affected by a 1989 mail classification 
     regulation designed to control the inclusion of loose 
     supplements in magazines and similar publications.
       Amendment No. 112. Deletes House language limiting training 
     funds to topics that meet identified needs for knowledge 
     skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the performance 
     of official duties.
       Amendment No. 113. Inserts Senate language increasing the 
     amount the Secret Service can expend at one non-governmental 
     property of a sitting President from $75,000 to $200,000 for 
     security enhancements.
       Amendment No. 114. Inserts Senate language prohibiting 
     implementation of an ATF ruling pertaining to the citric acid 
     content of vodka.


                          Citric Acid in Vodka

       Although conferees agree with the Senate proposal that no 
     part of any appropriation made available in this Act shall be 
     used to implement the ATF and Treasury decision ATF-360 (59 
     FR 67216, 12/29/94), which limited the amount of citric acid 
     that could be added to vodka to 300 parts per million (PPM), 
     the conferees recognize the complex nature of the various 
     issues surrounding any standard of identity determination 
     with respect to the labeling of vodka. There fore, the ATF is 
     directed to conduct a study, in consultation with industry 
     members, to determine whether a more reasonable industry 
     standard can be established that better balances the 
     interests of the consumer, the industry, and the government.
       Amendment No. 115. Inserts Senate language requiring that 
     Secret Service pay for scheduled overtime when they have 
     worked at least 2 hours of unscheduled overtime for 
     protective duties.

              TITLE VI--GOVERNMENTWIDE GENERAL PROVISIONS

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

       Amendment No. 116. Deletes House language regarding 
     employment of non-U.S. citizens.
       Amendment No. 117. Deletes House language prohibiting the 
     use of grant funds for the acquisition of goods or services 
     unless certain announcement criteria is met.
       Amendment No. 118. Deletes Senate language limiting the 
     number of political appointees.
       Amendment No. 119. Inserts Senate language clarifying the 
     use of energy savings from Federal agencies to permit 100% of 
     savings to be used as contained in P.L. 102-393.
       Amendment No. 120. Deletes House language on establishing 
     the Commission on Federal Mandates.
       Amendment No. 121. Deletes House language regarding the FDA 
     Building.
       Amendment No. 122. Restores and modifies House language 
     prohibiting Federal training not directly related to the 
     performance of official duties.


                       federal training programs

       The language in this section is intended to prohibit 
     expenditure of Federal funds on training that is offensive to 
     Federal workers and unnecessary in the prosecution of their 
     official functions. The conferees in no way intend this 
     legislation to prohibit any type of training that is 
     necessary for Federal workers to effectively complete their 
     assigned tasks. In particular, the conferees agree that 
     training that produces high levels of psychological stress 
     may be absolutely necessary in the training of law 
     enforcement officers, pilots, and other occupations that 
     encounter high levels of stree in the course of official 
     duties.
       In addition, this language is not intended to affect any 
     training for displaced workers designed to help them find new 
     employment.
       Amendment No. 123. Deletes House language prohibiting the 
     use of the Exchange Stabilization Fund to bolster foreign 
     currencies (addressed in amendment number 129).
       Amendment No. 124. Deletes Senate language requiring the 
     Executive Branch to report to Congress on detailees and where 
     they are assigned.
       Amendment No. 125. Inserts Senate language prohibiting the 
     expenditure of funds for implementation of agreements in 
     nondisclosure policies unless certain provisions are 
     included.
       Amendment No. 126. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     requiring mandatory use of FTS2000.
       Amendment No. 127. Inserts Senate language addressing death 
     benefit requirements for survivors of Secret Service 
     officers.
       Amendment No. 128. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     pertaining to future contract requirements for carrying mail 
     in Alaska.
       Amendment No. 129. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     regarding the Exchange Stabilization Fund; modified for 
     technical corrections.


                      exchange stabilization fund

       The conferees agree that to assure continued United States 
     government involvement in international monetary 
     transactions--and the ability to continue to use the Exchange 
     Stabilization Fund in the manner that the Congress has 
     supported for over 60 years--this provision should allow for 
     contemporaneous and confidential certification by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury.
       This need for confidentiality is supported by the market 
     sensitivity of these transactions and is consistent with the 
     confidential nature of the monthly reports that the Treasury 
     has provided and continues to provide to the Banking 
     Committees on a confidential basis.
       Amendment No. 130. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     prohibiting a cost of living adjustment during 1996 for 
     Members of Congress; modified to include Federal judges, and 
     executive level personnel.
       Amendment No. 131. Inserts Senate language transferring two 
     seized and forfeited A-37 Dragonfly jets to the National 
     Warplane Museum in Geneseo, NY for museum purposes.
       Amendment No. 132. Reported in disagreement.
       Amendment No. 133. Inserts Senate language banning tobacco 
     vending machines in Federal buildings to which children have 
     access.
       Amendment No. 134. Deletes Senate language concerning 
     direct delivery of high value supplies.


                  high value supplies and depot system

       The conferees direct that the General Services 
     Administration should increase use of direct deliver high-
     dollar value supplies, and only stock items that are 
     profitable, and review the depot system
       Amendment No. 135. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     establishing an Independent Commission on Restructuring the 
     Internal Revenue Service by making technical corrections.
       Amendment No. 136. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     requiring the Administrator of GSA to review the feasibility 
     of leasing agreements with state and local governments for 
     the construction or acquisition of border facilities.
       Amendment No. 137. Deletes Senate language requiring each 
     agency to achieve a five percent reduction in energy costs 
     during fiscal year 1996 and makes up to 50 percent of the 
     savings available to the agency.
       Amendment No. 138. Deletes Senate language reducing maximum 
     leave that can be accumulated by members of the Senior 
     Executive Service.
       Amendment No. 139. Inserts Senate language transferring a 
     building.
       Amendment No. 140. Inserts and modifies Senate language 
     providing law enforcement credit to law enforcement officers 
     hired during the three year transition period before FERS was 
     fully implemented.
       Amendment No. 141. Deletes Senate language expressing sense 
     of Senate that the GSA and FAA should review personnel rules 
     and labor agreements regarding Federal assistance when 
     relocating personnel because of a change of duty station.


            denver international airport employee relocation

       The conferees are concerned about reports that, under FAA 
     and GSA rules, employees in the Denver, Colorado area were 
     permitted to claim personal housing relocation allowances in 
     connection with their transfer from FAA facilities at 
     Stapleton Field to the new Denver International Airport, even 
     in some cases where an employee's new home was farther from 
     the new job site than the employee's former home. This kind 
     of misuse of public funds is unacceptable and insults 
     American taxpayers. The conferees expect GSA and FAA to 
     review and reform current personnel rules and labor 
     agreements to avoid any repetition of this experience and to 
     restrict relocation allowances to cases in which a job site 
     transfer reasonably and proximately necessitates a change in 
     home site.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 1996 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1995 amount, the 1996 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1996 
     follow:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1995...$23,500,947,000
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 24,896,488,000
House bill, fiscal year 1996.............................23,177,286,500
Senate bill, fiscal year 1996............................23,141,970,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1996...................23,163,754,000
Conference agreement compared with:
  New Budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1995....-337,193,000
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fisca-1,732,734,000
  House bill, fiscal year 1996..............................-13,532,500
  Senate bill, fiscal year 1996.............................+21,784,000

     Jim Lightfoot,
     Frank R. Wolf,
     Ernest Istook,
     Jack Kingston,
     Mike Forbes,
     Bob Livingston,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Richard C. Shelby,
     James M. Jeffords,
     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,

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     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Bob Kerrey,
     Robert C. Byrd,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

     

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