[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 135 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H9213-H9245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4104, TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

  Mr. KOLBE submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 4104) 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, 1999, and for other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 105-760)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     4104) ``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, 1999, 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 Treasury 
     Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
     Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 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, $123,151,000: Provided, That the Office of 
     Foreign Assets Control shall be funded at no less than 
     $6,560,800: Provided further, That the Department is 
     authorized to charge both direct and indirect costs to the 
     Office of Foreign Assets Control in the implementation of 
     this floor: Provided further, That the methodology for 
     applying such charges will be the same method used in 
     developing the Departmental Offices Fiscal Year 1999 
     President's Budget Justification to the Congress.

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                         Automation Enhancement


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For development and acquisition of automatic data 
     processing equipment, software, and services for the 
     Department of the Treasury, $28,690,000: Provided, That these 
     funds shall remain available until September 30, 2000: 
     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 the 
     Internal Revenue Service appropriations for Information 
     Systems: Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated for the Customs Modernization project may not be 
     transferred to the United States Customs Service or obligated 
     until the Treasury's Chief Information Officer, through the 
     Treasury Investment Review Board, concurs on the plan and 
     milestone schedule for the deployment of the system: Provided 
     further, That $6,000,000 of the funds made available for the 
     Customs Modernization project may not be obligated for any 
     major system investments prior to the development of an 
     architecture which is compliant with the Treasury Information 
     Systems Architecture Framework (TISAF) and the establishment 
     of measures to enforce compliance with the architecture.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official 
     travel expenses; including hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a 
     confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
     direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury, 
     $30,678,000.

           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury 
     Building and Annex, $27,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That none of the funds provided shall be 
     available for obligation 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, $24,000,000: 
     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:
       (1) As authorized by section 190001(e), $119,000,000; of 
     which $3,000,000 shall be available to the Bureau of Alcohol, 
     Tobacco and Firearms for administering the Gang Resistance 
     Education and Training program; of which $1,400,000 shall be 
     available to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; of 
     which $22,628,000 shall be available to the United States 
     Secret Service, including $6,700,000 for vehicle replacement, 
     $5,000,000 for investigations of counterfeiting, $7,732,000 
     for the 2000 candidate/nominee protection program, and 
     $3,196,000 for forensic and related support of investigations 
     of missing and exploited children, of which $1,196,000 shall 
     be available as a grant for activities related to the 
     investigations of exploited children and shall remain 
     available until expended; of which $65,472,000 shall be 
     available for the United States Customs Service, including 
     $54,000,000 for narcotics detection technology, $9,500,000 
     for the passenger processing initiative, $972,000 for 
     construction of canopies for inspection of outbound vehicles 
     along the Southwest border, and $1,000,000 for technology 
     investments related to the Cyber-Smuggling Center; of which 
     $2,500,000 shall be available to the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy, including $1,000,000 for Model State Drug Law 
     Conferences, and $1,500,000 to expand the Milwaukee, 
     Wisconsin High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area; and of which 
     $24,000,000 shall be available for Interagency Crime and Drug 
     Enforcement;
       (2) As authorized by section 32401, $13,000,000 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.

                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, 
     $71,923,000, of which up to $13,843,000 for materials and 
     support costs of Federal law enforcement basic training shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2001: 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 the following: 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 sponsored by the Center: Provided 
     further, That the Center is authorized to obligate funds 
     in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies receiving 
     training sponsored by 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 training for the Gang Resistance 
     Education and Training program to Federal and non-Federal 
     personnel at any facility in partnership with the Bureau 
     of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: 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, $34,760,000, 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, $51,900,000, of which $7,827,000 shall remain 
     available until expended.

                      Financial Management Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, 
     $196,490,000, of which not to exceed $13,235,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2001, for information systems 
     modernization initiatives.


                         FEDERAL FINANCING BANK

       For liquidation of certain debts to the United States 
     Treasury incurred by the Federal Financing Bank pursuant to 
     section 9(b) of the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973, 
     $3,317,960,000.

                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 812 
     vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be 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 
     $15,000 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, $541,574,000, of 
     which $2,206,000 shall not be available for obligation 
     until September 30, 1999; of which $27,000,000 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 
     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 
     personnel, including sworn officers and support personnel, 
     that are incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of 
     Alcohol,

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     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 fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That of 
     the funds made available, $4,500,000 shall be made 
     available for the expansion of the National Tracing 
     Center: Provided further, That no funds appropriated 
     herein shall be available for salaries or administrative 
     expenses in connection with consolidating or centralizing, 
     within the Department of the Treasury, the records, or any 
     portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of 
     firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: 
     Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall 
     be used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 
     of any officer or employee of the United States to 
     implement an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or 
     to change the definition of ``Curios or relics'' in 27 CFR 
     178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as 
     it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided further, That none 
     of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to 
     investigate or act upon applications for relief from 
     Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): 
     Provided further, That such funds shall be available to 
     investigate and act upon applications filed by 
     corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities 
     under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds in 
     this Act may be used to provide ballistics imaging 
     equipment to any State or local authority who has obtained 
     similar equipment through a Federal grant or subsidy 
     unless the State or local authority agrees to return that 
     equipment or to repay that grant or subsidy to the Federal 
     Government: Provided further, That 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.

                     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 550 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 $40,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses; and awards of compensation to 
     informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the United 
     States Customs Service, $1,642,565,000, 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 
     Budget 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, 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 $8,000,000 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 of the amount provided, an 
     additional $2,400,000 shall be made available for staffing 
     and resources for the child pornography cyber-smuggling 
     initiative: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be 
     available to fund the expansion of services at the Vermont 
     World Trade Office: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $2,500,000 shall be available until expended for relocation 
     of the Customs Air Branch from Belle Chase, Louisiana, to 
     Hammond, Louisiana: 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: Provided further, That of the amount provided, 
     $9,500,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 1999.


  operation, 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 following: 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, $113,688,000, 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 1999 without the prior approval 
     of the Committees on Appropriations.


                   harbor maintenance fee collection

                     (including transfer of funds)

       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, $176,500,000, of which not to 
     exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses, and of which not to exceed 
     $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2001, 
     for information systems modernization initiatives: Provided, 
     That the sum appropriated herein from the General Fund for 
     fiscal year 1999 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 1999 appropriation from the 
     General Fund estimated at $172,100,000, 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 and thereafter, the Bureau of the Public Debt shall 
     be fully and directly reimbursed by the funds described in 
     section 104 of Public Law 101-136 (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 for 
     tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law and 
     account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and 
     correspondence; programs to match 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, $3,086,208,000, 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: Provided, 
     That of the amount provided, $105,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for postage and shall not be 
     obligated before September 30, 1999: Provided further, That, 
     pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3206(a), funds shall continue to be 
     provided to the United States Postal Service for postage due: 
     Provided further, That of the amount provided, $25,000,000 
     shall not be available for obligation until September 30, 
     1999.


                          Tax Law Enforcement

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
     determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing 
     litigation support; issuing technical rulings; examining 
     employee plans and exempt organizations; conducting criminal 
     investigation and enforcement activities; securing unfiled 
     tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts; compiling statistics 
     of income and conducting compliance research; 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, $3,164,189,000.


             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), 
     $143,000,000, 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 of the Internal Revenue Service for 
     information systems and telecommunications support, 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, 
     $1,265,456,000, which shall remain available until September 
     30, 2000, and of which $103,000,000 shall be available only 
     for improvements to customer service.


                   Information Technology Investments

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service, 
     $211,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002, 
     for the capital asset acquisition of information technology 
     systems, including management and related contractual costs 
     of such acquisition, and including contractual costs 
     associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
     Provided, That none of these funds is available for 
     obligation until September 30, 1999: Provided further, That 
     none of these funds shall be obligated until the Internal 
     Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury submit 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 and in the fiscal year 
     1998 budget; (3) is reviewed and approved by the Office of 
     Management and Budget, the Department of the Treasury's IRS 
     Management Board, and is 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

       Sec. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be 
     transferred to

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     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 Internal 
     Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a priority and 
     allocate resources necessary to increase phone lines and 
     staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line 
     service.
       Sec. 107. 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 of not to exceed 739 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 Committees on 
     Appropriations; for research and development; for making 
     grants to conduct behavioral research in support of 
     protective research and operations; not to exceed $20,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; not to 
     exceed $50,000 to provide technical assistance and 
     equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in 
     counterfeit investigations; for payment in advance for 
     commercial accommodations as may be necessary to perform 
     protective functions; and for uniforms without regard to 
     the general purchase price limitation for the current 
     fiscal year, $600,302,000: Provided, That $18,000,000 
     provided for protective travel shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2000; Provided further, That of the 
     amount provided, $5,000,000 shall not be available for 
     obligation until September 30, 1999.


      acquisition, construction, improvement, and related expenses

       For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, 
     and improvement of facilities, $8,068,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

       Sec. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary of 
     the Treasury 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, 1999, shall be made in compliance with 
     reprogramming guidelines.
        Sec. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 
     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 1999 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, United States Customs 
     Service, and United States Secret Service may be transferred 
     between such appropriations upon the advance approval of the 
     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 Committees on 
     Appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such 
     appropriation by more than 2 percent.
       Sec. 115. Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
     is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the explosive in a 
     fixed shotgun shell'' and inserting ``an explosive'';
       (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ``the explosive in a 
     fixed metallic cartridge'' and inserting ``an explosive''; 
     and
       (3) by striking paragraph (16) and inserting the following:
       ``(16) The term `antique firearm' means--
       ``(A) any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, 
     flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition 
     system) manufactured in or before 1898; or
       ``(B) any replica of any firearm described in subparagraph 
     (A) if such replica--
       ``(i) is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or 
     conventional centerfire fixed ammunition, or
       ``(ii) uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed 
     ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United 
     States and which is not readily available in the ordinary 
     channels of commercial trade; or
       ``(C) any muzzle loading rifle, muzzle loading shotgun, or 
     muzzle loading pistol, which is designed to use black powder, 
     or a black powder substitute, and which cannot use fixed 
     ammunition. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
     `antique firearm' shall not include any weapon which 
     incorporates a firearm frame or receiver, any firearm which 
     is converted into a muzzle loading weapon, or any muzzle 
     loading weapon which can be readily converted to fire fixed 
     ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any 
     combination thereof.''.
       Sec. 116. Of the funds available for the purchase of law 
     enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the 
     Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the 
     respective Treasury bureau is consistent with the vehicle 
     management principles: Provided, That the Secretary may 
     delegate this authority to the Assistant Secretary for 
     Management.
       Sec. 117. Exception to Immunity From Attachment or 
     Execution. (a) Section 1610 of title 28, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(f)(1)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     including but not limited to section 208(f) of the Foreign 
     Missions Act (22 U.S.C. 4308(f)), and except as provided in 
     subparagraph (B), any property with respect to which 
     financial transactions are prohibited or regulated pursuant 
     to section 5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 
     App. 5(b)), section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)), sections 202 and 203 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-
     1702), or any other proclamation, order, regulation, or 
     license issued pursuant thereto, shall be subject to 
     execution or attachment in aid of execution of any judgment 
     relating to a claim for which a foreign state (including any 
     agency or instrumentality or such state) claiming such 
     property is not immune under section 1605(a)(7).
       ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply if, at the time the 
     property is expropriated or seized by the foreign state, the 
     property has been held in title by a natural person or, if 
     held in trust, has been held for the benefit of a natural 
     person or persons.
       ``(2)(A) At the request of any party in whose favor a 
     judgment has been issued with respect to a claim for which 
     the foreign state is not immune under section 1605(a)(7), the 
     Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State shall 
     fully, promptly, and effectively assist any judgment creditor 
     or any court that has issued any such judgment in 
     identifying, locating, and executing against the property of 
     that foreign state or any agency or instrumentality of such 
     state.
       ``(B) In providing such assistance, the Secretaries--
       ``(i) may provide such information to the court under seal; 
     and
       ``(ii) shall provide the information in a manner sufficient 
     to allow the court to direct the United States Marshall's 
     office to promptly and effectively execute against that 
     property.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1606 of title 28, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting after ``punitive 
     damages'' the following: ``, except any action under section 
     1605(a)(7) or 1610(f)''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) 
     and (b) shall apply to any claim for which a foreign state is 
     not immune under section 1605(a)(7) of title 28, United 
     States Code, arising before, on, or after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       (d) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirements of 
     this section in the interest of national security.
       This title may be cited as the ``Treasury Department 
     Appropriations Act, 1999''.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                  Payments to the Postal Service Fund

       For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
     on free and reduced rate mail,

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     pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 
     39, United States Code, $71,195,000, which shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That none of 
     the funds provided shall be available for obligation until 
     October 1, 1999: Provided further, 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, 1999.
       This title may be cited as the ``Postal Service 
     Appropriations Act, 1999''.

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; 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); 
     and not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment 
     expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive 
     Office of the President, $52,344,000: Provided, That 
     $10,100,000 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, $8,061,000, to be expended and accounted for as 
     provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114: Provided, 
     That such amount shall not be available for expenses for 
     domestic staff overtime.
       In addition, for necessary expenses for domestic staff 
     overtime, $630,000: Provided, That such amount shall not 
     become available for obligation until the Comptroller General 
     of the United States notifies the Committees on 
     Appropriations that: (1) the Executive Office of the 
     President has received, reviewed, and commented on the draft 
     report of the General Accounting Office with respect to its 
     audit of the Executive Residence at the White House; and (2) 
     the General Accounting Office has received the comments of 
     the Executive Office of the President.


                         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 maintain 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: 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.

 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, $3,512,000.


                           operating expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       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), 
     $3,666,000.

                      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, $4,032,000.

                       National Security Council


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     $6,806,000.

                        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, 
     $28,350,000.

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 
     Budget (OMB), including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $60,617,000, of 
     which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry 
     out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
     Code: 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 Committees on 
     Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' Affairs or 
     their subcommittees: Provided further, That the preceding 
     shall not apply to printed hearings released by the 
     Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' 
     Affairs: Provided further, That the Director of OMB amends 
     Section   .36 of OMB Circular A-110 to require Federal 
     awarding agencies to ensure that all data produced under an 
     award will be made available to the public through the 
     procedures established under the Freedom of Information Act: 
     Provided further, That if the agency obtaining the data does 
     so solely at the request of a private party, the agency may 
     authorize a reasonable user fee equaling the incremental cost 
     of obtaining the data: Provided further, That OMB is directed 
     to submit a report by March 31, 1999, to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 
     and the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 
     that: (1) identifies specific paperwork reduction 
     accomplishments expected, constituting annual five percent 
     reductions in paperwork expected in fiscal year 1999 and 
     fiscal year 2000; and (2) issues guidance on the requirements 
     of 5 U.S.C. Sec. 801(a)(1) and (3); sections 804(3), and 
     808(2), including a standard new rule reporting form for use 
     under section 801(a)(1)(A)-(B).

                 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

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     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, $48,042,000, of 
     which $30,100,000 shall remain available until expended, 
     consisting of $1,100,000 for policy research and evaluation, 
     and $16,000,000 for the Counterdrug Technology Assessment 
     Center for counternarcotics research and development 
     projects, and $13,000,000 for the continued operation of the 
     technology transfer program: 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, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 
     for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 
     Office.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs


             high intensity drug trafficking areas program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
     Program, $182,477,000 for drug control activities consistent 
     with the approved strategy for each of the designated High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 
     percent 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: Provided, That 
     funding shall be provided for existing High Intensity Drug 
     Trafficking Areas at no less than the total fiscal year 1998 
     level consisting of funding from this account as well as the 
     Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.


                        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, $214,500,000, 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, $185,000,000 
     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 for the 
     following purposes: to supplant current anti-drug 
     community based coalitions; to supplant current pro bono 
     public service time donated by national and local 
     broadcasting networks; for partisan political purposes; or 
     to fund media campaigns that 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: 
     Provided further, That (1) ONDCP will require a pro bono 
     match commitment up-front as part of its media buy from 
     each and every seller of ad time and space (2) ONDCP, or 
     any agent acting on its behalf, may not obligate any funds 
     for the creative development of advertisements from for-
     profit organizations, not including out-of-pocket 
     production costs and talent re-use payments, unless (A) 
     the advertisements are intended to reach a minority, 
     ethnic or other special audience that cannot be obtained 
     on a pro bono basis within the time frames required by 
     ONDCP's advertising and buying agencies, and (B) ONDCP 
     receives prior approval from the Committees on 
     Appropriations (3) ONDCP will submit within three months 
     of enactment of this Act an implementation plan to the 
     Committees on Appropriations to secure corporate 
     sponsorship equaling 40 percent of the appropriated amount 
     in fiscal year 1999, the definition of which is a 
     contribution that is not received as a result of 
     leveraging funds to receive said sponsorship, corporate 
     sponsorship equaling 60 percent of the appropriated amount 
     in fiscal year 2000, corporate sponsorship equaling 80 
     percent of the appropriated amount in fiscal year 2001, 
     corporate sponsorship equaling 100 percent of the 
     appropriated amount in fiscal year 2002 (4) the funds 
     provided for the support of a national media campaign may 
     be used to fund the purchase of media time and space, 
     talent re-use payments, out-of-pocket advertising 
     production costs, testing and evaluation of advertising, 
     evaluation of the effectiveness of the media campaign, the 
     negotiated fees for the winning bidder on the request for 
     proposal recently issued by ONDCP, partnership with 
     community, civic, and professional groups, and government 
     organizations related to the media campaign, entertainment 
     industry collaborations to fashion anti-drug messages in 
     movies, television programming, and popular music, 
     interactive (Internet and new) media projects/activities, 
     public information (News Media Outreach), and corporate 
     sponsorship/participation (5) ONDCP shall not obligate 
     funds provided for the national media campaign for fiscal 
     year 1999 until ONDCP has submitted the evaluation and 
     results of Phase I of the campaign to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, and may obligate not more than 75 percent 
     of these funds until ONDCP has submitted the evaluation 
     and results of Phase II of the campaign to the Committees 
     on Appropriations, and (6) ONDCP is required to report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations not only quarterly, but 
     also to provide monthly itemized reports of all 
     expenditures and obligations relating to the media 
     campaign as well as the specific parameters of the 
     national media campaign, and shall report to Congress 
     within one year on the effectiveness of the national media 
     campaign based upon the measurable outcomes provided to 
     Congress previously: Provided further, That of the funds 
     provided, $4,500,000 shall be available for transfer to 
     the Agricultural Research Service for anti-drug research 
     and related matters: Provided further, That of the funds 
     provided, $20,000,000 shall be to continue a program of 
     matching grants to drug-free communities, as authorized in 
     the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997: Provided further, 
     That of the funds provided, $5,000,000 shall be available 
     for the chronic users study.

                          Unanticipated Needs

       For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
     unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
     security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during 
     the current fiscal year, $1,000,000.
       This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office 
     Appropriations Act, 1999''.

                     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, $2,464,000.

                      Federal Election Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, 
     $36,500,000, of which no less than $4,402,500 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, $1,120,000 
     may not be obligated until the Federal Election Commission 
     submits a plan for approval to the House Committee on 
     Appropriations for the expenditure of such funds.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
     Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization 
     Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 
     1978, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the 
     District of Columbia and elsewhere, $22,586,000: 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

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For additional expenses necessary to carry out the purpose 
     of the Fund established pursuant to section 210(f) of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
     amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $450,018,000 to be deposited into 
     the Fund. The revenues and collections deposited into the 
     Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real 
     property management and related activities not otherwise 
     provided for, including operation, maintenance, and 
     protection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of 
     buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased 
     premises; moving governmental agencies (including space 
     adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in 
     connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer of 
     space; contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing 
     buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally 
     owned buildings including grounds, approaches and 
     appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, 
     preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of 
     buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as 
     otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 
     purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 
     federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 
     projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new 
     buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and 
     payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations for 
     public buildings acquired by installment purchase and 
     purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of $5,605,018,000, 
     of which: (1) $492,190,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for construction of additional projects at locations 
     and at maximum construction improvement costs (including 
     funds for sites and expenses and associated design and 
     construction services) as follows:
       New construction:
       Arkansas:
       Little Rock, U.S. courthouse, $3,436,000
       California:
       San Diego, U.S. courthouse, $15,400,000
       San Jose, U.S. courthouse, $10,800,000
       Colorado:
       Denver, U.S. courthouse, $83,959,000
       District of Columbia:
       Southeast Federal Center remediation, $10,000,000
       Florida:
       Jacksonville, U.S. courthouse, $86,010,000
       Orlando, U.S. courthouse, $1,930,000
       Massachusetts:
       Springfield, U.S. courthouse, $5,563,000
       Michigan:
       Sault Sainte Marie, border station, $572,000

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       Mississippi:
       Biloxi-Gulfport, U.S. courthouse, $7,543,000
       Missouri:
       Cape Girardeau, U.S. courthouse, $2,196,000
       Montana:
       Babb, Piegan border station, $6,165,000
       New York:
       Brooklyn, U.S. courthouse, $152,626,000
       New York, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, $3,163,000
       Oregon:
       Eugene, U.S. courthouse, $7,190,000
       Tennessee:
       Greenville, U.S. courthouse, $28,229,000
       Texas:
       Laredo, U.S. courthouse, $28,105,000
       West Virginia:
       Wheeling, U.S. courthouse, $29,303,000
       Nationwide:
       Non-prospectus, $10,000,000:
     Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits of 
     costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to the 
     extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but 
     not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is obtained 
     from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law in order to rescind a General Services Administration 
     property sale, the General Services Administration is 
     authorized to re-acquire that parcel of land on Block 111, 
     East Denver, Denver, Colorado, which was sold at public 
     auction by the Federal government to its present owner 
     pursuant to paragraphs (6) and (7) of section 12 of Public 
     Law 94-204 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note) at a price equivalent to the 
     1988 auction sale price plus the amount of cumulative 
     consumer price index, pursuant to the methodology as used in 
     Public Law 104-42, Sec. 107(a), from the closing date of the 
     sale until the date of re-acquisition by the Federal 
     government, offset by any net income received from the 
     property by the present owner since the 1988 sale: Provided 
     further, That the funds provided in Public Law 102-393 for 
     Hilo, Hawaii, shall be expended for the planning and design 
     of the Mauna Kea Astronomy Educational Center, 
     notwithstanding Public Law 103-123, and of the funds provided 
     not more than $475,000 is to be disbursed in this fiscal 
     year: Provided further, That all funds for direct 
     construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2000, and 
     remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for 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 of the funds provided for non-
     prospectus construction projects, $2,100,000 shall be 
     available until expended for acquisition, lease, 
     construction, and equipping of flexiplace telecommuting 
     centers: Provided further, That from the funds made available 
     under this heading in this or prior Acts of Congress, the 
     Administrator of General Services may purchase at a price he 
     determines appropriate, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, property adjacent to the new courthouse currently 
     under construction in Scranton, Pennsylvania; and (2) 
     $668,031,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
     repairs and alterations which includes associated design and 
     construction services: Provided further, That of the amount 
     provided, $161,500,000 shall not be available for obligation 
     until September 30, 1999: Provided further, That funds in the 
     Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for 
     prospectus projects, be limited to the amount by project as 
     follows, except each project may be increased by an amount 
     not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is obtained 
     from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount:
       Repairs and alterations:
       California:
       San Francisco, Appraisers Building, $29,778,000
       Colorado:
       Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, Building 25, $29,351,000
       District of Columbia:
       Federal Office Building, 10B, $13,844,000
       Interstate Commerce Commission, Connecting Wing Complex, 
     Customs Building, Phase 3/3, $83,959,000
       Old Executive Office Building, $25,210,000
       Department of State, Phase 1, $29,779,000
       New York:
       Brookhaven, Internal Revenue Service, Service Center, 
     $20,019,000
       New York, U.S. Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, $4,782,000
       Pennsylvania:
       Philadelphia, Byrne-Green, Federal Building-U.S. 
     Courthouse, $11,212,000
       Virginia:
       Reston, J.W. Powell Building, $9,151,000
       Nationwide:
       Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $25,000,000
       Energy Program, $25,000,000
       Design Program, $16,710,000
       Basic Repairs and Alteration, $344,236,000:
     Provided further, That additional projects for which 
     prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded under 
     this category only if advance approval is obtained from the 
     Committees on Appropriations: 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 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 Buildings Fund except funds for 
     projects as to which funds for design or other funds have 
     been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: 
     Provided further, That of the amount provided, $100,000 shall 
     be used to address the lighting issues at the Byrne-Green 
     Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Provided 
     further, That of the amount provided in this or any prior Act 
     for Basic Repairs and Alterations, $1,600,000 shall be 
     provided to complete the alterations required at the 
     Milwaukee, Wisconsin Courthouse: Provided further, That of 
     the amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic 
     Repairs and Alterations, $1,100,000 may be used to provide a 
     new fence surrounding the Suitland Federal Complex in 
     Suitland, Maryland: Provided further, That $5,700,000 of the 
     funds provided under this heading in Public Law 103-329 for 
     the Holtsville, New York, IRS Service Center shall remain 
     available until September 30, 1999: 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; (3) $215,764,000 for 
     installment acquisition payments including payments on 
     purchase contracts which shall remain available until 
     expended; (4) $2,583,261,000 for rental of space which shall 
     remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 
     the amount provided, $15,000,000 shall not be available for 
     obligation until September 30, 1999; and (5) $1,554,772,000 
     for building operations which shall remain available until 
     expended: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
     $68,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 1999: Provided further, That funds available to 
     the General Services Administration shall not be available 
     for expenses of any construction, repair, alteration and 
     acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by 
     the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not been 
     approved, except that necessary funds may be expended for 
     each project for required expenses for the development of a 
     proposed prospectus: 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: 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, 
     shall be available from such revenues and collections: 
     Provided further, That the remaining balances and 
     associated assets and liabilities of the Pennsylvania 
     Avenue Activities account are hereby transferred to the 
     Federal Buildings Fund to be effective October 1, 1998, 
     and that all income earned after that effective date that 
     would otherwise have been deposited to the Pennsylvania 
     Avenue Activities account shall thereafter be deposited to 
     the Federal Buildings Fund, to be available for the 
     purposes authorized by Public Laws 104-134 and 104-208, 
     notwithstanding subsection 210(f)(2) of the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act, as amended: 
     Provided further, That of the amount provided, $475,000 
     shall be made available for the 1999 Women's World Cup 
     Soccer event: Provided further, That of the amount 
     provided, $600,000 shall be made available for the 1999 
     World Alpine Ski Championships: Provided further, That 
     revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to 
     this Fund during fiscal year 1999, excluding 
     reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
     U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of $5,605,018,000 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, $109,594,000: Provided, That none of 
     the funds appropriated from this Act shall be available to 
     convert the Old Post Office at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue in 
     Northwest Washington, D.C., from office use to any other use 
     until a comprehensive plan, which shall include

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     street-level retail use, has been approved by the Senate 
     Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works: Provided further, That no 
     funds from this Act shall be available to acquire by 
     purchase, condemnation, or otherwise the leasehold rights of 
     the existing lease with private parties at the Old Post 
     Office prior to the approval of the comprehensive plan by the 
     Senate Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works: Provided further, That 
     $100,000 is provided to the property disposal activity for 
     the Racine, Wisconsin, property transfer identified in 
     General Services Administration General Provision section 
     409.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $32,000,000: 
     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

                     (including transfer of funds)

       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, 
     $2,241,000: 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 1999 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.
       Sec. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall be used 
     to transmit a fiscal year 2000 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 2000 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. Funds provided to other Government agencies by 
     the Information Technology Fund, General Services 
     Administration, 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. 407. 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.
       Sec. 408. From the funds made available under the heading 
     ``Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Revenue'', in 
     addition to amounts provided in budget activities above, up 
     to $5,000,000 shall be available for the demolition, cleanup 
     and conveyance of the property at block 35 and lot 2 of block 
     36 in Anchorage, Alaska: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the Administrator of General Services 
     shall, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, demolish and remove all buildings, structures 
     and other fixtures on the property at block 35 and lot 2 of 
     block 36, Anchorage Original Townsite East Addition, 
     Anchorage, Alaska, excluding any portion dedicated for use by 
     the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Provided 
     further, That the remediation of said parcel shall include 
     the removal of all asbestos, lead and any other 
     contamination, and restoration of the property, to the extent 
     practicable, to an undeveloped condition: Provided further, 
     That upon completion of the activities required for the 
     demolition and removal of buildings, and notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the Administrator of General Services 
     shall convey to the municipality of Anchorage, without 
     reimbursement, all right, title, and interest of the United 
     States to the property.
       Sec. 409. The Administrator of General Services may convey 
     to the City of Racine, Wisconsin, all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to a parcel of excess 
     real property, including improvements thereon, that is 
     located on 2310 Center Street, commencing at the intersection 
     of the North line of 24th Street and the center line of 
     Center Street, being the point of the beginning; thence 
     Northerly along the center line of Center Street, 426 feet to 
     the South line of 23rd Street extended East; thence Westerly 
     along the South line of 23rd street extended East; 325 feet 
     to the West line of Franklin Street extended South; thence 
     southerly along the West line of Franklin Street extended 
     South to a point on the North line of 24th Street; thence 
     Easterly along the North line of 24th Street to the point of 
     beginning located in Racine, Wisconsin, and which contains 
     the U.S. Army Reserve Center.
       Sec. 410. Department of Transportation Headquarters. (a) In 
     General.--The Administrator of General Services shall--
       (1) enter into an operating lease to acquire space for the 
     Department of Transportation headquarters; and
       (2) commence procurement of the lease not later than 
     November 1, 1998:

     Provided, That the annual rent payment does not exceed 
     $55,000,000.
       (b) Terms.--The authority granted in subsection (a) is 
     effective only to the extent that the lease acquisition meets 
     the guidelines for operating leases set forth in the joint 
     statement of the managers for the conference report to the 
     Balanced Budget Agreement of 1997, as determined by the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
       Sec. 411. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     requirement under section 407 of Public Law 104-208 (110 
     Stat. 3009-337-38), that the Administrator of General 
     Services charge user fees for flexiplace telecommuting 
     centers that approximate commercial charges for comparable 
     space and services but in no instance less than the amount 
     necessary to pay the cost of establishing and operating such 
     centers, shall not apply to the user fees charged for the 
     period beginning October 1, 1996, and ending September 30, 
     1998, for the telecommuting centers established as part of a 
     pilot telecommuting demonstration program in the Washington, 
     D.C. metropolitan area by Public Laws 102-393, 103-123, 103-
     329, 104-52, and 104-208: Provided, That for these centers in 
     the pilot demonstration program for the period beginning 
     October 1, 1998, and ending September 30, 2000, the 
     Administrator shall charge fees for Federal agency use of a 
     telecenter based on 50 percent of the Administrator's annual 
     costs of operating the center, including the reasonable cost 
     of replacement for furniture, fixtures, and equipment: 
     Provided further, That effective October 1, 2000, the 
     Administrator shall charge fees for Federal agency use of the 
     demonstration telecommuting centers based on 100 percent of 
     the annual operating costs, including the reasonable cost of 
     replacement for furniture, fixtures, and equipment: Provided 
     further, That, to the extent such user charges do not cover 
     the Administrator's costs in operating these centers, 
     appropriations to the General Services Administration are 
     authorized to reimburse the Federal Buildings Fund for any 
     loss of revenue.
       Sec. 412. (a) Authority To Convey.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Administrator of General Services shall convey to 
     the University of Miami, by negotiated sale or by negotiated 
     land exchange and by not later than September 30, 1999, all 
     right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
     property described in paragraph (2).
       (2) Property described.--The property referred to in 
     paragraph (1) is real property in Miami-Dade County, Florida, 
     including improvements thereon, comprising the Federal 
     facility known as the United States Naval Observatory/
     Alternate Time Service Laboratory, consisting of 
     approximately 76 acres. The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the property shall be determined by a survey 
     that is satisfactory to the Administrator.
       (b) Condition Regarding Use.--Any conveyance under 
     subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that during 
     the 10-year period beginning on the date of the conveyance, 
     the University shall use the property, or provide for use of 
     the property, only for--
       (1) a research, education, and training facility 
     complementary to longstanding national research missions, 
     subject to such incidental exceptions as may be approved by 
     the Administrator;
       (2) research-related purposes other than the use specified 
     in paragraph (1), under an agreement entered into by the 
     Administrator and the University; or
       (3) a combination of uses described in paragraph (1) and 
     paragraph (2), respectively.
       (c) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Administrator may 
     require such additional terms and conditions with respect to 
     the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Administrator 
     considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
     States.
       (d) Reversion.--If the Administrator determines at any time 
     that the property conveyed under subsection (a) is not being 
     used in accordance with this section, all right, title, and 
     interest in and to the property, including any improvements 
     thereon, shall revert to the United States, and the United 
     States shall have the right of immediate entry thereon.
       Sec. 413. The Administrator of General Services is directed 
     to reincorporate the elements of the original proposed design 
     for the facade of the United States Courthouse, London, 
     Kentucky, project into the revised design of the

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     building in order to ensure compatibility of this new 
     facility with the historic U.S. Courthouse in London, 
     Kentucky, to maintain the stateliness of the building. 
     Construction or design of the London, Kentucky, project 
     should not be diminished in anyway to achieve this goal.

                 Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund

       For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to 
     carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy 
     and Conflict Resolution Act of 1997, $4,250,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $3,000,000 will be for 
     capitalization of the Fund, and $1,250,000 will be for annual 
     operating expenses.

                     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, $25,805,000, 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, $224,614,000: 
     Provided, That of the amount provided, $7,861,000 shall not 
     be available for obligation until September 30, 1999: 
     Provided further, 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.


                        repairs and restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives 
     facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, 
     $11,325,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $2,000,000 is for an architectural and engineering study for 
     the renovation of the Archives I facility, of which 
     $4,000,000 is for encasement of the Charters of Freedom, and 
     of which $875,000 is for a requirements study and design of 
     the National Archives Anchorage, Alaska, facility.

        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, $10,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided, 
     $4,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 1999.

                      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 and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 
     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, 
     $8,492,000.

                     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 No. 
     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 through 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 No. 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 No. 11183 of 
     October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 1999, 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 $9,145,000 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 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. 771-775), 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, $8,720,000.

                        United States Tax Court


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and 
     other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $32,765,000: 
     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, 1999''.

                      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 1999 for the purpose of 
     transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New 
     Mexico, out of the Department of the Treasury.
       Sec. 505. 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 
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     Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to perform 
     the duties of his former position and has not been restored 
     thereto.
       Sec. 506. 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. 507. (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. 508. 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. 509. 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. 510. The provision of section 509 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. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
     not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining 
     available at the end of fiscal year 1999 from appropriations 
     made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1999 
     in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
     2000, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
     Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the 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. 512. 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. 513. Funds provided in this Act may be used to 
     initiate or continue projects or activities to the extent 
     necessary, consistent with existing agency plans, to achieve 
     Year 2000 (Y2K) computer conversion until such time as 
     supplemental appropriations are made available for that 
     purpose: Provided, That the program, project, or activity 
     from which funds are obligated for Y2K conversion activities 
     shall be reimbursed when such supplemental appropriations are 
     made available.
       Sec. 514. (a) Appointment and Term of Service of Staff 
     Director and General Counsel of Federal Election 
     Commission.--
       (1) In general.--The first sentence of section 306(f)(1) of 
     the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
     437c(f)(1)) is amended by striking ``by the Commission'' and 
     inserting the following: ``by an affirmative vote of not less 
     than 4 members of the Commission and may not serve for a term 
     of more than 4 consecutive years without reappointment in 
     accordance with this paragraph''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
     shall apply with respect to any individual serving as the 
     staff director or general counsel of the Federal Election 
     Commission on or after January 1, 1999, without regard to 
     whether or not the individual served as staff director or 
     general counsel prior to such date.
       (b) Treatment of Individuals Filling Vacancies; Termination 
     of Authority Upon Expiration of Term.--Section 306(f)(1) of 
     such Act (2 U.S.C. 437c(f)(1)) is amended by inserting after 
     the first sentence the following new sentences: ``An 
     individual appointed as a staff director or general counsel 
     to fill a vacancy occurring other than by the expiration of a 
     term of office shall be appointed only for the unexpired term 
     of the individual he or she succeeds. An individual serving 
     as staff director or general counsel may not serve in such 
     position after the expiration of the individual's term unless 
     reappointed in accordance with this paragraph.''.
       (c) Rule of Construction Regarding Authority of Acting 
     General Counsel.--Section 306(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
     437c(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(5) Nothing in this Act may be construed to prohibit any 
     individual serving as an acting general counsel of the 
     Commission from performing any functions of the general 
     counsel of the Commission.''.
       Sec. 515. Hereafter, any payment of attorneys fees, costs, 
     and sanctions required to be made by the Federal Government 
     pursuant to the order of the district court in the case 
     Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. v. 
     Clinton, 989 F. Supp. 8 (1997), or any appeal of such case, 
     shall be derived by transfer from amounts made available in 
     this or any other Act for any fiscal year for ``Compensation 
     of the President and the White House Office--Salaries and 
     Expenses''.
       Sec. 516. Notwithstanding Section 515 of Public Law 104-
     208, fifty percent of the unobligated balances available to 
     the White House Office, Salaries and Expenses appropriations 
     in fiscal year 1997, shall remain available through September 
     30, 1999, for the purposes of satisfying the conditions of 
     Section 515 of this Act.
       Sec. 517. The Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
     National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act 
     of 1992, as amended (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), is amended as 
     follows:
       (a) in section 11, by--
       (1) deleting the heading and inserting ``Use of the 
     Institute by a Federal Agency or Other Entity.''; and
       (2) adding the following new subsection at the end:
       ``(e) Non-Federal Entities.--
       ``(1) Non-Federal entities, including state and local 
     governments, Native American tribal governments, 
     nongovernmental organizations and persons, as defined in 1 
     U.S.C. 1, may use the Foundation and the Institute to provide 
     assessment, mediation, or other related services in 
     connection with a dispute or conflict involving the Federal 
     government related to the environment, public lands, or 
     natural resources.
       ``(2) Payment into the environmental dispute resolution 
     fund.--Entities utilizing services pursuant to this 
     subsection shall reimburse the Institute for the costs of 
     services provided. Such amounts shall be deposited into the 
     Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund established under 
     section 10.''; and
       (b) in section 12, by:
       (1) deleting ``In General--'' and inserting ``(a) In 
     General--''; and
       (2) adding the following new subsection:
       ``(b) The Institute.--The authorities set forth above 
     shall, with the exception of paragraph (4), apply to the 
     Institute established pursuant to section 10.''; and
       (c) in section 10(b), by adding before the period as 
     follows: ``, including not to exceed $1,000 annually for 
     official reception and representation expenses''.
       Sec. 518. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
     section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
     (Public Law 93-400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply with 
     respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, 
     United States Code.

                      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 1999 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, in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, 
     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. 5922-5924.
       Sec. 606. Unless otherwise specified during the current 
     fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this 
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     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 No. 12873 
     (October 20, 1993), including any such programs adopted prior 
     to the effective date of the Executive order.
       (2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs, 
     including, but not limited to, the development and 
     implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution 
     prevention programs.
       (3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as 
     deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.
       Sec. 609. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
     administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the 
     corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, 
     United States Code, shall be available, in addition to 
     objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 
     rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance with 
     5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this head, all 
     the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
     expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
     Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in the 
     event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are 
     subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, the 
     limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
     correspondingly reduced.
       Sec. 610. No part of any appropriation for the current 
     fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid 
     to any person for the filling of any position for which he or 
     she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to 
     approve the nomination of said person.
       Sec. 611. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
     any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of 
     boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, 
     councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they 
     are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and 
     specific statutory approval to receive financial support from 
     more than one agency or instrumentality.
       Sec. 612. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
     the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be available 
     for employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or 
     occupied by the Postal Service and under the charge and 
     control of the Postal Service, and such guards shall have, 
     with respect to such property, the powers of special 
     policemen provided by the first section of the Act of June 1, 
     1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), and, as to 
     property owned or occupied by the Postal Service, the 
     Postmaster General may take the same actions as the 
     Administrator of General Services may take under the 
     provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as 
     amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 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 fiscal year 1999, 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 614 of the Treasury and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 1998, until the normal 
     effective date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that 
     is to take effect in fiscal year 1999, in an amount that 
     exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of 
     the applicable wage schedule in accordance with such section 
     614; and
       (2) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
     year 1999, 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 
     1999 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 1999 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 1998 
     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, 1998, 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, 1998, 
     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, 1998.
       (f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
     (including 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. 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 Committees on Appropriations, except 
     that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is 
     authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional 
     facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for 
     training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center 
     facilities.
       Sec. 617. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
     States Code, or section 611 of this Act, funds made available 
     for fiscal year 1999 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 No. 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

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     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 1999 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. For purposes of each provision of law amended by 
     section 704(a)(2) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 
     5318 note), no adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, 
     United States Code, shall be considered to have taken effect 
     in fiscal year 1999 in the rates of basic pay for the 
     statutory pay systems.
       Sec. 622. 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 noncompliance 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. 623. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the United States Customs 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. 624. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     part of any funds provided by this Act or any other Act 
     beginning in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter 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. 625. 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. 626. Section 626(b) of the Treasury, Postal Service, 
     and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997, as contained 
     in section 101(f) of Public Law 104-208 (110 Stat. 3009-360), 
     the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, is amended 
     to read as follows: ``(b) Until September 30, 1999, or until 
     the end of the current FTS 2000 contracts, whichever is 
     earlier, subsection (a) shall continue to apply to the use of 
     the funds appropriated by this or any other Act.''.
       Sec. 627. (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``crime of violence'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 16 of title 18, United States Code; and
       (2) the term ``law enforcement officer'' means any employee 
     described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 
     8401(17) of title 5, United States Code; and any special 
     agent in the Diplomatic Security Service of the Department of 
     State.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
     United States Code, or any other provision of law relating to 
     tort liability, a law enforcement officer shall be construed 
     to be acting within the scope of his or her office or 
     employment, if the officer takes reasonable action, including 
     the use of force, to--
       (1) protect an individual in the presence of the officer 
     from a crime of violence;
       (2) provide immediate assistance to an individual who has 
     suffered or who is threatened with bodily harm; or
       (3) prevent the escape of any individual who the officer 
     reasonably believes to have committed in the presence of the 
     officer a crime of violence.
       Sec. 628. Federal Firefighters Overtime Pay Reform Act of 
     1998. (a) In General.--Subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in section 5542 by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(f) In applying subsection (a) of this section with 
     respect to a firefighter who is subject to section 5545b--
       ``(1) such subsection shall be deemed to apply to hours of 
     work officially ordered or approved in excess of 106 hours in 
     a biweekly pay period, or, if the agency establishes a weekly 
     basis for overtime pay computation, in excess of 53 hours in 
     an administrative workweek; and
       ``(2) the overtime hourly rate of pay is an amount equal to 
     one and one-half times the hourly rate of basic pay under 
     section 5545b (b)(1)(A) or (c)(1)(B), as applicable, and such 
     overtime hourly rate of pay may not be less than such hourly 
     rate of basic pay in applying the limitation on the overtime 
     rate provided in paragraph (2) of such subsection (a).''; and
       (2) by inserting after section 5545a the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 5545b. Pay for firefighters

       ``(a) This section applies to an employee whose position is 
     classified in the firefighter occupation in conformance with 
     the GS-081 standard published by the Office of Personnel 
     Management, and whose normal work schedule, as in effect 
     throughout the year, consists of regular tours of duty which 
     average at least 106 hours per biweekly pay period.
       ``(b)(1) If the regular tour of duty of a firefighter 
     subject to this section generally consists of 24-hour shifts, 
     rather than a basic 40-hour workweek (as determined under 
     regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel 
     Management), section 5504(b) shall be applied as follows in 
     computing pay--
       ``(A) paragraph (1) of such section shall be deemed to 
     require that the annual rate be divided by 2756 to derive the 
     hourly rate; and
       ``(B) the computation of such firefighter's daily, weekly, 
     or biweekly rate shall be based on the hourly rate under 
     subparagraph (A);
       ``(2) For the purpose of sections 5595(c), 5941, 8331(3), 
     and 8704(c), and for such other purposes as may be expressly 
     provided for by law or as the Office of Personnel Management 
     may by regulation prescribe, the basic pay of a firefighter 
     subject to this subsection shall include an amount equal to 
     the firefighter's basic hourly rate (as computed under 
     paragraph (1)(A)) for all hours in such firefighter's regular 
     tour of duty (including overtime hours).
       ``(c)(1) If the regular tour of duty of a firefighter 
     subject to this section includes a basic 40-hour workweek (as 
     determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of 
     Personnel Management), section 5504(b) shall be applied as 
     follows in computing pay--
       ``(A) the provisions of such section shall apply to the 
     hours within the basic 40-hour workweek;
       ``(B) for hours outside the basic 40-hour workweek, such 
     section shall be deemed to require that the hourly rate be 
     derived by dividing the annual rate by 2756; and
       ``(C) the computation of such firefighter's daily, weekly, 
     or biweekly rate shall be based on subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
     as each applies to the hours involved.
       ``(2) For purposes of sections 5595(c), 5941, 8331(3), and 
     8704(c), and for such other purposes as may be expressly 
     provided for by law or as the Office of Personnel Management 
     may by regulation prescribe, the basic pay of a firefighter 
     subject to this subsection shall include--
       ``(A) an amount computed under paragraph (1)(A) for the 
     hours within the basic 40-hour workweek; and
       ``(B) an amount equal to the firefighter's basic hourly 
     rate (as computed under paragraph (1)(B)) for all hours 
     outside the basic 40-hour workweek that are within such 
     firefighter's regular tour of duty (including overtime 
     hours).
       ``(d)(1) A firefighter who is subject to this section shall 
     receive overtime pay in accordance with section 5542, but 
     shall not receive premium pay provided by other provisions of 
     this subchapter.
       ``(2) For the purpose of applying section 7(k) of the Fair 
     Labor Standards Act of 1938 to a firefighter who is subject 
     to this section, no violation referred to in such section 
     7(k) shall be deemed to have occurred if the requirements of 
     section 5542(a) are met, applying section 5542(a) as provided 
     in subsection (f) of that section: Provided, That the 
     overtime hourly rate of pay for such firefighter shall in all 
     cases be an amount equal to one and one-half times the 
     firefighter's hourly rate of basic pay under subsection 
     (b)(1)(A) or (c)(1)(B) of this section, as applicable.

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       ``(3) The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe 
     regulations, with respect to firefighters subject to this 
     section, that would permit an agency to reduce or eliminate 
     the variation in the amount of firefighters' biweekly pay 
     caused by work scheduling cycles that result in varying hours 
     in the regular tours of duty from pay period to pay period. 
     Under such regulations, the pay that a firefighter would 
     otherwise receive for regular tours of duty over the work 
     scheduling cycle shall, to the extent practicable, remain 
     unaffected.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     sections for chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5545a 
     the following:

``5545b. Pay for firefighters.''.

       (c) Training.--Section 4109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), a firefighter who 
     is subject to section 5545b of this title shall be paid basic 
     pay and overtime pay for the firefighter's regular tour of 
     duty while attending agency sanctioned training.''.
       (d) Inclusion in Basic Pay for Federal Retirement.--Section 
     8331(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' after subparagraph (D);
       (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (G);
       (3) by inserting the following:
       ``(E) with respect to a criminal investigator, availability 
     pay under section 5545a of this title;
       ``(F) pay as provided in section 5545b (b)(2) and (c)(2); 
     and ''; and
       (4) by striking ``subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E)'' 
     and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) through (G)''.
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the first day of the first applicable 
     pay period which begins on or after October 1, 1998.
       (f) Regulations.--Under regulations prescribed by the 
     Office of Personnel Management, a firefighter subject to 
     section 5545b of title 5, United States Code, as added by 
     this section, whose regular tours of duty average 60 hours or 
     less per workweek and do not include a basic 40-hour 
     workweek, shall, upon implementation of this section, be 
     granted an increase in basic pay equal to 2 step-increases 
     of the applicable General Schedule grade, and such 
     increase shall not be an equivalent increase in pay. If 
     such increase results in a change to a longer waiting 
     period for the firefighter's next step increase, the 
     firefighter shall be credited with an additional year of 
     service for the purpose of such waiting period. If such 
     increase results in a rate of basic pay which is above the 
     maximum rate of the applicable grade, such resulting pay 
     rate shall be treated as a retained rate of basic pay in 
     accordance with section 5363 of title 5, United States 
     Code.
       (g) No Reduction in Regular Pay.--Under regulations 
     prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management, the regular 
     pay (over the established work scheduling cycle) of a 
     firefighter subject to section 5545b of title 5, United 
     States Code, as added by this section, shall not be reduced 
     as a result of the implementation of this section.
       Sec. 629. (1) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of National 
     Drug Control Policy, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the 
     Attorney General shall conduct a joint review of Federal 
     efforts and submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees, including the Committees on Appropriations, a 
     plan to improve coordination among the Federal agencies with 
     responsibility to protect the borders against drug 
     trafficking. The review shall also include consideration of 
     Federal agencies' coordination with State and local law 
     enforcement agencies. The plan shall include an assessment 
     and action plan, including the activities of the following 
     departments and agencies:
       (A) Department of the Treasury;
       (B) Department of Justice;
       (C) United States Coast Guard;
       (D) Department of Defense;
       (E) Department of Transportation;
       (F) Department of State; and
       (G) Department of Interior.
       (2) The purpose of the plan under paragraph (1) is to 
     maximize the effectiveness of the border control efforts in 
     achieving the objectives of the national drug control 
     strategy in a manner that is also consistent with the goal of 
     facilitating trade. In order to maximize the effectiveness, 
     the plan shall:
       (A) specify the methods used to enhance cooperation, 
     planning and accountability among the Federal, State, and 
     local agencies with responsibilities along the Southwest 
     border;
       (B) specify mechanisms to ensure cooperation among the 
     agencies, including State and local agencies, with 
     responsibilities along the Southwest border;
       (C) identify new technologies that will be used in 
     protecting the borders including conclusions regarding 
     appropriate deployment of technology;
       (D) identify new initiatives for infrastructure 
     improvements;
       (E) recommend reinforcements in terms of resources, 
     technology and personnel necessary to ensure capacity to 
     maintain appropriate inspections;
       (F) integrate findings of the White House Intelligence 
     Architecture Review into the plan; and
       (G) make recommendations for strengthening the HIDTA 
     program along the Southwest border.
       Sec. 630. (a) Flexiplace Work Telecommuting Programs.--For 
     fiscal year 1999 and each fiscal year thereafter, of the 
     funds made available to each Executive agency for salaries 
     and expenses, at a minimum $50,000 shall be available only 
     for the necessary expenses of the Executive agency to carry 
     out a flexiplace work telecommuting program.
       (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
       (1) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' means 
     the following list of departments and agencies: Department of 
     State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior, Labor, Health 
     and Human Services, Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban 
     Development, Transportation, Energy, Education, Veterans' 
     Affairs, General Services Administration, Office of Personnel 
     Management, Small Business Administration, Social Security 
     Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Postal 
     Service.
       (2) Flexiplace work telecommuting program.--The term 
     ``flexiplace work telecommuting program'' means a program 
     under which employees of an Executive agency are permitted to 
     perform all or a portion of their duties at a flexiplace work 
     telecommuting center established under section 210(l) of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
     U.S.C. 490(l)) or other Federal law.
       Sec. 631. (a) Meritorious Executive.--Section 4507(e)(1) of 
     title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``$10,000'' and inserting ``an amount equal to 20 percent of 
     annual basic pay''.
       (b) Distinguished Executive.--Section 4507(e)(2) of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``$20,000'' and 
     inserting ``an amount equal to 35 percent of annual basic 
     pay''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1998, or the date of 
     enactment of this Act, whichever is later.
       Sec. 632. (a) Career SES Performance Awards.--Section 
     5384(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``3 percent'' and inserting ``10 percent''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``15 percent'' and inserting ``20 
     percent''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1998, or the date of 
     enactment of this Act, whichever is later.
       Sec. 633. (a) International Postal Arrangements.--Section 
     407 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as 
     follows:

     ``Sec.  407. International Postal Arrangements.

       ``(a)(1) The Secretary of State shall have primary 
     responsibility for formulation, coordination and oversight of 
     policy with respect to United States participation in the 
     Universal Postal Union, including the Universal Postal 
     Convention and other Acts of the Universal Postal Union, 
     amendments thereto, and all postal treaties and conventions 
     concluded within the framework of the Convention and such 
     Acts.
       ``(2) Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary may, with 
     the consent of the President, negotiate and conclude 
     treaties, conventions and amendments referred to in paragraph 
     (1).
       ``(b)(1) Subject to subsections (a), (c), and (d), the 
     Postal Service may, with the consent of the President, 
     negotiate and conclude postal treaties and conventions.
       ``(2) The Postal Service may, with the consent of the 
     President, establish rates of postage or other charges on 
     mail matter conveyed between the United States and other 
     countries.
       ``(3) The Postal Service shall transmit a copy of each 
     postal treaty or convention concluded with other governments 
     under the authority of this subsection to the Secretary of 
     State, who shall furnish a copy to the Public Printer for 
     publication.
       ``(c) The Postal Service shall not conclude any treaty or 
     convention under the authority of this section or any other 
     arrangement related to the delivery of international postal 
     services that is inconsistent with any policy developed 
     pursuant to subsection (a).
       ``(d) In carrying out their responsibilities under this 
     section, the Secretary and the Postal Service shall consult 
     with such federal agencies as the Secretary or the Postal 
     Service considers appropriate, private providers of 
     international postal services, users of international postal 
     services, the general public, and such other persons as the 
     Secretary or the Postal Service considers appropriate.''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     any treaty, convention or amendment entered into under the 
     authority of section 407 of title 39 of the United States 
     Code, as amended by this section, should not grant any undue 
     or unreasonable preference to the Postal Service, a private 
     provider of postal services, or any other person.
       (c) Trade-In-Service Programs.--The second sentence of 
     paragraph (5) of section 306(a) of the Trade and Tariff Act 
     of 1984 (19 U.S.C. 2114b(5)) is amended by inserting ``postal 
     and delivery services,'' after ``transportation.''.
       (d) Transfer of Funds.--In fiscal year 1999 and each fiscal 
     year hereafter, the Postal Service shall allocate to the 
     Department of State from any funds available to the Postal 
     Service such sums as may be reasonable, documented and 
     auditable for the Department of State to carry out the 
     activities of Section 407 of title 39 of the United States 
     Code.
       Sec. 634. 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. 635. (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;

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       (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; or
       (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
     personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
       (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. 636. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
     for fiscal year 1999 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 No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code 
     (governing disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 
     10, United States Code, as amended by the Military 
     Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to 
     Congress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of 
     title 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower 
     Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, 
     fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the 
     Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 
     et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose 
     confidential Government agents); and the statutes which 
     protect against disclosure that may compromise the national 
     security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of 
     title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the 
     Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 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. 637. 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. 638. (a) In General.--For calendar year 2000, the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare 
     and submit to Congress, with the budget submitted under 
     section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, an accounting 
     statement and associated report containing--
       (1) an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits 
     (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable effects) of 
     Federal rules and paperwork, to the extent feasible--
       (A) in the aggregate;
       (B) by agency and agency program; and
       (C) by major rule;
       (2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation on State, 
     local, and tribal government, small business, wages, and 
     economic growth; and
       (3) recommendations for reform.
       (b) Notice.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget shall provide public notice and an opportunity to 
     comment on the statement and report under subsection (a) 
     before the statement and report are submitted to Congress.
       (c) Guidelines.--To implement this section, the Director of 
     the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to 
     agencies to standardize--
       (1) measures of costs and benefits; and
       (2) the format of accounting statements.
       (d) Peer Review.--The Director of the Office of Management 
     and Budget shall provide for independent and external peer 
     review of the guidelines and each accounting statement and 
     associated report under this section. Such peer review shall 
     not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
     U.S.C. App.).
       Sec. 639. 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. 640. 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. 641. 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 Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 642. 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. 643. The Director of the United States Marshals 
     Service is directed to conduct a quarterly threat assessment 
     on the Director of the Office of National Drug Control 
     Policy.
       Sec. 644. Section 636(c) of Public Law 104-208 is amended 
     as follows:
       (1) In subparagraph (1) by inserting after ``United States 
     Code'' the following: ``any agency or court in the Judicial 
     Branch,'';
       (2) In subparagraph (2) by amending ``prosecution, or 
     detention'' to read: ``prosecution, detention, or 
     supervision''; and
       (3) In subparagraph (3) by inserting after ``title 5,'' the 
     following: ``and, with regard to the Judicial Branch, mean a 
     justice or judge of the United States as defined in 28 U.S.C. 
     451 in regular active service or retired from regular active 
     service, other judicial officers as authorized by the 
     Judicial Conference of the United States, and supervisors and 
     managers within the Judicial Branch as authorized by the 
     Judicial Conference of the United States,''.
       Sec. 645. (a) In this section the term ``agency''--
       (1) means an Executive agency as defined under section 105 
     of title 5, United States Code;
       (2) includes a military department as defined under section 
     102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Rate 
     Commission; and
       (3) shall not include the General Accounting Office.
       (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations 
     to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency 
     shall use official time in an honest effort to perform 
     official duties. An employee not under a leave system, 
     including a Presidential appointee exempted under section 
     6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obligation to 
     expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of such 
     employee's time in the performance of official duties.
       Sec. 646. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to, upon submission 
     of proper documentation (as determined by the Secretary), 
     reimburse importers of large capacity military magazine 
     rifles as defined in the Treasury Department's April 6, 1998 
     ``Study on the Sporting Suitability of Modified Semiautomatic 
     Assault Rifles'', for which authority had been granted to 
     import such firearms into the United States on or before 
     November 14, 1997, and released under bond to the importer by 
     the U.S. Customs Service on or before February 10, 1998: 
     Provided, That the importer abandons title to the firearms to 
     the United States: Provided further, That reimbursements are 
     submitted to the Secretary for his approval within 120 days 
     of enactment of this provision. In no event shall 
     reimbursements under this provision exceed the importers cost 
     for the weapons, plus any shipping, transportation, duty, and 
     storage costs related to the importation of such 
     weapons. Money made available for expenditure under 31 
     U.S.C. section 1304(a) in an amount not to exceed 
     $1,000,000 shall be available for reimbursements under 
     this provision: Provided, That accepting the compensation 
     provided under this provision is final and conclusive and 
     constitutes a complete release of any and all claims, 
     demands, rights, and causes of action whatsoever against 
     the United States, its agencies, officers, or employees 
     arising from the denial by the Department of the Treasury 
     of the entry of such firearms into the United States. Such 
     compensation is not otherwise required by law and is not 
     intended to create or recognize any legally enforceable 
     right to any person.
       Sec. 647. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for the 
     statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year 1999 
     under section 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall be an increase of 3.6 percent.
       (b) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from 
     appropriations which are made to each applicable department 
     or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1999.
       Sec. 648. International Mail Reporting Requirement. (a) In 
     General.--Chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding after section 3662 the following:

     ``Sec. 3663. Annual report on international services

       ``(a) Not later than July 1 of each year, the Postal Rate 
     Commission shall transmit to each House of Congress a 
     comprehensive report of the costs, revenues, and volumes 
     accrued by the Postal Service in connection with mail matter 
     conveyed between the United States and other countries for 
     the previous fiscal year.
       ``(b) Not later than March 15 of each year, the Postal 
     Service shall provide to the Postal Rate Commission such data 
     as the Commission may require to prepare the report required 
     under subsection (a) of this section. Data shall be provided 
     in sufficient detail to enable the Commission to analyze the 
     costs, revenues, and volumes for each international mail 
     product or service, under the methods determined appropriate 
     by the Commission for the analysis of rates for domestic 
     mail.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     sections for chapter 63 of title 39, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding after the item relating to section 3662 the 
     following:


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``3663. Annual report on international services.''.
       Sec. 649. Extension of Sunset Provision. Section 2(f)(2) of 
     the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is 
     amended by striking ``(2)'' and all that follows through ``10 
     years'' and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Sunset.--Effective 15 years''.
       Sec. 650. Importation of Certain Grains. (a) Findings.--The 
     Congress finds that--
       (1) importation of grains into the United States at less 
     than the cost to produce those grains is causing injury to 
     the United States producers of those grains;
       (2) importation of grains into the United States at less 
     than the fair value of those grains is causing injury to the 
     United States producers of those grains;
       (3) the Canadian Government and the Canadian Wheat Board 
     have refused to disclose pricing and cost information 
     necessary to determine whether grains are being exported to 
     the United States at prices in violation of United States 
     trade laws or agreements.
       (b) Requirements.--
       (1) The Customs Service, consulting with the United States 
     Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce, shall 
     conduct a study of the efficiency and effectiveness of 
     requiring that all spring wheat, durum or barley imported 
     into the United States be imported into the United States 
     through a single port of entry.
       (2) The Customs Service shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and the 
     House Committee on Ways and Means not later than ninety days 
     after the effective date of this Act on the results of the 
     study required by paragraph (1).
       Sec. 651. Designation of Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office 
     Building. (a) In General.--The building of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 180 East Kellogg Boulevard in Saint 
     Paul, Minnesota, shall be known and designated as the 
     ``Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     building referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
     a reference to the ``Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office 
     Building''.
       Sec. 652. The Administrator of General Services may 
     provide, from government-wide credit card rebates, up to 
     $3,000,000 in support of the Joint Financial Management 
     Improvement Program as approved by the Chief Financial 
     Officer's Council.
       Sec. 653. Section 6302(g) of title 5, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting after ``chapter 35'' the following: 
     ``or section 3595''.
       Sec. 654. Assessment of Federal Regulations and Policies on 
     Families. (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are 
     to--
       (1) require agencies to assess the impact of proposed 
     agency actions on family well-being; and
       (2) improve the management of executive branch agencies.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``agency'' has the meaning given the term 
     ``Executive agency'' by section 105 of title 5, United States 
     Code, except such term does not include the General 
     Accounting Office; and
       (2) the term ``family'' means--
       (A) a group of individuals related by blood, marriage, 
     adoption, or other legal custody who live together as a 
     single household; and
       (B) any individual who is not a member of such group, but 
     who is related by blood, marriage, or adoption to a member of 
     such group, and over half of whose support in a calendar year 
     is received from such group.
       (c) Family Policymaking Assessment.--Before implementing 
     policies and regulations that may affect family well-being, 
     each agency shall assess such actions with respect to 
     whether--
       (1) the action strengthens or erodes the stability or 
     safety of the family and, particularly, the marital 
     commitment;
       (2) the action strengthens or erodes the authority and 
     rights of parents in the education, nurture, and supervision 
     of their children;
       (3) the action helps the family perform its functions, or 
     substitutes governmental activity for the function;
       (4) the action increases or decreases disposable income or 
     poverty of families and children;
       (5) the proposed benefits of the action justify the 
     financial impact on the family;
       (6) the action may be carried out by State or local 
     government or by the family; and
       (7) the action establishes an implicit or explicit policy 
     concerning the relationship between the behavior and personal 
     responsibility of youth, and the norms of society.
       (d) Governmentwide Family Policy Coordination and Review.--
       (1) Certification and rationale.--With respect to each 
     proposed policy or regulation that may affect family well-
     being, the head of each agency shall--
       (A) submit a written certification to the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget and to Congress that such 
     policy or regulation has been assessed in accordance with 
     this section; and
       (B) provide an adequate rationale for implementation of 
     each policy or regulation that may negatively affect family 
     well-being.
       (2) Office of management and budget.--The Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget shall--
       (A) ensure that policies and regulations proposed by 
     agencies are implemented consistent with this section; and
       (B) compile, index, and submit annually to the Congress the 
     written certifications received pursuant to paragraph (1)(A).
       (3) Office of policy development.--The Office of Policy 
     Development shall--
       (A) assess proposed policies and regulations in accordance 
     with this section;
       (B) provide evaluations of policies and regulations that 
     may affect family well-being to the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget; and
       (C) advise the President on policy and regulatory actions 
     that may be taken to strengthen the institutions of marriage 
     and family in the United States.
       (e) Assessments Upon Request by Members of Congress.--Upon 
     request by a Member of Congress relating to a proposed policy 
     or regulation, an agency shall conduct an assessment in 
     accordance with subsection (c), and shall provide a 
     certification and rationale in accordance with subsection 
     (d).
       (f) Judicial Review.--This section is not intended to 
     create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
     enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its 
     agencies, its officers, or any person.
       Sec. 655. None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this 
     Act or any other provision of law may be used for any system 
     to implement section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, 
     unless the system allows, in connection with a person's 
     delivery of a firearm to a Federal firearms licensee as 
     collateral for a loan, the background check to be performed 
     at the time the collateral is offered for delivery to such 
     licensee: Provided, That the licensee notifies local law 
     enforcement within 48 hours of the licensee receiving a 
     denial on the person offering the collateral: Provided 
     further, That the provisions of section 922(t) shall apply at 
     the time of the redemption of the firearm.
       Sec. 656. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes 
     a provision providing prescription drug coverage, except 
     where the contract also includes a provision for 
     contraceptive coverage.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with 
     any of the following religious plans:
       (1) SelectCare,
       (2) PersonalCaresHMO,
       (3) Care Choices,
       (4) OSF Health Plans, Inc., and
       (5) Yellowstone Community Health Plan.
       (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
     coverage of abortion or abortion related services.

              TITLE VII--CHILD CARE IN FEDERAL FACILITIES

       Sec. 701. Short Title. This title may be cited as ``Quality 
     Child Care for Federal Employees''.
       Sec. 702. Providing Quality Child Care in Federal 
     Facilities. (a) Definition.--In this section:
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of General Services.
       (2) Child care accreditation entity.--The term ``child care 
     accreditation entity'' means a nonprofit private organization 
     or public agency that--
       (A) is recognized by a State agency or by a national 
     organization that serves as a peer review panel on the 
     standards and procedures of public and private child care or 
     school accrediting bodies; and
       (B) accredits a facility to provide child care on the basis 
     of--
       (i) an accreditation or credentialing instrument based on 
     peer-validated research;
       (ii) compliance with applicable State or local licensing 
     requirements, as appropriate, for the facility;
       (iii) outside monitoring of the facility; and
       (iv) criteria that provide assurances of--

       (I) use of developmentally appropriate health and safety 
     standards at the facility;
       (II) use of developmentally appropriate educational 
     activities, as an integral part of the child care program 
     carried out at the facility; and
       (III) use of ongoing staff development or training 
     activities for the staff of the facility, including related 
     skills-based testing.

       (3) Entity sponsoring a child care facility.--The term 
     ``entity sponsoring a child care facility'' means a Federal 
     agency that operates, or an entity that enters into a 
     contract or licensing agreement with a Federal agency to 
     operate, a child care facility primarily for the use of 
     Federal employees.
       (4) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United 
     States Code, except that the term--
       (A) does not include the Department of Defense and the 
     Coast Guard; and
       (B) includes the General Services Administration, with 
     respect to the administration of a facility described in 
     paragraph (5)(B).
       (5) Executive facility.--The term ``executive facility''--
       (A) means a facility that is owned or leased by an 
     Executive agency; and
       (B) includes a facility that is owned or leased by the 
     General Services Administration on behalf of a judicial 
     office.
       (6) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means an 
     Executive agency or a legislative office.
       (7) Judicial office.--The term ``judicial office'' means an 
     entity of the judicial branch of the Federal Government.
       (8) Legislative facility.--The term ``legislative 
     facility'' means a facility that is owned or leased by a 
     legislative office.
       (9) Legislative office.--The term ``legislative office'' 
     means an entity of the legislative branch of the Federal 
     Government.
       (10) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block 
     Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9858n).
       (b) Executive Branch Standards and Compliance.--
       (1) State and local licensing requirements.--
       (A) In general.--Any entity sponsoring a child care 
     facility in an executive facility shall--

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       (i) comply with child care standards described in paragraph 
     (2) that, at a minimum, include applicable State or local 
     licensing requirements, as appropriate, related to the 
     provision of child care in the State or locality involved; or
       (ii) obtain the applicable State or local licenses, as 
     appropriate, for the facility.
       (B) Compliance.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act--
       (i) the entity shall comply, or make substantial progress 
     (as determined by the Administrator) toward complying, with 
     subparagraph (A); and
       (ii) any contract or licensing agreement used by an 
     Executive agency for the provision of child care services in 
     such child care facility shall include a condition that the 
     child care be provided by an entity that complies with the 
     standards described in subparagraph (A)(i) or obtains the 
     licenses described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
       (2) Health, safety, and facility standards.--The 
     Administrator shall by regulation establish standards 
     relating to health, safety, facilities, facility design, and 
     other aspects of child care that the Administrator determines 
     to be appropriate for child care in executive facilities, and 
     require child care services in executive facilities to comply 
     with the standards. Such standards shall include requirements 
     that child care facilities be inspected for, and be free of, 
     lead hazards.
       (3) Accreditation standards.--
       (A) In general.--The Administrator shall issue regulations 
     requiring, to the maximum extent possible, any entity 
     sponsoring an eligible child care facility (as defined by the 
     Administrator) in an executive facility to comply with 
     standards of a child care accreditation entity.
       (B) Compliance.--The regulations shall require that, not 
     later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act--
       (i) the entity shall comply, or make substantial progress 
     (as determined by the Administrator) toward complying, with 
     the standards; and
       (ii) any contract or licensing agreement used by an 
     Executive agency for the provision of child care services in 
     such child care facility shall include a condition that the 
     child care be provided by an entity that complies with the 
     standards.
       (4) Evaluation and compliance.--
       (A) In general.--The Administrator shall evaluate the 
     compliance, with the requirements of paragraph (1) and the 
     regulations issued pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3), as 
     appropriate, of child care facilities, and entities 
     sponsoring child care facilities, in executive facilities. 
     The Administrator may conduct the evaluation of such a child 
     care facility or entity directly, or through an agreement 
     with another Federal agency or private entity, other than 
     the Federal agency for which the child care facility is 
     providing services. If the Administrator determines, on 
     the basis of such an evaluation, that the child care 
     facility or entity is not in compliance with the 
     requirements, the Administrator shall notify the Executive 
     agency.
       (B) Effect of noncompliance.--On receipt of the 
     notification of noncompliance issued by the Administrator, 
     the head of the Executive agency shall--
       (i) if the entity operating the child care facility is the 
     agency--

       (I) not later than 2 business days after the date of 
     receipt of the notification, correct any deficiencies that 
     are determined by the Administrator to be life threatening or 
     to present a risk of serious bodily harm;
       (II) develop and provide to the Administrator a plan to 
     correct any other deficiencies in the operation of the 
     facility and bring the facility and entity into compliance 
     with the requirements not later than 4 months after the date 
     of receipt of the notification;
       (III) provide the parents of the children receiving child 
     care services at the child care facility and employees of the 
     facility with a notification detailing the deficiencies 
     described in subclauses (I) and (II) and actions that will be 
     taken to correct the deficiencies, and post a copy of the 
     notification in a conspicuous place in the facility for 5 
     working days or until the deficiencies are corrected, 
     whichever is later;
       (IV) bring the child care facility and entity into 
     compliance with the requirements and certify to the 
     Administrator that the facility and entity are in compliance, 
     based on an onsite evaluation of the facility conducted by an 
     independent entity with expertise in child care health and 
     safety; and
       (V) in the event that deficiencies determined by the 
     Administrator to be life threatening or to present a risk of 
     serious bodily harm cannot be corrected within 2 business 
     days after the date of receipt of the notification, close the 
     child care facility, or the affected portion of the facility, 
     until such deficiencies are corrected and notify the 
     Administrator of such closure; and

       (ii) if the entity operating the child care facility is a 
     contractor or licensee of the Executive agency--

       (I) require the contractor or licensee, not later than 2 
     business days after the date of receipt of the notification, 
     to correct any deficiencies that are determined by the 
     Administrator to be life threatening or to present a risk of 
     serious bodily harm;
       (II) require the contractor or licensee to develop and 
     provide to the head of the agency a plan to correct any other 
     deficiencies in the operation of the child care facility and 
     bring the facility and entity into compliance with the 
     requirements not later than 4 months after the date of 
     receipt of the notification;
       (III) require the contractor or licensee to provide the 
     parents of the children receiving child care services at the 
     child care facility and employees of the facility with a 
     notification detailing the deficiencies described in 
     subclauses (I) and (II) and actions that will be taken to 
     correct the deficiencies, and to post a copy of the 
     notification in a conspicuous place in the facility for 5 
     working days or until the deficiencies are corrected, 
     whichever is later;
       (IV) require the contractor or licensee to bring the child 
     care facility and entity into compliance with the 
     requirements and certify to the head of the agency that the 
     facility and entity are in compliance, based on an onsite 
     evaluation of the facility conducted by an independent entity 
     with expertise in child care health and safety; and
       (V) in the event that deficiencies determined by the 
     Administrator to be life threatening or to present a risk of 
     serious bodily harm cannot be corrected within 2 business 
     days after the date of receipt of the notification, close the 
     child care facility, or the affected portion of the facility, 
     until such deficiencies are corrected and notify the 
     Administrator of such closure, which closure may be grounds 
     for the immediate termination or suspension of the contract 
     or license of the contractor or licensee.

       (C) Cost reimbursement.--The Executive agency shall 
     reimburse the Administrator for the costs of carrying out 
     subparagraph (A) for child care facilities located in an 
     executive facility other than an executive facility of the 
     General Services Administration. If an entity is sponsoring a 
     child care facility for 2 or more Executive agencies, the 
     Administrator shall allocate the costs of providing such 
     reimbursement with respect to the entity among the agencies 
     in a fair and equitable manner, based on the extent to 
     which each agency is eligible to place children in the 
     facility.
       (5) Disclosure of prior violations to parents and facility 
     employees.--The Administrator shall issue regulations that 
     require that each entity sponsoring a child care facility in 
     an Executive facility, upon receipt by the child care 
     facility or the entity (as applicable) of a request by any 
     individual who is a parent of any child enrolled at the 
     facility, a parent of a child for whom an application has 
     been submitted to enroll at the facility, or an employee of 
     the facility, shall provide to the individual--
       (A) copies of all notifications of deficiencies that have 
     been provided in the past with respect to the facility under 
     clause (i)(III) or (ii)(III), as applicable, of paragraph 
     (4)(B); and
       (B) a description of the actions that were taken to correct 
     the deficiencies.
       (c) Legislative Branch Standards and Compliance.--
       (1) State and local licensing requirements, health, safety, 
     and facility standards, and accreditation standards.--
       (A) In general.--The Chief Administrative Officer of the 
     House of Representatives shall issue regulations, approved by 
     the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
     Representatives, governing the operation of the House of 
     Representatives Child Care Center. The Librarian of Congress 
     shall issue regulations, approved by the appropriate House 
     and Senate committees with jurisdiction over the Library of 
     Congress, governing the operation of the child care center 
     located at the Library of Congress. Subject to paragraph (3), 
     the head of a designated entity in the Senate shall issue 
     regulations, approved by the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate, governing the operation of the 
     Senate Employees' Child Care Center.
       (B) Stringency.--The regulations described in subparagraph 
     (A) shall be no less stringent in content and effect than the 
     requirements of subsection (b)(1) and the regulations issued 
     by the Administrator under paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
     subsection (b), except to the extent that appropriate 
     administrative officers, with the approval of the appropriate 
     House or Senate committees with oversight responsibility for 
     the centers, may jointly or independently determine, for good 
     cause shown and stated together with the regulations, that a 
     modification of such regulations would be more effective for 
     the implementation of the requirements and standards 
     described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b) 
     for child care facilities, and entities sponsoring child care 
     facilities, in the corresponding legislative facilities.
       (2) Evaluation and compliance.--
       (A) Administration.--Subject to paragraph (3), the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, the 
     head of the designated Senate entity, and the Librarian of 
     Congress, shall have the same authorities and duties--
       (i) with respect to the evaluation of, compliance of, and 
     cost reimbursement for child care facilities, and entities 
     sponsoring child care facilities, in the corresponding 
     legislative facilities as the Administrator has under 
     subsection (b)(4) with respect to the evaluation of, 
     compliance of, and cost reimbursement for such facilities and 
     entities sponsoring such facilities, in executive facilities; 
     and
       (ii) with respect to issuing regulations requiring the 
     entities sponsoring child care facilities in the 
     corresponding legislative facilities to provide notifications 
     of deficiencies and descriptions of corrective actions as the 
     Administration has under subsection (b)(5) with respect to 
     issuing regulations requiring the entities sponsoring child 
     care facilities in executive facilities to provide 
     notifications of deficiencies and descriptions of corrective 
     actions.
       (B) Enforcement.--Subject to paragraph (3), the Committee 
     on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, as 
     appropriate, shall have the same authorities and duties with 
     respect to the compliance of and cost reimbursement for child 
     care facilities, and entities sponsoring child care 
     facilities, in the corresponding legislative facilities as 
     the head of an Executive agency has under subsection 
     (b)(4) with respect to the compliance of and cost 
     reimbursement for such facilities and entities sponsoring 
     such facilities, in executive facilities.

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       (3) Interim status.--Until such time as the Committee on 
     Rules and Administration of the Senate establishes, or the 
     head of the designated Senate entity establishes, standards 
     described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b) 
     governing the operation of the Senate Employees' Child Care 
     Center, such facility shall maintain current accreditation 
     status.
       (d) Application.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this section, if 8 or more child care facilities are 
     sponsored in facilities owned or leased by an Executive 
     agency, the Administrator shall delegate to the head of the 
     agency the evaluation and compliance responsibilities 
     assigned to the Administrator under subsection (b)(4)(A).
       (e) Technical Assistance, Studies, and Reviews.--The 
     Administrator may provide technical assistance, and conduct 
     and provide the results of studies and reviews, for Executive 
     agencies, and entities sponsoring child care facilities in 
     executive facilities, on a reimbursable basis, in order to 
     assist the entities in complying with this section. The Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, the 
     Librarian of Congress, and the head of the designated Senate 
     entity described in subsection (c), may provide technical 
     assistance, and conduct and provide the results of studies 
     and reviews, or request that the Administrator provide 
     technical assistance, and conduct and provide the results of 
     studies and reviews, for the corresponding legislative 
     offices, and entities operating child care facilities in the 
     corresponding legislative facilities, on a reimbursable 
     basis, in order to assist the entities in complying with this 
     section.
       (f) Council.--The Administrator shall establish an 
     interagency council, comprised of representatives of all 
     Executive agencies described in subsection (d), a 
     representative of the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
     House of Representatives, a representative of the designated 
     Senate entity described in subsection (c), and a 
     representative of the Librarian of Congress, to facilitate 
     cooperation and sharing of best practices, and to develop and 
     coordinate policy, regarding the provision of child care, 
     including the provision of areas for nursing mothers and 
     other lactation support facilities and services, in the 
     Federal Government.
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $900,000 for 
     fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
     subsequent fiscal year.
       Sec. 703. Child Care Services for Federal Employees. (a) In 
     General.--An Executive agency that provides or proposes to 
     provide child care services for Federal employees may use 
     agency funds to provide the child care services, in a 
     facility that is owned or leased by an Executive agency, or 
     through a contractor, for civilian employees of such agency.
       (b) Affordability.--Funds so used with respect to any such 
     facility or contractor shall be applied to improve the 
     affordability of child care for lower income Federal 
     employees using or seeking to use the child care services 
     offered by such facility or contractor.
       (c) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management and 
     the General Services Administration shall, within 180 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, issue regulations 
     necessary to carry out this section.
       (d) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``Executive agency'' has the meaning given such term by 
     section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but does not 
     include the General Accounting Office.
       Sec. 704. Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Child Care 
     Provided by Federal Agencies. (a) Availability of Federal 
     Child Care Centers for Onsite Contractors; Percentage Goal.--
     Section 616(a) of the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 
     490b), is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(2) such officer or agency determines that such space 
     will be used to provide child care and related services to--
       ``(A) children of Federal employees or onsite Federal 
     contractors; or
       ``(B) dependent children who live with Federal employees or 
     onsite Federal contractors; and
       ``(3) such officer or agency determines that such 
     individual or entity will give priority for available child 
     care and related services in such space to Federal employees 
     and onsite Federal contractors.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e)(1)(A) The Administrator of General Services shall 
     confirm that at least 50 percent of aggregate enrollment in 
     Federal child care centers governmentwide are children of 
     Federal employees or onsite Federal contractors, or dependent 
     children who live with Federal employees or onsite Federal 
     contractors.
       ``(B) Each provider of child care services at an individual 
     Federal child care center shall maintain 50 percent of the 
     enrollment at the center of children described under 
     subparagraph (A) as a goal for enrollment at the center.
       ``(C) If enrollment at a center does not meet the 
     percentage goal under subparagraph (B), the provider shall 
     develop and implement a business plan with the sponsoring 
     Federal agency to achieve the goal within a reasonable 
     timeframe. Such plan shall be approved by the Administrator 
     of General Services based on--
       ``(i) compliance of the plan with standards established by 
     the Administrator; and
       ``(ii) the effect of the plan on achieving the aggregate 
     Federal enrollment percentage goal.
       ``(2) The Administrator of General Services Administration 
     may enter into public-private partnerships or contracts with 
     nongovernmental entities to increase the capacity, quality, 
     affordability, or range of child care and related services 
     and may, on a demonstration basis, waive subsection (a)(3) 
     and paragraph (1) of this subsection.''.
       (b) Payment of Costs of Training Programs.--Section 
     616(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 490(b)(3)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(3) If an agency has a child care facility in its space, 
     or is a sponsoring agency for a child care facility in other 
     Federal or leased space, the agency or the General Services 
     Administration may pay accreditation fees, including renewal 
     fees, for that center to be accredited. Any agency, 
     department, or instrumentality of the United States that 
     provides or proposes to provide child care services for 
     children referred to in subsection (a)(2), may reimburse any 
     Federal employee or any person employed to provide such 
     services for the costs of training programs, conferences, and 
     meetings and related travel, transportation, and subsistence 
     expenses incurred in connection with those activities. Any 
     per diem allowance made under this section shall not exceed 
     the rate specified in regulations prescribed under section 
     5707 of title 5, United States Code.''.
       (c) Provision of Child Care by Private Entities.--Section 
     616(d) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b(d)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(d)(1) If a Federal agency has a child care facility in 
     its space, or is a sponsoring agency for a child care 
     facility in other Federal or leased space, the agency, the 
     child care center board of directors, or the General Services 
     Administration may enter into an agreement with 1 or more 
     private entities under which such private entities would 
     assist in defraying the general operating expenses of the 
     child care providers including salaries and tuition 
     assistance programs at the facility.
       ``(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a 
     Federal agency does not have a child care program, or if the 
     Administrator of General Services has identified a need for 
     child care for Federal employees at an agency providing child 
     care services that do not meet the requirements of subsection 
     (a), the agency or the Administrator may enter into an 
     agreement with a non-Federal, licensed, and accredited child 
     care facility, or a planned child care facility that will 
     become licensed and accredited, for the provision of child 
     care services for children of Federal employees.
       ``(B) Before entering into an agreement, the head of the 
     Federal agency shall determine that child care services to be 
     provided through the agreement are more cost effectively 
     provided through such arrangement than through establishment 
     of a Federal child care facility.
       ``(C) The agency may provide any of the services described 
     in subsection (b)(3) if, in exchange for such services, the 
     facility reserves child care spaces for children referred to 
     in subsection (a)(2), as agreed to by the parties. The cost 
     of any such services provided by an agency to a child care 
     facility on behalf of another agency shall be reimbursed by 
     the receiving agency.
       ``(3) This subsection does not apply to residential child 
     care programs.''.
       (d) Pilot Projects.--Section 616 of such Act (40 U.S.C. 
     490b) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f)(1) Upon approval of the agency head, an agency may 
     conduct a pilot project not otherwise authorized by law for 
     no more than 2 years to test innovative approaches to 
     providing alternative forms of quality child care assistance 
     for Federal employees. An agency head may extend a pilot 
     project for an additional 2-year period. Before any pilot 
     project may be implemented, a determination shall be made by 
     the agency head that initiating the pilot project would be 
     more cost-effective than establishing a new child care 
     facility. Costs of any pilot project shall be borne solely by 
     the agency conducting the pilot project.
       ``(2) The Administrator of General Services shall serve as 
     an information clearinghouse for pilot projects initiated by 
     other agencies to disseminate information concerning the 
     pilot projects to the other agencies.
       ``(3) Within 6 months after completion of the initial 2-
     year pilot project period, an agency conducting a pilot 
     project under this subsection shall provide for an evaluation 
     of the impact of the project on the delivery of child care 
     services to Federal employees, and shall submit the results 
     of the evaluation to the Administrator of General Services. 
     The Administrator shall share the results with other Federal 
     agencies.''.
       (e) Background Check.--Section 616 of such Act (40 U.S.C. 
     490b) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Each child care center located in a federally owned 
     or leased facility shall ensure that each employee of such 
     center (including any employee whose employment began before 
     the date of enactment of this subsection) shall undergo a 
     criminal history background check consistent with section 3 
     of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 
     5119a).''.
       Sec. 705. Requirement to Provide Lactation Support in New 
     Federal Child Care Facilities. (a) Definitions.--In this 
     section, the terms ``Federal agency'', ``executive 
     facility'', and ``legislative facility'' have the meanings 
     given the terms in section 702.
       (b) Lactation Support.--The head of each Federal agency 
     shall require that each child care facility in an executive 
     facility or a legislative facility that is first operated 
     after the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of 
     this Act by the Federal agency, or under a contract or 
     licensing agreement with the Federal agency, shall provide 
     reasonable accommodations for the needs of breast-fed infants 
     and their mothers, including providing a lactation area or a 
     room for nursing mothers in part of the operating plan for 
     the facility.

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            TITLE VIII--TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS

       Sec. 801. Technical and Clarifying Amendments Relating to 
     District of Columbia Retirement Funds. (a) Permitting Other 
     Federal Entities to Administer Program.--Section 11003 of the 
     Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-761.2) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, and includes any 
     agreement with a department, agency, or instrumentality of 
     the United States entered into under that section'' after 
     ``the Trustee''; and
       (2) in paragraph (10), by striking ``, partnership, joint 
     venture, corporation, mutual company, joint-stock company, 
     trust, estate, unincorporated organization, association, or 
     employee organization'' and inserting ``; partnership; joint 
     venture; corporation; mutual company; joint-stock company; 
     trust; estate; unincorporated organization; association; 
     employee organization; or department, agency, or 
     instrumentality of the United States'' .
       (b) Permitting Waiver of Recovery of Amounts Paid in 
     Error.--Section 11021(3) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-
     763.1(3)) is amended by inserting ``, or waive recoupment or 
     recovery of,'' after ``recover''.
       (c) Permitting Use of Trust Fund to Cover Administrative 
     Expenses.--Section 11032 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-
     764.2) is amended--
       (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
       ``(a) In General.--Amounts in the Trust Fund shall be 
     used--
       ``(1) to make Federal benefit payments under this subtitle;
       ``(2) subject to subsection (b)(1), to cover the reasonable 
     and necessary expenses of administering the Trust Fund under 
     the contract entered into pursuant to section 11035(b);
       ``(3) to cover the reasonable and necessary administrative 
     expenses incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the 
     Secretary's responsibilities under this subtitle; and
       ``(4) for such other purposes as are specified in this 
     subtitle.''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ``(including 
     expenses described in section 11041(b))'' after ``to 
     administer the Trust Fund''.
       (d) Promoting Flexibility in Administration of Program.--
     Section 11035 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-764.5) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsections:
       ``(c) Subcontracts.--Notwithstanding any provision of a 
     District Retirement Program or any other law, rule, or 
     regulation, the Trustee may, with the approval of the 
     Secretary, enter into one or more subcontracts with the 
     District Government or any person to provide services to the 
     Trustee in connection with its performance of the contract. 
     The Trustee shall monitor the performance of any such 
     subcontract and enforce its provisions.
       ``(d) Determination by the Secretary.--Notwithstanding 
     subsection (b) or any other provision of this subtitle, the 
     Secretary may determine, with respect to any function 
     otherwise to be performed by the Trustee, that in the 
     interest of economy and efficiency such function shall be 
     performed by the Secretary rather than the Trustee.''.
       (e) Process for Reimbursement of District Government for 
     Expenses of Interim Administration.--Section 11041 of such 
     Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-765.1) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``The Trustee shall'' 
     and inserting ``The Secretary or the Trustee shall, at such 
     times during or after the period of interim administration 
     described in subsection (a) as are deemed appropriate by the 
     Secretary or the Trustee'';
       (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``the Secretary or'' 
     after ``if''; and
       (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``the replacement plan 
     adoption date'' and inserting ``such time as the Secretary 
     notifies the District Government that the Secretary has 
     directed the Trustee to carry out the duties and 
     responsibilities required under the contract''.
       (f) Annual Federal Payment Into Federal Supplemental 
     Fund.--Section 11053 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-766.3) is 
     amended--
       (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
       ``(a) Annual Amortization Amount.--At the end of each 
     applicable fiscal year the Secretary shall promptly pay into 
     the Federal Supplemental Fund from the General Fund of the 
     Treasury an amount equal to the annual amortization amount 
     for the year (which may not be less than zero).'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``freeze date'' and 
     inserting ``effective date of this Act'';
       (3) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
     (c) and (d); and
       (4) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(b) Administrative Expenses.--During each applicable 
     fiscal year, the Secretary shall pay into the Federal 
     Supplemental Fund from the General Fund of the Treasury 
     amounts not to exceed the covered administrative expenses for 
     the year.''.
       (g) Technical Corrections.--(1) Section 11012(c) of such 
     Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-752.2(c)) is amended by striking 
     ``District of Columbia Retirement Board'' and inserting 
     ``District Government''.
       (2) Section 11033(c)(1) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-
     764.3(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``consisting'' in the 
     first place that it appears.
       (3) Section 11052 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-766.2) is 
     amended by inserting ``to'' after ``may be made only''.

     SEC. 802. CLARIFYING TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
                   EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED TO FEDERAL RETIREMENT 
                   SYSTEMS.

       (a) Eligibility of Nonjudicial Employees of District of 
     Columbia Courts for Medicare and Social Security Benefits.--
     Section 11246(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public 
     Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 755) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
     (3) and (4); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(2) Conforming Amendments to Internal Revenue Code and 
     Social Security.--(A) Section 3121(b)(7)(C) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to the definition of 
     employment for service performed in the employ of the 
     District of Columbia) is amended by inserting `(other than 
     the Federal Employees Retirement System provided in chapter 
     84 of title 5, United States Code)' after `law of the United 
     States'.
       ``(B) Section 210(a)(7)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 410(a)(7)(D)) (relating to the definition of 
     employment for service performed in the employ of the 
     District of Columbia), is amended by inserting `(other than 
     the Federal Employees Retirement System provided in chapter 
     84 of title 5, United States Code)' after `law of the United 
     States.''.
       (b) Vesting Under Previous District of Columbia Retirement 
     Program.--For purposes of vesting pursuant to section 2610(b) 
     of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit 
     Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-627.10(b)), 
     creditable service with the District for employees whose 
     participation in the District Defined Contribution Plan 
     ceases as a result of the implementation of the Balanced 
     Budget Act of 1997 shall include--
       (1) continuous service performed by nonjudicial employees 
     of the District of Columbia courts after September 30, 1997; 
     and
       (2) service performed for a successor employer, including 
     the Department of Justice or the District of Columbia 
     Offender Supervision, Defender, and Courts Services Agency 
     established under section 11233 of the Balanced Budget Act of 
     1997, that provides services previously performed by the 
     District government.

     SEC. 803. METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGNATING ASSETS OF RETIREMENT 
                   FUND

       Section 11033 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (D.C. 
     Code, sec. 1-764.3) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(e) Methodology for Designating Assets.--
       ``(1) In general.--In carrying out subsection (b), the 
     Secretary may develop and implement a methodology for 
     designating assets after the replacement plan adoption date 
     that takes into account the value of the District Retirement 
     Fund as of the replacement plan adoption date and the 
     proportion of such value represented by $1.275 billion, 
     together with the income (including returns on investments) 
     earned on the assets of and withdrawals from and deposits to 
     the Fund during the period between such date and the date on 
     which the Secretary designates assets under subsection (b). 
     In implementing a methodology under the previous sentence, 
     the Secretary shall not be required to determine the value of 
     designated assets as of the replacement plan adoption date. 
     Nothing in this paragraph may be deemed to effect the 
     entitlement of the District Retirement Fund to income 
     (including returns on investments) earned after the 
     replacement plan adoption date on assets designated for 
     retention by the Fund.
       ``(2) Employee contributions; judicial retirement and 
     survivors annuity fund.--The Secretary may develop and 
     implement a methodology comparable to the methodology 
     described in paragraph (1) in carrying out the requirements 
     of subsection (c) and in designating assets to be transferred 
     to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors 
     Annuity Fund pursuant to section 124(c)(1) of the District of 
     Columbia Retirement Reform Act (as amended by section 11252).
       ``(3) Discretion of the secretary.--The Secretary's 
     development and implementation of methodologies for 
     designating assets under this subsection shall be final and 
     binding.''.

     SEC. 804. TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO 
                   JUDICIAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM.

       (a) Administration of Judicial Retirement and Survivors 
     Annuity Fund.--Section 11-1570, District of Columbia Code, as 
     amended by section 11251 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 
     is amended as follows:
       (1) In subsection (b)(1)--
       (A) by striking ``title I of the National Capital 
     Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997'' 
     and inserting ``subtitle A of title XI of the Balanced Budget 
     Act of 1997''; and
       (B) by inserting after the second sentence the following 
     new sentences: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     District law or any other law, rule, or regulation, any 
     Trustee, contractor, or enrolled actuary selected by the 
     Secretary under this subsection may, with the approval of the 
     Secretary, enter into one or more subcontracts with the 
     District of Columbia government or any person to provide 
     services to such Trustee, contractor, or enrolled actuary in 
     connection with its performance of its agreement with the 
     Secretary. Such Trustee, contractor, or enrolled actuary 
     shall monitor the performance of any subcontract to which it 
     is a party and enforce its provisions.''.
       (2) In subsection (b)(2)--
       (A) by striking ``chief judges of the District of Columbia 
     Court of Appeals and Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia'' and inserting ``Secretary'';
       (B) by striking ``and the Secretary'';
       (C) by striking ``and appropriations''; and
       (D) by striking ``and deficiency''.
       (3) By amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
       ``(c)(1) Amounts in the Fund are available--

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       ``(A) for the payment of judges retirement pay, annuities, 
     refunds, and allowances under this subchapter;
       ``(B) to cover the reasonable and necessary expenses of 
     administering the Fund under any agreement entered into with 
     a Trustee, contractor, or enrolled actuary under subsection 
     (b)(1), including any agreement with a department, agency or 
     instrumentality of the United States; and
       ``(C) to cover the reasonable and necessary administrative 
     expenses incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the 
     Secretary's responsibilities under this subchapter.
       ``(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of District law 
     or any other law, rule, or regulation--
       ``(A) the Secretary may review benefit determinations under 
     this subchapter made prior to the date of the enactment of 
     the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, and shall make initial 
     benefit determinations after such date; and
       ``(B) the Secretary may recoup or recover, or waive 
     recoupment or recovery of, any amounts paid under this 
     subchapter as a result of errors or omissions by any 
     person.''.
       (4) In subsection (d)(1)--
       (A) by striking ``Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, there shall be deposited into the Fund'' and 
     inserting ``The Secretary shall pay into the Fund from the 
     General Fund of the Treasury''; and
       (B) by striking ``(beginning with the first fiscal year 
     which ends more than 6 months after the replacement plan 
     adoption date described in section 103(13) of the National 
     Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
     1997)''.
       (5) In subsection (d)(2)(A)--
       (A) by striking ``June 30, 1997'' and inserting ``September 
     30, 1997''; and
       (B) by striking ``net the sum of future normal cost'' and 
     inserting ``net of the sum of the present value of future 
     normal costs''.
       (6) In subsection (d)(3), by striking ``shall be taken from 
     sums available for that fiscal year for the payment of the 
     expenses of the Court, and''.
       (7) By adding at the end the following new subsections:
       ``(h) For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986--
       ``(1) the Fund shall be treated as a trust described in 
     section 401(a) of the Code that is exempt from taxation under 
     section 501(a) of the Code;
       ``(2) any transfer to or distribution from the Fund shall 
     be treated in the same manner as a transfer to or 
     distribution from a trust described in section 401(a) of the 
     Code; and
       ``(3) the benefits provided by the Fund shall be treated as 
     benefits provided under a governmental plan maintained by the 
     District of Columbia.
       ``(i) For purposes of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974, the benefits provided by the Fund shall 
     be treated as benefits provided under a governmental plan 
     maintained by the District of Columbia.
       ``(j) To the extent that any provision of subpart A of part 
     I of subchapter D of the chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended after the 
     date of the enactment of this subsection, such provision as 
     amended shall apply to the Fund only to the extent the 
     Secretary determines that application of the provision as 
     amended is consistent with the administration of this 
     subchapter.
       ``(k) Federal obligations for benefits under this 
     subchapter are backed by the full faith and credit of the 
     United States.''.
       (b) Regulatory Authority of Secretary.--Section 11251 of 
     the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 
     756) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c);
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(b) Regulations; Effect on Reform Act.--Title 11, 
     District of Columbia Code, is amended by adding the following 
     new section:

     `Sec. 11-1572. Regulations; effect on Reform Act.

       `(a) The Secretary is authorized to issue regulations to 
     implement, interpret, administer and carry out the purposes 
     of this subchapter, and, in the Secretary's discretion, those 
     regulations may have retroactive effect, except that nothing 
     in this subsection may be construed to permit the Secretary 
     to issue any regulation to retroactively reduce or eliminate 
     the benefits to which any individual is entitled under this 
     subchapter.
       `(b) This subchapter supersedes any provision of the 
     District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act (Public Law 96-
     122) inconsistent with this subchapter and the regulations 
     thereunder.'.''; and
       (3) by amending subsection (c) (as so redesignated) to read 
     as follows:
       ``(c) Clerical Amendments.--
       ``(1) The table of sections for subchapter III of chapter 
     15 of title 11, District of Columbia Code, is amended by 
     amending the item relating to section 11-1570 to read as 
     follows:

`11-1570. The District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors 
              Annuity Fund.'.

       ``(2) The table of sections for subchapter III of chapter 
     15 of title 11, District of Columbia Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new item:

`11-1572. Regulations; effect on Reform Act.'.''.

       (c) Termination of Previous Fund and Program.--Section 124 
     of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act (D.C. Code, 
     sec. 1-714), as amended by section 11252(a) of the Balanced 
     Budget Act of 1997, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``(except as provided 
     in section 11-1570, District of Columbia Code)'' after ``the 
     following'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``title I of the 
     National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
     Improvement Act of 1997'' and inserting ``subtitle A of title 
     XI of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997''; and
       (3) in subsection (c)(2)--
       (A) by striking ``(2) The'' and inserting ``(2) In 
     accordance with the direction of the Secretary, the'';
       (B) by striking ``in the Treasury'' and inserting ``at the 
     Board''; and
       (C) by striking ``appropriated'' and inserting ``used''.
       (d) Administration of Retirement Funds.--Section 11252 of 
     the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c);
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(b) Transition from District of Columbia 
     Administration.--Sections 11023, 11032(b)(2), 11033(d), and 
     11041 shall apply to the administration of the District of 
     Columbia Judges Retirement Fund established under section 124 
     of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act (D.C. Code, 
     sec. 1-714), the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and 
     Survivors Annuity Fund established under section 11-1570, 
     District of Columbia Code, and the retirement program for 
     judges under subchapter III of chapter 15 of title 11, 
     District of Columbia Code, except as follows:
       ``(1) In applying each such section--
       ``(A) any reference to this subtitle shall instead refer to 
     subchapter III of chapter 15 of title 11, District of 
     Columbia Code;
       ``(B) any reference to the District Retirement Program 
     shall be deemed to include the retirement program for judges 
     under subchapter III of chapter 15 of title 11, District of 
     Columbia Code;
       ``(C) any reference to the District Retirement Fund shall 
     be deemed to include the District of Columbia Judges 
     Retirement Fund established under section 124 of the District 
     of Columbia Retirement Reform Act;
       ``(D) any reference to Federal benefit payments shall be 
     deemed to include judges retirement pay, annuities, refunds 
     and allowances under subchapter III of chapter 15 of title 
     11, District of Columbia Code;
       ``(E) any reference to the Trust Fund shall instead refer 
     to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors 
     Annuity Fund established under section 11-1570, District of 
     Columbia Code;
       ``(F) any reference to section 11033 shall instead refer to 
     section 124 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform 
     Act, as amended by section 11252; and
       ``(G) any reference to chapter 2 shall instead refer to 
     section 11-1570, District of Columbia Code.
       ``(2) In applying section 11023--
       ``(A) any reference to the contract shall instead refer to 
     the agreement referred to in section 11-1570(b), District of 
     Columbia Code ; and
       ``(B) any reference to the Trustee shall instead refer to 
     the Trustee or contractor referred to in section 11-1570(b), 
     District of Columbia Code.
       ``(3) In applying section 11033(d)--
       ``(A) any reference to this section shall instead refer to 
     section 124 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform 
     Act, as amended by section 11252; and
       ``(B) any reference to the Trustee shall instead refer to 
     the Secretary or the Trustee or contractor referred to in 
     section 11-1570(b), District of Columbia Code.
       ``(4) In applying section 11041(b), any reference to the 
     Trustee shall instead refer to the Trustee or contractor 
     referred to in section 11-1570(b), District of Columbia 
     Code.''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Effective Date.--The provisions of subsection (c) 
     shall take effect on the date on which the assets of the 
     District of Columbia Judges Retirement Fund are transferred 
     to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors 
     Annuity Fund.''.
       (e) Miscellaneous Technical and Clerical Amendments.--(1) 
     Sections 11-1568(d) and 11-1569, District of Columbia Code, 
     are each amended by striking ``Mayor'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``Secretary of the Treasury''.
       (2) Section 11-1568.2, District of Columbia Code, is 
     amended by striking ``Mayor of the District of Columbia'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary of the 
     Treasury''.
       (3) Section 121(b)(1)(A) of the District of Columbia 
     Retirement Reform Act (DC Code, sec. 1-711(b)(1)(A)), as 
     amended by section 11252(c)(1) of the Balanced Budget Act of 
     1997 (as redesignated by subsection (d)(1)), is amended in 
     the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``11'' and 
     inserting ``12''.
       (4) Section 11-1561(4), District of Columbia Code, as 
     amended by section 11253(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 
     1997, is amended by striking ``sections'' and inserting 
     ``section''.
       (5) Section 11253(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
     (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 759) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(c) Treatment of Federal Service of Judges.--Section 11-
     1564, District of Columbia Code, is amended--
       ``(1) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking `section 1-
     1814)' and inserting `section 1-714) or the District of 
     Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund 
     (established by section 11-1570)'; and
       ``(2) in subsection (d)(4), by striking `Judges Retirement 
     Fund established by section 124(a) of the District of 
     Columbia Retirement Reform Act' and inserting `Judicial 
     Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund under section 11-
     1570'.''.
       (6) Section 11253 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
     (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 759) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subsection:

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       ``(d) Redeposits to Fund.--Section 11-1568.1(4)(A), 
     District of Columbia Code, is amended by striking `Judges 
     Retirement Fund' and inserting `Judicial Retirement and 
     Survivors Annuity Fund'.''.
       (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections 
     (a)(2), (a)(4), and (a)(6) shall take effect October 1, 1998.


                       Sec. 805. Effective Date.

  Except as otherwise specifically provided, this title and the 
amendments made by this title shall take effect as if included in the 
enactment of title XI of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

       TITLE IX--HAITIAN REFUGEE IMMIGRATION FAIRNESS ACT OF 1998

       Sec. 901. Short Title. This title may be cited as the 
     ``Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998''.
       Sec. 902. Adjustment of Status of Certain Haitian 
     Nationals. (a) Adjustment of Status.--
       (1) In general.--The status of any alien described in 
     subsection (b) shall be adjusted by the Attorney General to 
     that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, 
     if the alien--
       (A) applies for such adjustment before April 1, 2000; and
       (B) is otherwise admissible to the United States for 
     permanent residence, except that, in determining such 
     admissibility, the grounds for inadmissibility specified in 
     paragraphs (4), (5), (6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B) of section 
     212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not 
     apply.
       (2) Relationship of application to certain orders.--An 
     alien present in the United States who has been ordered 
     excluded, deported, removed, or ordered to depart voluntarily 
     from the United States under any provision of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act may, notwithstanding such order, apply 
     for adjustment of status under paragraph (1). Such an alien 
     may not be required, as a condition on submitting or granting 
     such application, to file a separate motion to reopen, 
     reconsider, or vacate such order. If the Attorney General 
     grants the application, the Attorney General shall cancel the 
     order. If the Attorney General makes a final decision to deny 
     the application, the order shall be effective and enforceable 
     to the same extent as if the application had not been made.
       (b) Aliens Eligible for Adjustment of Status.--The benefits 
     provided by subsection (a) shall apply to any alien who is a 
     national of Haiti who--
       (1) was present in the United States on December 31, 1995, 
     who--
       (A) filed for asylum before December 31, 1995,
       (B) was paroled into the United States prior to December 
     31, 1995, after having been identified as having a credible 
     fear of persecution, or paroled for emergent reasons or 
     reasons deemed strictly in the public interest, or
       (C) was a child (as defined in the text above subparagraph 
     (A) of section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)) at the time of arrival in the 
     United States and on December 31, 1995, and who--
       (i) arrived in the United States without parents in the 
     United States and has remained without parents in the United 
     States since such arrival,
       (ii) became orphaned subsequent to arrival in the United 
     States, or
       (iii) was abandoned by parents or guardians prior to April 
     1, 1998 and has remained abandoned since such abandonment; 
     and
       (2) has been physically present in the United States for a 
     continuous period beginning not later than December 31, 1995, 
     and ending not earlier than the date the application for such 
     adjustment is filed, except that an alien shall not be 
     considered to have failed to maintain continuous physical 
     presence by reason of an absence, or absences, from the 
     United States for any period or periods amounting in the 
     aggregate to not more than 180 days.
       (c) Stay of Removal.--
       (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall provide by 
     regulation for an alien who is subject to a final order of 
     deportation or removal or exclusion to seek a stay of such 
     order based on the filing of an application under subsection 
     (a).
       (2) During certain proceedings.--Notwithstanding any 
     provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the 
     Attorney General shall not order any alien to be removed from 
     the United States, if the alien is in exclusion, deportation, 
     or removal proceedings under any provision of such Act and 
     has applied for adjustment of status under subsection (a), 
     except where the Attorney General has made a final 
     determination to deny the application.
       (3) Work authorization.--The Attorney General may authorize 
     an alien who has applied for adjustment of status under 
     subsection (a) to engage in employment in the United States 
     during the pendency of such application and may provide the 
     alien with an ``employment authorized'' endorsement or other 
     appropriate document signifying authorization of employment, 
     except that if such application is pending for a period 
     exceeding 180 days, and has not been denied, the Attorney 
     General shall authorize such employment.
       (d) Adjustment of Status for Spouses and Children.--
       (1) In general.--The status of an alien shall be adjusted 
     by the Attorney General to that of an alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence, if--
       (A) the alien is a national of Haiti;
       (B) the alien is the spouse, child, or unmarried son or 
     daughter, of an alien whose status is adjusted to that of an 
     alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under 
     subsection (a), except that, in the case of such an unmarried 
     son or daughter, the son or daughter shall be required to 
     establish that he or she has been physically present in the 
     United States for a continuous period beginning not later 
     than December 31, 1995, and ending not earlier than the date 
     the application for such adjustment is filed;
       (C) the alien applies for such adjustment and is physically 
     present in the United States on the date the application is 
     filed; and
       (D) the alien is otherwise admissible to the United States 
     for permanent residence, except that, in determining such 
     admissibility, the grounds for inadmissibility specified in 
     paragraphs (4), (5), (6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B) of section 
     212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not 
     apply.
       (2) Proof of continuous presence.--For purposes of 
     establishing the period of continuous physical presence 
     referred to in paragraph (1)(B), an alien shall not be 
     considered to have failed to maintain continuous physical 
     presence by reason of an absence, or absences, from the 
     United States for any period or periods amounting in the 
     aggregate to not more than 180 days.
       (e) Availability of Administrative Review.--The Attorney 
     General shall provide to applicants for adjustment of status 
     under subsection (a) the same right to, and procedures for, 
     administrative review as are provided to--
       (1) applicants for adjustment of status under section 245 
     of the Immigration and Nationality Act; or
       (2) aliens subject to removal proceedings under section 240 
     of such Act.
       (f) Limitation on Judicial Review.--A determination by the 
     Attorney General as to whether the status of any alien should 
     be adjusted under this section is final and shall not be 
     subject to review by any court.
       (g) No Offset in Number of Visas Available.--When an alien 
     is granted the status of having been lawfully admitted for 
     permanent resident pursuant to this section, the Secretary of 
     State shall not be required to reduce the number of immigrant 
     visas authorized to be issued under any provision of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act.
       (h) Application of Immigration and Nationality Act 
     Provisions.--Except as otherwise specifically provided in 
     this title, the definitions contained in the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act shall apply in the administration of this 
     section. Nothing contained in this title shall be held to 
     repeal, amend, alter, modify, effect, or restrict the powers, 
     duties, functions, or authority of the Attorney General in 
     the administration and enforcement of such Act or any other 
     law relating to immigration, nationality, or naturalization. 
     The fact that an alien may be eligible to be granted the 
     status of having been lawfully admitted for permanent 
     residence under this section shall not preclude the alien 
     from seeking such status under any other provision of law for 
     which the alien may be eligible.
       (i) Adjustment of Status Has No Effect On Eligibility For 
     Welfare and Public Benefits.--No alien whose status has been 
     adjusted in accordance with this section and who was not a 
     qualified alien on the date of enactment of this Act may, 
     solely on the basis of such adjusted status, be considered to 
     be a qualified alien under section 431(b) of the Personal 
     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
     1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)), as amended by section 5302 of the 
     Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 
     598), for purposes of determining the alien's eligibility for 
     supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) or 
     medical assistance under title XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1396 et seq.).
       (j) Period of Applicability.--Subsection (i) shall not 
     apply after October 1, 2003.
       Sec. 903. Collection of Data on Detained Asylum Seekers. 
     (a) In general.--The Attorney General shall regularly collect 
     data on a nation-wide basis with respect to asylum seekers in 
     detention in the United States, including the following 
     information:
       (1) The number of detainees.
       (2) An identification of the countries of origin of the 
     detainees.
       (3) The percentage of each gender within the total number 
     of detainees.
       (4) The number of detainees listed by each year of age of 
     the detainees.
       (5) The location of each detainee by detention facility.
       (6) With respect to each facility where detainees are held, 
     whether the facility is also used to detain criminals and 
     whether any of the detainees are held in the same cells as 
     criminals.
       (7) The number and frequency of the transfers of detainees 
     between detention facilities.
       (8) The average length of detention and the number of 
     detainees by category of the length of detention.
       (9) The rate of release from detention of detainees for 
     each district of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
       (10) A description of the disposition of cases.
       (b) Annual reports.--Beginning October 1, 1999, and not 
     later than October 1 of each year thereafter, the Attorney 
     General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of 
     each House of Congress a report setting forth the data 
     collected under subsection (a) for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30 of that year.
       (c) Availability to Public.--Copies of the data collected 
     under subsection (a) shall be made available to members of 
     the public upon request pursuant to such regulations as the 
     Attorney General shall prescribe.
       Sec. 904. Collection of Data on Other Detained Aliens. (a) 
     In General.--The Attorney General shall regularly collect 
     data on a nationwide basis on aliens being detained in the 
     United States by the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
     other than the aliens described in section 903, including the 
     following information:
       (1) The number of detainees who are criminal aliens and the 
     number of detainees who are noncriminal aliens who are not 
     seeking asylum.

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       (2) An identification of the ages, gender, and countries of 
     origin of detainees within each category described in 
     paragraph (1).
       (3) The types of facilities, whether facilities of the 
     Immigration and Naturalization Service or other Federal, 
     State, or local facilities, in which each of the categories 
     of detainees described in paragraph (1) are held.
       (b) Length of Detention, Transfers, and Dispositions.--With 
     respect to detainees who are criminal aliens and detainees 
     who are noncriminal aliens who are not seeking asylum, the 
     Attorney General shall also collect data concerning--
       (1) the number and frequency of transfers between detention 
     facilities for each category of detainee;
       (2) the average length of detention of each category of 
     detainee;
       (3) for each category of detainee, the number of detainees 
     who have been detained for the same length of time, in 3-
     month increments;
       (4) for each category of detainee, the rate of release from 
     detention for each district of the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service; and
       (5) for each category of detainee, the disposition of 
     detention, including whether detention ended due to 
     deportation, release on parole, or any other release.
       (c) Criminal Aliens.--With respect to criminal aliens, the 
     Attorney General shall also collect data concerning--
       (1) the number of criminal aliens apprehended under the 
     immigration laws and not detained by the Attorney General; 
     and
       (2) a list of crimes committed by criminal aliens after the 
     decision was made not to detain them, to the extent this 
     information can be derived by cross-checking the list of 
     criminal aliens not detained with other databases accessible 
     to the Attorney General.
       (d) Annual Reports.--Beginning on October 1, 1999, and not 
     later than October 1 of each year thereafter, the Attorney 
     General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of 
     each House of Congress a report setting forth the data 
     collected under subsections (a), (b), and (c) for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30 of that year.
       (e) Availability to Public.--Copies of the data collected 
     under subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall be made available 
     to members of the public upon request pursuant to such 
     regulations as the Attorney General shall prescribe.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Treasury and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 1999''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
     Jim Kolbe,
     Ernest Istook,
     Anne M. Northup,
     Bob Livingston,
     Joseph McDade
       (except for section 656),
     Steny H. Hoyer,
     Carrie P. Meek,
     David E. Price,
     David R. Obey
       (except for section 514 on FEC),
                                    Managers on the Part of House.

     Ben Nighthorse, Campbell,
     Richard Shelby,
     Lauch Faircloth,
     Ted Stevens,
     Herb Kohl
       (with exception to section 514),
     Barbara A. Mikulski
       (with exception to section 514),
     Robert C. Byrd
       (with exception to section 514),
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

                      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. 4104), 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, 1999, 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 and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 1999, incorporates some of the 
     language and allocations set forth in House Report 105-592 
     and Senate Report 105-251. 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 
     Appropriations. 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 
     reprogramming guidelines included in House Report 105-592. 
     Those guidelines shall be complied with by all agencies 
     funded by the Treasury and General Government Appropriations 
     Act, 1999:
       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 of 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 conference agreement appropriates $123,151,000 for 
     Departmental Offices instead of $122,889,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $120,671,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     amount appropriated includes: $3,704,000 for mandatory cost 
     increases; an additional $470,000 for the Office of Tax 
     Policy; an additional $255,000 for the Office of Economic 
     Policy; an additional $499,000 for International Affairs 
     Policies and Programs; an additional $801,000 for Enforcement 
     Policies and Programs; an additional $866,000 for the Office 
     of Foreign Assets Control; an additional $239,000 for Fiscal 
     and Financial Policies and Programs; and an additional 
     $300,000 for Treasury-wide management policies and practices. 
     The conferees are aware that additional funds in the amount 
     of $1,238,000 are required in fiscal year 1999 for Year 2000 
     compliance. The conference agreement also includes funding to 
     allow the Department to provide no more than $500,000 in 
     contract awards to the National Law Center for Inter-American 
     Free Trade as proposed by the House.
       The conferees have agreed to provide an additional 
     $1,200,000 within this account for the Under Secretary of 
     Enforcement to continue the operations of the Office of 
     Professional Responsibility, should he so desire, as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes language which provides 
     that the Office of Foreign Assets Control shall be funded at 
     no less than $6,560,800 as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $5,517,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees have 
     included language authorizing the Department to charge both 
     direct and indirect costs to the Office of Foreign Assets 
     Control in the implementation of this floor.
       The Senate bill included language in this and a number of 
     other accounts which provides that funds appropriated in this 
     Act may be used for Year 2000 computer conversion costs 
     pending the availability of funding for that purpose in a 
     separate appropriation. The conferees have deleted that 
     language in each instance in which it occurs and have instead 
     included a new general provision (Section 513) to permit the 
     use of funds provided in this Act to initiate or continue 
     projects or activities to the extent necessary to achieve 
     Year 2000 computer conversion until such time as supplemental 
     appropriations are provided for those activities.
       The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 
     House which provides compensation for losses incurred due to 
     the denial of entry into the United States of certain 
     firearms. The conferees have included language in Title VI 
     (Section 646) of the bill to provide for this relief through 
     the use of the Judgement Fund, as proposed by the Senate.

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                   treasury law enforcement vehicles

       No later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Department shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
     directives to implement the management of law enforcement 
     vehicle usage in the Department. These directives shall 
     include: development of a Department-wide vehicle management 
     system to ensure adequate oversight of vehicle usage; 
     standards and procedures for full compliance with home-to-
     work regulations on vehicle use; verifiable determination 
     that vehicle use throughout the Department is in support of 
     law enforcement purposes only; and implementation of a log 
     tracking system by activity and specific use of law 
     enforcement vehicles.


                    under secretary for enforcement

       The conferees direct the Department of the Treasury to 
     submit, with its fiscal year 2000 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 no separate funding for the 
     Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) in fiscal year 
     1999 as proposed by the Senate, but instead have provided 
     adequate funding within the Departmental Offices 
     appropriations for the Under Secretary for Enforcement to 
     continue the work of this office should he so desire. The 
     conferees expect that the Department also will use 
     approximately $350,000 in reprogramming authority, the 
     anticipated share of the unobligated balance of funds at the 
     end of fiscal year 1998, to augment this appropriation.
       In fiscal year 1998, the Under Secretary for Enforcement 
     was charged with tasking OPR to conduct a comprehensive 
     review of integrity issues and other matters related to the 
     potential vulnerability of the United States 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. The conferees expect that this work will continue, 
     and that it will be in conjunction with related efforts 
     funded through the Customs Integrity Awareness Program.

                         Automation Enhancement

       The conferees agree to provide $28,690,000 for Automation 
     Enhancement instead of $31,190,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $28,990,000 as proposed by the Senate. The amount 
     provided shall be transferred as follows:
       Customs Service.--$8,000,000 for the Automated Commercial 
     Environment.
       Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.--$3,700,000 for a 
     human resources system re-engineering pilot program.
       Departmental Offices.--$16,990,000, of which $5,400,000 is 
     for the International Trade Data System, of which $6,577,000 
     is for Department-wide human resources re-engineering program 
     management and implementation, of which $3,813,000 is for 
     Departmental Offices productivity enhancement, of which 
     $1,000,000 is for the Treasury Vehicle Management System, and 
     of which $200,000 is for Department-wide implementation of 
     the Treasury Information System Architecture Framework.
       The conferees agree that the funds provided shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2000, as proposed by the House 
     rather than remain available until expended as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conferees are aware that additional funds in the amount 
     of $2,762,000 are required in fiscal year 1999 for Year 2000 
     compliance.


                    AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT

       The conferees agree to provide $8,000,000 for the Customs 
     Service ACE project, with the proviso that $6,000,000 shall 
     not be available for obligation until the Treasury's Chief 
     Information Officer, through the Treasury Investment Review 
     Board, concurs on the plan and milestone schedule for the 
     deployment of the system. Furthermore, $6,000,000 shall not 
     be obligated until the Commissioner of Customs provides to 
     the Committees on Appropriations an Enterprise Information 
     Systems Architecture (EISA) for Customs that covers all 
     Customs' areas of business--not just trade compliance. For 
     the EISA to be acceptable, it must comply with the Treasury 
     Information Systems Architecture Framework, include measures 
     to enforce compliance, and be approved by the Treasury 
     Investment Review Board.
       The conferees are pleased with the efforts made by the 
     Treasury Department to exercise some management 
     responsibility for the ACE project, which represents an 
     enormous information technology investment for the Department 
     and Customs. Clear benefits are already being seen in the 
     quality of analysis applied to investment decisions, and 
     coordination with other information technology projects such 
     as the International Trade Data System (ITDS). The conferees 
     support the continued exercise of strong oversight by the 
     Treasury Department over this project.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

       The conferees agree to provide $24,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $23,670,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     In addition, the conferees agree that the funds shall be 
     available with no earmark for the GATEWAY program, as had 
     been proposed by the Senate.


                        TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

       The conferees expect that the super surplus for the 
     Treasury Forfeiture Fund will continue to be large in fiscal 
     year 1999, and direct the Department to provide the 
     Committees its plan for intended use of these resources in a 
     timely fashion, as well as in its presentation of the fiscal 
     year 2000 budget request.
       The conferees support the use of the super surplus to 
     further advance Treasury Department law enforcement programs, 
     and acknowledge the Department's plan to use its surplus for 
     a variety of activities. The conferees direct the Department 
     to use $11,012,000 as follows: $5,512,000 for the 
     construction of a P-3 hangar in Corpus Christi, Texas, for 
     the United States Customs Service; $4,000,000 for the 
     CEASEFIRE/IBIS program, and $1,500,000 for the Global 
     Transpark Customs Information Project. The conferees also 
     agree that super surplus funds may be used for replacement of 
     law enforcement vehicles, instead of the prohibition proposed 
     by the Senate.

                    Violent Crime Reduction Programs

       The conferees agree to provide $132,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and Senate. This amount is to be used as follows:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms:
  GREAT administration/training..............................$3,000,000
                                                       ================

GREAT Program Grants.........................................13,000,000
                                                       ================

Customs Service:
  Narcotics detection technology.............................54,000,000
  Passenger processing initiative.............................9,500,000
  Canopy construction...........................................972,000
  Child Pornography investigation.............................1,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, Customs Service................................65,472,000
                                                       ================

Secret Service:
  Counterfeiting investigations...............................5,000,000
  Forensic technology and assistance..........................2,000,000
  NCMEC assistance............................................1,196,000
  2000 campaign protection....................................7,732,000
  Vehicle replacement.........................................6,700,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, Secret Service.................................22,628,000
                                                       ================

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network:
  Cyberpayment studies..........................................800,000
  Suspicious Activity Report analysis...........................300,000
  Support for State & local GATEWAY.............................200,000
  Money laundering regulations..................................100,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, FinCEN..........................................1,400,000
                                                       ================

Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement.......................24,000,000
                                                       ================

Office of National Drug Control Policy:
  Model State Drug Law Conferences............................1,000,000
  High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas.......................1,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, ONDCP...........................................2,500,000

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

       The conferees agree to provide $3,000,000 to ATF for the 
     management of the GREAT program as proposed by the House 
     rather than in the ATF Salaries and Expenses appropriation as 
     proposed by the Senate. The funding proposed by the Senate 
     for laboratory and investigative support is funded under 
     ATF's Salaries and Expenses appropriation.


                 GANG RESISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING

       The conferees agree to provide $13,000,000 to ATF, instead 
     of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House and $13,239,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate for grants to local law enforcement 
     organizations for the Gang Resistance Education and Training 
     (GREAT) program. The GREAT program has been enthusiastically 
     endorsed by communities in Colorado, North Carolina and 
     Wisconsin. The conferees direct that qualified law 
     enforcement and prevention organizations from these areas be 
     funded under GREAT.
       The conferees are aware of concerns about the lack of a 
     long-term evaluation of the impact of this program. 
     Therefore, the conferees urge ATF to contract with the 
     National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Law and Justice, 
     to conduct an independent evaluation of the GREAT program.

                            Customs Service

       The conferees agree to provide $65,472,000, instead of 
     $66,472,000 as proposed by the House and $54,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Within these funds, the conferees 
     include $54,000,000 for narcotics detection technology, 
     $9,500,000 for passenger processing, $972,000 for canopy 
     construction, and $1,000,000 for additional technologies 
     associated with the child pornography cyber-smuggling 
     initiative. The conferees agree that $2,400,000 of the 
     Customs Salaries and Expenses account should be used for the 
     cyber-smuggling initiative, as proposed by the Senate.

                             Secret Service

       The conferees agree to provide $22,628,000, instead of 
     $14,528,000 as proposed by the

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     House and $15,403,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within these 
     funds, the conferees include $5,000,000 for counterfeiting 
     investigations, $7,732,000 for campaign protection 
     activities, $6,700,000 for vehicle replacement, and 
     $3,196,000 for forensic and related support of investigations 
     of missing and exploited children. Of the amounts provided 
     for missing and exploited children, the conferees agree to 
     provide $1,196,000 for the continued operations of the Child 
     Exploitation Unit at the National Center for Missing and 
     Exploited Children.


                  FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

       The conferees agree to provide $1,400,000 for FinCEN as 
     proposed by the Senate, instead of no funding as proposed by 
     the House. Within these funds, the conferees include $800,000 
     for cyberpayment studies; $300,000 for Suspicious Activity 
     Report analysis; $200,000 for training and support for State 
     and local GATEWAY participation; and $100,000 for money 
     laundering regulations.


                FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

       The conferees agree to provide no VCRTF funding for FLETC 
     as proposed by the House, instead of $1,158,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate. The affected programs--rural law enforcement 
     training and equipment replacement--are funded in FLETC's 
     Salaries and Expenses appropriation.


                 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

       The conferees agree to provide $24,000,000 for ICDE as 
     proposed by the House, instead of $45,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. An additional $51,900,000 is provided in the 
     Interagency Law Enforcement account. The total of $75,900,000 
     fully funds the President's request.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy

       The conferees agree to provide $2,500,000 for ONDCP, 
     instead of $14,000,000 as proposed by the House and no 
     funding as proposed by the Senate. $1,000,000 of this funding 
     would cover the costs of continuing support for Model State 
     Drug Law Conferences, as proposed by the House. $13,000,000 
     proposed by the House for continued funding for the 
     technology transfer program run by the Counterdrug Technology 
     Assessment Center will instead be funded in the ONDCP 
     Salaries and Expenses account, as proposed by the Senate.


                 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS

       The conferees agree to provide $1,500,000 in additional 
     funding for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin HIDTA.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $71,923,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $66,251,000 as proposed by the Senate, 
     including up to $13,843,000 to be used for materials and 
     support costs. The conferees agree to language proposed by 
     the Senate to permit funding for travel expenses of non-
     Federal personnel to attend course development meetings and 
     training sponsored by the Center. The conferees also agree to 
     maintain existing statutory language affecting the authority 
     to provide funding for student athletics and student interns, 
     as proposed by the Senate.


                             GREAT TRAINING

       The conferees agree to include new language, as proposed by 
     the Senate, to authorize the Center to provide training for 
     the Gang Resistance Education and Training program to Federal 
     and non-Federal personnel at any facility in partnership with 
     ATF.


                       FIREARMS TRAINING SYSTEMS

       The conferees direct the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
     Center, in consultation with their interested client law 
     enforcement agencies, to examine and evaluate all available 
     firearms training technologies for systems providing the 
     greatest cost effective multi-application benefit for 
     firearms training of law enforcement personnel. The conferees 
     are aware of current technologies, such as the BEAMHIT 
     targeting system and plastic cased ammunition, which appear 
     to offer cost benefits and systems flexibility for multiple 
     training activities and greater sensitivity for environmental 
     protection.

     Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $34,760,000, instead of 
     $28,360,000 as proposed by the House and $15,360,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This amount includes $6,400,000 for 
     construction of new facilities at Artesia, New Mexico, 
     required to meet the Center's basic training requirements.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

                 Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement

       The conferees agree to provide $51,900,000 for ICDE as 
     proposed by the House. An additional $24,000,000 is provided 
     in the Violent Crime Reduction Programs account. The total of 
     $75,900,000 fully funds the President's request.

                      Financial Management Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement appropriates $196,490,000 for the 
     Financial Management Service (FMS) as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $198,510,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees have agreed with the proposal of the Senate 
     on the funding level for the FMS, which reflects a reduction 
     of $6,000,000 for Year 2000 conversion costs which will be 
     available for FMS from a separate appropriation. The 
     conferees received conflicting information from the 
     Department of the Treasury about what the FMS's needs are for 
     this purpose. Therefore, the conferees have assumed the 
     higher number. The conferees understand and fully appreciate 
     the need for FMS equipment to be Year 2000 compliant and note 
     that the Department does have authority to transfer funding 
     to FMS from other accounts within the Department under 
     Section 114 of this Act should that become necessary.
       The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 
     Senate delaying the availability of $4,500,000 for postage 
     costs until September 30, 1999, and language proposed by the 
     Senate stating that funds shall continue to be provided to 
     the United States Postal Service for postage due.


                  DEBT COLLECTION IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT

       The conferees have agreed to delete funding for the Debt 
     Collection Improvement Account proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.


                         FEDERAL FINANCING BANK

       The conference agreement provides $3,317,960,000 for the 
     liquidation of debts by the Federal Financing Bank instead of 
     $3,317,690,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $541,574,000, instead of 
     $530,624,000 as proposed by the House and $529,489,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes $2,000,000 for the 
     Violent Crime Coordinators program and $4,500,000 for 
     expansion of the National Tracing Center, as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees agree that $2,206,000 of this funding 
     will not be available for obligation until September 30, 
     1999, as proposed by the House.
       The conferees are aware that additional funds in the amount 
     of $5,000,000 are required in fiscal year 1999 for Year 2000 
     compliance.
       The conferees agree to increase the limit for purchase of 
     police-type vehicles to 812, as proposed by the House. The 
     conferees direct the Under Secretary for Enforcement to 
     exercise strong oversight with regard to any additional 
     purchases in keeping with Department-wide efforts (addressed 
     under Departmental Offices, above) to manage the use, 
     allocation and acquisition of law enforcement vehicles. While 
     neither the House nor Senate provided funding for this 
     purpose, the conferees agree to provide $3,700,000 for 
     vehicle replacement as the Administration had requested.
       The conferees agree to authorize up to $15,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, instead of $20,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $12,500 proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees agree to retain the limitation of $1,000,000 
     in authority to fund the equipping of vessels, vehicles or 
     aircraft available for official use by a State or local law 
     enforcement agency for use in joint law enforcement 
     operations with ATF and for the payment of overtime salaries, 
     travel, fuel and other costs for State and local law 
     enforcement personnel, including sworn officers and support 
     personnel, as proposed by the House. The conferees note that, 
     while this maintains a limitation, unlike the Senate 
     proposal, it allows such funding to be used for law 
     enforcement operations other than drug-related ones, and 
     clarifies that it encompasses support personnel as well as 
     sworn law enforcement officers.
       The conferees agree that per diem and/or subsistence 
     allowances may be paid to employees for extensive overtime 
     required when an employee is assigned to a National Response 
     Team during the investigation of a bombing or arson incident, 
     as proposed by the Senate, rather than simply for a major 
     investigative assignment, as proposed by the House.


                YOUTH CRIME GUN INTERDICTION INITIATIVE

       The conferees strongly support ATF's efforts to stop 
     illegal trafficking of crime weapons to young people and its 
     statistical analysis in ``The Crime Gun Trace Analysis 
     Reports: The Illegal Youth Firearms Markets in 17 
     Communities'', published in July 1997. However, the conferees 
     believe that the proposed increase in funding must be 
     supported by evidence of a significant reduction in youth 
     crime, gun trafficking and availability. The conferees would 
     like to see additional evidence linking the Youth Crime Gun 
     Interdiction Initiative (YCGII) to a corresponding decrease 
     in gun trafficking among youths and minors. Therefore, the 
     conferees direct ATF to report no later than February 1, 
     1999, on the performance of YCGII.
       The conferees further believe that an investment in 
     experienced trafficking agents to conduct investigations 
     arising out of leads obtained through this regional 
     initiative is likely to have a significant impact on the 
     number of prosecutions for illegal firearms trafficking. As a 
     result, the conferees direct that, of the $27,000,000 to be 
     provided for YCGII efforts, $16,000,000 be used to hire 81 
     experienced trafficking agents to expand the YCGII efforts in 
     the 27 pilot cities. As part of the expansion, the conferees 
     recommend that not less than $2,400,000 be used for the 
     addition of 12 experienced trafficking agents, including 3 in 
     Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to implement a multifaceted regional 
     enforcement strategy within the Midwest region. The conferees 
     request that ATF give strong consideration to Aurora, CO, 
     Denver, CO, and Omaha, NE, as it determines new locations for 
     YCGII.


                               CEASEFIRE

       The conferees agree to provide $2,000,000 for continued 
     expansion of the CEASEFIRE/IBIS

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     program, and expect that this will be used to meet requests 
     for new equipment and related installation costs. The 
     conferees also direct the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     provide $4,000,000 to ATF from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 
     to allow ATF to provide CEASEFIRE technology to eligible 
     State and local law enforcement organizations who have 
     requested this equipment.


    COLLECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE RECORDS

       The conferees agree that there does not appear to be a 
     written policy regarding the collection and maintenance of 
     records on the acquisition and disposition of firearms by 
     Federal firearms licensees for use in criminal or civil 
     enforcement or firearms trace systems, in particular with 
     regard to the length of time such records are kept. 
     Therefore, the conferees direct ATF to develop such a written 
     policy and provide a copy of that written policy to the 
     Committees on Appropriations no later than March 31, 1999. 
     This is in lieu of the direction by the House to provide the 
     House Committee with a report on efforts to improve its 
     practices within 90 days after enactment of this bill.


                         CONTRABAND CIGARETTES

        The conferees direct ATF to continue to fully fund its 
     investigations of diversion and trafficking of contraband 
     cigarettes, particularly on Indian lands. The conferees are 
     pleased to see that recent investigations have borne fruit in 
     a number of arrests in Oklahoma and Kansas. The conferees 
     understand that the current investigation in Oklahoma and 
     Kansas is estimated to cost up to $2,000,000 and that 
     nationwide investigation will cost approximately $8,000,000.

                     United States Customs Service


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $1,642,565,000 instead of 
     $1,638,065,000 as proposed by the House and $1,630,273,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. $9,500,000 is delayed for obligation, 
     instead of the delays proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The conferees agree to restrict purchase of vehicles to 550 
     for replacement only, as proposed by the House, rather than 
     985, as proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct the 
     Under Secretary for Enforcement to exercise strong oversight 
     over any purchases of new vehicles in keeping with 
     Department-wide efforts (addressed under Departmental 
     Offices, above) to manage the use, allocation and acquisition 
     of law enforcement vehicles. The conferees also agree that 
     $500,000 of the appropriation should be used to fund 
     expansion of services at the Vermont World Trade Office, as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees also agree to increase 
     the limitation on representation funding to $40,000, instead 
     of $30,000 as proposed by the House and Senate.
       The conferees agree to provide $2,500,000 to remain 
     available until expended for the costs of relocation of the 
     New Orleans Air Branch from Belle Chase, Louisiana, to 
     Hammond, Louisiana.


                  CUSTOMS INTEGRITY AWARENESS PROGRAM

       The conferees agree to provide $6,000,000 to the Customs 
     Service, fully funding the new Customs Integrity Awareness 
     Program (CIAP), as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $4,200,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct 
     the Secretary of the Treasury to be fully engaged in CIAP, 
     providing necessary oversight and assistance to the Customs 
     Service Office of Internal Affairs in order to achieve 
     program goals.


                           CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

       The conferees strongly support Customs leadership in 
     stopping the vile traffic in child pornography and are 
     pleased with its recent successful takedown of a major 
     international pornography organization. To continue this 
     success, the conferees agree to set aside $2,400,000 of the 
     Customs appropriation to double the staffing and resources 
     for the child pornography cyber-smuggling initiative, as 
     proposed by the Senate, instead of the $2,000,000 proposed by 
     the House to be funded through the Violent Crime Reduction 
     Trust Fund. In addition, the conferees agree to include 
     $1,000,000 in the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund for 
     technology support for this initiative.


        CUSTOMS INSPECTION SERVICES FOR INTERNATIONAL AIR CARGO

       The conferees are concerned about the availability of 
     Customs Service personnel to provide inspection services for 
     airports that are seeing increased traffic or project such 
     increases as part of regional development patterns. In many 
     locations Customs has been asked to initiate or expand the 
     level and availability of such services. The conferees 
     understand that decisions to allocate inspection personnel 
     must be based on availability of staff and funding, and 
     should also be a function of the level of current or expected 
     traffic, as well as concerns about enforcing trade laws and 
     countering smuggling threats. At the same time, the conferees 
     recognize that some airports, such as Dulles International 
     Airport, Miami International Airport, and Fort Lauderdale 
     International Airport, are experiencing growth and may have 
     good cases for initiating or increasing cargo traffic 
     operations, which are dependent on the availability of 
     specific Customs inspection services. The conferees therefore 
     urge the Customs Service, as it undertakes to establish a 
     comprehensive model for assessing and allocating its 
     inspection and investigative staff, to work closely with the 
     airport authorities and the trade community to ensure that it 
     will meet requirements for new and expanded service. The aim 
     of such a process should be allocation of staff and resources 
     that is in the best interest of regional economic interests, 
     trade, and the mission of the Customs Service.


 OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION 
                                PROGRAMS

       The conferees agree to provide $113,688,000, instead of 
     $100,688,000 as proposed by the House and $113,488,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. No funding for this account would be 
     delayed, as had been proposed by the Senate, and there is no 
     earmark for activities in South Florida and the Caribbean, as 
     had been proposed by the Senate. This number includes an 
     additional $1,000,000 for increased support for operations 
     and upgrades for equipment for the marine enforcement program 
     and $14,200,000 for Black Hawk helicopter program support.


                         BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS

       The conferees have included $14,200,000 to restore three 
     off line Black Hawk helicopters to an operational readiness 
     condition and provide for increased operation and maintenance 
     requirements for Customs' helicopter component. The conferees 
     understand that this funding will permit Customs to 
     increase Black Hawk flying hours from 18 to 30 hours per 
     month. The conferees direct the Customs Service to 
     maximize the mission operability of all sixteen Black Hawk 
     helicopters assigned to the Air Interdiction Program.


                         CUSTOMS MARINE PROGRAM

       The conferees include an additional $1,000,000 to augment 
     the $5,200,000 requested for the marine program.


              CUSTOMS AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

       The conferees continue to be impressed with the successes 
     associated with the Customs Air and Marine Interdiction 
     programs and are aware of the growing operational commitments 
     associated with this success. The conferees encourage the 
     Customs Service to examine the benefits of a consolidated air 
     maintenance system and take actions to improve operational 
     coordination of its air assets to meet our national drug 
     enforcement priorities. The conferees, in the interest of 
     maintaining viable and effective air and marine interdiction 
     programs, direct the Customs Service to develop two 
     comprehensive modernization plans for the air interdiction 
     and marine enforcement programs, respectively. These plans 
     shall be submitted with the President's fiscal year 2000 
     budget and should include the projected lifespans and project 
     a replacement schedule, as well as the current status, of 
     each aircraft or vessel; associated operations and 
     maintenance activities for these craft; and any costs for 
     fleet extension or modernization. These modernization plans 
     should be living documents that the Customs Service 
     continually reevaluates and utilizes in its effort to 
     maximize its operational effectiveness.


                           SPECIAL OPERATIONS

       The conferees agree that the special operations 
     requirements of the Customs Service Air and Marine 
     Interdiction Programs demand special tactical and logistical 
     operations considerations due to the high threat nature of 
     these activities. The conferees direct the Customs Service to 
     review its utilization of these special operations assets 
     with the goal of improving management, coordination, training 
     and utilization of equipment and personnel. The Customs 
     Service should consider all options to achieve the greatest 
     efficiency and productivity for our coastal and border 
     interdiction efforts.

                    Bureau of Engraving and Printing


                          DOLLAR BILL REDESIGN

       To combat international counterfeiting threats to the 
     United States, the Department of the Treasury is continuing 
     to redesign Federal Reserve Notes. By the end of 1999, newly 
     designed $100, $50, and $20 Federal Reserve Notes will be in 
     circulation.
       The conferees remain concerned about the cost associated 
     with producing special anti-counterfeiting properties for the 
     estimated 6 billion circulating $1 Federal Reserve Notes. As 
     a result, the conferees do not believe the Bureau of 
     Engraving and Printing should undertake cost prohibitive 
     anti-counterfeiting changes to the $1 note. However, the 
     conferees do believe it is important to update the currency, 
     such as making minor modifications to assist the visually 
     impaired.
       Therefore, the conferees direct the Department of the 
     Treasury and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing not to 
     pursue redesign of the $1 Federal Reserve Note to combat 
     international counterfeiting threats, but to only make minor 
     design enhancements to the $1 note for the visually impaired 
     and elderly population, provided it has no effect on the use 
     of $1 Federal Reserve Notes with existing bill accepting 
     machinery.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt


                     ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

       The conference agreement appropriates $172,100,000 for the 
     Bureau of the Public Debt as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement also provides that $2,000,000 of 
     the funds provided shall be available until September 30, 
     2001, for information systems modernization initiatives as 
     proposed by the House instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conferees are aware that additional funds in the amount 
     of $1,000,000 are required in fiscal year 1999 for Year 2000 
     compliance.

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                        Internal Revenue Service


                 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

       The conference agreement appropriates $3,086,208,000 for 
     Processing, Assistance, and Management instead of 
     $3,025,013,000 as proposed by the House and $3,077,353,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The amount provided includes 
     $90,650,000 for mandatory cost increases and $70,279,000 for 
     base realignments from the Tax Law Enforcement account. The 
     conferees have agreed not to transfer funding for the TIMIS 
     personnel/payroll system from the Information Systems 
     appropriation to this account as proposed by the Senate.
       The budget request for Processing, Assistance, and 
     Management included $58,325,000 for customer service 
     initiatives. Funding for these initiatives has been included 
     in the Information Systems account as proposed by the House. 
     The Senate had proposed to provide $18,145,000 for customer 
     service initiatives in this account.
       The conferees want to express strong support for the 
     Commissioner's proposal for organizational modernization. The 
     recently enacted Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and 
     Reform Act of 1998 will allow the Commissioner to make 
     significant operational improvements through organizational 
     modernization and reorganization. Therefore, the conference 
     agreement also includes $25,000,000 for organizational 
     modernization and restructuring of the Internal Revenue 
     Service, the total amount requested by the Administration for 
     that purpose. However, because the restructuring legislation 
     has only recently been enacted and the Commissioner has not 
     yet been able to provide a detailed plan and cost estimate 
     for the restructuring effort, the conferees have included 
     language in the bill which delays these funds for obligation 
     until September 30, 1999.
       The conferees have also provided $2,000,000 for low income 
     taxpayer clinics. These funds will be used to award matching 
     grants to develop, expand, or continue qualifying low income 
     taxpayer clinics as authorized in Section 3601 of the 
     Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 
     1998.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate delaying the availability of $105,000,000 for postage 
     costs until September 30, 1999, and language proposed by the 
     Senate stating that funds shall continue to be provided to 
     the United States Postal Service for postage due.


                           TAXPAYER EDUCATION

       The conferees agree that the Internal Revenue Service needs 
     to be more proactive in educating our citizens. Therefore, 
     the conferees believe that the IRS should consider the 
     feasibility of a taxpayer education initiative which 
     encourages IRS employees to visit schools to talk about the 
     history of our tax system as well as taxpayer rights and 
     responsibilities. Further, the conferees believe that the IRS 
     should provide no less than $750,000 to create an educational 
     program, such as the project currently under development at 
     the University of Florida, covering matters of current 
     interest to those involved in administering, advising, 
     teaching, and studying the technical aspects of Federal 
     taxation. Therefore, the conferees request that the IRS 
     provide an analysis of these proposals, and steps they would 
     take to implement these proposals, to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by March 1, 1999.


                          TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

       The conference agreement appropriates $3,164,189,000 for 
     Tax Law Enforcement as proposed by the House instead of 
     $3,164,399,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement does not delay the availability of $175,000,000 of 
     the funds appropriated until September 30, 1999, proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The budget request included $2,645,000 for customer service 
     initiatives. Funding for these initiatives has been included 
     in the Information Systems account as proposed by the House. 
     The Senate had proposed to fund $210,000 for customer service 
     initiatives in this account.


               TAX STANDARDS FOR TAX-EXEMPT HEALTH CLUBS

       The conferees are aware that there has been significant 
     growth in health club and fitness services. Intensified 
     competition has developed a market for for-profit and tax-
     exempt health clubs. With certain tax-exempt organizations 
     moving away from their core purpose, questions arise as to 
     whether they are engaging in commercial competition with the 
     for-profit sector. The conferees understand that the IRS has 
     developed appropriate standards based on broad community 
     accessibility for determining whether fitness activities are 
     substantially related to the charitable mission of community 
     organizations, such as YMCAs, YWCAs, and JCCs, organizations 
     with a variety of programs based on community needs, 
     including health and fitness for people of all ages, incomes, 
     and abilities. Accordingly, changes in the standards that 
     apply to such organizations are not the conferees' concern. 
     Rather, the conferees direct that the IRS review the 
     standards it applies to fitness activities operated by 
     educational and health-care organizations. The conferees 
     further request that the Department of the Treasury report to 
     Congress by April 1, 1999, on the statutory and regulatory 
     changes that may be needed to assure that the health and 
     fitness activities of these organizations substantially 
     further the purposes for which the organization was granted 
     tax exemption and do not constitute unfair competition with 
     private sector, taxable organizations.


                            TRANSFER PRICING

       The conferees are concerned about the Nation's loss of 
     revenue as a result of foreign corporations employing 
     transfer pricing. Transfer pricing, utilized by State Trading 
     Enterprises, reallocates items of income and deduction among 
     entities under common control. Reallocation of the income and 
     deduction results in minimizing the U.S. tax of foreign 
     corporations' U.S. affiliates. Since the foreign parent 
     corporations do not normally do business in the United 
     States, their income is completely free from U.S. tax.
       To ensure the Internal Revenue Service is vigorously 
     administering section 482 of the Internal Revenue Code, which 
     empowers the Secretary of the Treasury to distribute, 
     apportion, and allocate items of gross income and deduction 
     between the parent corporations and their U.S. affiliates, 
     the conferees direct the Internal Revenue Service to review 
     and report to Congress, no later than six months after 
     enactment of this Act, on the following issues: IRS's loss of 
     revenue as a result of transfer pricing; detailed information 
     on IRS's administration of section 482 to distribute, 
     apportion, and allocate items of gross income and deduction; 
     and recommendations on how to improve the collection of 
     revenue from trading enterprises.


                          INFORMATION SYSTEMS

       The conference agreement appropriates $1,265,456,000 for 
     Information Systems instead of $1,224,032,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $1,329,486,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     amount provided includes $43,939,000 for mandatory cost 
     increases; however, the conferees have agreed not to transfer 
     funding for the TIMIS personnel/payroll system from this 
     appropriation to the Processing, Assistance, and Management 
     account. In addition, the conference agreement includes an 
     increase of $32,900,000 for operational information systems 
     as proposed by the House and the Senate and $68,700,000 for 
     the modernization program infrastructure as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $34,350,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees have agreed to include language in the bill 
     which provides that $103,000,000 of the funds appropriated in 
     this account shall only be available for improvements to 
     customer service. This is the full amount requested by the 
     Administration for customer service initiatives within the 
     Internal Revenue Service.
       The conferees are aware that additional funds in the amount 
     of $359,000,000 are required in fiscal year 1999 for Year 
     2000 compliance. Included in that total is: $8,700,000 for 
     the submissions processing investment program, $4,000,000 for 
     compliance research information systems, $33,300,000 for 
     examination laptop computers, $60,700,000 to complete the 
     rollout of the Integrated Collection System, $4,300,000 for 
     the Inventory Delivery System, and $14,000,000 for the 
     Integrated Personnel System.
       The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 
     Senate which delayed the availability of $68,700,000 of the 
     funds appropriated until September 30, 1999.


                   INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS

       The conference agreement appropriates $211,000,000 for 
     Information Technology Investments instead of $210,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $137,569,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. These funds are not available for obligation until 
     September 30, 1999. The conference agreement also provides 
     that the funds shall remain available until September 30, 
     2002, as proposed by the Senate instead of remaining 
     available until expended as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     House which specifies the contents of an expenditure plan 
     that the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the 
     Treasury are required to submit before the funds appropriated 
     may be obligated.
       The conferees are concerned that the IRS's efforts to 
     modernize its information systems could divert its attention 
     from the more pressing matter of assuring that all of its 
     existing systems will be Year 2000 compliant. The conferees 
     expect that IRS will continue to view Year 2000 compliance as 
     its highest priority and direct that the IRS not divert any 
     resources from its Year 2000 efforts to the information 
     systems modernization program.

          Administrative Provisions--Internal Revenue Service

       Section 101. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which allows the 
     transfer of 5 percent of any appropriation made available to 
     the IRS to any other IRS appropriation subject to 
     Congressional approval.
       Section 102. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which requires the IRS 
     to maintain a training program in taxpayer's rights, dealing 
     courteously with taxpayers, and cross cultural relations.
       Section 103. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which requires the IRS 
     to maintain taxpayer services at not less than fiscal year 
     1995 levels.
       Section 104. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which prohibits the 
     expenditure of funds for the collection of taxes unless the 
     conduct of officers and employees of the IRS complies with 
     the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

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       Section 105. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which requires the IRS 
     to institute policies and practices which will safeguard the 
     confidentiality of taxpayer information.
       Section 106. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which directs that funds 
     shall be available for improved facilities and increased 
     manpower to provide sufficient and effective 1-800 help line 
     telephone assistance.
       Section 107. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate which provides that no reorganization 
     of the field office structure of the Internal Revenue Service 
     Criminal Investigation Division will result in a reduction in 
     the number of criminal investigators in Wisconsin and South 
     Dakota from the 1996 level.
       The conference agreement deletes a Sense of the Senate 
     provision regarding the use of random selection of returns 
     for examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

                      United States Secret Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $600,302,000 instead of 
     $594,657,000 as proposed by the House and $584,902,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes an additional 
     $18,000,000 for the costs of protective travel. The conferees 
     agree that $1,623,000 required for fixed site security will 
     be included in the Acquisition, Construction, Improvement, 
     and Related Expenses account, as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees also agree that the limitation for new vehicle 
     purchases shall be 739, as proposed by the House, rather than 
     705, as proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct the 
     Under Secretary for Enforcement to exercise strong oversight 
     over any purchases of new vehicles in keeping with 
     Department-wide efforts (addressed under Departmental 
     Offices, above) to manage the use, allocation and acquisition 
     of law enforcement vehicles. The conferees agree that 
     $5,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 1999.
       The conferees are aware that additional funds in the amount 
     of $3,000,000 are required in fiscal year 1999 for Year 2000 
     compliance.


                           PROTECTIVE TRAVEL

       The conferees continue to be concerned about shortfalls in 
     the United States Secret Service protective travel activity. 
     Therefore the conferees direct the Service to develop an 
     accurate financial plan for predicting protective travel 
     needs, and report regularly to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on their progress. As part of the financial 
     plan the conferees expect the funds for this activity will be 
     apportioned separately. The Service should consult with the 
     Office of Management and Budget about the level of detail 
     required in the financial plan. The conferees agree to 
     provide additional funding of $18,000,000 for protective 
     travel, which is made available for two fiscal years.


                       ARMORED PRIMARY LIMOUSINES

       The conferees understand the need to provide the President 
     of the United States safe and secure ground transportation 
     both locally and around the world. The conferees are, 
     however, concerned with the Secret Service's projected 
     cost to acquire primary limousines for this purpose. As a 
     result, the conferees direct the Secret Service to report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations on the major 
     differences and costs between the proposed project and 
     armored vehicles previously acquired by the Service prior 
     to the obligation of funds for this project.


      ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND RELATED EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $8,068,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate, instead of $6,445,000 as proposed by the House, 
     which includes $1,623,000 for fixed site security.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

       Section 110. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     which requires the Secretary of the Treasury to comply with 
     certain reprogramming guidelines when obligating or expending 
     funds for law enforcement activities from unobligated 
     balances available on September 30, 1999, as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of September 30, 1998, as proposed by the 
     House.
       Section 111. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which allows the 
     Department of the Treasury to purchase uniforms, insurance, 
     and motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase 
     price limitation, and enter into contracts with the State 
     Department for health and medical services for Treasury 
     employees in overseas locations.
       Section 112. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which requires the 
     expenditure of funds so as not to diminish efforts under 
     section 105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
       Section 113. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which authorizes 
     transfers, up to 2 percent, between law enforcement 
     appropriations under certain circumstances.
       Section 114. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which authorizes 
     transfers, up to 2 percent, between the Departmental Offices, 
     Office of Inspector General, Financial Management Service, 
     and Bureau of the Public Debt appropriations under certain 
     circumstances.
       Section 115. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate which amends 18 U.S.C. 921(a) by 
     broadening the definition of explosives and redefining the 
     term ``antique firearm.''
       Section 116. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     regarding the purchase of law enforcement vehicles.
       Section 117. The conferees have agreed to the provision 
     contained in Section 117 of the Senate bill regarding the 
     execution of property upon judgements against foreign state 
     violators of international law. The conferees have included 
     additional language giving the President the authority to 
     waive the requirements of this provision in the interest of 
     national security.


                           ELECTRONIC FILING

       The conferees have agreed to delete language requested by 
     the Administration and contained in Section 115 of the House 
     and Senate bills regarding the electronic filing of tax 
     returns since this matter has been addressed in a 
     comprehensive fashion in the Internal Revenue Service 
     Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. In undertaking any 
     electronic tax administration programs, the conferees expect 
     the Internal Revenue Service to assure the security of all 
     electronic transmissions and provide for the full protection 
     of the privacy of taxpayer data.


                             CURRENCY PAPER

       The House and Senate passed bills each contained a 
     provision (Section 116 of both bills) regarding the 
     acquisition of currency paper by the Bureau of Engraving and 
     Printing. The conferees have agreed to include no language in 
     the bill regarding this issue. The conferees are aware of 
     attempts made by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) 
     to address concerns regarding the need to make it easier for 
     all United States paper companies to compete for currency 
     paper contracts. However, the conferees expect the BEP to 
     continue to enhance the process for procuring currency paper 
     to the extent permitted under Federal law. In carrying out 
     its currency paper procurement responsibilities, the 
     conferees expect BEP to secure the best overall value for the 
     government, giving equal consideration to all cost factors. 
     Based on the General Accounting Office's (GAO) inability to 
     reach any concrete conclusions with respect to competition 
     and pricing, the conferees understand this issue is very 
     complicated and, therefore, direct the Department of the 
     Treasury and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations how they plan to address 
     GAO's recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury. 
     Further, it is the conferees' understanding that the 
     authorizing committees in both the House and Senate will 
     closely examine the GAO report, hold hearings on this matter, 
     and develop legislation, if necessary, to ensure that the 
     Federal government will have adequate competition and fair 
     pricing.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                  Payments to the Postal Service Fund

       The conferees agree to provide $71,195,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate. The conferees defer the obligation 
     of these funds until October 1, 1999, as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                    NON-POSTAL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

       The conferees are aware that the Postal Service is 
     initiating a wide range of new commercial activities. These 
     activities include, but are not limited to, volume retail 
     photocopying, packaging services, bankwire services, the sale 
     of office supplies and novelty items, and new e-commerce or 
     Internet related technologies.
       The conferees recognize the Postal Service's need to 
     generate new sources of revenue to offset its operating 
     costs. However, many of the Postal Service's new commercial 
     activities may result in unfair competition with a number of 
     private sector enterprises, thus raising significant policy 
     issues about the Postal Service's present and future 
     commercial role.
       Therefore, the conferees request the Postal Service submit, 
     within 6 months of enactment of this Act, a report on its 
     ongoing and planned commercial services, including policy 
     justifications, the costs of development and implementation, 
     revenues earned, and revenues lost. As part of the report, 
     the conferees are interested in packaging services (``Pack 
     and Send'') and specifically direct the Postal Service to 
     describe how packaging services will meet ``customer demand'' 
     in all geographic regions, especially rural areas, before 
     such service is initiated. The conferees believe these issues 
     deserve consideration by the authorizing committees.


                       AVONDALE-GOODYEAR, ARIZONA

       The conferees urge the Postal Service, before awarding any 
     contract to purchase or lease property for the Main Post 
     Office in Avondale-Goodyear, Arizona, to do an analysis of 
     the population presently in this area to be used in assisting 
     the Postal Service in making a selection which will be most 
     accessible for the current and future population of the area. 
     The Postal Service shall report to the Committees prior to 
     awarding any contract for sale or lease, but in no event 
     later than October 14, 1998.


                        GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO

       The conferees urge the Postal Service to seriously consider 
     providing a separate ZIP Code for Gilpin County, Colorado.

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

                           White House Office


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $52,344,000 for White House 
     Office Salaries and Expenses, as proposed by the House and 
     the Senate. The conferees provide $10,100,000 for 
     reimbursements to the White House Communications Agency as a 
     specific line item, as proposed by the House.

                 Executive Residence at the White House


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       The conferees provide $8,061,000, as proposed by the House 
     instead of $8,691,000, as proposed by the Senate and prohibit 
     the use of these funds for domestic staff overtime. As a 
     separate provision, the conferees include $630,000 for 
     domestic staff overtime and make these funds available upon 
     the Comptroller General notifying the Committees that the 
     Executive Office of the President (EOP) has received, 
     reviewed and commented on the draft report of the General 
     Accounting Office (GAO) with respect to Executive 
     Residence operations and that the GAO is in receipt of the 
     EOP's comments.

                        Office of Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

        The conferees agree to provide $28,350,000 for the Office 
     of Administration as proposed by the House instead of 
     $29,140,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees are aware that additional funds of 
     $12,200,000 for Year 2000 compliance within the Executive 
     Office of the President are required for fiscal year 1999.

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

        The conferees agree to provide $60,617,000 for the Office 
     of Management and Budget as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $59,017,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees agree to 
     delete the earmark and the fence on the use of funds for the 
     Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, as proposed by 
     the Senate, and include two provisos regarding the review of 
     transcripts of the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and 
     agricultural marketing orders, as proposed by the House. The 
     conferees have included new language to amend Section   .36 
     of OMB Circular A-110 to ensure that all data produced under 
     an award will be made available to the public through the 
     procedures established under the Freedom of Information Act.
       Including technical modifications, the conferees agree to 
     include bill language requiring OMB to report on government 
     wide paperwork reduction and the implementation of the 
     Congressional Review Act, as proposed by the Senate.


               PERFORMANCE OF STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITIES

        The conferees have agreed to delete the earmark of 
     $5,229,000 for the Office of Information and Regulatory 
     Affairs (OIRA) and a fence of $1,200,000 for OIRA. The 
     conferees have been assured that OMB will strictly adhere to 
     the statutory requirements included in the bill on Paperwork 
     Reduction and the Congressional Review Act. The conferees 
     will monitor OMB's compliance with these requirements 
     carefully.


                FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' PAY COMPARABILITY ACT

        The conferees question the validity of the 
     Administration's use of the ``serious economic conditions'' 
     exception in the Federal Employees' Pay Comparability Act 
     (FEPCA) to put forth an alternative pay plan for 1999. Press 
     reports have indicated that members of the Administration may 
     have concerns regarding the pay setting methodology 
     established by FEPCA. In an effort to see that FEPCA is 
     either fully implemented or perfected, the conferees direct 
     the President's Pay Agent to provide the Committees with any 
     pay setting methodology concerns it has with regard to FEPCA 
     by May 1, 1999.


                        CENTURY DATE CONVERSION

       The conferees remain concerned that with little more than a 
     year to go before the new millennium, many critical 
     government information systems are still in jeopardy of not 
     meeting the January 1, 2000, deadline for date conversion. 
     The conferees further believe that the Administration has 
     failed to adequately champion the Y2K issue, not only to its 
     own departments, but has also not provided the critical 
     national leadership and coordination to our local, state and 
     international partners in both the public and private 
     sectors. Information systems experts have reported that the 
     Y2K fix is rooted in management and oversight, not in the 
     lack of technology available to address the problem. 
     Unfortunately, valuable time has been lost waiting for 
     management to embrace the magnitude and consequences of this 
     issue. Only recently, has organizational management finally 
     recognized the potential for shut down of critical 
     information systems associated with entitlement payments, 
     revenue collection, air traffic control, defense systems, 
     telecommunications, mass transit, supply inventories, 
     elevator function, medical equipment, to mention a few. Many 
     agencies at all levels of government still do not have a 
     complete grasp of the problem and are now at the greatest 
     risk for systems failure.
       The conferees direct the Administration to focus all of its 
     attention and resources on the management and oversight of 
     the most critical date sensitive information and 
     infrastructure systems, prioritizing systems renovations, 
     repair and replacement to those that can meet the January 1, 
     2000, deadline. The conferees further direct the 
     Administration to accelerate the development of contingency 
     plans for those critical systems that cannot meet the Y2K 
     deadline, in order to maintain functional systems operations, 
     until patent date conversion repairs can be completed.
       The conferees strongly encourage the new Y2K Czar to take a 
     high profile national leadership position, to aggressively 
     promote century date change awareness for both information 
     technology systems and sensitive infrastructure applications. 
     The Y2K Czar should monitor, coordinate and provide oversight 
     over the progress of all government-wide century date change 
     conversion initiatives, with the primary goal of maintaining 
     critical systems operations into the new millennium. Finally, 
     the Y2K Czar should have Administration standing to directly 
     access and take control of any critical agency system that is 
     in jeopardy of not meeting the January 1, 2000, deadline 
     because of ineffective management action.
       OMB is directed to include in its quarterly Y2K report 
     submissions an assessment of those critical information 
     systems that will not meet the Y2K deadline and the problems 
     that can be anticipated. In addition, the report should 
     include the status of operational contingency plans for those 
     systems identified as being in jeopardy.


                    VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS

       The conferees expect the President's budget submissions for 
     the Department of the Treasury's funding from the Violent 
     Crime Reduction Trust Fund be reflected for the Department as 
     a whole and not separately within each bureau's request.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

        The conferees agree to provide $48,042,000 for the Office 
     of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of $36,442,000 as proposed by the House. This 
     includes $13,000,000 to continue the technology transfer 
     pilot program managed by the Counterdrug Technology 
     Assessment Center (CTAC). It also includes $17,942,000 for 
     ONDCP operations, as proposed by the Senate, $16,000,000 for 
     the basic CTAC program, and $1,100,000 for policy research of 
     which $100,000 is to be used for evaluating the Drug-Free 
     Communities Act, as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
     agree to modify language governing the authority of ONDCP to 
     accept and use gifts.
        The conference agreement separately funds $1,000,000 for 
     Model State Drug Law Conferences through the Violent Crime 
     Reduction Trust Fund.


                             ONDCP STAFFING

       The conferees are concerned about requests by ONDCP to 
     reprogram monies from the Salaries and Expenses account to 
     fund other initiatives. The conferees in the past have fully 
     supported and funded the full time equivalent staffing level 
     requested by ONDCP and are concerned that ONDCP is not 
     filling those vacancies but is instead requesting to use 
     those funds for other purposes. The conferees believe that 
     ONDCP needs to maintain its staffing at the authorized level 
     in order to maximize the agency's effectiveness. The 
     conferees therefore direct ONDCP to review its staffing 
     requirements and report back to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by December 15, 1998, on the steps it is 
     taking to fill the vacancies or, if not, what changes it is 
     making in its staffing plan.


                 PERFORMANCE MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS

       The conferees strongly urge ONDCP to work within the 
     Administration to ensure that the Performance Measures of 
     Effectiveness (PMEs) it developed are embraced and employed 
     by all federal agencies for future budgetary and planning 
     work. The conferees direct ONDCP to apply the same standard 
     to its own internal management and organization, and to 
     include such measures with each new budget submission.


                   RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS INITIATIVES

       The conferees recognize that ONDCP has proposed some 
     initiatives for research that, owing to lack of resources, 
     cannot be funded in this appropriation. Nonetheless, the 
     conferees strongly urge ONDCP to continue to press through 
     its interagency leadership to coordinate research in such 
     areas as improving R&D coordination, developing a government-
     wide intelligence architecture, and mapping out drug 
     trafficking flows.


                     protective security assessment

       The conferees have included a new general provision, 
     Section 643, as proposed by the Senate which directs the U.S. 
     Marshals Service to conduct a threat assessment on the 
     Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy on a 
     quarterly basis. The level of security is to be provided to 
     ONDCP on a reimbursable basis by the U.S. Marshals Service 
     and will be based on this quarterly threat assessment.


                         RURAL DRUG CONFERENCES

       The conferees are concerned about the spread of drugs and 
     drug-related crimes to rural areas and whether or not rural 
     law enforcement can sufficiently address these new trends. 
     Therefore, the conferees encourage the Director to consider 
     convening a national conference on rural drug crime, to 
     include regional conferences in rural areas, such as Luna 
     County, NM, and similar counties in Colorado, in order to 
     assess the needs of rural law enforcement and the impact that 
     drug-related crimes have on rural communities as they cope 
     with these issues.

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       The conferees believe that ONDCP can combine its knowledge 
     and experience working with larger communities in this area 
     and translate effective drug fighting practices to rural law 
     enforcement, while taking into consideration their unique 
     needs. Should ONDCP convene this event, the conference is 
     requested to report to the Committees on Appropriations and 
     the Director of ONDCP on its findings.


                                 shout

       The conferees have provided $50,000 to continue the work of 
     SHOUT, an outreach organization that works with minors, as 
     defined by 21 CFR 897.14. This early intervention program 
     focuses on shaping the attitudes of minors in order to 
     discourage the use of illegal substances.


                counterdrug technology assessment center

       The conferees expect the multiagency research and 
     development programs to be coordinated by the Counterdrug 
     Technology Assessment Center (CTAC) in order to prevent 
     duplication of effort and to assure that, whenever possible, 
     those efforts provide capabilities that transcend the need of 
     any single Federal agency. Prior to obligation of these 
     funds, the conferees expect to be notified by the chief 
     scientist on how these funds will be spent. The conferees 
     also expect to receive periodic reports from the chief 
     scientist on the priority counterdrug enforcement research 
     and development requirements identified by the Center and on 
     the status of projects funded by CTAC.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs


             high intensity drug trafficking areas program

       The conferees provide $182,477,000, instead of $162,007,000 
     as proposed by the House and $183,977,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees agree to fund all existing High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs) at the fiscal year 
     1998 level. This funding level shall be based on direct 
     fiscal year 1998 appropriations for HIDTAs contained in the 
     HIDTA and Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund accounts. The 
     conferees also agree that not less than fifty-one percent of 
     this amount shall be transferred to State and local entities 
     for drug control activities.
       Within the amount appropriated, the conferees include 
     $20,477,000 to supplement or expand existing HIDTAs, or 
     provide for the creation of new HIDTAs. The conferees have 
     been informed that unmet needs for funding exist in: the 
     Arizona HIDTA for completion of an intelligence center and 
     unmet programmatic needs for methamphetamine and border 
     initiatives; the New Mexico HIDTA for unmet programmatic 
     needs; the Southwest HIDTA for its wiretapping initiative; 
     the Cascade HIDTA for unmet programmatic needs; the 
     expansion of the Midwest HIDTA to include the State of 
     North Dakota; the Rocky Mountain HIDTA for expansion of 
     its methamphetamine initiative; the Chicago HIDTA for 
     unmet programmatic needs; and the Central Florida HIDTA 
     for unmet programmatic needs. Additionally, the conferees 
     are aware of interest in the designation of new HIDTAs in 
     the New England states, East Texas, Ohio, and Hawaii.
       While the conferees are obviously supportive of the HIDTA 
     program, it is critical to the continued support and the 
     health of all HIDTAs and the program in general that 
     decisions about funding be founded on clear, concrete 
     measures of performance. The conferees also believe that 
     ONDCP must have the flexibility to allocate resources to 
     those HIDTAs that will have the greatest impact on our drug 
     problems. In making these decisions, ONDCP must focus on the 
     performance of HIDTAs, existing or proposed, and their 
     significant impact on drug trafficking, use, and associated 
     crime. This means that ONDCP must assess which HIDTAs are the 
     top performers and document the factors it uses to make this 
     determination. At the same time, ONDCP must determine where 
     the impact will be greatest based on the combined effect of 
     HIDTA performance and the nature and severity of drug 
     problems that exist in the areas where HIDTAs currently 
     operate or are proposed--whether measured by use, associated 
     crime, or volume of trafficking in drugs or money. The 
     conferees therefore direct ONDCP to submit its fiscal year 
     2000 budget for HIDTAs based on applying both ONDCP's own 
     performance measures of effectiveness and the priorities 
     dictated by changing threats.


                        special forfeiture fund

       The conferees agree to provide $214,500,000, instead of 
     $215,000,000 as proposed by the House and $200,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes $185,000,000 for the 
     youth media campaign, $20,000,000 for implementation of the 
     Drug-Free Community Act, $5,000,000 for the chronic users 
     study, and $4,500,000 for a transfer to the Agricultural 
     Research Service for anti-drug research and related matters.


                          youth media campaign

       The conferees recommend a funding level of $185,000,000 for 
     the National Media Campaign. In fiscal year 1998, ONDCP 
     proposed a 5-year media campaign at a total cost to the 
     Federal government of $875,000,000. The initial request was 
     based on a $175,000,000 annual funding level for five years 
     of the program. The conferees continue to be fully supportive 
     of this program and believe that this national media 
     campaign, if properly executed, has the potential to produce 
     concrete results. The conferees look forward to working with 
     ONDCP on this effort to produce demonstrable results as the 
     campaign matures.
       The conferees have included new language calling for ONDCP 
     to report on its efforts to achieve corporate sponsorship 
     beyond the matching requirement for participation in the 
     media campaign; clarifies the pro bono requirement; and 
     limits the possible use of funding for creative development 
     efforts. The conferees agree that 75% of the funds will 
     become available when ONDCP submits to the Committees the 
     results of Phase I of the campaign and the remainder will 
     become available when ONDCP submits the results of Phase II.
       The Committees will closely track this national media 
     campaign, and its contribution to achieving a drug-free 
     America. Therefore, the conferees direct ONDCP to submit 
     quarterly reports on the obligation of funds as well as the 
     specific parameters of the pilot campaign. The conferees 
     anticipate that future funding will be based upon results. 
     ONDCP is directed to report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by January 15, 1999 on the effectiveness of 
     the national media campaign. In addition, ONDCP is to report 
     to the Committees within 6 months of enactment of this Act on 
     State and local prevention and treatment facilities 
     infrastructure and their capacity to handle the increased 
     demands of communities as a result of the national media 
     campaign. ONDCP is to continue to report on the effectiveness 
     and implementation status of the guidelines set out in the 
     fiscal year 1998 appropriations bill.
       The conferees direct the General Accounting Office to 
     conduct a financial audit and review of the financial 
     transactions relating to the media campaign. The conferees 
     request that the scope of the review include how monies have 
     been obligated and the effectiveness of the campaign and 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations. As part of this 
     review, GAO shall determine the definition, acquisition, and 
     utilization of matching contributions sought by ONDCP 
     relating to the media campaign. In addition, the conferees 
     direct GAO to review Phase I, the 12 city test pilot, and 
     report its findings to the Committees. This review is to 
     examine the development of the test market plan for Phase 
     I, determine the viability of extrapolating Phase I 
     results to the national level, and determine the success 
     of Phase I in the 12 city pilot.


                          CHRONIC USERS STUDY

       The Administration's budget estimate includes a request of 
     $10,000,000 to expand a preliminary user study conducted in 
     Cook County, IL. The Cook County study developed a 
     methodology for estimating the number of hardcore drug users 
     in the United States. Accurately identifying this population 
     is important since they consume a massive amount of the drugs 
     available in the United States, create a large proportion of 
     the demand for illegal drug markets, and are responsible for 
     a great deal of criminal activity. The accurate 
     identification of this population will provide communities a 
     base for estimating the type and number of drug treatment and 
     prevention programs required.
       The conferees congratulate ONDCP on conducting this study 
     and continue to support this effort. The conferees provide 
     $5,000,000 to expand the study to regional areas. Although 
     this is less than the request, the conferees understand that 
     ONDCP may be able to use this level of funding to complete a 
     study that can serve as an accurate basis for a national 
     estimate of the size and location of chronic user 
     populations. The conferees encourage ONDCP to work with the 
     Department of Health and Human Services to identify 
     additional funding sources, if necessary and available, and 
     encourage ONDCP to promote utilization of the Cook County 
     study that contributes to reductions in the population of 
     hardcore drug users.


                          UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

       The conferees agree to provide $1,000,000 as requested by 
     the Administration for unanticipated needs.


          INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND RELATED EXPENSES

       The conferees have not included language contained in the 
     Senate bill to provide $3,250,000,000 in contingent emergency 
     funding for Year 2000 computer conversion costs. On September 
     2, 1998, the President transmitted to Congress a request for 
     this level of funding in fiscal year 1998. The conferees 
     expect that this issue will be resolved as part of a 
     supplemental appropriation.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                      Federal Election Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $36,500,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate. This level of funding will support 
     a base appropriation of $32,580,000, an additional $2,800,000 
     for enhanced enforcement efforts, as proposed by the House 
     and Senate, and an additional $1,120,000 for other 
     initiatives, as proposed by the House. The conferees fence 
     $1,120,000, pending the submission of a plan for the 
     obligation of these funds and provide that not less than 
     $4,402,500 shall be available for internal automated data 
     processing systems. The conferees strongly recommend that the 
     FEC target the additional $1,120,000 in fenced appropriations 
     to the improvement of enforcement procedures and preventing 
     the unnecessary dismissal of appropriate enforcement actions; 
     the conferees specifically recommend that FEC expedite 
     automated data processing improvements as they relate to 
     enforcement. The conferees assume that

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     full time employment will not exceed 347 FTE in fiscal year 
     1999.

                    General Services Administration


                         FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

                 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

       The conference agreement provides $5,605,018,000 in new 
     obligational authority for the General Services 
     Administration's Federal Buildings Fund instead of 
     $5,624,128,000 as proposed by the House and $5,648,680,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. In order to provide the resources 
     necessary to carry out that program, the conferees have 
     recommended an appropriation of $450,018,000 into the Fund 
     instead of $479,300,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $508,752,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have provided $492,190,000 for the 
     construction and acquisition of new projects instead of 
     $527,100,000 as proposed by the House and $538,652,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees have included funding 
     for the following projects:

Arkansas: Little Rock, U.S. Courthouse.......................$3,436,000
California:
  San Diego, U.S. Courthouse.................................15,400,000
  San Jose, U.S. Courthouse..................................10,800,000
Colorado: Denver, U.S. Courthouse............................83,959,000
District of Columbia: Southeast Federal Center Remediation...10,000,000
Florida:
  Jacksonville, U.S. Courthouse..............................86,010,000
  Orlando, U.S. Courthouse....................................1,930,000
Massachusetts: Springfield, U.S. Courthouse...................5,563,000
Michigan: Sault Sainte Marie, Border Station....................572,000
Mississippi: Biloxi-Gulfport, U.S. Courthouse.................7,543,000
Missouri: Cape Girardeau, U.S. Courthouse.....................2,196,000
Montana: Babb, Piegan Border Station..........................6,165,000
New York:
  Brooklyn, U.S. Courthouse.................................152,626,000
  New York, U.S. Mission to the United Nations................3,163,000
Oregon: Eugene, U.S. Courthouse...............................7,190,000
Tennessee: Greenville, U.S. Courthouse.......................28,229,000
Texas: Laredo, U.S. Courthouse...............................28,105,000
West Virginia: Wheeling, U.S. Courthouse.....................29,303,000
Nationwide: Non-prospectus construction projects.............10,000,000

       The conferees have not provided funds for the Savannah, 
     Georgia, U.S. Courthouse Annex project. The conferees are 
     aware that at a recent meeting to consider the authorization 
     of new courthouse construction projects, the Public Buildings 
     and Economic Development Subcommittee of the House Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure deferred action on this 
     project pending further review. The conferees further 
     understand that that action was taken primarily because of 
     the significant increase in estimated project cost that has 
     occurred since the approval of funds for site acquisition and 
     design, even though the size of the building has been 
     reduced. The conferees share those concerns and, have, 
     therefore, elected to defer funding for the project pending 
     resolution of the issues that have been raised by the 
     authorizing committee.
       The conferees recognize the efforts of the General Services 
     Administration and the Judiciary to reduce the cost of 
     courthouse construction and encourage the continuation of 
     these efforts. The conferees are pleased that the 
     Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts' recent draft 
     utilization study answers some questions about the 
     utilization rates of existing and proposed courthouses. The 
     conferees are aware of the Judiciary's needs to have court 
     space available to conduct business and understand their 
     position that a courtroom's existence may result in moving a 
     case to settlement. However, the conferees continue to be 
     concerned that the courts are not fully examining information 
     that is key to the development of a utilization planning 
     model. As a result, the conferees request the Administrative 
     Office of the U.S. Courts to revise the utilization study to 
     include the assumptions used to develop the planning model. 
     Additionally, the conferees direct the General Services 
     Administration to provide the utilization rates of existing 
     and proposed courtrooms with any request for new 
     construction, replacement, or expansion of court space.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate authorizing the General Services Administration to re-
     acquire the parcel of land on Block 111, East Denver, Denver, 
     Colorado, which was sold at public auction by the Federal 
     government to the present owner of the property.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate which provides that funds provided in fiscal year 1993 
     for the Hilo, Hawaii, federal building shall be expended for 
     the planning and design of the Mauna Kea Astronomy 
     Educational Center.
       The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 
     Senate regarding funding for the design of the Department of 
     Transportation headquarters building and landing rights at 
     Denver International Airport.
       The conference agreement includes language included in the 
     House reported bill which provides that of the funds provided 
     for non-prospectus construction projects, $2,100,000 shall be 
     available for acquisition, lease, construction, and equipping 
     of flexiplace telecommuting centers.
       The conferees have also agreed to include language in the 
     bill permitting the General Services Administration to 
     purchase, at the appropriate price, real estate essential to 
     meet security interests related to the successful completion 
     of the new courthouse in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
       The conferees have provided $668,031,000 for repairs and 
     alterations as proposed by the Senate instead of $655,031,000 
     as proposed by the House. The conference agreement provides 
     that $161,500,000 of the funds shall not be available for 
     obligation until September 30, 1999, instead of $19,000,000 
     as proposed by the House and $323,800,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The amount provided includes $25,000,000 for the 
     chlorofluorocarbons program and $25,000,000 for the energy 
     program as proposed by the Senate instead of $18,500,000 for 
     each program as proposed by the House.
       The conferees have agreed to list in the bill the amounts 
     provided for each of the projects and activities to be 
     undertaken under Repairs and Alterations as proposed by the 
     Senate. Accordingly, there is no need for GSA to submit the 
     plan for program execution called for in the House report.
       The conference agreement includes the language contained in 
     the Senate bill regarding the use of funds for security 
     improvements.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     House which provides that funds provided in Public Law 103-
     329 for the IRS Service Center in Holtsville, New York, shall 
     remain available until September 30, 1999.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate which: provides that $100,000 shall be used to address 
     lighting issues at the Byrne-Green Federal Courthouse in 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; provides that $1,600,000 shall be 
     used to complete alterations at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 
     Courthouse; and provides that $1,100,000 may be used to 
     provide a new fence for the Suitland Federal Complex in 
     Suitland, Maryland.
       The conferees have provided $215,764,000 for installment 
     acquisition payments as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The conferees have provided $2,583,261,000 for rental of 
     space as proposed by the Senate instead of $2,580,461,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The conference agreement provides that 
     $15,000,000 of the funds provided shall not be available for 
     obligation until September 30, 1999, instead of $51,667,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have provided $1,554,772,000 for building 
     operations as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
     conference agreement provides that $68,000,000 of the funds 
     provided shall not be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 1999, instead of $223,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $31,095,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides that $475,000 shall be 
     available for the 1999 Women's World Cup soccer event and 
     that $600,000 shall be available for the 1999 World Alpine 
     Ski Championships.


                    PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK

       The conferees recognize that Public Service Recognition 
     Week, a program of the Public Employees Roundtable, has 
     educated America about the value of the career workforce 
     which carries out the daily operations of government. This 
     program, which has existed for over ten years, plays an 
     important role in educating our nation's youth and 
     providing them with timely information about their 
     government. The conferees urge the General Services 
     Administration to support the mission of the Public 
     Employees Roundtable and provide administrative and 
     logistical assistance equaling $100,000 for carrying out 
     its Public Service Recognition Week activities.


              LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, CIVIC CENTER TRUST

       The conferees are aware that the U.S. Courthouse in Los 
     Angeles, California, will be serving as the cornerstone for 
     an economic revitalization of the Civic Center neighborhood, 
     where currently more than 50 public and private projects are 
     in various stages of development. The Los Angeles City Civic 
     Center Trust, established by Project Restore, a nonprofit 
     organization, will facilitate and coordinate this 
     revitalization. The conferees urge the General Services 
     Administration to continue its current work and support the 
     mission of the Los Angeles Civic Center Trust by providing 
     planning, administrative, and logistical support for its 
     activities.


            RONALD REAGAN COURTHOUSE--SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA

       The conferees understand that none of the artwork acquired 
     for the Ronald Reagan Courthouse in Santa Ana, California, 
     recognizes President Ronald Reagan. The conferees urge the 
     General Services Administration to acquire and display 
     artwork that appropriately commemorates President Reagan. 
     Further, the conferees urge the General Services 
     Administration to work with the Ronald Reagan Presidential 
     Library and Museum to determine the feasibility of 
     maintaining a rotating exhibit at the Ronald Reagan 
     Courthouse.


                        PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN

       The conferees note that there is no major recognition of 
     President Harry S Truman in

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     the Nation's Capital. The conferees request that the General 
     Services Administration review such proposals as may exist 
     and report to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
     June 1, 1999.


                         POLICY AND OPERATIONS

       The conference agreement appropriates $109,594,000 for 
     Policy and Operations instead of $108,494,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $106,494,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees direct that $2,000,000 be provided for the pilot 
     project in digital learning technologies as described in the 
     House report and that $1,000,000 be used to initiate a 
     digital education project.
       The conferees have also included language in the bill that 
     provides that $100,000 of the funds appropriated shall be 
     provided to the Property Disposal activity of this account. 
     This amount represents the estimated fair market value of the 
     property to be conveyed to the City of Racine, Wisconsin, as 
     described in section 409 of the bill.
       The conferees have modified language proposed by the Senate 
     regarding the Old Post Office at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue in 
     Washington, D.C., to make the language applicable only for 
     fiscal year 1999 and to require that the comprehensive plan 
     for use of the property also be approved by the Senate 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


       SURPLUS EQUIPMENT TO SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

       The conferees urge the General Services Administration, 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 to 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.
       All Federal agencies are required, to the extent permitted 
     by law and after determining that the equipment is excess to 
     their needs, to give highest preference to schools and 
     nonprofit organizations in the transfer of educationally 
     useful Federal computer equipment. Agencies are required to 
     inventory all computer equipment and identify in their 
     inventories their excess and surplus equipment. Federal 
     agencies are also required to report to GSA the transfer of 
     any personal property, including computer equipment, made to 
     nongovernmental entities such as schools.
       The conferees commend GSA and the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy (OSTP) for the progress that has been made 
     simplifying and improving the Federal Surplus Computer 
     Donation Program. One remaining hurdle for schools interested 
     in participating in the program is the lack of operating 
     systems on many donated computers. The conferees urge GSA and 
     OSTP to work together with operating system providers to 
     develop a partnership with those providers similar to the 
     partnership that has already been formed with van lines to 
     assist in transporting donated computers. The goal of this 
     partnership would be to provide operating systems to schools 
     which receive computers through the donation program.


         FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

       The Federal building located at 1520 Willamette Ave. in 
     Colorado Springs, Colorado, is owned by GSA and is currently 
     leased to the U.S. Air Force Space Command. It is the 
     conferees' understanding that Space Command is moving ahead 
     with options to vacate the facility. In the event that Space 
     Command does not renew its lease and the facility becomes 
     vacant and is deemed surplus, the conferees urge GSA to 
     strongly consider the U.S. Olympic Committee's (USOC) need 
     for additional space and to give priority to the USOC's 
     request to gain title or acquire the property.


          GENERAL PROVISIONS--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

       Section 401. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate which provides that accounts available 
     to GSA shall be credited with certain funds received from 
     government corporations. The provision was also included in 
     the House reported bill.
       Section 402. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate which provides that funds available to 
     GSA shall be available for the hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles. The provision was also included in the House 
     reported bill.
       Section 403. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate which authorizes GSA to transfer funds 
     within the Federal Buildings Fund to meet program 
     requirements. A similar provision was included in the House 
     reported bill.
       Section 404. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate which prohibits the use of funds to 
     submit a fiscal year 2000 budget request for courthouse 
     construction projects that do not meet design guide criteria, 
     do not reflect the priorities of the Judicial Conference of 
     the United States, and are not accompanied by a standardized 
     courtroom utilization study. A similar provision was included 
     in the House reported bill.
       Section 405. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate which provides that no funds may be 
     used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet or 
     provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
     other service usually provided, to any agency which does not 
     pay the requested rental rates. The provision was also 
     included in the House reported bill.
       Section 406. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate which provides that funds provided by 
     the Information Technology Fund for pilot information 
     technology projects may be repaid to the Fund. The provision 
     was also included in the House reported bill.
       Section 407. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate which permits GSA to pay claims of up 
     to $250,000 arising from construction projects and the 
     acquisition of buildings. The provision was also included in 
     the House reported bill.
       Section 408. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate providing $5,000,000 for the 
     demolition, cleanup, and conveyance of the property at block 
     35, and lot 2 of block 36 in Anchorage, Alaska. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       Section 409. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate authorizing GSA to convey the property 
     which contains the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Racine, 
     Wisconsin, to the City of Racine. The Senate language has 
     been amended by deleting the phrase ``without 
     consideration.'' The House reported bill contained a similar 
     provision.
       Section 410. The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate directing the General Services 
     Administration to enter into an operating lease to acquire 
     space for the Department of Transportation headquarters. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       Section 411. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House regarding the fees charged by GSA for 
     the use of telecommuting centers by Federal agencies. The 
     Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       Section 412. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate authorizing GSA to transfer property 
     in Dade County, Florida, to the University of Miami. The 
     Senate language has been amended to allow a land exchange. 
     The House reported bill contained a similar provision.
       Section 413. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     directing GSA to reincorporate the elements of the original 
     proposed design for the facade of the United States 
     Courthouse project in London, Kentucky, into the revised 
     design of the building. This will ensure that the 
     construction of the new courthouse is compatible with the 
     architectural character of the historic existing U.S. 
     courthouse. The construction of the project should in no way 
     be diminished in order to achieve this goal. This provision 
     was included in the House reported bill.
       The conference agreement deletes language contained in 
     section 411 of the Senate bill which appropriates $14,105,000 
     for costs associated with the security of the Capitol 
     complex. The conferees recognize the importance of Capitol 
     security and have consulted with and deferred to the 
     jurisdiction of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
     Subcommittee to coordinate those requirements.

                 Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $4,250,000 for 
     capitalization of the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund 
     and operation of the United States Institute for 
     Environmental Conflict Resolution as proposed by the House. 
     The Senate did not include funds for this activity.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

       The conferees understand that an agreement has been reached 
     between MSPB and its administrative judges regarding the 
     establishment of a special pay classification for the 
     administrative judges. The conferees are encouraged by this 
     progress and urge MSPB to work with the proper House and 
     Senate authorizing committees and the Office of Management 
     and Budget so this agreement can be addressed in the fiscal 
     year 2000 budget submission and through appropriate 
     legislative action.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       The conference agreement appropriates $224,614,000 for 
     operating expenses of the National Archives and Records 
     Administration instead of $216,753,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $221,030,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees have included language delaying the availability of 
     $7,861,000 of the funds appropriated until September 30, 
     1999, instead of $4,277,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees are aware that additional funds in the amount 
     of $5,411,000 are required in fiscal year 1999 for Year 2000 
     compliance.


                   NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER

       The conferees are aware that in many instances veterans are 
     experiencing significant delays, often as long as six months, 
     when attempting to gain access to records they need to obtain 
     medical assistance or other benefits from the National 
     Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The 
     conferees believe that this is unacceptable. The conferees 
     are also aware that the National Archives and Records 
     Administration (NARA)

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     has initiated a business process re-engineering project at 
     the center to address concerns about the timeliness of 
     responses to veterans' requests. The implementation of this 
     project will take about five years at a total cost of 
     approximately $6,000,000. The goal of the program is to 
     achieve case cycle time of 10 days or less. For fiscal year 
     1999, the NARA will be conducting a pilot test of the 
     business process re-engineering program to validate the 
     processes and methods that have been recommended. The 
     conferees have been informed by NARA that this pilot test can 
     be funded from within existing resources. The conferees 
     further understand that the Archives plans to begin 
     implementation of this program in fiscal year 2000. The 
     conferees are very supportive of this extremely important 
     effort and expect NARA to request the funds it needs to begin 
     implementation of the program in the fiscal year 2000 budget.


                        REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

       The conference agreement appropriates $11,325,000 for 
     repairs and restoration of Archives facilities as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $10,450,000 as proposed by the House. 
     The conferees have not included language proposed by the 
     Senate delaying the availability of $2,000,000 of the funds 
     until September 30, 1999.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate providing $875,000 for a requirements study and design 
     of a facility in Anchorage, Alaska.

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission


                             GRANTS PROGRAM

       The conference agreement appropriates $10,000,000 for the 
     Grants Program of the National Historical Publications and 
     Records Commission instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $11,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have included language delaying the 
     availability of $4,000,000 of the funds until September 30, 
     1999, instead of $5,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have agreed to provide $4,000,000 for a grant 
     to the Center for Jewish History instead of $5,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees note, however, that a 
     single grant of this size is far beyond the scope of 
     activities normally undertaken by the National Historical 
     Publications and Records Commission. For example, the 
     Commission expects to fund, in whole or in part, 103 
     proposals with the $5,500,000 provided in fiscal year 1998. 
     Therefore, the conferees agree that the funds provided for 
     the Center for Jewish History represent the total to be 
     provided from this account.

                        United States Tax Court


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement appropriates $32,765,000 for the 
     United States Tax Court as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $34,490,000 as proposed by the House.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

       Sec. 501. The conferees agree to continue to limit the 
     expenditure of appropriated funds to the current year, unless 
     otherwise designated.
       Sec. 502. The conferees agree to continue to limit funding 
     for consulting services.
       Sec. 503. The conferees agree to continue to prohibit the 
     use of funds prohibiting the enforcement of Sec. 307 of the 
     1930 Tariff Act. (Sec. 307 bans imported goods produced by 
     slave/forced labor).
       Sec. 504. The conferees agree to continue the prohibition 
     on transfer of control over FLETC.
       Sec. 505. The conferees agree to continue to protect 
     civilian employee rights following assignment with the Armed 
     Forces.
       Sec. 506. The conferees agree to continue the requirements 
     on ``Buy American Act'' compliance.
       Sec. 507. The conferees agree to continue ``Sense of 
     Congress'' language regarding purchase of American made 
     equipment and products.
       Sec. 508. The conferees agree to continue to prohibit 
     contract eligibility where fraudulent intent has been proven 
     in affixing ``Made in America'' labels.
       Sec. 509. The conferees agree to a provision proposed by 
     the House which prohibits funds to pay for an abortion or any 
     administrative expenses for FEHBP plans that provide benefits 
     or coverage for abortions.
       Sec. 510. The conferees agree to a provision proposed by 
     the Senate in Title VI of this bill providing that Sec. 509 
     shall not apply if the life of the mother is in danger or the 
     pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
       Sec. 511. The conferees agree to a provision proposed by 
     the Senate which authorizes the use of unobligated balances 
     for certain purposes, providing that such requests be made in 
     compliance with reprogramming guidelines.
       Sec. 512. 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.
       Sec. 513. The conferees have included language which 
     provides that funds provided in this Act may be used to 
     initiate or continue projects or activities, to the extent 
     necessary, consistent with existing agency plans, to achieve 
     Year 2000 (Y2K) conversion to ensure adequate funding until 
     such time as supplemental appropriations are made available 
     for that purpose. The language also includes a provision 
     which requires agencies that use funds appropriated in this 
     Act for Y2K conversion activities to restore funds to the 
     program, project, or activity from which the funds were 
     obligated when supplemental appropriations for Y2K conversion 
     activities are made available.
       Sec. 514. The conferees agree to include a provision which 
     provides for the appointment and reappointment of Staff 
     Director and General Counsel of the Federal Election 
     Commission as proposed by the House in the House-reported 
     bill, instead of language proposed by the Senate.
       Sec. 515. The conferees agree to include a provision 
     authorizing the payment of attorneys' fees, costs and 
     sanctions by the Federal government in the case Association 
     of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. v. Clinton from the 
     White House Office Salaries and Expenses account, as proposed 
     by the House in the House-reported bill.
       Sec. 516. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     authorizing the use of fifty percent of the fiscal year 1997 
     unobligated balances available to the White House Salaries 
     and Expenses account for the purposes of partially satisfying 
     the conditions of Section 515.
       Sec. 517. The conferees have agreed to include language 
     which makes technical corrections to the Morris K. Udall 
     Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and 
     Native American Public Policy Act of 1992.
       Sec. 518. The conferees have agreed to include a new 
     provision regarding cost accounting standards to contracts 
     under the FEHBP.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

       Section 601. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     authorizing agencies to pay costs of travel to the United 
     States for the immediate families of Federal employees 
     assigned to foreign duty in the event of a death or a life 
     threatening illness of the employee.
       Section 602. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to ensure 
     that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use of 
     controlled substances.
       Section 603. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     authorizing reimbursement for travel, transportation, and 
     subsistence expenses incurred for training classes, 
     conferences, or other meetings in connection with the 
     provision of child care services to Federal employees.
       Section 604. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     regarding price limitations on vehicles to be purchased by 
     the Federal government.
       Section 605. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     allowing funds made available to agencies for travel to also 
     be used for quarters allowances and cost-of-living 
     allowances.
       Section 606. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     prohibiting the Government, with certain specified 
     exceptions, from employing non-U.S. citizens whose posts of 
     duty would be in the continental U.S.
       Section 607. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     authorizing agencies to use funds to pay GSA bills for 
     renovations and other services.
       Section 608. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     allowing agencies to finance the costs of recycling and waste 
     prevention programs with proceeds from the sale of materials 
     recovered through such programs.
       Section 609. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     providing that funds may be used to pay rent and other 
     service costs in the District of Columbia.
       Section 610. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     prohibiting the use of appropriated funds to pay the salary 
     of any nominee after the Senate voted not to approve the 
     nomination.
       Section 611. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     precluding the financing of groups by more than one Federal 
     agency absent prior and specific statutory approval.
       Section 612. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     authorizing the Postal Service to employ guards and give them 
     the same special police powers as GSA guards.
       Section 613. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     prohibiting the use of funds for enforcing regulations 
     disapproved in accordance with the applicable law of the U.S.
       Section 614. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     limiting the pay increases of certain prevailing rate 
     employees.
       Section 615. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     limiting the amount of funds that can be used for 
     redecoration of offices under certain circumstances.
       Section 616. The conferees agree to modify a provision 
     prohibiting the expenditure of funds for the acquisition of 
     additional law enforcement training facilities.
       Section 617. The conferees agree to continue a provision to 
     allow for interagency funding of national security and 
     emergency telecommunications initiatives.
       Section 618. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     requiring agencies to certify that a Schedule C appointment 
     was not created solely or primarily to detail the employee to 
     the White House.
       Section 619. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to ensure 
     that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and 
     sexual harassment.
       Section 620. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     prohibiting the use of funds

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     for travel expenses not directly related to official 
     governmental duties.
       Section 621. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     providing that no adjustment shall take effect in fiscal year 
     1999 in the rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems 
     under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code.
       Section 622. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     which prohibits the use of appropriated funds in this or any 
     other Act to acquire information technology which does not 
     comply with part 39.106 (Year 2000 compliance) of the Federal 
     acquisition regulations.
       Section 623. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting the importation of any goods manufactured by 
     forced or indentured child labor.
       Section 624. The conferees agree to modify a provision 
     which prohibits the use of funds for Sunday premium pay to an 
     employee unless the work was actually performed.
       Section 625. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     which prohibits the use of funds to prevent Federal employees 
     from communicating with Congress or to take disciplinary or 
     personnel actions against employees for such communication.
       Section 626. The conferees agree to a new provision that 
     provides additional flexibility relating to the FTS 2000 
     contract.
       Section 627. The conferees agree to a new provision to 
     protect Federal law enforcement officers who intervene in 
     certain situations.
       Section 628. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     reforming Federal firefighters overtime pay.
       Section 629. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     requiring a joint review by the Department of the Treasury, 
     the Department of Justice, and the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy on the coordination of Southwest border 
     counter drug activities.
       Section 630. The conferees agree to a new provision that 
     provides that for fiscal year 1999 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter, each executive agency of the Federal government 
     shall make available at a minimum $50,000 for expenses 
     necessary to carry out a flexiplace work telecommuting 
     program.
       Section 631. The conferees agree to a new provision to 
     amend permanent law to make Senior Executive Service 
     Presidential Awards based upon base salary percentages of 20 
     percent (for ``Meritorious Awards'') and 35 percent (for 
     ``Distinguished Awards'') rather than the current dollar 
     amounts.
       Section 632. The conferees agree to a new provision to 
     increase the formula used to calculate the aggregate amount 
     available for performance awards to 10 percent of the Senior 
     Executive Service pool or 20 percent of the average of annual 
     rates of basic pay.
       Section 633. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     regarding U.S. Government participation in the Universal 
     Postal Union.
       Section 634. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     requiring the President to certify that no persons 
     responsible for administering the Drug Free Workplace Program 
     are themselves the subject of random drug testing.
       Section 635. The conferees agree to modify a provision 
     prohibiting Federal training not directly related to the 
     performance of official duties.
       Section 636. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     prohibiting expenditure of funds for implementation of 
     agreements in nondisclosure policies, without 
     ``Whistleblower'' protection clauses.
       Section 637. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     which prohibits executive branch agencies from the use of 
     appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes to 
     support or defeat legislation pending before Congress.
       Section 638. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     requiring the OMB to do an accounting statement and 
     associated report on the cumulative costs and benefits of 
     Federal regulatory programs, as proposed by the Senate and 
     make this provision applicable for one year only.
       Section 639. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     providing that no funds may be expended to provide an 
     employee's home address to a labor organization except when 
     the employee has authorized such a disclosure or such 
     disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent 
     jurisdiction.
       Section 640. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to establish 
     scientific certification standards for explosives detection 
     canines.
       Section 641. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     prohibiting the use of appropriated funds to provide 
     nonpublic information such as mailing or telephone lists to 
     any person or organization outside of the Government.
       Section 642. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     prohibiting funding for publicity or propaganda purposes not 
     authorized by Congress.
       Section 643. The conferees agree to a new provision that 
     directs the U.S. Marshals Service to conduct a quarterly 
     threat assessment on the Director of the Office of National 
     Drug Control Policy upon which the Director's security needs 
     will be based.
       Section 644. The conferees agree to a new provision to 
     expand section 636 of the Treasury, Postal Service and 
     General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-
     208) to include the judicial branch.
       Section 645. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     directing employees to use ``official time'' in an honest 
     effort to perform official duties. The conferees agree that 
     this section does not affect the rights and responsibilities 
     under Chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code.
       Section 646. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     providing monetary relief to importers whose legally 
     purchased goods were denied entry upon arrival because of 
     changes in official policy.
       Section 647. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     regarding pay for Federal employees. The conferees anticipate 
     that the President will issue an Executive Order allocating 
     the 3.6 percent pay increase between an increase in rates of 
     basic pay for the statutory pay systems under section 5303 of 
     title 5, United States Code, and increases in comparability-
     based locality payments for General Schedule employees under 
     section 5304. The conferees have not made the language more 
     specific so that the President may exercise his discretion to 
     distribute any amount allocated for comparability-based 
     locality payments in the most appropriate fashion among the 
     pay localities established by the President's Pay Agent.
       Section 648. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     requiring the Postal Rate Commission to submit an annual 
     report to Congress regarding international mail rates.
       Section 649. The conferees agree to a new provision to 
     extend the sunset date for Section 2(f)(2) of the 
     Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. 922 note) from 
     10 to 15 years.
       Section 650. The conferees agree to a new provision to 
     direct the Customs Service, in consultation with the U.S. 
     Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce, to 
     report on the importation of certain grains.
       Section 651. The conferees agree to a new provision to 
     designate the Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office Building.
       Section 652. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     authorizing the use of credit card rebates to support the 
     Joint Financial Management Improvement Program.
       Section 653. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     addressing use of accrued leave as it applies to Senior 
     Executive Service reduction in force actions.
       Section 654. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     directing agencies to assess the impact of Federal 
     regulations and policies on families.
       Section 655. The conferees include a new provision relating 
     to the application of 18 U.S.C., Section 922(t).
       Section 656. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     addressing contraceptive coverage in health plans 
     participating in the FEHB program.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the House 
     prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for new nonpostal 
     commercial activities or pack and send services.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate 
     prohibiting the acquisition of products produced by forced or 
     indentured child labor.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate 
     authorizing agencies to provide child care in federal or 
     leased facilities. This issue is addressed in Title VII of 
     this Act.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate 
     expressing a sense of Congress that a postal stamp be created 
     to commemorate Oskar Schindler.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate 
     prohibiting the use of any funds in this Act to pay for 
     abortions or administrative expenses of any FEHBP plans which 
     provide abortion benefits. This provision is addressed in 
     Section 509.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate 
     authorizing the expenditure of funds for abortions under the 
     FEHBP if the life of the mother is in danger or the pregnancy 
     is the result of an act of rape or incest. This provision is 
     addressed in Section 510.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate 
     requiring any Senate or House bill or joint resolution of a 
     public character to include a detailed analysis of the 
     potential impact of such legislation on family well-being and 
     on children.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate 
     authorizing $420,000,000 in emergency funding for the 
     Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate 
     expressing the sense of Congress that a postal stamp be 
     created to honor the 150th Anniversary of Irish immigrants to 
     the United States.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate 
     authorizing the Community and Postal Participation Act of 
     1998.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate 
     waiving Section 611 of this title to permit interagency 
     funding of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate to 
     permit the interagency funding of the National Science and 
     Technology Council.
       The conferees delete a provision included by the Senate 
     allowing amounts appropriated in this Act to be transferred 
     to the FLETC ACIRE account. The conferees address this 
     appropriation in Title I of this Act.

              TITLE VII--CHILD CARE IN FEDERAL FACILITIES

       The conferees agree to include and modify a new title 
     dealing with child care in Federal facilities, as proposed by 
     the Senate.

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            TITLE VIII--TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS

       The conferees agree to delete a new title authorizing the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy proposed by the Senate 
     and instead insert a new title regarding administration of 
     the DC Retirement Trust Fund.

       TITLE IX--HAITIAN REFUGEE IMMIGRATION FAIRNESS ACT OF 1998

       The conferees agree to language addressing the immigration 
     status of Haitians previously paroled into the United States, 
     as proposed by the Senate.

                   CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 1999 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1998 amount, the 1999 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1999 
     follow:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1998...$25,325,767,500
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 26,839,489,000
House bill, fiscal year 1999.............................26,614,669,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 1999............................29,923,612,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1999...................26,772,527,000
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1998..+1,446,759,500
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal y-66,962,000
  House bill, fiscal year 1999.............................+157,858,000
  Senate bill, fiscal year 1999..........................-3,151,085,000

     Jim Kolbe,
     Ernest Istook,
     Anne M. Northup,
     Bob Livingston,
     Joseph McDade
       (except for section 656),
     Steny H. Hoyer,
     Carrie P. Meek,
     David E. Price,
     David R. Obey
       (except for section 514 on FEC),
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     Richard Shelby,
     Lauch Faircloth,
     Ted Stevens,
     Herb Kohl
       (with exception to section 514),
     Barbara A. Mikulski
       (with exception to section 514),
     Robert C. Byrd
       (with exception to section 514),
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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