[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10139-S10155]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  1997

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the clerk will 
report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 3756) 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, 1997, and for other 
     purposes.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill which had been reported 
from the Committee on Appropriations with amendments, as follows:
  (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in 
italic.)
       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 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, 1997, and for other 
     purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
     including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building 
     and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, 
     repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial 
     insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned 
     overseas, when necessary for the performance of official 
     business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official travel 
     expenses; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and 
     representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for 
     unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 
     allocated and expended under the direction of the Secretary 
     of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on his 
     certificate; [$108,447,000] $111,348,000: Provided, That up 
     to $500,000 shall be made available to implement section 528 
     of this Act.

                         Automation Enhancement


                      including transfer of funds

       For the development and acquisition of automatic data 
     processing equipment, software, and services for the 
     Department of the Treasury, $27,100,000, of which $15,000,000 
     shall be available to the United States Customs Service for 
     the Automated Commercial Environment project, and of which 
     $5,600,000 shall be available to the [United States Customs 
     Service] Departmental offices for the International Trade 
     Data System: Provided, That these funds shall remain 
     available until September 30, 1999: Provided further, That 
     these funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts 
     as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Department's 
     offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 
     That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 
     other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds shall be used to support or 
     supplement Internal Revenue Service appropriations for 
     Information Systems and Tax Systems Modernization[: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds available for the Automated 
     Commercial Environment or the International Trade Data System 
     may be obligated without the advance approval of the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations].

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official 
     travel expenses; including hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a 
     confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
     direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; 
     $29,319,000 $30,153,000.

                 [Office of Professional Responsibility


                         [salaries and expenses

                      [including transfer of funds

       [For necessary expenses of the Office of Professional 
     Responsibility, including purchase and hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, up to $3,000,000, to be derived through 
     transfer from the United States Customs Service, salaries and 
     expenses appropriation: Provided, That none of the funds 
     shall be obligated without the advance approval of the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations.]

          Treasury Buildings and Annex Repair and Restoration


                      including transfer of funds

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury 
     Building and Annex, [the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
     Firearms National Laboratory Center and the Fire 
     Investigation Research and Development Center, and the Rowley 
     Secret Service Training Center, $22,892,000] $43,684,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That [funds for 
     the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms National 
     Laboratory Center and the Fire Investigation Research and 
     Development Center and the Rowley Secret Service Training 
     Center shall not be available until a prospectus authorizing 
     such facilities is approved by the House Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure: Provided further, That] 
     funds previously made available under this title for the 
     Secret Service Headquarter's building shall be transferred to 
     the Secret Service Acquisition, Construction, Improvement and 
     Related Expenses appropriation.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
     Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel 
     expenses of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend 
     meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities, 
     law enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed 
     $14,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
     and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with 
     or without reimbursement; $22,387,000: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

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     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.

               Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund

       [For necessary expenses of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
     $7,500,000 shall be made available for the development of a 
     Federal wireless communication system, to be derived from 
     deposits in the Fund] For necessary expenses of the Treasury 
     Forfeiture Fund, as authorized by Public Law 102-393, not to 
     exceed $10,000,000, to be derived from deposits in the fund: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to 
     receive all unavailable collections transferred from the 
     Special Forfeiture Fund established by section 6073 of the 
     Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1509) by the Director 
     of the Office of Drug Control Policy as a deposit into the 
     Treasury Forfeiture Fund (31 U.S.C. 9703(a)).

                    Violent Crime Reduction Programs


                      including transfer of funds

       For activities authorized by Public Law 103-322, to remain 
     available until expended, which shall be derived from the 
     Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
       (a) As authorized by section 190001(e), [$89,800,000] 
     $112,000,000, of which [$15,005,000] $38,900,000 shall be 
     available to the United States Customs Service; of which 
     [$47,624,000] $31,450,000 shall be available to the Bureau of 
     Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, of which [$2,500,000] 
     $3,000,000 shall be available for administering the Gang 
     Resistance Education and Training program, of which 
     [$3,662,000] $4,150,000 shall be available for ballistics 
     technologies, including the purchase, maintenance and 
     upgrading of equipment and of which [$41,462,000] $29,500,000 
     shall be available to enhance training and purchase equipment 
     and services; [of which $5,971,000 shall be available to the 
     Secretary as authorized by section 732 of Public Law 104-
     132;] of which $1,000,000 shall be available to the Financial 
     Crimes Enforcement Network; of which [$20,200,000] 
     $24,500,000 shall be available to the United States Secret 
     Service, of which no less than $1,000,000 shall be available 
     for a grant for activities related to the investigations of 
     missing and exploited children; of which $3,150,000 shall be 
     available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
     until expended; and of which $13,000,000 shall be available 
     to the Federal Drug Control Programs, High Intensity Drug 
     Trafficking Areas program only if additional areas are 
     designated and consultation has been completed with the 
     Committees on Appropriation.
       (b) As authorized by section 32401, [$7,200,000] 
     $8,000,000, for disbursement through grants, cooperative 
     agreements or contracts, to local governments for Gang 
     Resistance Education and Training: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding sections 32401 and 310001, such funds shall 
     be allocated only to the affected State and local law 
     enforcement and prevention organizations participating in 
     such projects.

                        Treasury Franchise Fund

       There is hereby established in the Treasury a franchise 
     fund pilot, as authorized by section 403 of Public Law 103-
     356, to be available as provided in such section for expenses 
     and equipment necessary for the maintenance and operation of 
     such financial and administrative support services as the 
     Secretary determines may be performed more advantageously as 
     central services: Provided, That any inventories, equipment, 
     and other assets pertaining to the services to be provided by 
     such fund, either on hand or on order, less the related 
     liabilities or unpaid obligations, and any appropriations 
     made for the purpose of providing capital, shall be used to 
     capitalize such fund: Provided further, That such fund shall 
     be reimbursed or credited with the payments, including 
     advanced payments, from applicable appropriations and funds 
     available to the Department and other Federal agencies for 
     which such administrative and financial services are 
     performed, at rates which will recover all expenses of 
     operation, including accrued leave, depreciation of fund 
     plant and equipment, amortization of Automatic Data 
     Processing (ADP) software and systems, and an amount 
     necessary to maintain a reasonable operating reserve, as 
     determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That such fund 
     shall provide services on a competitive basis: Provided 
     further, That an amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total 
     annual income to such fund may be retained in the fund for 
     fiscal year 1997 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain 
     available until expended, to be used for the acquisition of 
     capital equipment and for the improvement and implementation 
     of Treasury financial management, ADP, and other support 
     systems: Provided further, That no later than 30 days after 
     the end of each fiscal year, amounts in excess of this 
     reserve limitation shall be deposited as miscellaneous 
     receipts in the Treasury: Provided further, That such 
     franchise fund pilot shall terminate pursuant to section 
     403(f) of Public Law 103-356.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of the 
     Treasury, including materials and support costs of Federal 
     law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to exceed 52 
     for police-type use, without regard to the general purchase 
     price limitation) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; for 
     expenses for student athletic and related activities; 
     uniforms without regard to the general purchase price 
     limitation for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and 
     participating in firearms matches and presentation of awards; 
     for public awareness and enhancing community support of law 
     enforcement training; not to exceed $9,500 for official 
     reception and representation expenses; room and board for 
     student interns; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
     [$51,681,000] $52,242,000, of which [$9,423,000] $9,884,000 
     for materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement 
     basic training shall remain available until September 30, 
     1999: Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept and 
     use gifts of property, both real and personal, and to accept 
     services, for authorized purposes, including funding of a 
     gift of intrinsic value which shall be awarded annually by 
     the Director of the Center to the outstanding student who 
     graduated from a basic training program at the Center during 
     the previous fiscal year, which shall be funded only by gifts 
     received through the Center's gift authority: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     students attending training at any Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-
     provided housing, insofar as available and in accordance with 
     Center policy[: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 
     this account shall be available for training United States 
     Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police 
     officers, at the discretion of the Director; State and local 
     government law enforcement training on a space-available 
     basis; training of foreign law enforcement officials on a 
     space-available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to 
     this appropriation; training of private sector security 
     officials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of 
     actual costs to this appropriation; and travel expenses of 
     non-Federal personnel to attend course development meetings 
     and training at the Center]: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated in this account shall be available, at the 
     discretion of the Director, for: training United States 
     Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police 
     officers; State and local government law enforcement training 
     on a space-available basis; training of foreign law 
     enforcement officials on a space-available basis with 
     reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation; training 
     of private sector security officials on a space-available 
     basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this 
     appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal personnel 
     to attend course development meetings and training at the 
     Center: Provided further, That the Center is authorized to 
     obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from 
     agencies receiving training at the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center, except that total obligations at the end of 
     the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
     available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, 
     That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is 
     authorized to provide short term medical services for 
     students undergoing training at the Center.

     acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses

       For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
     Center, for acquisition of necessary additional real property 
     and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, facility 
     improvements, and related expenses, [$18,884,000] 
     $19,884,000, to remain available until expended.

                      Financial Management Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, 
     [$191,799,000] $196,338,000, of which not to exceed 
     $14,277,000 shall remain available until expended for systems 
     modernization initiatives. In addition, $90,000, to be 
     derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to reimburse 
     the Service for administrative and personnel expenses for 
     financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 
     1012 of Public Law 101-380: Provided, That none of the funds 
     made available for systems modernization initiatives may not 
     be obligated until the Commissioner of the Financial 
     Management Service has submitted, and the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate have approved, a 
     report that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes all 
     computer systems investments planned for fiscal year 1997, a 
     milestone schedule for the development and implementation of 
     all projects included in the systems investment plan, and a 
     systems architecture plan.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
     and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed 650 
     vehicles for police-type use for replacement only and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; and services of 
     expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the 
     Director; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence 
     allowances to employees where an assignment

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     to the National Response Team during the investigation of a 
     bombing or arson incident requires an employee to work 16 
     hours or more per day or to remain overnight at his or her 
     post of duty; not to exceed $12,500 for official reception 
     and representation expenses; for training of State and local 
     law enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, 
     including training in connection with the training and 
     acquisition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants 
     detection; provision of laboratory assistance to State and 
     local agencies, with or without reimbursement; [$389,982,000] 
     $395,597,000, of which $12,011,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be available for arson investigations, with 
     priority assigned to any [arson involving] arson, explosion 
     or violence against religious institutions; which not to 
     exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of 
     attorneys' fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of 
     which $1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of any 
     vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for 
     official use by a State or local law enforcement agency if 
     the conveyance will be used in drug-related joint law 
     enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
     and Firearms and for the payment of overtime salaries, 
     travel, fuel, training, equipment, and other similar costs of 
     State and local law enforcement officers that are incurred in 
     joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
     Firearms: Provided, That no funds made available by this or 
     any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, 
     missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
     Firearms to other agencies or Departments in the fiscal year 
     ending on September 30, 1997: Provided further, That no funds 
     appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or 
     administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or 
     centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the 
     records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and 
     disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms 
     licensees: 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: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds appropriated herein shall be available to 
     investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal 
     firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c) [and the 
     inability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to 
     process or act upon such applications for felons convicted of 
     a violent crime, firearms violations, or drug-related crimes 
     shall not be subject to judicial review]: Provided further, 
     That such funds shall be available to investigate and act 
     upon applications filed by corporations for relief from 
     Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c)[: 
     Provided further, That no funds in this Act may be used to 
     provide ballistics imaging equipment to State or local 
     authorities who have obtained similar equipment through a 
     Federal grant or subsidy]: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, all aircraft and 
     spare parts owned and operated by the Bureau of Alcohol, 
     Tobacco and Firearms shall be transferred to the United 
     States Customs Service[: Provided further, That no funds 
     under this heading shall be available to conduct a reduction 
     in force]: Provided further, That no funds available for 
     separation incentive payments as authorized by section 525 of 
     this Act may be obligated without the advance approval of the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
     further, That no funds under this Act may be used to 
     electronically retrieve information gathered pursuant to 18 
     U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal identification code.

                         laboratory facilities

       For necessary expenses for design of a new facility or 
     facilities, to house the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
     Firearms National Laboratory Center and the Fire 
     Investigation Research and Development Center, not to exceed 
     185,000 occupiable square feet, $6,978,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That these funds shall 
     not be available until a prospectus of authorization for the 
     Laboratory Facilities is approved by the House Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.

                     United States Customs Service


                         salaries and expenses

                      including transfer of funds

       For necessary expenses of the United States Customs 
     Service, including purchase of up to 1,000 motor vehicles of 
     which 960 are for replacement only, including 990 for police-
     type use and commercial operations; hire of motor vehicles; 
     contracting with individuals for personal services abroad; 
     not to exceed [$20,000] $30,000 for official reception and 
     representation expenses; and awards of compensation to 
     informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the United 
     States Customs Service; [$1,489,224,000 (increased by 
     $500,000) (reduced by $500,000) (reduced by $2,000,000); of 
     which $65,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
     Operation Hardline; of which $28,000,000 shall be available 
     until expended for expenses associated with Operation 
     Gateway; of which up to $3,000,000 shall be available for 
     transfer to the Office of Professional Responsibility] 
     $1,421,543,000; and of which such sums as become available in 
     the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 
     13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 
     1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from 
     that Account; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be 
     available for payment for rental space in connection with 
     preclearance operations, and not to exceed $4,000,000 shall 
     be available until expended for research and not to exceed 
     $1,000,000 shall be available until expended for conducting 
     special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081 and up to 
     $6,000,000 shall be available until expended for the 
     procurement of automation infrastructure items, including 
     hardware, software, and installation: Provided, That uniforms 
     may be purchased without regard to the general purchase price 
     limitation for the current fiscal year[: Provided further, 
     That the United States Custom Service shall implement the 
     General Aviation Telephonic Entry program within 30 days of 
     enactment of this Act: Provided further, That no funds under 
     this heading shall be available to conduct a reduction in 
     force: Provided further, That no funds available for 
     separation incentive payments as authorized by section 525 of 
     this Act may be obligated without the advance approval of the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations]: Provided 
     further, That the Spirit of St. Louis Airport in St. Louis 
     County, Missouri, shall be designated a port of entry[: 
     Provided further, That no funds under this Act may be used to 
     provide less than 30 days public notice for any change in 
     apparel regulations]: Provided further, That $750,000 shall 
     be available for additional part-time and temporary positions 
     in the Honolulu Customs District.

    operation and maintenance, air and marine interdiction programs

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and 
     other related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs, 
     including operational training and mission-related travel, 
     and rental payments for facilities occupied by the air or 
     marine interdiction and demand reduction programs, the 
     operations of which include: the interdiction of narcotics 
     and other goods; the provision of support to Customs and 
     other Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement 
     or administration of laws enforced by the Customs Service; 
     and, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Customs, the 
     provision of assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies 
     in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; 
     $83,363,000, which shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, with 
     the exception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been 
     identified as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft 
     which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to 
     any other Federal agency, Department, or office outside of 
     the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal year 1997 
     without the prior approval of the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations.


                      Air Interdiction Procurement

       For the purchase and restoration of aircraft, marine 
     vessels and air surveillance equipment for the Customs air 
     and marine interdiction programs, [$28,000,000] $45,000,000: 
     Provided, That such resources shall not be available until 
     September 30, 1997, and shall remain available until 
     expended.

                   customs services at small airports


                  (to be derived from fees collected)

       Such sums as may be necessary for expenses for the 
     provision of Customs services at certain small airports or 
     other facilities when authorized by law and designated by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, including expenditures for the 
     salary and expenses of individuals employed to provide such 
     services, to be derived from fees collected by the Secretary 
     pursuant to section 236 of Public Law 98-573 for each of 
     these airports or other facilities when authorized by law and 
     designated by the Secretary, and to remain available until 
     expended.

                   harbor maintenance fee collection

       For administrative expenses related to the collection of 
     the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law 103-182, 
     $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
     Fund and to be transferred to and merged with the Customs 
     ``Salaries and Expenses'' account for such purposes.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

                     administering the public debt

       For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt 
     issues of the United States; $169,735,000: Provided, That the 
     sum appropriated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 
     1997 shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as 
     definitive security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor 
     Account Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a 
     final fiscal year 1997 appropriation from the General Fund 
     estimated at $165,335,000.

                        Internal Revenue Service

                 processing, assistance, and management

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service, not 
     otherwise provided for; including processing tax returns; 
     revenue accounting; providing assistance to taxpayers, 
     management services, and inspection; including purchase (not 
     to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may 
     be determined by the Commissioner; [$1,722,985,000] 
     $1,728,840,000, of which up to $3,700,000 shall be for the 
     Tax Counseling for the Elderly

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     Program, and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

                          tax law enforcement

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
     determining and establishing tax liabilities; tax and 
     enforcement litigation; technical rulings; examining employee 
     plans and exempt organizations; investigation and enforcement 
     activities; securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid 
     accounts; statistics of income and compliance research; the 
     purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850), and hire 
     of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
     determined by the Commissioner; [$4,052,586,000,] 
     $4,085,355,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 1999 for research.


                          information systems

                      including transfer of funds

       For necessary expenses for data processing and 
     telecommunications support for Internal Revenue Service 
     activities, including tax systems modernization (modernized 
     developmental systems), modernized operational systems, 
     services and compliance, and support systems; the hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
     determined by the Commissioner; [$1,077,450,000] 
     $1,240,473,000, of which [$424,500,000] $402,473,000 shall be 
     available for tax systems modernization program activities: 
     Provided, That of the funds appropriated for non-Tax Systems 
     Modernization, $200,000,000, and $66,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated for Tax Systems Modernization may not be 
     obligated until the Secretary of the Treasury consults with 
     the Committees on Appropriations and provides criteria 
     explaining the needs and priorities of the respective 
     programs, as well as, the deficiencies identified by the 
     General Accounting Office: Provided further, That [none of 
     the funds made available for tax systems modernization shall 
     be available until the Internal Revenue Service establishes a 
     restructured contractual relationship with a commercial 
     sector company] to manage, integrate, test, and implement all 
     portions of the tax systems modernization program, except 
     that funds up to $59,100,000 may be used to support a 
     Government Program Management Office, [not to exceed a total 
     staffing of 50 individuals,] and other necessary Program 
     Management activities to include support from the Internal 
     Revenue Service's Integration Support Contractor and Federal 
     Research and Development Center: Provided further, That none 
     of the funds made available for tax systems modernization may 
     be used by the Internal Revenue Service to carry out 
     activities associated with the development of a request for 
     proposal and contract award, with a commercial sector company 
     to manage, integrate, test and implement all portions of the 
     tax systems modernization program without the approval of the 
     Department of the Treasury's Modernization Management Board 
     which shall assure that an adequate planning and business 
     case analysis has been conducted and that the General 
     Accounting Office's ``Best Practices'' for strategic 
     information management have been followed except that funds 
     shall be available for activities related to submission to 
     and review by the Department's Modernization Management Board 
     [except that funds shall be available for the sharing of data 
     and information and general oversight of the process by the 
     Associate Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service for 
     Modernization, and such funds as may be necessary shall be 
     transferred to the Department of Defense which will conduct 
     all technical activities associated with the development of a 
     request for proposal and contract award]: Provided further, 
     That none of these funds may be used to support in excess of 
     150 full-time equivalent positions in support of tax systems 
     modernization: Provided further, That funds up to $2,000,000 
     may be used to support the Department's Modernization 
     Management Board: Provided further, That these funds shall 
     remain available until September 30, 1999.

                          information systems


                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading for [Tax 
     Systems Modernization] Information Systems in Public Law 104-
     52, [$100,000,000] $120,000,000 are rescinded, in Public Law 
     103-329, [$51,685,000] $45,000,000 are rescinded, in Public 
     Law 102-393, $2,421,000 are rescinded, and in Public Law 102-
     141, [$20,341,000] $7,026,000 are rescinded.


          administrative provisions--internal revenue service

       Section 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
     made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
     may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service 
     appropriation upon the advance approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a 
     training program to insure that Internal Revenue Service 
     employees are trained in taxpayers' rights, in dealing 
     courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural 
     relations.
       [Sec. 103. The funds provided in this Act for the Internal 
     Revenue Service shall be used to provide as a minimum, the 
     fiscal year 1995 level of service, staffing, and funding for 
     Taxpayer Services.
       [Sec. 104. No funds available in this Act to the Internal 
     Revenue Service for separation incentive payments as 
     authorized by section 525 of this Act may be obligated 
     without the advance approval of the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       [Sec. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall contract with 
     an independent accounting firm to determine the revenue 
     losses (if any) which would result from implementing H.R. 
     2450, as introduced in the 104th Congress.]

                      United States Secret Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 
     including purchase (not to exceed 702 vehicles for police-
     type use, of which 665 shall be for replacement only), and 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; training 
     and assistance requested by State and local governments, 
     which may be provided without reimbursement; services of 
     expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the 
     Director; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, 
     and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on 
     private or other property not in Government ownership or 
     control, as may be necessary to perform protective functions; 
     for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to 
     employees where a protective assignment during the actual day 
     or days of the visit of a protectee require an employee to 
     work 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at his or her 
     post of duty; the conducting of and participating in firearms 
     matches; presentation of awards; and for travel of Secret 
     Service employees on protective missions without regard to 
     the limitations on such expenditures in this or any other 
     Act: Provided, That approval is obtained in advance from the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; for repairs, 
     alterations, and minor construction at the James J. Rowley 
     Secret Service Training Center; for research and development; 
     for making grants to conduct behavioral research in support 
     of protective research and operations; not to exceed $20,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; not to 
     exceed $50,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment 
     to foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit 
     investigations; for payment in advance for commercial 
     accommodations as may be necessary to perform protective 
     functions; and for uniforms without regard to the general 
     purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year: 
     Provided further, That 3 U.S.C. 203(a) is amended by deleting 
     ``but not exceeding twelve hundred in number''; 
     [$528,368,000] $519,265,000, of which $1,200,000 shall be 
     available as a grant for activities related to the 
     investigations of missing and exploited children[: Provided 
     further, That resources made available as a grant for 
     activities related to the investigations of missing and 
     exploited children shall not be available until September 30, 
     1997, and shall remain available until expended].


      acquisition, construction, improvement, and related expenses

       For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, 
     and improvement of facilities, [$31,298,000] $29,165,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
     previously provided under the title, ``Treasury Buildings and 
     Annex Repair and Restoration,'' for the Secret Service's 
     Headquarters Building, shall be transferred to this account.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

       Section 111. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary 
     in connection with law enforcement activities of a Federal 
     agency or a Department of the Treasury law enforcement 
     organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from 
     unobligated balances remaining in the Fund on September 30, 
     1997, shall be made in compliance with the reprogramming 
     guidelines contained in the House and Senate reports 
     accompanying this Act.
       Sec. 112. Appropriations to the Treasury Department in this 
     Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, 
     as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, 
     repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official 
     motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of 
     motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase price 
     limitations for vehicles purchased and used overseas for the 
     current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the 
     Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical 
     services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign 
     countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 113. None of the funds appropriated by this title 
     shall be used in connection with the collection of any 
     underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees of the 
     Internal Revenue Service in connection with such collection, 
     including any private sector employees under contract to the 
     Internal Revenue Service, compiles with subsection (a) of 
     section 805 (relating to communications in connection with 
     debt collection), and section 806 (relating to harassment or 
     abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 
     1692).
       Sec. 114. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute 
     policies and procedures which will safeguard the 
     confidentiality of taxpayer information.
       Sec. 115. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol 
     Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1997 in this Act for the 
     enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act shall 
     be expended in a manner so as not to diminish enforcement 
     efforts with respect to section 105 of the Federal Alcohol 
     Administration Act.

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       [Sec. 116. Paragraph (3)(C) of section 9703(g) of title 31, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       [(1) by striking in the third sentence ``and at the end of 
     each fiscal year thereafter'';
       [(2) by inserting in lieu thereof ``1994, 1995, and 1996''; 
     and
       [(3) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``At 
     the end of fiscal year 1997, and at the end of each fiscal 
     year thereafter, the Secretary shall reserve any amounts that 
     are required to be retained in the Fund to ensure the 
     availability of amounts in the subsequent fiscal year for 
     purposes authorized under subsection (a).'']
       Sec. 117. Of the funds available to the Internal Revenue 
     Service, $13,000,000 shall be made available to continue the 
     private sector debt collection program which was initiated in 
     fiscal year 1996 and $13,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
     Departmental Offices appropriation to initiate a new private 
     sector debt collection program: Provided, That the transfer 
     provided herein shall be in addition to any other transfer 
     authority contained in this Act.


[priority placement, job placement, retraining, and counseling programs 
for u.s. treasury department employees affected by a reduction in force

       [Sec. 118. (a) Definitions.--
       [(1) For the purposes of this section, the term ``agency'' 
     means the United States Department of the Treasury.
       [(2) For the purposes of this section, the term ``eligible 
     employee'' means any employee of the agency who--
       [(A) is scheduled to be separated from service due to a 
     reduction in force under--
       [(i) regulations prescribed under section 3502 of title 5, 
     United States Code; or
       [(ii) procedures established under section 3595 of title 5, 
     United States Code; or
       [(B) is separated from service due to such a reduction in 
     force, but does not include--
       [(i) an employee separated from service for cause on 
     charges of misconduct or delinquency; or
       [(ii) an employee who, at the time of separation, meets the 
     age and service requirements for an immediate annuity under 
     subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       [(b) Priority Placement Program.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the U.S. 
     Department of the Treasury shall establish a priority 
     placement program for eligible employees.
       [(c) The priority placement program established under 
     subsection (b) shall include provisions under which a vacant 
     position shall not be filled by the appointment or transfer 
     of any individual from outside of the agency if--
       [(1) there is then available any eligible employee who 
     applies for the position within 30 days of the agency issuing 
     a job announcement and is qualified (or can be trained or 
     retrained to become qualified within 90 days of assuming the 
     position) for the position; and
       [(2) the position is within the same commuting area as the 
     eligible employee's last-held position or residence.
       [(d) Job Placement and Counseling Services.--The head of 
     the agency may establish a program to provide job placement 
     and counseling services to eligible employees and their 
     families.
       [(1) Types of services.--A program established under 
     subsection (d) may include, is not limited to, such services 
     as--
       [(A) career and personal counseling;
       [(B) training and job search skills; and
       [(C) job placement assistance, including assistance 
     provided through cooperative arrangements with State and 
     local employment services offices.
       [(e) Referral of Eligible Employees to Private Sector 
     Contractors.--Any contract related to the Internal Revenue 
     Services' Tax Systems Modernization program shall contain a 
     provision requiring that the contractor, in hiring employees 
     for the performance of the contract, shall obtain referrals 
     of eligible employees, who consent to such referral, from the 
     priority placement or job placement programs established 
     under this section.]
       Sec. 119. Section 923(j) of title 18, U.S.C., is amended by 
     striking the period after the last sentence, and inserting 
     the following: ``, including the right of a licensee to 
     conduct `curios or relics' firearms transfers and business 
     away from their business premises with another licensee 
     without regard as to whether the location of where the 
     business is conducted is located in the State specified on 
     the license of either licensee.''.
       This title may be cited as the ``Treasury Department 
     Appropriations Act, 1997''.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                     Payments to the Postal Service

                   payment to the postal service fund

       For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
     on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) 
     and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, 
     [$85,080,000] $90,433,000: Provided, That mail for overseas 
     voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 
     Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of 
     mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available to the Postal 
     Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, 
     regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of 
     any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any 
     individual participating in a State or local program of child 
     support enforcement, a fee for information requested or 
     provided concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
     used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post 
     offices in the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1997.

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

                   Compensation of the President and

                         the White House Office

                     compensation of the president

       For compensation of the President, including an expense 
     allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by 3 
     U.S.C. 102, $250,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available for official expenses shall be expended for any 
     other purpose and any unused amount shall revert to the 
     Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States 
     Code: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
     for official expenses shall be considered as taxable to the 
     President.

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by 
     law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; including 
     subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 
     shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
     section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 
     periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed 
     $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 
     U.S.C. 103); not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment 
     expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive 
     Office of the President; $40,193,000: Provided, That $420,000 
     of the funds appropriated may not be obligated until the 
     Director of the Office of Administration has submitted, and 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have 
     approved, a report that identifies, evaluates, and 
     prioritizes all computer systems investments planned for 
     fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule for the development 
     and implementation of all projects included in the systems 
     investment plan, and a systems architecture plan.

                 Executive Residence at the White House

                           operating expenses

       For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, 
     refurnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including 
     electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 
     the White House and official entertainment expenses of the 
     President, $7,827,000, to be expended and accounted for as 
     provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109-110, 112-114.

 Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the 
                             Vice President

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
     provide assistance to the President in connection with 
     specially assigned functions, services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses 
     as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 
     accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles; $3,280,000: Provided, That $150,000 
     of the funds appropriated may not be obligated until the 
     Director of the Office of Administration has submitted, and 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate have 
     approved, a report that identifies, evaluates, and 
     prioritizes all computer systems investments planned for 
     fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule for the development 
     and implementation of all projects included in the systems 
     investment plan, and a systems architecture plan.

                           operating expenses

       For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, heating 
     and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the 
     official residence of the Vice President, the hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $90,000 for 
     official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be 
     accounted for solely on his certificate; $324,000: Provided, 
     That advances or repayments or transfers from this 
     appropriation may be made to any department or agency for 
     expenses of carrying out such activities: Provided further, 
     That $8,000 of the funds appropriated may not be obligated 
     until the Director of the Office of Administration has 
     submitted for approval to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House and Senate a report that identifies, evaluates, and 
     prioritizes all computer systems investments planned for 
     fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule for the development 
     and implementation of all projects included in the systems 
     investment plan, and a systems architecture plan.

                      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), 
     $3,439,000.

                      Office of Policy Development

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 3 
     U.S.C. 107; $3,867,000: Provided, That $45,000 of the funds 
     appropriated may not be obligated until the Director of the 
     Office of Administration has submitted, and the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate have approved, a 
     report that identifies, evaluates,

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     and prioritizes all computer systems investments planned for 
     fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule for the development 
     and implementation of all projects included in the systems 
     investment plan, and a systems architecture plan.

                       National Security Council

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     $6,648,000: Provided, That $3,000 of the funds appropriated 
     may not be obligated until the Director of the Office of 
     Administration has submitted, and the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate have approved, a 
     report that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes all 
     computer systems investments planned for fiscal year 1997, a 
     milestone schedule for the development and implementation of 
     all projects included in the systems investment plan, and a 
     systems architecture plan.

                        Office of Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
     $26,100,000, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles: 
     Provided, That $340,700 of the funds appropriated may not be 
     obligated until the Director of the Office of Administration 
     has submitted, and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House and Senate have approved, a report that identifies, 
     evaluates, and prioritizes all computer systems investments 
     planned for fiscal year 1997, a milestone schedule for the 
     development and implementation of all projects included in 
     the systems investment plan, and a systems architecture plan.

                    Office of Management and Budget

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $55,573,000, of which not to 
     exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
     provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35: Provided, That, as 
     provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be 
     applied only to the objects for which appropriations were 
     made except as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     Office of Management and Budget may be used for the purpose 
     of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any 
     activities or regulations under the provisions of the 
     Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et 
     seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act 
     may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual 
     testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of 
     the Office of Management and Budget, before the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations or the House and Senate 
     Committees on Veterans' Affairs or their subcommittees: 
     Provided further, That this proviso shall not apply to 
     printed hearings released by the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations or the House and Senate Committees on 
     Veterans' Affairs.

                 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; and for participation 
     in 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; 
     $34,838,000, of which $18,000,000 shall remain available 
     until expended, consisting of $1,000,000 for policy research 
     and evaluation and $17,000,000 for the Counter-Drug 
     Technology Assessment Center for counternarcotics research 
     and development projects [of which $1,000,000 shall be 
     obligated for State conferences on model State drug laws]: 
     Provided, That the $17,000,000 for the Counter-Drug 
     Technology Assessment Center shall be available for transfer 
     to other Federal departments or agencies: Provided further, 
     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[: Provided 
     further, That $2,500,000 of the funds available for the 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
     Policy may not be obligated until the Director reaches 
     agreement with the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations on a final fiscal year 1997 organizational 
     plan]: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
     is authorized to receive all unavailable collections 
     transferred from the Special Forfeiture Fund established by 
     section 6073 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 
     1509) by the Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy as 
     a deposit into the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (31 U.S.C. 
     9703(a)).

                          Unanticipated Needs

       For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
     unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
     security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during 
     the current fiscal year; $1,000,000.

                     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, [$113,000,000] $103,000,000 for drug control 
     activities consistent with the approved strategy for each of 
     the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, [of 
     which $3,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Area in Lake County, Indiana; of 
     which $2,000,000 shall be used for a newly designated High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for the Gulf Coast States of 
     Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi; of which $5,000,000 
     shall be used for a newly designated High Intensity Drug 
     Trafficking Area dedicated to combating methamphetamine use, 
     production and trafficking in a five State area including 
     Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Kansas;] of which 
     no less than [$59,000,000] $52,000,000 shall be transferred 
     to State and local entities for drug control activities; and 
     of which up to [$54,000,000] $51,000,000 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.
       This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office 
     Appropriations Act, 1997''.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase From 
     People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by the 
     Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92-28; $1,800,000.

                      Federal Election Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, 
     [$27,524,000] $28,700,000, [of which no less than $2,500,000 
     shall be available for internal automated data processing 
     systems, and] of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be 
     available for reception and representation expenses.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
     Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization 
     Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 
     1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, rental of conference rooms in the District of 
     Columbia and elsewhere; $21,588,000: Provided, That public 
     members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid 
     travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as 
     authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed 
     intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 
     charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management 
     relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with 
     this account, to be available without further appropriation 
     for the costs of carrying out these conferences.

                    General Services Administration

                         federal buildings fund


                 limitations on availability of revenue

       For additional expenses necessary to carry out the purpose 
     of the Fund established pursuant to section 210(f) of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
     amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), [$209,193,000] $257,162,000, to 
     be deposited into said Fund. The revenues and collections 
     deposited into the Fund shall be available for necessary 
     expenses of real property management and related activities 
     not otherwise provided for, including operation, maintenance, 
     and protection of federally owned and leased buildings; 
     rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration 
     of leased premises; moving governmental agencies (including 
     space adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) 
     in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer of 
     space; contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing 
     buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally 
     owned buildings including grounds, approaches and 
     appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, 
     preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of 
     buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as 
     otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 
     purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 
     federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 
     projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new 
     buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and 
     payment of principal, interest, taxes, and any other 
     obligations for public buildings acquired by installment 
     purchase and purchase contract, in the aggregate amount of 
     [$5,364,392,000] $5,412,361,000, of which (1) not to exceed 
     [$540,000,000] $657,724,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for construction of additional projects at locations 
     [as follows: Fresno, California, Federal Building and U.S. 
     Courthouse; Denver, Colorado, U.S. Courthouse; District of 
     Columbia, U.S. Courthouse Annex; Miami, Florida, U.S. 
     Courthouse; Orlando, Florida, U.S. Courthouse; Covington, 
     Kentucky, U.S. Courthouse; London, Kentucky, U.S. Courthouse; 
     Babb, Montana, Piegan Border Station; Sweetgrass, Montana, 
     Border Station; Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Courthouse; Brooklyn, 
     New York, U.S. Courthouse; Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Courthouse; 
     Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. Courthouse;

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     Portland, Oregon, Consolidated Law Enforcement Federal Office 
     Building; Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. Courthouse; Philadelphia, 
     Pennsylvania, Department of Veterans Affairs--Federal 
     Complex, phase II; Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. Courthouse; 
     Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. Courthouse; Salt Lake City, Utah, 
     Moss Courthouse Annex and Alteration; Blaine, Washington, 
     U.S. Border Station; Oroville, Washington, U.S. Border 
     Station; Seattle, Washington, U.S. Courthouse; and, Sumas, 
     Washington, U.S. Border Station, (Claim): Provided, That the 
     total cost of the immediately foregoing United States 
     Courthouse or United States Courthouse annex construction 
     projects shall be reduced by no less than 10 percent from the 
     prospectus level estimate by improving design efficiencies, 
     curtailing planned interior finishes requiring more efficient 
     use of courtroom and library space, and by otherwise limiting 
     space requirements: Provided further, That each of the 
     immediately foregoing construction projects may not exceed 
     the original authorized level for site acquisition, design, 
     or construction, unless advanced approval is obtained from 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
     further, That from funds available in the Federal Buildings 
     Fund, $20,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
     environmental clean up activities at the Southeast Federal 
     Center in the District of Columbia] and at maximum 
     construction improvement costs (including funds for sites and 
     expenses and associated design and construction services) as 
     follows:
     New Construction:
     District of Columbia:
       Southeast Federal Center Site Preparation, $20,000,000
     Maryland:
       Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties--Food and Drug 
     Administration Consolidation, $13,000,000
     Montana:
       Babb, Piegan Border Station, $333,000
       Sweetgrass, Border Station, $1,066,000
     Nevada:
       Las Vegas, U.S. Courthouse, $96,011,000
     New York:
       Brooklyn, U.S. Courthouse, $187,179,000
     Ohio:
       Cleveland, U.S. Courthouse, $142,291,000
     Oregon:
       Portland, Consolidated Law Federal Office Building, 
     $86,000,000
     Pennsylvania:
       Philadelphia, Department of Veterans Affairs--Federal 
     Complex, phase II, $15,156,000
     Texas:
       Corpus Christi, U.S. Courthouse, $26,610,000
     Washington:
       Blaine, U.S. Border Station, $15,419,000
       Oroville, U.S. Border Station, $1,483,000
       Seattle, U.S. Courthouse, $17,740,000
       Sumas, U.S. Border Station, (Claim), $1,177,000
     Nationwide:
       Security Enhancements, various buildings, $24,259,000
       Non-prospectus Projects Program, $10,000,000:

     Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits of 
     costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to the 
     extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but 
     not to exceed 10 per centum unless advanced approval is 
     obtained from the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further, That 
     all funds for direct construction projects shall expire on 
     September 30, 1999, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund 
     except funds for projects as to which funds for design or 
     other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to 
     such date: Provided further, That claims against the 
     Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct 
     construction projects, acquisitions of buildings and purchase 
     contract projects pursuant to Public Law 92-313, be 
     liquidated with prior notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate to the extent savings 
     are effected in other such projects; [(2) not to exceed 
     $635,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
     repairs and alterations which includes associated design and 
     construction services, as follows: District of Columbia, 
     Ariel Rios Building; District of Columbia, Department of 
     Justice Building (Main), phase, 1; District of Columbia, 
     Layfayette Building; District of Columbia, State Department 
     Building; Honolulu, Hawaii, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole 
     Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse; Chicago, Illinois, 
     Everett M. Dirksen Federal Building; Chicago, Illinois, John 
     C. Kluczynski, Jr. Federal Building (IRS); Andover, 
     Massachusetts, IRS Regional Service Center; Concord, New 
     Hampshire, J.C. Cleveland Federal Building; Camden, New 
     Jersey, U.S. Post Office-Courthouse; Albany, New York, James 
     T. Foley Post Office-Courthouse; Brookhaven, New York, IRS 
     Service Center; New York, New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal 
     Building; Scranton, Pennsylvania, Federal Building-U.S. 
     Courthouse; Providence, Rhode Island, Federal Building-U.S. 
     Courthouse; Fort Worth, Texas, Federal Center; Nationwide 
     repairs and alterations: Security Upgrades; 
     Chlorofluorocarbons Program; Elevator Program; and, Energy 
     Program:] (2) not to exceed $616,990,000 shall remain 
     available until expended, for repairs and alterations which 
     includes associated design and construction services: 
     Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or any 
     prior Act for Repairs and Alterations may be used to fund 
     costs associated with implementing security improvements to 
     buildings necessary to meet the minimum standards for 
     security in accordance with current law and in compliance 
     with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate 
     Committees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That 
     funds in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and 
     Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the 
     amount by project as follows, except each project may be 
     increased by an amount not to exceed 10 per centum unless 
     advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate of a greater amount:
     Repairs and alterations:
     District of Columbia:
       Ariel Rios Building, $62,740,000
     Hawaii:
       Honolulu, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Federal Building 
     and U.S. Courthouse, $4,140,000
     Illinois:
       Chicago, Everett M. Dirksen Federal Building, $18,844,000
       Chicago, John C. Kluczynski, Jr. Federal Building (IRS), 
     $13,414,000
     Louisiana:
       New Orleans, Customhouse, $3,500,000
     Massachusetts:
       Andover, IRS Regional Service Center, $812,000
     New Hampshire:
       Concord, J.C. Cleveland Federal Building, $8,251,000
     New Jersey:
       Camden, U.S. Post Office-Courthouse $11,096,000
     New York:
       Albany, James T. Foley Post Office-Courthouse, $3,880,000
       Brookhaven, IRS Service Center, $2,272,000
       New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, $13,651,000
     Pennsylvania:
       Scranton, Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse, $10,610,000
     Rhode Island:
       Providence, Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse, $8,209,000
     Texas:
       Fort Worth, Federal Center, $11,259,000
     Nationwide:
       Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $43,533,000
       Elevator Program, $17,100,000
       Energy Program, $20,000,000
       Security Enhancements, various buildings, $2,686,000
       Basic Repairs and Alterations, $360,000,000:

     Provided further, That additional projects for which 
     prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded under 
     this category only if advance approval is obtained from the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate: 
     Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or any 
     prior Act for Repairs and Alterations may be used to fund 
     costs associated with implementing security improvements to 
     buildings necessary to meet the minimum standards for 
     security in accordance with current law and in compliance 
     with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate 
     Committees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That 
     funds in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and 
     Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the 
     originally authorized amount, except each project may be 
     increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent when advance 
     approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House and Senate of a greater amount: Provided further, 
     That the difference between the funds appropriated and 
     expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under the 
     heading ``Repairs and Alterations'', may be transferred to 
     Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized 
     increases in prospectus projects[: Provided further, That 
     such sums as may be necessary shall be made available for 
     ongoing renovation and consolidation efforts at the National 
     Veterinary Services Laboratory and a biocontainment facility 
     at the National Animal Disease Center, as directed in Public 
     Law 104-52]: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and 
     alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 
     1999, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds 
     for projects as to which funds for design or other funds have 
     been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: 
     Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any 
     prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to 
     pay claims against the Government arising from any projects 
     under the heading ``Repairs and Alterations'' or used to fund 
     authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided 
     further, That $5,700,000 of the funds provided under this 
     heading in Public Law 103-329, for the IRS Service Center, 
     Holtsville, New York, shall be available until September 30, 
     1998; (3) not to exceed $173,075,000 for installment 
     acquisition payments including payments on purchase contracts 
     which shall remain available until expended: Provided 
     further, That up to $1,500,000 shall be available for a 
     design prospectus of the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse 
     located at 811 Grand Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri; [(4) 
     not to exceed $3,903,205,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for building operations, leasing activities, and 
     rental of space, of which up to $205,000,000 shall be 
     available for security enhancements;] (4) not to exceed 
     $2,343,795,000 for rental of space which shall remain 
     available until expended; and (5) not to exceed 
     $1,532,465,000 for building operations which shall remain 
     available until expended [and (5) not to exceed $4,800,000 
     for the development and acquisition of automatic data 
     processing equipment, software, and services for the Public 
     Buildings Service which shall remain available until 
     September 30, 1999 for transfer to accounts and in

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     amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the 
     Public Buildings Service]: Provided further, That funds 
     available to the General Services Administration shall not be 
     available for expenses in connection with any construction, 
     repair, alteration, and acquisition project for which a 
     prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, 
     as amended, has not been approved, except that necessary 
     funds may be expended for each project for required expenses 
     in connection with the development of a proposed prospectus: 
     Provided further, That funds provided in this Act under the 
     heading ``Security Enhancements, various buildings'' may be 
     used, by project in accordance with an approved prospectus[: 
     Provided further, That the Administrator is authorized in 
     fiscal year 1997 and thereafter, 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 is 
     hereby granted all the rights and authorities of the former 
     Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (PADC) with 
     regards to property transferred from PADC to the General 
     Services Administration in fiscal year 1996: Provided 
     further, That for the purposes of this authorization, 
     buildings constructed pursuant to the purchase contract 
     authority of the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (40 
     U.S.C. 602a), buildings occupied pursuant to installment 
     purchase contracts, and buildings under the control of 
     another department or agency where alterations of such 
     buildings are required in connection with the moving of such 
     other department or agency from buildings then, or thereafter 
     to be, under the control of the General Services 
     Administration shall be considered to be federally owned 
     buildings]: Provided further, That funds available in the 
     Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs 
     when advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate: Provided further, 
     That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 
     services to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
     amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide such 
     reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other 
     facilities on private or other property not in Government 
     ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the 
     United States Secret Service to perform its protective 
     functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, as amended, shall be 
     available from such revenues and collections: Provided 
     further, That revenues and collections and any other sums 
     accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 1997, excluding 
     reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
     490(f)(6)) in excess of [$5,364,392,000] $5,412,361,000 shall 
     remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure 
     except as authorized in appropriations Acts.


                         policy and operations

       For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
     for Government-wide policy and oversight activities 
     associated with asset management activities; utilization and 
     donation  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 technology 
     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; 
     [$109,091,000] $110,173,000.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, [$33,274,000] 
     $33,863,000: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be 
     available for payment for information and detection of fraud 
     against the Government, including payment for recovery of 
     stolen Government property: Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of 
     other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of 
     efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of 
     Inspector General effectiveness.

           allowances and office staff for former presidents

       For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 
     1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, 
     $2,180,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General 
     Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such 
     sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of such 
     Acts.

                   expenses, presidential transition

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential 
     Transition Act of 1963, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), 
     $5,600,000.

          general provisions--general services administration

       Section 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund 
     available to the General Services Administration shall be 
     credited with the cost of operation, protection, maintenance, 
     upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rentals 
     received from Government corporations pursuant to law (40 
     U.S.C. 129).
       Sec. 402. Funds available to the General Services 
     Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles.
       Sec. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
     available for fiscal year 1997 for Federal Buildings Fund 
     activities may be transferred between such activities only to 
     the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Provided, 
     That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
       Sec. 404. Section 10 of the General Services Administration 
     General Provisions, Public Law 100-440, dated September 22, 
     1988, is hereby repealed.
       Sec. 405. No funds made available by this Act shall be used 
     to transmit a fiscal year 1998 request for United States 
     Courthouse construction that does not meet the design guide 
     standards for construction as established by the General 
     Services [Administration,] Administration and the Judicial 
     Conference of the United States[, and the Office of 
     Management and Budget] and does not reflect the priorities of 
     the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out in 
     its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That the 
     request must be accompanied by a standardized courtroom 
     utilization study of each facility to be replaced or 
     expanded.
       [Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used to implement a plan for the Ronald Reagan Building 
     (International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.) which would 
     permit the Woodrow Wilson Center to pay the General Services 
     Administration less than the rate per square foot assessment 
     for space and services which is paid by other Federal 
     entities.
       [Sec. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
     provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
     other service usually provided through the Federal Buildings 
     Fund, to any agency which does not pay the requested rate per 
     square foot assessment for space and services as determined 
     by the General Services Administration in compliance with the 
     Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
       [Sec. 408. The Administrator of the General Services is 
     directed to ensure that the materials used for the facade on 
     the United States Courthouse Annex, Savannah, Georgia project 
     are compatible with the existing Savannah Federal Building-
     U.S. Courthouse fascade, in order to ensure compatibility of 
     this new facility with the Savannah historic district and to 
     ensure that the Annex will not endanger the National Landmark 
     status of the Savannah historic district.]
       Sec. 409. (a) Section 210 of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(l)(1) The Administrator may establish, acquire space 
     for, and equip flexiplace work telecommuting centers (in this 
     subsection referred to as `telecommuting centers') for use by 
     employees of Federal agencies, State and local governments, 
     and the private sector in accordance with this subsection.
       ``(2) The Administrator may make any telecommuting center 
     available for use by individuals who are not Federal 
     employees to the extent the center is not being fully 
     utilized by Federal employees. The Administrator shall give 
     Federal employees priority in using the telecommuting 
     centers.
       ``(3)(A) The Administrator shall charge user fees for the 
     use of any telecommuting center. The amount of the user fee 
     shall approximate commercial charges for comparable space and 
     services except that in no instance shall such fee be less 
     than that necessary to pay the cost of establishing and 
     operating the center, including the reasonable cost of 
     renovation and replacement of furniture, fixtures, and 
     equipment.
       ``(B) Amounts received by the Administrator after September 
     30, 1993, as user fees for use of any telecommuting center 
     may be deposited into the Fund established under subsection 
     (f) of this section and may be used by the Administrator to 
     pay costs incurred in the establishment and operation of the 
     center.
       ``(4) The Administrator may provide guidance, assistance, 
     and oversight to any person regarding establishment and 
     operation of alternative workplace arrangements, such as 
     telecommuting, hoteling, virtual offices, and other 
     distributive work arrangements.
       ``(5) In considering whether to acquire any space, 
     quarters, buildings, or other facilities for use by employees 
     of any executive agency, the head of that agency shall 
     consider whether the need for the facilities can be met using 
     alternative workplace arrangements referred to in paragraph 
     (4).
       (b) Section 13 of the Public Building Act of 1959, as 
     amended, (107 Stat. 438; 40 U.S.C. 612) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(xi)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``(xii)''; and
       (2) by striking ``and (x)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``(x) telecommuting centers and (xi)''.
       Sec. 410. Section 6 of the General Services Administration 
     General Provisions, Public Law 103-123, dated October 28, 
     1993, is hereby repealed.
       Sec. 411. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Administrator of General Services is authorized and directed 
     to acquire the land bounded by S.W. First Avenue, S.W. Second 
     Avenue, S.W. Main Street, and S.W. Madison Street, Portland, 
     Oregon, for the purposes of constructing the proposed Law 
     Enforcement Center on the site.

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           John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board

       For necessary expenses to carry out the John F. Kennedy 
     Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, $2,150,000.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

                         salaries and expenses


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit 
     Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
     Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of 
     conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct procurement of 
     survey printing, [$23,297,000] $24,549,000, together with not 
     to exceed $2,430,000 for administrative expenses to 
     adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the 
     Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts 
     determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses in connection with the 
     administration of the National Archives (including the 
     Information Security Oversight Office) and records and 
     related activities, as provided by law, and for expenses 
     necessary for the review and declassification of documents, 
     and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, [$195,109,000] 
     $198,964,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United 
     States is authorized to use any excess funds available from 
     the amount borrowed for construction of the National Archives 
     facility, for expenses necessary to move into the facility.

             [National Archives and Records Administration


                             [(Rescission)

       [Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-52, $4,500,000 are rescinded.]


             Archives Facilities and Presidential Libraries

                        repairs and restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives 
     facilities and presidential libraries, [$9,500,000] and to 
     provide adequate storage for holdings, $18,229,000 to remain 
     available until expended.

        national historical publications and records commission


                             grants program

       For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
     historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
     U.S.C. 2504, as amended, [$4,000,000] $5,000,000 to remain 
     available until expended.

                      Office of Government Ethics

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act 
     of 1978, as amended by Public Law 100-598, and the Ethics 
     Reform Act of 1989, Public Law 101-194, including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in 
     the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official 
     reception and representation expenses; $8,078,000.

                     Office of Personnel Management

                         salaries and expenses


                  (including transfer of trust funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
     Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical 
     examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on 
     a fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
     Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
     to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
     expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of 
     the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order 
     10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 
     and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting 
     Rights Act activities require an employee to remain overnight 
     at his or her post of duty; [$86,576,000] $87,076,000, of 
     which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the 
     establishment of health promotion and disease prevention 
     programs for Federal employees; and in addition [$93,486,000] 
     $94,736,000 for administrative expenses, to be transferred 
     from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel 
     Management without regard to other statutes, including direct 
     procurement of printing materials for annuitants,  for the 
     retirement and insurance programs, of which [$2,250,000] 
     $3,500,000 shall be transferred at such times as the Office 
     of Personnel Management deems appropriate, and shall remain 
     available until expended for the costs of automating the 
     retirement recordkeeping systems, together with remaining 
     amounts authorized in previous Acts for the recordkeeping 
     systems: Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation 
     shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds 
     as provided by section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United 
     States Code: Provided further, That, except as may be 
     consistent with 5 U.S.C. 8902a(f)(1) and (i), no payment may 
     be made from the Employees Health Benefits Fund to any 
     physician, hospital, or other provider of health care 
     services or supplies who is, at the time such services or 
     supplies are provided to an individual covered under chapter 
     89 of title 5, United States Code, excluded, pursuant to 
     section 1128 or 1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1320a-7-1320a-7a), from participation in any program under 
     title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et 
     seq.): Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 
     shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal 
     Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management 
     established pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943, 
     or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That 
     the President's Commission on White House Fellows, 
     established by Executive Order 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, 
     during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, accept 
     donations of money, property, and personal services in 
     connection with the development of a publicity brochure to 
     provide information about the White House Fellows, except 
     that no such donations shall be accepted for travel or 
     reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the salaries of 
     employees of such Commission.


           general provisions--office of personnel management

       Sec. 421. The first sentence of section 1304(e)(1) of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
     ``basis'' the following ``, including personnel management 
     services performed at the request of individual agencies 
     (which would otherwise be the responsibility of such 
     agencies), or at the request of nonappropriated fund 
     instrumentalities''.

                      office of inspector general

                         salaries and expenses


                  (including transfer of trust funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act, 
     as amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $960,000; and in 
     addition, not to exceed $8,645,000 for administrative 
     expenses to audit the Office of Personnel Management's 
     retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the 
     appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel 
     Management, as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, 
     That the Inspector General is authorized to rent conference 
     rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.


                             Revolving Fund

       For reducing any accumulated deficit in the accounts of the 
     revolving fund established under 5 U.S.C. 1304(e), 
     [$4,755,000] $5,000,000.

      government payment for annuitants, employees health benefits

       For payment of Government contributions with respect to 
     retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, 
     United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, such sums as may be 
     necessary.

       government payment for annuitants, employee life insurance

       For payment of Government contributions with respect to 
     employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required by 
     chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as may 
     be necessary.

        payment to civil service retirement and disability fund

       For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased 
     annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 
     1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under 
     special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement 
     and Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, 
     That annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as 
     amended, and the Act of August 19, 1950, as amended (33 
     U.S.C. 771-75), may hereafter be paid out of the Civil 
     Service Retirement and Disability Fund.

                       Office of Special Counsel

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 
     of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
     454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 
     101-12), Public Law 103-424, and the Uniformed Services 
     Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of 
     fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms 
     in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles; [$7,840,000] $8,116,000.

                        United States Tax Court

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and 
     other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, [$33,269,000] 
     $34,293,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
     shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.
       This title may be cited as the ``Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1997''.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

       Section 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those

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     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
       [Sec. 503. None of the funds made available to the General 
     Services Administration pursuant to section 210(f) of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
     shall be obligated or expended after the date of enactment of 
     this Act for the procurement by contract of any guard, 
     elevator operator, messenger or custodial services if any 
     permanent veterans preference employee of the General 
     Services Administration at said date, would be terminated as 
     a result of the procurement of such services, except that 
     such funds may be obligated or expended for the procurement 
     by contract of the covered services with sheltered workshops 
     employing the severely handicapped under Public Law 92-28. 
     Only if such workshops decline to contract for the provision 
     of the covered services may the General Services 
     Administration procure the services by competitive contract, 
     for a period not to exceed 5 years. At such time as such 
     competitive contract expires or is terminated for any reason, 
     the General Services Administration shall again offer to 
     contract for the services from a sheltered workshop prior to 
     offering such services for competitive procurement.]
       Sec. 504. None of the funds made available by this Act 
     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 prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff 
     Act of 1930.
       Sec. 505. None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be available for the purpose of transferring control 
     over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located at 
     Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the Treasury 
     Department.
       Sec. 506. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
     the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress.
       Sec. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any 
     officer or employee of the United States Postal Service, 
     who--
       (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to 
     prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee of the United 
     States Postal Service from having any direct oral or written 
     communication or contact with any Member or committee of 
     Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the 
     employment of such officer or employee or pertaining to the 
     United States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of 
     whether such communication or contact is at the initiative of 
     such officer or employee or in response to the request or 
     inquiry of such Member or committee; or
       (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
     reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance of 
     efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, 
     transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any 
     employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or 
     condition of employment of, any officer or employee of the 
     United States Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to 
     commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such 
     officer or employee, by reason of any communication or 
     contact of such officer or employee with any Member or 
     committee of Congress as described in paragraph (1).
       Sec. 508. The Office of Personnel Management may, during 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, accept donations 
     of supplies, services, land, and equipment for the Federal 
     Executive Institute and Management Development Centers to 
     assist in enhancing the quality of Federal management.
       Sec. 509. The United States Secret Service may, during the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and hereafter, accept 
     donations of money to off-set costs incurred while protecting 
     former Presidents and spouses of former Presidents when the 
     former President or spouse travels for the purpose of making 
     an appearance or speech for a payment of money or any thing 
     of value.
       Sec. 510. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
     filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
     held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of 
     the United States and has satisfactorily completed his period 
     of active military or naval service and has within 90 days 
     after his release from such service or from hospitalization 
     continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 1 
     year made application for restoration to his former position 
     and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management 
     as still qualified to perform the duties of his former 
     position and has not been restored thereto.
       Sec. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing 
     or telephone lists to any person or any organization outside 
     of the Federal Government without the approval of the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 512. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
     expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
     expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 
     2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, 
     popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
       Sec. 513. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
     Products.--In the case of any equipment or products that may 
     be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance 
     provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that 
     entities receiving such assistance should, in expending the 
     assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and 
     products.
       (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a 
     notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
     Congress.
       Sec. 514. If it has been finally determined by a court or 
     Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label 
     bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription 
     with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to 
     the United States that is not made in the United States, such 
     person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or 
     subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, 
     pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
     procedures described in section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
     48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 515. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
     not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining 
     available at the end of fiscal year 1997 from appropriations 
     made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1997 
     in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
     1998, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
     Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
     expenditure of such funds.
       Sec. 516. Where appropriations in this Act are expendable 
     for travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation 
     has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel 
     expenses may not exceed the amount set forth in the budget 
     estimates submitted for appropriations without the advance 
     approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not apply 
     to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local 
     boards and appeal boards in the Selective Service System; to 
     travel performed directly in connection with care and 
     treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs; to travel of the Office of Personnel 
     Management in carrying out its observation responsibilities 
     of the Voting Rights Act; or to payments to interagency motor 
     pools separately set forth in the budget schedules: Provided 
     further, That this provision does not apply to accounts that 
     do not contain an object identification for travel.
       Sec. 517. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
     regulation during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 
     and thereafter:
       (1) The authority of the special police officers of the 
     Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in the Washington, DC 
     Metropolitan area, extends to buildings and land under the 
     custody and control of the Bureau; to buildings and land 
     acquired by or for the Bureau through lease, unless otherwise 
     provided by the acquisition agency; to the streets, sidewalks 
     and open areas immediately adjacent to the Bureau along 
     Wallenberg Place (15th Street) and 14th Street between 
     Independence and Maine Avenues and C and D Streets between 
     12th and 14th Streets; to areas which include surrounding 
     parking facilities used by Bureau employees, including the 
     lots at 12th and C Streets, SW, Maine Avenue and Water 
     Streets, SW, Maiden Lane, the Tidal Basin and East Potomac 
     Park; to the protection in transit of United States 
     securities, plates and dies used in the production of United 
     States securities, or other products or implements of the 
     Bureau of Engraving and Printing which the Director of that 
     agency so designates.
       (2) The authority of the special police officers of the 
     United States Mint extends to the buildings and land under 
     the custody and control of the Mint; to the streets, 
     sidewalks and open areas in the vicinity to such facilities; 
     to surrounding parking facilities used by Mint employees; and 
     to the protection in transit of bullion, coins, dies, and 
     other property and assets of, or in the custody of, the Mint.
       (3) The exercise of police authority by Bureau or Mint 
     officers, with the exception of the exercise of authority 
     upon property under the custody and control of the Bureau or 
     the Mint, respectively, shall be deemed supplementary to the 
     Federal police force with primary jurisdictional 
     responsibility. This authority shall be in addition to any 
     other law enforcement authority which has been provided to 
     these officers under other provisions of law or regulations.
       [Sec. 518. 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 any benefits 
     or coverage for abortions.
       [Sec. 519. The provision of section 518 shall not apply 
     where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
     were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
     act of rape or incest.]
       Sec. 520. No part of any appropriation made available in 
     this Act shall be used to implement Bureau of Alcohol, 
     Tobacco and Firearms Ruling TD ATF-360; Re: Notice Nos. 782, 
     780, 91F009P.
       [Sec. 521. Notwithstanding title 5, United States Code, 
     Personal Service Contractors (PSC) employed by the Department 
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     than the United States, shall be considered as Federal 
     Government employees for purposes of making available Federal 
     employee health and life insurance.
       [Sec. 522. Section 5131 of title 31, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking subsection (c); and by redesignating 
     subsection (d) as subsection (c).]
       Sec. 523. Section 5112(i)(4) of title 31, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(C) The Secretary may continue to mint and issue coins in 
     accordance with the specifications contained in paragraphs 
     (7), (8), (9), and (10) of subsection (a) and paragraph 
     (1)(A) of this subsection at the same time the Secretary in 
     minting and issuing other bullion and proof gold coins under 
     this subsection in accordance with such program procedures 
     and coin specifications, designs, varieties, quantities, 
     denominations, and inscriptions as the Secretary, in the 
     Secretary's discretion, may prescribe from time to time.'': 
     Provided, That profits generated from the sale of gold to the 
     United States Mint for this program shall be considered as a 
     receipt to be deposited into the General Fund of the 
     Treasury.
       Sec. 524. Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(k) The Secretary may mint and issue bullion and proof 
     platinum coins in accordance with such specifications, 
     designs, varieties, quantities, denominations, and 
     inscriptions as the Secretary, in the Secretary's discretion, 
     may prescribe from time to time.'': Provided, That the 
     Secretary is authorized to use Government platinum reserves 
     stockpiled at the United States Mint as working inventory and 
     shall ensure that reserves utilized are replaced by the Mint.
       Sec. 525. Voluntary Separation Incentives for Employees of 
     Certain Federal Agencies.--(a) Definitions.--For the purposes 
     of this section--
       (1) the term ``agency'' means the Internal Revenue Service, 
     the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the United 
     States Customs Service;
       (2) the term ``employee'' means an employee (as defined by 
     section 2105 of title 5, United States Code) who is employed 
     by an agency, is serving under an appointment without time 
     limitation, and has been currently employed for a continuous 
     period of at least [12 months] 3 years, but does not 
     include--
       [(A) any employee who, upon separation and application, 
     would then be eligible for an immediate annuity under 
     subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
     States Code, or another retirement system for employees of 
     the agency;]
       [(B)] (A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of 
     chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or 
     another retirement system for employees of the agency;
       [(C)] (B) an employee having a disability on the basis of 
     which such employee is or would be eligible for disability 
     retirement under [the applicable retirement system referred 
     to in subparagraph (A)] subchapter III of chapter 83 or 
     chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another 
     retirement system for employees of the agency;
       [(D)] (C) an employee who is in receipt of a specific 
     notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or 
     unacceptable performance;
       [(E)] (D) an employee who, upon completing an additional 
     period of service is as referred to in section 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) 
     of the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 (5 U.S.C. 
     5597 note), would qualify for a voluntary separation 
     incentive payment under section 3 of such Act;
       [(F)] (E) an employee who has previously received any 
     voluntary separation incentive payment by the Federal 
     Government under this section or any other authority and has 
     not repaid such payment;
       [(G)] (F) an employee covered by statutory reemployment 
     rights who is on transfer to another organization; or
       [(H)] (G) any employee who, during the twenty four month 
     period preceding the date of separation, has received a 
     recruitment or relocation bonus under section 5753 of title 
     5, United States Code, or who, within the twelve month period 
     preceding the date of separation, received a retention 
     [allowable] allowance under section 5754 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (b) Agency Strategic Plan.--
       (1) In general.--The head of each agency, prior to 
     obligating any resources for voluntary separation incentive 
     payments, shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Government Reform and 
     Oversight of the House of Representatives a strategic plan 
     outlining the intended use of such incentive payments and a 
     proposed organizational chart for the agency once such 
     incentive payments have been completed.
       (2) Contents.--The agency's plan shall include--
       (A) the positions and functions to be reduced or 
     eliminated, identified by organizational unit, geographic 
     location, occupational category and grade level;
       (B) the number and amounts of voluntary separation 
     incentive payments to be offered; and
       (C) a description of how the agency will operate without 
     the eliminated positions and functions.
       (c) Authority To Provide Voluntary Separation Incentive 
     Payments.--
       (1) In general.--A voluntary separation incentive payment 
     under this section may be paid by an agency to any employee 
     only to the extent necessary to eliminate the positions and 
     functions identified by the strategic plan.
       (2) Amount and treatment of payments.--A voluntary 
     separation incentive payment--
       (A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the employee's 
     separation;
       (B) shall be paid from appropriations or funds available 
     for the payment of the basic pay of the employees;
       (C) shall be equal to the lesser of--
       (i) an amount equal to the amount the employee would be 
     entitled to receive under section 5595(c) of title 5, United 
     States Code; or
       (ii) an amount determined by the agency head not to exceed 
     $25,000;
       (D) may not be made except in the case of any qualifying 
     employee who voluntarily separates (whether by retirement or 
     resignation) before March 31, 1997;
       (E) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not be 
     included in the computation, of any other type of Government 
     benefit; and
       (F) shall not be taken into account in determining the 
     amount of any severance pay to which the employee may be 
     entitled under section 5595 of title 5, United States Code, 
     based on any other separation.
       (d) Additional Agency Contributions to the Retirement 
     Fund.--
       (1) In general.--In addition to any other payments which it 
     is required to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 of 
     title 5, United States Code, an agency shall remit to the 
     Office of Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury of 
     the United States to the credit of the Civil Service 
     Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 percent 
     of the final basic pay of each employee of the agency who is 
     covered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of 
     title 5, United States Code, to whom a voluntary separation 
     incentive has been paid under this section.
       (2) Definition.--For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term 
     ``final basic pay'', with respect to an employee, means the 
     total amount of basic pay which would be payable for a year 
     of service by such employee, computed using the employee's 
     final rate of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a 
     full-time basis, with appropriate adjustment therefor.
       (e) Effect of Subsequent Employment With the Government.--
     An individual who has received a voluntary separation 
     incentive payment under this section and accepts any 
     employment for compensation with the Government of the United 
     States, or who works for any agency of the United States 
     Government through a personal services contract, within 5 
     years after the date of the separation on which the payment 
     is based shall be required to pay, prior to the individual's 
     first day of employment, the entire amount of the incentive 
     payment to the agency that paid the incentive payment.
       (f) Reduction of Agency Employment Levels.--
       (1) In general.--The total number of funded employee 
     positions in the agency shall be reduced by one position for 
     each vacancy created by the separation of any employee who 
     has received, or is due to receive, a voluntary separation 
     incentive payment under this section. For the purposes of 
     this subsection, positions shall be counted on a full-time-
     equivalent basis.
       (2) Enforcement.--The President, through the Office of 
     Management and Budget, shall monitor the agency and take any 
     action necessary to ensure that the requirements of this 
     subsection are met.
       (g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect October 
     1, 1996.
       [Sec. 525A. Voluntary Separation Incentives for Employees 
     of the United States Agency for International Development.--
       [(a) Authority.--The United States Agency for International 
     Development is authorized to offer voluntary separation 
     incentive payments to no more than 100 of its employees in 
     accordance with section 525 of this Act.
       [(b) Exception.--Section 525(a)(2)(A) of this Act shall not 
     apply to an employee of the United States Agency for 
     International Development who, upon separation and 
     application, would be eligible for an immediate annuity under 
     sections 8336(d)(2) and 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       [(c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       [Sec. 526. That provisions of law governing procurement or 
     public contracts shall not be applicable to the procurement 
     of goods or services necessary for carrying out Bureau of 
     Engraving and Printing program and operation: Provided, That 
     the authority contained in this provision shall expire on 
     September 30, 1999.
       [Sec. 527. The United States Mint is hereby authorized to 
     establish a demonstration project under the authorities of 
     title V, U.S.C., chapter 47: Provided, That the Director of 
     the United States Mint shall be appointed by the President, 
     by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; the 
     Director shall serve on the basis of a six-year contract, 
     which may be renewed, so long as the Director's performance, 
     as set forth in an annual performance agreement with the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, is satisfactory; and the Director 
     shall receive as basic compensation for a calendar year an 
     amount equal to the annual rate of basic pay for level I of 
     the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5 and, in 
     addition, may receive an annual bonus awarded by the 
     Secretary, based

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     upon the Secretary's evaluation of the Director's performance 
     in accordance with the performance agreement.]
       Sec. 528. (a) Reimbursement of Certain Attorney Fees and 
     Costs.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay 
     from amounts appropriated in title I of this Act under the 
     heading, ``Departmental Offices, Salaries and Expenses'', up 
     to $500,000 to reimburse former employees of the White House 
     Travel Office whose employment in that Office was terminated 
     on May 19, 1993, for any attorney fees and costs they 
     incurred with respect to that termination.
       (2) Verification required.--The Secretary shall pay an 
     individual in full under paragraph (1) upon submission by the 
     individual of documentation verifying the attorney fees and 
     costs.
       (3) No inference of liability.--Liability of the United 
     States shall not be inferred from enactment of or payment 
     under this subsection.
       (b) Limitation on Filing of Claims.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall not pay any claim filed under this section 
     that is filed later than 120 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (c) Limitation.--Payments under subsection (a) shall not 
     include attorney fees or costs incurred with respect to any 
     Congressional hearing or investigation into the termination 
     of employment of the former employees of the White House 
     Travel Office.
       (c) (d) Reduction.--The amount paid pursuant to this 
     section to an individual for attorney fees and costs 
     described in subsection (a) shall be reduced by any amount 
     received before the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     without obligation for repayment by the individual, for 
     payment of such attorney fees and costs (including any amount 
     received from the funds appropriated for the individual in 
     the matter relating to the ``Office of the General Counsel'' 
     under the heading ``Office of the Secretary'' in title I of 
     the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1994).
       (d) (e) Payment in Full Settlement of Claims Against the 
     United States.--Payment under this section, when accepted by 
     an individual described in subsection (a), shall be in full 
     satisfaction of all claims of, or on behalf of, the 
     individual against the United States that arose out of the 
     termination of the White House Travel Office employment of 
     that individual on May 19, 1993.
       Sec. 529. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Executive Office of the President to request 
     from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official 
     background investigation report on any individual, except 
     when it is made known to the Federal official having 
     authority to obligate or expend such funds that--
       (1) such individual has given his or her express written 
     consent for such request not more than 6 months prior to the 
     date of such request and during the same presidential 
     administration; or
       (2) such request is required due to extraordinary 
     circumstances involving national security.
       Sec. 530. Mint Facility for Gold and Platinum Coins.--
     Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(1) Mint facility for gold and platinum coins.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States 
     Mint Facility at West Point, New York, shall be used to 
     strike and distribute all gold coins and all platinum coins 
     minted by the Secretary under this title or any other 
     provision of law, including all proof and uncirculated gold 
     bullion coins and commemorative coins.''.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

       Section  601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
     may be used to pay travel to the United States for the 
     immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases of 
     death or life threatening illness of said employee.
       Sec. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
     United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
     other Act for fiscal year 1997 shall obligate or expend any 
     such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
     instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer 
     in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all 
     of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 
     or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 
     Controlled Substances Act) by the officers and employees of 
     such department, agency, or instrumentality.
       Sec. 603. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1345, any agency, 
     department or instrumentality of the United States which 
     provides or proposes to provide child care services for 
     Federal employees may reimburse any Federal employee or any 
     person employed to provide such services for travel, 
     transportation, and subsistence expenses incurred for 
     training classes, conferences or other meetings in connection 
     with the provision of such services: Provided, That any per 
     diem allowance made pursuant to this section shall not exceed 
     the rate specified in regulations prescribed pursuant to 
     section 5707 of title 5, United States Code.
       Sec. 604. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
     maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in 
     accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 
     Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle 
     (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and 
     undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $8,100 
     except station wagons for which the maximum shall be $9,100: 
     Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed 
     $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 
     for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the 
     limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more 
     than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 
     demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid 
     Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 
     Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 
     may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative 
     fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over 
     the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.
       Sec. 605. Appropriations of the executive departments and 
     independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
     available for expenses of travel or for the expenses of the 
     activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
     allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with 
     5 U.S.C. 5922-24.
       Sec. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the current 
     fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this 
     or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any 
     officer or employee of the Government of the United States 
     (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is 
     owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of 
     duty is in the continental United States unless such person 
     (1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a person in the 
     service of the United States on the date of enactment of this 
     Act who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a 
     declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United 
     States prior to such date and is actually residing in the 
     United States, (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the 
     United States, (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South 
     Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet Union, or the 
     Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States for 
     permanent residence, (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or 
     Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after January 1, 
     1975, or (6) is a national of the People's Republic of China 
     who qualifys for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese 
     Student Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the 
     purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such 
     person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the 
     requirements of this section with respect to his or her 
     status have been complied with: Provided further, That any 
     person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, 
     and, upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or 
     imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided 
     further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, 
     and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing 
     law: Provided further, That any payment made to any officer 
     or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall 
     be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This 
     section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or 
     the Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those 
     countries allied with the United States in the current 
     defense effort, or to international broadcasters employed by 
     the United States Information Agency, or to temporary 
     employment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 
     field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of 
     emergencies.
       Sec. 607. Appropriations available to any department or 
     agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, 
     including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be 
     available for payment to the General Services Administration 
     for charges for space and services and those expenses of 
     renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which 
     constitute public improvements performed in accordance with 
     the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public 
     Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other 
     applicable law.
       Sec. 608. In addition to funds provided in this or any 
     other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
     use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
     Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
     recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 
     Such funds shall be available until expended for the 
     following purposes:
       (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and 
     recycling programs as described in Executive Order 12873 
     (October 20, 1993), including any such programs adopted prior 
     to the effective date of the Executive Order.
       (2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs, 
     including, but not limited to, the development and 
     implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution 
     prevention programs.
       (3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as 
     deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.
       Sec. 609. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
     administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the 
     corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, 
     United States Code, shall be available, in addition to 
     objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 
     rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance with 
     5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this head, all 
     the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
     expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
     Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in the 
     event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are 
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     limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
     correspondingly reduced.
       Sec. 610. No part of any appropriation for the current 
     fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid 
     to any person for the filling of any position for which he or 
     she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to 
     approve the nomination of said person.
       Sec. 611. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 
     and thereafter, any department or agency to which the 
     Administrator of General Services has delegated the authority 
     to operate, maintain or repair any building or facility 
     pursuant to section 205(d) of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, shall retain 
     that portion of the GSA rental payment available for 
     operation, maintenance or repair of the building or facility, 
     as determined by the Administrator, and expend such funds 
     directly for the operation, maintenance or repair of the 
     building or facility. Any funds retained under this section 
     shall remain available until expended for such purposes.
       Sec. 612. (a) In General.--Section 1306 of title 31, United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 1306. Use of foreign credits

       ``(a) In General.--Foreign credits (including currencies) 
     owed to or owned by the United States may be used by any 
     agency for any purpose for which appropriations are made for 
     the agency for the current fiscal year (including the 
     carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such 
     credits), but only when reimbursement therefor is made to the 
     Treasury from applicable appropriations of the agency.
       ``(b) Exception to Reimbursement Requirement.--Credits 
     described in subsection (a) that are received as exchanged 
     allowances, or as the proceeds of the sale of personal 
     property, may be used in whole or partial payment for the 
     acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner 
     authorized by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury.''.
       (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply thereafter.
       Sec. 613. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
     any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of 
     boards, commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 
     (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do not 
     have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
     financial support from more than one agency or 
     instrumentality.
       Sec. 614. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
     the ``Postal Service Fund'' (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be 
     available for employment of guards for all buildings and 
     areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under the 
     charge and control of the Postal Service, and such guards 
     shall have, with respect to such property, the powers of 
     special policemen provided by the first section of the Act of 
     June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), and, 
     as to property owned or occupied by the Postal Service, the 
     Postmaster General may take the same actions as the 
     Administrator of General Services may take under the 
     provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as 
     amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a, 318b), attaching 
     thereto penal consequences under the authority and within the 
     limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as 
     amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).
       Sec. 615. None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
     provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 
     administer, or enforce any regulation which has been 
     disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly 
     adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United 
     States.
       Sec. 616. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of 
     any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal year ending on 
     September 30, 1997, by this or any other Act, may be used to 
     pay any prevailing rate employee described in section 
     5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code--
       (1) during the period from the date of expiration of the 
     limitation imposed by section 616 of the Treasury, Postal 
     Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1996, 
     until the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey 
     adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 1997, in an 
     amount that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade 
     and step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance with 
     such section 616; and
       (2) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
     year 1997, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage 
     survey adjustment, the rate payable under paragraph (1) by 
     more than the sum of--
       (A) the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal year 
     1997 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in 
     the rates of pay under the General Schedule; and
       (B) the difference between the overall average percentage 
     of the locality-based comparability payments taking effect in 
     fiscal year 1997 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 
     adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average percentage 
     of such payments which was effective in fiscal year 1996 
     under such section.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) 
     of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no 
     employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid 
     during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect at a 
     rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
     subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such 
     employee.
       (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to 
     an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid 
     from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 1996, shall 
     be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of 
     Personnel Management.
       (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of 
     premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be 
     changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 1996, 
     except to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel 
     Management to be consistent with the purpose of this section.
       (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 
     service performed after September 30, 1996.
       (f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
     (including section 8431 of title 5, United States Code, and 
     any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, 
     life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires 
     any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any 
     requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or 
     basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the 
     application of this section shall be treated as the rate of 
     salary or basic pay.
       (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit 
     or require the payment to any employee covered by this 
     section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable 
     were this section not in effect.
       (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for 
     exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if the 
     Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to 
     ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
       Sec. 617. During the period in which the head of any 
     department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
     employee of the Government appointed by the President of the 
     United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or 
     expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the 
     office of such department head, agency head, officer or 
     employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for 
     any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or 
     redecoration is expressly approved by the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate. For the purposes of 
     this section, the word ``office'' shall include the entire 
     suite of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any 
     other space used primarily by the individual or the use of 
     which is directly controlled by the individual.
       Sec. 618. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or 
     lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous 
     to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 
     conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 
     advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 619. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
     States Code, or section 613 of this Act, funds made available 
     for fiscal year 1997 by this or any other Act shall be 
     available for the interagency funding of national security 
     and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives 
     which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or 
     entities, as provided by Executive Order Numbered 12472 
     (April 3, 1984).
       Sec. 620. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal 
     department, agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries 
     or expenses of any employee appointed to a position of a 
     confidential or policy-determining character excepted from 
     the competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of title 5, 
     United States Code, without a certification to the Office of 
     Personnel Management from the head of the Federal department, 
     agency, or other instrumentality employing the Schedule C 
     appointee that the Schedule C position was not created solely 
     or primarily in order to detail the employee to the White 
     House.
       (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
     Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed 
     to or from--
       (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
       (2) the National Security Agency;
       (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
       (4) the offices within the Department of Defense for the 
     collection of specialized national foreign intelligence 
     through reconnaissance programs;
       (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the 
     Department of State;
       (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, Air 
     Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
     and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department of 
     Justice, the Department of Transportation, the Department of 
     the Treasury, and the Department of Energy performing 
     intelligence functions; and
       (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
       Sec. 621. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
     United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
     other Act for fiscal year 1997 shall obligate or expend any 
     such funds, unless such department, agency or instrumentality 
     has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, 
     a written policy designed to ensure that all of its 
     workplaces are free from discrimination and sexual harassment 
     and that all of its workplaces are not in violation of title 
     VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age 
     Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the 
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       Sec. 622. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act may be used to pay for the expenses of travel of 
     employees, including employees of the Executive Office of the 
     President, not directly responsible for the discharge of 
     official governmental tasks and duties: Provided, That this 
     restriction shall not apply to the family of the President, 
     Members of Congress or their spouses, Heads of State of a 
     foreign country or their designees, persons providing 
     assistance to the President for official purposes, or other 
     individuals so designated by the President.
       Sec. 623. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the 
     President, or his designee, must certify to Congress, 
     annually, that no person or persons with direct or indirect 
     responsibility for administering the Executive Office of the 
     President's Drug-Free Workplace Plan are themselves subject 
     to a program of individual random drug testing.
       Sec. 624. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     or any other 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-915.022, dated September 2, 1988;
       (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
     personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace; or
       (6) includes content related to human immunodeficiency 
     virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other 
     than that necessary to make employees more aware of the 
     medical ramifications of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of 
     HIV-positive employees.
        (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
     otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing 
     directly upon the performance of official duties.
       Sec. 625. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
     for fiscal year 1997 may be used to implement or enforce the 
     agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355 of the Government 
     or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 
     policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 
     provisions: ``These restrictions are consistent with and do 
     not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee 
     obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive 
     Order 12356; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code 
     (governing disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 
     10, United States Code, as amended by the Military 
     Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to 
     Congress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of 
     title 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower 
     Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, 
     fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the 
     Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 
     et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose 
     confidential Government agents); and the statutes which 
     protect against disclosure that may compromise the national 
     security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of 
     title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the 
     Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. section 783(b)). 
     The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, 
     sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive Order 
     and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement and 
     are controlling.'': Provided, That notwithstanding the 
     preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement 
     that is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 
     of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other 
     than an employee or officer of the United States Government, 
     may contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity 
     for which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 
     shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not 
     disclose any classified information received in the course of 
     such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 
     United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also 
     make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress or 
     to an authorized official of an executive agency or the 
     Department of Justice that are essential to reporting a 
     substantial violation of law.
       Sec. 626. (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 subject to section 5124 of Public Law 
     104-106 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, 1997] December 31, 1998, subsection (a) 
     shall apply only 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.
       Sec. 627. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 103-
     356 is amended by deleting ``October 1, 1999'' and inserting 
     ``October 1, 2001''.
       Sec. 628. (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 12-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 to 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 30 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 
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     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 628(c) of the Treasury, Postal 
     Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997, 
     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 1997.
       Sec. 629. (a) Technical Amendment.--Section 640 of Public 
     Law 104-52 (109 Stat. 513) is amended by striking ``Service 
     performed'' and inserting ``Hereafter, service performed''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect as if included in Public Law 104-52 on the 
     date of its enactment.
       Sec. 630. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     part of any appropriation contained in this Act for any 
     fiscal year shall be available for paying Sunday premium or 
     differential pay to any employee unless such employee 
     actually performed work during the time corresponding to such 
     premium or differential pay.
       Sec. 631. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any 
     other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
     other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
     relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for 
     the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
     booklet, publication, radio, television or film presentation 
     designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
     Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
       Sec. 632. (a) Federal Employee Representation 
     Improvement.--Subsection (d) of section 205 of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d)(1) Nothing in subsection (a) or (b) prevents an 
     officer or employee, if not inconsistent with the faithful 
     performance of that officer's or employee's duties, from 
     acting without compensation as agent or attorney for, or 
     otherwise representing--
       ``(A) any person who is the subject of disciplinary, 
     loyalty, or other personnel administration proceedings in 
     connection with those proceedings; or
       ``(B) except as provided in paragraph (2), any cooperative, 
     voluntary, professional, recreational, or similar 
     organization or group not established or operated for profit, 
     if a majority of the organization's or group's members are 
     current officers or employees of the United States or of the 
     District of Columbia, or their spouses or dependent children.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1)(B) does not apply with respect to a 
     covered matter that--
       ``(A) is a claim under subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1);
       ``(B) is a judicial or administrative proceeding where the 
     organization or group is a party; or
       ``(C) involves a grant, contract, or other agreement 
     (including a request for any such grant, contract, or 
     agreement) providing for the disbursement of Federal funds to 
     the organization or group.''.
       (b) Application to Labor-Management Relations.--Section 205 
     of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(i) Nothing in this section prevents an employee from 
     acting pursuant to--
       ``(1) chapter 71 of title 5;
       ``(2) section 1004 or chapter 12 of title 39;
       ``(3) section 3 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 
     1933 (16 U.S.C. 831b);
       ``(4) chapter 10 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980 (22 U.S.C. 4104 et seq.); or
       ``(5) any provision of any other Federal or District of 
     Columbia law that authorizes labor-management relations 
     between an agency or instrumentality of the United States or 
     the District of Columbia and any labor organization that 
     represents its employees.''.
       (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply thereafter.
       Sec. 633. Survivor Annuity Resumption Upon Termination of 
     Marriage.--(a) Amendments.--
       (1) Civil service retirement system.--Section 8341(e) of 
     title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(4) If the annuity of a child under this subchapter 
     terminates under paragraph (3)(E) because of marriage, then, 
     if such marriage ends, such annuity shall resume on the first 
     day of the month in which it ends, but only if--
       ``(A) any lump sum paid is returned to the Fund; and
       ``(B) that individual is not otherwise ineligible for such 
     annuity.''.
       (2) Federal employees' retirement system.--Section 8443(b) 
     of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: 
     ``If the annuity of a child under this subchapter terminates 
     under subparagraph (E) because of marriage, then, if such 
     marriage ends, such annuity shall resume on the first day of 
     the month in which it ends, but only if any lump sum paid is 
     returned to the Fund, and that individual is not otherwise 
     ineligible for such annuity.''.
       (3) Federal employees health benefits.--Section 8908 of 
     title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     of the following new subsection:
       ``(d) A surviving child whose survivor annuity under 
     section 8341(e) or 8443(b) was terminated and is later 
     restored under paragraph (4) of section 8341(e) or the last 
     sentence of section 8443(b) may, under regulations prescribed 
     by the Office, enroll in a health benefits plan described by 
     section 8903 or 8903a if such surviving child was covered by 
     any such plan immediately before such annuity was 
     terminated.''.
       [(b) Applicability.--The amendments made by section 1 shall 
     apply with respect to any termination of marriage taking 
     effect on or after November 1, 1993, except that any 
     recomputation of benefits shall be payable only with respect 
     to amounts accruing for periods beginning on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.]
       (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to any termination of marriage 
     taking effect before, on, or after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, except that benefits shall be payable only with 
     respect to amounts accruing for periods beginning on the 
     first day of the month beginning after the later of such 
     termination of marriage or such date of enactment.
       [Sec. 634. Availability of Annual Leave To Meet Minimum Age 
     and Service Requirements for Title to an Immediate Annuity.--
     (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8336 of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       [``(o)(1) An employee involuntarily separated from service 
     due to a reduction in force shall, upon written election, be 
     given credit for days of unused annual leave standing to such 
     employee's credit under a formal leave system as of the date 
     of separation, if and to the extent necessary in order to 
     meet the minimum age and service requirements for title to an 
     annuity under this section.
       [``(2) The Office shall prescribe any regulations which may 
     be necessary to carry out this subsection, including 
     regulations under which contributions to the Fund shall, with 
     respect to the days of leave for which credit is given under 
     this subsection, be made--
       [``(A) by the employee, equal to the employee contributions 
     which would have been required for those days if separation 
     had not occurred; and
       [``(B) by the agency from which separated, equal to the 
     Government contributions which would have been required if 
     separation had not occurred.
     Contributions under the preceding sentence shall be 
     determined based on the rate of basic pay last in effect 
     before separation.
       [``(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered--
       [``(A) to allow credit to be given for any leave standing 
     to the credit of the employee (other than by restoration) 
     pursuant to subchapter III or IV of chapter 63 or other 
     similar authority;
       [``(B) to permit or require the making of any contributions 
     to the Thrift Savings Fund with respect to any period after 
     the date of separation; or
       [``(C) to make any days of annual leave creditable for 
     purposes of section 8333, any determination of average pay, 
     or any computation of annuity.
       [``(4)(A) The taking of a lump-sum payment under section 
     5551 or other similar authority shall not make any of the 
     leave to which such payment relates unavailable for purposes 
     of this subsection.
       [``(B) The use of any leave for purposes of this subsection 
     shall not reduce the amount of leave for which a lump-sum 
     payment is payable under section 5551 or other similar 
     authority.
       [``(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to 
     separations occurring on or after the date of the enactment 
     of this subsection and before July 1, 2002.''.
       [(b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--Section 8412 of 
     title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       [``(i)(1) An employee involuntarily separated from service 
     due to a reduction in force shall, upon written election, be 
     given credit for days of unused annual leave standing to such 
     employee's credit under a formal leave system as of the date 
     of separation, if and to the extent necessary in order to 
     meet the minimum age and service requirements for title to an 
     annuity under this section or section 8414.
       [``(2) The Office shall prescribe any regulations which may 
     be necessary to carry out this subsection, including 
     regulations under which contributions to the Fund shall, with 
     respect to the days of leave for which credit is given under 
     this subsection, be made--
       [``(A) by the employee, equal to the employee contributions 
     which would have been required for those days if separation 
     had not occurred; and
       [``(B) by the agency from which separated, equal to the 
     Government contributions which would have been required if 
     separation had not occurred.
     Contributions under the preceding sentence shall be 
     determined based on the rate of basic pay last in effect 
     before separation.
       [``(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered--

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       [``(A) to allow credit to be given for any leave standing 
     to the credit of the employee (other than by restoration) 
     pursuant to subchapter III or IV of chapter 63 or other 
     similar authority;
       [``(B) to permit or require the making of any contributions 
     to the Thrift Savings Fund with respect to any period after 
     the date of separation; or
       [``(C) to make any days of annual leave creditable for 
     purposes of section 8410, any determination of average pay, 
     or any computation of annuity.
       [``(4)(A) The taking of a lump-sum payment under section 
     5551 or other similar authority shall not make any of the 
     leave to which such payment relates unavailable for purposes 
     of this subsection.
       [``(B) The use of any leave for purposes of this subsection 
     shall not reduce the amount of leave for which a lump-sum 
     payment is payable under section 5551 or other similar 
     authority.
       [``(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to 
     separations occurring on or after the date of the enactment 
     of this subsection and before July 1, 2002.''.]
       Sec. 634. Availability of Annual Leave for Employees 
     Affected by Reduction in Force.--Section 6302 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(g) An employee who is being involuntarily separated from 
     an agency due to a reduction in force or transfer of function 
     under subchapter I of chapter 35 may elect to use annual 
     leave to the employee's credit to remain on the agency's 
     rolls after the date the employee would otherwise have been 
     separated if, and only to the extent that, such additional 
     time in a pay status will enable the employee to qualify for 
     an immediate annuity under section 8336, 8412, 8414, or to 
     qualify to carry health benefits coverage into retirement 
     under section 8905(b).''.
       Sec. 635. Section 207(e)(6)(B) of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``level V of the Executive 
     Schedule'' and inserting ``level 5 of the Senior Executive 
     Service''.
       Sec. 636. Reimbursements Relating to Professional Liability 
     Insurance.--(a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, amounts appropriated by this Act (or any 
     other Act for fiscal year 1997 or any fiscal year thereafter) 
     for salaries and expenses may be used to reimburse any 
     qualified employee for not to exceed one-half the costs 
     incurred by such employee for professional liability 
     insurance. A payment under this section shall be contingent 
     upon the submission of such information or documentation as 
     the employing agency may require.
       (b) Qualified Employee.--For purposes of this section, the 
     term ``qualified employee'' means an agency employee whose 
     position is that of--
       (1) a law enforcement officer; or
       (2) a supervisor or management official.
       (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
       (1) the term ``agency'' means an Executive agency, as 
     defined by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, and 
     any agency of the Legislative Branch of Government including 
     any office or committee of the Senate or the House of 
     Representatives;
       (2) the term ``law enforcement officer'' means an employee, 
     the duties of whose position are primarily the investigation, 
     apprehension, prosecution, or detention of individuals 
     suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws 
     of the United States, including any law enforcement officer 
     under section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of such title 5;
       (3) the terms ``supervisor'' and ``management official'' 
     have the respective meanings given them by section 7103(a) of 
     such title 5, and
       (4) the term ``professional liability insurance'' means 
     insurance which provides coverage for--
       (A) legal liability for damages due to injuries to other 
     persons, damage to their property, or other damage or loss to 
     such other persons (including the expenses of litigation and 
     settlement) resulting from or arising out of any tortious 
     act, error, or omission of the covered individual (whether 
     common law, statutory, or constitutional) while in the 
     performance of such individual's official duties as a 
     qualified employee; and
       (B) the cost of legal representation for the covered 
     individual in connection with any administrative or judicial 
     proceeding (including any investigation or disciplinary 
     proceeding) relating to any act, error, or omission of the 
     covered individual while in the performance of such 
     individual's official duties as a qualified employee, and 
     other legal costs and fees relating to any such 
     administrative or judicial proceeding.
       (d) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply thereafter.
       [Sec. 637. 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 1997 in the rates of basic pay for the 
     statutory pay systems.
       [Sec. 638. (a) For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``political appointee'' means any individual who--
       [(1) is employed in a position listed in sections 5312 
     through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relating to the 
     Executive Schedule);
       [(2) is a limited term appointee, limited emergency 
     appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive 
     Service, as defined under section 3132(a) (5), (6), and (7) 
     of title 5, United States Code, respectively; or
       [(3) is employed in a position in the executive branch of 
     the Government under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of 
     title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       [(b) The President, acting through the Office of Management 
     and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management, shall take 
     such actions as necessary (including reduction-in-force 
     actions under procedures consistent with those established 
     under section 3595 of title 5, United States Code) to ensure 
     that the number of political appointees shall not, during any 
     fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1997, exceed a 
     total of 2,300 (determined on a full-time equivalent basis).]
       Sec. 639. Section 608 of Public Law 104-52 is amended in 
     the first sentence by inserting before the period, ``, 
     including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records 
     schedule''.
       Sec. 640. In reviewing and analyzing the contracting out, 
     outsourcing or privatization of business and administrative 
     functions, and in implementing 40 U.S.C. sections 1413 and 
     1423, and other provisions, in title LI of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1996 (the 
     Information Technology Management Reform Act)--
       (1) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and 
     the heads of the executive agencies may have studies, 
     analyses, reviews and other management assistance performed 
     by the private sector;
       (2) the reviews, analyses, and studies called for by 40 
     U.S.C. section 1413(b)(2) (B) and (C) shall be completed and 
     reported to the Agency Head within 180 days, or less measured 
     from when a study analysis or review is initiated unless the 
     Agency Head determines additional time is needed; and
       (3) in accordance with principles and rules governing 
     organizational conflicts of interest, persons involved in a 
     particular study may not compete for any work that is to be 
     or is outsourced as a result of that study.
       (4) this section will apply with respect to studies 
     occurring on or after the date of enactment of this 
     subsection and completed before September 1, 1999 and the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall review and 
     provide an assessment of this program by January 1, 1999.
       Sec. 641. (a) Section 1.--Authorization of 
     Appropriations.--Section 8(a)(1) of the Whistleblower 
     Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note, Public Law 101-
     12, April 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 34, as amended Public Law 103-
     424, Section 1, October 29, 1994, 108 Stat. 4361), is amended 
     by striking the words: ``1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997,'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 
     2002''.
       (b) Section 2.--Effective Date. This Act shall take effect 
     on October 1, 1998.
       Sec. 642. (a) Section 1.--Authorization of 
     Appropriations.--Section 8(a)(1) of the Whistleblower 
     Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note; Public Law 103-
     424; 103 Stat. 34) is amended by striking out: ``1993, 1994, 
     1995, 1996, and 1997,'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``1998, 
     1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002''.
       (b) Section 2.--Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect 
     on October 1, 1998.
       Sec. 643. Modifications of National Commission on 
     Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service.--(a) Quorum.--
     Paragraph (4) of section 637(b) of the Treasury, Postal 
     Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1996 
     (Public Law 104-52, 109 Stat. 510) is amended by striking 
     ``Seven'' and inserting ``Nine''.
       (b) Co-Chairs.--
       (1) In general.--Paragraph (3) of section 637(b) of such 
     Act is amended--
       (A) by striking ``a Chairman'' and inserting ``Co-Chairs'', 
     and
       (B) by striking ``Chairman'' in the heading and inserting 
     ``Co-Chairs''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--(A) Paragraph (5)(B) of section 
     637(b) of such Act is amended by striking ``a Chairman'' and 
     inserting ``Co-Chairs''.
       (B) Subsections (b)(4), (d)(1)(B), (d)(3), and (e)(1) of 
     section 637 of such Act are each amended by striking 
     ``Chairman'' each place it appears and inserting ``Co-
     Chairs''.
       (c) Gifts.--Section 637(d) of such Act is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) Gifts.--The Commission may accept, use, and dispose 
     of gifts or donations of services or property in carrying out 
     its duties under this section.''
       (d) Travel Expenses.--Section 637(f)(2) of such Act is 
     amended by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may''.
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the provisions of the 
     Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 1996.
       Sec. 644. (a) In General.--Section 202(a) of title 39, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``$10,000 a year'' 
     and inserting ``$30,000 a year''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect at 
     the beginning of the next applicable pay period beginning 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 645. Regulatory Accounting.--(a) In general.--No later 
     than September 30, 1997, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall submit to the Congress an 
     accounting statement that estimates the cumulative costs and 
     benefits of Federal regulatory programs.
       (b) Notice.--The Director shall provide public notice and 
     an opportunity to comment on the accounting statement and 
     report under subsection (c).
       (c) Associated Report.--The Director shall submit with the 
     accounting statement an associated report that shall contain, 
     at a minimum--

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       (1) analysis of the direct and indirect impacts of Federal 
     rules on the private sector, State and local government, and 
     the Federal Government;
       (2) estimates of the costs and benefits of each rule that 
     is likely to have a gross annual effect on the economy of 
     $100,000,000 or more in increased costs; and
       (3) recommendations from the Director and public comments 
     to reform or eliminate any Federal regulatory program or 
     program element that is inefficient or is not a sound use of 
     national resources.

 TITLE VII--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS FOR THE FISCAL 
                     YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1996

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms


                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' to 
     be used in connection with investigations of arson at 
     religious institutions, $12,011,000, available upon enactment 
     of this Act and to remain available until expended.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                          information systems

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading [for Tax 
     Systems Modernization] in Public Law 104-52, [$12,011,000] 
     $16,500,000 are rescinded.

               [TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
     be available to pay any amount to, or to pay the 
     administrative expenses in connection with, any health plan 
     under the Federal employees health benefit program, when it 
     is made known to the Federal official having authority to 
     obligate or expend such funds that such health plan operates 
     a health care provider incentive plan that does not meet the 
     requirements of section 1876(i)(8)(A) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395mm(i)(8)(A)) for physician incentive plans 
     in contracts with eligible organizations under section 1876 
     of such Act.]
       This Act may be cited as the ``Treasury, Postal Service, 
     and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997''.

  Mr. DOMENICI addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Thompson). The Senator from New Mexico.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I have conferred with the manager of the 
bill that is pending and have sought 15 minutes as if in morning 
business. I do not think I will use that but I want to speak to a 
juvenile justice bill which I am going to introduce. I ask consent that 
I be permitted to speak up to 15 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The remarks of Mr. Domenici pertaining to the introduction of S. 
2062 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced 
Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. DOMENICI. I yield the floor and thank the Chair for recognizing 
me. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. HELMS. I thank the Chair.

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