[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 132 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H8137-H8158]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2378

  Mr. KOLBE submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 2378) making appropriations for the Treasury Department, 
the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998, and for other purposes:

                   Conference Report H. Rept. 105-284

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     2378) ``making appropriations for the Treasury Department, 
     the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
     President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes,'' 
     having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to 
     recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as 
     follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
     amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 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; $114,771,000: 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 $4,500,000: 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'': Provided further, That $200,000 are provided 
     to conduct a comprehensive study of gambling's effects on 
     bankruptcies in the United States: Provided further, That for 
     necessary expenses of the Office of Enforcement, including, 
     but not limited to, making transfers of funds to Treasury 
     bureaus and offices for programs, projects or initiatives 
     directed as the investigation or prosecution of violent 
     crime, $1,600,000, to remain available until expended, to be 
     derived from balances available in the Violent Crime 
     Reduction Trust Fund.

                 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: Provided, That the Under 
     Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement shall task the Office 
     of Professional Responsibility to conduct a comprehensive 
     review of integrity issues and other matters related to the 
     potential vulnerability of the U.S. Customs Service to 
     corruption, to include examination of charges of professional 
     misconduct and corruption as well as analysis of the efficacy 
     of departmental and bureau internal affairs systems.

                         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, $25,889,000, of which $11,000,000 
     shall be available to the United States Customs Service for 
     the Automated Commercial Environment project, of which 
     $6,100,000 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 appropriated 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 appropriated 
     for the International Trade Data System may be obligated 
     until the Department has submitted a report on its system 
     development plan to the Committees on Appropriations: 
     Provided further, That the funds appropriated for the 
     Automated Commercial Environment project may not be obligated 
     until the Commissioner of Customs has submitted a systems 
     architecture plan and a milestone schedule for the 
     development and implementation of all projects included in 
     the systems architecture plan, and the plan and schedule have 
     been reviewed by the General Accounting Office and approved 
     by the Committees on Appropriations.

                      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

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     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 $26,034 shall be transferred 
     to the ``Departmental Offices'' appropriation for the 
     reimbursement of Secret Service personnel in accordance with 
     section 115 of this Act.

           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration

       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), $131,000,000; of 
     which $19,421,000 shall be available to the Bureau of 
     Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, including $3,000,000 
     for administering the Gang Resistance Education and 
     Training program, $3,974,000 for the canine explosives 
     detection program, $5,200,000 for CEASEFIRE/IBIS, 
     $5,639,000 for vehicles and communications systems, and 
     $1,608,000 for collection of information on arson and 
     explosives; of which $1,000,000 shall be available to the 
     Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for the Secure 
     Outreach/Encrypted Transmission Program; of which 
     $15,731,000 shall be available to the United States Secret 
     Service, including $6,700,000 for vehicle replacement, 
     $1,460,000 to provide technical assistance and to assess 
     the effectiveness of new technology intended to combat 
     identity-based crimes, $5,000,000 for investigations of 
     counterfeiting, and $2,571,000 for forensic and related 
     support of investigations of missing and exploited 
     children, of which $571,000 shall be available as a grant 
     for activities related to the investigations of exploited 
     children and shall remain available until expended; of 
     which $60,648,000 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, $7,400,000 for 
     vehicle replacement, $8,413,000 for anti-smuggling 
     inspectors, $9,500,000 for the passenger processing 
     initiative, $4,000,000 for redeploying agents and 
     inspectors to high threat drug zones, $4,500,000 for 
     Forward-Looking Infrared capabilities, $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; of which 
     $20,200,000 shall be available to the Office of National 
     Drug Control Policy, including $13,000,000 to the 
     Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center for a program to 
     transfer technology to State and local law enforcement 
     agencies, $6,000,000 for a Federal Drug Free Prison Zone 
     demonstration project, and $1,200,000 for Model State Drug 
     Law Conferences; and of which $3,000,000 is provided to 
     Federal Drug Control Programs 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 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 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, except that reimbursement 
     may be waived by the Secretary for law enforcement training 
     activities in foreign countries undertaken pursuant to 
     section 801 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty 
     Act of 1996, Public Law 104-32; training of private sector 
     security officials on a space-available basis with 
     reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation; and 
     travel expenses of non-Federal personnel to attend course 
     development meetings and training at the Center: Provided 
     further, That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in 
     anticipation of reimbursements from agencies receiving 
     training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, 
     except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 
     shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at 
     the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the 
     Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to 
     provide short term medical services for students 
     undergoing training at the Center.


     acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses

       For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
     Center, for acquisition of necessary additional real property 
     and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, facility 
     improvements, and related expenses, $32,548,000, 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: Provided, That 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; $478,934,000, of which $1,250,000 may 
     be used for the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction 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.

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     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 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 a prospectus for the 
     Laboratory Facilities is reviewed and resolutions of 
     authorization are 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 and lease 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; $1,522,165,000, 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 $5,000,000 shall be available until 
     expended for conducting special operations pursuant to 19 
     U.S.C. 2081, and up to $6,000,000 shall be available until 
     expended for the procurement of automation infrastructure 
     items, including hardware, software, and installation: 
     Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without regard to 
     the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal 
     year: Provided further, That $1,250,000 shall be available to 
     fund the Global 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.


 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 Committees on 
     Appropriations.


                   customs services at small airports

                  (to be derived from fees collected)

       Beginning in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, 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; $2,925,874,000, 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

                         (including rescission)

       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, $3,142,822,000: Provided, 
     That of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $26,000,000 is rescinded and in Public Law 104-
     52, $6,000,000 is rescinded.


             Earned Income Tax Credit Compliance Initiative

       For funding essential earned income tax credit compliance 
     and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section 5702 of 
     the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33), 
     $138,000,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 may be used 
     to reimburse the Social Security Administration for the costs 
     of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 
     1997.


                          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 shall submit a reprogramming request, of which no 
     less than $87,000,000 shall be available for Year 2000 
     conversion: Provided further, That none of the funds under 
     this heading, or funds made available under this heading in 
     any previous Acts, may be obligated to award or otherwise 
     initiate a Prime contract to implement the Internal Revenue 
     Service's Modernization blueprint submitted to Congress on 
     May 15, 1997, although funds may be used to develop a Request 
     for Proposals for the Prime contract.


                   information technology investments

       For necessary expenses for the capital asset acquisition of 
     information technology systems, including management and 
     related contractual costs of said acquisition, including 
     contractual costs associated with operations as authorized by 
     5 U.S.C. 3109, $325,000,000, which shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2000: Provided, That none of these funds 
     is available for obligation until September 1, 1998: Provided 
     further, That none of these funds shall be obligated until 
     the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the 
     Treasury submits to Congress for approval, a plan for 
     expenditure that: (1) implements the Internal Revenue 
     Service's Modernization Blueprint submitted to Congress on 
     May 15, 1997; (2) meets the information systems investment 
     guidelines established by the Office of Management and 
     Budget in the fiscal year 1998 budget; (3) has been 
     reviewed and approved by the Internal Revenue Service's 
     Investment Review Board, the Office of Management and 
     Budget, and the Department of the Treasury's Modernization 
     Management Board, and has been reviewed by the General 
     Accounting Office; (4) meets the requirements of the May 
     15, 1997 Internal Revenue Service's Systems Life Cycle 
     program; and (5) is in compliance with acquisition rules, 
     requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition 
     management practices of the Federal Government.


          administrative provisions--internal revenue service

       Section 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
     made available in this Act to the

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     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 and 
     South Dakota from the 1996 level.

                      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 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; 
     $564,348,000.


      acquisition, construction, improvement, and related expenses

       For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, 
     and improvement of facilities, $8,799,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

       Sec. 110. 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 reprogramming 
     guidelines.
       Sec. 111. 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. 112. 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. 113. 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 upon the advance approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase 
     or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
       Sec. 114. 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 upon the advance approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase 
     or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
       Sec. 115. The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay from 
     amounts transferred to the ``Departmental Offices'' 
     appropriation, up to $26,034 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 agents who were 
     the subjects of said investigation.
       Sec. 116. (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.
       Sec. 117. (a) Requirement of Advance Submission of Treasury 
     Testimony.--During the fiscal year covered by this Act, any 
     officer or employee of the Department of the Treasury who is 
     scheduled to testify before the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives or the Senate, or any of its 
     subcommittees, shall, not less than 7 calendar days 
     (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal legal public 
     holidays) preceding the scheduled date of the testimony, 
     submit to the committee or subcommittee--
       (1) a written statement of the testimony to be presented, 
     regardless of whether such statement is to be submitted for 
     inclusion in the record of the hearing; and
       (2) any other written information to be submitted for 
     inclusion in the record of the hearing.
       (b) Limitation on Treasury Clearance Process.--None of the 
     funds made available in this Act may be used for any 
     clearance process within the Department of the Treasury that 
     could cause a submission beyond the specified time, as 
     officially transmitted by the committee, of--
       (1) any corrections to the transcript copy of testimony 
     given before the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate, or any of its subcommittees; 
     or
       (2) any information to be provided in writing in response 
     to an oral or written request by such committee or 
     subcommittee for specific information for inclusion in the 
     record of the hearing.
       (b) Exception.--The time periods established in subsections 
     (a) and (b) shall not apply to any specific testimony, or 
     corrections, if the Secretary of the Treasury--
       (1) determines that special circumstances prevent 
     compliance; and
       (2) submits to the committee or subcommittee involved a 
     written notification of such determination, including the 
     Secretary's estimate of the time periods required for 
     specific testimony, information, or corrections.
       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);

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       (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                     29,21   30,088              31,55  33,00  35,33  37,68  39,12  40,59  42,05
                                         5                           9      9      1      1      8      3      2
Class 4: Sergeant                    39,76   41,747              43,72  45,71  47,71  49,71                     
                                         9                           8      8      5      3                     
Class 5: Lieutenant                  45,14   47,411              49,66  51,92  54,18                            
                                         8                           3      4      0                            
Class 7: Captain                     52,52   55,155              57,78  60,38                                   
                                         3                           8      8                                   
Class 8: Inspector                   60,88   63,918              66,97  70,02                                   
                                         6                           7      9                                   
Class 9: Deputy Chief                71,43   76,260              81,11  85,95                                   
                                         3                           3      0                                   
Class 10: Assistant Chief            84,69   90,324              95,96                                          
                                         4                           7                                          
Class 11: Chief of the United        98,38  104,923                                                             
 States Secret Service Uniformed         3                                                                      
 Division                                                                                                       
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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 to 
     exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the 
     Executive Schedule.
       ``(4) Basic pay, and any locality pay combined with basic 
     pay may not be paid by reason of any provision of this 
     subsection (disregarding any locality-based 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

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     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. Based on results of industry response to the 
     Request for Proposals, in tax-year 1998, the Internal Revenue 
     Service (IRS) shall initiate a pilot project which would pay 
     qualified returns preparers, electronic return originators, 
     or transmitters who electronically forward and file tax 
     returns (form 1040 and related information returns) properly 
     formatted and accepted by the Internal Revenue Service, up to 
     $3.00 per return so filed if such payments are determined by 
     the Commissioner of the IRS to be in the best interest of the 
     government: Provided, That the payment may not be made unless 
     the electronic filing service is provided without charge to 
     the taxpayer whose return is so filed: Provided further, That 
     the IRS shall use standard procurement processes to establish 
     this pilot project and through these processes, IRS shall 
     assure the security of all electronic transmissions and the 
     full protection of the privacy of taxpayer data.
       Sec. 121. Subsection (a) of section 5378, title 5 U.S.C., 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) The Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, or 
     his designee, in his sole discretion shall fix the rates of 
     basic pay for positions within the police forces of the 
     United States Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
     without regard to the pay provisions of title 5, United 
     States Code, except that no entry-level police officer shall 
     receive basic pay for a calendar year that is less than the 
     basic rate of pay for General Schedule GS-7 and no executive 
     security official shall receive basic compensation for a 
     calendar year that exceeds the basic rate of pay for General 
     Schedule GS-15.''.
       Sec. 122. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized 
     to receive all unavailable collections transferred from the 
     Special Forfeiture Fund established by section 26073 of the 
     Anti-drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. Section 1509) by the 
     Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy as a deposit 
     into the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (31 U.S.C. Section 
     9703(a)), to become available for obligation on October 1, 
     1998, as revenue available for purposes identified under 31 
     U.S.C. Section 9703(g)(4)(B).
       (b) Paragraph (3)(C) of section 9703(g) of title 31, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding after the last sentence of 
     that paragraph as amended by Public Law 104-208, the 
     following sentence: ``Unobligated balances remaining pursuant 
     to section 4(B) of 9703(g) shall also be carried forward.''.
       (c) Paragraph (4)(B) of section 9703(g) of title 31, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``, subject to 
     subparagraph (C),'' from the first and only sentence of that 
     paragraph.
       Sec. 123. 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. 124. 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.
       This title may be cited as the ``Treasury Department 
     Appropriations Act, 1998''.

                        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.
       This title may be cited as the ``Postal Service 
     Appropriations Act, 1998''.

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 
     $9,800,000 of the funds appropriated shall be available for 
     reimbursements to the White House Communications Agency.

                 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.

                         reimbursable expenses

       For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at 
     the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, 
     That all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive 
     Residence shall be made in accordance with the provisions of 
     this paragraph: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, such amount for reimbursable 
     operating expenses shall be the exclusive authority of the 
     Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive 
     offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided further, 
     That the Executive Residence shall require each person 
     sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in advance 
     an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, and all 
     such advance payments shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
     Executive Residence shall require the national committee of 
     the political party of the President to maintain on deposit 
     $25,000, to be separately accounted for and available for 
     expenses relating to reimbursable political events sponsored 
     by such committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, 
     That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written 
     notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating 
     expense under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
     such amount within 60 days after such expense is incurred, 
     and that such amount is collected within 30 days after the 
     submission of such notice: Provided further, That the 
     Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 
     penalties and other charges on any such amount that is not 
     reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the 
     interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding 
     debt on a United States Government claim under section 3717 
     of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That each 
     such amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest 
     and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as 
     miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive 
     Residence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
     the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 
     the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive 
     Residence during the preceding fiscal year, including the 
     total amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 
     consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 
     amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 
     events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 
     reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 
     That the Executive Residence shall (1) implement a system for 
     the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 
     within the Executive Residence that includes a standard for 
     the classification of any such expense as political or 
     nonpolitical; and (2) prepare and submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, by not later than December 1, 1997, a report 
     setting forth a detailed description of such system and a 
     schedule for its implementation: Provided further, That no 
     provision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the 
     Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement of 
     subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 
     Code.

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                   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.


                           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.

                    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, $57,440,000, of which not to 
     exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
     provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35: Provided, That, as 
     provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be 
     applied only to the objects for which appropriations were 
     made except as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     Office of Management and Budget may be used for the purpose 
     of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any 
     activities or regulations under the provisions of the 
     Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et 
     seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act 
     may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual 
     testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of 
     the Office of Management and Budget, before the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations or the House and Senate 
     Committees on Veterans' Affairs or their subcommittees: 
     Provided further, That this proviso shall not apply to 
     printed hearings released by the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations or the House and Senate Committees on 
     Veterans' Affairs.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to title I 
     of Public Law 100-690; not to exceed $8,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses; and for participation 
     in joint projects or in the provision of services on matters 
     of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public 
     organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement; 
     $35,016,000, of which $17,000,000 shall remain available 
     until expended, consisting of $1,000,000 for policy research 
     and evaluation and $16,000,000 for the Counterdrug Technology 
     Assessment Center for counternarcotics research and 
     development projects: Provided, That the $16,000,000 for the 
     Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center shall be available 
     for transfer to other Federal departments or agencies: 
     Provided further, That the Office is authorized to accept, 
     hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, 
     for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 
     Office: Provided further, That not before December 31, 1997, 
     the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
     shall transfer all balances in the Special Forfeiture Fund 
     established by section 6073 of the Anti-drug Abuse Act of 
     1988 (21 U.S.C. section 1509) to the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 
     (31 U.S.C. section 9703(a)).

                     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, $159,007,000 for drug control activities consistent 
     with the approved strategy for each of the designated High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which $3,000,000 shall 
     be used for a newly designated High Intensity Drug 
     Trafficking Area in Milwaukee, Wisconsin should the Director 
     of the Office of National Drug Control Policy determine the 
     location meets the designated criteria; of which $7,300,000 
     shall be used for national efforts related to methamphetamine 
     reduction; of which $1,500,000 shall be used for 
     methamphetamine reduction efforts within the Rocky Mountain 
     High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area; of which $6,000,000 
     shall be used for a newly designated High Intensity Drug 
     Trafficking Area in the three State area of Kentucky, 
     Tennessee, and West Virginia; of which $1,000,000 shall be 
     used for a newly designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
     Area in central Florida; of which no less than $80,000,000 
     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 $79,007,000 
     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

                     (Including transfer of funds)

       For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for 
     youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public Law 100-690, 
     as amended, $211,000,000, 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 funds provided, $195,000,000 
     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 support of a national 
     media campaign may be obligated until the Director, Office of 
     National Drug Control Policy, submits a strategy for approval 
     to the Committees on Appropriations and the Senate 
     Judiciary Committee that includes: (1) guidelines to 
     ensure and certify that funds will supplement and not 
     supplant current anti-drug community based coalitions; (2) 
     guidelines to ensure and certify that funds will 
     supplement and not supplant current pro-bono public 
     service time donated by national and local broadcasting 
     networks; (3) guidelines to ensure and certify that none 
     of the funds will be used for partisan political purposes; 
     (4) guidelines to ensure and certify 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 advance notice 
     to the Committees on Appropriations and the Senate 
     Judiciary Committee; (5) a detailed implementation plan to 
     be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
     Senate Judiciary Committee for securing private sector 
     contributions including but not limited to in-kind 
     contributions; (6) a detailed implementation plan to be 
     submitted to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
     Senate Judiciary Committee of the qualifications necessary 
     for any organization, entity, or individual to receive 
     funding for or otherwise be provided broadcast media time; 
     and (7) a system to measure outcomes of success of the 
     national media campaign: Provided further, That the 
     Director shall report to Congress quarterly on the 
     obligation of funds as well as the specific parameters of 
     the national media campaign and 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 funds 
     provided for the support of a national media campaign, 
     $17,000,000 shall not be obligated prior to September 30, 
     1998: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
     $6,000,000 shall be used to continue the drug use 
     reduction program for those involved in the criminal 
     justice system: Provided further, That of the funds 
     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.
       This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office 
     Appropriations Act, 1998''.

                     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

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, 
     $31,650,000, of which no less than $3,800,000 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 of the 
     amounts appropriated for salaries and expenses, $750,000 
     shall be transferred to the General Accounting Office for the 
     sole purpose of entering into a contract with the private 
     sector for a management review, and technology and 
     performance audit, of the Federal Election Commission, and 
     $300,000 may be transferred to the Government Printing 
     Office.

                   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

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     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 $4,835,934,000, 
     of which (1) $300,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended, for repairs and alterations which includes 
     associated design and construction services: 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 requested and 
     approved under this heading in prior fiscal years: 
     Provided further, That for the purposes of this 
     authorization, and hereafter, 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 $4,835,934,000 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; $107,487,000.


                      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.


           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.

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       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. There is hereby appropriated to the General 
     Services Administration such sums as may be necessary to 
     repay debts to the United States Treasury incurred pursuant 
     to section 6 of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 
     Corporation Act of 1972, as amended (Public Law 92-578, 86 
     Stat. 1266, 40 U.S.C. 875), and in addition such amounts as 
     are necessary for payment of interest and premiums, if any, 
     related to such debts.
       Sec. 411. From funds made available under the heading 
     ``Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Revenue,'' claims 
     against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from 
     direct construction projects and acquisition of buildings may 
     be liquidated from savings effected in other construction 
     projects with prior notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate.
       Sec. 412. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Administrator of General Services shall 
     sell the property described in subsection (b) through a 
     process of competitive bidding, in accordance with procedures 
     and requirements applicable to such a sale under section 
     203(e) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
     Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(e)).
       (b) Property Described.--The property referred to in 
     subsection (a) is the property known as the Bakersfield 
     Federal Building, located at 800 Truxton Avenue in 
     Bakersfield, California, including the land on which the 
     building is situated and all improvements to such building 
     and land.
       Sec. 413. 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)(1) 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 section 9101 of title 31, United 
     States Code), or the District of Columbia, upon its request.
       ``(2)(A) Upon the request of a qualified nonprofit agency 
     for the blind or other severely handicapped that is to 
     provide a commodity or service to the Federal Government 
     under the Javits-Wagner O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46 et seq.), the 
     Administrator may provide any of the services specified in 
     subsection (a) to such agency to the extent practicable.
       ``(B) A nonprofit agency receiving services under the 
     authority of subparagraph (A) shall use the services directly 
     in making or providing an approved commodity or approved 
     service to the Federal Government.
       ``(C) In this paragraph--
       ``(i) The term `qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or 
     other severely handicapped' means--
       ``(I) a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind, as 
     defined in section 5(3) of the Javits-Wagner O'Day Act (41 
     U.S.C. 48b(3)); and
       ``(II) a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely 
     handicapped, as defined in section 5(4) of such Act (41 
     U.S.C. 48b(4)).
       ``(ii) The term `approved commodity' and `approved service' 
     means a commodity and a service, respectively, that has been 
     determined by the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and 
     Other Severely Handicapped under section 2 of the Javits-
     Wagner O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47) to be suitable for 
     procurement by the Federal Government.''.

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

       For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
     Excellence in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be 
     available for purposes of Public Law 102-259, $1,750,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

           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, $25,290,000, 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, $205,166,500: 
     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, $14,650,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission


                             grants program

       For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
     historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
     U.S.C. 2504, as amended. $5,500,000, 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 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

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     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, $33,921,000: 
     Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid 
     upon the written certificate of the judge.
       This title may be cited as the ``Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1998''.

                      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. 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. 506. 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. 507. 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. 508. (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. 509. 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. 510. 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 reprogramming 
     guidelines.
       Sec. 511. 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. 512. (a) Prohibiting Reappointment of Members of 
     Federal Election Commission.--Section 306(a)(2)(A) of the 
     Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
     437c(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``for terms of 6 
     years'' and inserting ``for a single term of 6 years''.
       (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to individuals nominated by the 
     President to be members of the Federal Election Commission 
     after December 31, 1997.
       Sec. 513. 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. 514. The provision of section 513 shall not apply 
     where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
     were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
     act of rape or incest.
       Sec. 515. 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. 516. (a) Title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in section 8334 by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(m) A Member who has served in a position in the 
     executive branch for which the rate of basic pay was reduced 
     for the duration of the service of the Member to remove the 
     impediment to the appointment of the Member imposed by 
     article I, section 6, clause 2 of the Constitution, or the 
     survivor of such a Member, may deposit to the credit of the 
     Fund an amount equal to the difference between the amount 
     deducted from the basic pay of the Member during that period 
     of service and the amount that would have been deducted if 
     the rate of basic pay which would otherwise have been in 
     effect during that period had been in effect, plus interest 
     computed under subsection (e).'';
       (2) in section 8337(a) by striking ``or (q)'' and inserting 
     ``(q), or (r)'';
       (3) in section 8339--
       (A) in subsections (f) and (i)-(m) by striking ``and (q) of 
     this section'' and ``and (q)'' each time either appears and 
     inserting ``(q), and (r)'';
       (B) in subsection (g) by striking ``or (q) of this 
     section'' each time it appears and inserting ``(q), or (r)''; 
     and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(r) The annuity of a Member who has served in a position 
     in the executive branch for which the rate of basic pay was 
     reduced for the duration of the service of the Member in that 
     position to remove the impediment to the appointment of the 
     Member imposed by article I, section 6, clause 2 of the 
     Constitution, shall, subject to a deposit in the Fund as 
     provided under section 8334(m), be computed as though the 
     rate of basic pay which would otherwise have been in effect 
     during that period of service had been in effect.'';
       (4) in section 8341(b)(1) and (d) by striking ``and (q) of 
     this title'' each place it appears and inserting ``(q), and 
     (r)'';
       (5) in section 8334a(c) by striking ``and (q) of section 
     8339 of this title'' and inserting ``(q), and (r) of section 
     8339'';
       (6) in section 8344(a)(A) by striking ``and (q) of this 
     title'' and inserting ``(q), and (r)'';
       (7) in section 8415 by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(h) The annuity of a Member who has served in a position 
     in the executive branch for which the rate of basic pay was 
     reduced for the duration of the service of the Member in that 
     position to remove the impediment to the appointment of the 
     Member imposed by article I, section 6, clause 2 of the 
     Constitution, shall, subject to a deposit in the Fund as 
     provided under section 8422(g), be computed as though the 
     rate of basic pay which would otherwise have been in effect 
     during that period of service had been in effect.''
       (8) in section 8422 by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(g) A Member who has served in a position in the 
     executive branch for which the rate of basic pay was reduced 
     for the duration of the service of the Member to remove the 
     impediment to the appointment of the Member imposed by 
     article I, section 6, clause 2 of the Constitution, or the 
     survivor of such a Member, may deposit to the credit of the 
     Fund an amount equal to the difference between the amount 
     deducted from the basic pay of the member during that period 
     of service and the amount that would have been deducted if 
     the rate of basic pay

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     which would otherwise have been in effect during that period 
     had been in effect, plus interest computed under section 
     8334(e).''; and
       (9) in section 8468 by striking ``through (f)'' and 
     inserting ``through (g)''.
       (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be 
     applicable to any annuity commencing before, on, or after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, and shall be effective with 
     regard to any payment made after the first month following 
     the date of enactment.
       Sec. 517. (a) Section 5948 of title 5, United States Code, 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d) by striking the second sentence and 
     inserting the following: ``No agreement shall be entered into 
     under this section later than September 30, 2000, nor shall 
     any agreement cover a period of service extending beyond 
     September 30, 2002.''; and
       (2) in subsection (j)(2)(A) by striking ``September 30, 
     1997'' and inserting ``September 30, 2000''.
       (b) Section 3 of the Federal Physicians Comparability 
     Allowance Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is amended by 
     striking ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting ``September 30, 
     2002''.
       (c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 
     on the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 518. (a)(1) Section 8341 of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(k)(1) Subsections (b)(3)(B), (d)(ii), and (h)(3)(B)(i) 
     (to the extent that they provide for termination of a 
     survivor annuity because of a remarriage before age 55) shall 
     not apply if the widow, widower, or former spouse was married 
     for at least 30 years to the individual on whose service the 
     survivor annuity is based.
       ``(2) A remarriage described in paragraph (1) shall not be 
     taken into account for purposes of section 8339(j)(5)(B) or 
     (C) or any other provision of this chapter which the Office 
     may by regulation identify in order to carry out the purposes 
     of this subsection.''.
       (2) Such section 8341 is further amended--
       (A) in subsections (b)(3)(B) and (d)(ii) by striking 
     ``remarries'' and inserting ``except as provided in 
     subsection (k), remarries''; and
       (B) in subsection (h)(3)(B)(i) by striking ``in'' and 
     inserting ``except as provided in subsection (k), in''.
       (b)(1)(A) Section 8442(d) of title 5, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Paragraph (1)(B) (relating to termination of a 
     survivor annuity because of a remarriage before age 55) shall 
     not apply if the widow or widower was married for at least 30 
     years to the individual on whose service the survivor annuity 
     is based.''.
       (B) Subsection (d)(1)(B) of such section 8442 is amended by 
     striking ``remarries'' and inserting ``except as provided in 
     paragraph (3), remarries''.
       (2)(A) Section 8445 of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h)(1) Subsection (c)(2) (to the extent that it provides 
     for termination of a survivor annuity because of a remarriage 
     before age 55) shall not apply if the former spouse was 
     married for at least 30 years to the individual on whose 
     service the survivor annuity is based.
       ``(2) A remarriage described in paragraph (1) shall not be 
     taken into account for purposes of section 8419(b)(1)(B) or 
     any other provision of this chapter which the Office may by 
     regulation identify in order to carry out the purposes of 
     this subsection.''.
       (B) Conforming amendment.--Subsection (c)(2) of such 
     section 8445 is amended by striking ``shall'' and inserting 
     ``except as provided in subsection (h), shall''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to remarriages occurring on or after 
     January 1, 1995.

                      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,

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     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 
     during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect at a 
     rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
     subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such 
     employee.
       (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to 
     an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid 
     from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 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 or 
     any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
     training that--
       (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
     and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of 
     official duties;
       (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
     emotional response or psychological stress in some 
     participants;
       (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
     content and methods to be used in the training and written 
     end of course evaluation;
       (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
     religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
     belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988;
       (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

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     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;
       (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. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to 
     establish scientific certification standards for explosives 
     detection canines, and shall provide, on a reimbursable 
     basis, for the certification of explosives detection canines 
     employed by Federal agencies, or other agencies providing 
     explosives detection services at airports in the United 
     States.
       Sec. 628. 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. 629. Notwithstanding section 611, interagency 
     financing is authorized to carry out the purposes of the 
     National Bioethics Advisory Commission.
       Sec. 630. 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. 631. 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. 632. For fiscal year 1998, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury is authorized to use funds made available to the 
     FSLIC Resolution Fund under Public Law 103-327, not to exceed 
     $33,700,000, to reimburse the Department of Justice for the 
     reasonable expenses of litigation that are incurred in the 
     defense of claims against the U.S. arising from FIRREA and 
     its implementation.
       Sec. 633. 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. 634. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the United States Custom Service may be used to allow the 
     importation into the United States of any good, ware, 
     article, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by 
     forced or indentured child labor, as determined pursuant to 
     section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
       Sec. 635. No later than 30 days after the enactment of this 
     Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
     shall require all Federal departments and agencies to report 
     total obligations for the expenses of employee relocation. 
     All obligations incident to employee relocation authorized 
     under either chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, or 
     section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
     4081; Public Law 96-465), shall be included. Such information 
     for the past, current, and budget years shall be included in 
     the agency budget submission to the President. The Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare a table 
     presenting obligations for the expenses of employee 
     relocation for all departments and agencies, and such table 
     shall be transmitted to Congress each year as part of the 
     President's annual budget.
       Sec. 636. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     part of any appropriation contained in this Act or any other 
     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. 637. 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. 638. (a) Chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after section 3112 the following:

     ``Sec. 3113. Restriction on reemployment after conviction of 
       certain crimes

       ``An employee shall be separated from service and barred 
     from reemployment in the Federal service, if--
       ``(1) the employee is convicted of a violation of section 
     201(b) of title 18; and
       ``(2) such violation related to conduct prohibited under 
     section 1010(a) of the Controlled Substances Import and 
     Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960(a)).''.
       (b) The table of sections for chapter 31 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating 
     to section 3112 the following:

``3113. Restriction on reemployment after conviction of certain 
              crimes.''.

       (c) This section shall apply during fiscal year 1998 and 
     each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 639. (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, including the 
     Committees on Appropriations, 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 and the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
     Network (FinCEN).
       (C) The Central Intelligence Agency.
       (D) The Coast Guard.
       (E) The Department of Justice, including the National Drug 
     Intelligence Center (NDIC); the Drug Enforcement 
     Administration, including the El Paso Intelligence Center 
     (EPIC); and 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 
     acquired by Federal law enforcement agencies in a manner 
     which--

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       (i) facilitates effective counterdrug activities by State 
     and local law enforcement agencies; and
       (ii) provides such State and local law enforcement agencies 
     with the information relating to the safety of officials 
     involved 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. 640. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
     any other Act shall be available for the payment of the 
     salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, 
     who--
       (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to 
     prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the 
     Federal Government from having any direct oral or written 
     communication or contact with any Member, committee, or 
     subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter 
     pertaining to the employment of such other officer or 
     employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
     other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 
     such communication or contact is at the initiative of such 
     other officer or employee or in response to the request or 
     inquiry of such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
       (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
     reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance of 
     efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, 
     transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any 
     employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or 
     condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of 
     the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit 
     any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other 
     officer or employee, by reason of any communication or 
     contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, 
     committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in 
     paragraph (1).
       Sec. 641. 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. 642. (a) This section may be cited as the ``Federal 
     Employees' Retirement System Open Enrollment Act of 1997''.
       (b) Any individual who, as of January 1, 1998, is employed 
     by the Federal Government, and on such date is subject to 
     subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, 
     may elect to become subject to chapter 84 of such title in 
     accordance with regulations promulgated under subsection (c).
       (c) The Office of Personnel Management shall promulgate 
     regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. Such 
     regulations shall--
       (1)(A) subject to subparagraph (B), provide for an election 
     under subsection (b) to be made not before July 1, 1998, or 
     after December 31, 1998; and
       (B) with respect to a Member of Congress, provide for--
       (i) an election under subsection (b) to be made not before 
     July 1, 1998, or after October 31, 1998; and
       (ii) such an election to take effect not before January 4, 
     1999;
       (2) provide notice and information to individuals who may 
     make such an election, including information on a comparison 
     of benefits an individual would receive from coverage under 
     chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code; and
       (3) provide for treatment of such an election similar to 
     the applicable provisions of title III of the Federal 
     Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-335; 
     100 Stat. 599 et seq.).
       (d)(1) Section 210(a)(5)(H)(i) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 410(a)(5)(H)(i)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``or'' after ``1986'' and inserting a 
     comma; and
       (B) by inserting ``or the Federal Employees' Retirement 
     System Open Enrollment Act of 1997'' after ``(50 U.S.C. 
     2157),''.
       (2) Section 3121(b)(5)(H)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended--
       (A) by striking ``or'' after ``1986'' and inserting a 
     comma; and
       (B) by inserting ``or the Federal Employees' Retirement 
     System Open Enrollment Act of 1997'' after ``(50 U.S.C. 
     2157),''.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Treasury and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 1998''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
     For consideration of the House bill, and the Senate 
         amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
     Jim Kolbe,
     Frank R. Wolf,
     Bob Livingston,
     Steny H. Hoyer,
     David Obey,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.
     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     Richard Shelby,
     Ted Stevens,
     Herb Kohl,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Robert C. Byrd,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.
     As additional conferees solely for consideration of Titles I 
         through IV of the House bill, and Titles I through IV of 
         the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
         conference:
     Ernest Istook,
     Anne M. Northup,
     Carrie P. Meek,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

                      Joint Explanatory Statement

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2378), making 
     appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
     Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and 
     certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1998, and for other purposes, submit the 
     following joint statement to the House and the Senate in 
     explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the 
     managers and recommended in the accompanying conference 
     report.
       The conference agreement on the Treasury, Postal Service, 
     and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998, incorporates 
     some of the language and allocations set forth in House 
     Report 105-240 and Senate Report 105-49. The language in 
     these reports should be complied with unless specifically 
     addressed in the accompanying statement of managers.
       Senate Amendment: The Senate deleted the entire House bill 
     after the enacting clause and inserted the Senate bill. The 
     conference agreement includes a revised bill.
       Throughout the accompanying explanatory statement, the 
     managers refer to the Committee and the Committees on 
     Appropriation. Unless otherwise noted, in both instances the 
     managers are referring to the House Subcommittee on Treasury, 
     Postal Service, and General Government and the Senate 
     Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government.


             Reprogramming and Transfer of Funds Guidelines

       Due to continuing issues associated with agency requests 
     for reprogramming and transfer of funds and use of 
     unobligated balances, the conferees have agreed to revise 
     reprogramming guidelines of the Committees on Appropriations. 
     These guidelines shall be complied with by all agencies 
     funded by the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 1998:
       1. Except under extraordinary and emergency situations, the 
     Committees on Appropriations will not consider requests for a 
     reprogramming or a transfer of funds, or use of unobligated 
     balances, which are submitted after the close of the third 
     quarter of the fiscal year, June 30;
       2. Clearly stated and detailed documentation presenting 
     justification for the reprogramming, transfer, or use of 
     unobligated balances shall accompany each request;
       3. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving 
     appropriations in excess of $20,000,000, a reprogramming 
     shall be submitted if the amount to be shifted to or from any 
     object class, budget activity, program line item, or program 
     activity involved is in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
     whichever is greater, of the object class, budget activity, 
     program line item, or program activity;
       4. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving 
     appropriations less than $20,000,000, a reprogramming shall 
     be submitted if the amount to be shifted to or from any 
     object class, budget activity, program line item, or program 
     activity involved is in excess of $50,000, or 10 percent, 
     whichever is greater, of the object class, budget activity, 
     program line item, or program activity;
       5. For any action where the cumulative effect of below 
     threshold reprogramming actions, or past reprogramming and/or 
     transfer actions added to the request, would exceed the 
     dollar threshold mentioned above, a reprogramming shall be 
     submitted;
       6. For any action which would result in a major change to 
     the program or item which is different than that presented to 
     and approved by either of the Committees, or the Congress, a 
     reprogramming shall be submitted;
       7. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the 
     Committees for a specific activity are proposed to be used 
     for a different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted; 
     and,
       8. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the 
     Committees for a specific activity are in excess to meet the 
     project or activity requirement, and are proposed to be used 
     for a different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted.
       Additionally, each request shall include a declaration 
     that, as of the date of the request, none of the funds 
     included in the request have been obligated, and none will be 
     obligated, until the Committees on Appropriations have 
     approved the request.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $114,771,000, instead of 
     $113,410,000 as proposed by the House and $114,794,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, $477,000 is for 
     Domestic Finance, $750,000 is for International Affairs, and 
     $500,000 is for contract awards to the National Law Center 
     for Inter-American Free Trade for the explicit purpose of 
     supporting Federal government efforts to conduct legal 
     research specific to relevant trade issues. The conferees 
     specifically deny the $1,000,000 request for the Commodity 
     Market Fees Study, including the study of alternative 
     funding sources and structures for the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission.
       The conferees agree to include language which sets aside 
     $200,000 for a comprehensive study of the effect of gambling 
     on bankruptcies as proposed by the House.

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       The conferees agree to include language which sets a 
     funding ``floor'' for the Office of Foreign Assets Control as 
     proposed by the Senate, modified to set the floor at 
     $4,500,000.
       The conferees agree to include language making technical 
     corrections to language which appeared under this heading in 
     the fiscal year 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
     Act as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees agree to include language allowing the Under 
     Secretary for Enforcement to transfer up to $1,600,000 of 
     available prior year balances of the Violent Crime Reduction 
     Trust Fund.


                    Under Secretary for Enforcement

       The conferees direct the Department of the Treasury to 
     submit, with its fiscal year 1999 budget request, detailed 
     budget justification materials for the Office of the Under 
     Secretary for Enforcement.


                 Office of Professional Responsibility

                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $1,250,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $1,500,000 as proposed by the House. 
     The conferees expect that the Department will use 
     approximately $350,000 in reprogramming authority, the 
     anticipated share of the unobligated balance of funds at the 
     end of fiscal year 1997, to augment this appropriation. The 
     conferees include House language requiring the Under 
     Secretary for Enforcement to undertake a comprehensive review 
     of integrity issues and other matters related to the 
     potential vulnerability of the U.S. Customs Service.


                         Automation Enhancement

       The conferees agree to provide $25,889,000, instead of 
     $25,989,000 as proposed by the House and $29,389,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes: $8,789,000 for the 
     Departmental Office's modernization plan; $6,100,000 for the 
     International Trade Data System; and $11,000,000 for Customs' 
     Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).


                 Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)

       The conferees have followed closely Customs' efforts to 
     meet the conditions for release of the $3,475,000 that was 
     fenced in fiscal year 1997 pending completion of a systems 
     architecture plan. While the conferees agree that Customs has 
     markedly improved its processes for making systems 
     investments, including the definition of requirements, the 
     plan is still under review at this time.
       In addition, the conferees were dismayed with the recent 
     decision made by Customs to continue to fund ACE projects out 
     of the Salaries and Expenses appropriation when it became 
     clear that the fenced funding would not become available by 
     mid-year. Although the funding level itself was below the 
     dollar threshold for a formal reprogramming request, the 
     conferees believe that the reallocation was not in accordance 
     with Congressional intent. In the future, the conferees 
     direct that funding for ACE be provided exclusively from 
     resources appropriated in this account, absent prior 
     consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
       The conferees strongly support modernization and automation 
     of Customs business functions, and encourage the bureau to 
     continue apace in its planning efforts; however, they remain 
     equally convinced that automation and information technology 
     investments must follow the prudent investment planning 
     processes just now being implemented. The conferees agree to 
     provide $11,000,000 in fiscal year 1998, but only after the 
     Commissioner submits, and the Committees on Appropriations 
     approve, a systems architecture plan and a milestone schedule 
     for the development and implementation of all projects 
     included in that plan.


                    International Trade Data System

       The conferees agree to provide $6,100,000 instead of 
     $5,700,000 as proposed by the House and $5,600,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct that $500,000 of 
     this amount be provided to support the Global TransPark 
     Network Customs Information Project (GTPN/CIP).

                      Office of Inspector General


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $29,719,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $29,927,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees agree to include language which transfers 
     $26,034 to the Departmental Offices appropriation for the 
     reimbursement of Secret Service agents who were the apparent 
     targets of an investigation. The reimbursements are subject 
     to Section 115 of this Act.


           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration

       The conferees agree to provide $10,484,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $6,484,000 as proposed by the House.


                        Treasury Forfeiture Fund

       The conferees are aware that the ``super surplus'' for the 
     Treasury Forfeiture Fund in fiscal year 1997 will be 
     significantly larger than in recent years and direct that the 
     Department provide the Committees the plan for its intended 
     use of these resources in a timely fashion. In support of 
     using these resources to strengthen critical law enforcement 
     capabilities, the conferees direct the Department to use 
     $26,179,000 as follows: $11,100,000 to the Secret Service for 
     its financial fraud operation ($3,000,000), activities 
     related to the Federal Law Enforcement Wireless Users Group 
     (FLEWUG) ($6,100,000), and maintenance requirements of the 
     Rowley Training Center ($2,000,000); $4,000,000 to Customs to 
     fund inspector rotation, if necessary and subject to the 
     findings of the review to be undertaken by the Office of 
     Professional Responsibility; $8,979,000 to the Bureau of 
     Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for its firearms trafficking 
     initiative ($6,000,000), increased arson inspectors 
     ($2,729,000), and a guide for firearms and ammunition 
     identification ($250,000); and $2,100,000 for the Financial 
     Crimes Enforcement Network for international money laundering 
     programs ($2,000,000), and to assist with travel and per diem 
     costs of the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform 
     State Laws in connection with the drafting of a model law 
     envisioned by section 407 of the Money Laundering Suppression 
     Act of 1994 ($100,000).


                         Explosives Inspectors

       The conferees are strongly supportive of ATF efforts to 
     fully inspect explosives facilities but find the 
     justification for enhanced annual inspections of all 
     facilities nationwide inadequate. The conferees provide 
     $2,729,000 for this effort in fiscal year 1998, half of the 
     funding requested.


                    violent crime reduction programs

       The conferees agree to provide $131,000,000, instead of 
     $97,000,000 proposed by the House and $130,955,000 proposed 
     by the Senate. This amount is to be used as follows:
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms:
  GREAT administration/training.............................$ 3,000,000
  CEASEFIRE/IBIS Program......................................5,200,000
  Vehicle replacement.........................................4,500,000
  Arson/Explosives Information Collection.....................1,608,000
  Landmobile Radio Systems....................................1,139,000
  Canine Explosives Detection Program.........................3,974,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, ATF............................................19,421,000
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

GREAT Program Grants:........................................10,000,000
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Secret Service:
  Vehicle replacement........................................ 6,700,000
  Identity-based fraud........................................1,460,000
  Counterfeit investigations..................................5,000,000
  Forensic technologies.......................................2,000,000
  Support for the NCMEC.........................................571,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, Secret Service.................................15,731,000
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Customs:
  High Energy X-Ray Inspection Systems.......................15,000,000
  Redeployment of agents and inspectors.......................4,000,000
  Canopy construction (Southwest border)......................1,100,000
  Land Border Automation Initiative...........................9,500,000
  Operation Hard-Line III.....................................8,413,000
  Vehicle replacement.........................................7,400,000
  Laboratory modernization....................................5,735,000
  Vehicle and container inspection system.....................5,000,000
  Forward-Looking Infrared....................................4,500,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, Customs........................................60,648,000
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network..........................1,000,000
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.......................1,000,000
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Office of National Drug Control Policy:
  Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center...................13,000,000
  Model State Drug Law Conferences............................1,200,000
  Drug-Free Prison Pilot Project..............................6,000,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
  Subtotal, ONDCP............................................20,200,000
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:........................3,000,000

                             Secret Service

       For the Secret Service, the conferees provide $15,731,000 
     instead of $16,837,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $21,178,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees provide 
     $15,664,000 for White House Security through the Secret 
     Service's Salaries and Expenses appropriation and $3,000,000 
     for Financial Institution Fraud Investigations through the 
     Treasury Forfeiture Fund.

           National Center for Missing and Exploited Children


                        child exploitation unit

       In fiscal year 1997, the Committees provided start up costs 
     for the operation of the Exploited Child Unit at the National 
     Center for Missing and Exploited Children as well as 
     sufficient funds for the operation of this unit through 
     fiscal year 1999. The Committees have had the opportunity to 
     review the work of this Unit and are pleased with the 
     progress being made in the integration of investigations of 
     exploited children with investigations being conducted 
     through the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
     Children in recovering missing children. The conferees wish 
     to express continued support for the work of this Center as 
     well as the cooperation being provided by the Secret Service 
     through the use of forensic technologies. The conferees 
     provided an additional $571,000 for the operation of the 
     Exploited Child Unit of the National Center for Missing and 
     Exploited Children and encourages the Center to provide the 
     Committees with periodic status reports of its investigative 
     efforts.

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             counterdrug technology transfer pilot program

       The conferees provide $13,000,000 to the Counterdrug 
     Technology Assessment Center (CTAC) of the Office of National 
     Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to establish a program for 
     transferring technology directly to State and local law 
     enforcement agencies. Since its inception, CTAC has worked 
     with many law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to find 
     technological solutions to critical law enforcement problems, 
     and many valuable applications have been developed. The 
     conferees direct that this new funding be used to initiate 
     a pilot program to transfer these technologies directly to 
     State and local law enforcement agencies who may otherwise 
     be unable to profit from the developments due to limited 
     budgets or a lack of technological expertise. The 
     conferees direct CTAC to initiate this program under the 
     direction of the Chief Scientist, ONDCP, with the advice 
     of experts from State and local law enforcement, and in 
     cooperation with High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 
     (HIDTA) programs to identify the technologies to be 
     transferred and locations to be served. The conferees 
     expect that priority will be given to identifying 
     candidates for transfer in the currently designated 
     HIDTAs, and expect that CTAC and HIDTA will also weigh the 
     ability and willingness of potential recipients to share 
     in the costs of new technology, either through in-kind or 
     direct contributions. The conferees also direct the Chief 
     Scientist to submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations evaluating the performance of the program 
     not later than 18 months from the date of the first 
     transfer, as well as a strategic plan for countrywide 
     deployment of technology. Additionally, the Chief 
     Scientist is directed to consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations prior to the obligation of these funds to 
     ensure that the money appropriated is going toward 
     providing State and local law enforcement agencies access 
     to counterdrug technology and not unreasonable 
     administrative or otherwise unintended purposes.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                    Foreign Law Enforcement Training

       The conferees have modified the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center (FLETC) language to allow the Secretary of 
     the Treasury to waive the reimbursement requirement for 
     training of foreign law enforcement officials for those 
     training activities which take place in foreign countries 
     under the provisions of section 801 of the Antiterrorism and 
     Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. However, the conferees 
     expect the Secretary to ensure that utilization of such 
     authority will not result in a diminution of the funds and 
     personnel available for training of domestic law enforcement 
     personnel.


                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

     Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $32,548,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $13,930,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      Financial Management Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $202,490,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $199,675,000 as proposed by the House.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $478,934,000, instead of 
     $478,649,000 proposed by the House and $473,490,000 proposed 
     by the Senate. This amount includes $4,961,000 for technology 
     and telecommunications; $754,000 for laboratory and 
     investigative supplies; $3,615,000 for computer 
     modernization; $1,250,000 for the Youth Crime Gun 
     Interdiction Initiative; and $6,333,000 for Permanent Change 
     of Station moves and Within-Grade-Increases.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision to 
     require the ATF to seek prior approval from the House 
     Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and the Senate 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs for separation incentive 
     plans authorized by Public Law 104-208. However, the 
     conferees would like to remind all agencies that they are 
     required to submit to the House and Senate, prior to 
     implementation, their strategic plans outlining the intended 
     use of such incentive payments and a proposed organization 
     chart for the agency once the incentive payments have been 
     completed.
       The conferees recommend that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
     and Firearms work with the federally licensed firearms 
     dealers to make recommendations for the improvement of the 
     dealers' existing security measures.

                     United States Customs Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $1,522,165,000, instead of 
     $1,526,078,000 proposed by the House and $1,551,028,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes funding of $5,000,000 
     for Customshouse renovation; $1,250,000 for one-time funding 
     of the Global Trade and Research Program at the Montana World 
     Trade Center; and $300,000 to staff a dedicated commuter lane 
     in El Paso, Texas. The conference agreement provides language 
     permitting up to $5,000,000 to be used for special 
     operations. The conference agreement also provides that the 
     overtime pay cap for Customs inspectors will be raised to 
     $30,000.


             Lease and Purchase of Customs Service Vehicles

       The conference agreement provides authority to the U.S. 
     Customs Service to purchase and lease vehicles for police-
     type use. The conferees would like to remind Customs to 
     conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the available acquisition 
     methods, as required by OMB Circular A-109, when they are 
     acquiring vehicles. Based on the results of this analysis, 
     Customs should proceed with leasing vehicles, for police-type 
     modification, only when it is determined that this 
     acquisition method provides the Federal government long term 
     savings.


                           Customs Clearance

       The conferees are concerned about possible disparities in 
     customs clearance, time in transit, duties, and processing 
     paperwork burdens attributable to shipment of goods. In its 
     role of facilitating the movement of merchandise, cargo, and 
     mail, the Customs Service is directed by the conferees to 
     examine whether disparities exist in services used by small 
     and large businesses and individuals with regard to customs 
     clearance, time in transit, duties, and processing paperwork 
     burdens. The Customs Service is directed to report back to 
     the Committees on Appropriations by February 2, 1998. 
     Further, the conferees are aware of the examination of the 
     General Accounting Office on this issue, and request that the 
     Customs Service cooperate fully with this investigation.


                           Opa-locka Airport

       The conferees are aware that Opa-locka Airport in Dade 
     County, Florida now has customs service from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
     These limited hours require general aviation aircraft 
     arriving from Latin America and the Caribbean after 5 p.m. to 
     land at Miami International Airport (MIA). This diversion 
     further congests MIA, which is already the nation's busiest 
     cargo airport. Accordingly, the conferees encourage the 
     Customs Service to provide customs service at Opa-locka 
     airport from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.


                                Textiles

       The Customs Service shall report to the Appropriations 
     Committee no later than March 1, 1998 on what actions it is 
     taking to enforce prohibitions of illegal transshipments of 
     fraudulently labeled textiles and apparels within the U.S. 
     textile quota system. The Service will also provide the 
     Committee with an assessment of the severity of the 
     transshipment problem and its impact on U.S. textile and 
     apparel manufacturers.


                       Softwood Lumber Agreement

       One of the U.S. Customs Service's most important tasks is 
     fully and effectively enforcing U.S. trade agreements. With 
     this in mind, the conferees have provided an additional 
     $2,000,000 to the U.S. Customs Service to supply additional 
     resources for monitoring and enforcing the United States/
     Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement--our largest bilateral 
     sectoral agreement. The Lumber Agreement, established in 
     April 1996, addresses the problem of subsidized Canadian 
     lumber imports which have caused enormous injury to U.S. 
     lumber producers. This additional funding will provide 
     Customs adequate resources to reconcile U.S. import data with 
     Canadian export data on shipments under the Agreement. The 
     resources should ensure that Customs conducts the Northern 
     border inspections and analyzes the trade statistics 
     necessary to ensure full and effective enforcement of the 
     Lumber Agreement.
       In that regard, the conferees expect that the U.S. Customs 
     Service will cease enforcement of any interpretative ruling 
     that would have the effect of undermining enforcement of the 
     Lumber Agreement, including any ruling that would have the 
     effect of classifying lumber that would otherwise be 
     classified under the heading of 4407 of the Harmonized Tariff 
     Schedule in a different classification because it has been 
     drilled or otherwise subject to minor processing, until 
     Congress can address this issue.


 Operations, Maintenance and Procurement, Air and Marine Interdiction 
                                Programs

       The conferees agree to provide $92,758,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate, instead of $97,258,000 as proposed by the House. 
     The conferees agree to fund Forward-Looking Infrared systems 
     through the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.


                   Customs Services at Small Airports

       The conferees agree to make permanent the provision that 
     Customs services at small airports may be derived from fees 
     collected.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt


                     Administering the Public Debt

       The conferees agree to provide $169,426,000, the amount 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conferees 
     agree to include language providing $2,500 for official 
     reception and representation expenses as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                 Processing, Assistance, and Management

       The conferees agree to provide $2,925,874,000, instead of 
     $2,915,100,000 as proposed by the House and $2,943,174,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The $17,300,000 reduction from the amount proposed by the 
     Senate is from the amount requested for Earned Income Tax 
     Credit (EITC) enforcement. The conferees have agreed to 
     provide a total of $138,000,000 for EITC enforcement in a 
     separate appropriation account and therefore the $17,300,000 
     is no longer required under this appropriation.

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                       Brookhaven Service Center

       The conferees are concerned that the IRS appears to be 
     unwilling to come to a resolution on its proposed renovation 
     plans for the IRS Center in Brookhaven, New York. Due to this 
     recalcitrant attitude on the part of IRS, the renovation 
     project is at least three years behind schedule.
       Despite past assurances from both the IRS and the General 
     Services Administration (GSA) that this renovation project 
     would move forward expeditiously, this has not happened. The 
     conferees direct the IRS to submit a report by January 15, 
     1998, to the Appropriations Committees that details its 
     planned construction schedule to renovate the IRS Center in 
     Brookhaven.


                      Field Office Reorganization

       The Treasury, Postal Service and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 1997, (P.L. 104-208) included a provision 
     (Section 105) which required the IRS to provide a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations on the impact of the planned 
     field reorganization before it could implement the 
     reorganization. The Committees found the report lacking, 
     particularly with regard to the cost/benefit analysis of how 
     adequate taxpayer service will be provided in the future. The 
     conferees, therefore, direct the IRS to continue to delay its 
     planned field reduction-in-force until it submits another 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations, no earlier than 
     January 30, 1998, with a detailed plan on how the IRS will 
     ensure adequate taxpayer service in the future. In addition, 
     based on concerns expressed by Members of Congress, the 
     conferees direct the IRS to include in the report a detailed 
     analysis of the impact of the field reorganization on the 
     adequacy of taxpayer services in rural areas of the country.


                             Privacy Issues

       The conferees have not included a provision as proposed by 
     the House which would have prohibited the IRS from including 
     Social Security numbers on mailing labels or other visible 
     mailings because of the concern over the cost which the IRS 
     would incur to implement this provision. However, the 
     conferees remain concerned that including Social Security 
     numbers on mailing labels or other visible mailings violates 
     certain taxpayer privacy protections. The IRS should report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations on how it plans to 
     protect taxpayer privacy in its mailings.


                      Electronic Filing Initiative

       The conferees have included a provision as recommended by 
     the House, with modifications, which establishes an 
     Electronic Filing Initiative.
       The provision directs that this initiative be established 
     as a pilot project in fiscal year 1998. The initiative 
     directs the IRS to pay up to $3.00 for each return filed 
     electronically when the Commissioner of the IRS has 
     determined that it is in the best interest of the government 
     to make such a payment. The conferees stress the ``up to'' 
     $3.00 sets the cap on the payment, but does not set a floor 
     on the payment. The amount of the payment would be at the 
     discretion of the Commissioner.
       Additionally, it is not the intent of the conferees that 
     the IRS should pay for electronically-filed tax returns which 
     it would otherwise have received without making any payment. 
     Therefore, the IRS shall only pay for the volume of 
     electronically-filed tax returns that are in excess of the 
     number which were received in 1996.
       The conferees agree that only if the Commissioner 
     determines that it is in the best interest of the government, 
     shall any payment be made for the increased volume of 
     electronically-filed tax returns. The conferees recognize 
     that the IRS is in the process of developing a contract with 
     private sector companies which provide electronic filing 
     services which may offer non-payment incentives to increase 
     electronic filing. The inclusion of this provision should not 
     be construed as an effort to hinder or alter the IRS effort. 
     The conferees simply want to ensure that the IRS will carry 
     through on its long-delayed plan to increase electronically-
     filed returns. The plan should include the most appropriate 
     mix of incentives, which may or may not include monetary 
     offers, as determined by the Commissioner.


                          Tax Law Enforcement

       The conferees agree to provide $3,142,822,000, instead of 
     $3,108,300,000 as proposed by the House and $3,153,722,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The $10,900,000 reduction from the amount proposed by the 
     Senate is from the amount requested for Earned Income Tax 
     Credit (EITC) enforcement. The conferees have agreed to 
     provide a total of $138,000,000 for EITC enforcement in a 
     separate appropriation account and therefore the 
     $10,900,000 is no longer required under this 
     appropriation.


                          Rescission of Funds

       The conferees agree to rescind $32,000,000 in previously 
     appropriated funds as proposed by the Senate instead of a 
     rescission of $14,500,000 in previously appropriated funds as 
     proposed by the House.


                         Internal Audit Reports

       The conferees request that the Internal Revenue Service 
     forward to the Committees on Appropriations copies of 
     internal audit reports.


              Tip Reporting Alternative Commitment Program

       The conferees agree with the House position that the IRS 
     should work with taxpayers to ensure compliance with the Tip 
     Reporting Alternative Commitment Agreement (TRAC). In too 
     many instances, restaurant owners perceive that the IRS may 
     be overzealous in their pursuit of voluntary agreement with 
     TRAC by intimating that the business will be audited if there 
     is no agreement. The conferees agree that IRS should ensure 
     compliance with tip reporting by stressing its customer 
     service role while working with restaurant owners.


          Regulations Regarding Conduct of Non-Profit Ventures

       The report which accompanied the Treasury, Postal Service 
     and General Government Appropriations, 1997 (P.L. 104-208), 
     incorporated by reference language contained in the Senate's 
     report 104-330 concerning tax-exempt organizations and the 
     tour industry. This is a continuing issue in fiscal year 1998 
     because of increased growth in the number of tax exempt 
     organizations that choose to engage in commercial activities. 
     The ambiguities in the definition of what is and is not 
     taxable, contribute to the ongoing controversy.
       The 1997 report directed the Internal Revenue Service to 
     review this situation and take steps, if necessary, to 
     develop regulations clarifying the ``substantially related'' 
     test as it applies to tax exempt travel and tour activities. 
     The IRS has not yet developed regulations to clarify this 
     issue. The conferees believe that this issue must be resolved 
     soon and directs the IRS to work with the appropriate 
     Congressional committees to develop the necessary regulations 
     before April 15, 1998.


             Earned Income Tax Credit Compliance Initiative

       The conferees agree to provide $138,000,000 in a new 
     appropriation account for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) 
     compliance initiative which was established by section 5702 
     of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33). This 
     is $30,895,000 more than the $107,105,000 requested by the 
     President in a September 17, 1997 budget amendment.
       The conferees direct that IRS use these funds only for the 
     EITC compliance initiative. Furthermore, the IRS should 
     establish a method to track the expenditure of funds and 
     measure the impact on compliance. The IRS shall submit 
     quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations which 
     identify the expenditures and the change in the rates of 
     compliance.


                          Information Systems

       The conferees agree to provide $1,272,487,000, as proposed 
     by the Senate, instead of $1,292,500,000 as proposed by the 
     House.
       Within this amount, the conferees agree to provide funds as 
     follows:

Operational Systems........................................$936,614,000
Century Date Change.........................................289,700,000
Quality Assurance.............................................7,112,000
Modernization Management......................................8,227,000
Modernization Support........................................23,834,000
Retraining/Relocation of employees............................7,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total.................................................1,272,487,000

       Through the re-application of 1997 and 1996 funds, an 
     additional $87,000,000 is made available for Century Date 
     Change requirements as discussed below.
       The conferees note that the amount provided for Operational 
     Systems is the amount requested in the fiscal year 1998 
     budget request. Should the IRS require the expenditure of 
     funds in a manner different from that listed above, a 
     reprogramming action is required.


                    Century Date Change Requirements

       The conferees agree to provide a total of $376,700,000 for 
     Century Date Change requirements. The conferees understand 
     that, as of September 12, 1997, this is the amount requested 
     for this program. Of this amount, $289,700,000 is provided as 
     an appropriation in the Information Systems account. The 
     conferees also direct that $77,000,000 be reprogrammed 
     from fiscal year 1997 funds available from the Tax Systems 
     Modernization (TSM) development and deployment program and 
     $10,000,000 shall be reprogrammed from the 1996 TSM 
     program. The conferees direct the IRS to expeditiously 
     submit the necessary reprogramming actions to the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       To the extent that the Century Date Change requirements 
     exceed the amount provided, the Committees on Appropriations 
     would be willing to consider a reprogramming request which 
     would increase the amount available for the Century Date 
     Change program.
       The Committees on Appropriations were provided with an 
     abundance of conflicting data from the IRS concerning what 
     constitutes projects and activities required for addressing 
     the Year 2000 systems changes. The conferees are concerned 
     that the Century Date Change requirements are not yet 
     finalized and projects and activities considered as part of 
     the program may frequently change. Additionally, the 
     conferees are concerned that the IRS has no overall 
     integrated plan for the assessment of the problem, applying 
     solutions to the problem, and then adequately testing the 
     solutions before deployment of the applications to field 
     operations.
       Therefore, the conferees direct the IRS to develop a 
     Century Date Change strategy which adequately addresses 
     infrastructure,

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     assessment (inventory/analysis), application renovation 
     (upgrade deployment), and validation requirements. The 
     conferees direct the IRS to provide quarterly reports 
     tracking its progress in meeting this strategy. The report 
     should include expenditure of funds, application of FTEs, and 
     an estimate in percentage terms, stating how much has been 
     accomplished and how much remains to be completed in 
     accordance with the strategy.
       Of the $376,700,000 provided for Century Date Change, 
     $170,000,000 is available as follows:

Conversion & Testing........................................$79,000,000
Telecommunications...........................................23,000,000
ADP Equipment................................................13,000,000
Operating systems software...................................17,000,000
Project Office/Program Management.............................9,000,000
Certification.................................................7,000,000
Contingency..................................................42,000,000
Offset within IRS budget....................................-20,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total...................................................170,000,000

       The conferees direct that the IRS provide the Committees on 
     Appropriations notification prior to the expenditure of any 
     funds identified above as a ``Contingency.'' The notification 
     shall include a justification of the expenditure and a 
     certification that the expenditure is in compliance with the 
     IRS strategy for Century Date Change.


                       Data Center Consolidation

        The conferees agree to provide a total of $164,700,000 for 
     the consolidation of IRS' data centers. Of this amount, 
     $157,700,000 is for costs associated with the acquisition and 
     installation of equipment and software and $7,000,000 is for 
     costs associated with any possible retraining or relocation 
     of employees affected by the consolidation. To the extent 
     that IRS does not require all of the $7,000,000 designated 
     for retraining and relocation of employees, it may submit a 
     reprogramming request to add these funds to the $157,000,000 
     provided for acquisition and installation of equipment and 
     software necessary for Data Center Consolidation.


              Government Program Management Office (GPMO)

        The conferees agree to provide $8,227,000 for 
     Modernization Management. The conferees direct that, within 
     these funds, the GPMO be staffed at no more than 75 full-time 
     equivalents. The GPMO's responsibilities are to administer 
     and manage the modernization program. The conferees expect 
     that, in fiscal year 1998, the modernization program will 
     focus on completing necessary details of the modernization 
     blueprint, not the acquisition of new systems. The GPMO 
     should monitor this process to ensure that the development of 
     these details reflect the requirements of the IRS.


                         Reporting Requirements

        The conferees agree with the quarterly reporting 
     requirements contained in the House report (Report 105-240). 
     However, the conferees agree that the quarterly reports 
     should be submitted no later than 30 days after the close of 
     each quarter, rather than 15 days, as recommended by the 
     House.


                   Information Technology Investments

       The conferees agree to provide $325,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $326,000,000 as proposed by the House. 
     The conferees further agree that the funds are provided for 
     modernization as described in the Modernization Blueprint 
     which was submitted to Congress on May 15, 1997.
       The conferees have agreed to prohibit the obligation of 
     funds from the Information Systems (IS) appropriation, as 
     well as previous IS appropriations, for awarding or otherwise 
     initiating the Prime contract through which systems related 
     to modernization would be acquired. The conferees have also 
     agreed to prohibit the obligation of funds from the 
     Technology Investments account until September 1, 1998, 
     and until certain conditions are met. The conferees remind 
     the IRS that the obligation of these funds is prohibited 
     until the IRS is in compliance with all the requirements 
     of the legislation.
       The General Accounting Office (GAO) has reviewed the 
     Modernization Blueprint and has informed the Committees on 
     Appropriations that IRS has made a good start in developing 
     its Modernization Blueprint, but must complete and implement 
     this Blueprint before building or acquiring new systems. The 
     conferees agree with the GAO in this regard. The Committees 
     on Appropriations are very pleased that IRS has made 
     significant progress in putting together a workable 
     modernization program. However, many details of the Blueprint 
     need to be completed before the IRS commits to acquire new 
     systems. Funds provided for Modernization Support should be 
     used to continue efforts to complete the necessary details.
       The conferees direct the IRS to submit a status report, no 
     later than April 30, 1998, which addresses ongoing efforts to 
     implement the May 15, 1997 Modernization Blueprint. The 
     report should, at a minimum, provide (1) detailed 
     descriptions of how the IRS has implemented the processes and 
     procedures for investment review and systems life cycle and 
     (2) the status of efforts on the development of business 
     cases and requirements.

                       Administrative Provisions

                        Internal Revenue Service

       Section 101-105. The conferees agree to include these 
     provisions which were proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate.
       Section 106. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which directs that funds shall be 
     available for improved facilities and increased manpower to 
     provide sufficient and effective 1-800 telephone assistance.
       Section 107. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which directs that no field 
     reorganization shall be undertaken at Aberdeen, South Dakota, 
     until certain conditions are met.
       Section 108. The conferees agree to include a modified 
     provision proposed by the Senate, which directs that no field 
     reorganization of the Criminal Investigation Division will 
     result in a reduction, as compared to the 1996 levels, of 
     criminal investigators in Wisconsin. The provision has been 
     modified to include the South Dakota Criminal Investigation 
     Division.

                      United States Secret Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $564,348,000 instead of 
     $555,736,000 as proposed by the House and $570,809,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees provide $20,936,000 for 
     additional White House Security requirements, instead of 
     $4,000,000 as proposed by the House and $6,568,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate; this includes $15,664,000 for White 
     House Security previously funded through the Violent Crime 
     Reduction Trust Fund. The conferees include $6,100,000 for 
     the Federal Law Enforcement Wireless Users Group in the 
     Treasury Forfeiture Fund.


                   White House Security Requirements

       The conferees have provided a total of $20,936,000 for 
     various White House Security requirements in fiscal year 
     1998. This is $7,864,000 below the amount requested by the 
     Administration and reflects a reduction of $4,001,000 
     associated with 277 positions that remain unfilled and 
     $3,863,000 for additional technical and clerical positions 
     within the White House. The conferees fully support all 
     ongoing and planned White House Security enhancements and 
     note that, since the completion of the ``White House Security 
     Review'', a total of $51,406,000 of the total anticipated 
     requirement of approximately $62,000,000 has been funded. The 
     conferees are committed to fully funding the recommendations 
     of the ``White House Security Review'' and anticipate that 
     full funding will be provided in fiscal year 1999.


      Acquisition, Construction, Improvement, and Related Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $8,799,000 instead of 
     $5,775,000 as proposed by the House and $9,176,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes $7,176,000 for 
     activities related to the new Headquarters as well as 
     $1,623,000 for fixed site security requirements previously 
     funded through Salaries and Expenses. The conferees provide 
     $2,000,000 for maintenance related activities of the Rowley 
     Training Center through the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

       Section 110-114. The conferees agree to include these 
     provisions which were proposed by both the House and Senate 
     with minor technical corrections.
       The conferees have not included a provision related to the 
     currency paper contract, as proposed by the House.
       Section 115. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate which authorizes the 
     reimbursement of Secret Service personnel under certain 
     conditions. However, the conferees agree to the total 
     amount of $26,034, as proposed by the House.
       Section 116. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate which prospectively 
     adjusts the compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     beginning with the subsequent Secretary.
       Section 117. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House which limits the amount of time the 
     Department may have to respond to requests for information. 
     The conferees stress that the problems alleviated by this 
     provision are problems which were experienced by the House 
     Appropriations Committee, not the Senate Appropriations 
     Committee.
       Section 118-119. The conferees agree to include these 
     provisions which were proposed by both the House and Senate 
     with minor technical corrections.
       Section 120. The conferees agree to include a provision, 
     with modifications, as proposed by the House which directs 
     the IRS to initiate an electronic filing pilot project. The 
     provision has been modified to expand the group of 
     participants and provide more discretion to the IRS 
     Commissioner. This provision is addressed more fully in the 
     IRS section of this Statement.
       Section 121. The conferees agree to include a provision, 
     with modifications, as proposed by the House which addresses 
     compensation rates of police officers at the BEP and U.S. 
     Mint. The modifications agreed to by the conferees clarify 
     that setting the rates of pay shall be at the sole discretion 
     of the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee.
       Section 122. The conferees agree to include a provision, 
     with modifications, as proposed by the House which adjusts 
     the transfer of funds from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to 
     the Special Forfeiture Fund, and provides that unobligated 
     balances of the Super Surplus may be carried forward into the 
     next fiscal year. The modifications agreed to by the 
     conferees provide that $38,500,000 of the

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     Super Surplus would not be available for obligation until 
     fiscal year 1999.
       Section 123. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which waives certain requirements of 
     the U.S. Customs Service.
       Section 124. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which prohibits funds for the 
     Inspector General of the Treasury Department to contract for 
     advisory and assistance services.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

      Payment to the Postal Service Fund for Nonfunded Liabilities

       The conferees provide no appropriation for Nonfunded 
     Liabilities instead of $34,850,000 as proposed by both the 
     House and Senate. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, P.L. 105-
     33, contains a provision repealing the authorization for 
     payments to the Postal Service as reimbursement for costs 
     associated with former Post Office Department employees under 
     the Employees' Compensation Fund. As a result, no funding has 
     been provided for Payment to the Postal Service Fund for 
     Nonfunded Liabilities.

                    Non-Postal Commercial Activities

       The conferees have recently been made aware of concerns 
     within the small business community relating to certain 
     ``non-postal'' commercial activities. The non-postal 
     commercial activities recently initiated by the Postal 
     Service include the sale of T-shirts, neckties, greeting 
     cards, stationary, and other gift items.
       The conferees continue to have an interest in non-postal 
     commercial activities and therefore direct the Postal Service 
     to report, as part of its fiscal year 1999 budget submission, 
     on the non-postal activities offered by the Postal Service 
     including a description of each service, the potential 
     benefits to postal customers, an assessment of how these non-
     postal services contribute to providing uniform postal 
     services at uniform rates, an estimate of net revenue 
     generated, and, if applicable, an assessment of the potential 
     impact of non-postal operations on the small business 
     community.
       The conferees also note that the House Government Reform 
     and Oversight Committee is considering postal reform 
     legislation and among the issues which it may consider is the 
     issue of competition by the Postal Service in these areas. 
     The requested report should be made available to that 
     Committee for consideration during action in this area as 
     part of its postal reform legislation or as separate 
     legislation.

                          Global Package Link

       The conferees include no provisions related to Global 
     Package Link as proposed by the House in House Report 105-
     240.

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

                           White House Office


                   White House Communications Agency

       The conferees direct the White House Office to establish a 
     system for tracking and verifying all reimbursements made to 
     the White House Communications Agency (WHCA) and to report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations on this system no later than 
     November 1, 1997. In addition, the conferees direct the White 
     House Office, as part of its annual budget submission, to 
     provide a detailed accounting of reimbursements made to WHCA 
     in the current fiscal year and an estimate of reimbursements 
     for the upcoming year. This submission should include a 
     description of the types of services reimbursed.

                 Executive Residence at the White House


                         Reimbursable Expenses

       The conferees establish a separate account for the 
     Reimbursable Expenses of the Executive Residence, as proposed 
     by the House.

                      Office of Policy Development


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees eliminate all restrictions on the use of 
     funds for computer modernization within the Office of Policy 
     Development as proposed by the Senate.

                        Office of Administration


                        Capital Investment Plan

       The conferees have recently received information from the 
     Office of Administration (OA) regarding the Executive Office 
     of the President's (EOP) five-year automation plan. Based on 
     this information, and as requested by the Administration, the 
     conferees have agreed to eliminate all restrictions on the 
     use of funds for information technology within the Executive 
     Office of the President. The conferees understand that the OA 
     has established a formal Information Technology Management 
     Team (ITMT) as of September 25, 1997. The conferees further 
     understand that the ITMT will be responsible for assessing, 
     approving, modifying and implementing a systems architecture 
     plan for EOP information technology modernization. The 
     conferees direct the OA to submit the architectural plan, as 
     approved by the ITMT, to the Committees on Appropriations as 
     expeditiously as possible. As part of the fiscal year 1999 
     budget submission, the OA should include a milestone schedule 
     for the development and implementation of all projects 
     included in the systems architecture plan and an estimate of 
     the funds and projects required to support the fiscal year 
     1999 capital investments associated with that plan.

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $57,440,000 for the Office 
     of Management and Budget (OMB) instead of $57,240,000 as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.


                        Congressional Review Act

       The conferees are aware of concerns that the Office of 
     Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) may not be 
     implementing and coordinating certain provisions of the 
     Congressional Review Act (CRA) as efficiently and effectively 
     as possible. The conferees urge the Director of OMB to ensure 
     the maximum coordination and implementation of the CRA 
     through the OIRA.


                     Agricultural Marketing Orders

       As proposed by the House, the conferees have included a 
     provision prohibiting the use of funds for reviewing 
     agricultural marketing orders. The conferees agree that this 
     provision shall not negate the study of the Northeast 
     Interstate Dairy Compact as required by Section 732 of the 
     conference report accompanying H.R. 2160. The conferees also 
     agree that OMB shall not conduct any study or review that 
     hinders the Department of Agriculture from implementing the 
     consolidations and reforms of federal milk marketing orders 
     as requited by the provisions of Section 143 of the Federal 
     Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C., et 
     seq).


                       Debt Collection Activities

       The Debt Collection Improvement Act (DCIA) of 1996 (31 
     U.S.C. 3716, 31 U.S.C. 3720A, 26 U.S.C. 602, and 5 U.S.C. 
     5514) requires agencies to refer delinquent debt to the 
     Department of the Treasury so that Treasury can offset 
     delinquent debt owed the respective agency against payments 
     made by Treasury disbursement officials. Pursuant to the 
     DCIA, agencies are required to transfer to Treasury for 
     collection, debts that are insufficiently serviced and 180 
     days delinquent, unless prescribed actions by a particular 
     agency have commenced.
       Enactment of this legislation is intended to streamline and 
     enhance the capabilities of the Federal government in 
     collection of outstanding debts. The conferees are concerned 
     that agencies have not taken the appropriate steps required 
     by law and are failing to provide Treasury with the 
     information within the time frame outlined in the statute.
       The conferees, therefore, direct the Director of OMB to 
     ensure that agencies are complying with the law and providing 
     information to Treasury as required.


                      Unique Identification Number

       The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
     prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations and to 
     the Government Reform and Oversight Committee of the House 
     and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, by 
     not later than March 15, 1998, a report on the costs, 
     benefits and logistics of implementing a proposal to require 
     that each organization that receives a grant from the Federal 
     government should be issued a unique identification number.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                         Salaries and Expenses

  The conferees agree to provide $35,016,000 instead of $43,516,000 as 
proposed by the House and $36,016,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of 
this amount, the conferees have included $16,000,000 for the basic 
program of the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center, and $1,000,000 
for policy research and evaluation.
  The conference agreement separately funds $13,000,000 for a new 
technology transfer program by the Counterdrug Technology Assessment 
Center, as well as $1,200,000 for model state drug law conferences, 
through the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs


             High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program

       The conferees agree to provide $159,007,000 instead of 
     $146,207,000 as proposed by the House and $140,207,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This amount would fully fund the 
     Administration's request. The conferees provide $10,000,000 
     for the creation of three new HIDTAs: $6,000,000 for 
     Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee; $1,000,000 for 
     central Florida; and $3,000,000 for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 
     should the Director of the ONDCP determine the location meets 
     the designated criteria. In addition, funding is included for 
     methamphetamine programs, including $1,500,000 to the Rocky 
     Mountain HIDTA and $7,300,000 to build upon national 
     methamphetamine reduction programs funded in fiscal year 1997 
     through the Special Forfeiture Fund. Finally, the conferees 
     agree to provide an additional $3,000,000 for the Rocky 
     Mountain HIDTA through the Violent Crime Reduction Trust 
     Fund. The conferees encourage the Director of the ONDCP to 
     consider providing assistance under this program to the 
     Suffolk County, New York, Police Department's Computer Crime 
     Analysis Unit.


                        Special Forfeiture Fund

       The conferees agree to provide $211,000,000 instead of 
     $205,000,000 as proposed by the House and $145,300,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes $195,000,000 to support 
     a national media campaign, $10,000,000 to support matching 
     grants to drug-free communities as authorized in the Drug-
     Free

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     Communities Act of 1997, and $6,000,000 to continue the 
     program funded in fiscal year 1997 to reduce drug use in the 
     criminal justice system.


                          Youth Media Campaign

       The conference agreement includes $195,000,000 to support a 
     national media campaign for the first year of a possible 
     five-year media campaign proposed by the Director of the 
     ONDCP to target young people. No funds would be available for 
     obligation until the ONDCP Director submits a strategy for 
     approval that contains:
       (1) guidelines to ensure and certify that funds will 
     neither supplement nor supplant current anti-drug community 
     based coalitions or pro bono public service time donated by 
     national and local broadcasting networks;
       (2) guidelines to ensure and certify that no funds will be 
     used for partisan political purposes, or to fund media 
     campaigns that feature elected officials, persons seeking 
     elected office, cabinet-level officials, or certain other 
     Federal officials;
       (3) a detailed implementation plan for securing private 
     sector contributions including but not limited to in-kind 
     contributions;
       (4) a detailed implementation plan of the qualifications 
     necessary for any organization, entity, or individual to 
     receive funding for or otherwise be provided broadcast media 
     time; and
       (5) a system to measure outcomes of success of the national 
     media campaign.
       The conference agreement requires the ONDCP Director to 
     report to Congress quarterly on obligation of funds and on 
     the parameters of the campaign, as well as to report to 
     Congress within two years on the effectiveness of the 
     campaign based upon the measurable outcomes previously 
     provided to Congress.
       The conferees direct ONDCP to assess all media vehicles 
     available for this campaign including, but not limited to, 
     broadcast and print media, and the Internet. Further, the 
     conferees direct ONDCP to consult with media and drug 
     experts, such as the Ad Council and the Partnership for a 
     Drug-Free America, in an effort to draw from the experience 
     and expertise of individuals and organizations that have 
     experience in this field, including health and education 
     professionals. The conferees are convinced that close 
     consultation with the private sector on the development and 
     implementation of this campaign is critical to its success.
       The conferees believe this media campaign, if properly 
     executed, has the potential to produce concrete results by 
     the year 2001. The conferees will closely track this campaign 
     and its contribution to achieving a drug-free America. The 
     conferees anticipate that future funding will be based on 
     results.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                      Federal Election Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees provide $31,650,000 instead of $34,550,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $29,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Of this amount $3,800,000 is fenced for internal 
     automated data processing; this includes $2,500,000 for 
     ongoing computer modernization initiatives and $1,300,000, as 
     requested by the FEC, for computerized imaging and indexing 
     of documents related to the 1996 election cycle. The 
     conferees also provide $750,000 for an independent audit of 
     the FEC and $300,000 for a system to disclose and maintain 
     all FEC filings on the Internet. The conferees agree that the 
     FEC should maintain an FTE level of no greater than 313.5 
     during fiscal year 1998.


                  Performance and Technological Audit

       The conferees agree that $750,000 of FEC's funds will be 
     made available, by transfer, to the General Accounting Office 
     (GAO). GAO is directed to use these funds to enter into a 
     contract with an independent entity for the purpose of 
     conducting a technological and performance audit and 
     management review of FEC operations. GAO shall develop a 
     scope of work that addresses the management and technology 
     concerns raised by the conferees and identified in House 
     Report 105-240, shall perform the administrative duties 
     necessary to award and monitor the contract, shall ensure 
     that the selected contractor has the necessary background and 
     technical skills to successfully conduct the study, and shall 
     ensure that the contractor deliverables are responsive to the 
     scope of the contract. The conferees direct GAO to consult 
     with the Committees on Appropriations and the House Oversight 
     Committee on the parameters of this audit and wish to make it 
     clear that the audit outline, scope, content and resultant 
     reports are the purview of these Committees, not of the GAO.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees provide $22,039,000 as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $21,803,000 as proposed by the House.

                    General Services Administration


                         Federal Buildings Fund

                 Limitations on Availability of Revenue

       The conferees agree to provide $4,835,934,000 in new 
     obligational authority for the General Services 
     Administration's (GSA), Federal Buildings Fund (FBF) as 
     proposed by the House, instead of $4,885,934,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       The conferees agree with the House position on providing no 
     additional obligational authority for chloroflurocarbons 
     program in 1998. This reduction is taken without prejudice. 
     The conferees agree that this will place an additional burden 
     on GSA's attempts to meet its requirements under the Clean 
     Air Act. However, limited funding options did not provide 
     sufficient latitude for the conferees to meet this 
     requirement.
       The conferees agree with the Senate position on providing 
     separate limitations on the Rental of Space and the Building 
     Operations programs, instead of the House position which 
     combined these two programs into one limitation amount.
       The conferees agree with the House position which set a 
     $680,543,000 limitation on expenditures ``previously 
     requested and approved under this heading in prior fiscal 
     years.'' By accepting the House language, the conferees wish 
     to stress that the General Services Administration, not just 
     Congress, contributed to the creation of a shortfall in the 
     Federal Buildings Fund by requesting the authority to use the 
     Fund for the construction, acquisition, and repair of Federal 
     buildings when the balances in the Fund were not sufficient 
     to support the request.


                         Policy and Operations

       The conferees agree to provide $107,487,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $104,487,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees direct that $2,000,000 be provided in 
     accordance with the direction included in the House report 
     and that $1,000,000 be used to initiate a digital medical 
     education project.


                           Governor's Island

       The conferees direct that, in fiscal year 1999, GSA 
     appropriately budget for the protection and maintenance of 
     Governor's Island, New York. This U.S. Coast Guard property 
     is designated for disposal by GSA in the future and 
     such funds as may be necessary should be requested so that 
     there is no undue deterioration of the property prior to 
     its sale.


              Federal Office Building in Colorado Springs

       The Federal building located at 1520 Willamette Avenue in 
     Colorado Springs, Colorado, is owned by GSA and is currently 
     leased to the U.S. Air Force Space Command. In the event that 
     the Space Command does not renew or extend its lease, and the 
     facility becomes vacant and is deemed surplus, the conferees 
     urge GSA to strongly consider the United States Olympic 
     Committee's need for additional space and to give priority to 
     the USOC's request to gain title or otherwise acquire this 
     property.


       Surplus Equipment to Schools and Educational Institutions

       The conferees urge the GSA, in line with its 
     responsibilities for the disposal of excess and surplus 
     Federal personal property, to promote and foster the transfer 
     of excess and surplus computer equipment directly to schools 
     and appropriate nonprofit, community-based educational 
     organizations. The GSA should communicate with other Federal 
     agencies to heighten their ongoing awareness of the existing 
     opportunities at both the national and local levels to meet 
     the needs of the schools for such equipment and work with 
     agencies to ensure that the equipment is conveyed to the 
     school or organization quickly and at the least cost to the 
     institution. The conferees further direct GSA to work with 
     the regional Federal executive boards providing guidance and 
     assistance to help establish regional clearinghouses of 
     information on the availability of excess computer surplus 
     equipment in each region. This information should be made 
     readily available to schools.


          General Provisions--General Services Administration

       Sections 401-409. The conferees agree to include provisions 
     as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Section 410. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House which authorizes GSA to repay debts 
     incurred by the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation.
       Section 411. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House which authorizes GSA to pay claims up 
     to $250,000 from construction projects and acquisition of 
     buildings.
       Section 412. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House which directs GSA to sell certain 
     property in Bakersfield, California.
       Section 413. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate, with modifications, which amends 
     Section 201(b) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
     Services Act (Section 1555 of the Federal Acquisition 
     Streamlining Act). H.R. 2378, as reported to the House of 
     Representatives, included a provision identical to that 
     included as Section 410 in the Senate version of the bill. 
     The provision was eliminated from the House bill due to 
     technical issues associated with the Rules of the House. The 
     modifications agreed to by the conferees reinstate the 
     authority of qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind and 
     severely handicapped that are providing a commodity or 
     service to the Federal government under a contract awarded 
     under the Javits-Wagner O'Day Act. This authority was 
     inadvertently deleted in the language which was adopted by 
     the Senate. The provision included by the conferees only 
     deletes that part of Section 201(b) known as the Cooperative 
     Purchasing Act.

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

       The conferees agree to provide $1,750,000, instead of 
     $2,000,000 as proposed by the House

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     and no appropriation as proposed by the Senate.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $25,290,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $24,810,000 as proposed by the Senate.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                           Operating Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $205,166,500 instead of 
     $202,354,000 as proposed by the House and $206,479,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

             Archives Facilities and Presidential Libraries


                        Repairs and Restoration

       The conferees agree to provide $14,650,000, instead of 
     $10,650,000 as proposed by the House and $13,650,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, the National 
     Archives shall spend $4,000,000 to complete its plan for 
     the repair and restoration of the Truman Library and 
     $4,000,000 to complete its plan for the repair and 
     restoration of the Roosevelt Library.

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission


                             grants program

       The conferees agree to provide $5,500,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      Office of Government Ethics


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $8,265,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $8,078,000 as proposed by the House.

                       Office of Special Counsel


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $8,450,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $8,116,000 as proposed by the House.

                        United States Tax Court


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $33,921,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $34,293,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

       Sec. 501-503. The conferees agree to include these 
     provisions proposed by both the House and the Senate.
       Sec. 504. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which prohibits transferring control 
     over FLETC. The conferees do not agree to make this provision 
     permanent as proposed by the House.
       Sec. 505. The conferees agree to make permanent a provision 
     as proposed by both the House and Senate which authorizes the 
     Federal Executive Institute and Management Development 
     Centers to accept donations of supplies, services, land and 
     equipment.
       Sec. 506. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate which provides 
     employment rights to federal employees who return to their 
     civilian jobs after assignment with the Armed Forces.
       Sec. 507. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House and Senate regarding compliance with 
     the Buy American Act.
       Sec. 508. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House and Senate which prohibits contracts 
     which use goods not made in America.
       Sec. 509. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate which prohibits the 
     intentional use of a ``Made in America'' inscription on goods 
     not made in the United States.
       Sec. 510. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House and Senate authorizing the use of 
     unobligated balances for certain purposes. The conferees 
     agree to the Senate proposal that such requests be made in 
     compliance with reprogramming guidelines.
       Sec. 511. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate which prohibits the use 
     of funds for the White House to request official background 
     reports without the written consent of the individual who is 
     the subject of the report.
       The conferees have not included a provision as proposed by 
     the House that would have limited the expenditure of funds 
     for Sunday premium pay or night differential pay, and would 
     allow differential pay to an employee in a paid leave status 
     under certain conditions. This provision is addressed in 
     Title VI.
       The conferees do not include a provision as proposed by the 
     House which provided an additional $4,200,000 for the FEC's 
     automated data processing systems.
       Sec. 512. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House, with modifications, limiting term 
     limits for FEC Commissioners. The modification limits the 
     term for FEC Commissioners nominated by the President to be 
     members after December 31, 1997.
       Sec. 513. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House which would prohibit the expenditure of 
     funds for abortions under the FEHBP. The same language was 
     included by the Senate as Section 644.
       Sec. 514. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House which would authorize the expenditure 
     of funds for abortions under the FEHB if the life of the 
     mother is in danger or the pregnancy is the result of an act 
     of rape or incest. The same language was included by the 
     Senate as Section 645.
       Sec. 515. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which provides the Office of Personnel 
     Management more time to study and report to Congress on the 
     methodology for determining cost-of-living allowance (COLA) 
     rates.
       Sec. 516. The conferees agree to include a provision 
     authorizing the adjustment of retirement pay for certain 
     individuals under certain conditions.
       Sec. 517. The conferees agree to include a provision to 
     extend the Physicians Comparability Allowance.
       Sec. 518. The conferees agree to include a provision on 
     survivor annuities.

              Title VI--Government Wide General Provisions

       Section 601-626. The conferees agree to include provisions 
     as proposed by both the House and Senate with minor technical 
     corrections.
       Section 627. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House which authorizes the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to establish standards for explosives detection 
     canines.
       Section 628. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate which prohibits the use 
     of funds to provide non-public information such as mailing or 
     telephone lists to any person or organization outside of the 
     Federal government.
       Section 629. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House which authorizes interagency financing 
     for the National Bioethics Advisory Commission.
       Section 630-631. The conferees agree to include provisions 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.
       Section 632. The conferees agree to include a provision 
     concerning FSLIC, authorizing reimbursement to the Department 
     of Justice for litigation expenses in claims against the 
     United States. The conferees expect that OMB will submit, 
     with the fiscal year 1999 budget request, language which 
     would make this provision permanent law.
       The conferees do not agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House which prohibits IRS from including 
     Social Security numbers on mailing labels or other visible 
     IRS mailings. This issue is addressed in the IRS section
       Section 633. The conferees agree to include a provision 
     relating to NAFTA as proposed by both the House and Senate 
     with minor technical corrections.
       Section 634. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House which prohibits the U.S. Customs 
     Service from allowing the importation of products produced by 
     forced or indentured child labor.
       Section 635. The conferees agree to include a provision, 
     with modifications, as proposed by the Senate requiring OMB 
     to establish an object class to track employee relocation 
     costs. The revised provision would require Federal 
     departments and agencies to report their total obligations 
     for the expenses of employee relocation to OMB with their 
     annual budget submissions. The information would then be 
     compiled by OMB into a table which will be transmitted to 
     Congress with the President's annual budget submission.
        Section 636. The conferees agree to include a provision, 
     with a modification, as proposed by the Senate which limits 
     the expenditure of funds for Sunday premium pay. The 
     modification makes this provision government-wide. The House 
     included a similar provision as Section 513.
       The conferees do not agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which directed the USPS to issue a 
     special rate breast cancer stamp.
       The conferees do not agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which prohibited Federal agencies from 
     furnishing commercially available services or property to 
     other agencies unless certain requirements were met.
       Section 637. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which amends the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act to extend coverage to the Republican and 
     Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committees.
       The conferees do not agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which included a sense of the Senate 
     regarding the importation of fish.
       The conferees do not agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which prohibited computer game 
     programs on Federal government computers.
       The conferees do not agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which authorized Congressional 
     committees to provide certain reporting.
       Section 638. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which requires the separation from 
     service and bars reemployment of Federal employees convicted 
     of bribery related to violations of the Controlled Substances 
     Import and Export Act.
       Section 639. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which requires ONDCP to submit a plan 
     for counterdrug intelligence coordination.
       Section 640. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the House and Senate, with modifications, which 
     prohibits the use of funds to prevent Federal employees from 
     communicating with Congress or take disciplinary or personnel 
     actions against employees for such communication.

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     The modification makes the provision effective government 
     wide.
       Section 641. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate which amends Title 31 relating to gold 
     clauses.
       The conferees do not agree to a Senate provision relating 
     to Judicial Salaries.
       The conferees do not agree to a Senate provision relating 
     to cost-of-living adjustments for Members of Congress.
       Section 642. The conferees agree to include a provision on 
     the Federal Employees' Retirement System.

                   CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 1998 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1997 amount, the 1998 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1998 
     follows:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1997...$24,101,623,000
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 25,774,854,000
House bill, fiscal year 1998.............................25,155,789,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 1998............................25,206,539,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1998...................25,325,767,500
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1997..+1,224,144,500
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal -449,086,500
  House bill, fiscal year 1998.............................+169,978,500
  Senate bill, fiscal year 1998............................+119,228,500
     For consideration of the House bill, and the Senate 
     amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
     Jim Kolbe,
     Frank R. Wolf,
     Bob Livingston,
     Steny H. Hoyer,
     David Obey,
                                Managers of the Part of the House.
     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     Richard Shelby,
     Ted Stevens,
     Herb Kohl,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Robert C. Byrd,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.
     As additional conferees solely for consideration of Titles I 
     through IV of the House bill, and Titles I through IV of the 
     Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
     Ernest Istook,
     Anne M. Northup,
     Carrie P. Meek,
     Managers of the Part of the House.

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