[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7785-S7803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now 
resume consideration of S. 1023, which the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1023) making appropriations for the Treasury 
     Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of 
     the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other 
     purposes.

  The Senate resumed consideration of the bill.
  Pending:

       Campbell (for DeWine) amendment No. 936, to prohibit the 
     use of funds to pay for an abortion or pay for the 
     administrative expenses in connection with certain health 
     plans that provide coverage for abortions.
       Kohl (for Bingaman) amendment No. 937, to strike provisions 
     prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for the sole source 
     procurement of energy conservation measures.

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent there be 2 
minutes of debate equally divided prior to each of the votes in this 
series.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, Senator Bingaman and Senator Stevens 
have not yet arrived at the floor so, until they do, I suggest the 
absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                         Privilege of the Floor

  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Sam 
Rikkers, who is an intern with me, be granted the privilege of the 
floor during today's session of the Senate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I thank the Chair and suggest the 
absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. 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for the quorum call be rescinded.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. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask the floor manager, I have one 
amendment that is going to be voted on in about 15 or 20 minutes, I 
understand. Is it appropriate to speak on that at this point?

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  Mr. CAMPBELL. I ask the Senator, is this the Bingaman amendment he 
had offered, amendment No. 937.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. This is the Bingaman-Murkowski amendment.


                           Amendment No. 937

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate now 
consider amendment No. 937, offered by the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. 
Bingaman].
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from New Mexico.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, let me just speak briefly on this 
amendment. We are still in morning business, as I understand it; is 
that correct?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is not correct. The Chair advises the 
Senator from New Mexico we are now in consideration of S. 1023.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. OK. Let me speak for a few minutes about this 
amendment.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, if I could ask for just a moment?
  Mr. BINGAMAN. I yield to the Senator from Colorado.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Will the Chair tell us the pending business and the 
division of the time on this amendment?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado has 4 minutes 39 
seconds; the Senator from New Mexico 3 minutes 25 seconds.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Was there a unanimous-consent request dividing the 
time, 2 minutes equally divided?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes, there were 10 minutes equally divided. 
This is the time remaining.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Yes. I thank the Chair and thank the Senator.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, let me briefly describe what the 
amendment is. The amendment which I am offering along with Senator 
Murkowski, the chairman of the Energy Committee, would strike section 
630 out of the Treasury-Postal appropriations bill which is pending 
before the Senate. The reason we are trying to strike section 630 is 
that it would impede Federal agencies from using energy conservation 
programs that are now being offered to all customers by electric 
utility companies. This section would override both the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992 and the National Defense Authorization Act of 1993. There 
is nothing anticompetitive about eliminating section 630. Many energy 
conservation measures, such as agreements to use certain amounts of 
energy at certain times of the day, can only be made--those types of 
agreements can only be made with the local utility.
  We are in a period where we are moving toward a restructured electric 
utility industry, but we are not there yet. In most parts of this 
country today, customers still deal with one electric utility. So the 
opportunity to enter into these energy conservation measures is with 
that one electric utility. If there is only one source offering a 
particular service--in this case the providing of electricity--there is 
no point in outlawing a sole-source procurement, as section 630 would 
do.
  Existing law tells Federal agencies to use energy conservation 
services offered by local utilities if those same services are offered 
to other customers in that same location. This amendment overrides 
section 630 of the bill, which we are dealing with here and which we 
are trying to eliminate. It would override these mandates and would 
have the following negative consequences.
  First of all, there are 58 existing contracts between the General 
Services Administration and utilities that will be adversely affected 
by this provision, according to the Department of Energy. Second, the 
Department of Defense will be forced to scrap its model energy 
conservation agreement that it has with members of the utility 
industry.
  Since the law allows sole-source contracts, and since the sole source 
is sometimes the only option for the Government, section 630 is not 
about making agencies comply with the law; it is about the Senate 
intervening on one side of an electric industry dispute without having 
all of the facts. Energy conservation law is obviously complex. We 
should not be trying to change this law in an appropriations bill. 
Before we change the law, we need to hear from all of the affected 
parties.
  The chairman of the Energy Committee, who is cosponsoring my 
amendment, has agreed to hold hearings on the concerns raised by the 
chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Given that good-faith offer 
to investigate and resolve these concerns, I believe the Senate should 
support our amendment and take out section 630 until we have all the 
facts.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I rise in support of the amendment from 
the Senator from New Mexico to strike section 630 of this legislation. 
Section 630 addresses substantive issues regarding the energy 
efficiency requirements for Federal agencies under the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992. That act had many provisions designed to improve the 
energy efficiency of Federal facilities. Two are at issue here. First, 
there are so-called energy savings performance contracts [ESPC's]. 
These are a mechanism for use of private sector funds to finance 
Federal energy efficiency improvements. These are competitively bid. In 
addition, there are utility programs. EPAct also provided for Federal 
participation in utility demand management programs that are authorized 
by the State regulators.
  The ESPC's haven't been used as much as they could be. The ESPC's 
required new regulations, which DOE took a long time to issue. The 
contracting process was complicated and cumbersome. However, DOE is now 
entering into regional contracts for all Federal facilities, which is 
expected to speed up the contracting process. In the meantime, Federal 
agencies have been participating in utility demand management programs 
to reduce energy use.
  The language of section 630 is very broad--it prohibits participation 
in all utility demand management programs. Even more troublesome, it 
prohibits payment under existing contracts. This, despite the fact that 
there may be some services that only utilities can provide--an example 
is a meeting system that provides real-time pricing information. But 
today, I do not wish to debate whether or not this is the right thing 
to do. This change in a law that is within the jurisdiction of the 
Energy Committee.
  The promoters of the amendment have claimed that obtaining energy 
efficiency measures through sole source contracting--through utility 
demand management programs--is already against the law. This is not so. 
Section 152 of EPAct amended section 545 of National Energy 
Conservation Act to include the following language:

       (c) Utility Incentive Programs.--(1) Agencies are 
     authorized and encouraged to participate in programs to 
     increase energy efficiency and for water conservation or the 
     management of electricity demand conducted by gas, water, or 
     electric utilities and generally available to customers of 
     such utilities.
       (2) Each agency may accept any financial incentive, goods, 
     or services generally available from any such utility, to 
     increase energy efficiency or to conserve water or manage 
     electric demand.
       (3) Each agency is encouraged to enter into negotiations 
     with electric, water, and gas utilities to design cost-
     effective demand management and conservation incentive 
     programs to address the unique needs of facilities utilized 
     by such agency.

  According to a letter I have received from the Department of Defense, 
the ``Department uses a combination of contracting authorities to 
achieve energy efficiency. It is [the Department's belief that [the 
Department's] current approach provides better results for the U.S. 
Government than would be the case'' if section 630 were enacted into 
law. The Department concludes that ``this provision would have the 
effect of reducing the amount of work defense installations are able to 
contract to all sectors of the energy community, and therefore, 
significantly reducing the savings we achieve.
  There are many issues raised by the Government's implementation of 
the provision of EPAct. However, these provisions are the jurisdiction 
of the Energy Committee. The concerns that the Department of Defense, 
and others, have raised with section 630 show that this is a complex 
issue that should be the subject of a hearing and deliberate 
legislative by the authorizing committee. An appropriations bill is not 
the appropriate forum to address these concerns.
  I ask my colleagues support for the Bingaman amendment.
  I ask unanimous consent that the text of the letter I received from 
Defense Deputy Under Secretary Goodman be printed in the Record.

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  There being no objection, the text of the letter was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                               Office of the Under


                                         Secretary of Defense,

                                                   Washington, DC.
     Subject: Section 630, Senate Treasury and Postal Service 
       appropriations bill.

     Senator Frank H. Murkowski,
     U.S. Senate,
     Washington, DC.
       This is in response to the telephone request from a member 
     of your staff for a Defense position on the proposed section 
     630 to the Senate Treasury and Postal Appropriation bill. 
     Section 630 would preclude any Federal agency from obtaining 
     energy conservation services on a sole source basis.
       The Department of Defense is concerned that this provision 
     would have the effect of reducing the amount of work defense 
     installations are able to contract to all sectors of the 
     energy community, and therefore, significantly reducing the 
     savings we achieve.
       The Department of Defense is the single largest energy user 
     in the country and is committed to achieving the energy 
     efficiency improvement goals of the Energy Policy Act and 
     President Clinton's Executive Order 12902. If those goals are 
     achieved, we will realize a billion dollar reduction in our 
     annual energy bill by 2005 and implement the most cost-
     effective environmental improvement result possible through 
     pollution prevention.
       The Department uses a combination of contracting 
     authorities to achieve energy efficiency. These authorities 
     allow us either competitively to contract or sole-source for 
     the technical and capital resources we need. There are two 
     important cases in which the Department may want to contract 
     sole-source for energy conservation services, both in the 
     interest of achieving best value for the United States 
     Government. In the first case, we may contract sole source if 
     the firm has proprietary information or a significant 
     technological innovation--for instance, if a company has 
     produced a new type of fuel cell or control system that is 
     unique or proprietary. In the second case, under the recent 
     agreement with the Edison Electric Institute, we can access a 
     franchised utility company's energy conservation service 
     program (which must be a sole-source contract because these 
     are State-sanctioned sole-source programs). Under our 
     agreement with the Edison Electric Institute, the franchise 
     utility companies are required to subcontract competitively 
     the actual conservation work. The Department therefore 
     derives the benefits of competition even though the prime 
     contract was not competitive.
       It is our belief that our current approach provides better 
     results for the United States Government than would be the 
     case if our current authority to contract sole-source, where 
     justified, were eliminated. Our current system allows more 
     work to be done by the energy savings performance contractor 
     and Architect/Engineer communities. Because this system 
     allows us to take advantage of situations where the greatest 
     savings derive from a sole source provider, it also increases 
     our ability to undertake energy conservation efforts and 
     therefore achieve greater savings.
       We recommend that section 630 be deleted from the Treasury 
     and Postal Service Appropriation Bill.
       We have not had an opportunity to have the Office of 
     Management and Budget review this to make sure that it 
     comports with Administration policy.
                                                  John B. Goodman,
                                Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time of the Senator from New Mexico has 
expired.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, my colleague is not yet here, so I 
suggest the absence of a quorum and ask unanimous consent that no time 
be charged against Senator Stevens during that quorum call.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. STEVENS. 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. STEVENS. Mr. President, the provision in this bill requires 
compliance with existing law. Our information is that the cost of 
modernization of these facilities to the Federal Government is 
approximately $4 billion. Unless existing law is complied with, it will 
cost us $1 billion more than it would if we had true competition. The 
figures show it would cost $3 billion if they complied with the law; it 
would cost $4 billion if they continue to flout and ignore the law.
  The Bingaman amendment would take out of the bill the requirement no 
funds can be spent except in compliance with existing law. I do not 
understand a refusal to accept the fact that that is the law. If the 
committee of jurisdiction doesn't like the law, they should come to the 
floor with suggestions to amend it. But we should, supporting 
expenditures of Federal funds, require compliance with the law that 
mandates competition in this area.
  I move to table the amendment.
  Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask, is there additional time 
preserved?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time of the Senator from New Mexico has 
expired.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. Was there 2 minutes before each vote that was provided 
for in the unanimous-consent agreement?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair advises the Senator from New Mexico 
that there was. However, we have already had 10 minutes on this debate, 
so the Chair declares the time has expired.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. I thank the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to 
table the amendment. The yeas and nays have been ordered.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia [Mr. 
Rockefeller] is necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
who desire to vote?
  The result was announced, yeas 35, nays 64, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 189 Leg.]

                                YEAS--35

     Abraham
     Allard
     Bennett
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Coats
     Collins
     Coverdell
     D'Amato
     Feingold
     Frist
     Glenn
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hutchison
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Lautenberg
     Lieberman
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murray
     Roberts
     Roth
     Santorum
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Snowe
     Stevens
     Thompson
     Wellstone

                                NAYS--64

     Akaka
     Ashcroft
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Burns
     Byrd
     Cochran
     Conrad
     Craig
     Daschle
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Faircloth
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Graham
     Grams
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hollings
     Hutchinson
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kempthorne
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Sarbanes
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Specter
     Thomas
     Thurmond
     Torricelli
     Warner
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rockefeller
       
  The motion to lay on the table the amendment (No. 937) was rejected.
  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the yeas and 
nays on the Bingaman amendment be vitiated.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is on agreeing to the Bingaman amendment.
  The amendment (No. 937) was agreed to.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.


                           Amendment No. 936

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question occurs now on amendment No. 936.
  The Senator from Ohio has 1 minute.
  Mr. DeWINE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio.
  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, let me take just 1 minute to explain this 
amendment.
  This amendment is a very simple one. A ``yes'' vote means that we 
continue the current law. A ``yes'' vote on the amendment would 
continue in force the current prohibition on the taxpayer subsidy of 
abortions for Federal workers. It would permit Federal

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employee health plans to cover abortion only in the cases of rape, 
incest and threats to the life of the mother.
  This has been the law for most of the last 14 years, from 1984 to 
1993, and from 1995 until the present. A ``yes'' vote continues current 
law.
  Mr. President, in 1996 the Federal Government paid an average of 74 
percent of the cost of a Federal employee's health premium. That is 
taxpayer money. And the Senate has twice voted to be sure tax dollars 
were not used to fund abortions.
  In 1995, this body endorsed this policy by a vote of 50 to 44. In 
1996, we approved it again by a vote of 53 to 45. It is good policy. It 
ought to remain in force, consistent with the well-being of the 
American people.
  I urge a ``yes'' vote.
  Mrs. BOXER addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.
  Mrs. BOXER. Thank you, Mr. President.
  I rise in opposition to the amendment which is aimed at curbing the 
legal rights of women who work for the Federal Government to obtain 
abortion services through their health insurance. I strongly urge my 
colleagues to vote against this amendment offered by Senator DeWine.
  Who is impacted by the DeWine amendment? There are 1.2 million women 
of reproductive age who rely on the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
Program for their medical coverage. They will be stopped from using 
their own insurance to exercise their right to obtain a perfectly legal 
abortion.
  Women who are employed by the Federal Government work hard. They 
personally pay for their health premiums out of their own pockets. And, 
when it comes to health care coverage, they deserve the same health 
benefits as women who work in the private sector.
  To me the question is clear: Should women Federal employees or their 
dependents be treated the same as other women in the work force or 
should they be singled out, punished, have their rights taken away from 
them and be treated differently?
  In 1993, a majority of the Senate voted to restore the coverage of 
abortion services, and Federal employees were once again given equality 
with other women. Unfortunately, this Republican Congress overturned 
those rights. The Senate Appropriations Committee bill now before us 
provides funding for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. We 
should ensure that this funding remains in the bill.
  Anti-choice forces are chipping away at the right of women in this 
country to obtain safe, legal abortions by making a women's ability to 
exercise that choice dependent upon the amount of her paycheck and the 
employer who signs it.
  If there were an amendment to stop a man who happens to work for the 
Federal Government from getting a perfectly legal medical procedure, 
one that might protect his health, there would be an uproar on this 
floor. People would say, how dare you do that to the men of this 
country? Why not treat the men who work for the Federal Government the 
same way we treat men who work in the private sector?
  The bottom line is--this is a tough personal, private matter, and I 
really think it is time we trusted women to make that choice. Who are 
we to say that a woman who happens to work for the Federal Government 
or her dependents should not have this right?
  Let's ensure that all Federal employees have the rights, the 
protections, and the health care coverage they deserve.
  The DeWine amendment singles out female Federal employees and denies 
them a medical benefit available to all other working women. It is 
wrong.
  I yield the remainder of my time to Senator Murray.
  Mrs. MURRAY addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I rise in strong opposition to the DeWine 
amendment (No. 936) to the Treasury, Postal Service appropriations bill 
for fiscal year 1998. This amendment is nothing more than another 
attempt to attack basic reproductive health services for Federal 
employees and their dependents. This has become an annual tradition 
during consideration of appropriations bills.
  What always surprises me about this amendment is the arguments used 
in defense of denying Federal employees access to the same reproductive 
health and choices afforded most private sector employees. We are told 
that this is a matter of not allowing for the use of Federal funds for 
abortion related services. But, this is not argument does not make 
sense when one considers that most Federal employees contribute to 
their own health insurance through premiums, deductibles, and 
copayments. In addition, health insurance benefits are a form of 
compensation for services rendered. They are not viewed as a direct 
Federal payment, but rather a cost of labor. If we believe that Federal 
health insurance benefits are not a form of compensation, but rather a 
direct Federal payment to employees, then we should be looking to 
refund women who selected health insurance based on the reproductive 
services provided. If it was a direct Federal payment, why would the 
insurance companies be reluctant to reimburse all female Federal 
employees the cost of these services?
  If one were to take this argument to the next level, then supporters 
of this amendment should be looking to forbid any Federal employee from 
using their salary to pay for abortion related services. Maybe we 
should have whole list of things that Federal employees cannot use 
their own salaries to support. But, we know that offering this type of 
amendment would expose the true motivation behind this continued attack 
on a woman's right to a safe and legal abortion.
  That is what we should be discussing; the continued erosion of access 
to safe and legal abortion services. Instead of these piecemeal 
attempts, perhaps we should have a full and open debate on banning a 
woman's right to chose. That is what this amendment is all about. It is 
not Federal funding, but rather another attempt to further restrict and 
control access to safe reproductive health services. Using Federal 
funding simply allows those who oppose a woman's right to chose the 
chance to hide behind a baseless argument.
  I feel confident that few Members in the U.S. Senate would be 
comfortable telling all women that they are no longer protected and can 
no longer be guaranteed access to a safe, affordable abortion 
regardless of the circumstances. Few Senators would want to tell their 
constituents that the issue is not for them to decide, but rather the 
decision has been made by the U.S. Senate. So instead, the strategy is 
to hide behind issues like the use of Federal funds, or Federal 
facilities.
  Putting aside the issue of abortion for a moment, as guardians of the 
FEHBP and Federal employees, we must ask if it is right to deny a 
Federal employee access to a safe and affordable abortion. Currently, 
there are approximately 1.2 million women of reproductive age who rely 
on the FEHBP for their medical care. These women, by simply choosing a 
career in public service, agree to be discriminated against every day 
when it comes to health insurance coverage.

  Approximately, two thirds of private fee-for-service plans and 70 
percent of HMO's provide abortion coverage. Many of these same plans 
participate in the FEHBP and must offer a different level of benefits 
for Federal employees. They are legally allowed to discriminate against 
women who are also Federal employees. In no other situation would 
Congress stand for this form of discrimination within a plan that 
participates in the FEHBP. But, today we are voting to do just that.
  I am always surprised by the lack of understanding of the real 
problems facing real people, shown by some of my colleagues. Supporters 
of this amendment state that a woman can still get an abortion, but she 
simply cannot receive health insurance coverage for this care. This may 
sound reasonable until one considers that costs for this type of care 
can be anywhere from $400 to several thousand dollars depending upon 
the severity of the problem. For many female Federal employees, who are 
in most cases the lowest paid, this is a lot of money. It might as well 
be $10,000. In addition, what guarantee is there that the care will be 
adequate and meet the standard of care for all FEHBP participants? 
Unfortunately, there are no guarantees.

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  This could also create additional costs and problems for insurance 
plans. We all know that an unsafe abortion can be life threatening. We 
can also assume that there is followup care required to ensure the 
overall health of the woman. Who is responsible for this care? Who is 
financially responsible for the effects of unsafe abortion or in a 
situation where the woman could not afford the followup care required? 
Some of my colleagues seem to think that an abortion is a decision made 
with little or no thought, they must also assume that the procedure is 
done with little or no thought. I can assure you, no woman makes this 
decision lightly and like all surgical procedures there is always some 
risk.
  I strongly oppose this discriminatory attempt to deny 1.2 million 
Federal employees and their dependents access to safe, affordable 
health care coverage and urge my colleagues to think very carefully 
about voting to continue this discrimination.
  This is not about the use of Federal funds. We all know that not one 
Federal employee received a refund when Congress acted to eliminate 
this coverage. For most insurance plans, abortion related services are 
a part of a package of reproductive health benefits--they do not single 
out abortion. This amendment is simply about denying some women access 
to safe, affordable and comprehensive reproductive health care 
benefits.
  Mr. President, time and again, Members come to the floor to talk 
about how they support women's health. Once again, we are going to take 
reproductive health of women away from women.
  This is about the health of women. It is denying Federal employees 
the ability to make choices about their own reproductive health.
  I urge you to vote ``no'' on the DeWine amendment.
  Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.
  Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN. Very briefly, this is a gratuitous slap at women's 
citizen rights. We are equal citizens. We should not be singled out for 
this kind of treatment.
  I urge a ``no'' vote.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, from 1984 through 1993, language was 
included as part of the Treasury/Postal Service appropriations bills 
which prohibited taxpayer money from going to fund abortions through 
Federal employee health benefits plans. In 1993, President Clinton 
pushed a change in that policy through Congress. For 2 years, people 
who were unalterably opposed to abortion were forced to pay for an 
estimated 17,000 abortions each year for any reason. In 1995, Congress 
restored the policy of restricting abortion funding and has continued 
to maintain that policy. The narrow question before us today is whether 
Americans who stand in defense of life should be forced to pay for its 
destruction with their taxes. I do not believe they should and thus 
strongly support my colleague from Ohio's amendment.
  Whether they choose to call themselves pro-choice or pro-life, the 
American people overwhelmingly reject public financing of abortion. A 
CBS/New York Times poll conducted in April 1993, about health care 
reform issues asked adults what should be included in a basic, 
Government-subsidized health care plan. Only 23 percent thought 
abortion should be covered. Some 72 percent said abortion should not be 
included a benefit in a Government-sponsored health plan.
  A Wirthlin poll conducted in May 1992, found that 55 percent of 
Americans opposed using tax dollars to pay for abortions for women who 
cannot afford to pay for them. I would speculated that the number would 
be even higher if the question reflected the issue we are considering 
here, which is Government-subsidized abortions for women who can afford 
them.
  Employers determine the benefits employees get. Taxpayers are the 
employers of Federal employees and a large majority of taxpayers do not 
want their tax dollars to pay for abortions. In 1995 the Federal 
Government contributed, on average, 72 percent of the money toward the 
purchase of health insurance for its employees. Thus, taxpayers 
provided a majority share of the funds to purchase health insurance for 
the Federal civilian work force.
  The abortion funding restriction in this amendment addresses the same 
core issue as the Hyde amendments: Should the Federal Government be in 
the business of funding abortion? Should taxpayers be forced to 
underwrite the cost of abortions for Federal employees?
  This amendment does not in any way hinder an individual's free 
exercise of their choice in regard to abortion services. What it does 
do is prevent such an individual's choice from being subsidized by 
funds taken from taxpayers who object to an unfettered exercise of the 
choice to abort an unborn child.
  No matter what private arrangements individuals wish to make 
regarding abortion and insurance. Most American do not wish to see 
abortion services included among a federally guaranteed package of 
health care benefits. Despite its articulation of a constitutional 
right to privacy regarding abortion, the Supreme Court ruled in 1980 
that abortion funding restrictions are constitutionally permissible. 
There is a clear distinction between supporting the private choice of 
abortion and requiring citizens through their tax dollars or federally 
mandated health premiums, to pay for such a service.
  I hope that this overwhelming evidence will lead my colleagues to 
understand the imperative nature of this issue, and I urge them to vote 
in favor of this necessary amendment.
  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I rise in strong opposition to the 
amendment offered by Senator DeWine.
  The bill reported by the Senate Appropriations Committee would enable 
Federal employees, whose health insurance is provided under the Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Plan, to receive coverage for abortion 
services.
  The DeWine amendment would prohibit coverage for abortion, except in 
cases of life endangerment, rape, or incest. It would continue a ban 
which has prevented Federal employees from receiving a health care 
service which is widely available for private sector employees.
  I oppose this amendment for two reasons. First of all, it is it is an 
assault on the earned benefits of Federal employees. Second, it is part 
of a continuing assault on women's reproductive rights and would 
endanger women's health.
  In the 104th Congress we saw vote after vote designed to roll back 
the clock on women's reproductive rights. In the last Congress, there 
were 53 votes in both the House and Senate on abortion-related issues. 
It's clear that this unprecedented assault on a woman's right to decide 
for herself whether or not to have a child is continuing in this 
Congress.
  Well, I support the right to choose. And I support Federal employees. 
And that is why I strenuously oppose this amendment.
  Let me speak first about our Federal employees. Some 280,000 Federal 
employees live in the State of Maryland. I am proud to represent them. 
They are the people who make sure that the Social Security checks go 
out on time. They make sure that our Nation's veterans receive their 
disability checks. At NIH, they are doing vital research on finding 
cures and better treatments for diseases like cancer, Parkinson's and 
Alzheimers. There is no American whose life is not touched in some way 
by the hard work of a Federal employee. They deserve our thanks and our 
support.
  Instead, Federal employees have suffered one assault after another in 
the last year or two. They have faced tremendous employment insecurity, 
as Government has downsized, and eliminated over 200,000 Federal jobs. 
Their COLA's and their retirement benefits have been threatened. They 
have faced the indignity and economic hardship of three Government 
shutdowns. Federal employees have been vilified as what is wrong with 
Government, when they should be thanked and valued for the tremendous 
service they provide to our country and to all Americans.
  I view this amendment as yet another assault on these faithful public 
servants. It goes directly after the earned benefits of Federal 
employees. Health insurance is part of the compensation package to 
which all Federal employees are entitled. The costs of insurance 
coverage are shared by the Federal Government and the employee.

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  I know that proponents of continuing the ban on abortion coverage for 
Federal employees say that they are only trying to prevent taxpayer 
funding of abortion. But that is not what this debate is about.
  This is about prohibiting the compensation package of Federal 
employees from being used for a legal and sometimes vital medical 
service. Health insurance is part of the Federal employees pay.
  If we were to extend the logic of the argument of those who favor the 
ban, we would prohibit Federal employees from obtaining abortions using 
their own paychecks. After all, those funds also come from the 
taxpayers.
  But no one is seriously suggesting that Federal employees ought not 
to have the right to do whatever they want with their own paychecks. 
And we should not be placing unfair restrictions on the type of health 
insurance Federal employees can purchase under the Federal Employee 
Health Benefit Plan.
  About 1.2 million women of reproductive age depend on the FEHBP for 
their medical care. We know that access to reproductive health services 
is essential to women's health. We know that restrictions that make it 
more difficult for women to obtain early abortions increase the 
likelihood that women will put their health at risk by being forced to 
continue a high-risk pregnancy.
  If we continue the ban on abortion services, and provide exemptions 
only in cases of life endangerment, rape, or incest, the 1.2 million 
women of reproductive health age who depend on the FEHBP will not have 
access to abortion even when their health is seriously threatened. We 
will be replacing the informed judgment of medical care givers with 
that of politicians.
  Decisions on abortion should be made by the woman in close 
consultation with her physician. These decisions should be made on the 
basis of medical judgment, not on the basis of political judgments. 
Only a woman and her physician can weigh her unique circumstances and 
make the decision that is right for that particular woman's life and 
health.
  It is wrong for the Congress to try to issue a blanket prohibition on 
insuring a legal medical procedure with no allowance for the particular 
set of circumstances that an individual woman may face. I deeply 
believe that women's health will suffer if we do so.
  I believe it is time to quit attacking Federal employees and their 
benefits. I believe we need to quit treating Federal employees as 
second class citizens. I believe Federal employees should be able to 
receive the same quality and range of health care services as their 
private sector counterparts.
  Because I believe in the right to choose and because I support 
Federal employees, I urge my colleagues to join me in defeating the 
DeWine amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired.
  The question occurs on agreeing to amendment No. 936. The yeas and 
nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia [Mr. 
Rockefeller] is necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 45, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 190 Leg.]

                                YEAS--54

     Abraham
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bond
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Burns
     Coats
     Cochran
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     DeWine
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Enzi
     Faircloth
     Ford
     Frist
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Kempthorne
     Kyl
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Reid
     Roberts
     Roth
     Santorum
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Warner

                                NAYS--45

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Collins
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Durbin
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Glenn
     Graham
     Harkin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Reed
     Robb
     Sarbanes
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Torricelli
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rockefeller
       
  The amendment (No. 936) was agreed to.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. KOHL. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.


                           IRS MODERNIZATION

  Mr. BYRD. As my colleagues will recall, the IRS has a large computer 
facility in my home State, in the city of Martinsburg. This facility 
should be an integral part of future IRS modernization efforts. 
Therefore, I have a question for the distinguished chairman of the 
subcommittee about this matter.
  In its report, the committee supported the IRS' modernization 
blueprint. With respect to private sector involvement, the committee 
said:

       In 1997, Congress directed the IRS to turn over a majority 
     of its tax systems modernization work to the private sector. 
     The committee is pleased that the IRS is planning to develop 
     and implement the modernization plan through new partnerships 
     with the private sector.

  Having said this, however, the committee included no funds in the 
bill for this purpose. My question is this: does the subcommittee 
chairman intend to recommend funding for the modernization program when 
a contract is let?
  Mr. CAMPBELL. I thank the distinguished Senator from West Virginia 
for his interest in this important program. While the committee chose 
not to fund modernization for fiscal year 1998, I support appropriation 
of funds at that time in the future when the contract is awarded. I am 
pleased to put this on the record. Otherwise, those in the private 
sector spending extensive funds helping develop the concept of 
performance--based contracts, reviewing the ``Request for Comment,'' 
and lending their expertise to the IRS so that the ``Request for 
Proposal,'' when issued, is in the best possible shape, may stop doing 
so because of uncertainties about Congress' commitment to fund the 
procurement.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I rise in support of S. 1023, the fiscal 
year 1998 Treasury and general Government appropriation bill, and 
commend the chairman and ranking member of the subcommittee, Senator 
Campbell and Senator Kohl, for their very fine efforts in managing this 
bill. This is the first year that these distinguished Members have had 
an opportunity to manage this important bill which provides over $25 
billion for the operation of the Department of Treasury and general 
Government activities.
  The bill is $456 million less than the amount requested in the 
President's budget. The Members are to be commended for their efforts 
to keep a tight rein on funding and trim back wherever possible. The 
bill is consistent with the 602(b) allocations for both budget 
authority and outlays for the subcommittee.
  Again, I congratulate Senators Campbell and Kohl for their effective 
work. I also commend the work of the subcommittee staff: Barbara 
Retzlaff and Liz Blevins for the minority and Pat Raymond, Tammy 
Perrin, Lula Edwards for the majority.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, are there any further amendments to S. 
1023?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair advises the Senator from Colorado 
that there are no further amendments.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that S. 1023 not 
be engrossed and that it remain at the desk pending receipt of the 
House companion measure.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will be read the third time.
  The bill was read the third time.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  Mr. CAMPBELL addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado is recognized.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, the staff and Senator Kohl have worked

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very hard on this bill. We have tried to accommodate all of the 
Members' suggestions. It is probably not a perfect bill, but we think 
it is a good bill. We ask that Senators support its passage.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on passage of the bill. The 
yeas and nays have been ordered and the clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia [Mr. 
Rockefeller] is necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Allard). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 191 Leg.]

                                YEAS--99

     Abraham
     Akaka
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Coats
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Daschle
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Faircloth
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Frist
     Glenn
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hollings
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kempthorne
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nickles
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Roberts
     Roth
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Torricelli
     Warner
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Rockefeller
       
  The bill (S. 1023), as amended, was passed, as follows:

                                S. 1023

       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, 1998, 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; $114,794,000: Provided, That section 113(2) of 
     the Fiscal Year 1997 Department of Commerce, Justice, and 
     State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, Public Law 104-208 (110 Stat. 3009-22) is amended by 
     striking ``12 months'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``2 
     years'': Provided further, That the Office of Foreign Assets 
     Control shall be funded at no less than $6,745,000: Provided 
     further, That chapter 9 of the fiscal year 1997 Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and 
     for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, including those in Bosnia, 
     Public Law 105-18 (111 Stat. 195-96) is amended by inserting 
     after the ``County of Denver'' in each instance ``the County 
     of Arapahoe''.

                 Office of Professional Responsibility


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Professional 
     Responsibility, including purchase and hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, $1,250,000.

                         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, $29,389,000, of which $15,000,000 
     shall be available to the United States Customs Service for 
     the Automated Commercial Environment project, of which 
     $5,600,000 shall be available to Departmental Offices for the 
     International Trade Data System, and of which $8,789,000 
     shall be available to Departmental Offices to modernize its 
     information technology infrastructure and for business 
     solution software: 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: Provided further, That of the 
     $27,000,000 provided under this heading in Public Law 104-
     208, $12,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     1999: Provided further, That none of the funds for the 
     International Trade Data System may be obligated until the 
     Department has submitted a report on their system development 
     plan to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
     That the funds appropriated for the Automated Commercial 
     Environment project may not be obligated prior to September 
     1, 1998: Provided further, That the funds appropriated for 
     the Automated Commercial Environment project may not be 
     obligated until the Commissioner of Customs has submitted, 
     and the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
     have approved, a systems architecture plan and a milestone 
     schedule for the development and implementation of all 
     projects included in the systems architecture plan.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       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; 
     $29,719,000, of which $16,695 shall be transferred to the 
     ``Departmental Offices'' appropriation for the reimbursement 
     of Secret Service personnel in accordance with section 116 of 
     this Act.

           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury 
     Building and Annex, $10,484,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 1999.

                  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; $22,835,000: Provided, That funds 
     appropriated in this account may be used to procure personal 
     services contracts.

                    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), $119,995,000; of 
     which $24,023,000 shall be available to the Bureau of 
     Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, including $3,000,000 for 
     administering the Gang Resistance Education and Training 
     program, $6,000,000 for firearms trafficking initiatives 
     (including the Youth Crime Gun Initiative, Project LEAD, and 
     the National Tracing Center), $5,200,000 for CEASEFIRE/IBIS, 
     $8,215,000 for vehicles, and $1,608,000 for collection of 
     information on arson and explosives; of which $18,619,000 
     shall be available for the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
     Center for construction of additional facilities; of which 
     $3,000,000 shall be available to the Financial Crimes 
     Enforcement Network, including $2,000,000 for the money 
     laundering threat initiative and $1,000,000 for the Secure 
     Outreach/Encrypted Transmission Program; of which $21,178,000 
     shall be available to the United States Secret Service, 
     including $15,664,000 for expenses related to White House 
     Security, $3,000,000 for investigations of counterfeiting, 
     and $2,514,000 for forensic and related support of 
     investigations of missing and exploited children; of which 
     $44,635,000 shall be available for the United States Customs 
     Service, including $15,000,000 for high energy container x-
     ray systems and automated targeting systems, $5,735,000 for 
     laboratory modernization, $10,000,000 for vehicle 
     replacement, $7,800,000 for automated license plate readers, 
     $1,100,000 for construction of canopies for inspection of 
     outbound vehicles along the Southwest border, and $5,000,000 
     to acquire vehicle and container inspection systems; and of 
     which $8,500,000 shall be available to funds appropriated to 
     the President, including $5,500,000 to the Counterdrug 
     Technology Assessment Center for a program to transfer 
     technology to State and local law enforcement agencies, and 
     $3,000,000 for the Rocky Mountain HIDTA;
       (b) As authorized by section 32401, $10,000,000 to the 
     Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 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

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     funds shall be allocated to State and local law enforcement 
     and prevention organizations;
       (c) As authorized by section 180103, $1,000,000 to the 
     Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for specialized 
     training for rural law enforcement officers.

                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; 
     $64,663,000, of which $2,819,000 shall be available for fiber 
     optics replacement; of which up to $13,034,000 for materials 
     and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic training 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2000: 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, 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 ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, and 
     related expenses, $13,930,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement


                 interagency crime and drug enforcement

       For expenses necessary for the detection and investigation 
     of individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking, 
     including cooperative efforts with State and local law 
     enforcement, $73,794,000, of which $7,827,000 shall remain 
     available until expended.

                      Financial Management Service


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, 
     $202,490,000, of which not to exceed $13,235,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2000 for information systems 
     modernization initiatives. Beginning in fiscal year 1998 and 
     thereafter, there are appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary to reimburse Federal Reserve Banks in their 
     capacity as depositaries and fiscal agents for the United 
     States for all services required or directed by the Secretary 
     of the Treasury to be performed by such banks on behalf of 
     the Treasury or other Federal agencies.

                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; 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 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; and provision of 
     laboratory assistance to State and local agencies, with or 
     without reimbursement; $473,490,000; of which $1,000,000 may 
     be used for the Youth Gun Crime Initiative; of 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, 1998: 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): 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 any State or local 
     authority who has obtained similar equipment through a 
     Federal grant or subsidy unless the State or local authority 
     agrees to return that equipment or to repay that grant or 
     subsidy to the Federal Government: Provided further, That 
     prior to implementation of separation plans as authorized by 
     section 663 of Public Law 104-863, approval will be sought 
     from the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 
     and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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 construction 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, $55,022,000 to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That these funds shall 
     not be available until an authorized prospectus 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

       For necessary expenses of the United States Customs 
     Service, including purchase of up to 1,050 motor vehicles of 
     which 985 are for replacement only and of which 1,030 are for 
     police-type use and commercial operations; hire of motor 
     vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal services 
     abroad; not to exceed $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; $1,551,028,000, 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, not to exceed $1,500,000 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 prior to implementation of 
     separation plans as authorized by section 663 of Public Law 
     104-863, approval will be sought from the House Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight and the Senate Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs: Provided further, That $2,500,000 shall 
     be available to fund the Globe Trade and Research Program at 
     the Montana World Trade Center: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal year 
     aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in subsection 
     5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and 
     267) shall be $30,000.

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 operations, maintenance and procurement, 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; 
     $92,758,000, 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 1998 
     without the prior approval of the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations.


                   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, $173,826,000, of which not to 
     exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses, and of which $2,000,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2000 for information systems 
     modernization initiatives: Provided, That the sum 
     appropriated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 
     1998 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 1998 appropriation from the General Fund 
     estimated at $169,426,000, and in addition, $20,000, to be 
     derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse 
     the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for 
     financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 
     102 of Public Law 101-380: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provisions of law, effective upon 
     enactment, the Bureau of the Public Debt shall be fully and 
     directly reimbursed by the funds described in Public Law 101-
     136, title I, section 104, 103 Stat. 789 for costs and 
     services performed by the Bureau in the administration of 
     such funds.

                        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 tax law and account assistance 
     to taxpayers by telephone and correspondence; matching 
     information returns and tax returns; management services; 
     rent and utilities; 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; $2,943,174,000, of which 
     up to $3,700,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the 
     Elderly 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, $3,153,722,000. Of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading in Public Law 104-208, 
     $26,000,000 and in addition, $6,000,000 in Public Law 104-52 
     are available in fiscal year 1998 for the Year 2000 Century 
     Date Change.


                          information systems

       For necessary expenses for data processing and 
     telecommunications support for Internal Revenue Service 
     activities, including developmental information systems and 
     operational information 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, $1,272,487,000, which shall be available until 
     September 30, 1999: Provided, That under the heading 
     ``Information Systems'' in Public Law 104-208 (110 Stat. 
     3009), the following is deleted: ``of which no less than 
     $130,075,000 shall be available for Tax Systems Modernization 
     (TSM) development and deployment'': Provided further, That 
     the IRS will submit a reprogramming request, of which no less 
     than $102,500,000 is available for Year 2000 conversion.


                   information technology investments

       For necessary expenses for the capital asset acquisition of 
     information technology systems as they relate to the century 
     date change and data center consolidation; $325,000,000, 
     which shall remain available until September 30, 2000: 
     Provided, That none of the funds are available for obligation 
     until September 1, 1998: Provided further, That the systems 
     acquired are in compliance with acquisition rules, 
     requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management 
     practices of the Federal Government.


          administrative provisions--internal revenue service

       Sec. 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 ensure 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. 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, complies 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. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 
     enforce policies and procedures which will safeguard the 
     confidentiality of taxpayer information.
       Sec. 106. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
     the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved 
     facilities and increased manpower to provide sufficient and 
     effective 1-800 help line for taxpayers. The Commissioner 
     shall continue to make the improvement of the IRS 1-800 help 
     line service a priority and allocate resources necessary to 
     increase phone lines and staff to improve the IRS 1-800 help 
     line service.
       Sec. 107. Hereafter, no field support reorganization of the 
     Internal Revenue Service shall be undertaken in Aberdeen, 
     South Dakota until the Internal Revenue Service toll-free 
     help phone line assistance program reaches at least an 80 
     percent service level. The Commissioner shall submit to 
     Congress a report and the GAO shall certify to Congress that 
     the 80 percent service level has been met.
       Sec. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     reorganization of the field office structure of the Internal 
     Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division will result 
     in a reduction of criminal investigators in Wisconsin from 
     the 1996 level.
       Sec. 109. None of the funds appropriated under this Act or 
     any Act hereinafter enacted may be used by the Secretary of 
     the Treasury to collect a tax liability by levy upon a 
     limited entry commercial fishing permit issued by a State 
     unless the Secretary first determines in writing and by clear 
     and convincing evidence that such levy will facilitate the 
     full collection of such tax liability.

                      United States Secret Service


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 
     including purchase (not to exceed 705 vehicles for police-
     type use, of which 675 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; for

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     travel of Secret Service employees on protective missions 
     without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in 
     this or any other Act if 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; for sponsorship of a conference for the Women in 
     Federal Law Enforcement, to be held during fiscal year 1998; 
     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; not to exceed $6,568,000 for continued White House 
     security enhancements; not to exceed $1,623,000 for fixed 
     site and security maintenance; not to exceed $2,830,000 for 
     LAN replacement; not to exceed $1,000,000 for year 2000 date 
     conversion; not to exceed $6,100,000 for FLEWUG/SNET which 
     shall remain available until expended; not to exceed 
     $6,700,000 for vehicle replacement; and not to exceed 
     $1,460,000 to provide technical assistance and to assess the 
     effectiveness of new technology intended to combat identity-
     based crimes; $570,809,000.


      acquisition, construction, improvement, and related expenses

       For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, 
     and improvement of facilities, $9,176,000, to remain 
     available until expended for the Secret Service's 
     Headquarters Building and the James J. Rowley Training 
     Center.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

       Sec. 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, 
     1998, shall be made in compliance with the reprogramming 
     guidelines contained in the Senate report 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. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol, 
     Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1998 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.
       Sec. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
     this Act made available to the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bureau 
     of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S. Customs Service, and 
     U.S. Secret Service may be transferred between such 
     appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such 
     appropriation by more than 2 percent and notice of any such 
     transfer shall be approved by the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate.
       Sec. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
     this Act made available to the Departmental Offices, Office 
     of Inspector General, Financial Management Service, and 
     Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred between such 
     appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such 
     appropriation by more than 2 percent and notice of any such 
     transfer shall be transmitted in advance to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate.
       Sec. 116. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay from 
     amounts transferred to the ``Departmental Offices'' 
     appropriation, up to $16,695 to reimburse Secret Service 
     personnel for any attorney fees and costs they incurred with 
     respect to investigation by the Department of the Treasury 
     Inspector General concerning testimony provided to Congress: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay an 
     individual in full upon submission by the individual of 
     documentation verifying the attorney fees and costs: Provided 
     further, That the liability of the United States shall not be 
     inferred from enactment of or payment under this provision: 
     Provided further, That 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 enactment of this Act: 
     Provided further, That payment under this provision, when 
     accepted, shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of, or 
     on behalf of, the individual Secret Service agent who was the 
     subject of said investigation.
       Sec. 117. (a)(1) Effective beginning on the date determined 
     under paragraph (2), the compensation and other emoluments 
     attached to the Office of Secretary of the Treasury shall be 
     those that would then apply if Public Law 103-2 (107 Stat. 4; 
     31 U.S.C. 301 note) had never been enacted.
       (2) Paragraph (1) shall become effective on the later of--
       (A) the day after the date on which the individual holding 
     the Office of Secretary of the Treasury on January 1, 1997, 
     ceases to hold that office; or
       (B) the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
     affect the compensation or emoluments due to any individual 
     in connection with any period preceding the date determined 
     under paragraph (2).
       (b) Subsection (b) of the first section of the public law 
     referred to in subsection (a)(1) of this section shall not 
     apply in the case of any appointment the consent of the 
     Senate to which occurs on or after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.
       (c) This section shall not be limited (for purposes of 
     determining whether a provision of this section applies or 
     continues to apply) to fiscal year 1998.


   RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED 
                               DIVISION.

       Sec. 118. (a) New Rates of Basic Pay.--Section 501 of the 
     District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, 
     (District of Columbia Code, section 4-416), is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``Interior'' and all 
     that follows through ``Treasury,'' and inserting 
     ``Interior'';
       (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b)(3);
       (3) in subsection (b)(3) (as redesignated)--
       (A) by striking ``or to officers and members of the United 
     States Secret Service Uniformed Division''; and
       (B) by striking ``subsection (b) of this section'' and 
     inserting ``this subsection''; and
       (4) by adding after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(c)(1) The annual rates of basic compensation of officers 
     and members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed 
     Division, serving in classes corresponding or similar to 
     those in the salary schedule in section 101 (District of 
     Columbia Code, section 4-406), shall be fixed in accordance 
     with the following schedule of rates:

       

                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                    ``SALARY SCHEDULE                                                                   
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                                                                                                 Service steps                                          
                Salary class and title                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9    
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Class 1: Private.....................................     29,215     30,088     31,559     33,009     35,331     37,681     39,128     40,593     42,052
Class 4: Sergeant....................................     39,769     41,747     43,728     45,718     47,715     49,713                                 
Class 5: Lieutenant..................................     45,148     47,411     49,663     51,924     54,180                                            
Class 7: Captain.....................................     52,523     55,155     57,788     60,388                                                       
Class 8: Inspector...................................     60,886     63,918     66,977     70,029                                                       
Class 9: Deputy Chief................................     71,433     76,260     81,113     85,950                                                       
Class 10: Assistant Chief............................     84,694     90,324     95,967                                                                  
Class 11: Chief of the United States Secret Service                                                                                                     
 Uniformed Division..................................     98,383    104,923                                                                             
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       ``(2) Effective at the beginning of the first applicable 
     pay period commencing on or after the first day of the month 
     in which an adjustment takes effect under section 5303 of 
     title 5, United States Code (or any subsequent similar 
     provision of law), in the rates of pay under the General 
     Schedule (or any pay system that may supersede such 
     schedule), the annual rates of basic compensation of officers 
     and members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed 
     Division shall be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury 
     by an amount equal to the percentage of such annual rate of 
     pay which corresponds to the overall percentage of the 
     adjustment made in the rates of pay under the General 
     Schedule.
       ``(3) Locality-based comparability payments authorized 
     under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
     applicable to the basic pay under this section, except 
     locality-based comparability payments may not be paid at a 
     rate which, when added to the rate of basic pay otherwise 
     payable to the officer or member, would cause the total

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     to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the 
     Executive Schedule.
       ``(4) Pay may not be paid, by reason of any provision of 
     this subsection (disregarding any comparability payment 
     payable under Federal law), at a rate in excess of the rate 
     of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 
     contained in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       ``(5) Any reference in any law to the salary schedule in 
     section 101 (District of Columbia Code, section 4-406) with 
     respect to officers and members of the United States Secret 
     Service Uniformed Division shall be considered to be a 
     reference to the salary schedule in paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection as adjusted in accordance with this subsection.
       ``(6)(A) Except as otherwise permitted by or under law, no 
     allowance, differential, bonus, award, or other similar cash 
     payment under this title or under title 5, United States 
     Code, may be paid to an officer or member of the United 
     States Secret Service Uniformed Division in a calendar year 
     if, or to the extent that, when added to the total basic pay 
     paid or payable to such officer or member for service 
     performed in such calendar year as an officer or member, such 
     payment would cause the total to exceed the annual rate of 
     basic pay payable for level I of the Executive Schedule, as 
     of the end of such calendar year.
       ``(B) This paragraph shall not apply to any payment under 
     the following provisions of title 5, United States Code:
       ``(i) Subchapter III or VII of chapter 55, or section 5596.
       ``(ii) Chapter 57 (other than section 5753, 5754, or 5755).
       ``(iii) Chapter 59 (other than section 5928).
       ``(7)(A) Any amount which is not paid to an officer or 
     member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division 
     in a calendar year because of the limitation under paragraph 
     (6) shall be paid to such officer or member in a lump sum at 
     the beginning of the following calendar year.
       ``(B) Any amount paid under this paragraph in a calendar 
     year shall be taken into account for purposes of applying the 
     limitations under paragraph (6) with respect to such calendar 
     year.
       ``(8) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe 
     regulations as may be necessary (consistent with section 5582 
     of title 5, United States Code) concerning how a lump-sum 
     payment under paragraph (7) shall be made with respect to any 
     employee who dies before an amount payable to such employee 
     under paragraph (7) is made.''.
       (b) Conversion to New Salary Schedule.--
       (1)(A) Effective on the first day of the first pay period 
     beginning after the date of enactment of this section, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the rates of basic pay 
     for members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed 
     Division in accordance with this paragraph.
       (B) Subject to subparagraph (C), each officer and member 
     receiving basic compensation, immediately prior to the 
     effective date of this section, at one of the scheduled rates 
     in the salary schedule in section 101 of the District of 
     Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as adjusted 
     by law and as in effect prior to the effective date of this 
     section, shall be placed in and receive basic compensation at 
     the corresponding scheduled service step of the salary 
     schedule under subsection (a)(4).
       (C)(i) The Assistant Chief and the Chief of the United 
     States Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be placed in 
     and receive basic compensation in salary class 10 and salary 
     class 11, respectively, in the appropriate service step in 
     the new salary class in accordance with section 304 of the 
     District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act 1958 
     (District of Columbia Code, section 4-413).
       (ii) Each member whose position is to be converted to the 
     salary schedule under section 501(c) of the District of 
     Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (District of 
     Columbia Code, section 4-416(c)) as amended by this section, 
     in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, and who, 
     prior to the effective date of this section has earned, but 
     has not been credited with, an increase in his or her rate of 
     pay shall be afforded that increase before such member is 
     placed in the corresponding service step in the salary 
     schedule under section 501(c).
       (2) Except in the cases of the Assistant Chief and the 
     Chief of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, 
     the conversion of positions and individuals to appropriate 
     classes of the salary schedule under section 501(c) of the 
     District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 
     (District of Columbia Code, section 4-416(c)) as amended by 
     this section, and the initial adjustments of rates of basic 
     pay of those positions and individuals, in accordance with 
     paragraph (1) of this subsection, shall not be considered to 
     be transfers or promotions within the meaning of section 304 
     of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act 
     of 1958 (District of Columbia Code, section 4-413).
       (3) Each member whose position is converted to the salary 
     schedule under section 501(c) of the District of Columbia 
     Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (District of Columbia 
     Code, section 4-416(c)) as amended by this section, in 
     accordance with subsection (a) of this section, shall be 
     granted credit for purposes of such member's first service 
     step adjustment under the salary schedule in such section 
     510(c) for all satisfactory service performed by the member 
     since the member's last increase in basic pay prior to the 
     adjustment under that section.
       (c) Limitation on Pay Period Earnings.--The Act of August 
     15, 1950 (64 Stat. 477), (District of Columbia Code, section 
     4-1104), is amended--
       (1) in subsection (h), by striking ``any officer or 
     member'' each place it appears and inserting ``an officer or 
     member of the Metropolitan Police force, of the Fire 
     Department of the District of Columbia, or of the United 
     States Park Police'';
       (2) by redesignating subsection (h)(3) as subsection (i); 
     and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3)(A) no premium pay provided by this section shall be 
     paid to, and no compensatory time is authorized for, any 
     officer or member of the United States Secret Service 
     Uniformed Division whose rate of basic pay, combined with any 
     applicable locality-based comparability payment, equals or 
     exceeds the lesser of--
       ``(i) 150 percent of the minimum rate payable for grade GS-
     15 of the General Schedule (including any applicable 
     locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of 
     title 5, United States Code or any similar provision of law, 
     and any applicable special rate of pay under section 5305 of 
     title 5, United States Code or any similar provision of law); 
     or
       ``(ii) the rate payable for level V of the Executive 
     Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       ``(B) In the case of any officer or member of the United 
     States Secret Service Uniformed Division whose rate of basic 
     pay, combined with any applicable locality-based 
     comparability payment, is less than the lesser of--
       ``(i) 150 percent of the minimum rate payable for grade GS-
     15 of the General Schedule (including any applicable 
     locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of 
     title 5, United States Code or any similar provision of law, 
     and any applicable special rate of pay under section 5305 of 
     title 5, United States Code or any similar provision of law); 
     or
       ``(ii) the rate payable for level V of the Executive 
     Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, 
     United States Code,

     such premium pay may be paid only to the extent that such 
     payment would not cause such officer or member's aggregate 
     rate of compensation to exceed such lesser amount with 
     respect to any pay period.''.
       (d) Savings Provision.--On the effective date of this 
     section, any existing special salary rates authorized for 
     members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed 
     Division under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code 
     (or any previous similar provision of law) and any special 
     rates of pay or special pay adjustments under section 403, 
     404, or 405 of the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 
     1990 applicable to members of the United States Secret 
     Service Uniformed Division shall be rendered inapplicable.
       (e) Conforming Amendment.--The Federal Law Enforcement Pay 
     Reform Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 1466) is amended by striking 
     subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1) of section 405.
       (f) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section shall 
     become effective on the first day of the first pay period 
     beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 119. Section 117 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and 
     General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in 
     section 101(f) of division A of Public Law 104-208) is hereby 
     repealed.
       Sec. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall establish the port of Kodiak, 
     Alaska as a port of entry and United States Customs Service 
     personnel in Anchorage, Alaska shall serve such port of 
     entry. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
     necessary to cover the costs associated with the performance 
     of customs functions using such United States Customs Service 
     personnel.
       Sec. 121. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Inspector General to contract for advisory and 
     assistance services that has the meaning given such term in 
     section 1105(g) of title 31, United States Code.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                  Payments to the Postal Service Fund


                   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, 
     $86,274,000: 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, 1998.


      payment to the postal service fund for nonfunded liabilities

       For payment to the Postal Service Fund for meeting the 
     liabilities of the former Post

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     Office Department to the Employees' Compensation Fund 
     pursuant to 39 United States Code 2004, $34,850,000.

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; $51,199,000: Provided, That $873,000 
     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 systems architecture plan, a milestone schedule 
     for the development and implementation of all projects 
     included in the systems architecture plan, and an estimate of 
     the funds required to support the fiscal year 1998 capital 
     investments associated with that plan: Provided further, That 
     $9,800,000 of the funds appropriated shall be available for 
     reimbursements to the White House Communications Agency in 
     accordance with Public Law 104-201.

                 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, $8,045,000, to be expended and accounted for as 
     provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109-110, 112-114.

                   White House Repair and Restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
     Executive Residence at the White House, $200,000, to remain 
     available until expended for renovation and relocation of the 
     White House laundry, 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; $3,378,000: Provided, That $69,800 
     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 systems architecture plan, a milestone schedule 
     for the development and implementation of all projects 
     included in the systems architecture plan, and an estimate of 
     the funds required to support the fiscal year 1998 capital 
     investments associated with that 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; $334,000: 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.

                      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), 
     $3,542,000.

                      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; $3,983,000.

                       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.

                        Office of Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
     U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles $28,883,000, 
     of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     a capital investment plan which provides for the 
     modernization of the information technology infrastructure: 
     Provided, That $2,000,000 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 
     systems architecture plan, a milestone schedule for the 
     development and implementation of all projects included in 
     the system architecture plan, and an estimate of the funds 
     required to support the fiscal year 1998 capital investments 
     associated with that 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, $57,240,000, 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 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.

                 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; 
     $36,016,000, 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.

                     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, $140,207,000 for drug control activities consistent 
     with the approved strategy for each of the designated High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 
     $71,000,000 shall be transferred to State and local entities 
     for drug control activities, which shall be obligated within 
     120 days of the date of enactment of this Act and up to 
     $69,207,000 may be transferred to Federal agencies and 
     departments at a rate to be determined by the Director: 
     Provided, That funding shall be provided for existing High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas at no less than the fiscal 
     year 1997 level.


                        special forfeiture fund

       For activities to support a national media campaign for 
     youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public Law 100-690, 
     as amended, $145,300,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That such funds may be transferred to other Federal 
     departments and agencies to carry out such activities: 
     Provided further, That of the amount provided, $110,000,000 
     shall be to support a national media campaign, to reduce and 
     prevent drug use among young Americans: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds provided for the national media 
     campaign may be obligated until the Director, Office of 
     National Drug Control Policy, submits a strategy to the 
     Committees on Appropriations and the Judiciary of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate that includes (1) a 
     certification, and guidelines to ensure that funds will 
     supplement and not supplant current anti-drug community based 
     coalitions; (2) a certification, and guidelines to ensure 
     that none of the funds will be used for partisan political 
     purposes; (3) a certification, and guidelines to ensure that 
     no media campaigns to be funded pursuant to this campaign 
     shall feature any elected officials, persons seeking elected 
     office, cabinet-level officials, or other Federal officials 
     employed pursuant to Schedule C of title 5, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, section 213, absent notice to the Chairmen and 
     Ranking Members of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and the Judiciary; (4) a detailed 
     implementation plan to be submitted to the

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     Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees on 
     Appropriations and the Judiciary for securing private sector 
     contributions including but not limited to in-kind 
     contributions; (5) a detailed implementation plan to be 
     submitted to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the 
     Committees on Appropriations and the Judiciary of the 
     qualifications necessary for any organization, entity, or 
     individual to receive funding for or otherwise provided 
     broadcast media time: Provided further, That the Director 
     shall (1) report to Congress quarterly on the obligation of 
     funds as well as the specific parameters of the national 
     media campaign and (2) report to Congress within two years on 
     the effectiveness of the national media campaign based upon 
     the measurable outcomes provided to Congress previously: 
     Provided further, That of the amount provided, $10,000,000 
     shall be to initiate a program of matching grants to drug-
     free communities, as authorized in the Drug-Free Communities 
     Act of 1997: Provided further, That of the amount provided, 
     $10,000,000 shall be used to continue and expand the 
     methamphetamine reduction efforts: Provided further, That of 
     the amount provided, $6,000,000 shall be used to establish a 
     Federal Drug-Free Prison demonstration project: Provided 
     further, That of the amount provided $9,300,000 shall be used 
     to continue the reduction of drug use program for those 
     involved in the criminal justice system.

                     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, $1,940,000.

                      Federal Election Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, 
     $29,000,000, 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: Provided, That the 
     General Accounting Office shall conduct a management review, 
     and technology and performance audit, of the Federal Election 
     Commission.

                   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; $22,039,000: 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

       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)), 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, and any other obligations 
     for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and 
     purchase contract, in the aggregate amount of $4,885,934,000, 
     of which (1) $350,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended, for repairs and alterations which includes 
     associated design and construction services:
        Repairs and alterations;
       Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $50,000,000; and
       Basic Repairs and Alterations, $300,000,000:
     Provided, 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 made available 
     in this Act or any previous Act for Repairs and Alterations 
     shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount 
     originally made available, 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 all 
     funds for repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall 
     expire on September 30, 2000 and remain in the Federal 
     Building 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; (2) $142,542,000 for installment 
     acquisition payments including payments on purchase contracts 
     which shall remain available until expended; (3) 
     $2,275,340,000 for rental of space which shall remain 
     available until expended; (4) $1,331,789,000 for building 
     operations which shall remain available until expended; and 
     (5) $680,543,000 which shall remain available until expended 
     for projects and activities previously approved under this 
     heading in prior fiscal years: 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 1998, 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 $4,885,934,000 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; 
     procurement and supply; 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; $104,487,000.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,870,000: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 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.

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           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, 
     $2,208,000: 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.

          General Provisions--General Services Administration

       Sec. 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 1998 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. No funds made available by this Act shall be used 
     to transmit a fiscal year 1999 request for United States 
     Courthouse construction that (1) does not meet the design 
     guide standards for construction as established and approved 
     by the General Services Administration, the Judicial 
     Conference of the United States, and the Office of Management 
     and Budget; and (2) 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 fiscal 
     year 1999 request must be accompanied by a standardized 
     courtroom utilization study of each facility to be 
     constructed, replaced, or expanded.
       Sec. 405. 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 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. 406. Section 10 of the General Services Administration 
     General Provisions, Public Law 100-440, is hereby repealed.
       Sec. 407. Funds provided to other Government agencies by 
     the Information Technology Fund, GSA, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and 
     sections 5124(b) and 5128 of Public Law 104-106, Information 
     Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, for performance of 
     pilot information technology projects which have potential 
     for Government-wide benefits and savings, may be repaid to 
     this Fund from any savings actually incurred by these 
     projects or other funding, to the extent feasible.
       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 facade, 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) The Act approved August 25, 1958, as amended 
     (Public Law 85-745; 3 U.S.C. 102 note), is amended by 
     striking section 2.
       (b) Section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``(a) Subject to 
     subsection (b), a'' and inserting ``A''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (b).
       Sec. 410. Section 201(b) of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481) as 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) The Administrator shall as far as practicable provide 
     any of the services specified in subsection (a) of this 
     section to any other Federal agency, mixed ownership 
     corporation (as defined in chapter 91 of title 31, United 
     States Code), or the District of Columbia, upon its 
     request.''.

           John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board

       For the necessary expenses to carry out the John F. Kennedy 
     Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, $1,600,000: 
     Provided, That $100,000 shall be available only for the 
     purposes of the prompt and orderly termination of the John F. 
     Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board, to be concluded 
     no later than September 30, 1998.

                     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, $24,810,000, 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, $206,479,000: 
     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 provide adequate storage for 
     holdings.


 archives facilities and presidential libraries repairs and restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives 
     facilities and presidential libraries, and to provide 
     adequate storage for holdings, $13,650,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $4,000,000 is for repairs 
     and restoration of the Truman Library in Independence, 
     Missouri, and of which $3,000,000 is for internal repairs to 
     the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library located at the 
     University of Texas at Austin.

        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, $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; $8,265,000.

                     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; $85,350,000; and in addition 
     $91,236,000 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 printed materials for the retirement and 
     insurance programs: 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, 1998, 
     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.


                      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

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     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.


      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; $8,450,000.

                        United States Tax Court


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and 
     other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $34,293,000: 
     Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid 
     upon the written certificate of the judge.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

       Sec. 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 
     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 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. 504. None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be available in fiscal year 1998, 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. 505. 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. 506. 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 other officer or employee of the 
     United States Postal Service from having any direct oral or 
     written communication or contact with any Member, committee, 
     or subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter 
     pertaining to the employment of such other officer or 
     employee or pertaining to the United States Postal Service of 
     such other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 
     whether such communication or contact is at the initiative of 
     such other officer or employee or in response to the request 
     or inquiry of such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
       (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
     reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance of 
     efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, 
     transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any 
     employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or 
     condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of 
     the United States Postal Service, or attempts or threatens to 
     commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such 
     other officer or employee, by reason of any communication or 
     contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, 
     committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in 
     paragraph (1).
       Sec. 507. The Office of Personnel Management may, during 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and hereafter, 
     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. 508. 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. 509. 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. 510. (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. 511. 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 sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
     48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 512. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
     not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining 
     available at the end of fiscal year 1998 from appropriations 
     made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1998 
     in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
     1999, 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: Provided further, That these 
     requests shall be made in compliance with the reprogramming 
     guidelines contained in the House and Senate reports 
     accompanying this Act.
       Sec. 513. 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. 514. Section 1 under the subheading ``General 
     Provision'' under the heading ``Office of Personnel 
     Management'' under title IV of the Treasury, Postal Service 
     and General Government Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 
     102-141; 105 Stat. 861; 5 U.S.C. 5941 note), as amended by 
     section 532 of the Treasury, Postal Service and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-329; 108 
     Stat. 2413), and by section 5 under the heading ``General 
     Provisions--Office of Personnel Management'' under title IV 
     of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-52; 109 Stat. 490), 
     is further amended by striking ``1998'' both places it 
     appears and inserting ``2000''.
       Sec. 515. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 89 of 
     title 5, United States Code, the Office of Personnel 
     Management shall enter into a contract with the National 
     Association of Postmasters of the United States (hereafter 
     referred to as the ``Association'') under section 8902 of 
     such title, if--
       (1) the Association fulfills all terms and conditions (not 
     related to such withdrawal from participation) of a qualified 
     carrier under such chapter;
       (2) the plan offered by the Association fulfills all terms 
     and conditions (not related to such withdrawal from 
     participation) of an approved health benefits plan;
       (3) prior to May 31, 1998, the Association submits a plan 
     to the Office of Personnel Management for approval as an 
     approved health benefits plan; and
       (4) the Association enters into an agreement with an 
     underwriting subcontractor licensed to issue group health 
     insurance.

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                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

       Sec. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act may 
     be used to pay travel to the United States for the immediate 
     family of employees serving abroad in cases of death or life 
     threatening illness of said employee.
       Sec. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
     United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
     other Act for fiscal year 1998 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 qualifies for adjustment of status pursuant to the 
     Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for 
     the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such 
     person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the 
     requirements of this section with respect to his or her 
     status have been complied with: Provided further, That any 
     person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, 
     and, upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or 
     imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided 
     further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, 
     and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing 
     law: Provided further, That any payment made to any officer 
     or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall 
     be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This 
     section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or 
     the Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those 
     countries allied with the United States in a current defense 
     effort, or to international broadcasters employed by the 
     United States Information Agency, or to temporary employment 
     of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 
     service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies.
       Sec. 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 
     subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, the 
     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. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
     any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of 
     boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, 
     councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they 
     are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and 
     specific statutory approval to receive financial support from 
     more than one agency or instrumentality.
       Sec. 612. 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. 613. 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. 614. (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, 1998, 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, 1997, 
     until the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey 
     adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 1998, 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 1998, 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 
     1998 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 1998 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 1997 
     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 
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     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, 1997, 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, 1997, 
     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, 1997.
       (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. 615. 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. 616. 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. 617. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
     States Code, or section 611 of this Act, funds made available 
     for fiscal year 1998 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. 618. (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. 619. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
     United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
     other Act for fiscal year 1998 shall obligate or expend any 
     such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
     instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer 
     in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all 
     of its workplaces are free from discrimination and sexual 
     harassment and that all of its workplaces are not in 
     violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as 
     amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 
     and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
       Sec. 620. 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. 621. 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. 622. (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. 623. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
     for fiscal year 1998 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. 624. 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. 625. (a) In General.--No later than September 30, 
     1998, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
     shall submit to the Congress a report that provides--
        (1) estimates of the total annual costs and benefits of 
     Federal regulatory programs, including quantitative and 
     nonquantitative measures of regulatory costs and benefits;

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        (2) estimates of the costs and benefits (including 
     quantitative and nonquantitative measures) of each rule that 
     is likely to have a gross annual effect on the economy of 
     $100,000,000 or more in increased costs;
        (3) an assessment of the direct and indirect impacts of 
     Federal rules on the private sector, State and local 
     government, and the Federal Government; and
        (4) recommendations from the Director and a description of 
     significant public comments to reform or eliminate any 
     Federal regulatory program or program element that is 
     inefficient, ineffective, or is not a sound use of the 
     Nation's resources.
       (b) Notice.--The Director shall provide public notice and 
     an opportunity to comment on the report under subsection (a) 
     before the report is issued in final form.
       Sec. 626. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any 
     other Act, may be used by an agency to provide a Federal 
     employee's home address to any labor organization except when 
     it is made known to the Federal official having authority to 
     obligate or expend such funds that the employee has 
     authorized such disclosure or that such disclosure has been 
     ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
       Sec. 627. None of the funds made available in this Act or 
     any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 
     information such as mailing or telephone lists to any person 
     or any organization outside of the Federal Government without 
     the approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 628. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
     any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda 
     purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized 
     by the Congress.
       Sec. 629. None of the funds appropriated in this or any 
     other Act shall be used to acquire information technologies 
     which do not comply with part 39.106 (Year 2000 compliance) 
     of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless an agency's 
     Chief Information Officer determines that non-compliance with 
     part 39.106 is necessary to the function and operation of the 
     requesting agency or the acquisition is required by a signed 
     contract with the agency in effect before the date of 
     enactment of this Act. Any waiver granted by the Chief 
     Information Officer shall be reported to the Office of 
     Management and Budget, and copies shall be provided to 
     Congress.
       Sec. 630. Section 5118(d)(2) of title 31, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``This paragraph shall'' and all 
     that follows through the end of the paragraph.
       Sec. 631. The Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget shall create and implement no later than October 1, 
     1997 a budget object classification which shall record 
     obligations for the expenses of employee relocation. All 
     obligations incident to an employee's relocation authorized 
     under either chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, or 
     section 901, title I, Public Law 96-465, as amended, shall be 
     classified to such object classification.
       Sec. 632. 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 pay 
     to any employee unless such employee actually performed work 
     during the time corresponding to such premium pay.
       Sec. 633. (a) Special Postage Stamps.--In order to afford 
     the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for 
     breast-cancer research, the United States Postal Service 
     shall establish a special rate of postage for first-class 
     mail under this section.
       (b) Higher Rate.--The rate of postage established under 
     this section--
       (1) shall be 1 cent higher than the rate that would 
     otherwise apply;
       (2) may be established without regard to any procedures 
     under chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law; and
       (3) shall be offered as an alternative to the rate that 
     would otherwise apply.

     The use of the rate of postage established under this section 
     shall be voluntary on the part of postal patrons.
       (c) Use of Funds.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Payments.--The amounts attributable to the 1-cent 
     differential established under this section shall be paid by 
     the United States Postal Service to the Department of Health 
     and Human Services.
       (B) Use.--Amounts paid under subparagraph (A) shall be used 
     for breast-cancer research and related activities to carry 
     out the purposes of this section.
       (C) Frequency of payments.--Payments under subparagraph (A) 
     shall be paid to the Department of Health and Human Services 
     no less than twice in each calendar year.
       (2) Amounts attributable to the 1-cent differential.--For 
     purposes of this subsection, the term ``amounts attributable 
     to the 1-cent differential established under this section'' 
     means, as determined by the United States Postal Service 
     under regulations that it shall prescribe--
       (A) the total amount of revenues received by the United 
     States Postal Service that it would not have received but for 
     the enactment of this section, reduced by
       (B) an amount sufficient to cover reasonable administrative 
     and other costs of the United States Postal Service 
     attributable to carrying out this section.
       (d) Special Postage Stamps.--The United States Postal 
     Service may provide for the design and sale of special 
     postage stamps to carry out this section.
       (e) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that--
       (1) nothing in this section should directly or indirectly 
     cause a net decrease in total funds received by the 
     Department of Health and Human Services or any other agency 
     or instrumentality of the Government (or any component or 
     other aspect thereof) below the level that would otherwise 
     have been anticipated absent this section; and
       (2) nothing in this section should affect regular first-
     class rates or any other regular rate of postage.
       (f) Annual Reports.--The Postmaster General shall include 
     in each annual report rendered under section 2402 of title 
     39, United States Code, information concerning the operation 
     of this section.
       Sec. 634. Judicial Salaries. (a) Judicial Cost-of-Living 
     Adjustments.--Section 461(a) of title 28, United States Code, 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) Effective on the same date that the rates of basic 
     pay under the General Schedule are adjusted pursuant to 
     section 5303 of title 5, each salary rate which is subject to 
     adjustment under this section shall be adjusted by the same 
     percentage amount as provided for under section 5303 of title 
     5, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or if midway 
     between multiples of $100, to the next higher multiple of 
     $100).''.
       (b) Automatic Adjustments Without Congressional Action.--
     Section 140 of the resolution entitled ``A Joint Resolution 
     making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
     1982, and for other purposes.'', approved December 15, 1981 
     (Public Law 97-92; 95 Stat. 1200; 28 U.S.C. 461 note) is 
     repealed.
       Sec. 635. Limitation on the Use of Funds to Provide for 
     Federal Agencies to Furnish Commercially Available Property 
     or Services to Other Federal Agencies. (a) Except as provided 
     in subsection (b), none of the funds appropriated by this or 
     any other Act may be used by the Office of Management and 
     Budget, or any other agency, to publish, promulgate, or 
     enforce any policy, regulation, or circular, or any rule or 
     authority in any other form, that would permit any Federal 
     agency to provide a commercially available property or 
     service to any other department or agency of Government 
     unless the policy, regulation, circular, or other rule or 
     authority meets the requirements prescribed under subsection 
     (b).
       (b)(1) Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall prescribe regulations applicable 
     to any policy regulation, circular, or other rule or 
     authority referred to in subsection (a).
       (2) the requirements prescribed under paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following--
       (A) a requirement for a comparison between the cost of 
     providing the property or service concerned through the 
     agency concerned and the cost of providing such property or 
     service through the private sector;
       (B) a requirement for cost and performance benchmarks 
     relating to the property or service provided relative to 
     comparable services provided by other Government agencies and 
     contractors in order to permit effective oversight of the 
     cost and provision of such property or service by the agency 
     concerned or the Office of Management and Budget;
       (C) the regulation would not apply to contingency 
     operations associated with national security or a national 
     emergency; and
       (D) the regulation would not apply if the goods are to be 
     produced or services are to be performed by a private sector 
     source at a Government-owned facility that is operated by the 
     private sector source.
       Sec. 636. Section 302(g)(1) of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(g)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' after ``Senator,''; and
       (2) by inserting after ``candidate,'' the following: ``and 
     by the Republican and Democratic Senatorial Campaign 
     Committees''.
       Sec. 637. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the 
     Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) 
     (relating to cost-of-living adjustments for Members of 
     Congress) during fiscal year 1998.
       Sec. 638. Sense of the Senate Regarding Imports of Fish 
     Taken or Retained in a Manner Inconsistent with 
     Recommendations of the International Commission for the 
     Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. (a) It is the sense of the 
     Senate that the United States, as a signatory to the 
     International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic 
     Tunas, should implement as fully as possible the 
     recommendations of the International Commission for the 
     Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
       (b) It is the sense of the Senate that fish taken and 
     retained in a manner and under circumstances that are 
     inconsistent with the recommendations of the ICCAT made 
     pursuant to article VIII of the Convention and adopted by the 
     Secretary of Commerce should be prohibited entry into the 
     United States.
       Sec. 639. Prohibition of Computer Game Programs.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this section, ``agency'' means agency 
     as defined under section 105 of title 5, United States Code.
       (2) Removal of existing computer game programs.--Not later 
     180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of 
     each agency shall take such actions as necessary to remove 
     any computer game program not required for the official 
     business of the agency from any agency computer equipment.
       (3) Prohibition of installation of computer game 
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     agency shall prohibit the installation of any computer game 
     program not required for the official business of the agency 
     into any agency computer equipment.
       (4) Prohibition of agency acceptance of computer equipment 
     with computer game programs.--
       (A) Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative 
     Services Act of 1949 is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 317. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

       ``(a) Definition.--In this section the term `information 
     technology' has the meaning given such term under section 
     5002(3) of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401).
       ``(b) In General.--The head of an executive agency may not 
     accept delivery of information technology that is loaded with 
     game programs not required for an official purpose under the 
     terms of the contract under which information technology is 
     delivered.
       ``(c) Waiver.--The head of an executive agency may waive 
     the application of this section with respect to any 
     particular procurement of information technology, if the head 
     of the agency--
       ``(1) conducts a cost-benefit analysis and determines that 
     the costs of compliance with this section outweighs the 
     benefits of compliance; and
       ``(2) submits a certification of such determination, with 
     supporting documentation to the Congress.''.
       (B) The table of contents in section 2(b) of the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is amended 
     by inserting after the item relating to section 316 the 
     following:

``Sec. 317. Restrictions on certain information technology.''.

       (C) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 
     180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 640. (a) The congressional ethics committees shall 
     provide for voluntary reporting by Members of Congress on the 
     financial disclosure reports filed under title I of the 
     Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) on such 
     Members' participation in--
       (1) the Civil Service Retirement System under chapter 83 of 
     title 5, United States Code; and
       (2) the Federal Employees Retirement System under chapter 
     84 of title 5, United States Code.
       (b) In this section, the terms ``congressional ethics 
     committees'' and ``Members of Congress'' have the meanings 
     given such terms under section 109 of the Ethics in 
     Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
       (c) This section shall apply to fiscal year 1998 and each 
     fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 641. (a) A Federal employee shall be separated from 
     service and barred from reemployment in the Federal service, 
     if--
       (1) the employee is convicted of a violation or attempted 
     violation of section 201 of title 18, United States Code; and
       (2) such violation or attempted violation related to 
     conduct prohibited under section 1010(a) of the Controlled 
     Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960(a)).
       (b) This section shall apply during fiscal year 1998 and 
     each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 642. (a) Coordination of Counterdrug Intelligence 
     Centers and Activities.--(1) Not later than 120 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
     of National Drug Control Policy shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a plan to improve 
     coordination, and eliminate unnecessary duplication, among 
     the counterdrug intelligence centers and counterdrug 
     activities of the Federal Government, including the centers 
     and activities of the following departments and agencies:
       (A) The Department of Defense, including the Defense 
     Intelligence Agency.
       (B) The Department of the Treasury, including the United 
     States Customs Service.
       (C) The Central Intelligence Agency.
       (D) The Coast Guard.
       (E) The Drug Enforcement Administration.
       (F) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
       (2) The purpose of the plan under paragraph (1) is to 
     maximize the effectiveness of the centers and activities 
     referred to in that paragraph in achieving the objectives of 
     the national drug control strategy. In order to maximize such 
     effectiveness, the plan shall--
       (A) articulate clear and specific mission statements for 
     each counterdrug intelligence center and activity, including 
     the manner in which responsibility for counterdrug 
     intelligence activities will be allocated among the 
     counterdrug intelligence centers;
       (B) specify the relationship between such centers;
       (C) specify the means by which proper oversight of such 
     centers will be assured;
       (D) specify the means by which counterdrug intelligence 
     will be forwarded effectively to all levels of officials 
     responsible for United States counterdrug policy; and
       (E) specify mechanisms to ensure that State and local law 
     enforcement agencies are apprised of counterdrug intelligence 
     in a manner which--
       (i) facilitates effective counterdrug activities by such 
     agencies; and
       (ii) provides such agencies with the information necessary 
     to ensure the safety of officials of such agencies in their 
     counterdrug activities.
       (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the following:
       (1) The Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the Senate.
       (2) The Committee on International Relations, the Committee 
     on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
       Sec. 643. Personal Allowance Parity Among NAFTA Parties. 
     (a) In General.--The United States Trade Representative and 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Commerce, shall initiate discussions with 
     officials of the Governments of Mexico and Canada to achieve 
     parity in the duty-free personal allowance structure of the 
     United States, Mexico, and Canada.
       (b) Report.--The United States Trade Representative and the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress within 90 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act on the progress 
     that is being made to correct any disparity between the 
     United States, Mexico, and Canada with respect to duty-free 
     personal allowances.
       (c) Recommendations.--If parity with respect to duty-free 
     personal allowances between the United States, Mexico, and 
     Canada is not achieved within 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the United States Trade Representative 
     and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
     recommendations to Congress for appropriate legislation and 
     action.
       Sec. 644. 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. 645. The provision of section 644 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.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Treasury and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 1998''.

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. DOMENICI. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, before yielding the floor, I wanted to 
thank our hard working staff: Barbara Retzlaff, Tammy Perrin, Lula 
Edwards, Frank Larkin, and Pat Raymond. And in particular I wanted to 
thank our ranking member, Senator Kohl, for his advice and his 
leadership on this bill.
  With that, I yield the floor.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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